Lemire’s miniseries Plutona also came to a close, as did the 2nd arc for Pretty Deadly (with the promise of a 3rd)
Written by D.J. Kirkbride & Adam P. Knave
Art and Colors by Nick Brokenshire
#29 sees the final battle end with victory and tears. The 30th and last issue is a quiet look at what has become of the cast months after. Amelia might not have been a sales giant, but her humor, perseverance, startling green eyes, and use of a wrench for a wand, made her magic - in more ways than one.
Written by Mark Waid & Chris Samnee
Art by Chris Samnee * Colors by Matthew Wilson
The series gets back on track this month. While it still leans on Samnee’s impeccable skill as storyteller (see all those wordless panels), there’s more heft to the tale, and it sets up the potential for even meatier stories from here on out.
Written by Warren Ellis
Art by Delcan Shalvey * Colors by Jordie Bellaire
The case is tied up smartly, the injection is getting stronger and scarier… and do we really have to wait until the end of the year to see what comes next? I will be counting the hours.
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Ian Burtram * Colors by Dave Stewart
The art work was phenomenal, unusual, unique and unsettling, just like the story - which delves deeper into Sarah's motivations, and takes a gander at the demons that haunt Warren Peck. Along with the horror, a little tenderness is seeping into the tale.
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie * Colors by Matthew Wilson
Just when you think you know what’s what… you find out that you didn’t know jack. This issue has amped up my interest (and here I thought my interest was amped enough already
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Mike Norton * Colors by Mark Englert
The interaction between the sisters was a joy; General Cale continues to be a back stabbing jerk, but Rhodey and the spirits of the dead look to settle that score. Oh man what a nail bitter, very dark, grisly (the bone shiv - ’shudder’)…. Next issue, now, please.
Written by Christopher Hastings
Art and Colors by Gurihiru
I ADORE this comic, what with its lesson on ‘French frogs’, and M.O.D.O.K. talking to his pen (which pleases him to no end), and the ‘pink harmonic’…. all of it is a treat. The bits with Batroc were funny and includes a cutting observation on superhero comics (heroes struggle for nothing, they change nothing, their conflicts go on and on and on). And an appearance by a surprise guest was even better, as it employs humor, but also reveals a thread of sadness in Gwen’s life. I appreciate how Hasting’s is fleshing out story and character to make this more than a one trick (one joke) pony. Oh, and that Mizoguchi inspired cover is a kick.
Written by Tom King
Art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta * Colors by Jordie Bellaire
A relative with a secret comes for a visit. What freaks me out about this series is how everyone pretends not to notice how sideways everything’s gone. Virginia, for example, is still repeating words and no one expresses concern, or suggests fixing what’s broken. It’s surreal, disturbing (as was the scene where Viv visits a gravesite). Tom King’s dialog is literature.
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art and Colors by Otto Schmidt
The only Rebirth issue I liked: The chemistry between Ollie and Dinah was immediate and palpable. I don’t know how this Rebirth thing is going to work out, but they do come off like people who had some connection in the past (even if they aren’t aware of it at the present). Otto Schmidt’s art and colors knocked me out: the composition, the line work, the way it moves, the body language. The way he uses the horizon line and vanishing points. There’s a little Sean Murphy in the sketchiness of the homeless encampment, and a lot of spooky atmosphere throughout.
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Michael Lark * Colors by Santi Arcas
Lazarus returns after a 5 month break with the layered character work intact, and the political intrigue at a full boil. The issue also reinforces what was suspected from last issues reveal that all those flashbacks we saw in the past, weren’t flashbacks at all. Riveting!
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Brian Hurtt * Colors by Bill Crabtree
Jumpin’ Jehosaphat! Brian Hurtt can draw a jaw dropping apocalypse – but for all its sweep and grandeur, as with any truly successful series, it rises or falls on its characters. And the Sixth Gun was rich with character. Hurtt, Crabtree and writer Cullen Bunn took a world built of ink and color and made it live and breathe. Drake and Becky and the others became real people for me. Their struggles and sacrifices in this supernatural western mattered to me. The weirdness and epic scale was neat, but the bittersweet finale left me with a lump in my throat due to the people who populated the series - especially those heroes who gave up everything to rid their world of evil.
Honorable Mentions: Miss Fury #3, Invisible Republic #10, East of West #27, James Bond #7, Spider-Gwen #9, Silk #9, Green Arrow #1, Adventures of Supergirl #3-4,
Artists and Writer of the Month
Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree (not pictured) and Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun)
With a nod to the stellar work done by artists Nick Dragotta (East of West) and Otto Schmidt (Green Arrow)
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