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41 Thoughts About 41 Of Todays Comics – Saga To Avengers To Django

Published Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:00:49 -0600

Welcome to another week of comic books. It's Wednesday, there are so many treats to tantalise and tease you… consider this a sampling menu. With God Is Dead #28 kicking us off, as the gods, demons and semi-deities break bread – and then each other. But do you believe in them?

From Archie Comics' Favourites From The Vault, man, looks like Archie has always been for mature readers…

Action Comics shows us a future vision of Superman… I notice he still doesn't get his red trunks back even after millennia have passed…

Getting dumped by your helmet in Earth 2 is always going to be a bit of a bummer. Didn't even leave a Dear Khalid note… have you seen such callousness before?

Well, Shaft #3 seems to have it's own line in that…

Spawn #250 lands with a massive issue, looking more and more like Venom, and seemingly inspired by V For Vendetta's many uses of the number or letter L, but with the I,V and L…will you work it out before Twitch does?

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But Wytches has its own words to spell out. You know, this could be a real medical advance… fancy a little homeopathic pledging?

Will someone please give us a "C3-PO Shot First " meme? Star Wars #2 turns the cowardly translator droid into a gunslinger…

While Ms. Marvel brings back one of the earliest internet memes and weaponises it…

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And if you want a brand new meme, this, from Velvet, seems custom made. How long before there are t-shirts?

And this is clearly what Crossed Badlands has always needed. Lions. To go with all the gangsters, as David Hine revisits his Japanese storyline from a couple of years ago.

Hellboy & The BPRD has a different animal to contend with, and one that again emphasises Hellboy's fate to destroy us all in the end times, people and godly creatures alike. I wonder if the sticking your finger up the bum trick works on crocs as it does on dogs? Don#t ask me how I found out the latter…

Sheltered completes the adage of never working with animals or children. Although in this comic, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.

Fred. Fred's back everyone. In Angel & Faith. Or Fred, as it should be instantly renamed if there is any justice in the Whedonverse….
The new Angela: Asgard's Assassin does raise questions… is this bit from Kieron or Marguerite? Because, I tell you, this sounds like Kieron's idea of heaven right there and then, as long as he had a few temple chants to tap a toe to?

Escape From New York #3 tackles the problem of exactly how you raise an army in a modern world pf soft comfort… anyone have an answer?

You've got to be in it to win it. And if you win it, well, you may not be "in it" for much longer. Just in case you didn't know what issue of Saga this is, the first page reminds you. Though it may not prepare you. This is one of those rather gross issues… and well worth waiting for.

And here's another one that's been well worth waiting for. The new Hawkeye. And… damn. There will be tears. But also a definition of what Captain America is… and is not.

Black Vortex Alpha asks the same question that we have… and finally, gets an answer. She has hamster issues. Also,,, any reason none of the X-Men compare the Black Vortex to their own Seige Perilous? There are certain similarities…

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East Of West seems to celebrate a rather theolonihilist point of view. We have communion wine, why not communion cigars? A wonderfully rich and populated world with more depth than in all the worlds Hickman destroys in Avengers combined. Talking of which…

Avengers #40 jumps to a new universe, and a familiarly bad Mr Fantastic seemingly unencumbered by the moral qualms of our own. Sadly we are denied Namor using his sea cucumber skills, but the storyline edges further to that final Ultimate/616 incursion…

But Earth 2: Worlds End has a fair share of blowing up planets as well. Clue's in the name I suppose. But with Superman too, could we have a moratorium on blowing up planets? Just for a little bit? Maybe.. we could make some of our own?

And yes, that seems to be what New 52: Futures End is doing. Okay so.. Braniac Vs Galactus? Who'd win?

The answer is, of course, Squirrel Girl…

Oh look, Green Lantern has created some anal beads for the giant sized Brainiac. You know, that's the kind of approach more superheroes should take.

Postal #1 by Matt Hawkins, Bryan Edward Hill and Isaac Goodhart. There is no common language among criminals it seems. Ils ne sont pas charlie….

Not a problem for the Joes of G.I. Joe #5. They clearly like to do everything by the book.

X-O Manowar also seems to have a language problem. At least he's not being written by Mark Millar...

From the void to the cascade… Imperium #1 basically just wants everyone to shut up.

Cybertonian Sniper there. Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #37. Yes, yes, you always shoot to kill. It's not ike anyone stays killed for long, you might as well…. I mean, he's just a machine, isn't he?

Okay, Skylanders #6, possibly not. As you were.

Did you know that the French version of that song from Beauty And The Beast doesn't use the word "centime" like the English language version? The only French word in that song and they prefer to go with something else? At least one of the folks in Woods #10 knows this.

And that's how the marketing of the Garfield image began. I wonder of they'll make horse carriage sticky toys to match.

Cluster #1 launches and reminds us how nicknames are won and lost.

Feathers #2 strikes fear into the hearts of a cowardly and suspicious lot…. such a cute silhouette.

Steven Universe tackles the problem of unfortunate subtext in fairy tales. Logic vs. the text. This way lies Princeless…. but it's not just the women who have a problem with this.

KING: Jungle Jim #1 seems to have a similar trope world weariness….

A slight break for the Quentin Tarantino Django/Zorro #3… in that no one actually dies for a panel.

Game of Thrones #24 really could learn to be a little more grateful in life. I mean, seriously, just because everyone else is dying/being raped/being slaughtered, is there any reason to drop one's manners?