I Read Comic Books discussion
note: This topic has been closed to new comments.
What are you reading right now?
>
What are you reading right now? (June 2022)
date
newest »
newest »
Last week's adventures in comics.
Shadow Avengers: A Marvel: Crisis Protocol Novel ★★★★Dr. Strange and the Shadow Avengers try to stop Dormammu from enslaving the Earth in this prose Marvel novel.
Losing the Girl ★An insipid teenage drama with each section told from the perspective of 4 different teenagers.
Heroes Reborn: America’s Mightiest Heroes ★★Is Jason Aaron even trying anymore? Earth gets turned into an alternate reality where the Avengers didn't exist because the Squadron Supreme took their place. Phil Coulson is president and all of the Squadron are right-wing conservatives.
Excalibur by Tini Howard, Vol. 3 ★★★Betsy Braddock has disappeared after the events of X of Swords. We get a meandering story of tracking her down and body swaps.
Astonishing Tales ★★★Back in 2008 / 2009 Marvel created a bunch of 8 page digital comics called Astonishing Tales.
Iron Man 2020 ★★★Collects a lot of Iron Man 2020's appearances from before Arno Stark was brought into the current Marvel universe.
X-Force by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 3 ★★★★One of the more consistent X-books. X-Force has morphed into Krakoa's version of the CIA.
Immortal Hulk, Vol. 7: Hulk is Hulk ★★★★Ewing puts a cool twist on Xemnu, using his hypnotic powers to alter people's memories via the Mandela Effect.
Batman, Volume 6: Graveyard Shift ★★★I just re-read these as part of the omnibus editions and these shorter stories work much better when put in the context of the entire run.
Batman, Volume 7: Endgame ★★★This volume got a little too macguffiny for me. The Joker's found this magic elixir which allows him to heal from pretty much anything? Give me a break.
Batman, Volume 8: Superheavy ★★★★Talk about huge changes. The infamous Batbunny suit. I enjoyed it even though Gordon getting into Batman-caliber shape is a HUGE stretch. Mr. Bloom is a cool villain.
Batman, Volume 9: Bloom ★★★I feel like this story would have flowed better if they hadn't split it into 2 volumes.
New Mutants by Vita Ayala, Vol. 1 ★★Vita Ayala comes onboard as the 3rd writer in 14 issues and the book is instantly boring. She changes the focus of the book, making the OG New Mutants teachers for bored children on Krakoa.
Wolverine by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 2 ★★★★Maverick is back in the picture and we get some nice flashbacks to Team X.
Moon Knight Epic Collection Vol. 1: Bad Moon Rising ★★★★This Epic Collection collects all of Moon Knight's early appearances up through the first 4 issues of his own comic. Some of these like the backup stories from The Hulk! magazine are are absolutely fantastic and hard to find. They aren't even on Marvel Unlimited.
Wolverine: Weapon X ★★★★★Just as good now as when I picked up Marvel Comics Presents off the shelf 30 years ago. If you've ever wondered how Wolverine got his admantium bonded skeleton, here's the answer.
Mod
- Mike: The Wrong Earth: Fame & Fortune, Cold Iron (Comixology Originals) #1, Chronophage
- Kait: Love and War (comiXology Originals) #1, The Phantom of the Opera, The O.Z. #1
Check out the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts to hear our thoughts on what we read! Or listen now at https://ircbpodcast.com/episodes/mini...
---
I am tackling Hakim's Odyssey: Book 1: From Syria to Turkey this week. It's a brick but a very important story, and so far it's told beautifully.
Mod
I'm reading Hakim's Odyssey too! Waiting for it to come in from the library :)
KaitLphere wrote: "I am tackling Hakim's Odyssey: Book 1: From Syria to Turkey this week. It's a brick but a very important story, and so far it's told beautifully."I read that last month. Good book. I've got book 2 in the queue to read soon.
Mod
like COME ON how cute is he?!
Two main things I'm reading currently:1. I'm working my way through the Hellboy Omnibus. I've never read any Hellboy but saw the first movie and like Mignola's Baltimore so figured I'd give this a try. It's been hit or miss for me but I'm glad to get a deeper sense of this character.
2. In December I purchased the Brubaker/Phillips Humble Bundle and set out to read all 29 volumes this year. I've finished 12 so far (all of Criminal and Reckless plus My Heroes Have Always been Junkies) and recently started the first volume of Kill or Be Killed. These books have been largely well done and the art is consistently great.
Last week's adventures in comics.
Curse of the Man-Thing ★★★Not so much a Man-Thing story but a story about someone who steals Man-Thing's powers to unleash Hell on Earth, releasing spores in cities across the globe that set people on fire when they inhale them and feel fear.
Hellions by Zeb Wells, Vol. 2 ★★★★Certainly the most fun of the X-books. Wells is able to combine plenty of action, drama and humor in these issues.
Darkhawk: Airborne ★★★A new Darkhawk takes flight when a teenage basketball star with MS finds the amulet.
Children of the Atom by Vita Ayala, Vol. 1 ★★A bunch of teenagers way into mutants and cosplay find some alien tech and become superheroes.
Batman, Volume 10: Epilogue ★★★This is where all the leftover Batman new 52 stories came to die I guess.
Black Cat, Vol. 5: I'll Take Manhattan ★★★★Go read Black Cat. It's so much fun. Black Fox's plan is finally revealed. All of the things that Black Cat has been stealing are now put in play quickly so they can steal the Theives Guild's vault.
Black Cat, Vol. 6: Infinity Score ★★★★★The Black Cat needs a miracle. Enter the current wielders of the Infinity Stones.
GoSt 111 ★Something may have been lost in translation with this French comic. I had a really hard time following it. It's about a down on his luck guy in Paris who is arrested and becomes an informant.
By The Horns ★★★★★Read this comic! This has got the whole package. Action, humor, emotion, twists, great art. You name it. Elodie's husband was trampled by unicorns and now she wants vengeance, hunting the continent for them in this mash-up world of fantasy and technology. When she helps a town defeat an evil sorcerer, she teams up with a giant flying eyeball and two unicorns to hunt down the other three sorcerers threatening her world.
X-Corp by Tini Howard, Vol. 1 ★Despite what one may think, business dramas can be entertaining. One with mutants involved should be entertaining. Enter Tini Howard to make this the most boring comic of the Krakoan era.
Batman: Last Knight on Earth ★★★★Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo write the last Batman story.
Justice League Vol. 1: Prisms ★★★Naomi Season Two plus the Justice League
Superman: Red and Blue ★★★★An anthology of top notch creators putting their spin on Superman in 8-page stories.
Red Xmas ★★Santa loses Mrs. Claus to a reindeer incident and goes berserk.
Stake ★★★Angel is a punk teenager who watches her friend get killed by a vampire which is broadcast across the internet. Flash forward three years later, vampires are part of society and Angel is training to be a sanctioned vampire hunter as part of a government program.
Black Cotton ★A comic that flips the negative on racial relations in America but has nothing to say. It's like turning the news on, but seeing White Lives Matter protests instead. The world is exactly the same as ours, just with white people as the minority.
X-Men: Hellfire Gala Red Carpet Edition ★★★The underlying story here is actually pretty cool. Unfortunately, though it's somewhat buried behind a lot of fluff. Unless you are a completist, you are better off reading the regular X-Men: Hellfire Gala edition which only collects the core issues to the story.
S.W.O.R.D. by Al Ewing, Vol. 1 ★★This had some potential to be really cool. Mutants interacting on the galactic scale. But it's just boring with such disjointed storytelling.
Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine, Vol. 1 ★★★★The origins of Wolverine hanging out in Madripoor and assuming his Patch alias.
Mod
1. I'm working my way through the Hellboy Omnibus. I've never read any Hellboy but saw the first movie and like Mignola's Baltimore so figured I'd give this ..."
I've been wanting to get through both of those as well - please keep us posted on your journey!!
Finished the Hellboy Omnibus (good not great) and will be working my way through the Brubaker/Phillips books for the rest of the year, but I'll post on each as I finish it
Mod
- Mike: One Punch Man chap. 162, Legion Of X (2022-) #1, Steins;gate: The Complete Manga
- Kate: Saga #1, Blood-Stained Teeth #1 and #2
- Brian: Archie Meets Riverdale #1 (Archie
Check out the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts to hear our thoughts on what we read! Or listen now at https://ircbpodcast.com/episodes/epis...
Today's trip to the LCS.DC Pride 2022
By the Horns: Dark Earth #1
Dark Knights of Steel #7
Marauders #3
Thor #26
We Live #3
Legion of X #2
Dark Crisis #1
Mod
I've fallen completely head over heels for Lore Olympus and read all of it in about a day. Trying to forget about it so I can binge-read new chapters in a few months!
So far this month, I've read:
Everyone Is Tulip ★★★ - another kind of disappointing entry in Dave Baker/Nicole Goux's collaborations. A clear rip of Internet personality Poppy that doesn't really say anything new. Just like Fuck Off Squad it ends out of nowhere.
Ballad for Sophie ★★★★★ - one of the better comics I've ever read, I absolutely loved this and cried at the ending.
Days of Sand ★★★★★ - another great book about a photographer going to the Dust Bowl in the 30s.
Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest ★★★★ - I enjoyed this but since I'm not a parent and never plan to be one some of it wasn't as hard-hitting for me as I imagine it would be for them.
Spy x Family, Vol. 1 ★★★★ - so cute! I loved this one.
Last week's adventures in comics.
Way of X by Simon Spurrier, Vol. 1 ★★★When mutants can respawn after death like a video game, what is the meaning of life? That's what Nightcrawler is determined to find out as he examines the three laws of mutantkind.
Batman by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo Omnibus, Vol. 2 ★★★The latter half of Snyder and Capullo's run wasn't as definitive as the first half. Their are some misses here. Still, as a whole I did enjoy it.
Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing, Vol. 1: Then It's Us ★★★Ewing's got some interesting stuff going on here. I like the idea of having two teams running around. What I don't like is that Ewing expects you to have read every comic in the Marvel universe to know what's going on.
Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing, Vol. 2: Here We Make Our Stand ★★★★Nova sees a therapist. Rocket solves a locked room murder mystery full of galactic delegates. Star-Lord goes on an acid trip. It's all great fun.
Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing, Vol. 3: We're Super Heroes ★★★The Guardians become the Avengers of space.
The Last Annihilation ★★★★Yet another cosmic invasion, this one by Dormammu.
S.W.O.R.D. by Al Ewing, Vol. 2 ★★★★This got real interesting once we got past The Last Annihilation crossover. Once the focus shifted to Storm and Planet Arrako, I was hooked.
Superman: Son of Kal-El Vol. 1: The Truth ★★I never thought I'd say this about Tom Taylor, but this is bland. So. bland.
Once & Future, Vol. 4: Monarchies in the UK ★★★All of Britain has been sucked into Otherworld. There's still a ton of action. The art is great. Gillen does expect the reader to have a degree in ancient British lore though.
Wolverine Epic Collection Vol. 1: Madripoor Nights ★★★★★This was great. Wolverine hiding out in Madripoor as Patch during the Australian Outback days of the X-Men.
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4 ★★★★★This arc flashes back to when Erica joined the House of Slaughter. It's fantastic.
House of Slaughter, Vol. 1 ★★★★★If Something is Killing the Children is the story of Erica Slaughter, this first arc of House of Slaughter is the story of Aaron Slaughter.
Mega-Dogs of New Kansas ★★★A sci-fi comic for kids where domesticated dogs have been engineered to be the sizes of horses and they help shepherd these giant birds on a new space colony.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, Vol. 1 ★★★A force sensitive girl, Zeen, meets up with some Jedi while her best friend takes off with the Nihil. A lot of the story is just her hanging out with the other Padawans. It's OK, but lost most of my interest early on.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, Vol. 2 ★★It's becoming clear that this title is the inconsequential portion of The High Republic story.
The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Vol. 1 ★★★This was a fun read that reminded me of the Scooby-Doo / Batman and Robin team-ups from the 70's.
The Adventures of Fede and Tomato - Volume 1 - Tomato Must Be Saved! ★★★A kids' comic about how Fede became a circus performer through a series of mishaps.
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal ★★★★This was fun. It has all the makings of a modern day Spider-Man with a Muslim twist. This was a re-read before the TV show.
X-Men: The Trial of Magneto ★★This was a complete mess. It's clear that Leah Williams originally wrote this to be the 3rd volume of X-Factor before it got blown up into this bloated corpse of a story.
Renato Jones: The One%, Season 1 ★★This had some potential to be good. Imagine if The Punisher went after the Fortune 500 rather than the mob. The problem is the characters are such exaggerated caricatures of people that it just ruins the experience.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics, Volume 1 ★★★A bunch of random TMNT short stories by all the creators working for Eastman and Laird at the time.
Fables, Vol. 14: Witches ★★★★★Frau Totenkinder goes off to determine how to stop the Dark Man while the 13th Story witches find a new leader. Meanwhile the flying monkey, Bufkin, is trapped in the business offices with Baba Yaga. Never underestimate a flying monkey.
Fables, Vol. 15: Rose Red ★★★★★This mainly focuses on Rose Red as she tries to snap out of her funk over Blue. Then it's the big slobberknocker between Frau Totenkinder and Mr. Dark.
Eat the Rich ★★★Feels like a horror movie Blumhouse would put out. The title pretty much gives away the plot.
Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Vol. 4 ★★★★Still my favorite of the HoX/PoX launch titles. There's always a nice combination of political chicanery and superhero action.
Star Wars: Darth Vader by Greg Pak, Vol. 1: Dark Heart of the Sith ★★★Taking place right after the end of The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader revisits all of his old haunts as he tries to haunt down those who helped Luke Skywalker grow up.
The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History ★★★Bios of oddball superheroes from throughout the ages that most often disappeared after a few issues. It's a fun look at some forgotten heroes.
Hunter's Fortune ★★★A young man inherits a fortune on the contingency he must find Excalibur. Give off strong Uncharted vibes.
Wolverine by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 3 ★★★Wolverine goes after who scuttled the Marauder during the Hellfire Gala which brings back some Araki characters from X of Swords.
Beantown wrote: "Finally started Pearl, Vol. 1, Batman: Urban Legends, Vol. 1 and Time Before Time, Vol. 1."I liked Time Before Time. I need to jump on the 2nd volume now that it's out. Pearl started off strong for me but tailed off. And I liked it more than a lot of other people did. Hope you enjoy all three.
I love Bendis's work, but at some point, I feel like I got lost in (and I hate to do this) the "aesthetic" of Pearl as I probably couldn't explain what is happening after maybe issue 4/5 lol. Might have to re-read at some point and focus on seeing if I like the actual story as much as I like the almost A Scanner Darkly-esque art style.
Beantown wrote: "I love Bendis's work, but at some point, I feel like I got lost in (and I hate to do this) the "aesthetic" of Pearl as I probably couldn't explain what is happening after maybe issue 4/5 lol. Might..."Not sure if you are aware but Pearl has started up again, this time at Dark Horse.
Very small week at the LCS today.Seven Sons #1
Superman: Son of Kal-El #12
Wolverine #22
X-Men: Red #3
Mod
- Mike: Time Before Time #13, Aquaman: Andromeda (2022-) #1
- Paul: Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle
- Nick: The British Paranormal Society: Time out of mind #1 and #2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #3 through #5, Newburn #1 and #2
Check out the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts to hear our thoughts on what we read! Or listen now at https://ircbpodcast.com/episodes/epis...
---
Re: Chad: I mean to keep reading Once & Future (I have only made it through the first arc). Sounds like it gets pretty crazy!
---
Re: Erin: Thanks for putting the Eisners on my radar! Seems like there are some good nominations this year.
Last week's adventures in comics.
Yojimbot: Metal Silence, Part 2 ★★★A cool story about some robot samurai from an abandoned amusement park and a boy trying to make it to safety from a society they escaped from. These small chunks are killing me. It's got a great art and concept, but moves slowly.
Yojimbot: Metal Silence, Part 3 ★★★★Some crazy guy is sending drones after this kid while robot samurai protect him.
The Transporter - Volume 2 - City of a Thousand Spires ★★★Takes place in a dystopian future full of mutants after all iron was altered. The Transporter is someone who will take on any mission provided you eat one of his "eggs".
Sam and His Talking Gun ★★★★The story of a wronged hitman who goes after the man who put him in a psyche ward for a decade and stole his grandfather's assassin organization. He also talks to his gun.
The Blood of the Immortals ★★★Your standard search for immortality story, this one set in space.
Fables - Book Eleven ★★★★★The Dark Man Cometh.
Excalibur by Tini Howard, Vol. 4 ★★From beginning to end this title was terrible. Tini Howard is a crap writer.
X-Force by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 4 ★★Wolverine on an adamantium surf board. So stupid.
X-Men by Gerry Duggan, Vol. 1 ★★★★This is the kind of storytelling I prefer. A set team, a set location, traditional storytelling. The X-Men have returned to New York, operating out of a cool tree house they built in place of a skyscraper.
Hellions by Zeb Wells, Vol. 3 ★★★Tarn and his minions return to get back what Sinister stole in X of Swords. Then all the rest of Wells's ongoing plots come to a head and the team breaks up.
New Mutants by Vita Ayala, Vol. 2 ★This was awful. This story with the Shadow King has been going on for two volumes and it's just boring.
The Big Hoax ★This thing is filled full of sex, mostly of the incest and rape variety. It's about a woman trying to escape a banana republic where her uncle is the dictator and has sex with her daily. It's royally effed up. European comics from the 20th century could be ewwy.
Fables, Vol. 16: Super Team ★★★★Pinocchio convinces the Fables they need to recreate the X-Men to defeat Mr. Dark.
Fables, Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind ★★★★★A new North Wind needs to be chosen so Snow and Wolf's children at put to the test to see who will be crowned.
Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 2: Samurai ★★★★★The first volume of Usagi Yojimbo collected all of his early appearances. This volume marks the beginning of the regular comic and it starts off wonderfully.
Shadow Service Vol. 2: Mission Infernal ★★★★Gina and Quill are on the run from MI-666. Spycraft meets witchcraft.
Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure ★★★Wolverine drops in on the Savage Land where he takes over leadership of a tribe and encounters Apocalypse for the first time. Rare Mike Mignola Marvel art.
Wolverine Classic, Vol. 4 ★★★Wolverine fights sentient Celestial cocaine in this Acts of Vengeance tie-in.
Wolverine Classic, Vol. 5 ★★★Everyoen wants the Master Form. It's this odd egg shaped device, but it's never explained what it is and what it does. Just stories of all these people search for it while others protect it. It's all a bit dissatisfying with how it ends and nothing is resolved and they all just stop caring about the Master Form.
Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection ★★★★Wolverine and Nick Fury eventually cross paths after a SHIELD team in Peru is taken out. Nick Fury recognizes it as the same M.O. as Scorpio, his dead brother's alias while Wolverine just wants vengeance for a friend who was murdered at the scene.
Wolverine: Bloodlust ★★★★★A gorgeous book from Alan Davis about Wolverine meeting some sasquatch type creatures in Canada.
Wolverine: Bloody Choices ★★★Wolverine goes up against Nick Fury when Fury protects a drug dealer who is willing to flip on the cartel. However, he's also a pedophile who abused a kid Logan tried to help putting them at odds.
Wolverine Epic Collection Vol. 2: Back to Basics ★★★★Some good classic Wolverine stories.
Wolverine Epic Collection Vol. 3: Blood and Claws ★★★★Long time G.I. Joe writer Larry Hama takes over Wolverine and sends him on a world tour leaving Madripoor with Marc Silvestri in tow.
Paper Girls, Vol. 1 ★★★★The Goonies meet time travel. Four paper girls from 1988 get wrapped up in a time travel adventure.
Paper Girls, Vol. 2 ★★★★★Paper Girls goes all Back to the Future 2 as they wind up in 2016.
Disaster Inc. ★★★An adventure travel company that specializes in forbidden places has planned an excursion to the Fukushima reactor in Japan. There the tourists come across the ghosts of samurai who have risen to protect the area.
Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 1 ★★★★A thirty-something guy is in Japan's version of Damage Control, dismembering dead kaiju. He becomes a human size kaiju due to circumstances that aren't well explained yet with only his young friend aware. I don't read a lot of manga, but I thought this one was pretty well done.
Jinnrise Volume 1 ★★Genies Vs. Aliens.
Teen Titans Academy, Vol. 1: X Marks His Spot ★★Having the Titans run a school for teen heroes sounds great. Too bad this isn't about that. Instead, it's all about "Who is Red X?" But you know what, who cares?
Suicide Squad, Vol. 1: Give Peace a Chance ★★★DC's determined to make you read half of their books to catch all of this. Still it's not a bad start.
Today's trip to the LCS.Black Adam #1
World's Finest #4
Fables #152
Immortal X-Men #3
Knights of X #3
X-Men #12
New Mutants #26
Nightwing #93
Something Is Killing the Children #24
We Only Find Them When They're Dead #11
Mod
- Mike: Do A Powerbomb #1, A Calculated Man #1
- Kara: US Route 31, Sordid Past Anthology
- René: One Piece ch. 1,053, Doron Dororon ch. 27, Mission: Yozakura Family ch. 134
- C.K.: House of Slaughter, Vol. 1, The Good Asian, Volume 2
- Aubrey: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: High School Is Hell
Check out the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts to hear our thoughts on what we read! Or listen now at https://ircbpodcast.com/episodes/epis...
Re-reading The Prince and the Dressmaker for the June BotM read and starting The Avant-guards for the July read (and to keep up with the Pride theme since I'm loving Pride this year).
KaitLphere wrote: "Here's what the IRCB folks read on this week's episode: Episode 334 | Comics and Math Are The Same Thing (ft. Aubrey Lyn Jeppson & C.K. Lawson)- Mike: Do A Powerbomb #1, A Calcula..."
I saw House of Slaughter is in the Pride Humble Bundle so I'll check that out; I enjoyed (if that's the right word) Something Is Killing the Children so knowing this is connected makes it even more appealing
Stephanie wrote: "I saw House of Slaughter is in the Pride Humble Bundle so I'll check that out; I enjoyed (if that's the right word) Something Is Killing the Children so knowing this is connected makes it even more appealing"It's about Erica's brother Aaron. I liked it.
Finished rereading The Prince and the Dressmaker; love this book but something about it hit hard this time around. Maybe reading it during Pride, maybe just with things going on in my own life - but this one hit hard.
Last week's adventures in comics.
Fables - Book Twelve ★★★★★The Mr. Dark story line finally comes to a head.
Marvel-Verse: Morbius ★★If this is your introduction to Morbius, you are going to think he's a pretty crappy character (which he is).
Inferno by Jonathan Hickman ★★★★★Hickman's bookend to HoX/PoX, ending his involvement with the X-Men.
Batman: Urban Legends, Vol. 1 ★★★The Red Hood story is pretty good, the Grifter story is not.
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 ★★★★Now the girls have entered prehistoric caveman times. I love the 80's references, especially when they ripped on the comic strip, Cathy.
Paper Girls, Vol. 4 ★★★★Now we're headed to the night the dreaded Y2K was supposed to hit. I remember that night as the New Year's Eve the IT staff had to work all night for absolutely no reason because very, very little actually went wrong.
Paper Girls, Vol. 5 ★★★★The series is rounding third and headed home, full bore. the Paper Girls are now in the future searching for a way home while trying to avoid the Time Cops (or whatever they are called here).
Paper Girls, Vol. 6 ★★★★★A somewhat bittersweet ending to a wonderful series. As the book draws to a close, it's clear this series was as much about burgeoning friendships as it was about time travel.
Wolverine Epic Collection Vol. 3: Blood and Claws ★★★★Long time G.I. Joe writer Larry Hama takes over Wolverine and sends him on a world tour leaving Madripoor.
Suicide Squad, Vol. 2: Ambushed! ★★★Loved the addition of Ambush Bug to the team.
War for Earth-3 ★★Well, this was what the Suicide Squad has been building up to since Future State and it's put together terribly. For whatever reason, Ananda Waller has went all scorched Earth in order to take over Earth-3.
Marvel-Verse: America Chavez ★★I'm not really sure why this exists. (Yes, I know it exists because America was just in the Dr. Strange movie.) America Chavez has only been in a few comics. Go read Young Avengers and her solo title, America instead of these excerpts from those comics.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Reborn, Volume 4 - Sow Wind, Reap Storm ★★★Things with Hob and the mutanimals come to a head when Mikey and Sally decide to hold a rally for mutant rights.
Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar ★★★I knew nothing about Warhammer 40K going into this other than it's a table top game with cool figures you can paint. This was a decent introduction.
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol. 26: Lifetheft ★★★The over arching through this is about Peter Parker's parents. They've returned, after being presumed dead for the last 20 years. Are they who they say they are or something much darker?
Static: Season One ★★★★A reboot of Static for modern times. Now he gets his powers when gassed at a Black Lives Matter rally instead of a gang fight.
Non-Stop Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Big Brain Play ★★★Spider-Man tracks down a drug that is sucking brain power out of minorities and funneling it to the drug dealers. Yes, it's a stupid basis for a story, but there is some fun to be had.
Seven Secrets, Vol. 2 ★★★★Not sold on the art, but has all the fun of a manga that hasn't been made into an anime yet.
Canopus ★Helen wakes up on the surface of a strange planet with no memory and only a robot for a companion. As she regains her memories, they are all of times she was betrayed and abandoned. It's a very depressing book that ultimately doesn't really go anywhere.
We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Vol. 2: The Stealer ★★★There's some cool sci-fi here. I just need a lot of it explained to me. Between the constant time jumps back and forth and the odd angled art and filtered colors that make it impossible to tell who is who, I constantly feel lost.
Mod
- Mike: Clementine, Book One, Dragon Ball Super chap. 85
- Kate: Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne, Squire
- Paul: The Closet (2022) #1, That Texas Blood #14
Check out the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts to hear our thoughts on what we read! Or listen now at https://ircbpodcast.com/episodes/epis...
---
Re: Stephanie: I loved Prince and the Dressmaker! That's another book I should re-read as well. I'm glad I bought it instead of borrowing it, I've loaned it to so many people.
---
Re: Chad: You went through Paper Girls so fast! I'm glad you liked it! I think I've read that whole series twice now, and the first volume more than that. I'm excited to see what they do with the show adaptation.
Today's trip to the LCS.Image! #3
Batman / Catwoman #12
Seven Secrets #18
Swamp Thing #14
DC Vs. Vampires: Killers
Task Force Z #9
The X-Cellent #4
X-Force #29
X-Men: Red #4
This topic has been frozen by the moderator. No new comments can be posted.
I Read Comic Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Clementine: Book One (other topics)Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (other topics)
Squire (other topics)
That Texas Blood #14 (other topics)
The Closet (2022) #1 (other topics)
More...
Tell us all what you've been reading! Any new series you're excited about?
As always, if you'd like to check out what the IRCB crew is reading, take a peek at the Top of My Pile posts over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ircbpodcast