And this is all the stuff you could potentially buy, if you were so inclined:
Occasional Superheroine picks in red
30 DAYS OF NIGHT RED SNOW #1
A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #65 (A)
ACTION PHILOSOPHERS #9 THE LIGHTING ROUND
ALL NEW ATOM #15
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #544 OMD
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #3 (OF 4)
ARCHIE #578
BLACK CANARY WEDDING PLANNER
BOYS #10 (RES)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6
CAPTAIN AMERICA CHOSEN #1 (OF 6)
CITY OF OTHERS #4 (OF 4)
COUNTDOWN 34
DAREDEVIL BATTLIN JACK MURDOCK #4 (OF 4)
DARK XENA #4
DETECTIVE COMICS #836
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #2
DUST #2 (OF 2)
EVA DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON ONE SHOT
EXILES #98
EXTERMINATORS #21
FAKER #3 (OF 6)
FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK #3 (OF 4)
FRANK FRAZETTAS DEATH DEALER #4 (OF 6)
INCREDIBLE HULK #110 WWH
INFINITY INC #1 (shoot, I gotta try it though I'm so hesitant)
IRON MAN ENTER MANDARIN #1 (OF 6)
JONAH HEX #23
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #37
LIONS TIGERS & BEARS VOL 2 #4 (OF 4)
LOBSTER JOHNSON THE IRON PROMETHEUS #1 (OF 5)
LOONEY TUNES #154
LUCHA LIBRE #1
MADAME MIRAGE #2
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #31
METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #11
METAL MEN #2 (OF 8)
MIDNIGHTER #11
MS MARVEL #19
NEGATIVE BURN #12
NEW EXCALIBUR #23
NEW WARRIORS #4 CWI
NIGHTWING #136
OUTSIDERS #50
PAINKILLER JANE #3
PRO NEW PTG
PS238 #25
SCALPED #9
SHANNA SHE-DEVIL SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #2 (OF 4)
SHE-HULK 2 #21
SNAKEWOMAN VOL 2 TALE OF THE SNAKE CHARMER #3
SOLLITARIA #2
SORROW #1 (OF 4)
STAR TREK KLINGONS BLOOD WILL TELL #5
STAR TREK YEAR FOUR #2
STEVE NILES STRANGE CASES #1
STRANGE EMBRACE #4 (OF 8)
SUPER VILLAIN TEAM UP MODOKS 11 #3 (OF 5)
SUPERGIRL #21
UNCANNY X-MEN #490
VERONICA #183
WHITE TIGER #6 (OF 6)
WOLVERINE #57
Y THE LAST MAN #58
Books / Mags / Stuff
13TH SON WORSE THING WAITING TP (RES)
CHECKMATE VOL 2 PAWN BREAKS TP
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL TP
DARKNESS VOL 6 DEPTHS OF HELL TP
DEATH VALLEY VOL 1 TP
DMZ VOL 3 PUBLIC WORKS TP
GIANT ROBOT #49
HELLO ME PRETTY GN
HOPE NEW ORLEANS VOL 1 GN
JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC
KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE VOL 21 TP
MS MARVEL VOL 2 CIVIL WAR TP
PET ROBOTS HC
PROCESS RECESS 2 PORTFOLIO SC
PUNISHER MAX VOL 8 WIDOWMAKER TP
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL VOL 1 CIVIL WAR TP
SENTENCES THE LIFE OF M F GRIMM HC
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES VOL 5 TP
SPIDER-MAN FAMILY BACK IN BLACK DIGEST TP
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION THE DOMINATOR WAR TP
SWORD OF THE ATOM TP<-----This is a big maybe, some people said this sucks, I dunno
WHISTLES VOL 1 THE STARLIGHT CALLIOPE GN
WONDER WOMAN ARCHIVES VOL 5 HC
Regarding Infinity, Inc. #1, a couple things to keep in mind:
ReplyDeleteIt's spinning out of 52 - from the looks of it, the team is made up of the remnants of Lex Luthor's custom-built team of heroes from the series.
52 also handled the "Why use the old name?" thing rather well. Luthor bought up the rights to the name when they lapsed, thinking the familiar group name would earn some points with the public he was trying to win over. There was a moment where the new kids meet the JSA and the Teen Titans, and neither are too happy at a bunch of rookies calling themselves Infinity, Inc. For whatever that's worth.
I'm not sure I'll be grabbing it either - 52 reminded me how much I like Steel when he's used properly, so the first issue might be worth a shot.
Is 'Sword of the Atom' a collection of the Gail Simone Atom comic, or is it something totally different, and if so what?
ReplyDeleteIt's the mini-series from the uhm, early 80s? I remember buying it when it came out and enjoying it, but that might have just been the Gil Kane artwork.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Sword of the Atom is from 1983, with Jan Strnad (how do you pronounce that anyway?) and Gil Kane taking the blame for it. Okay, the art was pretty cool, because, what the hell, it's Gil Kane. And it has its amusement value for its portrayal of a very nearly bugfuck Jean Loring, just to show that Brad Meltzer wasn't writing her completely out of character.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I know, Sword of the Atom's writer, Jan Strnad, used an approach almost similar to Alan Moore, including an interesting form of self-awareness (and I once found some page excerpts from the miniseries that showed how it was done). One of the reasons I'm going to be buying the trade paperback is in order to send a message to Dan DiDio and Brad Meltzer for contradicting it!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty comics, even on the Pat Broderick special. So-so stories, with the exception of the Pat Broderick specials. That one was 3/4 suck, then does a 180 that flips the script in a stunning way (for the time, anyway.) Suddenly, a third genre sneaks in and rapes your sensibilities.
ReplyDeleteReferencing "Sword of the Atom." Should have had that in the last post...
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