Weekly Reader, November 24, 2025

[Jeff]

Small new issues from the big 2 so I'm packing Thanksgiving week with a lot of trades to catch up on.

Puppet Master (Jeff's Pick)
Green Arrow (1988-1997) #28



Marvel Unlimited
Imperial #3
Ultimate Black Panther #19

DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes #12 (ONE SHOT)
BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #12 (OF 12)

Hoopla
Ice Cream Man Vol 11  (Collects issues 41-44)
The Seasons Vol 1 (Collects issues 1-4)
Deviant Vol 2 (Collects issues 5-9)
Wynd Book Three  (Collects issues 1-5)
Jupiters Legacy Vol 6: Finale (Collects issues 1-5)

Crossgen
The First #5
Sigil #10
Scion #10
Meridian #10

ComiXology
Mann's World   #1
Mann's World   #2
Mann's World   #3
Mann's World   #4

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[Perry]

No Absolute Bats, Jeff?
Not too bad of a week, depending on if those new issues that I follow hit Hoopla this week. Seems like that is a 50/50 chance here lately.


Marvel Unlimited
Black Cat #1
Marvel All-in-One: Thing #1
Imperial #3
Ultimate Black Panther #19

DC Universe Ultra
Absolute Batman Annual 2025
Batman and Robin: Year One #12
Hellblazer #82
Legion of Super-Heroes #12

Hoopla
Ice Cream Man v10 (issues 37-40)
Conan: Scourge of Serpent #3 (?)
Escape #4 (?)
Geiger #18 (?)

Crossgen
Sigil #10
Scion #10

Puppet Master (Jeff)
Green Arrow #28

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Ult Panther - Decent fill-in art helped this (in so much as it has the same feel and similar look to the main artist), and while I still am not sold on the... Adamantium creature... to say without too much spoilage... I liked this issue more than the last.

Spoiler

And I really liked the knife the stores the pain from each cut, that was awesome! So Doctor Strange like... I mean Steven, but hey...

[close]

Imperial - An ending that has me a little more excited than it probably should do, but yeah, looking forward to this. Good exposition issue as well, to catch us up on the... underlying plans 

All-in-one (or The Thing Kills the Marvel U) - I am not the biggest fan of McGuinness art, but he does quite well here, and Ben rarely has looked more imposing. That was cool.

Spoiler

Ending with it all being Impossible Man was... haha... great. I mean, we knew something was going on and great to see that little imp return.

[close]

Even if it was just a throw away issue 

Black Cat - Tried this in the hope that it would bring me back to the feeling I had reading the older MacKay Back Cat series' (before he got boring), and while it came up well short of that, I did see promise in this for my granddaughter. I think I may buy this for her. She has been reading comics and I think this would fit right in with her reading

[Perry]

Marvel Unlimited
Black Cat #1
Marvel All-in-One: Thing #1
Imperial #3
Ultimate Black Panther #19

DC Universe Ultra
Absolute Batman Annual 2025
Batman and Robin: Year One #12
Hellblazer #82
Legion of Super-Heroes #12

Hoopla
Ice Cream Man v10 (issues 37-40)
Conan: Scourge of Serpent #3 (?)
Escape #4 (?)
Geiger #18 (?)
Redcoat #15 <- Added
Gehenna: Naked Aggression v1 (issues 1-4) <- Added

Crossgen
Sigil #10
Scion #10

Puppet Master (Jeff)
Green Arrow #28

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Legion - *sigh*
Not blaming all my all my anger... nor my petulance on the story, this time, though once you read it you'll know what mostly bothers me personally about it. No, this time I also have to give some of my dissatisfaction points to the art. Inker Mike Machlan is NOT a replacement for Larry Mahlsted (sp?), by any means, and there are some pretty bad panels here that make the story less than enjoyable, especially in the later half, so there is that. But (as I seem to keep repeating), I am hoping things settle into actual story movement soon. Although if things hold true, we will have to listen to characters complain about membership, leadership and/or co-leadership for another 10 issues first and hell, maybe even throw in a club re-vote for good measure. I mean good lord. How many panels have we had about fighting bad guys in comparison to how many panels relating to membership, in some form? Oh sure, I know it is a small percentage, really, but if you are getting punched in the face only 20% of the time someone walks past you, you tend to remember that 20% more than the remaining 80%. We've done it, now stop with the damn daytime soap opera stuff and give me damn space opera stuff.

That said, looking forward to issue #13