Weekly Reder, October 21, 2024

[Jeff]

More fun this week! A lot of #1's from Marvel.

Marvel Unlimited
Dare Devil: Woman Without Fear 1
Immortal Thor Annual 1
Phoenix 1
Namor 1 - by Jason Aaron? I'm not missing that!
Mystic 7
Mystic 8
Mystic 9

DC Universe Ultra
Batman & Robin: Year One 1
Absolute Power 4
Green Arrow 16
Titans 15 - promos claim major death, we'll see.
The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 269

Hoopla
Old Dog: Operations One Shot
Hyde Street 1

ComiXology
BRZRKR vol 1 (Collects issues #1-4)

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[Gay Titan]

DC Universe Ultra
Titans 15 - promos claim major death, we'll see.

Sadly, it's not.

[Perry]

New week, almost the same list... but luckily, a tad shorter


Marvel Unlimited
Ultimate Spider-Man #6
Thor #12
Thor Annual #1
Ultimate Black Panther #5
Phoenix #1
Namor #1
Doctor Strange (1974) #10 
Mystic #3

DC Universe Ultra
Batman: Long Halloween - Last Halloween #1
Nice House by the Sea #2
Zatanna Bring Down the House #3
Zatanna Bring Down the House #4
Plastic Man No More #1
Legion of Super-Heroes #269 (1980)

Hoopla
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Phoenix - Meh, it's okay. I like the "idea" of the book more than the book, right now. However, I am hoping for a brighter future as I like where this COULD be going. This wasn't terrible, but... I am not a huge fan of writer Stephanie Phillips, so...

Namor - Loved the art (some will not), as it is a combination of Kev Walker, Sanford Greene and the (late, great) Keith Giffen. The story, by another great; Jason Aaron, was not as strong here. But much like with Phoenix, I am looking for a little better over the next couple of issues. 

[Perry]

Had to add a couple more, of course, due to Hoopla Wednesday and me totally not seeing Absolute Power hitting this week

Sadly, or luckily, for right now , there are a couple more series that I have been wanting to try that recently dropped on Hoopla, but are still missing their first issues. Series like BPRD's John Arcudi's Convert, Kieron Gillen's Power Fantasy, Peter Warren's Tin Can Society will have to wait until Hoopla gets right and puts up their first issues. Again, for now, I'm happy to wait as I have plenty to catch up on.


Marvel Unlimited
Ultimate Spider-Man #6
Thor #12
Thor Annual #1
Ultimate Black Panther #5
Phoenix #1
Namor #1
Doctor Strange (1974) #10
Mystic #3

DC Universe Ultra
Batman: Long Halloween - Last Halloween #1
Nice House by the Sea #2
Zatanna Bring Down the House #3
Zatanna Bring Down the House #4
Plastic Man No More #1
Absolute Power #4 <-- Added
Legion of Super-Heroes #269 (1980)

Hoopla
Conan #16
Rook #6
TMNT #3
Universal Monsters: Creatures from the Black Lagoon (Issues 1-4)

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Absolute Power - Pretty darn good.

Spoiler

Loved the resolution with G.A, how he was able to trick Waller with a timed mental implant. Loved how the powers were reset back to the heroes, love how some powers have not yet returned to some heroes and I think I love how some powers are in different characters now? Or at least I think I like that. Time will tell. I mean, it doesn't make sense, yet, how that would possibly work, but hey, comics! Right?   Oh, and I also loved the Satellites return

[close]

 

Zatanna - Javier Rodriquez's layouts are F'n incredible. He was so good on Daredevil, he killed on Spider-Woman and he is slaughtering on this. Just amazing work. The story is pretty good,

Spoiler

we find that Zatanna's dad Zatarra is one bad dude, a demon now in fact,

[close]

so I am excited for the resolution in the next issue.

Thor Annual - Pretty damn funny. Even though I am a little lost on the Infinity Stone story, in their current state and locations, I enjoyed this a good bit.

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
Dare Devil: Woman Without Fear 1
Immortal Thor Annual 1
Phoenix 1
Namor 1 - by Jason Aaron? I'm not missing that!
Mystic 7
Mystic 8
Mystic 9

DC Universe Ultra
Batman & Robin: Year One 1
Absolute Power 4
Green Arrow 16
Titans 15 - promos claim major death, we'll see.
The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 269

Hoopla
Old Dog: Operations One Shot
Hyde Street 1

ComiXology
BRZRKR vol 1 (Collects issues #1-4)

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Old Dog: Operations One Shot - Good little anthology book with a handful of short stories to remind me who Old Dog is.  looks like another series is coming in 2025.

Hyde Street 1 - classic horror book.  Not usually my thing but the characters are interesting.  I'll stick around for awhile as it intrigues me.

[Perry]

Marvel Unlimited
Ultimate Spider-Man #6
Thor #12
Thor Annual #1
Ultimate Black Panther #5
Phoenix #1
Namor #1
Doctor Strange (1974) #10
Mystic #3

DC Universe Ultra
Batman: Long Halloween - Last Halloween #1
Nice House by the Sea #2
Zatanna Bring Down the House #3
Zatanna Bring Down the House #4
Plastic Man No More #1
Absolute Power #4 <-- Added
Legion of Super-Heroes #269 (1980)

Hoopla
Conan #16
Rook #6
TMNT #3
Universal Monsters: Creatures from the Black Lagoon (Issues 1-4)

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LoSH - Actually, not a bad written issue, for a change (nothing great, but nothing horrid), but the art was pretty weak. Always enjoy seeing the Fatal Five, though the dialog they spout does get very repetitive after so many issues... they say the same thing each and every time 

Spoiler

But still, not the worst issue and enjoyed seeing Gim's parents

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Plastic Man - Okay, An interesting issue. It does show the League in a somewhat different light, but this is Black Label, so easily forgivable... it's not THE League. Yeah, I think I will keep going on this.

Thor - Oh boy, what a horrible issue this was. I still enjoy

Spoiler

the "In-Betweener Box" (Oblivion), and love that Tyr is coming back,

[close]

but far too much cryptic Norse speak and art that is extremely poor. These last two issues have just been dreadful in that regard. Luckily, a different artist is around the corner or I would be off this title with this issue. Really bad issue

Ult Black Panther - Hmmm...

Spoiler

what could that new material from that second meteorite be? I am really wondering? I have options going around in my head, but yeah... very interesting.

[close]

Ult Spidey - Wow, Kingpin. This series still seems a tad "off" to me. Not jumbled like a typical Hickman book, but more scattershot. It is good, but not really... progressing? No, that's not what I mean... I don't know... there is just something off is all.

[Gay Titan]

Ran to my LCS at lunch and picked up:

Absolute Wonder Woman #1
Avengers #19
Green Arrow #17
Nightwing #119

Green Lantern Dark #1 was already sold out. Boo!

[Jeff]

Plastic Man - Okay, An interesting issue. It does show the League in a somewhat different light, but this is Black Label, so easily forgivable... it's not THE League. Yeah, I think I will keep going on this.

I enjoyed as well.

[Gay Titan]

Absolute Wonder Woman #1
Avengers #19
Green Arrow #17
Nightwing #119

Absolute Wonder Woman #1 - NOT as good as Absolute Batman and no Booster Gold. I will not be getting the next one.

[Jimmy T]

Absolute Wonder Woman #1
Avengers #19
Green Arrow #17
Nightwing #119

Absolute Wonder Woman #1 - NOT as good as Absolute Batman and no Booster Gold. I will not be getting the next one.

I always like reading your mini reviews, as a glimpse into the future I will follow!

[Jimmy T]

Time to put down what I read 3 weeks ago...and in the last 2 nights!

Brief Marvel Unlimited

Superior Spider-Man 8 -cya round
Deadpool 4
X-men 1 - uh....not feeling it
Amazing Spider-Man 53 - I've been gelling with this title for a while
Invincible Iron Man 20 - I really did like this volume
....
...
..that's it!

DC Ultra

Batman Off World 5
Penguin 12
JSA 11
Flash 12
Detective Comics 1088
Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Issue
Superman 17-18
Batman 152
Green Arrow 15-16
World Finest 30
Batman & Robin Year One 1
Legion of Superheroes 265-268
Shazam 15
Green Lantern War Journal 12
Green lantern 15
Wonder Woman 12-13
Absolute Power Super Son
Absolute Power Origins 2-3
Absolute Power 3-4
Batman '89 Echoes 4

[Jeff]

Wow Jimmy! That's a lot of catching up you did!  Awesome!

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
Dare Devil: Woman Without Fear 1
Immortal Thor Annual 1
Phoenix 1
Namor 1 - by Jason Aaron? I'm not missing that!
Mystic 7
Mystic 8
Mystic 9

DC Universe Ultra
Batman & Robin: Year One 1
Absolute Power 4
Green Arrow 16
Titans 15 - promos claim major death, we'll see.
The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 269

Hoopla
Old Dog: Operations One Shot
Hyde Street 1

ComiXology
BRZRKR vol 1 (Collects issues #1-4)

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Absolute Power 4  - Dangit. Should have read GA 16 first.  All well, it was still a good wrap up to this event.  Looking forward to the new status quo.

Green Arrow 16 - Tie-in to Absolute Power. Make sure you read it before Absolute Power 4. Good story and looking forward to next issues "fallout".

Titans 15 - Promos say major death. Rodney is right.  Not only is there no MAJOR character death...THERES NO CHARACTER DEATH AT ALL!  What a ripoff. It's the end of a Trigon arc so there's that but nothing here to get me back on board sadly.

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
Dare Devil: Woman Without Fear 1
Immortal Thor Annual 1
Phoenix 1
Namor 1 - by Jason Aaron? I'm not missing that!
Mystic 7
Mystic 8
Mystic 9

DC Universe Ultra
Batman & Robin: Year One 1
Absolute Power 4
Green Arrow 16
Titans 15 - promos claim major death, we'll see.
The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 269

Hoopla
Old Dog: Operations One Shot
Hyde Street 1

ComiXology
BRZRKR vol 1 (Collects issues #1-4)

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Dare Devil: Woman Without Fear 1 - I liked it.  First issue setup but with a lot of action.  I'm in.

Immortal Thor Annual 1 - Typical Annual one shot story but I liked it.  It was actually kind of amusing.

Phoenix 1 - I'm in for this too.  Been awhile since I've read any cosmic Marvel stuff and this filled the gap so far.  Also like the cliff hangers.

Namor 1 - Another typical first issue setup issue.  I'm expecting more from Jason Aaron though.  Let's see how next issue goes and hoping that the flashbacks to his childhood are over.  I didn't find those interesting.

[Gay Titan]

Absolute Wonder Woman #1
Avengers #19
Green Arrow #17
Nightwing #119

Nightwing #119 - Start of a new writing team. It's okay, not stellar. The new artist is really good. Definitely a change and more shadows.