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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Sometimes I will eschew the "A" cover if there's an Alex Ross variant. Otherwise, I tend to pick the one done by the interior artist. (In this case, that's the "B" cover, below.) The artist who did your cover goes by the name of "Flops" (?). IDW is one of the publishers who prints all the variant covers of a particular issue in the comic itself.
My pick of the week is issue four of the five-issues "Neighborhood Watch". Our good Captain told us some about the first issue back in April the 8th
It is a nice little series of mystery - a whodunnit of sorts, although there isn't an actual murder so far. But the real subject matter are the relationships of two nearby communities with very contrasting worldviews and how they create their own specific sets of problems that they do not quite know how to solve on their own terms. They are not actively hostile to each other and there is no legal impediment to visiting each other, but their respective worldviews constrast so much that it almost feels that way.
Without giving too many spoilers, I will say that the main thread is the effort by the two main protagonists to find out who hurt their mutual friend and why she made it a secret that she had a foot on each of the two communities in the first place. The behavior of the characters is delightfully written and you can really feel the growing bond between the two.
I'm enjoying this series very much as well.
SHELLSHOCK:
It's a no-brainer this week with the release of a new EC-inspired comic from Oni Press.
SUPERMAN: THE STRANGER:
DC launched no fewer than three "Next Level" series this week (Doom Patrol, Teen Titans, Legion of Super-Heroes), yet I have to give the nod to the "Black Label" one.
The alternate covers are pretty cool, too (well, two of them are).
I picked up the newspaper alt cover. I'm looking forward to reading it!
Really? That's the one I liked the least. (I almost bought the one with the flag, though.) I had a similar problem with Action Comics #1000 a couple of years ago, but the deluxe edition included all the variants. Perhaps The Stranger will warrant a similar collection. The art deco look of the main cover coupled with the diagonal presentation of the title appealed to me.
I just read The Stranger #1 (first new comic I read this week). I like it so far. It's a familiar blend of the familiar and the re-envisioned. I';m unfamiliar with the work of Wes Craig, although I know he's an "Image guy." Stylistically it reminds me a bit of the "Absolute" line. Artisically, I would describe it as a cross between Darwin Cooke and Tim Sale. Among the changes: 1) Clark Kent seems to have been raised in a orphanage, 2) Lex Luthor is the canny behind-the-scenes manipulator although the story is set in the '30s. Recommended.
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