Mike Kunkel's award winning series Herobear & The Kid put him on the map and led to higher profile projects like Billy Batson& The Magic Of Shazam! at DC. Those early issues of Herobear were enchanting, but his art has also come a long way since then. This is great book for younger readers or fans of classic animated Disney films. Alas, I am still waiting for the grim and gritty reboot of Herobear, but I may just be tilting at windmills on that one.
Kurt Busiek's Astro City was a safe haven for people seeking classic superheroics during that Dark Age we refer to as the 90's. Previously published by Image comics, now the Samaritan and all his super friends have found a new home at DC. With Brent Anderson on art and Alex Ross painting those beautiful covers, we can exhale safely knowing the entire band is back together. Here's hoping they get a good lengthy run this time around.
Let creators create. That might as well have been the mantra for this short lived DC anthology. Big names like Darwyn Cooke, Sergio Argones, and Paul Pope all getting to take a crack at DC characters without editorial constraints or pesky stuff like "continuity". I'm very pleased to see this finally collected in one volume, though the price tag may scare some folks away. It wouldn't hurt anybody for DC to make an annual tradition of projects such as Solo or Wednesday Comics. Well, it may hurt my wallet.
Just how much ass needs to kicked, Mr. Millar? Get ready for a third helping of Hit-Girl and crew in yet another offering from Millarworld. Naturally, the future Hall-of-Famer John Romita Jr. is on art duties so expect a pretty package. There's another Kick-Ass movie on the horizon as well, so I expect this gravy train to keep chugging along for the forseeable future.
Marvel already has two fantastic Daredevil books on the stands, and this might make it a hat trick. Daredevil artist and alumni Lee Weeks is at the helm of this miniseries, bringing us a tale of hope under fire. Or in this case, hope under a blizzard. Can the man without fear navigate his way through a blizzard to save a man's life? This sounds suspiciously similar to one of Mark Waid's issues from the regular series, but I'm still curious as to what Lee Weeks is gonna do to set this title apart from Waid and Bendis.
This is a cheesecake take on the Frankenstein mythos by Tyler Kirkham. I've followed Kirkham's work on DC's New Guardians title, and he's just getting better every month. It'll be interesting to see his own characters brought to life now that he's off the leash. Also, it stars a sexy Frankenstein chick and your Colonel is into that kind of thing.
Well, that's quite a stack of books! When that much quality content comes my way in one week, I can't help but feel blessed by the comic gods. Happy reading folks!
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