Weekly Comics Discussion – May 2, 2012

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Dark Horse Comics

  • SKELETON KEY COLOR SPECIAL ONE SHOT

DC Comics

  • ACTION COMICS #9
  • ANIMAL MAN #9
  • ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 01 THE HUNT
  • BATWING #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)
  • DETECTIVE COMICS #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)
  • DIAL H #1
  • EARTH 2 #1 – The new home of the JSA.
  • GI COMBAT #1
  • GREEN ARROW #9
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE HC VOL 01 ORIGIN
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #9
  • RED LANTERNS #9
  • SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #1
  • STORMWATCH #9
  • SWAMP THING #9
  • TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1 (THE CULLING)
  • WORLDS FINEST #1 – A Power Girl / Huntress team up book.

IDW Comics

  • 30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING #7
  • DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES IV #3 (OF 6)
  • DOROTHY OF OZ PREQUEL #2 (OF 4)
  • GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #178
  • STAR TREK ONGOING #8

Image Comics

  • STAR TREK ONGOING #8
  • BLUE ESTATE #11
  • BULLETPROOF COFFIN DISINTERRED #4 (OF 6) (MR)
  • EPIC KILL #1
  • HACK SLASH #15
  • MIND THE GAP #1
  • SPAWN #219
  • SUPREME #64

Marvel Comics

  • AGE OF APOCALYPSE #3
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #685 – Ends of the Earth
  • AVENGERS ACADEMY #29 – AvX
  • AVENGERS BLACK WIDOW STRIKES #1 (OF 3) – Based on the movie continuity
  • AVENGERS KREE SKRULL WAR HC
  • AVENGERS VS X-MEN #3 (OF 12) – AvX
  • AVENGERS X-SANCTION HC
  • DAREDEVIL #12
  • DEFENDERS
  • EXILED #1
  • FURY MAX #1
  • HULK SMASH AVENGERS #1 (OF 5) – Weekly throughout May.
  • INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #516
  • TOY STORY #3 (OF 4)
  • ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #10
  • VENOM #17
  • WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #5 (OF 5)
  • X-FACTOR #235
  • X-MEN #28

Other Companies

  • BOYS #66
  • GARFIELD #1 – Seriously? If you tell a story with Garfield that lasts more than six panels, will it still feel like Garfield?
  • KIRBY GENESIS SILVER STAR #5
  • LIFE WITH ARCHIE #19
  • MAN OF GOD #1 (OF 6)
  • PLANET OF THE APES TP VOL 02
  • RED SONJA #66
  • RED SONJA WITCHBLADE #3
  • ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED TP VOL 01 – Eisner nominated for best young reader series
  • SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #2
  • VOLTRON YEAR ONE #2
  • X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) #1

2 replies on “Weekly Comics Discussion – May 2, 2012”

  1. RE: Garfield

    I don’t see why it wouldn’t still feel the same. The cartoons and specials were always fun and still felt “right” to me.

    That doesn’t mean this will, just that a longer form story CAN work with Garfield.

    • I enjoyed the specials, but never enjoyed the daily strips. They felt like two different products to me. Then again, I don’t know the internal format. The “Peanuts” free comic book day issue feels exactly like the source, because it’s a series of short form entries within. I didn’t consider that option, but should have.

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