This Week's (and last's) "PostHaste Recommends"
While I was busy with my "Drama On Four Wheels", I wasn't able to do comics recommendations for last week so I have seamlessly tacked them on to this week's. Trust me, unless someone tells you I've done it, you will never be able to tell.
Adam Strange #6 - Great art. Great space serial type adventure. Only two issues left in this minibut on the horizon...carrying over from events in Adam Strange..."The Rann/Thangar War" miniseries with Adam Strange, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and Green Lantern!
Scurvy Dogs: Rags to Riches TP - I don't have this trade but I have the five issues that comprise it. This is an actual funny book which is rare these days in the...funny books. It's about pirates trying to make it in the modern world and proudly declares that "Pirates are the new monkeys!"
The Walking Dead # 16 - Although I believe pop culture is suffering more from full on zombie fever than it's brief stint with pirate...whooping cough...anyhoo, TWD remains an always surprising horror/survival comic with a large yet constantly whittled-down cast.
Wolverine: Soul Taker #1 - Speaking of zombies, pirates, and monkeys...let's not forget ninjas. This Wolvie title has ninjas AND zombies. So I'd naturally pick this one up right? No, I didn't. Because it has Wolverine who I feel is the most overexposed fictional character of all time. Although, as I have read a few reviews (and I did flip through it with it's good art...), I think I may have made a mistake and may try to pick it up this weekend.
Fables: The Mean Season TP & Fables # 35 - I just got these and haven't read them yet but I can say with confidence from my previous experience with this title that it is the bomb. I've finally caught up with the trades of this title and am now proud to say like The Runaways and The Walking Dead I am now monthly (now if I could only catch up on Y: The Last Man). Anyway, Fables is about the characters from fairy tales existing secretly in modern New York City. Fantasy meets Noir meets brilliant writing.
Lex Luthor #1 - I saved my biggest surprise discovery for last. Lex Luthor: Man of Steel is a new mini from DC, natch, and gets inside the head of Superman's nemesis. In this book we see Superman as the threat and Lex as the philanthropist that has good intentions who just sometimes uses shady methods to get it done. No real bad guy thinks he is the bad guy and this book delivers on that making it natural to see why a self made man who believes that any human can achieve anything if they work hard would be threatened by an alien who just shows up with all the power and achievements without any of the work. Lex is always reminding himself and others that Superman is not human. Really interesting read and my surprise pick off the shelf this week.
That's it for now. Check back next week for updates. Same PostHaste time. Same PostHaste channel.
Adam Strange #6 - Great art. Great space serial type adventure. Only two issues left in this mini
Scurvy Dogs: Rags to Riches TP - I don't have this trade but I have the five issues that comprise it. This is an actual funny book which is rare these days in the...funny books. It's about pirates trying to make it in the modern world and proudly declares that "Pirates are the new monkeys!"
The Walking Dead # 16 - Although I believe pop culture is suffering more from full on zombie fever than it's brief stint with pirate...whooping cough...anyhoo, TWD remains an always surprising horror/survival comic with a large yet constantly whittled-down cast.
Wolverine: Soul Taker #1 - Speaking of zombies, pirates, and monkeys...let's not forget ninjas. This Wolvie title has ninjas AND zombies. So I'd naturally pick this one up right? No, I didn't. Because it has Wolverine who I feel is the most overexposed fictional character of all time. Although, as I have read a few reviews (and I did flip through it with it's good art...), I think I may have made a mistake and may try to pick it up this weekend.
Fables: The Mean Season TP & Fables # 35 - I just got these and haven't read them yet but I can say with confidence from my previous experience with this title that it is the bomb. I've finally caught up with the trades of this title and am now proud to say like The Runaways and The Walking Dead I am now monthly (now if I could only catch up on Y: The Last Man). Anyway, Fables is about the characters from fairy tales existing secretly in modern New York City. Fantasy meets Noir meets brilliant writing.
Lex Luthor #1 - I saved my biggest surprise discovery for last. Lex Luthor: Man of Steel is a new mini from DC, natch, and gets inside the head of Superman's nemesis. In this book we see Superman as the threat and Lex as the philanthropist that has good intentions who just sometimes uses shady methods to get it done. No real bad guy thinks he is the bad guy and this book delivers on that making it natural to see why a self made man who believes that any human can achieve anything if they work hard would be threatened by an alien who just shows up with all the power and achievements without any of the work. Lex is always reminding himself and others that Superman is not human. Really interesting read and my surprise pick off the shelf this week.
That's it for now. Check back next week for updates. Same PostHaste time. Same PostHaste channel.
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