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August 23, 2006.
DC Comics
JUN060153 BATMAN AND THE MONSTER MEN TP $14.99
Despite the fact that my good friend David Campbell, he who pontificates far too long on the merits of Passover and manages to draw entire Punisher fan comics really, really likes this series, I’m picking it up. I mean, Campbell loves the work of Norm “Flatface” Breyfogle. There is no accounting for taste at all with that man.
JUN060259 DMZ #10 (MR) $2.99
I’m really quite curious as to how Matty and Zee are going to work their way out of this one. I’m pretty certain Wood won’t resort to the Standard Zombie Movie Trope of having someone with a large vehicle show up, have it distribute troops that resolve the situation, and then disappear, leaving our protagonists safe…for now.
MAY060187 WONDER WOMAN #2 $2.99
It’s been what, eight weeks since the first one? You know, I used to laud DC for managing to make sure Kevin Smith wrote his entire Green Arrow arc up front, but that sort of planning seems to be a thing of the past in their race to nab the newest hottest superstars.
Marvel Comics
JUN061958 DAREDEVIL #88 $2.99
I read the shop’s preview copy of this last week and it’s a neat little story, letting us get into the (melon-shaped) head of Foggy Nelson. A nice breather between Brubaker’s longer arcs.
MAY062031 THING IDOL OF MILLIONS TP $20.99
Do you know what killed The Thing? People like me, who wanted to wait for this trade paperback.
JUN061930 ULTIMATES ANNUAL #2 $3.99
I think this is just part of my regular sub for The Ultimates in the shop’s eyes, but…I gotta say that Charlie Huston + Mike Deodato does not inspire the same confidence that Mark Millar + Steve Dillon did last year. I’ll give it a look.
It’s of note that this takes place after The Ultimates V2, as that series isn’t, y’know, done.
Comics
APR063144 ACTION PHILOSOPHERS THE PEOPLES CHOICE $2.95
Using the latest in polling technology, Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey have concocted an issue of Action Philosophers featuring the most-requested subjects: Thomas Aquinas, Soren Keirkegaard, and Ludwig Wittgenstein! Check out a giant-sized preview of this great comic here.
MAY063450 MIDDLEMAN VOL 2 TP $9.95
Do you like action comics that are good and funny and beautifully drawn? Then get this dense, well-done trade and put that issue of Greg Land’s Strokebunnies back on the goddamn shelf.
JUN062817 REX LIBRIS #5 $2.95
There should be a giant statue of this series’s title character outside of every library, peering down on the masses and informing them that if, just if they decide to keep a book out overdue…there will be consequences.
I absolutely adore this comic. It cracks me up to no end.
APR063234 SUPERMARKET #4 (OF 4) $3.99
Between this and DMZ, Wood has had a lock on near-future, socially concious science fiction for the last several months. I’ll be sad to see this go and hope he’s got another project lined up with the staggeringly good Kristian.
