ArtisticallyChill

Lots of great DC Comics in this week’s pick up at Keith’s Komix. BRIGHTEST DAY continues. A new mystery unfolds as the new BATMAN AND ROBIN confront the Joker who was posing as Oberon Sexton. I’m not liking the issues artist, Frazer Irving. Also I think the letterer, Patrick Brosseau, missed a few sound effects and the art therefore felt kinda bland without it. I don’t know if it was the artist request or the style of the letterer. No complaints about Grant Morrison’s writing though. I went a little variant crazy, picking up the variant covers of DC’s flagship titles hitting another issue milestone. My weekend is gonna be full of some great reading!

• BATMAN # 700 (M.Mignola variant)
• BATMAN AND ROBIN # 13
• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL # 46
• BRIGHTEST DAY # 5
• BRIGHTEST DAY: THE ATOM SPECIAL
• JSA ALL-STARS # 8
• THE LAST UNICORN # 2
• RED ROBIN # 14
• SUPERMAN # 700 (E.Risso variant)
• WONDER WOMAN # 600 (A.Hughes variant)

PICK OF THE WEEK: BRIGHTEST DAY # 5

Written by GEOFF JOHNS & PETER J. TOMASI • Art by IVAN REIS, PATRICK GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK & JOE PRADO • Cover by DAVID FINCH & SCOTT WILLIAMS • 1:25 variant cover by IVAN REIS

Deadman discovers the truth behind the formation of the White Lantern and what it means to the twelve returnees and the rest of the DC Universe. Plus, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, Hawkgirl and Firestorm discover the price for their resurrections…and why they may be doing more harm than good to the world.

HARDCOVER PICKS OF THE WEEK: BLACKEST NIGHT, BLACKEST NIGHT: GREEN LANTERN, BLACKEST NIGHT: GREEN LANTERN CORPS

BLACKEST NIGHT Written by GEOFF JOHNS • Art by IVAN REIS and OCLAIR ALBERT • Cover by IVAN REIS and RUDOLFO MIGLIARI

As the war between the different Corps rages on, the prophecy of the Blackest Night descends in this hardcover collecting the best–selling BLACKEST NIGHT #0-8. Now, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps lead DC’s champions into battle to save the universe from an army of Black Lanterns made up of the DCU’s deceased heroes and villains!
DC Universe 304pg. Color Hardcover $29.99 US

BLACKEST NIGHT: GREEN LANTERN Written by GEOFF JOHNS • Art by DOUG MAHNKE, ED BENES and OTHERS • Cover by IVAN REIS and RUDOLFO MIGLIARI

,,,,The Black Lanterns descend on a spectrum of Corps across the universe in this hardcover collecting GREEN LANTERN #43-52. Plus: Black Hand’s connection to the Black Lantern Corps is explained, and key plot points essential to enjoying the storyline to its fullest are revealed.
DC Universe 272pg. Color Hardcover $24.99 US

BLACKEST NIGHT: GREEN LANTERN CORPS Written by PETER J. TOMASI • Art by PATRICK GLEASON, REBECCA BUCHMAN and OTHERS • Cover by RUDOLFO MIGLIARI

Green Lanterns Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner and John Stewart join the rest of the GL Corps in the desperate struggle to preserve the Central Power Battery and Oa itself from being consumed by the Black Lanterns in stories from GREEN LANTERN CORPS #39-47.
DC Universe 264pg. Color Hardcover $24.99 US

I’ve already collected the individual issues. But if you weren’t able to collect this series, definitely pick up these hardcovers to get caught up on one of DC’s greatest storylines since IDENTITY CRISIS!

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf