The complete list of titles is available here. This is the week that the DC relaunch begins, with Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1 hitting today. New readers should NOT start with Flashpoint, but with Justice League, which will also be available digitally at 11ET. Will will provide links to purchase that and the other 51 new #1 issues this month, but the links cannot be constructed until they are available for sale.
Category Archives: Comics
Comic Review – “Wonder Woman: Odyssey”
J. Michael Straczynski was asked to update Wonder Woman along with Superman. Though Phil Hester took over writing duties from the same basic outline, the transition was fairly smooth, effectively rebooting Wonder Woman the week before she and the rest of the DCU get relaunched from scratch.
Weekly Comics Discussion – August 24, 2011
The complete list of titles is available here. This is the last week before the big DC relaunch starts. Next week’s list from DC has a grand total of two titles: Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1. The main Flashpoint miniseries and all 52 new #1 issues will be reviewed starting on the Labor Day weekend. We’re looking into setting up our own digital comics webstore through ComiXology that would allow readers to pick up titles through referrals, as with our Sunday Weekly Digital Disk columns.
Weekly Comics Discussion – August 16, 2011
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Weekly Comics Discussion – August 10, 2011
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Weekly Comics Discussion – August 3, 2011
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UPDATE: And for those of you who haven’t heard, Marvel’s Ultimate Universe is getting a new Spider-man this September.
Manga Review – xxxHolic Vol. 9
Moving on with xxxHolic and volume number 9 – leading to realize that all my CLAMP series I’m working on are all on the same volume number. Continue reading →
Comic Review – “Secret Warriors 1-28 (and one shots)”
The 28 issue run of “Secret Warriors” wrapped up this week. Short review: read the Steranko run if you don’t already know who Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Contessa Vallentina Allegra de la Fontaine, Jasper Sitwell and Baron Strucker are. If those names are familiar to you, read this run.
DC Reboot 2011: A Crisis of Infinite Possibilities
The buzz from Comicon over the DCU reboot hasn’t been entirely positive1. Lots of people wonder why DC wants to fix something that wasn’t especially broke– something they just spent the last decade fixing. Heck, they just finished Superman’s latest origin last autumn. Now he’s got a new one, no reddy-tighties, and a deal with Mephisto that erases his marriage from continuity. Or sumpin’ like that.
Never mind. The reboot’s happening whether we want it or not so, while DC counts down, here’s the place to suggest what DC 2011 should look like. You know, if they consulted us.
Weekly Comics Discussion – July 27, 2011
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