Weekly Reader, September 16, 2024

[Perry]

Jeff has discussed the fact that the Marvel calendar has, once again, not been the most reliable from week to week and this week seems no different... so it appears... I think . They are currently showing, with about 17 hours until this week's drops, that Uncanny X-Men #1 is hitting the MU tomorrow. As we have yet to see the newest issue of X-Men #1 (which hit the shops weeks prior to Uncanny), I am not sure I trust that this Uncanny will hit in the next few hours. No, no, no.  If it does, I will add it, but leaving it off for now.

Hey, more Big Two this week for me to read though 

Marvel Unlimited
Blood Hunt #3
G.O.D.S #8 (the last issue )
Fantastic Four #21
Hulk #13 (Maybe)
Mystic #2
Iron Fist #3 (1975)

DC Universe Ultra
Worlds Finest #30
Nightwing #117
Titans #14
Jenny Sparks #1
Legion of Super-Heroes #262 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #263 (1980)

Hoopla
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #1
?? Who knows what else ?? 

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[Jeff]

Assuming the MU calendar is correct, this is my plan.

Marvel Unlimited
G.O.D.S. 8
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Uncanny X-Men 1
Immortal Thor 4
Immortal Thor 5
Immortal Thor 6

DC Universe Ultra
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST 30
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL: ALLWINTER 2
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL 12
JENNY SPARKS 1 by TOM KING
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 263 - part 1 of 3
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 264 - part 2 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 265 - part 3 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)

Hoopla
Void Rivals Volume Two (Collects issues 7-12)
Saga 67
Saga 68

Other
Friday Volume 3 by Brubaker

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[Perry]

Assuming the MU calendar is correct

Hey, what do ya know? It seems right this week 

Marvel Unlimited
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2

I thought you decided not to come back to this. Hope it hits a hell of a lot more than the first issue. YUK

DC Universe Ultra
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 264 - part 2 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)

Well I hate to slow you guys down, read as you will, my man 

Hoopla
Saga 67
Saga 68

Also thought you were going trade for this. Got those extra borrows just burning a hole in your Hoopla pocket, huh? 

Marvel Unlimited
Blood Hunt #3
G.O.D.S #8 
Fantastic Four #21
Uncanny X-Men #1
Hulk #13 
Mystic #2
Iron Fist #3 (1975)

DC Universe Ultra
Worlds Finest #30
Nightwing #117
Titans #14
Jenny Sparks #1
Legion of Super-Heroes #262 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #263 (1980)

Hoopla
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #1
?? Who knows what else ?? 

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Uncanny - Wow, I enjoyed this a hell of a lot more than I expected to. For one, Gail Simone can be hit or miss for me (she hit this time for me) but I also wasn't too thrilled with the character list as I am not a huge fan of Gambit and Rogue. I know, I know. Then there was the fact that David Marquez was on art. Hey, his art can look stunning, as it does here, for most of the issue. He has a habit of making stuff look great for pages, but then slips into some weird facial stuff every now and then, but here, nothing that killed the issue for me.

Spoiler

I was worried at first as the initial villain we see in the early pages of this seemed a little... repetitive to me, but that's expected with the Big Two nowadays I suppose. I was also thinking that the Dragon part was a little over the top when I was reading it. No, not over the top, just... off, but I walked away from that part enjoying what I read all the same. Ended up liking it in fact

[close]

. Yes, an interesting beginning for this title!!

Blood Hunt - And the shoe finally dropped. Blah. I had a lot of fun with issue #1, issue #2 was less fun for me, but I still had Pepe Laraz's art to keep me going, now however, the art isn't enough to save this title for me. A two or three page Captain America speech, Blade's daughter, and even more boring ass MacKay writing has me throwing up my hands. Far too many Avengers in this book, and I stopped reading Avengers because MacKay bored me. This is just more of that. Nah 

F.F - Damn tie-in issue broke the fun, but manly for one reason; the damn over-powering of characters. An aspect that I can't stand. Reed, who can now expand/stretch for miles? Okay, it wasn't miles, but city block after city block? While he... no... not even spending more time on the problems. Next issue is also a tie-in, so I will be skipping that one. I look forward to getting back to getting back to my FF with issue #23 

G.O.D.S - So we still don't know what the acronym stands for "yet" (?), and this issue had me a tad bit confused at first

Spoiler

(my own lost time and the characters it seems )

[close]

. but it had a pretty good story. Even if it was squashed together. Best Marvel of the week, Hulk aside, but the bar was pretty damn low. Maybe that helped this issue? Perhaps, but I still enjoyed it and sad to see it go. Hope it returns.

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2

I thought you decided not to come back to this. Hope it hits a hell of a lot more than the first issue. YUK

I thought I said I wanted to see what happens with Pia but agree I said issue 1 wasn't good.

Hoopla
Saga 67
Saga 68

Also thought you were going trade for this. Got those extra borrows just burning a hole in your Hoopla pocket, huh? 

Yeah, with the new extra borrows I'm not gonna wait on a lot of these now. 

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
G.O.D.S. 8
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Uncanny X-Men 1
Immortal Thor 4
Immortal Thor 5
Immortal Thor 6

DC Universe Ultra
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST 30
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL: ALLWINTER 2
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL 12
JENNY SPARKS 1 by TOM KING
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 263 - part 1 of 3
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 264 - part 2 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 265 - part 3 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)

Hoopla
Void Rivals Volume Two (Collects issues 7-12)
Saga 67
Saga 68

Other
Friday Volume 3 by Brubaker

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G.O.D.S. 8 - shame Hickman had to rush the ending. Glad he got to wrap it up but it would have been fun to see how this developed.  I enjoyed this but can see how the mainstream reader these days would be lost.

Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2 - better than the first issue but still average. Enjoying it for the characters and I like the guest "ally".

X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1 - interesting premise and a pretty fun cast.  Plus I like the unexpected appearance for the cliff hanger.

Uncanny X-Men 1 - Not a bad start.  This could be a nice run after all the epic-ness of the past few years. I'm onboard for some more traditional X-stories.

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
G.O.D.S. 8
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Uncanny X-Men 1
Immortal Thor 4
Immortal Thor 5
Immortal Thor 6

DC Universe Ultra
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST 30
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL: ALLWINTER 2
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL 12
JENNY SPARKS 1 by TOM KING
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 263 - part 1 of 3
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 264 - part 2 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 265 - part 3 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)

Hoopla
Void Rivals Volume Two (Collects issues 7-12)
Saga 67
Saga 68

Other
Friday Volume 3 by Brubaker

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Immortal Thor 4-6 - And just like that a complete reversal. I am so in for this book now! Issues 4 & 5 really turned things around and I loved the Thor Corps.  So much fun.  Issue six starts up the next arc which is looking really good with these villains.  Total change of heart for me.

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
G.O.D.S. 8
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Uncanny X-Men 1
Immortal Thor 4
Immortal Thor 5
Immortal Thor 6

DC Universe Ultra
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST 30
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL: ALLWINTER 2
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL 12
JENNY SPARKS 1 by TOM KING
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 263 - part 1 of 3
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 264 - part 2 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 265 - part 3 of 3 (I'll save for last since Perry's stopping at 263)

Hoopla
Void Rivals Volume Two (Collects issues 7-12)
Saga 67
Saga 68

Other
Friday Volume 3 by Brubaker

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Saga 67 & 68 - I like this new arc.  I think it's getting back to the feel it used to have and I see the setup for some exciting stories coming up.  Good to see some old faces coming back as well.

[Gay Titan]

Did we ever figure out what G.O.D.S. stood for?

[Jimmy T]

Marvel

Hulk # something or other - bah, I'm done. Cool art isn't enough to keep me around something I find utterly uninteresting

Uncanny X-men 1 - I really like this! I did! I'm solidly a fan right now!`

[Perry]

Did we ever figure out what G.O.D.S. stood for?

They ended the letters page of the last issue with (something along the lines of...)
"...and no, we are still not going to tell you what the acronym stands for yet"

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
G.O.D.S. 8
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Uncanny X-Men 1
Immortal Thor 4
Immortal Thor 5
Immortal Thor 6

DC Universe Ultra
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST 30
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL: ALLWINTER 2
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL 12
JENNY SPARKS 1 by TOM KING
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 263 - part 1 of 2
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 264 - part 2 of 2
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 265 - Origin of Tyroc

Hoopla
Void Rivals Volume Two (Collects issues 7-12)
Saga 67
Saga 68

Other
Friday Volume 3 by Brubaker

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Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 263 & 264 - So this was actually a 2 part story which was enjoyable enough even though the villain was kind of lame.  I always like issues with Wildfire and Dawnstar in them.  And it does segue into next issues origin of Tyroc.

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
G.O.D.S. 8
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Uncanny X-Men 1
Immortal Thor 4
Immortal Thor 5
Immortal Thor 6

DC Universe Ultra
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST 30
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL: ALLWINTER 2
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL 12
JENNY SPARKS 1 by TOM KING
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 263 - part 1 of 2
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 264 - part 2 of 2
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 265 - Origin of Tyroc

Hoopla
Void Rivals Volume Two (Collects issues 7-12)
Saga 67
Saga 68

Other
Friday Volume 3 by Brubaker

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DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL: ALLWINTER 2 - Awesome issue.  I think I'm liking this better than the first series and that one was great.  I can't say anything else without spoilers but trust me, it's really good.

GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL 12 - Well it's over. Can't say I cared much for where this ended up nor how it ended.  I'm not sure where it lost me but somewhere along the ride, it did.

JENNY SPARKS 1 by TOM KING - Oh heck yeah! Exactly as good as I was expecting.  I'm psyched for this series! Starts off with a heck of a bang.

[Jeff]

Marvel Unlimited
G.O.D.S. 8
Strange Academy: Bloodhunt 2
X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse 1
Uncanny X-Men 1
Immortal Thor 4
Immortal Thor 5
Immortal Thor 6

DC Universe Ultra
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST 30 DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL: ALLWINTER 2
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL 12
JENNY SPARKS 1 by TOM KING
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 263 - part 1 of 2
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 264 - part 2 of 2
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 265 - Origin of Tyroc

Hoopla
Void Rivals Volume Two (Collects issues 7-12)
Saga 67
Saga 68

Other
Friday Volume 3 by Brubaker

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BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST 30 - I simple one shot issue that I didn't find very interesting.  Not a good issue to jump back onboard with.

Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 265 - Another one shot that's not very good.  It's the origin of Tyroc and not very interesting.  May have been ground breaking in the day but it's a plot that has been retread so much now that it's hard to get interested.

[Perry]

So I came here to post what I read and saw that Jeff liked the Allwinter #2 issue, so I went ahead and added it, read it, and yeah, liked it.

I was thinking about adding that Bernie Wrightson "Web of Horror" collection that just popped up on Hoopla, but I did a quick preview and it isn't all Bernie stuff, so I think I will wait on that, but happy to see that  Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees has been collected is now on Hoopla. I really enjoyed reading the first 3 issues, but decided to wait for the trade to finish off the story (back when I was using a lot of my borrows on other stuff ). It was brutal to wait for the collection, but man... its here and I look forward to that puppy!!!

Also did decide to skip the Hulk issue, which I questioned if I was going to read it in the first place, thanks to Jimbo's... lack of enthusiasm with it.


Marvel Unlimited
Blood Hunt #3
G.O.D.S #8
Fantastic Four #21
Uncanny X-Men #1
Hulk #13 (Thanks Jimmy)
Mystic #2
Iron Fist #3 (1975)

DC Universe Ultra
Worlds Finest #30
Nightwing #117
Titans #14
Jenny Sparks #1
Superman #17 <- Added
DKoS: Allwinter #2 <- Added
Legion of Super-Heroes #262 (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes #263 (1980)

Hoopla
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #1
Beyond Mortal (Cullen Bunn OGN) <- Added
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (collects issue 1-6) <Added

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Allwinter - Okay, I did enjoy the first issue, but for some reason I wasn't planning on coming back. But yeah, I'm in now. Damn it, Jeff 

Superman - Really enjoyed the art, but... okay... I guess it wasn't bad, but its just a standard tie-in comic. I could've skipped it and probably will skip the next issue.

867-5309 - This was a good one. No idea what world we are on, it is Black Label so it could be DC proper, but I'm thinking

Spoiler

we have an alternate world here as I am thinking that those people that all end up in the bar are the Authority?

[close]

Maybe? A pure guess, and not a stretch by any means, but... either way, enjoyed this a good deal.

Titans - I am glad I took a chance a couple issues ago and jumped back into this title. This has been fun. And I soooo much more enjoy adult Raven!!

Nightwing - Speaking of being glad for "jumping"   back onto a title, This last arc is reminding me of the greatness this title used to be. Man, this is good stuff. Writing to art to coloring to lettering... a complete package.
"That's what she said"
 

Worlds Finest - Uh-Oh. I think we may have a problem... this art is... I mean it isn't horrible, but if this is the new regular artist, I may be looking for the door. The art brought this (already not so grand) story way down
 

[Gay Titan]

Batman Superman World's Finest #31... Eclipso has got to be better than Mxyzptlk.
Uncanny X-Men #1...curious about the reboot.

Flipped through Dazzler #1. Looks fun but not interested in adding to my pull.