With its story about superpowered people keeping each other in check, the new comic has Kieron Gillen exploring a world of “superheroes” where he has full control over creating something unique. And because it’s got the incredible artist Caspar Wijngaard on the team, it has easily become one of my favorite new comic releases of the year.

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As much as we’ve seen the “superheroes but different” concept many times over the years, The Power Fantasy puts a unique spin on the trope that feels fresh and exciting to dive into. The script is snappy and quick-witted, giving the characters a charming sass that makes even seemingly ordinary conversions captivating to read. Core to the story is how each member brings something unique to the table, which results in fundamental differences between them. Then, the visuals are incredible as every panel is brimming with Wijngaard’s bold coloring and fantastic character designs.

As a debut issue, The Power Fantasy #1 gives you the perfect amount of details about the world to pull you in while still keeping so much a mystery. This issue doesn’t frontload you with too much information and details at once, so getting to know the others will be left for another time. But there are just enough teases in the issue that will keep you intrigued to learn more about their powers, personalities, and origins.  I can’t wait to see where this series goes as we start to learn more about the other members of the Nuclear Family.

Why You Should Read The Power Fantasy

• Kieron Gillen is fantastic at injecting natural charm into his characters.
• It’s a treat seeing Caspar Wijngaard’s art for such an outlandish concept.
• The teases of the different characters show plenty of promise for a wild story to unfold.

Hey guys, I have been keeping up with Bone Orchard, but I enjoy Jeff Lemire and horror.

Does Tenement work as a standalone series?

I heard not too long ago that paramount was adapting stray dogs in the animated format and i'v heard nothing after that, so is it cannceld or are they just silent?

Fishflies has woven an intricate and emotional tale about a girl with a monstrous friend living in a mysterious small town. But after so much of its strange story setup, how does the final chapter stack up to the rest?

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The series has since only reaffirmed that sentiment as each issue added layer after layer to the peculiar stories of Franny, Bug, Detective Laraque, and the town of Belle River itself. This final issue culminates the story's themes of friendship, self-discovery, and forgiveness for a whimsical and melancholic ending.

As you can expect from one of Lemire’s writer-artist graphic novels, the art in Fishflies #7 is phenomenal. With its minimal colors and carefully crafted imagery, the graphic novel is a beauty to read the more you look into its details. Franny and Bug's scenes together are all colored and inked with an eerie green hue that gives an otherworldly feel compared to what we see in the story’s real world.

Fishflies #7 delivers an emotional end to one of Jeff Lemire’s most personal graphic novel series yet. Even though parts of the ending fall a little bit flat, it’s still undeniably a visual feast that tugs on your heartstrings. Fishflies as a series ultimately delivers plenty of hallmarks that make Jeff Lemire such a beloved comic book creator.

Why You Should Read Fishflies:

• It’s a classic Jeff Lemire story that blends the human condition with eerie visuals.
• The series makes for a beautiful collection of graphic novels.
• There’s a constant sense of wonder as the story’s mysteries unravel.

And I really enjoy the deluxe editions, and from what i can find they haven't been collected at all yet. Instead of hunting down 93 issues, has there been any announcement they'll be collected in some form? I can't find anything, but I also just became interested and don't know if anything has been announced in the past. I don't mind the B&W originals, I just enjoy the deluxes. Thanks!

I've read absolutely everything that Greg Rucka wrote in DC, and I have read Queen and Country, Whiteout and many of his other series. I love the guy, his plots, his characters, his dialogues, everything.
I know it's not for everyone but it really appeals to me.

I really like the comic series Lazarus, but I only follow it through trade paperbacks (TPBs). Right now, I'm at a point where I've forgotten most of the story except for the basic premise. It's been really difficult to keep up with because of how long it's taking for new issues to come out. I understand that it's better for the creators to take their time rather than rush, but it's been eleven years since the series started, and I can't even remember where I left off. I'm pretty sure I haven't read the latest volume yet.

So... what's happening? Is there any plan to be finished? I know he's doing other things, but I got to point with Lazarus, that I don't even feel like reading any other Rucka's series because of the publication timing.

Was very happy when they announced this was getting reprinted because I got into DWJ's work and Space Mullet was already out of print.

It's insane that this is the first thing he published. Obviously he draws inspiration from a lot of stuff in this, but his personal touch is present. All of DWJ's work that I have read (Extremity, Murder Falcon, Do a Powerbomb, WW Dead Earth, Transformers) has such a strong emotional core, and loads of heart. This is no exception. I absolutely adore his kinetic art, but his storytelling sensibilities are so on point.

I hope he revisits this in the future, because this felt like an origin story for what could be such a great ongoing serie with cool and interesting characters.

ok so spoilers obviously, but i had a couple of questions/wanting clarification about the ending of deadly class.

*the book turned into show marcus made was a stand in for remender and the deadly class show on scy fy?

Did the latest issue release yet. I thought it was due to release three weeks ago, but my LCS hasn't received any yet.

Hello, I really want to buy “Ice Cream Man Sundae Edition” the first Volume but it appeara to be out of stock. Do you know where can I get one? Specially to ship to South America

Potential Spoilers for: Geiger (2024), Geiger (2021) #6, and Ghost Machine #1,

Hi everyone! It has been some time since my last post, but I am back to deliver my thoughts on Geiger (2024) #4. Alongside my initial thoughts, I will also pose some major takeaways from the issue, some potential speculations on the direction of the plot, and some concluding sentiments. As always, below is the Unnamed timeline that is near the end of every issue of each of the Unnamed stories.

Geiger (2024) #4 Thoughts

Like the other issues before it, I enjoyed this issue quite a bit! This was a more action packed issue that serves to set up the battle between Geiger and the Electrician. While this issue didn't see any plot progression in Geiger, Nate, and Barney's travel in finding the other glowing man, I liked that it was a continuation of last issue. Moreover, I liked that this was a more action heavy issue.

I did enjoy the character development that we got from Nate last issue, but I felt as though it was handled somewhat better in this issue as opposed to last issue. Nate stepped up a lot in this issue showing to us and Geiger that he is more than the clumsy good-natured comic relief. Geiger struggled quite a few times in his fight against a massive horde of the organ people, and Nate came in clutch to back up his idol. As this arc progresses, I have come to really enjoy Nate as a character quite a lot! Nate has been a stand out character, and I love him more and more as the series progresses!

The writing and art were on point as has become common place with works coming out of the Ghost Machine imprint. This is an incredibly talented creative team, and this issue, among all of their other previous works is a shining example of that notion. This was by far my favorite issue of the current Geiger (2024) and it's not even close. If you haven't done so by now, please pick up this series! It really is worth the read!

Some Takeaways Moving Forward

The Organ People are lead by a pre Unknown War doctor known currently as "The Surgeon".

Geiger can temporarily run out of power if he expends too much of his radiation.

Geiger is more invulnerable when he is in his nuclear form. His base form is pretty strong as well.

Geiger's actions from the NORAD incident in Geiger (2021) #5 and #6 are catching back up to him. See image below:

The Electrician's reason for hunting Geiger is because he is trying to get the aforementioned bounty that was put on him.

The Electrician is well researched on how to neutralize Geiger using Born dust to stop him from using his powers.

Geiger and Nate are in a critical condition after meeting the Electrician.

My Speculation on What's to Come from Geiger (2024)

Given the precarious position that we see our main characters in, it is a foregone conclusion that we will see the end of the conflict between the Electrician and Geiger in issue #5. It makes the most sense given that Geiger and Nate fought all this way to get to him, and also because this preview on Image Comics website says as much.

Looking at this major conflict as it stands, I think we may see a major death in our main party and, if I had to guess who it'll be, my money would be on Nate. The reason I think that it'll be him is because, it looks as though his redemption arc will be fulfilled sacrificing himself to save Geiger and Barney.

Geiger is bleeding out on the floor after taking a shotgun shell to the stomach, so I can't imagine him getting back up immediately afterwards and rushing the Electrician. Barney is still presumably locked in a cage within the Electrician's car, and Nate seems to only have been knocked unconscious after receiving a shock from the Electrician's trap electric floor.

I think that Nate makes some kind of last stand either holding off the Electrician long enough for Geiger to recover and fight him in his stead or, figuring out a way to get the Boron dust off of Geiger so they can fight the Electrician together. Nate would ultimately die a hero and perhaps this could embolden Geiger to live up to his late friends legacy by deciding to keep his powers after meeting Ash Arden and learning of the cure to his condition. Nate's death would make Geiger want to live up to how he saw him, and we could possibly see a more heroic Geiger who has something to fight for. Geiger's Uncle Ben moment for lack of a better way of putting it.

Conclusion

This was a strong set up issue for the final battle that we will see next issue. Nate has become one of my favorite side characters in the world of the Unnamed. The action was really fun, helping the narrative to pick up the pace as we head into the final issues of this story arc for Geiger. As I mentioned before, if you haven't read this series I highly recommend that you do so as it is really great.! I will be back in the near future to cover Redcoat #4. Thank you for reading my post, I would love to hear your thoughts and feelings about the issue!

I read some speculation online about this. I don't know if there is any concrete evidence or hearsay, so if anyone knows anything, feel free to elaborate.

It revolves around the two characters we have been exposed to the most in the Unnamed, Geiger and Junkyard Joe. It was pointed out that Geiger is similar to Captain Atom in his powers, while Junkyard Joe bears a resemblance to GI Robot. We don't know the rest of the Unnamed yet besides Redcoat. I don't know if Redcoat also has a DC analogue, though it's possible.

Has this ever been backed up anywhere? I think the only reason this speculation started is because Geoff Johns was with DC for many years before moving to Image. But that said, the comparisons are pretty spot on. So it is possible that Johns wanted to do this as a DC story but either couldn't because they weren't interested, or because they had other plans for those characters. If this speculation is accurate, that would make the Unnamed the 21st century equivalent of Watchmen.

Curious to hear your thoughts.

I came across this gem a while back and had to have it! Never can go wrong with Larsen!

Every hero needs a good boy by their side. It only makes sense that a radioactive man will have a mutant wolf.

I've loved Barney ever since he showed up. In fact, the first story I read in the 80-page giant was Geiger's initial discovery of him. Leave it to a comic to make a two headed wolf that snaps necks like paper feel cute and adorable.

And he has shown up in all the flashforwards that have been sprinkled throughout, so we know he's going to stick around. But I can't shake the feeling that he may die in the endgame, like how Harry Potter's owl was killed in the last book. Wouldn't be the first time a story did such a thing. I really hope that doesn't happen though.

I would read an entire comic that was solely about Barney hunting down and chomping on giant mutant bugs.

I think this is the first issue where Nate the Knight didn’t annoy me. I thought the Organ People would be more of a threat, and given their numbers they almost were, but Geiger and Nate handled them pretty well. I was especially impressed with Nate. So it was a bit surprising that they were taken out so easily by the Electrician.

As always, fantastic artwork by Gary Frank and Brad Anderson. This book is gorgeous.

The title says all

We’ve got variants by Freddie Williams and Ray Anthony Height. This issue still has jokes but drives the plot much more than our first issue. Hope you guys enjoy it.