Pre-Reviews and Picks for the Week of April 18, 2007
It's a weird shipping week for me. Outside of The Professor's Daughter getting a paperback release a week or two after the hardcover, there's nothing very independent that's catching my eyes. There's a new Love and Rockets, but I usually wait for the collections. Alas, etc.
DC Comics
DC Comics
Batman And The Mad Monk - I really enjoyed Batman and the Monster Men, so I figure that the second in Wagner's Golden Age retellings is quality.Image
Showcase Presents Superman Vol 3 - The content in the second volume began to cross over with my personal collection, but I mind not one bit; I love having this material in convenient "take to the bathroom" format.
Wonder Woman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told - I bet she gets tied up a lot in this one.
I really am unsure about World War III. It's only $2.50 an issue and seems to act like it'll have some kind of quality to it, but the NuDC version of "interesting" and my own are usually very divergent.
Rocketo Vol 2: Journey To The Hidden Sea - You know, I really enjoyed this book for a while, but it fell off my radar. Maybe this will be one of those unintentional "wait for the trade" sort of books.Marvel
Annihilation Book 2 - I really, really enjoyed the first volume a lot. It was exactly the sort of Marvel comic I want more of: giant cosmic insanity with people struggling with relatable concerns in the middle of it. (I can completely relate to having an entire planetary database uploaded into my skull, can't you?)
Daredevil: Devil Inside & Out - Brubaker, Daredevil, etc. You know how this one goes.
Punisher MAX Vol 7: Man Of Stone - Ennis, Punisher, etc. You know how this one goes.
Young Avengers Vol 2: Family Matters - This is only getting a maybe from me. Once I found out Heinberg used rape as piece of backstory for Kate I felt a little sick and really didn't want to support that sort of thing at Marvel, which has beaten that particular horse very, very dead.
