My Top Comics For October 2017

Book of the Month: The Wild Storm #8 (DC)
A comic I like to read twice in order to catch all the visual and verbal clues. Still, my ignorance of these characters means that I'm probably missing some things (who are those beings looking out the window of the ship for one) and certain relationships might have more significance than I'm aware of. Never-the-less, I'm enjoying the journey and making discoveries. Davis-Hunt draws a trippy astral travel sequence in this ish that's to die for.

Nominees: Wicked + the Divine #32, The Unbelievable Gwenpool #21, Harrow County #26, Regression #5

Team Up of the Month: Spider-Man and Mockingbird, Amazing Spider-Man #789
Bobbi tries to boost Pete's spirits: the duo go out, fight a baddie and seal their win with a kiss. Their scenes together and the Stuart Immonen art made the issue worthwhile.

Nominee: Wonder Woman and Conan, Wonder Woman / Conan #2

Best First Issue: Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil #1 (Dark Horse)
Lemire joins with artist David Rubin in a spin-off from his fantastic Black Hammer series. This one flashes back to Lucy's investigation of her father's disappearance, and gives us a peak at the villainous side of this universe.

Nominee: Wild Storms: Michael Cray #1 (DC)

Second Chance of the Month: All-New Wolverine (Marvel)
New artist, new story arc. Thought I'd give it another try. While it's yet another story that revisits Laura's past, I liked it well enough to put it back on my pulls

Fight of the Month: Wicked + the Divine #32
All the fights in this action packed issue were brilliantly staged, nasty and felt like a punch to the gut. 

Writer and Artists of the Month: Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie (pictured) and Matthew Wilson, Wicked + the Divine #32

Covers of the Month:

Dying & The Dead #6 by Ryan Bodenheim - I like the delicate line work

Batwoman #8 by MIchael Cho - minimal color schemes are so cool



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My Top Comics For September 2017

Book of the Month: Black Monday Murders #7 (Image Comics)
Big issue! We meet Mammon and learn why he needs his Schools, and the limits of his power. A new mystery is revealed and power struggles continue. Smart, dark work from Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker and Michael Garland

Nominees: Dark Ark, Unholy Grail #3, Black Hammer #13, Wild Storm #7, Hawkeye #10, Mr. Miracle #2, Doom Patrol #8, Wicked + the Divine #31 and Red Hood and The Outlaws #14 (a moving riff on Flowers for Algernon)

Team Up of the Month: Carol and Kamala (Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel #1, Marvel Comics)
Nice to see the Marvel’s united. The dialogue was cute, had me chuckling several times.

Nominee: Wonder Woman/Conan #1

Best First Issue: Dark Ark #1 (Aftershock)
What if the devil set out another ark during the flood, and had it filled with unholy creatures? That’s the hook in Cullen Bunn’s new series, that you have some surprisingly sharp character work is what makes it float. Nice art from Aftershock MVP, Juan Doe.

Nominees: Runaways #1, Made Men #1

Second Chance of the Month: The Hellblazer #14 (DC)
Tim Seeley knows horror, so when I found out he was taking over writing chores on the Hellblazer I hopped back on board. While I don't know that you can do anything new with Constantine (he's a dick who pisses people off) Tim's first two issues have been real creepy. I like it.

Fight of the Month: John Colt's escape (The Wild Storm #7)  
Picture is NSFW. Art by John Davis-Hunt. The sequences is violent, bloody but beautifully staged

Artist of the Month: Esad Ribic, Marvel Legacy #1
He shared the issue with other artists, but his work was the stand-out

Writer of the Month: Cullen Bunn, Dark Ark #1, Unholy Grail #3, Harrow County #25
Bunn has been a busy man this year, and his best (IMHO) are the creator owned horror stories he’s scripted for Aftershock, Dark Horse and others.

Cover of the Month:

Hawkeye #10 by Julian Totino Tedesco – Striking image has cool Pulp Novel look to it


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