It’s new comic book day tomorrow! What are things excited for? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.
The Outhousers – Warren Ellis Claims Other Wildstorm Titles Still In Development – ….
Reviews
Newsarama – Doomsday Clock #6
Talking Comics – The Immortal Hulk #3
Talking Comics – Mr. & Mrs. X #1
It’s Wednesday which means it’s new comic book day with new releases hitting shelves, both physical and digital, all across the world. This week we’ve got a new issue of Doomsday Clock!
Doomsday Clock #6 is by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson, Rob Leigh, Amie Brockway-Metcalf, Amedeo Turturro, and Brian Cunningham.
Get your copy in comic shops today. To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.
Amazon/Kindle/comiXology or TFAW
DC Comics provided Graphic Policy with FREE copies for review
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Wednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in!
Each week our contributors are choosing up to five books and why they’re choosing the books. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look!
Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this Wednesday.
Action Comics #1001 (DC Comics) – There’s fires being set in Metropolis and Superman may be behind them. This series focuses on the Man of Steel who’s now a bachelor…
Bone Parish #1 (BOOM! Studios) – There’s a new drug that involves grinding up corpses. There’s some mob aspects and a hell of a twist towards the end.
Britannia: Lost Eagles of Rome #1 (Valiant Entertainment) – The first volume was fantastic and we’re expecting no less from this brand new volume.
Doomsday Clock #6 (DC Comics) – An issue devoted to adding depth to the series’ two new villains and what happens when they meet the villains of the DC Universe.
Harbinger Wars 2 #3 (Valiant Entertainment) – Valiant can do events and this is no exception.
Hellicious #1 (Starburn Industries Press) – An over the top laugh for those who enjoy I Hate Fairyland. Little demonic girl… nuff said.
Infinity Wars Prime #1 (Marvel) – Marvel’s cosmic event continues as it moves to the next phase.
Justice League Dark #1 (DC Comics) – There’s a new Justice League focused on the fallout of Justice League: No Justice and magic getting all wacky.
The Long Con #1 (Oni Press) – A disaster has befallen a major geek convention but are there survivors in the quarantined zone? A fun goof on con-life.
Mr. and Mrs. X #1 (Marvel) – Rogue and Gambit are married… lets see where that goes.
The New World #1 (Image Comics) – Ales Kot’s new series about the United States after the Second Civil War. This should be a good one!
Shanghai Red #2 (Image Comics) – The series is fantastic so far following a young woman’s revenge against the men who kidnapped her and threw her on a boat. It’s a brutal revenge tale.
Teen Titans #20 (DC Comics) – Damian is leading a new team of heroes with some interesting members and a hell of a dynamic.
Transformers: Unicron #2 (IDW Publishing) – The major event continues as Starscream attempts to step up and lead his Decepticons against Unicron!
X-Men Grand Design: Second Genesis #1 (Marvel) – Ed Piskor continues his take on the X-Men with this remixed history. Absolutely fantastic.
It’s a new week and we’ve got lots going on here at Graphic Policy. While you await the news, reviews, interviews, and more, here’s some comic news from around the web.
Newsarama – Humberto Ramos Joins Marvel’s Mysterious X Classified – You have our attention.
Newsarama – Legion Renewed for Season 3 – This is not too surprising.
San Francisco Chronicle – Police find $25K of stolen comics, collectibles, arrest 3 – This is good news.
Reviews
Talking Comics – Doomsday Clock #5
Comic Attack – Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition Vol. 1
Talking Comics – Star Wars: Lando: Double or Nothing #1
It was new comic book day yesterday. What’d you get? What’d you enjoy? What’d you dislike? Sound off in the comments below.
While you decide on that, here’s some comic news from around the web in our morning roundup.
DC Comics – Update: Doomsday Clock #5 Will Hit Comic Book Shops On May 30 – Well ok then.
The Comichron – Black Panther leads advance reorders as Infinity Gauntlet, Action #1000 keep rolling – For those that enjoy the horse race.
Newsarama – Spawn Role Offered To Jamie Foxx – Report – Interesting.
Newsarama – Deadpool 3? Ryan Reynolds Doesn’t Think It’ll Happen – Bets it happens?
It’s new comic book day! What’s everyone getting? Sound off in the comments below. While you wait for shops to open, here’s some comic news from around the web in our morning roundup.
IGN – Giant Marvel Exhibition Opens at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture This Month – This sounds cool.
Publisher’s Weekly – Love and Rockets’ Jaime Hernandez Creates Graphic Novel for Kids – Want!
Smash Pages – Keren Katz, Michael DeForge win 2018 Cartoonist Studio Prize – Congrats!
Reviews
Talking Comics – Doomsday Clock #4
The Beat – Et Tu, Brute?
The Beat – Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #1
It’s Wednesday which means it’s new comic book day with new releases hitting shelves, both physical and digital, all across the world. This week we’ve got the latest issue of Doomsday Clock.
Doomsday Clock #4 is by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson, Rob Leigh, Amie Brockway-Metcalf, Amedeo Turturro, and Brian Cunningham.
Get your copy in comic shops today. To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.
Amazon/Kindle/comiXology or TFW
DC Comics provided Graphic Policy with FREE copies for review
This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links and make a purchase, we’ll receive a percentage of the sale. Graphic Policy does purchase items from this site. Making purchases through these links helps support the site
It’s new comic book day tomorrow. What are folks excited for? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments below! While you decide on that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.
Slate Magazine – The Egyptian Revolution Inspires a Graphic Novel About Environmental Collapse – This sounds really interesting.
Kotaku – Cosplayer Does Whatever A Spider Can – This is impressive.
ComicBook – Skybound and Universal Team for ‘Birthright’ Movie – This could be very cool.
IGN – Syfy Renews Happy! for Season 2 – Yes please!
ICv2 – In Marvel’s Quest for New Hardcore Fans, X Marks the Sweet Spot – Very interesting read. Thoughts?
Reviews
Comics Bulletin – Dissonance #1
Talking Comics – Doomsday Clock #3
It was new comic book day yesterday. What’d folks get? What’d you like? What’d you dislike? Sound off in the comments below. While you decide on that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.
The Comichron – Marvel leads reorders last week with Phoenix, Vision collection; Star Wars Thrawn top advance reorder – For those that enjoy the horse race.
ComicBook – ‘I Am Legend’ Director Reveals He Wished He Had Been More Faithful to Original Story – We wished he did too.
Reviews
IGN – Amazing Spider-Man #794
IGN – Doomsday Clock #3
Talking Comics – Ice Cream Man #1
IGN – Legion #1
IGN – Phoenix Resurrection #4
ICv2 – RWBY
The Beat – Something City
Doomsday Clock so far has been an interesting event series. Its main draw is bringing together the worlds of Watchmen and main DC Universe. We got that meeting in the second issue and it ended in a shock that while expected in a way also had a nice twist to it.
Doomsday Clock #3 picks up on that second issue with Veidt and the Comedian facing off and giving us a new perspective on the Comedian’s “murder.” Writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank deliver a fight that is an homage to the original. That’s not too shocking as much of the series has felt like that. The battle itself goes as expected without much resolution and lacks a brutality one would expect.
Batman and Rorschach do their dance in this issue as well. The entire interaction is odd with Batman coming off as a bit too trusting. While I’d hate to see the usual good guy fighting good guy on first meet, this also doesn’t quite sit right. Batman comes off as true trusting and while there’s a twist it all feels off.
Johns does deliver some interesting things including a reveal of Rorschach’s face and how the Comedian survived. There’s also some movement with our two villains along for the ride. That entire sequence feels like a bit of a commentary at the origin of the Watchmen characters.
The art is pretty solid though the opening perspective of Veidt murdering the Comedian is a little off. What’s interesting is this issue breaking from the nine panel pages we’ve seen so far. That page layout is tied into the original and it’ll be interesting to see how much this series deviates from that and if it does so more as it moves along.
The issue has some important moments to move the story along but overall it feels like 90% of it could be skipped without one being confused going forward. We’ll see if that’s the case in the future but this is very much a bridge issue whose point is moving the overall story along. Stronger as part of the whole.
Story: Geoff Johns Art: Gary Frank
Color: Brad Anderson Lettering: Rob Leigh
Story: 6.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 6.95 Recommendation: Read
