Top 5 Comics (05-08-13)

My oh my its been another week already? I had so many plans for post between last weeks Top 5 Comics and this weeks, but that didn't happen. Oh well, I guess I'll just keep moving on work to do better next time. Anyways lets go look at some comics. Now this week, again it's a week I'm not super thrilled with, but let's get to them anyways. (Side note, right now while I'm writing this I'm on painkillers for  a head injury that occurred at work, so things might get weird here.)

5. The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horrors #4 (IDW): I've been a fan of the Rocketeer groups of mini series' since Mark Waid started them, and this series has been fairly good too. This is it's final issue, and then after this we will be getting the Rocketeer and The Spirit crossover, which should be amazing.

4. Thor: God of Thunder #8 (Marvel Comics): It's Jason Aaron writing Thor. The Godbomb story might be the conclusion of the God Butcher story, if so that's okay and if not that's okay too. The story has been great so far, and in this one we might meet Thor's possible daughters? I have some feeling that this title might have something to do with Infinity in a few months, but I could be wrong too. It could just be Aaron's other title that will play into that event. Either way this is a great read.

3. Uncanny Avengers #8 (Marvel Comics): Let the Age of The Apocalypse Twins begin. I'm just constantly curious in seeing where this series goes. It reminds me a lot Uncanny X-Force, but I don't know there's just something that isn't clicking with it. Still keeping with tho, there is still that hook for me that is drawing me in.

2. Batman and Red Hood #20 (DC Comic): I'm just starting to read this title after a conversation with one of the employees at my LCS. So lets see how this goes. Maybe I'll post a follow up later on about this.

1. Avengers #11 (Marvel Comics): Its Jonathan Hickman. Its Avengers. It has been AMAZING. And this is leading up to Infinity in some way, plus we just get more fun little one shots that give us more info into whats going with the transformed areas or what AIM has planned for what they took. Just give me more of this title already.

Top 5 Comics (01-09-13)

It's time for some comics! Are you ready for some comics? It don't matter if you aren't because here is some comic smackdown for you!

5. Action Comics #16 (DC Comics): This issue gets us even closer to the conclusion of Grant Morison's run on Superman in Action Comics. I'm looking forward to seeing how everything plays out in the end, and in the months episode we see the return of Superdoom. The last time we saw Superdoom was back in the Earth 23 issue where President Superman sent him back into the multiverse.

4. Thor: God of Thunder #4 (Marvel Comics): If what the solicits say to be true even a god king fall, and in this issue King Thor falls to the Butcher. What does this mean for the series and story arc?

3. Earth 2 #8 (DC Comics): The Furies! Steppenwolf! The last of the Amazons! This just sounds like good times to my ears. Could this be the introduction to one of my favourite characters, Big Barda, to the New 52. Even if it isn't we are getting more about Apokolips and that is just good times to me.

2.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret History of the Foot Clan #1 (IDW): Demons, ninjas, and the origins of the Shedder and the Foot Clan. The main series has been amazing, and all the micro-series issues have been great too. I'm looking forward to see how this mini-series plays out.

1. Sweet Tooth #40 (DC Comics): This has been one of my all time favourite series in comics. Nothing but love for this title and the work Jeff Lemire has done on it. This was the first non-superhero comic series I ever read and I fell in love. This issue is the final chapter of the series, and as much as I don't want to see this title end I'm looking forward to see how this all concludes.

(A little reminder of where this title has come from and where it has gone)

2012 Recap: Top 5 Titles of 2012

So the year is coming to an end and it time to look back over the year and see what new released titles of 2012 I really enjoyed. So lets start this off with...

5. Batman, Incorporated (DC Comics): Now this is kind of a cheat, and we wont see it on many best of lists for the year because it is the second volume of Grant Morrison's Batman, Incorporated work. I know I have said this time and time again, but I'm a big fan of Mr. Morrison's work (especially with Batman), and if I was doing a top 10 list we would see his dive into creator owned with with Image's Happy. This Batman title is continuing with a lot of what he did back in the pre-New 52 relaunch. The inclusion Chris Burnham art has just made the title ten times better. It's great and I can't wait to see this collected with the first volume of it.

4. Thor God of Thunder (Marvel): This isn't a title I've talked a lot about on here, but it is one of the most amazing and well plotted titles of Marvel NOW. The idea of watching Thor from three points in time (youth, present, and all father Thor) just strikes a cord with me. How will the events with the Butcher lead to Thor being the last in Asgard? Jason Aaron over the last 2 years has become one of my favourite comic book writers, and here he is bound to deliver an amazing story.

3. The Manhattan Project (Image): 2012 was the year of Image. They just knocked it out of the park with their twentieth anniversary of the creator owned publisher and some of the most amazing titles to come out in years. One of the titles being The Manhattan Project by Jonathan Hickman, an alternate history of the Cold War arms race is giving us an amazing story with aliens, cyborgs, alternate earths, and so much more. This is a must read title.

2. Avengers (Marvel): So far we have only seen two issues of this title, but both of them were just amazing. I am more placing this title here for the potential it has with Johnathan Hickman helming the title, and after seeing the expansiveness that he gave us in Fantastic Four and FF as well as his work over at Image this is going to be a title to watch in 2013 as it is bound to give us some amazing story telling.

1 Saga (Image): I've already spoken on 2012 being the year of Image, and that just is made more clear by the amazing title that is Saga. I really don't know how to put in words how great the BKV space Romeo and Juliet story has been., and it is just complimented by the beautiful Fiona Staples art. I've said this so many times before, but get your eyes reading this asap. This wasn't even a title I was going to read originally, but I tried it and I was hooked.

Top 5 Comics (Nov. 14, 2012)

I'm back with the Top 5 Comics list, been going through some crazy stuff in my lately, but now I'm back to work on things I truly enjoy... that of course being comics. Hopefully this means me putting out more posts more often with more content. Anyways lets get to the comics.

5. Avengers Assemble #9 (Marvel Comics): This is the start of a new creative team on the title, and the new writer for it is none other than Kelly Sue Deconnick from the fantastic Captain Marvel ongoing series. I'm very excited to see where see is going to take this team, and what will transpire between them in the new Marvel NOW setting. If the cover is any indication of what is to come we can expect a change up in the Avengers Assemble team, and hopefully a further development of the Marvel NOW universe.

4. The Amazing Spider-Man #697 (Marvel Comics): Concluding the Danger Zone story as our favourite web head goes up against both the current and original Hobgoblin's. Can the wall crawler make it out of this with his Spider Sense pushed to the max? How will all this lead into the next and final story line of ASM as we ramp up to its finale in issue 700?

3.Thor: God of Thunder #1 (Marvel Comics): Jason Aaron on Thor, do I really need to say more? This promises to be interesting story with all the great story telling that we've come to expect from Jason Aaron. This is the first time I've picked up a Thor title (besides the amazing Journey into Mystery) so I'm curious to see how I click with the character outside of Avengers titles. So lets see if I continue with this, but if Aarons Hulk run is any indication of what we can expect from this I will be all over it.

2. Batman #14 (DC Comics): Continuing the Death of the Family story, in this issue we get to see the start of what the Joker has planned for the caped crusader and his family of heroes. The first issue of this was so dark and frightening that I can't help but wonder how this will play out. Scott Snyder even back on Detective Comics just seemed to give us the darkest Joker imaginable, and that is even more evident in this storyline. Though I have complained about these constant Batfamily crossovers I'm still excited to see this plays out, even though  am only picking up the Batman title for this event.

1. Saga #7 (Image Comics): This amazing Brian K. Vaughan series returns after a few month break, and now is the perfect time to jump on. A few weeks ago we saw the release of the collected trade of the first six issues so there is no excuse. This is bound to go down as one of the best comic book titles of all time, not only for the great story but also for the beautiful Fiona Staples art. Do your eyes and mind a favor and pick this up.

SDCC - Snorefest

Was it just me, or did this years SDCC seem kind of disappointing in the comic book area? By that I mean that there wasn't any real announcements from the big two. DC Comics released their solicits prior to the con, and Marvel announced there big Marvel NOW! non-reboot plans right before San Diego. With them doing that it seemed to me like they were going into last weekend on the defensive and ready for attack by some fans, which was the case with DC over the Stephanie Brown Smallville fiasco. Though with Marvel we saw something amazing with their movie plans. Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

As well we got to see the next armor for Iron Man in Iron Man 3