This Week in Panels: Week 13
December 20th, 2009 by Gavok | Tags: anti-venom, authority, azrael, Batman, captain america, daken, dark avengers, deadpool, incorruptible, panels, power girl, solomon grundy, street fighter, thunderboltsIt’s a special Christmas edition of TWiP! I’m not just talking about Guy Gardner’s festive new Lantern color scheme, but at the end of this week’s entry, we have a little extra surprise from guest panel guy David Uzumeri!
Anti-Venom New Ways to Live #3
Zeb Wells, Paulo Siqueira and Marco Checchetto
Authority: The Lost Year #4
Grant Morrison, Keith Giffen and Darick Robertson
Azrael #3
Fabian Nicieza and Ramon Bachs
Batman 80-Page Giant
Mike Raicht, Clayton Henry and many others
Captain America Reborn #5
Ed Brubaker and Bryan Hitch
Dark Avengers #12
Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Deodato and Greg Horn
Dark Wolverine #81
Daniel Way, Marjorie Liu and Giuseppe Camuncoli
Deadpool Merc With a Mouth #6
Victor Gischler and Bong Dazo
Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #3
Rick Remender, Jefte Palo and Gabriel Hardman
Green Lantern Corps #43
Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason
Incorruptible #1
Mark Waid and Jean Diaz
Marvelous Land of Oz #2
Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
Power Girl #7
Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner
Spider-Man The Clone Saga #4
Tom DeFalco, Howard Mackie and Todd Nauck
Street Fighter II Turbo #10
Ken Siu-Chong, Jeffrey Cruz, Matt Moylan and Bob Strang
Superman Batman #67
Scott Kolins
Thunderbolts #139
Jeff Parker and Miguel Sepulveda
What If Daredevil vs. Elektra
Karl Bollers and Rafael Kayanan
David Uzumeri wanted to include a panel for Justice League of America #40 by James Robinson and Mark Bagley. Unfortunately, he couldn’t settle on just one, so in the spirit of the season, we’re going to give you four for the price of one. Here you go!
Did DC look at Ultimatum and decide that they could do worse? Oh, James Robinson. How far you’ve fallen. I remember an issue of Kyle Baker’s Plastic Man making a joke about how ever since Identity Crisis, Dr. Light’s superpower has pretty much just been “rape”. Yeah, pretty much. Thanks a lot, Brad Meltzer.
On a more positive note, Azrael is pretty good so far.
Uzumeri tricked me into reading JLA 40, and it’s somehow worse than that issue of Brave and the Bold that set me off the other week. It’s not intellectually insulting, it’s just bad. Really uncomfortably exploitative and cruel.
by david brothers December 20th, 2009 at 20:13 --replyWait, how did he get her on her belly?
by G December 20th, 2009 at 20:34 --replyDark Avengers #12 – The last-minute (week, whatever) way out that Bendis needs so he can “amaze” everyone when it’s revealed that Osborn’s weapon was the Void the whole time. I did enjoy the acknowledgment of Molecule Man’s existence over the last few issues, though. Shame on me for only knowing about him through an early 90’s Marvel trading card set and thinking he looked like the lamest FF villain ever.
by Lou December 20th, 2009 at 21:46 --replydc: all chest ripping, all the time!
by edc December 20th, 2009 at 23:41 --replyseriously, I remember people saying dc had gone too far with the dibney shit and thinking they were over reacting.
wow.
dc is secretly being edited by eli roth.
“Frankenstein IS Dead”…
by Stig December 21st, 2009 at 00:43 --replyI suppose Sentry Vs Molecule Man’s a fairly fitting match-up, as they’re both incredibly powerful characters with severe issues of self-doubt.
by versasovantare December 21st, 2009 at 03:20 --replyWhat? No-one is offended by Doctor Light’s racism? (Or did your eyes just sort of glaze over by the second panel…?)
by LaterComments December 21st, 2009 at 05:36 --replyWait, maybe Light’s talking to US, as readers, chiding us for wanting “sanitized perfection”, devoid of human flaws?
… Nothing?
by LaterComments December 21st, 2009 at 05:45 --replyWow, this is a side of Dr. Light I’ve never seen before! But then, I’ve been dead for the past ten years. Bless the Black Lanterns.
by Joe England December 21st, 2009 at 06:14 --replyWell James Robinson, we’ll always have Leave It to Chance and Starman, but I think me and you are done now.
by Munch December 21st, 2009 at 12:52 --replyRobinson fucking confounds me. It’s not even like his other work since returning has been this bad. His Superman run has been perfectly enjoyable with the exception of the horribly amateurish art at times and the occasionally shitty line of dialog.
But, when it comes to Justice League? I have no fucking clue.
by Debaser December 21st, 2009 at 15:53 --replyremember when you could open a dc or marvel issue and at least smile once? It’s not natural for a 20-year old to miss glory days he never lived. And yet here we are.
wow james; wow
by Niles Day December 22nd, 2009 at 01:05 --replyGuys, guys!
I think you’re all ignoring what’s important: how fucking sweet that line-up of Elektra’s Chaste clan is.
by Gavok December 22nd, 2009 at 01:16 --replySorry Gavok, I only recognised three of them.
by versasovantare December 22nd, 2009 at 03:25 --replyI recognize Wolverine, Iron Fist, Silver Samurai… The girl on the right might be Marrow and as for the guy in the middle with the (curly?) hair… The Beyonder?
If so, sweet line-up indeed!
by Christian December 22nd, 2009 at 08:29 --replyWolverine, Black Widow (hard to figure out from that panel, I know), Classic Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Echo and Silver Samurai.
I really did wish Bendis would have added Silver Samurai to his original New Avengers lineup.
by Gavok December 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 --replyno aquairian? no hypno hustler? whata gypp!
by edc December 22nd, 2009 at 16:48 --reply@Debaser: indeed. His Mon-El stuff is simply charming to read and WoNK is a great.
Is so odd that both of those series are coming out at the exact same time as his JL stuff, not a few years in between but the same time. amazing
by Nathan December 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 --reply