Waiting For Comics An Extra Day
Review by Mike Heronime
New comics come out every Wednesday. It's like having a favorite TV show. You wait until Wednesday when it comes on and then you get to re-connect with your friends and familiars once again. It's one of these habitual rituals that people seem to adopt and adapt to so easily. I think it has something to do with the sun rising and setting and rising again and the comfort that comes with patterns that repeat. So in this regard, "new comics come out every Wednesday" is like hope for a bright tomorrow.
So what does it mean when Wednesday comes and goes without new comics? Doom? Despair? Well, no. But certainly disappointment. Kinda like the writers strike. Favorite TV shows were suddenly not available on their promised dates. Sadness set in. But this too came to pass. Just like this Wednesday will. The good news is that this comicless Wednesday will be swiftly followed by new comics on Thursday. A very short if not slightly inconvenient 24-hour delay in our chance to reconnect with our friends and familiars in the pages of our favorite comic books.
When Thursday finally gets here, and you find yourself scoping out the numerous options available to you on the shelves of your local comic book store, if you pick up nothing else, be sure to grab copies of the following:
ALL STAR SUPERMAN #11
Writer : Grant Morrison
Artist : Frank Quitely
Manufacturer / Publisher : DC
Description : "Superman--dead? What is the secret behind the Daily Planet's ominous headline from the future? And what does Clark Kent have to say about it? All the pieces of Lex Luthor's master plan to kill Superman begin to come together, building up to the All Star big bang in story's finale!"
ASTONISHING X-MEN GIANT SIZE #1
Writer : Joss Whedon
Artist : John Cassaday
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "Too big to be contained in a normal issue, the grand finale of Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly) and John Cassaday's (CAPTAIN AMERICA, Planetary) landmark run is right here! The powerlords of Breakworld bring the fight to Earth. Can the X-Men stop them from destroying the whole planet? Will the Avengers join their fight? What we do know is this: one of the X-Men won't walk away from this fight. Plus spotlight interviews with Whedon and Cassaday!"
BATMAN #677 RIP
Writer : Grant Morrison
Artist : "Tony Daniel, Sandu Florea"
Manufacturer / Publisher : DC
Description : "Continuing "Batman R.I.P," the epic story that will change the legend of the Dark Knight forever! As the life of Bruce Wayne takes an interesting turn with Jezebel Jet, the life of Batman falls into the ultimate downward spiral."
FINAL CRISIS #1
Writer : Grant Morrison
Artist : J.G. Jones
Manufacturer / Publisher : DC
Description : "Witness the historic start of the final chapter in the Crisis trilogy that could only spring from the mind of Grant Morrison -- Final Crisis, featuring stunning art by J.G. Jones (52 Covers)! Worlds will live and heroes will die in this epic tale spanning the beginning and end of the DC Universe! The entire Multiverse is threatened as the mysterious Libra assembles an army of the DCU's most terrifying super villains. But what is the ultimate plan, and who will live to find out?"
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #15
Writer : Various
Artist : David Aja
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "TALES OF THE IRON FIST! When we last saw Bei Bang-Wen, he was leaping to what seemed to be a certain death off the top of the Taku Forts -- would you believe us if we told you that was only the beginning? Join us as we take a look at another one of the fabulous Iron Fists of years past and his legendary legacy in "The Story of the Iron Fist Bei Bang-Wen -- The Perfect Strategy Mind and his Miraculous Travels to the Dark Continent, and What Mysteries of the World and of the Self that He Learned There (1827-1860)" By Matt Fraction and Khari Evans!"
KING SIZE HULK #1
Writer : Jeph Loeb
Artist : Various
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "HULK vs. SHE-HULK! HULK vs. WENDIGO! HULK vs. ??????????? JEPH LOEB! ART ADAMS! FRANK CHO! TOO many SUPERSTARS to fit into a puny REGULAR-SIZED issue!!! We're comin' upside your head with a KING-SIZE spectacular with MORE smashing, bashing, trashing, and clashing than should be allowed by law!!! Three new tales that fill in the gaps of the best-selling HULK book, and set up NEW storylines! PLUS, classic tales including THE INCREDIBLE HULK 180 (the REAL 1st appearance of Wolverine!) and AVENGERS 83 (Lady Liberators, anyone?)! More? You want MORE!?!? How about a super-secret MYSTERY ARTIST????"
NEW AVENGERS #41 (SECRET INVASTION TIE-IN)
Writer : Brian Michael Bendis
Artist : Leinil Francis Yu
Manufacturer / Publisher : Marvel
Description : "The Avengers are trapped in the Savage Land, battling friend and foe. And Spider-Man heads to the one person in the entire place he knows he can trust: Ka-Zar!! But is it really him? This important chapter rewinds the events of the very first New Avengers story and shows how it connects to the Invasion."
