Chey had no idea that she was about to shape the fabric of reality in the next few moments. The newest trailer for the most anticipated comic book movie of all time, starring her all time favorite character had just been released, and after a long day at work, she had finally sat down to enjoy it in the comfort of her home with snacks to boot. What was about to happen was the peak of mediocrity. A world shattering moment of the power of the average.
Daygloahole #1 (Independent Release)
Ben Passmore (W/A)
Weird independent comic, lovely art, crazy concept, One-shot. All of that means I’m down. Completely.
The Avengers #690 (Marvel)
Mark Waid/Al Ewing/Jim Zub (W) Paco Medina (A)
The finale! The big high concept ending. Wait, that kinda happened last issue, right? So, like, what is this issue for? Probably the status quo shift stuff. Whatever, the ride was fun.
Batman and The Signal #3 (of 3) (DC)
Scott Snyder/Tony Patrick (W) Cully Hammer (A)
The finale to this strange mini. Wasn’t bad, not at all, just strangely paced I think. I dug this series, excited to see what this means for Duke.
Invincible Iron Man #599 (Marvel)
Brian Michael Bendis (W) Stefano Caselli/Alex Maleev (A)
Two more issues until Bendis is done with Iron Man and I stop reading this title. Sorry Slott, I’ll read your FF run though.
Legion #4 (of 5) (Marvel)
Peter Milligan (W) Wilfredo Torres (A)
Last issue was kinda lame. Not gonna lie, it felt like some connective tissue that really didn’t land right with me. Only two issues left. I’ll stick with it.
Wonder Woman #45 (DC)
James Robinson (W) Emanuela Lupacchino (A)
End of the arc, get some great family destruction. Next arc is all about Dark Nights fallout. Actually really fucking interested in that stuff. What does the world do now? Like seriously?
Exiles #2 (Marvel)
Saladin Ahmed (W) Javier Rodriguez (A)
The first issue of this series was really fun. I’m really excited by the concept behind this book. I love multiversal stuff. You know that, so I shill you books like this one. You win this time Marvel.
Moon Knight #194 (Marvel)
Max Bemis (W) Ty Templeton (A)
Oh boy, “true origin” cliché incoming. Not a big fan of true origin stories, but I mean considering the focus of the true origin, it could literally be any mind fuck nonsense and it would make sense. Kinda. You know what I mean.
The Silencer #4 (DC)
Dan Abnett (W) Viktor Bogdanovic (A)
New artist. On the artist driven wave of new titles… Weird I guess? I’m not sure how I feel about this but I like Bogdanovic’s art.
Detective Comics #979 (DC)
James Tynion IV (W) Phillipe Briones (A)
OH SHIT. OMAC BOI.
X-O Manowar #14 (Valiant)
Matt Kindt (W) Ariel Olivetti (A)
Prelude to Harbinger Wars 2. Don’t really care about that, but what I do care about is Aric back on Earth! Yeah, fuck your blue family, leave them in space. Good decision!
Doctor Strange: Damnation #4 (of 4) (Marvel)
Nick Spencer/Donny Cates (W) Rod Reis (A)
THE LAST TWO PARTS OF THE BIG OLD DOCTOR STRANGE EVENT THAT WASN’T BIG AND WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SELF CONTAINED AND BENIFITED FROM THAT FACT! Yeah. I’m excited.
Doctor Strange #389 (Marvel)
Donny Cates (W) Niko Henrichon (A)
Tie in to the series listed above. Totally pumped for this. Two issues left of Cates’ run and I’m sad about it. Leave me to my sulking.
Babyteeth #10 (Aftershock)
Donny Cates (W) Garry Brown (A)
Oh, you thought the Cates’ train was over. No, not yet! Not yet, now! Later maybe, but not now! Not yet! This one with satan.
Redneck #12 (Image)
Donny Cates (W) Lisandro Estherren (A)
CATES’ TRAIN ROLLS AGAIN. VAMPIRES, REDNECKS, UUH GUNS? YEAH, ALL OF THAT STUFF!
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #303 (Marvel)
Chip Zdarsky (W) Joe Quinones (A)
This arc has been great. I started reading Spider-Man in the nineties, but shortly after I started reading, I got a big collection of original Spider-Man, Kirby/Lee Stuff. This brings all of those memories back to me and dammit if we aren’t all just slaves to nostalgia.
Days of Hate #4 (of 12) (Image)
Ales Kot (W) Danijel Zezelj (A)
I like being depressed at the state of the world. If you are like me, you will like this book.
Regression #9 (Image)
Cullen Bunn (W) Danny Luckert (A)
Spooky cult does spooky cult shit: The Comic!
The Mighty Thor #706 (Marvel)
Jason Aaron (W) Russell Dauterman (A)
The last issue of Jane Foster’s Thor run. It’s gonna be real sad. You know because nothing good ever happens and everyone dies.
The Terrifics #3 (DC)
Jeff Lemire (W) Joe Prado (A)
I love this book. Dammit. New artist on the book, I think it’s going to get a new artist every issue, so that’s kinda cool.
Ice Cream Man #4 (Image)
W. Maxwell Prince (W) Martin Morazzo (A)
Yay! The series isn’t going to end! Not yet at least. I fucking love this book. Great concept, oozes eighties green slime. Dig it.
Saga #51 (Image)
Brian K. Vaughan (W) Fiona Staples (A)
Come on. Seriously.
Kill or Be Killed #18 (of 20) (Image)
Ed Brubaker (W) Sean Phillips (A)
I mean seriously. This series is ending soon. If you haven’t read this yet, you are making horrible decisions.
The air crackled with power. Streaks of lightning flashed violently between pieces of metal in the room. Air pressure dropped rapidly. Nothing was right in the universe as she observed something so average, so middling in its quality that the scale for quality would be forever measured by this one moment. It was a historical moment. Not for Chey though, it was just pretty meh for her.
