Hammerfist #2
(W) Rick Remender (A) Steve Epting
MAN BAD. FIST GOOD. Fleeing the heist, Mike discovers every citizen is a zealot of the cult of MOTHERGRUB. Every corner a trap. Every face a cultist. As Mike is hunted, Cindy is dragged into the ceremonial cathedral to serve as sacrifice to bring about BLACK NOON.
Breakout hit Hammerfist by New York Times bestselling author Rick Remender and acclaimed artist Steve Epting has sold out yet again at the distributor level. The debut issue of this hot new series will be rushed back to print by Image this week in order to keep up with escalating demand.
In Hammerfist, readers meet Mike Denton: a dirtbag hitman, junkie, and absentee father. He’s spent his life chasing the easy fix—drugs, cheap sex, and murder for money—all while failing the one person who still believes he can be better: his daughter.
Now, on the eve of Black Noon—an ancient darkness that erases the light in all things—Mike has to drag himself out of the gutter, awaken a supernatural weapon powered only by love, and fight his way through the living embodiment of evil to save her. This is the story of an unredeemable killer forced to do the one thing he’s avoided his entire life: stand for something other than himself.
Reservoir Dogs collides with Evil Dead in this filthy crime story that mutates into a savage splatter-horror nightmare.
Hammerfist #1, third printing (UPC: 70985304826800113) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 21.
Dust to Dust #8
(W) Phil Bram, J. G. Jones (A) J. G. Jones
Unexpected help arrives in the beleaguered town of New Hope as the town’s folk struggle against the unmasked force behind the death and horror. The shocking final issue!
The Seasons #9
(W) Rick Remender (A) Paul Azaceta
The critically acclaimed series returns! As the Ringleader’s circus gives way to Winter’s gothic reign, Spring and Summer must infiltrate a decadent art gala to free their family and stop their sister’s dark new empire before her Avante Guardsmen ruthlessly impose “good taste” on New Gaulia!
Sometimes, the staff at Graphic Policy read more comics than we’re able to get reviewed. When that happens you’ll see a weekly feature compiling reviews of the comics, or graphic novels, we just didn’t get a chance to write a full one for.
These are Graphic Policy’s Mini Reviews and Recommendations.
Logan
Wiccan: The Witches’ Road #3 (Marvel) – Wiccan #3 is another middling issue of this series starring one of Marvel’s most iconic gay couples. I enjoyed the glimpses Wyatt Kennedy and Andy Pereira gave us of Billy Kaplan’s past as a kid in New York and his “first love”, but the comic is really text heavy. Also, I’m not super invested in the new Demiurge. Having Morgana Le Fay kind of be a sympathetic figure works for a while, but of course, she doesn’t end up that way. There are definitely fragments of a cool story, and any scene with Billy and Doll-Teddy are heartwarming, but I can’t recommend this series just yet. Overall: 6.7 Verdict: Pass
Escape #6 (Image) – In Escape #6, Rick Remender and Daniel Acuna‘s war story lives up to its title as Milton is nabbed by the Narenians and must make his way out. His interactions with the Narenian commander shows the contrast between his solid heroism and the Narenians’ evil as the baddie taunts him about his wife and tries to get a rise out of him by saying enemy saboteurs will seduce her. This conversation (Really, more of a monologue) makes the ensuing action even more explosive. I love how Remender and Acuna use tiny, quick panels to show Milton freeing himself from captivity and put his individual actions in the larger context of the war. I’m not exaggerating when I say that in the future, Escape will be considered one of the great war comics, and lot of it is Rick Remender’s personal connection to the material because his grandpa was a World War II vet. Overall: 8.9 Verdict: Buy
The Power Fantasy #16 (Image) – Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijingaard show the true extent of the Superpowers’ destructive abilities in this mind-blowing issue of The Power Fantasy. This issue definitely feels like a finale, but I’m glad that it’s being continued with its new more cynical status quo. Wijingaard’s art is just flat out epic in this issue, especially a crimson-tinged double page splash that will be drilled into my brain for quite some time. The Power Fantasy #16 shows why the detente between the Superpowers is so important and digs into the frightening reality of being a human being in this world where you’re just a figure on a casualty list. Overall: 8.6 Verdict: Buy
The Sacrificers #19
(W) Rick Remender (A) André Lima Araújo
The world of Harlos is again fractured, trapped between opposing ideologies. As a perfect new order reaches its final stages, whispers of a new rebellion spread.
The wreckage is still smoldering. As enemy soldiers tighten their grip on a devastated village, Milton must risk everything to stop a weapon that could change the course of the war. But inside these broken walls, not everyone is ready to fight again.
Story: Rick Remender
Art: Daniel Acuña
Color: Daniel Acuña
Letterer: Rus Wooton
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Zeus Comics
Comix Experience
Kindle
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Escape #5
(W) Rick Remender (A) Daniel Acuña
The wreckage is still smoldering. As enemy soldiers tighten their grip on a devastated village, Milton must risk everything to stop a weapon that could change the course of the war. But inside these broken walls, not everyone is ready to fight again.
Wounded and alone, Milton wakes up in the home of a family hiding from the war. But safety is short-lived. As tensions rise and secrets surface, Milton must decide who to trust—and how far he’s willing to go to survive.
Story: Rick Remender
Art: Daniel Acuña
Color: Daniel Acuña
Letterer: Rus Wooton
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Escape #4
(W) Rick Remender (A) Daniel Acuña
Wounded and alone, Milton wakes up in the home of a family hiding from the war. But safety is short-lived. As tensions rise and secrets surface, Milton must decide who to trust — and how far he’s willing to go to survive.
