Our top 5 picks of the week demands to be different so in part one we highlight four comic books with a finality theme.
Final issues, final chapters, final arcs by some of the biggest creators in comics!
Let’s start with….
Fatale #24 The sexy, violent, twisted epic of an immortal woman and men who love and die for her comes to a massive finale. Continue reading Top Comics for July 30, 2014
All-New X-Factor #3 Peter David is back blazing a trail of action, humor and twists in the this latest incarnation of X-Factor. Polaris, Quicksilver and Gambit are professional heroes working for a mysterious internet and weapons corporation that “just wants to help people.” What’s Gambit’s real agenda?
Batman #28 Is Batman getting a new partner in crime fighting? Look 6 months ahead at the DC Universe in a special issue by Scott Snyder, James Tynion and Dustin Nguyen Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for February 12, 2014
All-New X-Factor #1 The best mutants money can buy? Peter David recruits Polaris, Quicksilver and Gambit for his corporate team of heroes.
Avengers World #1 Captain America and Iron Man recruited a huge new team…and they may still not have enough Avengers! Nick Spencer joins Jonathan Hickman for a new globe-spanning epic with a focus on the rookies like Smasher, Cannonball, Sunspot and Shang-Chi.
Batman/Superman #7 It’s the Dark Knight vs. the Man of Steel is a trap set by Toymaster! Artist Brett Booth joins writer Greg Pak so this special “sideways” issue as our hero fight themselves with Mongul waiting in the wings! Continue reading First Top Comic Book Picks of 2014
Amazing X-Men #1 Can Nightcrawler be saved from a fate worse than death?Wolverine, Storm, Beast, Iceman, Northstar and Firestar go on a quest to save the man who is the heart of soul of the X-Men. Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness team up for a brand new adventure that might take the mutants to hell and back!
Captain Marvel #17 It’s the Carol Corps issue! Kelly Sue DeConnick writes a salute to the devoted fans who keep the fan-favorite Avenger flying. If you’ve been to a comicon in the past year you can’t help by feel the passion of the Carol Corps cosplayers and fans. It’s not just a comic book it’s a movement – see and feel what it’s about. Continue reading Top 5 Comic Books November 6, 2013
All-New X-Men #15 Young Cyclops may be losing the love of his life to his best friend. Jean Grey turns her affection to another beast of a man.
Detective Comics #23 When Batman falls who will face the Wrath? Alfred proves he’s not ordinary butler when he steps up to take on the Anti-Batman.
Fatale #16 Josephine’s enemy gets a step closer in this new chapter set in Grunge Rock era Seattle. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips horror/crime noir epic of an immortal woman on the run reveals her connection to rock bands and a serial killer in the 1990’s Pacific Northwest. Continue reading Comic Book Picks for August 7, 2013
This week is packed with incredible super hero books from DC and Marvel so I’d like to make this week’s Top 5 picks a salute to other books that might be under your radar!
Fatale #15 A new arc begins in this crime noir horror monster of a book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Josephine has been haunted by her powers and supernatural forces throughout the decades. The new arc is set in the modern day but old enemies are back to stalk Fatale!
Hawkeye #11 Wait, you say – Hawkeye is an Avenger – this can’t count. This is Matt Fraction’s incredible book about Clint Barton when he’s not Continue reading A Very Special Top 5 Comic Book Picks
Age of Ultron #8 Wolverine went back in time to stop Hank Pym from creating Ultron! The result may be even worse! Witness the new Marvel Now when a founding Avenger now runs the world with an iron fist and an army of twisted versions of your favorite heroes!
Battlestar Galactica #1 A brand new comic book series based on the original television series set in continuity by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning! These duo knows something about sci-fi (Guardians of the Galaxy, Annihilation, Legion of Super-Heroes.)
Fatale #14 Flashback to World War Two with a Nazi cult and monsters plus Jo’s horrific encounter with a evil force will haunt her throughout time.
Nightwing #20 Dick Grayson has been far too many deaths that hit close to home! Now an influential figure from his haunted past is resurrected! How will this change Nightwing and his mission?
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23 Does Miles Morales give up the power and responsibility? What tragedy could make Miles quit? Plus, Ultimate Cloak 7 Dagger!
X-Factor #256 The End of X-Factor is coming! Which of your favorite mutant misfit detectives will survive the Hell on Earth War? Who will make the ultimate sacrifice to save the world and who will seize the throne of Hell?
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Age of Ultron #3 Ultron won. America lies in ruins. Marvel’s defeated heroes hide. How will Captain America rally the remaining Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four member to rise up against the all-powerful android and his army?
Batman Incorporated #9 Vengeance of Batman by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham! What else is there to say?
East of West #1 Because it’s Jonathan Hickman (Nightly News, Fantastic Four, Avengers, New Avengers, Manhattan Projects, SHIELD) you can say this is book about the phone book and I’d buy it! If you want to know what it is…Image calls it a Sci-Fi Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for March 27, 2013