A Comic Show #14 – “Asians In Matchboxes, White Guys In One Shots”

Aaron and Mike talk about Thursday comics this week. And why they don’t actually have the comics to show you. Is that going to stop them? No chance! And why it’s all about Shadowland

And guys, I didn’t coat my toilet in X-Men 1. I reported on someone who did… just making sure you know, okay? Okay?

Weekly TOP PICKS: 7.8.2010

#1. SHADOWLAND 1

ANDY DIGGLE! DAREDEVIL is the new Shredder, and he renamed the Foot, the Hand! He’s gonna make the L.A. Riots look like the Summer of Love!
Preview:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=2179&page=6


#2. X-MEN 1

Mutants versus vampires! The X-Men decide to go Buffy on all the Twihards at the Eclipse premiere.

Preview:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=2178&page=12


#3. HIT-MONKEY 1

DANIEL WAY! Hit-Monkey’s Year One, find out how a monkey got his own suit! If this isn’t awesome to you GO DROWN IN A FIRE.

Preview:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=2180&page=15


#4. AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE 1

ALLAN HEINBERG & JIM CHEUNG! return to YOUNG AVENGERS! The return of the Scarlet Witch! Featuring Marvel’s #1 twinkerbell, Wiccan!

Preview:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=2183&page=14


#5. BRIGHTEST DAY 5

GEOFF JOHNS! BRIGHTEST DAY! Deadman’s not used to a living human schedule so he’s been starving and pooping his pants.


#6. BRIGHTEST DAY: THE ATOM SPECIAL 1

JEFF LEMIRE! Next time the Atom will knock, because no one wants to see a lizard felate a bug.


#7. STEVE ROGERS: SUPER-SOLDIER 1

ED BRUBAKER! HEROIC AGE! Get two scoops of Brubaker, and twice as much Captain in you.

Preview:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=36406


#8. BATMAN AND ROBIN 13

GRANT MORRISON! THE RETURN OF… Joker? Thomas Wayne? The Return of Bruce Wayne is that other book, dummy.

Indy:


IZOMBIE 3

MIKE ALLRED! Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, and Weres all done better than Twilight, but not better than Joss Whedon stuff.


THE WALKING DEAD 74

This issue going to out Preacher Crossed.

Preview:
http://comics.ign.com/articles/110/1103257p1.html


SCARLET 1

BRIAN BENDIS & MALEEV (team Daredevil) in an all-new ICON on-going! Is “Scarlet” an ALIAS? Does she have POWERS? I hope the hype hasn’t JINXed it.

Preview:
http://comics.ign.com/articles/109/1093436p1.html

Graphic Novels:


BLACKEST NIGHT

GEOFF JOHNS! BLACKEST NIGHT! The ultimate DCU battle is here! Dead heroes and villains will RISE!

Note: Stop trying to sound PC it’s not called darkest night!


BLACKEST NIGHT: GREEN LANTERN

GEOFF JOHNS! BLACKEST NIGHT! The war of light rages as the dead rise! It’s always blackest before the Brightest Day. A must-have companion to BLACKEST NIGHT.

Note: If you get only ONE other BN book, get this one.


BLACKEST NIGHT: GREEN LANTERN CORPS

TOMASI! BLACKEST NIGHT! The fall of OA! See the Blackest Night ravage every sector of space.

Note: If you get a SECOND other BN book, get this one.


VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT: SHOCK AND AWE

Who is this weird guy in Secret Avengers and Shadowland?


ABSOLUTION

CHRISTOS GAGE! DEXTER WITH SUPERPOWERS and pantyshots! No srsly, one of the best books this year, ask anyone who read it.

NEXT WEEK…


Blackest Night Corps
Volume One
Graphic Novel
7.14.2010


Blackest Night Corps
Volume Two
Graphic Novel
7.14.2010


Daredevil #508
Shadowland
7.14.2010