Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Top 5 Comics (May 16, 2012)

My top comics for this week are:

5. Fantastic Four #605.1(Marvel) : This issue, written by Jonathan Hickman, is about the "Secret History" of the Fantastic Four. This should be a great jump on point for those people interested in reading Fantastic Four without going back to the beginning of Hickman's run, that is if this point one issue does what it's supposed to.

4. DC Universe Presents #9 (DC Comics) : DC Comics anthology title continues with the start of a new three issue story staring the immortal caveman warlord Vandal Savage. In this James Robinson continues to tell the stories of classic Earth-2 characters in the new post Flashpoint DC Universe, work that he has been doing with The Shade (also out this week) and Earth 2 (that came out earlier this month).

3. Daredevil #13 (Marvel) : This is just one of those must read titles. Mark Waid has been writing a phanominal series since its launch last year, and the art is always top notch. Read this to find out what happens when Megacrime strikes back at Daredevil for whats been going this series.

2. The Manhattan Project #3(Image) : This is just another great title by Jonathan Hickman. I can't do this series justice trying to describe it, so instead I will just leave with the solicitation for it:
"The Death of FDR leaves the Manhattan Projects in chaos as questions of leadership arise. The world’s first Artificial Intelligence is created 40 years ahead of schedule. And whatever happened to the THIRD atomic bomb developed by Oppenheimer and his unparalleled Science Team?"

1. Batwoman #9 (DC Comics) : This is the only Batfamily title out this month that isn't crossing over into the events of the main Batman book, instead it continues along with the great story so far being told by J.H. Williams, III & W. Haden Blackman. This has been a great title so far, with it building on the Greg Rucka run from Detective Comics a few years back. It is great to see a strong female & strong LGBT character leading this great series. For information on more LGBT characters in comics check out this article by Alan Kistler over at Newsarama

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