ArtisticallyChill

Playing ‘catch-up’ these next two weeks since we had to put getting our weekly fix on hold due to car repairs. This past week was a light week so we looked through the pile of books we had on hold at Keith’s Komix and decided which ones to bring home this past Wednesday. Yes, this post is a bit late but we’ve had quite a busy week with work, THOR, and more work. Hoping have a few thoughts on THOR in another post some time soon. Anyway, let’s take a look at what we brought home.

• BATGIRL #20
• BATMAN #709
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #22
• BATMAN BEYOND #5
• BATMAN INC. #5
• BIRDS OF PREY #11
• BRIGHTEST DAY #24
• CARBON GREY#2
• DETECTIVE COMICS #876
• THE FLASH #11
• GOTHAM CENTRAL BOOK THREE: ON THE FREAK BEAT
• GREEN ARROW #11
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #24
• OZMA OF OZ #6
• POWER GIRL #23
• RED ROBIN #22
• TEEN TITANS #94
• THOR #621

MY PICKS OF THE PILE:
BRIGHTEST DAY #24

Written by GEOFF JOHNS and PETER J. TOMASI; Art by IVAN REIS, PAT GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK and JOE PRADO; Cover by DAVID FINCH; 1:10 Variant Covers by IVAN REIS

In the extra-sized issue #24, a new age for the DC Universe begins! A long shadow is cast across the world in a finale that will have everyone talking! Twelve heroes and villains were resurrected, but that doesn’t mean it will remain that way as the new champion of Earth is chosen!

JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #24

Written by JUDD WINICK; Art by AARON LOPRESTI; Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN; 1:10 Variant cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE

In the extra-sized issue #24, the final battle is here! But who will be the victor?

SERENA’S PICKS OF THE PILE:
OZMA OF OZ #6

By: Eric Shanower and Skottie Young

When Ozma asks the Nome King to release the Royal Family of Ev, he proposes a guessing game that seems easy enough to win. Ozma and her followers agree to play.
But as the Oz people begin to disappear, Dorothy realizes that the Nome King has stacked the deck against them. She and her friends have little hope of escaping the Nome King’s sinister underground palace.

Loved by both critics and fans, Ozma of Oz triumphs as another wonderful Frank L. Baum adaptation!

CARBON GREY #2

story HOANG NGUYEN, KHARI EVANS, PAUL GARDNER & MIKE KENNEDY, art & cover HOANG NGUYEN, KHARI EVANS & KINSUN LOH
The General moves to arrest the sisters, as the twins turn to their mentors. The Baron has a hand in Pepper and Dina’s escape, and Howard is convinced he is blessed. As the Greys search for Giselle, Eva becomes concerned about her sister’s allegiances. Who is manipulating the Kaiser’s legacy?

GRAPHIC NOVEL PICK OF THE WEEK: GOTHAM CENTRAL BOOK THREE: ON THE FREAK BEAT

Written by GREG RUCKA and ED BRUBAKER; Art by MICHAEL LARK, JASON ALEXANDER and others; Cover by CLIFF CHIANG

Detective Renee Montoya investigates the disappearance of evidence amid a gang war and travels to Keystone City in an attempt to unveil the truth about a fellow officer’s strange mutation in this collection featuring issues #23-31 of the award-winning series. Plus, the dead body of Robin, the Boy Wonder, is found on the streets, forcing the detectives to solve the case while dealing with Batman and The Teen Titans.

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf

With the week before last being a huge pick up and last week being a light one, we decided to skip our usual trip to Keith’s Komix last week. This week’s pull was pretty light too. Despite having two weeks worth of comic books waiting for us, it really wasn’t all that much. On a sad note, DEADPOOL TEAM-UP has ended with issue 883. This sucks. I really enjoyed the series because all the stories contained within one issue were well written and a good break from the normal ’3-4-5+’ issue style story arcs that are more common these days. I’ll miss those single issue stories of off-the-wall team-ups that only DeadPool could pull off as well as the fantastic art! I’m hoping the series will make a comeback someday. Maybe when the DeadPool movie comes out, Marvel will bring it back instead of doing crap movie tie-ins. It would only make sense. But then again, this is Marvel Comics we’re talking about.

This week we have:

• BATMAN BEYOND #4
• BRIGHTEST DAY # 23
• CHARISMAGIC #1
• DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #883
• DETECTIVE COMICS #875
• GREEN ARROW #10
• JSA ALL-STARS #17
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #49
• OZMA OF OZ #5
• TEEN TITANS #93
• X-23 #8

MY PICK OF THE WEEK: BRIGHTEST DAY #23

Written by GEOFF JOHNS and PETER J. TOMASI; Art by IVAN REIS, PAT GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK and JOE PRADO; Cover by GARY FRANK; 1:10 Variant Covers by IVAN REIS

It’s the beginning of the end as we head toward the epic conclusion to BRIGHTEST DAY! The mystery of the heroes’ return and the secrets of the white forest are revealed! Plus, Captain Boomerang draws closer to completing his mission! And at last, it’s Firestorm vs. Deadman!

SERENA’S PICK OF THE WEEK: CHARISMAGIC #1

Everything you thought you knew about magic will… Vanish.

Journey into a world where the lines between magic and reality are blurred… And where one man will soon find himself as the last remaining hope for all mankind.

In Las Vegas, luck is everything. For Sin City’s leading ‘entertainer,’ Hank the Magnificent, his luck as Vegas’ most illustrious and famous magician is about to run out! When the powers of an ancient magic once imprisoned in another realm spring forth into our reality searching for revenge at all costs, Hank soon finds himself at the center of an undying war between the forces of truth and a devastating plague of growing evil-and his hopes for survival are slim at best! Creatures of magic and myth, wizards and sorcerers, druids, witches, and beasts of legend fill the pages of Aspen’s all-new action-adventure series!

Created and written by Aspen’s own Vince Hernandez, with art by Khary Randolph and Emilio Lopez, this premiere #1 issue will open your eyes to the exciting new world of CHARISMAGIC!

After a two week break from Monsterpocalypse, I was itching to get in a game with Sid. I pretty much left strategy at home as my Terrasaurs got smacked down by Sid’s Elemental army. The game was still fun though and can’t wait to play next week!

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf