Happy holidays, all! This is the last Comics Run of 2012, as next week begins our holiday break until after the New Year. Yay, vacation!
Since next week is a very light week due to Christmas, it seems some publishers (looking at you, Marvel) simply decided to dump nearly everything in our laps all at once this week. Seriously, check out the full Diamond list. I love comics, but this is kind of ridiculous.
If you want a comprehensive list of everything that’s coming out this week and not just my own picks for what’s hot, check out Diamond’s shipping list.
By Quentin Tarantino & R.M. Guera | DC
I’ve been saying “the ‘D’ is silent” anytime I reference Django ever since the first trailer for the movie hit, and for whatever reason, I haven’t tired of it. I’ll probably be the guy that cheers in the theater when the line happens. Until then, I’ll be snagging this adaptation of Quentin Tarantino’s original Django screenplay by R.M. Guera, artist of Scalped.
Since there’s no attributed writer on the project, it appears the artist is working directly from the screenplay, which means he’ll be getting a better chance than ever to really show off his skills as a storyteller. If you want to go in fresh to the film on Christmas Day, then avoid this book for now, but if you’re looking to fill the void that opened when Scalped ended, this might do the trick.
By Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang | DC
Remember how we all basically had hot flashes because of the last page of Wonder Woman #12? Well, that tease pays off in this issue with the introduction of Orion – yes, of the New Gods – to the series. Not only does that cover rule pretty hard, but I’m in love with the idea of introducing this character in this book.
It might seem like an odd fit at face value, but when you consider how Azzarello’s run thus far has really been a story about the nature of gods and their relationship to mortals, Orion’s role in the story doesn’t seem that out of place. Plus, well, the freaking New Gods.
By Mark Waid & Chris Samnee | Marvel
Even though this series has always been about fun, brief tales that are enjoyable in any context, the revelation that new baddie Coyote is actually Daredevil’s nemesis from issue #1 – the Spot – opened the possibility that there was much more at play in this series. Threads are slowly bleeding together to shed light on a larger mystery, and issue #21 looks to be a key piece of that puzzle.
I’ve been singing the praises of this book since the get-go – it was our Best New Series of 2011, after all – and it still hasn’t let me down.
By Matt Fraction & Mike Allred | Marvel
Though I’m enjoying Fantastic Four just fine, it pales in comparison to its sister series. Now that the housekeeping is more or less out of the way, hopefully Fraction and Allred can take advantage of their unique styles – Fraction’s penchant for off-the-wall sci-fi and Allred’s pop-art infused visuals – and really take this book to heights unknown to the Fantastic Four franchise.
My hopes for this book are enormous, if you couldn’t tell. Thankfully, the pedigree of these creators suggests that my hope isn’t misplaced.
By Ed Brisson & Michael Walsh | Image
A few weeks back, I talked with writer Ed Brisson about his new series Comeback, its appeal to fans of Looper, and the nature of time travel stories. The first issue knocked it out of the park, so naturally, I’m pumped for issue #2. After a stellar year of new property creation, Image Comics seemed to have slowed down a bit with its batch of new #1s at the end of 2012. Happily, Comeback (along with the equally great Nowhere Men) put Image back on top as the industry’s foremost idea factory.
If you dig timey-wimey wibbly-wobbly time travel stores (with a helping of noir), this is right up your alley.
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