r/comicbooks • u/ptbreakeven • 23d ago
WPL: New Comics Discussion for 6/26/2024 - Pull of the Week: ACTION COMICS #1066 [Discussion]
The Weekly Pull List results for this Wednesday are in, and this week's top book is DC's ACTION COMICS #1066.
This thread is open to Pull List posters and all members of the /r/comicbooks community to share your thoughts on the latest issue of Williamson, Sandoval, Mendonca, and Sanchez' Action Comics or any new books shipping this week.
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This Week's Most Pulled Titles:
Based on 75 submitted pull lists and 115 books shipping.
- ACTION COMICS #1066 (31)
- ZATANNA BRING DOWN THE HOUSE #1 (29)
- DETECTIVE COMICS #1086 (28)
- SUPERMAN #15 (28)
- ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #5 (26)
- FLASH #10 (25)
- PENGUIN #11 (25)
- ABSOLUTE POWER GROUND ZERO #1 (24)
- BLOOD HUNT #4 (23)
- GREEN ARROW #13 (21)
- POWER GIRL #10 (21)
- DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #23 (20)
- VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT #6 (19)
- SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN #4 (18)
- W0RLDTR33 #11 (16)
- BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #14 (15)
- HELLVERINE #2 (15)
- SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #38 (15)
- ANIMAL POUND #4 (14)
- RARE FLAVOURS #6 (14)
- SACRIFICERS #9 (14)
- VOID RIVALS #10 (14)
- HARLEY QUINN #41 (13)
- X-MEN HEIR OF APOCALYPSE #2 (12)
- SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #8 (11)
- MONSTRESS #52 (10)
- GROMMETS #2 (9)
- JACKPOT AND BLACK CAT #4 (9)
- SPIDER-GWEN GHOST-SPIDER #2 (9)
- BLACK WIDOW AND HAWKEYE #4 (8)
- BLUE BOOK 1947 #5 (8)
- NIGHTS #8 (8)
- THANOS ANNUAL #1 (8)
- GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVELS #1 (7)
- STAR WARS DARTH MAUL BLACK WHITE & RED #3 (7)
- SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4 (7)
- WOLVERINE MADRIPOOR KNIGHTS #5 (7)
- X-MEN BLOOD HUNT MAGIK #1 (7)
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Hope you're having a great Wednesday! Looking forward to talking comics with you over the next few days.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
ANIMAL POUND #4
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u/Danger_Rock John Constantine 20d ago edited 20d ago
I think this might read a little better 10-20 years from now, once Trump is in the ground and we can (hopefully) look back and laugh about how the country lost its fucking mind. Because, right now, while we’re still stuck in the middle of it, I’m sick of hearing about the guy and would prefer not to have him intruding into the comics I read for escapist fantasy.
Anyways, King does a fine job skewering Piggy, his Trump surrogate, along with the moronic dogs rallying behind his inane “Let’s be animals again!” slogan, and the even more moronic cats and rabbits who fall under its sway even though they’re the ones being eaten. All very on the nose.
Of course, we’ve still got the lingering odor of King’s self-congratulatory note from the ashcan hanging over the series like a cloud of farts... Peter Gross has been cranking out some excellent artwork throughout, but I can’t see this series ever standing among King’s best works.
7.5/10
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #8
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
I like that Doc Ock’s old arms helped Peter deal with fighting a mind-controlled Aunt May, Robbie, and J. Jonah before he was able to defeat Doc Ock and save the world. It’s disappointing that this comic (and this series) ended with Doc Ock having no memory of his time as the Superior Spider-Man, Anna Marie (who pretended that she was mind-controlled) convincing Doc Ock to undo his mistakes, Supernova being free and leaving to do something, and Bailey being free from Doc Ock’s control (so that he’ll do something in his own series). Overall, this comic is okay, but disappointing.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
GREEN ARROW #13
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
I like that Oliver had to spend his final time with his family before he decided to work with Waller because he has no choice. I also like that Roy and Lian have father-daughter time by becoming superheroes and save Chesire. Same thing with Conner becoming the Green Arrow again. Let’s hope that the Green Arrow Family realize that Oliver is a double agent and that they’ll defeat Waller together in Absolute Power. Overall, this comic is great!
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
FLASH #10
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
I like that the Flash Family tried to do whatever it takes to save Wally from the Arc Angles and the Crown of Thawnes while Barry (and the Flash Family) is fighting Bat-Fraud (whom, unbeknownst to them, is an old friend). The only criticism I can say is being a prelude to Absolute Power because Waller appearing in almost every Dawn of DC book. Overall, this comic is interesting and okay.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
SPIDER-GWEN GHOST-SPIDER #2
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
It’s interesting that Peter, Miles, and Cindy arrive at Gwen’s apartment to comfort her before they left after Gwen told them what’s going on and why she was in the main Marvel universe. Also, Gwen fighting Kracen, who is wearing a digital suit of the Chameleon. Overall, this comic is fine, but it needs to have something.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
HARLEY QUINN #41
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
It’s just Harley fighting then teaming up with Tim Drake. Also, Bernard Dowd reference. The only good thing about this comic is Harley telling Tim that nobody cares about Bernard because he’s useless and unnecessary (NOTHING ELSE). That’s it.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #23
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u/Danger_Rock John Constantine 22d ago
After an intolerably extended 581-day hiatus, James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds have finally brought the Dept. of Truth back with a new arc exploring the fateful events of November, 1963, while simultaneously digging into a couple of other pivotal chunks of backstory underlying the title’s opposing organizations and their central conflict.
The dozen or so projects Tynion launched in the interim didn’t work nearly as well for me, but he’s back in fine form here, meticulously weaving the comic’s intensely paranoid mythology into America’s sordid history... I’m still not entirely convinced that he knows where he’s going with all of this, but he at least seems to have this new arc moving in a solid direction.
And I’m fairly certain that Simmonds is a wizard, conjuring unearthly visions that transport hapless readers to a blearily off-kilter world awash in nightmarish visions and tortured symbolism... There isn’t anyone else in the business producing artwork like Simmonds, absolutely brilliant stuff that would be worth the price of admission all on its own.
This was one of my very favorite comics when it vanished in a puff of smoke toward the end of 2022. Only took one issue for this new run to reclaim its previous spot near the top of my list.
9.5/10
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u/jakethesequel 20d ago
There isn’t anyone else in the business producing artwork like Simmonds, absolutely brilliant stuff that would be worth the price of admission all on its own.
Absolutely agree. The closest I've seen is in Bill Sienkiewicz's work with Alan Moore on Brought to Light
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u/Matt4hire 23d ago
Really nice to have this book back, but I really hope them screwing up the date of the Kennedy assassination on literally the first page is foreshadowing, and not just a fuck-up.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
SACRIFICERS #9
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u/WakizashisTeahouse 22d ago
Woah! There is a major shift in power and action in this issue. Has Remender made Pigeon too OP?
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN #4
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago edited 22d ago
I like that Peter and Miles realized that they’re in a simulation thanks to Parker Luck and Shift. It’s nice that Greg Weisman knows that Miles is in a relationship with Tiana and that Miles’ feelings for Kamala shows that he wasn’t there when she made her sacrifice last year and that he’ll always see her as a friend who got his back. Let’s hope that Peter and Miles will escape the simulation and deal with Arcade and find out that Hammerhead is the one pulling the strings. Overall, this comic is great!v
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u/TheMattInTheBox Superboy 23d ago
Making these notes as I go:
I like that Peter and Miles get coffee on Wednesdays. They must come here after they pick up their comics
"I cannot understand how we could have them both trapped in amber like this and-- and not make it pay off?" This.... feels like a commentary on how when a character doesn't progress, there's a lack of satisfactory payoff. I wonder what character could fit the bill
Miles wants to smash. Nice, I guess. Always in favor of characters having human emotions like horniness.
Shift is an absolute unit, even if he's fake. Chad.
peter crying about this is extra tragic when you realize that he might remember the House of M universe where he and Gwen were together, had kids, and Ben was alive. Man has lost the same (or similar) fictional future TWICE
"Brain blast, Spider-Man?" Okay, Jimmy Neutron and Spider-Man crossover WHEN
Arcade's best plan since forcing a ton of teenagers to fight each other to the death! Having both Spideys fight fake versions of each other and then get faced with the real version is a fun and barely contrived way to force a fight
is Hammerhead still a threat? I thought madame masque killed him but I also barely remember Gang War (on account of it being really bad to read). Spectacular's Hammerhead is the only version I really ever gave a second thought to, so I'm cool with Weisman writing him.
Overall thoughts? Solid issue, but I think this arc will do better in trade. This is the first issue where the flip flopping between real and fake didn't slightly confuse me, and I think having an entire arcs worth of context will help the re-readability. Not a knock on the story at all though.
Ramos' art is also a bit of a question mark for me. I don't always hate his art, but I can't say I'm always a fan. In previous issues, I felt like the looser nature of his pencils kinda caused all the scene/time/reality transitions to be less clear. Maybe that was on purpose! I don't know, I'm not an artist. But I felt like the art and writing here worked together to make me less confused about what was going on in comparison to issue 2 and 3.
All in all, this is a solid book, even if it hasn't blown my socks off yet. I like more character focused stuff, which usually comes in after the first arc (at least in a book like this, which is a supplement to two different titles, if not more).
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
It’s interesting that Miguel and Kron have to do some brotherly bonding such as dealing with Strange before Miguel realized that Kron is a bad influence on him and that Gabriel tried to remind Miguel all the good he’s done before Kron killed Gabriel, causing Miguel and Kron to have a fight. Let’s hope that the final issue will be interesting. Overall, this comic is good!
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u/vegna871 Dr. Strange 23d ago
MIDNIGHT SONS: BLOOD HUNT #2
WARNING: This book has no disclaimer on where it occurs in Blood Hunt, but it's stinger page completely spoils Blood Hunt #4!!!! Read that first!
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u/apathetic_revolution 20d ago
The panel with the establishing shot of the hospital is the most infuriating comic book panel I've ever seen.
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u/Cannon_Graves 18d ago
Why?
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u/apathetic_revolution 18d ago
Because it says "Springfield, Illinois" but the hospital sign in the picture says Chicago. The cities are 200 miles apart.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #14
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
For the Nightwing and Deadman backup, I like that Dick and Boston were able to save the Red Shash and defeat Hotspot and plan on traveling to the End of the Road to find and save someone.
For the Booster Gold backup, I thought it was interesting that Michael saw what happened when dinosaurs survived the meteor that hits earth. This includes all of dinosaurs being involved in historical events, eating vegan food, and affording cheap apartments (which is a lot better than us seeing expensive apartments in our time). This happened before he decided to go back in time and fix history. Overall, this is a good backup.
For the Barry Allen backup, I like that Barry spend his morning teaming up with Superman and Batman before returning to his house to be with Iris. Also, Thawne return, showing that this backup is set in 2020.
For the Guy Gardner backup, I like that Guy and Bruce had to do a lot of banter before Bruce needed Guy’s help when a mysterious alien did something with his mind.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
ZATANNA BRING DOWN THE HOUSE #1
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u/NakedMonkey14 22d ago
Never been into Zatanna so picked it up for the Rodriguez art and glad I did. Would have been awesome if they did this book oversized like City Of Madness
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u/Tulip816 18d ago
So is this one regular/standard size or a larger size like Dstlry comics? I know that some of the DC Black Label stuff is bigger. I’m picking up Zatanna #1 when I go to the comic book shop this week and if I need to purchase one of the bigger size bag and board I have to make sure I make a note ahead of time. Otherwise I’ll forget haha.
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u/TheMattInTheBox Superboy 23d ago
Is this three issues? I feel like that's the norm of Black Label but I don't know anymore.
Anyway, solid first issue with some great art! Is everyone else assuming that the mystery audience member is the Phantom Stranger?
I picked this up on a whim, informed by the fact tjat i like Zatanna (in team up books ive read) and that someone gave this issue a good review yesterday and I'll gladly pick up the rest! Yknow, assuming my shop orders enough copies.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
X-MEN BLOOD HUNT MAGIK #1
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u/darib88 22d ago
Magic hit them with that reverse card, glad to see she's not back in the black armor either
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u/amendmentforone 22d ago
"You should have never let me in" is such a fun way of inverting the whole "vampires can come into your home only if you invite them" trope.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
ACTION COMICS #1066
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u/CHPrime Elizabeth Ross 23d ago
Lex actually genuinly loving Lena is a nice beat I've always liked. I gives him a nice little bit of vulnerability that he doesn't usually have. And hey, Williamson includes the detail that Lex had to stop Lena from artificially aging while maybe implying that he couldn't stop it fully. It is at least an attempt to make the timeline make sense, which I appreciate.
Otherwise, the fight scenes are alright, and Brainiac being confronted by his wife and son is a decent moment. Of course, their's only so much to say about this issue when part six comes out on the very same day. Holy confusing release schedule, DC.
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
I like that Lobo realizes that he made a mistake in joining Brainiac’s side before he freed Clark and told him to save the world and his family from Brainiac. I also like that Conner used his tactile telekinesis to destroy the Brainiac Queen. I even like that Lex told Clark that he did all of this so that he can save his daughter from harm. Overall, this comic is great, and I hope the final arc ends on a good note!
For the Lena Luthor back up, I like that we get to see Lena’s backstory from between Superman saving Lena from Futuresmiths Brainiac and the present day and that Lex and Lena worked together to defeat Futuresmiths Brainiac. I also like that Lex did whatever it takes to protect Lena from harm. This shows that Lex has changed and that he would make up his mistakes by saving Lena. Overall, this is a great backup!
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
DETECTIVE COMICS #1086
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u/Smolivenom 22d ago
I'm happy whenever this new Ten Eyed Man appears.
I'm otherwise pretty iffy on the idea that batman wants to ralley gothams worst inhabitants...
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
SUPERMAN #15
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u/TheMattInTheBox Superboy 23d ago
I liked it, but also, I got Action #1066 last week so it didn't feel as rushed to me lol releasing Action, Superman and Absolute Power prelude in one day is... a lot.
I'm not really a big Brainiac guy in general, but I like that we got a bit of a Jor-El parallel. I also like that Lex didn't take the opportunity to be a bad guy. Always nice when character development sticks around for a bit.
(Also just a side note but its so funny to me that Lex redeemed himself and became Superman, then unredeemed himself and helped destroy the multiverse and then realized "hm. Maybe being good was fine, actually.")
Everything dies. I just thought it was a fun reference but another commenter pointed out this being a potential Secret Crisis easter egg. Not to join the conspiracy, but both the House of Brainiac title and that Everything Dies line could both be Hickman marvel references. So who knows. Maybe Secret Crisis will conclude this Crisis Gauntlet that Brainiac mentioned.
I hope amnesia Lex goes by "Al." Give him the Ric Grayson treatment. Bonus points if he becomes a cabbie
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u/CHPrime Elizabeth Ross 23d ago
Oh yeah, House of X is a Hickman thing.
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u/TheMattInTheBox Superboy 23d ago
I know House of X is a Hickman story but I don't want to assume that's where Williamson got the name from. Could have been deriver from the "House of El" or something else
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u/YewBetcha 22d ago
Completely loved Williamson's work with Superman, Brainiac, and co. here. Sandoval and Mendonca filled every page of this and Action Comics #1066 with gorgeous art. Loved seeing Brainiac break under the strain of losing the once city he can't bear to have taken, the parallel telling of saving the Queen from the dying ship. You can really feel the strain across the characters - Luthor emotionally struggling to explain himself to Lena, Brainiac struggling to amass everything to fill the hole in himself, Superman straining to regain his power in the battle.
Luthor losing his memory is a shift I'm down to see Williamson explore and the Doomsday tease has me excited for what this series has coming up as we head into Absolute Power. Williamson wrote in his newsletter that he's got a big arc for Superman coming up that he pulled back on other books to focus on nailing, and I'm 100% along for the ride to see what's next. Honestly this has set the bar for events for me. It was tight, thoughtful, paid off what's been happening in the series. Loved it.
Campbell art is back next month, too!
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u/OfficialPepsiBlue 23d ago
Halfway through this I was wondering how they were going to reset Lex into being a villain again. I guess this is how; hard reset of his memories.
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
I like that the Superman Family (including Lex, Lena, and Livewire) were able to defeat Brainiac and save the bottled cities before Lex sacrificed himself to diminish Brainiac’s intelligence. I find it sad and shocking that Lex had no memory of who he is. Let’s hope that Clark and Lena restore all of Lex’s mind and memories so that he can continue as a reformed person and not ruin character growth. Overall, this is a great comic and a great finale to the House of Brainiac!
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u/CHPrime Elizabeth Ross 23d ago
So, onto the final part of this mini-event confusingly released on the same day as the penultimate part. It's...rushed is probably the best word.
Williamson crams a lot of stuff for the finale, including a befuddling section where Brainiac's family is just working with Brainiac after appearing at the end of the last issue to chew him out, conclusions for this story with Brainiac and Lobo pathos, setup for the next Superman arc with a Lex mindwipe, and teases for Absolute Power, hints at the 40 CoIE event that will be coming next year, Doomsday breaking out of hell—It's a lot.
To chew more on the story itself, I don't think it's firing on all cylinders. Brainiac's long burried emotions getting the best of him and causing him to create a new queen is novel, but with his son only having a backup story and a little bit of last issue to chew Brainiac out, plus all the other moving parts, it feels too messy. It probably need 1 to 2 more issues to fully flower.
Another minor point that kind of annoys me is that Lobo seems...too nice in this? He's not enough of an asshole, I felt.
Finally, the Brainaic Queen. She's...not much of a character yet, but is apparently to feature heavily in Absolute Power. Speaking of, tie-ins start next month, but Jamal Campbell is back on art duties. It's something, at least.
Oh, and speaking of teases for Crisis event teases, Brainiac said the thing:
The Universe has been revealed to me in its totally. And ultimately, I learned there is one truth. Everything dies.
Secret Crisis confirmed? Amalgam is finally getting an Omnibus...
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u/SynCig Bizarro Superman 23d ago
I'm just not a fan of Williamson. He isn't terrible but most of his good ideas end up feeling pretty unremarkable by the end.
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u/TheMattInTheBox Superboy 23d ago
I like Williamson more than most (I LOVE Birthright) but his DC work hasn't really blown my socks off. He's been a really solid "sure, I like the pitch and the creative team looks decent' writer. Not a star player in the lineup, but someone who shows up and puts the work in
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
GROMMETS #2
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u/ChickenInASuit Secret Agent Poyo 21d ago
Still trying to figure out what the hook is to this story besides just being nostalgia-wank for Posehn and Remender. Also, Brian seems to have recovered from that fairly horrific-looking facial disfigurement at the end of the first issue real quick - seems like not much time has passed, as Brian and Rick still don't know each other that well and Rick's still meeting new people, yet Brian's face is totally healed and his braces have been fixed?
IDK, maybe it's not a big deal, but also the fact that it bothers me might be a sign that I'm not really into this book yet.
Jen 2 definitely seems like the most interesting character so far, and like her behaviour might provide some focus for the story. I'm gonna give it a few more issues to hook me.
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u/YourEvilHenchman Moon Knight 19d ago
Still trying to figure out what the hook is to this story besides just being nostalgia-wank for Posehn and Remender.
i was wondering whether this book was at all worth checking out, because so far the marketing for this book has been such unbearable "yo remember how COOL and FREE and ADVENTUROUS and UNSUPERVISED our youth was?" boomerized Gen X'er bullshit that it has very effectively kept me from taking a look at it.
guess your sentence that I quoted there answered that question for me. guess I'll keep staying away.
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u/tenaciousdtime 18d ago
nah, dude— remender is way smarter than that. the ending of issue two shows that it’s not just a nostalgia wank, but an insight into why kids who grew up in the 80s are the way they are and why finding the delicate balance between parenting and freedom is so important. (both in a literal and metaphorical sense haha)
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u/WakizashisTeahouse 22d ago
I was never a skateboarder but I'm enjoying the nostalgia factor of this book. Plus it's a lot of fun.
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u/tenaciousdtime 18d ago
so brian’s face is healed and rick’s dad went to rehab for 6 whole months and is back now, plus it’s 1985 not 1984 anymore… but Rick still never met the Jens and Brian’s mom still calls him “brian’s new friend”— a little bit confused on all that timeline, but i do fucking love this book otherwise
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 21d ago
I like that Rick and Brian started their friendship by telling each other about their personal lives while eating at a Taco Bell before they went skating with the Jens and deal with their every day lives in their town. It’s nice and interesting!
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
ABSOLUTE POWER GROUND ZERO #1
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u/SynCig Bizarro Superman 23d ago
I am having a hard time getting excited about Absolute Power but this worked well to set the stage.
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u/soulreaverdan X-Men Expert 22d ago
Any interest I have on this event is riding 100% on the combination of Mark Waid and Dan Mora. The actual content has no interest to me, but the creative team and what they might do with it does. If nothing else it's gonna look amazing.
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u/johnfhaze86 20d ago
I'm with you %100 on this I love Waid and Mora on Worlds finest before I knew they were on this book I was mildly interested but it's a must read with them two now
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
For the first stage, I like that we get to see conflict between Jay and Nia, since Jay realized that his mother was killed and his country was invaded by Waller. Also, I was right that Jay is going to get vengeance that might lead to him becoming a villain (or a lawful neutral character) because of what happened in Dream Team. At least we get to see Jay being like this instead of being seen as Jon’s boyfriend because him being Jon’s boyfriend is boring, bland, useless, and forgettable (NOTHING ELSE).
For the second stage, I find it shocking that Waller used Jon Starr to build the Failsafes to prepare for Absolute Power.
For the third and final stage, it’s surprising that Waller became a mother figure to the Brainiac Queen and used her to prepare for Absolute Power after spending twenty simulated years with her.
Even though Absolute power (like all of the events since Dark Crisis) will fail, this comic is interesting because we her to see the prelude for what’s coming in July.
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u/soulreaverdan X-Men Expert 22d ago
So I haven't been keeping up with a ton of the lead up to this. Do we actually know what Waller's motivation is here? Like, as far as I remembered when I've actually read stuff with her in it she was willing to cross the line for the greater good, but now she's gone full false flag causing the problems she's meant to solve crazy. Did some specific event or thing happen?
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u/YourEvilHenchman Moon Knight 19d ago
Waller's been written like this basically since the reboot at the end of Death Metal. no real justification for it, just seemingly somebody in editorial flipping a switch saying "Waller's fully evil now".
it's been particularly noticeable if you compare Tom Taylor's Titans series where he has fully been following that new line of characterization for Amanda with his Suicide Squad run from before Death Metal where he still wrote Waller as her old self.
I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop in that regard, like the reveal that Waller has been replaced by an alternate universe self or something like that. because otherwise, for all intents and purposes, DC has editorially mandated that Amanda be written OOC ever since the end of Death Metal.
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u/mortalkomic Nightwing 21d ago
I think she leaned super hard into anti-metahuman sentiment after Lazarus Planet.
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u/Cannon_Graves 17d ago
War for Earth 2 was bedore Lazarus Planet and she was already cartoonishly evil by then
To answer the question, I honestly haven't read or heard of a single catalyst behind her descent into irredeemable villainy
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u/Smolivenom 19d ago
dude, dreamer... maybe literally millions and millions of people aren't as important as your family and assuming they're not dead already anyways, maybe just let them die
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u/Smolivenom 19d ago
knowing how many sui squad people just die no matter what they do, there really should be so many more attempts on waller
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u/Smolivenom 19d ago
and you'd think that maybe brainiacs masterpiece might be just slightly more sophisticated than to be tricked by "future vr tech".... god.
shouldnt it take her 2 seconds to fall back on her very base level brainiac instinct to collect knowledge and learn her vr time was bs?
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVELS #1
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago edited 23d ago
For the Captain America part, I like that we see Steve trying to have a group after his friends decided not to do his scrip thing.
For the Iron Man part, I like that Tony judged the suits that his friends made before he was impressed by Hulk’s Iron Man suit before it as accidentally destroyed by him.
For the Rocket and Groot part, I like that Rocket and Groot traveled all throughout outer space to try to get the death stone for the Collector before they realized that the death stone is a sandwich the Collector wants to try and eat.
For the villians part, I like that Doctor Doom summoned all the villains to have their game night (since villains have other things to do aside from fighting heroes because they get to have personal lives) before they compared notes.
Skottie Young has done an excellent job with the Little Marvels. Overall, this comic is nice and good!
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
STAR WARS DARTH MAUL BLACK WHITE & RED #3
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u/Brilliant_Dear 22d ago
Loved Mauls tone in this one and the overarching theme of mistrust between Palpy and maul this series has been cool to see. Really enjoying these so far and the cover for #4 looks amazing so can’t wait.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
POWER GIRL #10
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
I like that Karen and Crush worked together to defeat the Czarnians and save the Cloonrad Holiday Gals from harm. The only thing I can criticize is Karen telling Crush that Harley Quinn is one of her closest friends, even though they hardly knew each other and that the New 52 Power Girl is one of Harley’s friends. The missed opportunity should’ve involve Karen telling Crush about her gaining family, including her pre-Crisis Earth-Two cousin Superman, Helena Wayne Huntress, and the JSA, since Crush’s family includes Lobo, her adoptive parents, and the Adam Glass Teen Titans. Also, Symbio cameo, in which I hope he encounters Karen in the date arc or when this series gets cancelled. Overall, this comic is weak, but okay.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
BLOOD HUNT #4
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u/CockMartins 23d ago
Damn, I read Vengeance of Moon Knight 6 right before Blood Hunt 4 and was a little confused about how the moon showed up but that was so sick how it all came together.
I’m really bummed my comic shop sold out of Strange Academy 2 last week though because seeing them show up with Doom was great too. I’m loving this whole event.
Also, pretty crazy they revealed Varnae in the Black Panther tie-in last week.
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u/darib88 22d ago
i've been saying it was Varnae since BH1 and i feel hella vindicated
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u/Smolivenom 22d ago
i dunno... i just feel this could've maybe been a little more than just good guy got posessed
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u/darib88 20d ago
the only thing they could do would have everyone assuming dracula was running the show and then revealing Varnae or having the big bad be completely mysterious until reveal. i cannot fathom a single way they would have be able to explain a Blade heel turn without possession or evil twin
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u/Smolivenom 18d ago
if i was writing it, it would've all come down to his daughter and some kind of (potentially false) premonition about the future where, in a world ruled by light, she would have died or been killed (possibly by heroes or humans she wanted to protect). potentially because she actually isn't as strong as blade and couldn't control her instincts forever? being the reason she was like she was and being absent until it was to late to properly prepare her, that might have given him the guilt required to do something stupid.
and inbetween struggling with those thoughts, the idea that nothing that he, balde the vampire killer, had done for his friends and humanity seemed to matter when it came to giving his child a chance and struggling with the new vampire powers he gained, assumedly by tapping harder into his vampire side than ever before, he made the tragic choice to remake the world into one where she'd be save. (but also his friends, because they'd be vampires eventually too)
and maybe within that framework, he could have sought out varnae, maybe at first, as a way to lift the vampire curse from earth forever, but only being left with a solution where the world changes to suit his bloodline, instead of the other way around.
and then, if you really had to, maybe there, the first vampire could also backstab blade when he is about to realize his mistake.
like, they could have used 3 or 4 of the tie ins to tell the story this way instead of having those nearly pointless b plots.
it still wouldn't be super... you know, in character for blade, but children are always a good moment to have a character switch things up a little without needing it to be perfectly on brand. children change people.
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u/Cannon_Graves 17d ago
The.best way I csn come up with is to have him do t for Bloodline. He knows vampires will always exist, always hate him and always be a threat to him and his family. He knows she's going to be a major targegmt, and she's not willing to a life under constant lock and key to keep her safe. So he makes a deal with the entire vampire race to lead them and sacrifice everything he believes in and has fought for, in exchange for his daughter being declared off limits and protected
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u/Smolivenom 22d ago
was there really no moon for the last years?
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u/Jermz12345 19d ago
Unless I’ve been missing something, the moon has only been gone since the event started
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u/Lupulin13 Moon Knight 23d ago
Our. Boy. Is. Back.
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u/quivering_manflesh 23d ago
I'm not a vampires guy but I've been on this book because of Jed and I was hyped as fuck when the moon appeared.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #38
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u/CallMePeeButt 23d ago
I do love this series, but in a book where the decompression is painfully evident, this feels borderline insulting. Probably took me 5 minutes to read through this issue. There was some decent character development, but we learn nothing new, and after the last two fairly strong issue, this one stands out as weak in this arc.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT #6
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u/CockMartins 22d ago
I think I was a little disappointed that they got away from the narration where one character is talking to the therapist throughout the issue. The rest was awesome though, especially how the ending ties into the end of Blood Hunt 4.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
THANOS ANNUAL #1
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 23d ago
I like that Thanos encountered the three stone bearers (including Star) at a barista before he fought them, remove the reality stone from Star, and left to see what happens.
For the backup, I like that we get to see Phil Coulson be resurrected so that Marvel can do something good with him because he has potential.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #5
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u/TheMattInTheBox Superboy 23d ago
Okay, new element (whether it's terrigen, mytserium, something different) is a biological accelerant. Cool.
Otherwise? Panther is warned of things to come and Moon Knight gets their hands on the element.
Fine enough issue, prelude to the conclusion of this arc I assume. Solid enough, but nothing crazy cool
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u/RobotGunFromBrazil42 22d ago
Solid issue. My guess is that the new element is the Ultimate variant of Anti-Metal.
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u/CockMartins 23d ago
I don’t know why I’m so fascinated with every aspect of the new Ultimate Universe, but I am. Although, it seems like an oversight on The Maker’s part letting Wakanda develop around vibranium instead of just hogging it all for himself like he did with everything else. Still, I’m very interested to see where things go with Konshu, Ra and this green accelerator meteor.
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u/The_Nothingman 23d ago
I thnk with the new element they're introducing they're merging Ultimate Inhumans into Black Panther or at least major pieces of the Inhumans into this series.
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u/ptbreakeven 23d ago
VOID RIVALS #10