Cranky!
Comments Off | Posted: June 19th, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorizedto storm – these are
my picks among the comics
coming to your shop on
June 21.
DC Comics
MAR060295 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #4 $2.99
I bet that there’s a pool in Vegas that covers the odds on how far behind this series is going to be by the halfway mark. Can’t Quitely get helper monkey or something so he doesn’t leave the drawing board at all?
APR060286 BITE CLUB VAMPIRE CRIME UNIT #3 (OF 5) (MR) $2.99
Unpleasant, funny, and scathing. My kind of Vertigo book.
MAR060299 SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN VOL 2 TP $16.99
Promised last week, delivered this week. Worth any wait, really.
Image
APR061769 AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS VOL 2 TP $12.99
While the art slipped schedule slipped and fill-ins take up a good portion of this volume, this is still one of my absolute favorite high-concept comics.
APR061763 CASANOVA #1 (MR) $1.99
This is a chunk of comics – dense and beautifully illustrated and with an enticing price point plus good creators, I’m pretty sure this is going to be the next Image breakout title.
Marvel
APR062089 CHAMPIONS CLASSIC VOL 1 TP $19.99
I love the Champions – I’ve described them as the sort of 70s b-list team that’s the result of a particularly heinous bar bet, but I’d much rather have an Essential volume than a full-color reprint, especially as this does not include Swarm.
APR062098 ESSENTIAL SAVAGE SHE-HULK VOL 1 TP $16.99
Speaking of Essentials…
Yeah, I’m 99% sure I’ve ordered this.
APR062022 ETERNALS #1 (OF 6) $3.99
I’m unsure if I’m getting this; the last Gaiman project for Marvel was so underwhelming in the end.
APR062030 GIANT SIZE HULK #1 $4.99
This doesn’t just feature some Planet Hulk material; the Peter David Hulk: The End, a perfectly bleak little tale illustrated by Keown that goes for silly money is also included.
Other Companies
MAR063447 110 PER CENT GN $12.95
Originally slated for last week, too. Huh. Still, it all still applies – Consiglio’s a hellaciously talented man.
MAY062991 COMIC BOOK HOLOCAUST GN (MR) $9.95
There is nothing wrong with comics that Johnny Ryan can’t make worse. Read Spurgeon’s interview with him here.
DEC053140 LOVE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE #5 (MR) $5.95
The Mature Readers notice here perplexes me – I’ve certainly not noticed anything that’s anything more than a mild PG-13 in this series so far. Maybe this one features hard anal or something…
