ArtisticallyChill

A nice pick up of DC titles today! As I said earlier, I’ve dropped Uncanny X-men simply because Utopia X storyline didn’t keep me interested enough to see what happens in Nation X as Magneto returns (again). I’m sure the creative team of Matt Fraction and Greg Land will do just fine as they always do but I’m just not interested in another story arc that involves the X-men and Magneto. It just feels like the same old song and dance every time.

• ADVENTURE COMICS # 3
• BATGIRL # 3
• BATMAN # 691
• BLACKEST NIGHT: BATMAN # 3
• BOOSTER GOLD # 25
• DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL # 11
• DEADPOOL # 900
• GENEXT: UNITED # 5
• GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY # 25
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 41
• RED ROBIN # 5
• TITANS # 18

PICK OF THE WEEK: DEADPOOL # 900

COVER BY: Dave Johnson
WRITER: Jason Aaron
Mike Benson
Victor Gischler
Charlie Huston
Joe Kelly
Duane Swierczynski
Fred Van Lente
PENCILS: Kyle Baker
Shawn Crystal
Sanford Greene
Rob Liefeld
Damion Scott
Chris Staggs
Dalibor Talajic
INKS: Kyle Baker|Shawn Crystal|Nathan Massengill|Dalibor Talajic
COLORED BY: Kyle Baker|Rob Liefeld|Lee Loughridge
THE STORY:
Special SUPER-sized, ACTION-packed 104-page special to commemorate Deadpool’s historic 900th issue! … Wait, has it really been nine-hundred issues…? Who cares! If this collection of octane-infused stories by some of comics’ hottest talent doesn’t make you want to genuflect at the Altar of Wade, nothing will. Thrill as the Merc with a Mouth squares off against probe-happy aliens, trigger-happy mimes and one seriously unhappy fanman – and that’s just half the book! Wince as Wade bares his soul (and lots more) to a shrink who’s got major squirrels in his own attic. Thrill as he travels around the globe and then some to settle a childhood bet. And chill as C.S.I. investigators at a blood-splattered crime scene attempt to piece together why this particular “unsub” needed battery cables, Crisco oil, three stacks of adult magazines and a live chicken to pull off the hit.

Why? Because the DEADPOOL series is the only series that can get away with printing a 900th issue without having actually printed issues 17 through 899 yet. It’s something DEADPOOL would do if he were publishing his own comic. I’m pretty sure that’s how every issue of DEADPOOL gets developed and written up, the writers draft a list of situations. Cut the list into pieces, throw them in a hat, and randomly pick one out. Then after reading that situation and presenting it to the editor, the writer then asks him/herself, “What would Deadpool do?” or “WWDD?”

I ask myself that question whenever the situation calls for it. Sadly I don’t have the resources to act out my answers with no fear of the consequences.

But that still doesn’t stop me from day-dreaming about it at that point in time. ;p

~ LoneWolf

This week we’re continuing our trip to Fabletown, the Farm, and the Homelands with FABLE VOL. 10: THE GOOD PRINCE trade paperback. Out of nowhere I’m treated with the second to last chapter of FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS. I’m gonna have to pull out the first three issues to refresh my memory. Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns battle Agent Orange. Deadpool continues to wreak havoc for the Thunderbolts. And why do I have three copies of JSA # 26? Three different covers that line up to form a cool team picture, that why! ;p

• BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL – THE UNDERGROUND
• FABLES VOL. 10: THE GOOD PRINCE TPB
• FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS # 4 (OF 5)
• GEARS OF WAR # 6
• GREEN LANTERN # 40
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA # 26 (ALL THREE COVERS)
• RUNAWAYS # 9
• TEEN TITANS # 70
• THUNDERBOLTS # 13
• TRINITY # 48
• UNCANNY X-MEN # 509
• X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE # 1

PICK OF THE WEEK: THUNDERBOLTS # 13

COVER BY: FRANCESCO “MATT” MATTINA
WRITER: ANDY DIGGLE
PENCILS: BONG DAZO
INKS: JOSE PIMENTEL
LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT

THE STORY:
“MAGNUM OPUS,” PART 4 OF 4
Tie-in to “DARK REIGN”
SPECIAL CROSSOVER WITH DEADPOOL! The maniacal Merc with a Mouth has Norman Osborn’s Thunderbolts in his crosshairs – and they’ve got him in theirs! The nastiest fight of ’09 explodes here, and you’ve got the front row seat for all the ultra violence that Andy Diggle (DARK REIGN: HAWKEYE) and Bong Dazo can dish up in the book that Aint It Cool News says “continues to impress”!

~ LoneWolf

Last night, I picked up this weeks BATTLE FOR THE COWL tie-ins. Normally I wouldn’t but since BATTLE FOR THE COWL is a short arc, it wouldn’t hurt to get the ‘bigger picture’ with the tie-ins. Serena picked up volume 4 of FABLES. She says despite the art, the stories are very well written. She isn’t lying. She finished volume 4 in one sitting, last night. I’m a bit behind. I managed to finish reading volume 2 and tonight I hope to start volume 3 before I go to bed. The art isn’t terribly bad, but considering the subject matter, you’d think the art would be more epically drawn. The covers of the comics are awesome and like I said earlier, both Serena and I wish the interiors were done by the same artist as the covers, James Jean.

• BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL – COMMISSIONER GORDON
• CAPTAIN AMERICA # 48
• FABLES VOL. 4 TPB – MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA # 31
• ORACLE: THE CURE # 1
• RUNAWAYS # 8
• THUNDERBOLTS # 130
• TRINITY # 43
• X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR PROLOGUE # 1
• X-INFERNUS # 4

PICK OF THE WEEK: THUNDERBOLTS # 130

The Story: “MAGNUM OPUS,” PART 2 OF 4 — CROSSOVER WITH DEADPOOL
Everyone’s favorite Merc with a Mouth has the Thunderbolts in his crosshairs – but don’t expect this murderer’s row of
butt-kickers to lay down! The nastiest fight of ’09 has begun, and you’ve got the front row seat for all the ultra violence that
Andy Diggle (DARK REIGN: HAWKEYE) and red-hot artist Bong Dazo can dish up!

Even though I hate it when my normal titles crossover with titles I normally don’t pick up, I’m rather pumped to see Deadpool take on The Thunderbolts. Who wouldn’t be pumped to see this brawl? C’mon IT’S DEADPOOL, the real one, NOT that crap you’ll see in the upcoming Wolverine movie, and definitely NOT Ryan Reynolds.

~ LoneWolf