Big week at the old comic book corral. For one thing, it'd been three weeks since I got in. For another, there were a couple or so things that I just felt like picking up. I find that I'm often inclined to buy more stuff if I have a pretty good load on already. I just reach a Well, What The Hell? tipping point.
Let me tell ya 'bout it.
Action Comics #987 Mr. Oz, huh? I am not overly fond of this story twist, and the art was not to my liking this time around, but hey . . . a mere six and a half months until The Big One, right?
Atari Classics Swordquest TP I have to admit that I was kinda sorta tempted to buy this. I mean . . . it's Gerry Conway and George Perez . . . at least in part. But the asking price ($12.56 Amazon paperback, $11.93 Kindle, $12.99 Comixology (what the fuck is up with that? Amazon OWNS Comixology. You've got to watch these sons of bitches every minute or they'll be halfway up your ass before you even know they've knocked on your back door). Maybe there will be a sale.Until then, though, ahmo let this slide, and nostalgia be damned.
Dastardly and Muttley #1 Yeah, I didnt really see this one coming, either. But it's written by Warren Ellis, believe it or not. And the cover was kind of cool. And sometimes you just have to celebrate the BALLS that DC Comics bangs around. Even if it doesn't always work out so well. This time, however, it worked out really well. This was quite an entertaining comic book. I am most definitely interested in coming back for another go at it.
Detective Comics #964 This book continues to surprise and entertain me. The only thing I don't like about it is that Batman isn't around a whole hell of a lot, but sometimes less is more-or-less not less, so at the very least I'll be back again next issue. Which is only two weeks from now. The development of the Clayface character has been quite interesting here, and that alone would be enough to bring me back at this point.
Image + #I Don't Care Anymore. It's free with Previews. That's all.
Mister Miracle #1 2nd Printing Would have bought this when it first appeared, but The Great Escape sold out. Almost bought it on Comixology, but it was full price . . . and still is. There aren't many (might not be ANY) books that I'd buy for full price in e-version. And you know, if I had bought issue #1 when it came out, I probably wouldn't have bought #2. Not that it was bad . . . Tom King is a good writer, and this is an interesting take on the MR. Miracle character. And the art is quite good. But the story just seems so thin. There's a lot of repeated panels, quite a few black panels with the words "Darkseid is" and nothing else. And that is effective, in a way, but it also feels like I'm spending a lot of money for what amounts to about half of a comic book. However . . . since #1 had sold out, I bought #2 with #1. And Mister Miracle #2 was better. The story advanced, there was even a touch of humor, and there was (I think . . . it's not really clear at this point) a big turning point for the character of Orion. So I don't know if there will be a #3 in my future. If it were a buck cheaper, I'd definitely go for it.
Previews #348 Always fun. Saw some interesting shit is coming up, too. Like a new Demon series. And a one volume omnibus of the complete Jack Kirby Kamandi. I am going to try to resist buying that, since I already have (1) all of the original issues, (2) the DC Archives books, and (3) the two previous two volume omnibus collection. But who knows what will happen. It is Kamandi, after all. If I can spend $50 ($3.99 x 12) on The Kamandi Challenge, which is just non-stop express to Shitville, I can probably part with a hundred bucks for this omnibus. Hey, don't judge; it's a disEASE, for fuck's sake.
Rocky And Bullwinkle Show #1 I was a little bit tempted, but not $4's worth.
Spy Seal #2 Very exciting. And by the way, issue #1 has gone to $1.99 on Comixology, so if you want to taste this lovey dovey at a bargain price, here's your chance. You'll be glad you did. And as for this issue #2? It was fun, and it just looks great. I hope that people start hopping onto this title, because it really needs the support. I can't imagine Tintin fans not being delighted with Spy Seal. (And who the hell isn't a Tintin fan?)
I also picked up Star Wars Adventures #1. Even though it's a $3.99 book, and even though, since it's IDW, I could have gotten it from Comixology for $1.99 in a few weeks. I'm not a gigantic Star Wars fan, but I am a bick "Adventures" comic book fan. Batman Adventures, Superman Adventures, Justice League Adventures . . . that was some good shit. So I went for this. And? It was good. Maybe even good enough to go for #2 next month. There were two stories. The first featured Rey, who isn't my favorite character, but it was a decent story. And left us on a cliffhanger. The second story was kind of centered on Obi-Wan Kenobi, looking very Ewan McGregor-y, and it was pooty good as well. And complete in the issue. I'm pretty sure a harder Star Wars fan would like this a lot.
And on Comixology, there was
Injustice 2 #23 The last few issues haven't been as knock my socks off good as previous issues, but it still good, and I still buy it as soon as it goes up for sale. And by "as soon as," I mean pretty much the minute that Comixology posts it for sale. I'm hooked, baby.
The Unsound #2 I actually bought this one last week, while I was in Vermont. And I was startled by how good it was. I didn't even remember issue #1, and probably wouldn't have bought #2 if I hadn't liked the cover art so much. But once I started reading it . . . oh, man, this shit is good. As soon as I got back home I found issue #1 and re-read it, and I don't know how the fuck I missed how good it was.
And speaking of The Doom Patrol . . .
Everybody knows the superdedooper cool Grant Morrison Doom Patrol from the late 80s / early 90s, I suppose. Everybody who gives a semi-solid shit about comic books, anyway. And I'd imagine that Gerard Way's current take on the DP has attracted somebody's attention--him being a rock star and all that--though I have to admit that the book failed to hold mine. But there were other incarnations of the team that were pretty freakin' interesting. Like the original run by Arnold Drake and company. Man, that was some weird ass shit. And DC has just recently started to release those books via Comixology. Issues #86 - #107 are up for sale right now at a mere $1.99 apiece. 22 issues for a mere $43.78 sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me. But wait! Whilst fact checking the preceding lines, I saw that DC has also just recently (June 27, 2017) released a Doom Patrol omnibus which collects issues #80 - #121 for $61.28 (42 issues) for a per issue price of $1.46, so an even better deal. Hmmm. I'd leap on that in a heartbeat if I weren't already the proud owner of DC Showcase Presents The Doom Patrol Volume 1, which contains issues #80 -101--albeit in black and white. And I'm also noticing that there was a second volume of DCSPTDP which collects issues #102-121, and can be had for around $20. Oh, man, I loved those DC Showcase Presents things. I guess they're all gone now. It's been a year and a half since the last one was published. I bought a shitload of them. Though not as many as I wanted to buy. And I have to admit that I only made it all the way through a couple of them. But still . . . it was a great way to read some classic comic books without spending a fuckin' fortune. Sigh. ANYway, The Doom Patrol. Got to say that I'm now thinking that that omnibus is the way to go. I'm going to go read my black and white version and see if I need it as much as I think I do right now.
I'm also Thinkin'' 'Bout Mage: The Hero Denied #1, Magnus #3, and Antares Vol. 1.
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