Every week, one item or another in my pull and hold stands out for me above the rest in one way or another. Sometimes it’s a periodical, sometimes a graphic novel, sometimes a collection. Does that happen to you? If so, let’s hear about it here. It can be an item you’ve long anticipated or something you bought on a whim. If it’s something you were really looking forward to but ended up being a big disappointment, let’s hear about that here, too. I’ve been meaning to start this topic for a long time now, but chose today to post about something I’ve been waiting for a long time, long before it was even solicited.
SILVER SURFER EPIC COLLECTION BY STEVE ENGLEHART AND MARSHAL ROGERS
This is a favorite run of mine, but I’ve read it only twice: once as it was released, and I re-read it once after that. It came out as an “ESSENTIAL” a few years ago, but for this I held out for color.
EDIT: Most weeks I make my picks before I have read them, but feel free to choose either the books you anticipate most before you read or enjoy the most after you have read them.
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WONDER WOMAN #31 - "The Wonder War - Part 1":
If you've been waitng for a good jumping on point, this is it. This is the beginning of the storyline that will culminate the arc set up on the very first page of the first issue. But don't let that dissuade you if you haven't read the first 30 issues; this issue will tell you everything you need to know.
There were better comics this week*, but I almost have to go with the first Superman/Spider-Man team-up in however-many-years-it's-been, don't I?
There are 25 variant covers, BTW (not including retailer incentives, which brings the total number up to 40).
*Such as Spirit of Shadows #3, Capes #5 and Skinbreaker #7, to name but three.
ROMEO & JULIET and GODZILLA:
WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #195:
(How sad is it when your "Pick of the Week" is a facsimile edition?)
When I was a little kid, I used to make up my own stories. Whether it was for a continued comic book story or simply playing "let's pretend" or "make believe" or whatever we called it then, my "stories" were every bit as outlandish as the main story in World's Finest #195. Those stories made perfect sense to me at the time, but I very seriously doubt any of them would hold up to adult scrutiny. "Dig Now, Die Later!" is an absolutely bonkers story, and I applaud Bob Haney's ability to put himself into the mind of a child. I couldn't come up with a story like this... not anymore.
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