Posted by Richard Pulfer on Jun 26th, 2007
Big comic news on both sides of the pond this week, so let’s get started.
Amazons Attack #3 debuts this week, centering around the Amazons’ war against America, following Wonder Woman’s imprisonment for killing Max Lord way back in Infinite Crisis. The first issue was cause enough to keep reading, as writer Will Pfeifer pens a tale of intrigue and deception while hordes of angry Amazons storm the capitol. This is definitely one of the most-read titles at DC right now!
There’s also a Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special one-shot out this week written by GL scribe Geoff Johns and featuring dynamite artwork by Rebirth artist Ethan Van Sciver as well as Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons. This one-shot marks the beginning of former GL-turned-supervillain Sinestro’s own Corps, who are striking back at the Guardians. This has been brewing for months on the backstories of Green Lantern’s solo book, and certainly should be missed with a line-up like this.
Teen Titans #48 ties in directly to Amazons Attack, in yet another strike on your wallet! But seriously, you probably want to read Teen Titans to get caught up in Amazons Attack, as the story focuses on Wonder Girl and Supergirl, two female leads whose decisions in both books seem to have turbulent consequences from what the solicitations say.
And if one Amazons Attack tie-in wasn’t enough, there’s also Wonder Woman #10, which has WW herself trying to save her home from disaster amid a war spurned by one of her oldest adversaries. This issue seems to beg the question if Wonder Woman killed once to save the world, could she do it again?
In the Marvel side, Black Panther #28 finds BP going tooth and claw literally with the Marvel Zombies, who have already devoured quite a bit of an entire alternate reality. Considering Black Panther was “the one that got away” in the first Marvel Zombies mini-series, T’Challa holds a special place in these alternate flesh-eater’s appetites.
The fight continues in Fantastic Four #547 and also focuses on the return of Reed Richards and Sue Storm – who took a break from the Fantastic Four post-Civil War – as they investigate a strange artifact.
Robin Furth, Stephen King’s assistant and co-writer of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, is cutting her own teeth in the Legion of Monsters: Satana one-shot. This character has sunk more times than she’s swum over the years, but with Furth attached, there might just be some magic worked.
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Norman Osborn ever had his own superteam, be sure to check out Thunderbolts #115, which wraps up Warren Ellis’ first story-arc with Norman Osborn leading a far more brutal version of team, with or without his own sanity intact.
There’s also a bevy of World War Hulk this week. Sally Floyd and Ben Urich – two reporters who covered Civil War: Frontline – return to do the same with World War Hulk: Frontline this week. The Hulk also tackles another former Illuminati member in World War Hulk: X-Men. Even with his powers back, can Professor X sooth the savage beast? If anyone could, it would be him.
And Gambit’s back in X-Men #200, but don’t get too excited – he’s one of Sinister’s Marauders. A cornocopia of bad ideas have lead Gambit from X-Man to Horseman to this, but hopefully there’s some silver lining for my favorite Raging Cajun coming up in the near future, as Gambit supposedly plays a big role in things to come.
That’s it for this edition of comic rundown. Let’s hope better things come for the X-Men and Green Lanterns alike in the coming months, but I’m wouldn’t hold my breath for that anytime soon.
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Sinestro forming his own Corps? How… Silver Age. Though of course, it’s probably “better” now because it’s so dark and gritty and cynical and all that…
Does anyone remember when comics were fun, first and foremost? Because it seems those who write them for a living sure don’t.
Devin,
I disagree that its thought to be “better” because its dark, cynical, brooding, etc., at least in the pages of Green Lantern. In fact, GL is one of the few places which have undone the Dark Age comic mythos (reinstated the Corps, reconned the all-too-murderous Parallax stories).
It is ironic though that while the “Neo-Silver Age” – the side of comics which boasted of its connection to the previous Silver Age – claimed to be taking over DC’s direction after “Infinite Crisis”, they’ve shown little progress. In fact, just in “52″, a young hero was eaten alive by an crocadile man and an entire country butchered by Black Adam.
I admit I’m a big fan of modern age comics – they is, after all, MY generation. But if you say you’re going give us more Silver Age-themed books, don’t give us bloody anthems in their place!
And that’s where I agree with you, Devin.