New Comics for May 26, 2021

One of the hardest questions to answer with comics

is a very basic one. Where do I begin? With so

many endless series and years of continuity,

finding a starting point can be difficult. But

that's where this series comes in. Each week

I look at all the new series coming out, pick

out ongoing series starting new arcs, notable

to number ones and graphic novels and trades

being released. Then I finish things up by picking

out my pick of the week. The thing I'm most excited

about coming out this week. To start things off

this week, let's look at ongoing series starting

new arcs. We're going to start this week by looking

at spawn issue number 318 and this is a major

starting point because this is going to be the

starting place for entire new arcs. line of Spawn

books including Spawn Universal and other titles

will be coming out later this month. This is

designed to be a brand new launching point for

this new era of Spawn. It is kind of cool seeing

that Spawn, despite the fact it's been around

since the 90s, is still getting new life. I feel

like it's just as popular as it's been in quite

some time after issue number 300. I feel like

it got a lot of new eyes on it and because of

that Todd McFarlane being taught men fall and

wanted to strike when the iron is hot and he's

doing so by launching an entire new line of spawn

books I'll say as someone I've always tried to

get into spawn but found it very difficult. It

just never really clicked with me. I'm gonna

try this issue because it is this new launching

point to see is this in time that I can actually

get into the character and you gotta respect

the fact that it's still only $2 .99. I think

the only book out there that's a full issue that

is that price. So if you're a huge Spawn fan

or maybe you were a Spawn fan many years ago

and you're looking to get back into the title,

this issue is a great starting point. Speaking

of Spawn, we have Killdelphia issue number 13.

And I say speaking of Spawn because Jason John

Alexander, who is the artist on this book, also

did work for Spawn back in the day. And this

is written by Ronnie Barnes. And I've been actually

really liking Killdelphia. And it's taking this

idea of vampires and I know people want more

vampire stories. Yes, more vampire stories and

linked it to the Founding Fathers, of course,

being located in Philadelphia. And I've enjoyed

the expansive. look at the lore it's had one

of my favorite characters you have this one character

that is was the slave of a founding father and

learning his story and although he's a villain

he's a very sympathetic villain and I really

loved that about the last arc and the last arc

I think really did a lot to expand the world

of kildelphia so I'm curious how it's going to

move things forward and it's just a good meshing

of historical fiction with Gothic horror and

it all looks fantastic with work by Jason Shawn

Alexander So if you do like spawn, I think Philadelphia

is probably a good series for you It has a similar

tone of Sarah similar era to that title and of

course very much in the horror genre So excited

that it's coming back. It's been some time since

we got an issue of this series and happy to get

another issue this week Coming out this week

we have the other history of the DC universe

number four each installment of this series has

focused on different characters we had focused

on Black Lightning, for example. And this issue

is focusing on Renee Mantoya, who, of course,

eventually becomes the new question. As a fan

of the Gotham Central series, I was a big fan

of her character because she played a central

role in that, in the evolution of that character

eventually becoming the question. And I think

the last time we saw her was in the Lois Lane

book. So I'm excited to see. This series take

on that character and expand upon their history.

The cool thing about each of these books is that

even if you've not read any of the past issues,

they've all been self contained so you can pick

this up without reading anything else. And of

course, I don't think it necessarily ties into

really the continuity of DC Universe. A lot of

them do tie into like real life events and just.

seeing this perspective especially of minority

characters within the DC world. This is written

by John Ridley who of course has been writing

a lot of the next Batman stuff and would just

recently announced he'll be taking over Black

Panther after Ta -Nehisi Coates most famously.

John Ridley also wrote the script for 12 Years

a Slave and now is working his way into comics

now first with DC. now with Marvel, but I still

think the best thing he has done in all of comics

has been this series. It's more of a comics prose

type of style where you have one still image

and text on one page, so you don't necessarily

have the format of a typical comic with a six

or nine panel grid or something like that. So

I feel like it has fit this mold a little bit

more, especially coming as a screenwriter. I

think that The adapting his style for comics

has been much more fitting for this book. So

even if you've not loved some of his other stuff,

I do think this is worth your time because it's

I think where he's been able to shine and really

delve into what makes him a good writer the most.

Also coming back this week is The Ascender with

issue number 15. This of course is written by

Jeff Lemire with art by Dustin Nguyen and as

a big fan of the Ascender series, when they announced

the Ascender series I was excited, apprehensive,

a little bit of both and we're Ascender was more

in your science fiction vein, almost like artificial

intelligence that the movie by Steven Spielberg

and Kubrick made into a comic book. This has

been more within the fantasy genre, although

still dealing with science fiction and kind of

a meshing of both those genres where this has

been a world without technology, mostly focused

on magic, but that has evolved throughout taking

place in the future of the Ascender book. If

you've not read Ascender, would you like the

Ascender or would you be able to follow it? I

think so, although I think there are been a number

of characters that have shown up and especially

like the driller, for example, that if you don't

have the context of where he comes from, that

his appearance may not have the same level of

impact. I do think this is best enjoyed by reading

both series, but I don't think it's impossible

to read Ascender without reading this book. Now

this has been out since October of last year,

so now it's finally coming back and this design

to be a new launching point will be super welcoming

considering the amount of lore that's been built

up in this world. I'm not sure. I have not read

this issue yet, but I'd be a little bit hesitant

to jump in at this moment in time. If you have

enjoyed Ascender, I think you will enjoy this.

It's very similar in tone and style, and you

have beautiful Dustin Nguyen art. Love seeing

him take on these different worlds. And if you're

interested in it, a lot of the trades are out

right now, so you can catch up relatively quickly

and then pick up this issue. And if you have

been following this series and wondering when

it's coming back, do know you'll get a new issue

this week. Ha Ha Number 5 also comes out this

week. This series is fantastic for doing this

video because each issue, it's an own thing.

So technically, each issue is the beginning of

a new arc. What's really exciting about this

book is the fact that Gabriel Walter will be

on art duties and a huge fan of his art. Last

time I saw him do anything was with Barbarian

Red Planet earlier in the year and that still

remains one of my favorite books in large part

due to his art style and his storytelling. now

seeing it in the world of ha ha. And I think

it does make sense because Walter's art when

it comes to tone and melancholy, they're often

one and the same. He can also get violent and

horrific. Just think about what he did with the

vision and the sentient with Jeff Lemire as well.

So he certainly is no rookie when it comes to

the world of horror and now matching it with

W. Maxwell Prince. And if you hate clowns, it's

a good series to read because it just gives you

more reason to hate clowns, although most of

these characters have been relatively sympathetic

or at least extremely depressing. Unlike something

like Ice Cream Man, which is generally in the

horror genre for the most part, this I think

is not necessarily, it's more dramatic. It certainly

has maybe horror elements per se, but it's not

necessarily something that is designed for scares

or frightens or... anything like that. I think

it's more of a tale of empathy in a way because

you end up caring about these characters more

so than anything in the trials and tribulations

that they go through and I also have to hand

it to W. Maxwell Prince because not many people

can write single issues this complete this many

times with different artists and different creators

and I think he does do a good job of working

with his style to match the artist that he'll

be working with, so getting the most out of their

art. And if that's the case, this could be one

of the best issues of Ha Ha yet, because I think

Gabriel Walter is probably one of the best artists

that's been on the series thus far. The last

ongoing series starting a new arc this week is

Money Shot with issue number 11. And Money Shot

has been quite the series and a series full of

sex, science, and aliens. What more can you want

in a book? The general premise of this is that

you have these scientists, these individuals

trying to explore space and find ways to fund

their science experiments. But of course, you

know, we live in a society that doesn't necessarily

invest in science the way it should. So the way

they get around that is by having sex and filming

it with different aliens. And that's been the

general premise and it's expanded beyond that.

And this looks like it's bringing in a new character

that's going to shake things up a bit. And I

do think it's kind of funny because when you

have a book that focuses on sex, people get super

uncomfortable. Yet we have so many books that

are extremely violent. with bloodshed and things

like that, but no one seems to kind of bat an

eye. I think it just speaks to where we are culturally

and things of that nature. So it's also a very

different book from Walt. This is written by

Tim Seeley and Sara Bietti with art by Carolyn

Lane. And I've been liking this book. It's one

that I feel like. It got a lot of attention early

on, but did not necessarily continue that attention.

I think it definitely deserves to get more eyes

on it. And don't be uncomfortable. It's not necessarily

a book that it's all about exploitation. There's

been a lot of books like that that are just those,

you know, those cheesecake art books that don't

have much story or depth. I don't think that's

the case with this book. There is certainly meaning

behind it, even if you just... Definitely just

look at the premise. Clearly, the social commentary

is there. Plus, it's fun, and it's funny, and

it's an enjoyable read. And when you have books

across the landscape of comics that tend to be

serious and dour or violent, and you want something

that is a bit of a reprieve from that, I definitely

would advise checking out Money Shot number 11.

I mean, even in the title, you kind of get what

it's talking about, right? Now we talked about

ongoing series starting new arcs. Let's look

at notable new number ones coming out starting

with star girl Spring break special number one

and this is written by Jeff John So no doubt

this is inspired by the star girl TV show that's

out and perhaps coming back for a second season

I didn't know there. There's so many Superhero

TV shows anymore. It's hard to keep track of

when things are starting and going I did watch

a few episodes of the star girl showing I liked

it. It was enjoyable. It was fine. And I think

I was watching it through my DC app, and I eventually

didn't continue it, so I just lost access to

it. But maybe we'll go back to it one day. But

if you do love Stargirl, and I know a lot of

people do, you're getting a new issue. And this,

of course, is written by Jeff Johns, who used

to be, I think, a mainstay in DC comics, but

of course now kind of comes and goes, because

he's been working mostly with TV and movies,

of course, with some controversy there for a

multitude of reasons. However, if you want...

Issue about this character. This is only a one

-shot. This is not a continuous series but I

know there's some fans of that are of the character

and Luckily, the good thing is that you don't

have to worry about the next issue being delayed

because there is no next issue But you know if

you want something that is very in the mold of

classic star girl, you'll probably get it with

this book Also new from DC this week we have

mr. Miracle the source of freedom number one

and no This is not a continuation of the last

mr. Miracle series, which was done by Tom King

and mr. Arts It's a different creative team and

a different mr. Miracle. It's the new mr. Miracle

and this is done by the same writer who did the

Series for future state that was in a couple

of the Superman books and kind of popped in in

that and that's actually why I'm quite excited

about it because I did really like that ongoing

series, that mini series that did show up. It's

one of my favorite parts of Future State. One

sad part, though, is a different artist. I can

kind of get it. I mean, that art is not your

universal style you typically get with DC. Very

different than the normal DC house style. But

I thought the creativity within it was really

good. Generally, though, I thought the story

was good. It was a very small scale story, so

I'm interested to see how does this Go moving

forward now that you that was really focused

on one small specific area. When does this take

place? Is it related to future state? You know,

do you see kinds of be condensed baby question

mark right now? So I'm not fully sure the artist

Fico Osio and I apologize if I pronounce it incorrectly

is when I don't have a lot of experience with.

Most of the work I see is from the books from

IDW that I have not personally read. But one

thing I do love about comics is potentially getting

a new artist to be excited about. But this is

a Mr. Miracle character that I don't know much

about. I really read the majority of the stuff

I read about him was in the Future State book.

But that makes me more excited because you don't

have to worry about trying to link this to the

past Mr. Miracle series. It can be its own thing.

And I do love it when DC does allow smaller side

characters to get their own books, even if they're

only in miniseries, because I feel like that

tends to be some of the best things that DC does.

And especially with creative teams that are not

necessarily named teams as of yet, but giving

them freedom, giving them a character that is

not super tied to any event or continuity tends

to yield good results. And hopefully that'll

be the case with this series. Speaking of characters

I don't knew a lot about we have Reptile number

one from Marvel Comics. This is again a creative

team I don't have a lot of experience with and

sometimes I'm excited about that I'm always open

to learn about new creators and new writers and

things of that nature because it gives you more

people to be excited about in the future and

Reptile is one of those characters. I think Marvel

has tried to make work at a number of different

degrees and I can kind of get that Marvel I think

is very Focus on getting characters that can

appeal to different types of age groups and they've

been successful with things like, you know Kamala

Khan, of course, now we're seeing the TV show.

No doubt they're looking at Reptil as a character

that could probably appeal to even a younger

age to a lot of kids. I mean, he's like a dinosaur

and a kid at the same time. I think that is the

dream of a lot of children. As a person with

a six -year -old who loves dinosaurs, I certainly

think this would be a character that would catch

his eye. And I hear a lot of people say things

like, who cares about Reptil? And my thing is...

Well, that's why you make a book like this. No

one cared about Spider -Man until you made a

Spider -Man comic. I mean, when Spider -Man came

out, the idea of a Spider -Man would probably

be as foreign as a character like this. And given

an opportunity, you never know what can happen.

Is this going to be as popular as Spider -Man?

I highly doubt it. But something could come out

of it. And I at least appreciate the attempt,

right? We always talk about how we need new characters,

especially characters that are not a new version

of an old character. a new Batman or a new Superman

or something of that nature. And that is what

we have here. A character that is unlike any

other character that I can think of that's currently

popular and trying to put some attention on that

character. I don't think it's necessarily a bad

thing. If only the comic can follow through with

that, we'll see what happens. But I'm interested

in at least appreciating them trying to expand

their horizons, both with the audience they're

choosing and the types of characters that they're

putting in the pages of their comics. Now getting

to characters I'm a little bit more familiar

with we have Star Wars a weapon of a Jedi number

one and this is part of the Star Wars Avengers

line that is done by IDW and I think a lot of

people tend to Dismiss the Avengers line because

oh, that's the kids book who's these are only

meant for children and I'd advise not doing that

I think that Star Wars High Republic Avengers

line sexy in a lot of ways better than the main

book and some of the adventure books are just

really good I love the the Clone Wars book as

a person who loved that show. I felt like it

really got the spirit of that and this focuses

on Luke Skywalker shortly after the Death Star

is destroyed and he fights with Red Squadron

in his classic X -Wing and during this though

he's feeling the pull of the Force he's learning

about the Force of course because it's a thing

he just learned about that let him become this

hero and you now see kind of a conflict there

so another benefit of this book too is the fact

that with Star Wars we have the bounty hunter

storyline that's kind of terminating a lot of

the books even this week we have Darth Vader

and Dr. Aphra, which will be part of that storyline.

And sometimes when you have so many connected

books, it can be a good thing. Sometimes you

can feel you can be a bit apprehensive because

you have so many things you think you might have

to read and almost feels like a chore keeping

up with everything. Then you have a book like

the Avengers book, which are very much their

own thing. You don't need to read anything else.

Maybe you've never read a Star Wars comic before.

Maybe you only watch the movies, whatever it

may be. And again, it is part of the Avengers

line, so it is kid appropriate. At the end of

the day, I feel like Star Wars is designed for

kids at the heart of it. So, you know, as a person

with a six -year -old who loves Star Wars, these

are tends to be the books I go to most. And again,

just because it's designed for kids doesn't necessarily

mean that it's simple. It just means that it's

totally different than some of the other things.

Coming from Image Comics this week, we have Made

in Korea number one. And this takes place in

a future in which being upcoming a biological

parent is no longer the norm, no longer normal.

But To help with that, we have Jesse, which is

the first true AI system. And Jesse is a system

that is growing and learning and going to forever

change what the family dynamic looks like. And

one would think with a name like Made in Korea

with things to things like the. propaganda of

North Korea that this will have an additional

social commentary element to it as well. I have

not, of course, the chance to read it, but I'm

certainly curious about it. It'll be a six -issue

mini -series, so you do know that it will be

relatively self -contained. And there's definitely

things about this I'm curious about, especially

looking at the family dynamic and how it relates

to artificial intelligence with the social, political,

global dynamic on top of it. So there's a lot

of ingredients here that could lead to a good

story. as well the creators ones I don't have

a lot of experience with that's actually kind

of a running theme a lot of new creators doing

big bucks which is I think a good thing I think

if anything that comics needs more creators more

people coming in doing books and especially when

it comes to like month the issue book so I'm

really interested in this just the concept definitely

catches my eye and I think it could lead to something

quite good Coming from vault comics this week.

We have the blue flame number one and this is

a writer I have a lot of experience with his

Chris Cantwell And I've been loving his take

on Iron Man and what's interesting about this

being a vault comic book It's actually a superhero

comic which is not the norm for vault comics.

They really delve into the area superheroes Maybe

something that's like superhero Jason, but I'm

interested to see it and it's about this character

called the blue flame that is fighting crime

in the streets of milwaukee but then is called

into a greater cause and there's this global

trial where he's trying to save humanity and

you're seeing what chris campbell has done with

the iron man mythos within his book and just

how fantastic that run has been now knowing that

he can kind of has his ability to write a brand

new story that is not linked to anything else

it certainly feels like it has elements of something

like green lantern to it I'm not sure, maybe

with the mentioning of Iron Man. I don't know.

There's a lot of possibilities with this book.

It's a vault comic, so any time vault puts out

a number one, I'm going to give it a try. More

often than not, I end up liking what they do,

especially with a writer that has a pretty proven

track record with me. Not just Iron Man, but

I thought... Cantwell did a great job on Dr.

Doom as well. When it comes to the artist K.

Michael Russo, when I looked at the books that

were passed on was Glitterbomb, which was a book

that I don't remember a lot about, but I remember

liking the way it looks. So there's an additional

benefit. And when I look at the landscape of

all the new number ones that are coming out this

week, there's a number I'm excited about. But

the one that's on top of my list of the new series

is definitely this one based upon the creative

team, the publisher, and the concept. And it

has me excited to see what this can do. The last

and number one we're going to talk about this

week is Redshift number one from Scout Comics.

And this takes place in a future where the humanity

is trying to survive on Mars, but that's not

working out. And we've seen some books like The

Martian or things like that where you see people

going to Mars thinking it might be one of those

last bastions for humanity. We see that that

is not working out, but we need to find a new

home. And the person that's doing it, the astronaut

that's in charge, is a person that's also scared

of space just to make things more complicated.

I've read a lot about this book and it seems

like there's been a lot of research put into

this. There's been a lot of comparisons to things

like Interstellar, which is a movie I respected

more than enjoyed. I think there's a lot in there

to appreciate. So not that it's going to be at

all the same, but anything that deals with space

exploration, anything that I think especially

tries to delve into the science of it. has me

excited. Again, a situation where I don't know

much about the creative team, but the concept

and the idea behind it is the biggest reason

I'm looking forward to this issue. Now that we

talked about new number ones, let's move over

to the world of trades and graphic novels, starting

first with Crossover Volume One. And this is

a book that has gotten a lot of attention in

the world of comic books, basically because it's

a comic book about comics written by Donny Cates

with art by Jeff Shaw. You know, as a huge fan

of God Country, I was really looking forward

to this. I don't think it's been as good as God

Country, but it's been a lot of fun and I'm also

just impressed with the machinations of what

they had to go through to make this book even

exist with the different characters that have

shown up from different publishers and different

creators and of course you're not going to have

superman on the pages but i think they've done

a good job of at least getting different characters

to make the crossover feel actually like a crossover

and i do think the last few issues have been

some of the best of the series thus far it's

really getting into high gear i don't know how

long the series tends to go on i've actually

thought it would only go on for a short while

similar to god country but based upon the The

ongoing so the last issue there there's actually

a lot of longevity possible for this book. So

we shall see if you're huge Johnny Cates fan.

I do think you would probably like this. It's

different than something like venom. I don't

necessarily think it's going to hit the sensibilities.

A lot of people thought it was going to where

it was going to be this big bombastic story.

I think mostly it's been generally character

focused for the most part. It's been a little

messy at times. Sometimes it's just been a little

over the place, but I think it's starting to

find its footing right now. I would be interested

in kind of reading it in trade and seeing how

it reads in that format. But again, it's coming

out in trade. If you've been interested in knowing

what all the conversation's been about, you now

have the chance to find out this week. Also coming

out from this week is zigzag and this comes from

the world of Fanta graphics and I actually debated

about Should I put this here should I put it

in new number ones because it's not a full graphic

novel It's more like an oversized one -shot,

but considering most people think of Fanta graphics.

They think graphic novels That's why I'm doing

it here. And this is by the mind of Will Sweeney.

And if the book follows through with just the

premise that it explained in the solicit, I am

wondering what this book is going to be, because

I cannot do the description on this book justice.

I advise reading it yourself. It deals with this

individual that is growing from fungus and becomes

this interstellar police officer that's going

to different dimensions. It's very weird. It

definitely feels like a book. that would be published

by Fanographics. Now, as someone who does love

Fanographics books more often than not, some

are even too weird for me. If I just looked at

the cover of this, I looked at the description

and be like, yeah, that's probably going to be

published by Fana Graphics, those books that

tend not to be weird. When I look at the general

design of the cover and almost the tone that

tends to hit me, the style is very Daniel Klaus

type of look to it. I don't know if that's at

all what the story is going to be. It's hard

just finding preview images of the book itself.

So I'm intrigued, though. I think it was successful

in making me excited just because I'm like...

What exactly is going to happen in this book?

There's a lot of possibilities, especially with

it not being a full graphic novel and something

that's a little bit on the cheaper end. So if

you ever wanted to read Fana graphics books and

they can be a bit expensive, this will be one

for you to check out. Of course, Red Room is

beginning a lot of acclaim and attention, and

this is something that is very different from

them. But if you want to see all the different

types of flavors that you can get from Fana graphics,

this may be a book you want to check out. Next

up we have Godzilla a natural disasters hardcover

and this is actually a collection of a three

separate Godzilla stories most notably Godzilla

and hell and one thing I'm excited about actually

I did read Godzilla and help because of James

Stokoe art and I'd advise reading it just for

that maybe you know picking this up if you're

a huge Godzilla fan and We've seen so many Kaiju

things as of late. There's been a lot of Kaiju

books. There's been, of course, had the Godzilla

versus King Kong. If you want more of that, this

will be a good collection for you. We have an

ongoing Godzilla book right now for IDW, but

that's more YA type of style, more kid -friendly.

This is very different. These three stories aren't

necessarily, not that the kids couldn't read

them, but they're not necessarily designed for

that audience. If you know anything about James

Stokoe's art, it's very detailed, very bold,

and it looks fantastic, and it really works for

something like Godzilla. Right now, he's doing

the Orphan in the Five Beasts, if you like that

book. Of course, very different, because that's

more in the martial arts vein, where this is

your Kaiju action. If you are a Godzilla fan,

I do think there have been a lot of Godzilla

comics. them not very good. These to me have

been some of the best that I've read. I've not

read out a huge amount, but really because of

James Stokoe's reason I read it. And there's

really very limited to no words on the page,

but you really don't need anything because you

get everything with his heart. Last year you

put back. I'm going to talk about this week is

death and glory This completes the entire series

and this is written by recommender with art by

bengal and definitely use I think one of those

books that probably wasn't on there with Work

remember his best stuff, but it was definitely

enjoyable enough in large part due to bengal's

art He has a sense of really great pacing and

motion with his art Especially we got an issue

that was almost like Mad Max the movie huge vehicles

going this forever chase It was crazy and intense

And he did a fantastic job getting that through

on the page. And the book itself deals with like

the black market and organ donation and having

people be abducted is to take their organs and

selling them. And there's a lot of undergoings,

a lot of big social commentary, knowing it's

a reminder book and also dealing with things

like immigration and health care, all that, but

also in this insane race against time type of

storyline. And it's not like I said, one of.

Remember specs books. I wouldn't put it up there

with something like deadly class and to that

level, but it was good It was an enjoyable read.

It was a little bit lighter If you've been enjoying

something like scumbag and want something that

maybe has a little more tack to it That isn't

as abrasive and has a has a stronger narrative,

but it can be kind of funny Although the humor

in here is twisted at times. It can be Pretty

grotesque. Like I said, we're dealing with like

things like organs, but I did like it and I did

see was coming in trade to want to make people

aware of it because I do know there are tons

of reprimander fans out there and especially

those that wait for trade. And if you've been

waiting for trade on this book, you can now check

it out this week. Alright, we talked about ongoing

series starting new arcs, notable number ones,

and trade and graphic novels being released.

Now it's time to talk about my pick of the week,

the thing I'm most excited about coming out this

week. So, looking at this week, there really

wasn't a book that I was the most excited about

right away, right? Sometimes there's those books

that, you know, pop out at me like, oh, that's

usually my pick of the week. There was, of course,

The Blue Flame, which I'm excited about, probably

the new series I would put on top of that list.

I'm excited about some of the trades and graphic

novels as well, but when I look at the entire

list I kind of broke it down and thinking if

I had the opportunity to read whatever book I

wanted to next like the opportunity to read that

right now which book would I choose and it was

Black Widow with issue number seven and Black

Widow has I think been one of Marvel's best books

when it first came out. I like many was hesitant

when I heard it was coming out you're getting

this new series coming out at the same time while

the movie is supposed to come out but as we know

things have happened and you're thinking oh maybe

it'll just be a cash grab just trying to capture

the excitement of that and it makes sense I mean

comics are business as they say and Ultimately

though when I looked at it it ended up being

a fantastic read it almost a Twilight Zone s

look the art was Phenomenal one of the best -looking

books it was one of those books where I'm like

I can't believe we're getting art this in a Marvel

book Especially when he came to the fight sequences

the creativity of fluidity was all there and

also kind of change the status quo of the characters

in a way and i love the dynamic between the characters

especially Hawkeye and Winter Soldier they had

great back and forth and now we're continuing

on with this and what's interesting too is that

it went away and came back with issue number

six but that technically was like almost like

a one shot and now we're getting more of a complete

story arc so It's a different artist. The artist

that did the series when it first came out has

not come back yet, which I'm a little worried

about. But last issue also looked great as well.

Maybe not as good, but at least as consistent.

So I think Kelly Compton, too, is good at at

least working with editorial or editorial is

good at matching artists that fit her style.

And that's been the case so far with Black Widow.

So if you're a person like myself that was like,

I don't know about Black Widow. She's not had

a lot of great series outside of the Markway

-Casamni run. This to me is easily you know up

there with the best marble books best comics

books that i've read in the last two years at

least the most consistent it's also just a cool

spy story existing in the marble universe like

if you remove the fact that it's a more of a

book you kind of forget this exists in the world

with superheroes because yeah there's been some

characters here and there but it's been generally

grounded compared to like you're something like

an iron man book or another Hyperion or Avengers

or something like that. Very much in that vein.

This to me is really Kelly Thompson flexing her

muscles as a writer. I liked her stuff before,

but I really feel like she's hit another dimension

with this series considering her other Marvel

work. So anyways, what are you most excited about

this week? Let me know in the comment section

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