Welcome back to another week of showing the gist of the comics we’ve read from this week. Not an overly fantastic week, but my personal picks for the better comics are Franken-Castle, Punisher MAX and Generation Lost.
Authority: The Lost Year #11
Grant Morrison, Keith Giffen and Brandon Badeaux
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4
Grant Morrison and Georges Jeanty
I’m flying solo this week, since David’s off in San Diego, hanging out with his friends with the paper Goku hair. There’s still a shitload of comics featured this time around, mostly featuring Avengers stuff, Deadpool stuff and comics simply ending. The final issue of Marvel Zombies 5 simply confuses me in the sense of, “Seriously? That? That’s how you’re going to end the miniseries? Okay, if that’s how you feel.”
Age of Heroes #3
Fred Van Lente, Jefte Palo and various others
Atlas #3
Jeff Parker, Gabriel Hardman and Ramon Rosanas
It’s the special Awesome Motorcycle Shots Edition of ThWiP. Yeah, go read Gorilla Man if you haven’t already. With Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine, I could have used a panel involving the big surprise villain (and he is both big AND a surprise), but I think it’s better for you to see that reveal yourself.
Amazing Spider-Man #637
Joe Kelly and Michael Lark among others
Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #2
Jason Aaron and Adam Kubert
Another week of panels is upon us. David only tosses in one panel this time around. I remembered to remind him that one of the guidelines for This Week in Panels is not to put anything from the last page. After all, we don’t want to spoil the entire book for you, nor do I want it to be like one of those comic covers that depicts the very last page. Let’s see what he chose.
Amazing Spider-Man #636
Joe Kelly, Zeb Wells and Michael Lark
GODDAMN IT, MAN! WHAT THE HELL?!
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1
Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung
Time for another go. It’s July 4th weekend (happy 4th from the 4th, I suppose), meaning two Captain America comics and one Steve Rogers comic. It’s kind of moot when you consider I have three Deadpool comics on here. Only two of them are any good. I thought I was losing my mind when Deadpool Corps was starting to win me over, but seeing that I am really not feeling Wade Wilson’s War is almost a relief in some sense.
Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain
Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg
Captain America #607
Ed Brubaker, Mitch Breitweiser, Sean McKeever and David Baldeon
40 isn’t a very special number, but we got a lot on the plate this time around anyway, so let’s pretend it matters. Oh, and we also get three doses of Grant Morrison. Well… only two of them count, but whatever.
Amazing Spider-Man #635
Joe Kelly and Michael Lark among others
American Vampire #4
Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King
Almost running a little too late on this one, but work and Toy Story 3 kept me busy today. If I could give any warning about this week’s comics, it’s this: don’t check out Age of Heroes if you have any interest in the Young Masters whatsoever. Even though they take up 2/3 of the cover, they do even less than the Dark Reign miniseries that created them. Seriously, two pages of aimless dialogue. That’s it.
Age of Heroes #2
Brian Reed, Chad Hardin, Victor Olazaba and various others
Atlas #2
Jeff Parker, Gabriel Hardman and Ramon Rosanas
Ah, what a world we live in where Booster Gold himself (well, Keith Giffen too, I guess) is the one carrying DC these days. Let’s get with the panels.
Avengers Academy #1
Christos Gage and Mike McKone
Batman #700
Grant Morrison, Tony Daniel, Frank Quitely, Scott Kolins, Andy Kubert and David Finch
Week 37? In a row?!
Pretty ho-hum week this time around. Only a handful of comics on my menu.
Avengers Prime #1
Brian Michael Bendis and Alan Davis
Avengers: The Origin 3
Joe Casey and Phil Noto
Welcome back for another week. It’s been a pretty damn good week for comics, even with that Rise of Angst miniseries. A really full week, too. Reader Space Jawa sends in one for Ultimate Enemy, which I heard was a pretty big letdown. Sure, it’s going to lead into the next miniseries, but there’s apparently no closure.
Amazing Spider-Man #632
Zeb Wells, Chris Bachalo and Emma Rios
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #2
Grant Morrison and Frazer Irving
