Monica Rambeau: Photon #5 (of 5)
(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Lucas Werneck
Rated T+
In Shops: Apr 26, 2023
SRP: $3.99
IS THIS THE END FOR MONICA RAMBEAU?
Monica is pretty sick of navigating topsy-turvy fractured realities and their strange denizens – who keep insisting she’s the problem! Unfortunately, the only way out is by doing the one thing she wants to do least: Look inward?
Monica Rambeau: Photon #4 (of 5)
(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Lucas Werneck
Rated T+
In Shops: Mar 22, 2023
SRP: $3.99
With nowhere left to turn and the universe crumbling around her, Monica must look to an unexpected source to find answers – or life as she knows it will be gone forever! And as the journey continues, so do the revelations about Monica’s past… for better or for worse.
Monica Rambeau: Photon #3 (of 5)
(W) Eve L. Ewing (A/CA) Luca Maresca
Rated T+
In Shops: Feb 15, 2023
SRP: $3.99
THE FATE OF A WORLD RELIES ON THE POWER OF PHOTON!
Still searching for answers as to why the universe has gone all topsy-turvy, MONICA RAMBEAU blazes into a forgotten corner of the cosmos. But even as she seeks help to put her friends, family and life right side up again, she encounters a group of wanderers who desperately need her assistance to survive?
Everyone has good days and bad days. Sometimes, things go our way, and we can smile at the end of the day. Other days, it feels like nothing can go your way. I always feel like this is how the universe talks to each of us.
Whatever karma we put out there, we speak it into existence.. Then there are times when it feels like may be something greater than our comprehension. This is when all logic gets thrown out. In Monica Rambeau: Photon #2, Monica starts to feel her whole world steep into chaos.
We find Monica back in New Orleans, a bit disorientated, and not quite sure how she ended up there but before she can start to figure out, she notices hurdling asteroid headed for the city, one that she must stop. . She does avert danger, but at her own peril, to only be awakened by the Beyonder and the Avengers, who have arrived in New Orleans, because they have been getting some weird readings at Avengers mansion. As the reader soon finds out that someone or something has changed Monica’s present and past and it is not the Beyonder. By the issue’s end, Druid confirms a horrible detail, something she knows that she must change.
Overall, Monica Rambeau: Photon #2 is a fun second issue that will have fans scratching their head. The story by Ewing is cool. The art by the creative team is stunning. Altogether, a great second issue which will give fans some nostalgia.
Story: Eve Ewing Art: Ivan Fiorelli, Luca Maresca
Color: Carlos Lopez Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy
Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle
Families are one of those things that comprise our identity. It’s something we’re shaped by from birth. Those around give us our first belief system. As we grow older, our friends group and our education directs it in fascinating directions. Still at the end of the day, we are tethered to that family no matter who they are to you.
This holds true even when they are not the best people in the world. You soon realize the fractures in who they are. This becomes even more apparent, as you notice those same imperfections in yourself. In Monica Rambeau: Photon #1, we find our hero having to balance who she is as a superhero and a family member.
We find Monica back in New York, as she tries on her superhero name, Photon, while getting used to being a celebrity and balancing real ife. Meanwhile in the Sanctum Sanctorium, Wong and Dr. Strange are playing chess , when Monica comes though to return the Stone of Hal for safekeeping. Just when our heroes think it was an easy day, they get a threat outside, who has outmatched Monica, leaving Spider-Man to swing by to help. By the issue’s end, they defeat the threat , leaving a bigger mystery, while she deals with family drama back home in New Orleans, and a better understanding of herself, knowing that she needs peace.
Overall, Monica Rambeau: Photon #1 is an excellent debut issue that will have fans ready for the Marvels movie. The story by Ewing is fun. The art by the creative team is gorgeous. Altogether, a fine reintroduction of this legacy hero that will have fans worldwide ready for her big screen debut.
Story: Eve Ewing Art: Lucas Marseca, Ivan Fiorelli
Color: Carlos Lopez Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy
Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle
Monica Rambeau: Photon #2 (of 5)
(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Lucas Werneck
Rated T+
In Shops: Jan 11, 2023
SRP: $3.99
GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND!
Have you ever had one of those days where everything is going wrong? Like you’ve somehow been sucked across the infinite cosmos into the wrong corner of fragmented space-time? And you run into someone from your past you really can’t stand? Like, say, someone from…beyond? If so, maybe you’ll have some good advice for Monica. (She’ll take what she can get.)
Wednesdays (and Tuesdays) 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 choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!
Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.
Batman/Spawn #1 (DC Comics) – It’s Batman and Spawn, together again. Do we really need to say why we’re excited for this? It’s the 90s, back again!
Blade Runner 2039 #1 (Titan Comics) – It has been three years since Niander Wallace introduced his brand of ‘perfectly obedient’ Replicants, and the ban on synthetic humans has been lifted, at least for the new Wallace models?
The Boxer Vol. 1 (Yen Press/Ize Press) – A story about a young man with superhuman athletic abilities who heads into the ring. But, what compels Yu to keep entering it?
Dark Ride #3 (Image Comics) – This twisted take on an amusement park has been fantastic so far delivering some family drama and horror mixed together.
Darkland #1 (Scout Comics) – A new apocalyptic tale focused on a young girl being thrust in the remnants of America.
Ginseng Roots #11 (Uncivilized Comics) – Craig Thompson’s comic series about growing up around ginseng farmers has been eye opening and educational and matched by its beautiful art.
Monica Rambeau: Photon #1 (Marvel) – The character is going to have a pretty big few years with Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and the character gets the spotlight further in comics here.
Night Club #1 (Image Comics) – Part of Millarworld, there’s a big event coming next year involving all of the various series and we’re interested in seeing how it all comes together.
Savage Avengers #8 (Marvel) – For those who haven’t been reading, the team has been thrust into the world of Marvel 2099 which has been a fun revisit with the classic characters.
A Vicious Circle #1 (BOOM! Studios) – A trained assassin from the future seeks revenge against someone with the same affliction. They’re forced to travel between the past and future.
This December, universal powerhouse Monica Rambeau will star in first-ever solo comic series! A five-issue limited series, Monica Rambeau: Photon will be written by award-winning author and scholar Eve L. Ewing and drawn by new Marvel talent, artist Michael Sta. Maria. The iconic Marvel super hero with four decades worth of amazing stories will at long last headline her own saga.
From the New Orleans Harbor Patrol to the Avengers to the Ultimates, Monica Rambeau has been a leader and team player her entire life but now she’ll face a reality-shattering crisis that she’ll have no choice but to take on single-handedly. In order to do so, Photon will need to reach new heights of her incredible abilities—and then surpass them! In a revelatory journey spanning time and space, fan will behold Photon’s true potential. The adventure begins when Photon is charged with making a very special, very cosmic delivery. What should be light work (get it?) for Monica becomes increasingly complex and dangerous due to a threat from beyond and family drama.
Explore the outer reaches and wildest vagaries of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of one of its most powerful heroes. Monica Rambeau: Photon #1 debuts December 7th with a cover by Lucas Werneck.
