COOL SHIT 6-2-11

BATMAN: KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1: All right, I’ll be the first to confess that I haven’t been paying attention to the Flashpoint thing DC is doing. From what I hear, it won’t matter, since they’re rebooting EVERY FUCKING BOOK (ask any comic shop guy, and they’ll tell you it’s the worst idea ever; this is a perfect jumping off point for their readers). However, it seems that this book happens in some kind of alternate universe, where Batman is THOMAS Wayne and is more in line with Frank Miller’s vision of him. Also, Wayne seems to be running casinos. Kind of weird for a crime fighter. It also seems like Hush, Scarecrow, and Poison Ivy are all dead in this world (and so is Killer Croc; we know because Batman stabs him in the fucking head). The Penguin works for Wayne. Jim Gordon knows all about the Batman and who he really is. Weird stuff. Oh, and did I mention that this tale comes from Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso? I didn’t? Shame on me. And shame on you for not having this book already.

30 DAYS OF NIGHT: NIGHT, AGAIN #2: Lansdale kicks things up a notch in this one. Remember how those survivors had to strike out through the Alaskan wilderness with very few supplies? Well, they made it, but at quite the cost: they went cannibal. And we also learn a few things about Trudy, mainly about how she made it away from the vampires in the first place. Oh, and we finally get to find out what’s knocking from the inside of that torpedo. Things are picking up here. If you didn’t like the first issue, you probably will like this one.


I will not talk about THE BOYS. I will not talk about THE BOYS. I will not talk about THE BOYS. Ah, fuck it.

THE BOYS #55: Seriously. I talk about this book so much, if you haven’t gone out and checked it out for yourself by now, you probably won’t. Then, the movie will come out, and you’ll want to check out the books anyway. Dumb fucks. Well, to get to the point, it’s official. We no longer have any mysteries in this book. Mallory has told them all to Hughie (except for Butcher’s personal past, which we’ll be getting when the mini-series comes out this summer), who now has to deal with this sudden, grim knowledge. If you want in on this series, you’d better hurry up. We’re closing in on the end. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.