Comics I Didn't Buy This Week

Carson of Venus: Eye of Amtor #1
I love Carson of Venus. In fact, he may be my favorite Edgar Rice Burroughs character. He combines all of the good elements of John Carter and adds a sense of humor. (One that is actually funny, by the way.) So I've tried to follow his latter day comic book adventures as produced by American Mythology Productions. But I just can't take it anymore. The writing is horrid, the art is amateurish, and it just ain't worth four bucks. Why oh why can't somebody who has good artists and writers in its bullpen take the reins on this book? Hell, Michael Kaluta is still out there...and has even done some covers for American Mythology. Maybe there's just not enough money for a big wheel, but hell, these titles aren't selling ANYthing, so you'd think it'd be worth a shot. One bit of happy news, though: as I was flipping through the pages of this book I saw an add for a New Carson of Venus novel. Woot woot!


Dejah Thoris #3
I was kind of interested in this book, being quite the fan of both Edgar Rice Burroughs and scantily clad women, but the first two issues were less than riveting (far below my level of expectation for Dan Abnett) and the art (beyond the lovely cover, of course) by Vasco Georgiev wasn't as hideous as the Dynamite norm, but wasn't in aa different zip code, either...so I didn't go for it. I will buy it on ComiXology if it comes down a couple of bucks, though.

Tartarus #1
A bit pricey at $5.99...but 55 pages, so definitely worth it. But Image is so good about dropping prices on its books after the warmth has worn off that I decided to give it a month and then check ComiXology. For one thing...the concept on this one is pretty tired. Prison planet thing. Which doesn't mean it's not worth reading, just didn't make me have to have it right away. The art reminded me of Heavy Metal. Which is not a bad thing at all. So we'll see. Next month, that is.

Young Justice #13
I already bought this book...but with the Grell variant cover, and I really liked the way that the regular cover did Superboy in Warlord gear. But hey, I can always look at this picture for that.

So that's it for this week. Hasta la vista.