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If you fancy some preparatory reading, Neonomicon is a follow-up to The Courtyard (Avatar), an earlier (and shorter) piece of work. And if you do want to read more about the book there's a very good review at Multiversity (see here).
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Talking of which, let's see how the #2's are progressing. Following on from one of the pleasant surprises of last month, Aquaman #2 Geoff Johns' newest villains, The Trench manage to wipe out a whole town...and they're spreading. Batman: The Dark Knight #2 makes timely use of Arkham Asylum (not the back, not the back!) and there's a new, improved power alert in The Flash #2, but at what cost? Superman #2 sees him battling a foe that only he can stop but that only he can't see. Two other really good reads continue in the form of I, Vampire #2 (battle of the exes, vampire style) and Justice League Dark #2; it worked! Constantine, Shade, Madame Xanadu, Zatanna - great stuff!
Marvel have a nice list of highlights this week: Incredible Hulk #1 combines the tough-talking Jason Aaron with the muscular Marc Silvestri which could turn out to be a Hulk dream-team and Wolverine and the X-Men #1 launches with that man Aaron again and Chris Bachalo. Both essential. There may be more eyes than usual trained on Mighty Thor #7 given the conclusion to Fear Itself. This issue fills us in on all that funny business between Odin and the Serpent that they kept alluding to. The enjoyable Spider-Island comes to a conclusion in Amazing Spider-Man #672 and the Avengers: Solo #1 spotlight series begins with Hawkeye. And finally, Warren Ellis has turned Secret Avengers #18 into a fantastic series with his trademark done-in-one sci-fi super heroics. Shang-chi joins the crew this issue and who better to draw the issue than Immortal Iron Fist artist David Aja.
One more thing: definitely worth a look is the new comic from the 100 Bullets team of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso. Featuring a storyline that appears to be a curious mix of newspaper headline and sci-fi, Spaceman #1 (DC) is set in a post-apocalyptic future where lead character Orson, works in a scrap metal yard dreaming of adventures in the stars. He then finds himself embroiled in a celebrity child kidnapping case and sees a chance to become a hero. It's a nine-issue series and the first issue is only $1 (70p in real money!).
If you want to know how you can compare the second issue of the Flash with a McDonald's Happy Meal - click here for review - http://www.comicbookandmoviereviews.com/2011/11/flash-2.html
ReplyDeleteNice one Dave.