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Comics to Read, May 9 – It’s Alive!!!!
Hello fellow comics fans, did you enjoy the annual holiday of Free Comic Book Day? I know I did. I hit to of my LCS and picked up some free comics as well as some sweet swag. Highlights for me for free comic book day were Silver, Riverdale and sneak of Coate’s Cap and one I discuss below.
As some of you may know this has been a tough few years due to some family health issues BUT I am going to another try at posting a weekly guide to comics to read each week (except maybe next week when I’m traveling but I’ll try!). In this column I’ll talk about comics that are just starting (number ones and two for the win!) and some that you may want to think on jumping in on anyway. So let’s go!
This week DC Comics is starting up its segue to a new Justice League helmed by one of my favorite writers Scott Snyder along with James Tynion IV and Josh Williamson with pencils by Francis Manapul. This spins out of JL Metal which I had a hard time following. I am not a metal head, I guess.
This is a cosmic adventure tied to the Earth so we get all the Green Lanterns and Amanda Waller. So you know, a little for me and a little for others. We also get some weird interesting team-ups. Like Starro and the Man of Steel. I don’t think we’ll see “Fuck you Have some cupcakes Superman!” from Starro but I can dream. The art and team-ups are weird interesting enough that i’ll be be back to for more cupcakes Justice!
Now some second issues. Barrier from Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin debuted on FCBD will be out weekly and here we are with issue 2. Vaughan and Martin you would think would produce a great comic and you’d be right. (Their last team up was The Private Eye and like that one was first published digitally by Panel Syndicate in 2016. So if you missed it then or just prefer your comics sequentially in paper this is for you. The first issue weighed in about 50 pages and set up a story that incorporates both immigration and aliens. But it worked and, yeah, it was great.
Sorry I missed the first issue of this newest from Gail Simone a few weeks ago. I tried to pick it up during FCBD but just read it digitally. And it was worth it. Rule of thumb of Simone – the worse behaving the characters and her writing goes to 11. Domino will be appearing in Deadpool II so this is great way to catch up with her.
Love this movie and love this series because I love the movie and the writer Kelly Thompson (or sorry that’s Ms. EISNER NOMINEE Thompson).
That’s it for me this week. I’m gearing up for a lot number ones from DC in July – can guarantee Catwoman by Joelle Jones will be at the top of my list.
What are you picking up today?
