Shipping This Week! - 04.12.22

Most excited about the final issue of Black Hole, obviously. And I have no idea what that Punisher thing is.

GALACTUS STATUE

Blount, if this is life-size I'm moving in with you.

HU5TL3R B4R3LY L364L FEO554

If THIS is life-size, I'm moving in with you and kicking you out.

AUTHORITY REVOLUTION #3
CATWOMAN WHEN IN ROME #3
GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH #3
JLA CLASSIFIED #2
LOSERS #19
SLEEPER SEASON TWO #7
SOLO #2
WONDER WOMAN #211

ASTONISHING X-MEN #7
MYSTIQUE #22 (RIP)
NEW THUNDERBOLTS #3

BIPOLAR #5
BLACK HOLE #12 (not that I have the previous 11 issues or anything...)

Is there any reason P1ayb0y, Hu$+13r, and P3n+h0u$3 are all dropping trou on the same week? Trying to stoke the yule log into action?

Aldo: that Punisher one-shot isn't written by Ennis; it looks pretty crappy (even if Mark Texeira is on the boards).

Huk: you realize that TT title is the one based on the cartoon? (Unless you're getting the Beast Boy maquette...)

Is there any reason P1ayb0y, Hu$+13r, and P3n+h0u$3 are all dropping trou on the same week? Trying to stoke the yule log into action?

Christmas is the loneliest time of year, and some people like to work their way up to the h/c smut of the Huss in stages. PB for Christmas Eve, PH for Christmas Morn, and then all-out w.o.b. action for Boxing Day Blues.

Is Solo any good? I flipped through the first without buying it.

If you don't have any of the previous issues of Black Hole, I'm guessing #12 is going to be pretty impenetrable.

Astonishing X-Men #7
Trigger #1 to give it a try

Might get Daredevil Vol. 10 The Widow too, if I zoom through the rest of King Of Hell's Kitchen tonight. I've been burning right through that Bendis run the past couple weeks, just loving it. Might start getting the Alias books after Christmas.

Fuck, Daredevil trades are at #10 already! I've only read the first two (the first two Bendis/Maleev ones, that is, I'm not stupid), which were, um #s 4 & 5.

I think you mean "stroke."

BKV is on Mystique, right? Any arcs traded yet?

--She-Hulk trade: Yay! It's everything ILC said it would be.

--Fables: Still the most solid issue-to-issue book out there, imo. The post-election changing of all the characters' roles is interesting.

--Daredevil vol. 11 (The Widow): (haven't read yet)

--Y: The Last Man: Would have been better had I stayed away from the spoilered thread. Damn my weakness. The next issue better be tight though, I don't want the cause of the plague to be related to tomato juice.

--Lucifer: Really good lately, even if I can never remember what happened last issue.

--Wolverine #22 & 23: Stupid fun, basically. I wonder exactly what sort of continuity this is happening in...since it's obviously seperate from what he's doing in every other X-book, will they actually let him kill any (important) superheroes? If it hasn't happened yet, I'm guessing no.

--Frank Ironwine, Oceans #2-3: Warren Ellis stuff that I haven't gotten to yet, but he really seems to be on an upswing lately.

--Astonishing X-Men #7: Godzilla vs. the X-Men

--Powers (last couple issues): excellent as always. I kinda wish I had waited for trades with the Marvel re-start, just because I have the rest in trades and it would be much easier to lend out to my bandmates whom I turned on to Bendis.

--The Walking Dead: I'm still on the fence about this series. Yes, it's pure soap opera, but the art is great and, um, ZOMBIES!

I liked the quirkier original artist than the more run-of-the-mill bloke that is doing it now, though.

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MYSTIQUE #22: More fun hoop-dee-doo. Mystique is gonna kill Professor X (but don't tell him). Fetish alert: Mystique turns into a MERMAID in this issue.

GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH #3: It's Dark Green Lantern! But he's yellow! Oh, Guardian hubris! The big reveal was a bit disappointing, but otherwise, whatever, Green Arrow's PO'd, Sinestro's back, so bring the ruckus. Also: Kilowog SNORTS!

JLA CLASSIFIED #2: Heady. Almost too heady (for me) (last night) (post-dinner). Batman on a spit = YES YES YES! Also - that one panel on page 2/3 w/ Superman's forelock. Wheee!

ASTONISHING X-MEN #7: Colossus, paraphrased - "I am hanging from the giant nostril of a monster. Perhaps I should concentrate." FF guest appearance. Don't care if it takes 3 months for JC to draw 1 issue, because it is worth 28487 issues of anybody else. Also, chaining Joss Whedon to the proverbial desk for another, oh, 400 issues of this would be swank. On a personal note - S.W.O.R.D.! It's the opposite of S.H.I.E.L.D.! I am BRILLIANT!

WONDER WOMAN #211: Sean Phillips guest art! Lots cleaner & smoother than his Sleeper work. Post-Medousa issue. And, yeah, WW is still blind.

AUTHORITY REVOLUTION #3: It stood between me & Astonishing / JLA Classified, so I put it aside for the time being. On first blush: lots of cussing, gallows humor & innuendo. You know, for 29-year-old kids.

Also bought the new Previews - based on the teaser included in the Marvel section, Young Avengers has more for Jessica Jones to do than The Pulse does! (Also: Jim Cheung's art has me contemplating eBaying for his CrossGen work - please save me.) Marvel, being the shrewd bastards they are, are not leaking their March releases online until TODAY, one day after Previews goes on sale. Sneaky.

Green Arrow: God am I ever going to miss Hester & Parks. Oliver Queen is possibly more codependent than Batman, and the confrontation with Brick kicks ass.

JLA Classified: I think I get what's so great about Grant Morrison's JLA now. Grodd, Infant Universes (well, just one) and Robot Aquaman, it's like Christmas came early!

I also bought JLA: Another Nail, just cuz I love big multi-hero stories. Haven't read it yet.

Hey, didn't Johns say in an interview that Sinestro wouldn't be in Rebirth? Guess he lied.

I shall do my comics reviews later today. If I ever sober up.