Where is DC This Wednesday?
By Mike Heronime
Despite my commitment to small press comics and my determination to buy fewer superhero comics and more non-genre books, Marvel continues to capture my comic book dollar. It's simply because they continue to employ the best creative talent in the business. Ed Brubaker, Bryan Hitch, Mark Millar, Greg Pak and Brian Bendis are represented in this week's books alone. It's not that DC doesn't have their share of top talent. The difference is that Marvel's superhero writers are creating comic books that transcend the super hero genre and read more like action movies than superhero comic books. Captain America, Fantastic Four, Hercules, and Secret Invasion are all prime examples of Marvel's great success with creating comic books that are tremendously entertaining without feeling like stories about goofy flakes with capes. The other book on this week's list is from Wildstorm. And like the Marvel books, The Programme turns the traditional superhero story on its ear and in the process, makes it completely plausible that this sort of thing could happen any day now.
If you don't buy anything else this Wednesday, make sure you pick up these great comics.
Descriptions by Midtown Comics.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #38
Writer : Ed Brubaker
Artist : Various
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "Bucky Barnes never wanted to be Captain America, but he's doing his best to carry on the legacy of Steve Rogers, in his own way, while trying to save Sharon Carter from the Red Skull and his minions. But maybe he's not the only one running around in a Captain America outfit! Part Two of ""The Man Who Bought America"" by the acclaimed team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting."
FANTASTIC FOUR #557
Writer : Mark Millar
Artist : Bryan Hitch
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "World's Greatest" concludes! It's the ultimate engine of peace pitted against Reed Richards' most lethal invention, for all the marbles! And a shocking final page that'll have you feeling every minute of the thirty-day wait until the next issue!"
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #117 (SECRET INVASION TIE-IN)
Writer : Greg Pak
Artist : Khoi Pham
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "The Greek Goliath gathers the most powerful super-team ever assembled to counter-attack the Skrull gods! Face front, True Believers, and prepare for the pantheon-pounding premiere of... THE GOD SQUAD!"
MIGHTY AVENGERS #14 (SECRET INVASION TIE-IN)
Writer : Brian Michael Bendis
Artist : Mark Bagley
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
PROGRAMME #11
Writer : Peter Milligan
Artist : C.P. Smith
Manufacturer / Publisher : DC/Wildstorm
Description : Max has finally become the superman that the U.S. Government has sought -- but at what price? And is American society crumbed beyond salvage? The super-human war of ideologies is on!
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