It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d you all get? What’d you like? Dislike? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web to start the day.
The Mary Sue – The ‘One-Punch Man’ Movie Truly Could Not Have Found a Better Writer – Who’s excited for this one?
Reviews
Comicbook – Blow Away #1
Comicbook – Catwoman #64
Comic Bastards – Karate Prom
Comicbook – Roxxon Presents: Thor #1
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.
The Advocate (Ten Speed Press) – A graphic memoir about a lawyer fighting for environmental justice sounds awesome to us.
Animal Pound #3 (BOOM! Studios) – The new take on the classic Animal Farm has been solid so far and even more tense since we know it’s all going to go off the rails eventually.
Blow Away #1 (BOOM! Studios) – A crime thriller involving two climbers and the witness is a wildlife photographer sounds interesting to us.
Cobra Commander #4 (Skybound) – Skybound’s Energon Universe has been awesome and this series has turned Cobra Commander from a sniveling little turd to kind of a badass.
I Heart Skull-Crusher #2 (BOOM! Studios) – The first issue started a compelling new series filled with humor, bandits, and fighting, and we’re excited to see what’s next.
Roxxon Presents Thor #1 (Marvel) – Roxxon has a Thor? You have our attention Marvel.
Ultimate Black Panther #3 (Marvel) – We’re all in when it comes to the new Ultimate Comics and intrigued as to where this piece of the puzzle goes.
Roxxon Energy Corporation has bought out Marvel Comics?! Their first order of business is releasing an all-new Thor one-shot this April titled Roxxon Presents: Thor #1, and they even got Al Ewing and Greg Land to create it! The one-shot will introduce the all-new Roxxin’ Thor! Whenever saving the Earth is taken too far, the Roxxin’ Thor will be there to defend big business and the sanctity of shareholder value!
This strange turn of events should come as no surprise to those who have been reading Ewing’s Immortal Thor run. Recent issues have shown Roxxon CEO Dario Agger, a.k.a. the Minotaur, orchestrate a bold plan to bring Thor down by warping the public’s perception of him. And how better to do that than by owning the rights to his hit 616 comic book series and showing the world what a buffoon he is! It’s the Thor fans truly know and love—no thoughts, just muscles, a hammer, and zero hesitation to bring them both down on the most one-dimensional villains ever seen in a comic book—along with anyone that gets in Roxxon’s way!
Over in Immortal Thor #9, Ewing will continue his work with artist Ibraim Roberson as they bring in The Enchantress! The Son of Odin goes to the corporate headquarters of Roxxon – to make war for the sake of the Earth herself. But his enemies are waiting to steal from him the one thing that was Thor’s alone…and they have crafted the foulest of weapons to do it. This is the story of The Immortal Thor…and of the trap he cannot escape. And if you didn’t follow any of that, just check out the glorious cover by Alex Ross below!
Meanwhile in in the OFFICIAL Thor title presented by Roxxon, meet the Roxxin’ Thor! In his secret identity as A.I. spokesguru Chad Hammer, the son of Odin knows Mama Gaea is a TOP PRIORITY for heroes AND for business! But when a group of insane environmental activists take “saving the Earth” TOO FAR, it’s time to show them the wisdom on both sides – as Thor! But which God of Evil is prompting the kids to rebel? Could it be…LOKI, GOD OF EVIL??? Featuring an all-star cast of heroes! MINOTAUR! EXECUTIONER! ENCHANTRESS! And the THOR-TRUCK! This is the story of THE ROXXIN’ THOR… and it’s a VITAL part of the “ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTION” MEGA-EVENT!
Check out the covers for May’s installments of both Immortal Thor and the earth-shattering, monumental book you’ve really been waiting for—Roxxon Presents: Thor #1! Preorder both—especially Roxxon’s—at your local comic shop today!
