This Week's Haul: Superman looks good in a uniform.
/A bit of a light week for me, but an awesome one nonetheless.
World of New Krypton #2
I would say that the awesome Gary Frank covers are a tease, but I actually really love Pete Woods' art. So it's win-win. And you know what else? Greg Rucka and James Robinson are doing a great job of writing this series! It would be a lot of fun to dive right into Krypton as a writer (or two) and really develop it as a place. What we have learned so far is that Kryptonians are dicks, which only further proves that Superman owes a lot of his awesomeness to Ma and Pa Kent.
Also, I really like Superman in that soldier's uniform. Rrrrow!
Wolverine: Weapon X #1
Jason Aaron returns to Wolverine writing! Yay!
I would not normally buy a comic with 'Weapon X' in the title, or even 'Wolverine,' but if Jason Aaron is writing it, I will buy a comic called "Azrael and Cable: Dark Reign Battle for the Cowl Countdown Arena Fathom." I really would.
Fortunately, I instead got to read this comic about Wolverine killing dudes. Lesson learned: do not try to mug Wolverine on a subway.
Batman Confidential #28
The only bad thing about this comic is that it's the last one in an amazing three-part story. Seriously, if anyone asks why I love Batman, or even comics, so much, I am just going to hand them these three issues (or, if DC is clever enough, the eventual trade of this story).
Batman is awesome in this story, the Riddler is awesome, and there is a brand new Bat-villain. Impressive all around! Plus amazing art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Kevin Nowlan. We need more Batman comics like this one!
Green Lantern #39
Mmmm...delicious citrus-flavoured Lanterns!
We are formally introduced to yet another Lantern Corps in this issue, the avarice-ridden Orange Corps! These guys are total assholes.
Green Lantern is consistently one of my favourite comics each week. I have really enjoyed every part of the long build-up to BLACKEST NIGHT, which I expect will be very rad.
Secret Six #8
Even without Nicola Scott on art this month, SECRET SIX was totally rad. First of all: Deadshot in a suit. Secondly, he and Scandal were gettin' romantic (not with each other). Thirdly, there is a TINY TITANS parody at the end of this comic!
I also really like that this kind of counts as a Wolverine cover? Like all those Wolverine covers that Marvel is doing all month?
Showcase Presents: The Doom Patrol
Finally!
Ever since Showcase Presents started I have been waiting for this one for two reasons:
1. I haven't read much Doom Patrol because it only is available in expensive DC Archive books;
2. This is exactly the kind of comic that should be collected in a black and white Showcase book. This is fun reading.
My favourite thing about that cover: none of them seem to be looking at that gorilla with a gun. There is something more interesting on that screen off panel!
Things I bought but haven't read yet: EXILES #1 and SUPERGIRL: COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #5. Looking forward to them!
