Saturday, November 22, 2014

Marvel, DC, and Image Solicitations February 2015: What interests me

Marvel Comics solicitations February 2015:

Do we really need multiple Guardians of the Galaxy books? Guardians Team-Up has Art Adams on art, so - dammit! - I'm in.

Spider-Gwen and Silk now how their own titles. Extremely tempting. I'll probably give each a look.

Spider-Man 2099 #9 has Miguel O'Hara returning to his own time and meeting Maestro? Doubly tempted.

I read the first issue of the new Spider-Woman and enjoyed it. I've always been fond of Jessica Drew. Sticking around for a while.

Thanos vs Hulk by Jim Starlin? Hell, yes, I'm in.

Angela and Thor will be picked up. Love Asgard, love Gillen and Aaron's writing.

Dan Abnett is writing good science fiction/super-heroes mashup in Guardians 3000.

The Avengers: Rage of Ultron OGN by Rick Remender & Jerome Opena should be good.

Image Comics solicitations February 2015:

Nameless #1 by Grant Morrison & Chris Burnham.

Ed Brubaker does excellent crime and noir comics. His work with Sean Phillips has been phenomenal. The first trade of The Fade-Out is up.

I read the first issue of Low by Rick Remender & Greg Tocchini and it knocked me out. Set against the expansion of the sun, it deals with the survival of the human race both immediate and potential future. Good science fiction. I missed the second issue, but the first trade is being solicited. Yes!

The first trade of Trees by Warren Ellis & Jonathan Howard will be out in February, for those who didn't pick up the singles. This may be Warren's most mature comic work.

Bitch Planet #3 Kelly Sue DeConnick & Robert Wilson IV merge female prison and science fiction. And a swell time was had by all.

ODY-C by Matt Fraction & Christian Ward is a sfnal retelling of the Greek Odyssey. Likewise, Fraction's interdimensional superspy Casanova returns in a new eponymous series.

Supreme Blue Rose #7 brings Warren Ellis' Supreme tale to a close. He and Tula Lotay had so much fun with this I can't wait to see what they do next.

Tooth & Claw #4 by Kurt Busiek & Benjamin Dewey. High fantasy. Good story, lovely art.

DC Comics solicitations February 2015:

The Multiversity: The Mastermen. Jim Lee joins Grant Morrison for a story about the universe where the Third Reich won, Superman is the Overman and Uncle Sam is the leading superhero of the USA.

Gail Simone is once again doing the Secret Six for DC.


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

IDW & DH Interests

February 2015 solicitations from IDW, what interests me:

Steranko Nick Fury & Captain America Artist's Edition, oh, be still my heart and wallet.

Joe Frankenstein by Chuck Dixon & Graham Nolan

Star Slammers by Walt Simonson. Collected hardcover.

Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell "Sam Spade" Hammett, Leslie "The Saint" Charteris, and Alex "Oh, C'mon!" Raymond

February 2015 solicitations from Dark Horse, what interests me:

Of course the Mignolaverse books: Abe Sapien, BPRD, Hellboy & the BPRD, & Witchfinder (the Kim Newman story is now collected.)

The Conan/ Red Sonja crossover, co-written by Jim Zub and Gail Simone.

The collected edition of Groo vs Conan by Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, Thomas Yeates, and Tom Luth (out in April, though, not February.)

Mister X: Razed by Dean Motter