Comic Books

"The "official" title part was important in comics because, as noted in an ancient edition of Comic Book Legends Revealed, postal service laws required that, whenever a publication began a new volume, that it reapply for a new postal code for subscriptions, and, naturally, pay a new fee."

They went easy on me this week!

Primer #1 - I totally didn't used to write graffiti so I'm definitely not intrigued by the cover. We'll see, if she's more bomber than "street artist" I'll be picking this up.

Six Fingers #2 - I think I prefer The One Hand so far but it's really cool having both sides. The One Hand (Ram V) follows the detective, The Six Fingers (Other Guy) follows the murderer.

That's it! Thankfully, because next week might be kinda heavy. What're you pullin'?

Ed Piskor, for those who may not know, did the highly acclaimed Fantastic Four: Grand Design and X-Men: Grand Design books for Marvel.

I finished reading about Iron Man, but the book said something about comics from two other former companies that ultimately became the one we know well today, including the old and classic Captain America comics back then.

Does anybody know where I can read about this?

I use Hoopla, but they don’t have it and your answers may vary depending on your input.

I may also use Nook by Barnes & Noble.

I’m considering buying the 1994 Iron Man cartoon DVD and switching from Batman to Iron Man without thinking about the MCU instead.

I have a stigma towards the MCU for ruining the whole Marvel Comics universe by taking over as the dominant superhero franchise in general while having the worst film adaptations ever.

Pardon my sentiment, and never mind that we’ve discussed Marvel movies for a long time already, but I would like to enjoy the comics and classic characters instead of the modern ones that typically appear in movies and shows than just the comics and today I feel like trying something new but not only do I not enjoy movies that much, the sentiment from growing up on more movies than comics is what originally shied me away from reading Marvel comics to begin with.

Then again, the movies are based on comics anyway whether they are straight adaptations or entirely modernized and original movies with characters in-name only just to make money.

Films like Iron Man 3, Black Panther, and Avengers: Endgame are why I started watching less movies because they just didn’t appeal to me because superheroes were originally comic book characters and deserve to be represented properly and not be just flashy movie stars.

Even my parents agree the MCU, having inspired the rest of filmmaking in general (or at least Hollywood), has long overstayed its welcome and believe that Hollywood is losing money.

Here, I just want to read a good comic book.

This whole post is me explaining how I feel about reading a Marvel comic in general while comparing it to a film industry printing money.

Which would you guys rather support?

As for me, I feel like reading Iron Man for once.

I don’t know…what do you think?

Whooo big week, for me and the list in general. Let's see:

Blue Book 1947 #2 - Aliens, WWII, #1 was pretty good.

Batman Dylan Dog #1 - Don't know what it's about but I'll at least flip through it.

Westley Dodds Sandman #6 - The end of the line. Been pretty good for a superhero book.

Fishflies #5 - Fishflies has been great, guy shoots a kid, turns into a giant mayfly creature, on the run with a different kid escaping her abusive dad. Slow going, quarterly I think.

Napalm Lullaby #1 - "A child with unimaginable power is raised to believe he is God by a cult of zealots utterly confident in the moral authority of their religion. The Magnificent Leader has imposed his will on humanity and created the ultimate theocracy. Join them, or be cast out to suffer with the masses." Rick Remender of The Sacrificers, def giving this a shot even though I can't get into his "Low."

One Hand #2 - Ram V, digging the split thing with The Six Fingers.

Petrol Head #5 - Cheeky robots drive fast.

I Hate Fairyland #12 - Should I be paying attention to this one? I guess I'll browse through it and see.

What're you reading?

NOTE: Zatanna and Solomon Grundy both appear in Injustice: Gods Among Us as playable characters. I was playing them both tonight and would like to read about where they debuted.

This week's list is up!

Torpedo 1947 #1 - Seems Noir-ey, mob related. Gonna at least check it out

Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium - Not getting this but I do love C&H

Subgenre #4 - Weird multi-genre thing, it's alright, I'll finish it out.

Batman First Knight #1 - 1939 Batman? Why not?

That's it for me, looks like a small week. What're you reading?