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What I read in 2022
A little late. 2023 to follow soon.
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Ying Shih Yü, Chinese History and Culture, Volume 1
Yuen Yuen Ang, China’s Gilded Age
Lucia Berlin, A Manual for Cleaning Women
Stephan Körner, Kant
Alexander Herzen, My Past and Thoughts, Vol 5
Leonard Susskind & George Hrabovsky, Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
Frank Dikotter, Mao’s Great Famine
Alexander Herzen, My Past and Thoughts, Vol 6
George Orwell, 動物農莊（港豬版）
Tom Hopkins, Sales Prospecting for Dummies
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Paul Gilroy, There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack
Kenn Amdahl, There Are No Electrons
Gianfranco Poggi, The Development of the Modern State
Ehrhard Bahr & Ruth Goldschmidt Kunzer, Georg Lukacs
Gianfranco Poggi, Forms of Power
Thomas Gordon, Parental Effectiveness Training
Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers
James Fok, Financial Cold War
Angela Carter, The New Eve
Elizabeth Strout, My Name is Lucy Barton
Ying Shih Yü, Chinese History and Culture, Volume 2
Bill Hayton, The Invention of China
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji
Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind
林匡正, 香港足球史
Karl Ulrich & Lele Sang, Winning in China
Harry Morgan, Sunny Places for Shady People
Elizabeth Strout, Amy and Isabelle
Naomi Standen (ed), Demystifying China
Angela Carter, Wise Children
Elizabeth Strout, The Burgess Boys
John Gribbin, Get a Grip on Physics
Chris Waring, An Equation for Every Occasion
Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition
Mary McCarthy, Birds of America
Mary McCarthy, The Company She Keeps
Lisa Taddeo, Three Women
Hon Lai-chiu, The Kite Family
Jim Breithaupt, Physics
John Gribbin, Seven Pillars of Science
John Gribbin, Six Impossible Things
Barry Lopez, Horizon
Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kittridge
Elizabeth Strout, Anything is Possible
Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
Mike Goldsmith, Waves
Monica Ali, Untold Story
Catherine Merridale, Ivan’s War
Jessica Andrews, Saltwater
Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature
AM Homes, May We Be Forgiven
Gaia Vince, Adventures in the Anthropocene
Ho-fung Hung, City on the Edge
Richard Feynman, QED
Fredric Raichlen, Waves
Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop
Karen Cheung, The Impossible City
Adam Tooze, The Deluge
Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You
Sean Carroll, The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Louisa Lim, The Indelible City
Gavin Pretor-Pinney, The Wave Watcher’s Companion
Adam Tooze, The Wages of Destruction
Adam Tooze, Shutdown
Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman
Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven
Virgina Woolf, The Waves
Ursula Le Guin, Tehanu
Ursula Le Guin, The Telling
Gaia Vince, Nomad Century
Janna Levin, How the Universe Got Its Spots
Lara Alcock, Mathematics Rebooted
Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems
Emily St John Mandel, The Glass Hotel
Anon, 伊索傳 & 驢仔
Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky
Emily St John Mandel, Station Eleven
Gary Gerstle, The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
Bruno Mansoulié, All Of Physics (Almost) In 15 Equations
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Jim Harbaugh Invited by CFB Coach to Be Sideline Guest During Michigan Suspension
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh suddenly finds himself with a lot of free time on his hands, having incurred a three-game suspension from the Big Ten as the conference investigated allegations of illegal in-person scouting by the Wolverines.
One of Harbaugh’s former lieutenants has an idea for what he should do with it.
Charlotte coach Biff Poggi invited Harbaugh to the 49ers’ games against Rice on…
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Review: Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #1
Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #1 features a moral dilemma of a hook that makes you want to pick up the rest of the miniseries. #comics #xmen #comicbooks #ncbd
The new X-Men event “Age of X-Man” is a crossover where X-Man aka Nate Grey from the alternate Age of Apocalypse future has created a perfect world. However, this utopia is built on a commitment to individualism so everyone lives isolated by themselves, and there are no intimate relationships whether platonic, sexual, or romantic. Overtly, there is no crime or drama in this universe, but…
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#age of x-man: x-tremists#Blob#clayton cowles#comic books#Comics#department x#featured#georges jeanty#JIM CHARALAMPIDIS#leah williams#Roberto poggi#x-tremists
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Captain Kirk's Weekly Comic Review - 04/07/2021
Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 04/07/2021
Memories … like the waters of my mind.
I love how comic books have the capacity to evoke entertaining and fun memories of times past. Some comics take me right back to where I was and simply because I was reading the comic, it makes me feel good.
It’s the case with the comics I’ve chosen for this week’s list. Some are actually comics from those years past, but others are new titles that simply…
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#Bob Harras#Bob Pinaha#Cory Smith#Edd Fear#Gene Roddenberry#Gordon Purcell#IDW Publishing#Israel Silva#J.K. Moore#J.k. woodward#jim zub#John DeLancie#John Vorhnolt#Juliana Ferriter#Mailbu#marvel comics#Michael Jan Friedman#Pablo Marcus#Robert Greenberger#Roberto Poggi#Rod Whigham#Sharon Blanchard#Star Trek#Terry Pallot#VC’s Travis Lanham
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #23 (Legacy #298)
Preview Pages
In Shops: July 14, 2021
Cover A - Geoff Shaw and Edgar Delgado
Cover B - Kyle Hotz and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Story - Jim Zub
Pencils - Cory Smith
Inks - Roberto Poggi
Colors - Israel Silva
Letters - Travis Lanham
Editorial - Mark Basso, Lauren Amaro
• CONAN has been framed for the murder of the emperor and is hunted by the Imperial Guard.
• But Conan has not survived the Hyborian Age without learning some hunting tactics of his own...
• The dramatic conclusion to the Nightstar saga!
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From Conan the Barbarian Vol. 3 #025, “Until Our Stories End / A Civilized Man”
Art by Cory Smith, Paul Davidson, Roberto Poggi, Israel Silva and Neeraj Menon
Written by Jim Zub and Larry Hama
#conan the barbarian#conan of cimmeria#queen of the black coast#bêlit#king conan#einar#hakon#marvel#comics#marvel comics
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Conan the Barbarian #20 - The Bandit's Bravado" (2021)
written by Jim Zub
art by Cory Smith, Roberto Poggi, & Israel Silva
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Episode 341
Comic Reviews:
DC
Batman: Killing Time 1 by Tom King, David Marquez, Alejandro Sanchez
War For Earth-3 1 by Dennis Hopeless, Robbie Thompson, Steve Pugh, Dexter Soy, Brent Peeples, Matt Herms
Marvel
Devil's Reign: Spider-Man 1 by Anthony Piper, Ze Carlos, Erick Arciniega
Strange 1 by Jed MacKay, Marcelo Ferreira, Don Ho, Roberto Poggi, Felipe Sobreiro, Javier Tartaglia
What If Miles Morales? 1 by Cody Ziglar, Paco Medina, Victor Olazaba, Sean Parsons, Walden Wong, Chris Sotomayor
Marvel Meow by Nao Fuji
Comixology
Red Tag by Rafael Scavone, Rafael Albuquerque, Roger Cruz
Image
7174 Annual by Ashley Wood, T.P. Louise
Loaded Bible: Blood of My Blood 1 by Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Giuseppe Cafaro, Josh Rodriquez
Rogue Sun 1 by Ryan Parrott, Abel, Chris O'Halloran
Dark Horse
Radio Spaceman 1 by Mike Mignola, Greg Hinkle, Dave Stewart
Boom
Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Shapeshifters 1 by Andre R. Frattino, Nori Retherford, Kieran Quigley
IDW
Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century 1 by Kirsten Beyer, Mike Johnson, Angel Hernandez, JD Mettler
Dynamite
DIE!Namite Never Dies 1 by Fred Van Lente, Vincenzo Carratu, Kike Diaz
Ahoy
Wrong Earth: Trapped on Teen Planet 1 by Gail Simone, David Hyde, Walter Geovani, Bill Morrison, Rob Lean
Scout
Juniper 1 by Nathan Tomsic, Georgiana Brown, Lorenzo Colangeli
Additional Reviews: The Batman, Picard s2e1, Truth Seekers s1, Sparrow 1, Arcane: League of Legends, Owl House s2 part 1, FF Omni 2, Murderville s1
News: Bodies by Si Spencer optioned by Netflix, Omninews, Netflix/ABC shows all moving to Disney+, Bendis announces new graphic novel series, DiMaggio rejoins Futurama, Marvel do stupid, Calypso cast in Kraven movie, new 6th Gun adaptation announced, Artist Elite Comics, new line of Kevin Smith comics from Dark Horse, Russian Doll s2 air date, Harper and Cullen Row cast for Gotham Knights CW show, creative team for Amazing 900
Trailers: The Bubble, Apollo 10 1/2, DMZ
Comics Countdown:
Nice House on the Lake 7 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire
Nocterra 8 by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, Marcelo Maiolo
Crossover 12 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Robert Kirkman, Phil Hester, Klaus Janson, Dee Cunniffe
Dark Knights of Steel 5 by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Purti, Arif Prianto
Batman 121 by Joshua Williamson, Karl Kerschl, Mikel Janin, Jorge Molina, Tomeu Morey, Dave McCaig
Wrong Earth: Trapped on Teen Planet 1 by Gail Simone, David Hyde, Walter Geovani, Bill Morrison, Rob Lean
Rogue Sun 1 by Ryan Parrott, Abel, Chris O'Halloran
Moon Knight 9 by Jed MacKay, Alessandro Cappuccio, Rachelle Rosenberg
Newburn 4 by Chip Zdarsky, Jacob Phillips, Nadia Shammas, Ziyed Yusuf Ayoub
World of Krypton 4 by Robert Venditti, Michael Avon Oeming, Nick Filardi
Check out this episode!
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all movies watched in JANUARY 2020
A Cock and Bull Story (2005, Michael Winterbottom)
Beggars of Life (1928, William A. Wellman)
Boarding Gate (2007, Olivier Assayas)
Booksmart (2019, Olivia Wilde)
Dead Man (1995, Jim Jarmusch)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951, Robert Bresson)
Funny Girl (1968, William Wyler)
Gloria (1980, John Cassavetes)
Go Go Tales (2007, Abel Ferrara)
Greener Grass (2019, Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe)
Hot Rod (2007, Akiva Schaffer)
I Am Cuba (1964, Mikhail Kalatozov)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
Jessica Forever (2018, Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel)
Jon Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019, Rhys Thomas)
Jupiter Ascending (2015, The Wachowskis)
Nosferatu (1922, F. W. Murnau)
Novitiate (2017, Margaret Betts)
Nowhere (1997, Gregg Araki)
Paddington 2 (2017, Paul King)
Pain & Gain (2013, Michael Bay)
Paradise Hills (2019, Alice Waddington)
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019, Rob Letterman)
Rembrandt’s J’Accuse…! (2008, Peter Greenaway)
Resident Evil (2002, Paul W.S. Anderson)
Rubber (2010, Quentin Dupieux)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989, Steven Soderbergh)
The Beguiled (1971, Don Siegel)
The Birds (1963, Alfred Hitchcock)
The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015, Oz Perkins)
The City Tramp (1966, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) (Short)
The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982, Peter Greenaway)
The General (1926, Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton)
The Guest (2014, Adam Wingard)
The Little Chaos (1966, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) (Short)
The Sweetest Thing (2002, Roger Kumble)
Uncut Gems (2019, Josh & Benny Safdie)
Veronika Voss (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
WHAT DID JACK DO? (2017, David Lynch) (Short)
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For the week of 24 June 2019
Quick Bits:
Action Comics #1012 keeps a number of plates spinning with the Invisible Mafia, Leviathan, and tying in events in Superman, while bringing back a character who we’ve not seen for some time in the DCU. Some great layouts and art from Szymon Kudranski and Brad Anderson.
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Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #5 is the explosive conclusion to this mini from Leah Williams, Georges Jeanty, Roberto Poggi, Jim Charalampidis, and Clayton Cowles. We get Jubilee’s perspective on the end, as they all collectively remember what came before, what was taken from them, and the nightmare that they’ve been placed in and forced to participate. Damn good stuff.
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Amazing Spider-Man #24 is a lot of Peter avoiding dealing with things in a rational adult manner and some weird stuff with Mysterio and the new villain who has been haunting the series for a while. My guess is that it’s Ned Leeds, but his true identity is still hidden for the moment. Pretty good for a buffer issue.
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Angel #2 is another entertaining issue from Bryan Edward Hill, Gleb Melnikov, Gabriel Cassata, and Ed Dukeshire. There’s another nice split as we see a bit of Angel’s past as he reforges a slayer as his “axe” and then a dive into the current evil plaguing the kids in social media. Wonderful reveal of Lilith’s “true form” as well, great design by Melnikov.
| Published by BOOM! Studios
Ascender #3 is harrowing and breathtaking. While Andy and Mila try to run in the present, we get more information on what happened with them and Effie in the time between Descender and now. Gorgeous, stunning artwork from Dustin Nguyen.
| Published by Image
Bad Luck Chuck #4 concludes what has been a fun, but weird, series from Lela Gwenn, Matthew Dow Smith, Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Frank Cvetkovic. And it ends with a pretty epic battle between cops and nuns.
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Black Panther #13 begins the next arc of “Two Thousand Suns” and T’Challa’s attempts to contact anyone back on Earth. Daniel Acuña returns to provide the art and it is beautiful. The effects as T’Challa attempts to calculate a communication path to Earth with the various planets and such are amazing.
| Published by Marvel
Detective Comics #1006 begins a new arc guest-starring the Spectre, with art from Kyle Hotz and David Baron. The Corrigan/Spectre joining sure works different than it used to. Interesting mystery with the Spectre cult and great art.
| Published by DC Comics
Ghost Tree #3 takes a few nice moments of quiet introspection and reflection from Brandt and Arami, as well as exploring more of Brandt’s grandparents life, before ramping up the tension with the demon. Beautiful artwork from Simon Gane, Ian Herring, and Becka Kinzie.
| Published by IDW
Justice League Dark #12 has huge ramifications as “Lords of Order” rages on. Stunning artwork from Alvaro Martínez Bueno, Raul Fernandez, and Brad Anderson. Also Tynion gives us a fascinating rumination on magic between Batman and Wonder Woman.
| Published by DC Comics
Killer Groove #2 continues this excellent crime drama. The little pieces of interaction and tiny character stories throughout this issue are wonderful. Ollie Masters’ approach to the narrative reminds me a lot of Robert Altman.
| Published by AfterShock
Road of Bones #2 leans hard into the brutal survival aspect of travelling across Russia in winter, without much idea or sense of where you’re going. Wonderful art from Alex Cormack.
| Published by IDW
The Silencer #18 concludes this series with a kind of stock-taking story from Dan Abnett, V. Ken Marion, Sandu Florea, Mike Spicer, and Tom Napolitano. There’s some bits about the reconciliation between Blake and Honor, but a large portion of this is Honor trying to find out information on what’s happening with Leviathan.
| Published by DC Comics
Stranger Things: Six #2 continues to flesh out the time before the first season at Hawkins Labs as we continue to follow Francine through her past and experiences there. There’s a wonderful feeling of dread with the glimpses of the Upside Down.
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Thor #14 builds on events in War of the Realms #6 with a story that is concurrent with what happens in that book diving into the younger Thor’s perspective. Great art from Scott Hepburn and Matthew Wilson.
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Transformers/Ghostbusters #1 is a great debut from Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado, and Tom B. Long beautifully integrating the two properties here. Cybertron as destroyed by Gozer is just wonderful, and there’s a nice bit of humour that fits well with Burnham and Schoening’s other Ghostbusters work.
| Published by IDW
War of the Realms #6 is the conclusion to this event with Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, Matthew Wilson, and Joe Sabino giving us a “storm of Thors”. It’s fairly epic as Thor and Malekith meet in the final confrontation, capping off one of the longest narrative arcs in Marvel that began back in Thor: God of Thunder #1 years ago. There’s more to come, but this is a very satisfying end.
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The Weatherman #1 is a welcome return for the second volume of this series from Jody LeHeup, Nathan Fox, Moreno Dinisio, and Steve Wands. The story shifts as the team search for the clue to unlocking Bright’s memories on the one place we thought previously was all dead...Earth. Great stuff.
| Published by Image
Wolverine: Exit Wounds #1 is another of Marvel’s 80th Anniversary one-shots, this one presenting three stories from some of the luminary creators that have worked on Wolverine before. The standout for me is the Wolverine/Venom story from Sam Kieth and Ronda Pattison. It’s a simple Vs. story, but the artwork is gorgeous. Larry Hama, Scot Eaton, Sean Parsons, and Matt Milla & Chris Claremont, Salvador Larroca, and Val Staples provide the other two stories giving a glimpse into other stages in Logan’s past. Joe Sabino provides letters for all three stories and it’s nice to see how he adapts for the tone and style of each tale.
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Wonder Woman #73 is a fill-in from Steve Orlando, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Pat Brosseau giving us a story of Diana’s past in an alternate reality. It’s a decent tale on its own, giving a hint at something important for the ongoing story.
| Published by DC Comics
Other Highlights: Avengers #20, Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command #5, The Beauty #27, Bone Parish #10, Books of Magic #9, Canto #1, Conan the Barbarian #7, The Crow/Hack/Slash #1, Dark Red #4, Deadly Class #39, Diabolical Summer, Dial H for Hero #4, Dick Tracy Forever #3, Doctor Strange #15, Eve Stranger #2, Fantastic Four #11, Fight Club 3 #6, The Flash #73, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #8, GLOW #3, The Goon #3, Head Lopper #12, High Level #5, Invader Zim #44, Isola #8, Kick-Ass #15, KISS: The End #3, Magnificent Ms. Marvel #4, Major X #5, Marilyn Manor #1, Martian Manhunter #6, Marvel Comics Presents #6, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #40, Mr. & Mrs. X #12, Punk Mambo #3, Punks Not Dead: London Calling #5, Redneck #21, Rick & Morty #51, Runaways #22, Spawn #298, Spider-Man Annual #1, Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Darth Vader #1, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge #3, Steel Cage #1, Stone Star #4, Summit #15, Superior Spider-Man #8, Teen Titans: Raven, Thanos #3, Thief of Thieves #43, War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #4, War of the Realms: The Punisher #3, War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #3, X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction #2
Recommended Collections: Breakneck, Coda - Volume 2, Fearscape - Volume 1, Hardcore - Volume 1, HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness - Volume 1, Interceptor - Volume 1, Joe Golem: Occult Detective - Volume 3: The Drowning City, Man of Steel, Old Lady Harley, Outcast - Book 3, Relay - Volume 1, Shock - Volume 2, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra - Volume 5: Worst Among Equals, Starjammers, Tony Stark: Iron Man - Volume 2: Stark Realities, Usagi Yojimbo - Volume 33: The Hidden, Wasted Space - Volume 1, West Coast Avengers - Volume 2: City of Evils
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Best of Marvel: Week of April 24th, 2019
Best of this Week: Avengers #18 (Legacy #718) - Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, Justin Ponsor and Cory Petit
I love the Squadron Supreme.
I loved their original appearances as the Squadron Sinister, the later Squadron Supreme series, the Supreme Power series from Marvel Max, it’s sequel and the 2016 Squadron Supreme series that I felt ended way too early with so many good stories to tell.
I understand that these characters aren’t necessarily the most popular, but they are still Marvels best DC analogue and the fact that they keep trying to trot them out means that they have some semblance of faith in these guys, especially as antagonists to The Avengers
The book begins with short introductions to the Squadron. Mark Milton is a mild mannered American History Teacher excited about teaching his students about the country he loves so much before rushing off to face the danger brought on by the War of the Realms as Hyperion. Kyle Richmond is a Congressman in Washington DC but when the Frost Giants attack he becomes the cowled hero, Nighthawk. Zarda Shelton is an MMA fighter that wears a necklace given to her by her people on the Utopian Isle that dampens her powers, but won’t need it as she becomes Power Princess. Stanley Stewart is your everyman American with many a blue collar job thanks to his speedy powers as The Blur and Joseph Ledger is an astronaut who found a colored prism that gave him amazing abilities as Doctor Spectrum!
What I loved best about this is that throughout the book here’s this unsettling feeling of American patriotism from each member of the team and it’s not until we see short vignettes about the Squadron, as they fight and kill invading Frost Giants on American soil, that we get a glimpse into what this team is about.
They seem to have been manufactured by some secret project that Thunderbolt Ross used to run, now manned by a resurrected Phil Coulson. Both Hyperion and Power Princess seem to have had their love for America planted into their minds as well as some small modifications to their personalities. Mark appears to be the golden boy American and Power Princess is just a sexy badass that loves him. Nighthawk is as distrustful of his bosses and Coulson as any Batman analogue should be and that's the way they want him to be, saying he’s best when he’s brooding.
Quite honestly though, I love their characterizations as uber American superheroes, not even venturing into Canada once they run the Frost Giants out of the American Border. It reeks of Making America Great Again as Coulson remarks that it “isn’t their job to keep the world safe, just the best little part of it” to his mysterious and heinous benefactor who I won’t spoil.
This does make me wonder what happened to most of the other versions of the Squadron members that are still in the 616 Universe, however. I know Nighthawk died and Deadly Nightshade wears the costume now, but what happened to trucker Mark Milton, Inhuman Doctor Spectrum and Blur who became a SHIELD agent? I'm sure we'll get answers, but this team still more than satiated my desire for more Squadron Supreme.
Not only is this little side story great, but Ed McGuinness’ art is superb. These are the most imposing Hyperion and Nighthawk have ever been, even back in the days of King Hyperion. Power Princess looks both sexy and threatening as all hell. Blur looks delightfully insane and Doctor Spectrum is a colorful mess of crazy. Facial expressions are devious and full of certainty in regards to the mission and the violence they display against the Frost Giants is absolutely brutal. This Squadron is not afraid to get their hands dirty in the name of freedom and I’m excited for their eventual clash with the Avengers.
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Blob is one of the worst Mutants.
Runner Up: X-Tremists #3 - Leah Williams, Georges Jeanty, Roberto Poggi, Jim Charalampidis and Clayton Cowles
He’s a crass, unfunny, douchebag who most commonly serves as a heavier, dumber and less cool Juggernaut. So, imagine my surprise when this series presents him as a well mannered, well-read man with a sense of gentleness and honor to him. I love Blob this way and it is going to hurt when he inevitably change back.
In X-Man’s world, love is discouraged and any action towards those feelings warrants arrest and memory wiping from the X-Men’s Black Team/Secret Police, Department X. In the last issue Blob revealed that he had feelings towards his co-worker, Psylocke aka Betsy Braddock. This causes him to leave his job briefly until she shows up to his house and explores her own feelings towards him, crawling across his table all sexy like and saying she’d see him tomorrow.
He returns to his job and spends most of the day distracted by the slight gazes he gets from Betsy and the irritation from Moneta, a junior member of Department X. She far too eager to stomp out any retrogrades, a slur for people who express loving feelings, and prove the existence of a Resistance, especially after a call about a wild party some teenagers are throwing.
After a long day he tries to get to bed but is woken up by Betsy knocking on his door. Acting as some sort of date, she asks to read some of his favorite books, mostly books that arouse different feelings, mostly of anxiety and interestingly enough, judgement and philosophy in regards to The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot of which Age of X-Man shares some thematic elements with.
Betsy tells him of her former struggles with her body image and how she enjoyed being in Kwannon’s Asian body because she is beautiful, but not her own. Blob assures her, much in his old crass way that he’d “sell out any member of Department X for a chance to %&%# her forever.” In a way, this is weirdly adorable as they both laugh and genuinely seem to enjoy each others company, especially making fun of Moneta at the end.
The team later investigate the party talked about earlier and fight a bunch of teenagers who refer to them as The X-Tremists. Soon after defeating them and rationalizing that they didn’t actually break any laws, Moneta reveals that she was the one who made the call to get rid of the “dangerous” retrogrades. This, combined with Moneta’s treatment of a pregnant prisoner, draws the ire of Blob who fires her in anger, earning the respect and adoration of Betsy.
Age of X-Man continues to toy with the idea of an imperfect utopia whose ideals are so flawed that even those whose entire duty is to erase memories and quell uprisings are starting to see the cracks in the walls. Though Blob isn't the most central character, this is definitely the most interesting he's been in years and I really hope that he remembers his time here once all returns to the way it was. He hasn't been a good or great villain in a long time, so maybe like Toad, it's finally time for him to switch sides and continue macking on Betsy.
#comics#marvel#marvel comics#jason aaron#ed mcguinness#hyperion#nighthawk#power princess#blur#doctor spectrum#phil coulson#squadron supreme#age of xman#department x#xtremists#leah williams#georges jeanty#blob#psylocke
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Exclusive Preview: Conan the Barbarian #20
Conan the Barbarian #20 exclusive preview. CONAN must escape the Khitai royal guard while stalking through an uncharted land and battling the forces of nature that would see him fall! #Comics #ComicBooks @JimZub @csmitharts
Conan the Barbarian #20
Jim Zub (A) Cory Smith (I) Roberto Poggi (C) Israel Silva (L) VC’s Travis Lanham (CA) Geoff ShawParental AdvisoryIn Shops: Apr 07, 2021SRP: $3.99
INTO THE WILD!• CONAN must escape the Khitai royal guard while stalking through an uncharted land and battling the forces of nature that would see him fall!• But is his new comrade MEIWEI everything she seems?• And what secrets…
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Captain Kirk's Weekly Comic Review - 03/09/2021
Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 03/09/2021
These days, life seems like a grind.
With a limited range of opportunities available (no movies, no restaurants, no social gatherings) to us all, a firm sense of resolve to see this thing through is what we need to cultivate. Who better than Conan the Barbarian?
Marvel Comics
Conan the Barbarian #19 (Jim Zub, Cory Smith, Roberto Poggi, Israel Silva, VC’s Travis Lanham)
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In stores June 9th:
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #22 (Legacy #297)
Cover A Geoff Shaw with colors by Edgar Delgado
Cover B Valerio Schiti with colors by Rachelle Rosenberg
Story - Jim Zub
Pencils - Cory Smith
Inks - Roberto Poggi
Colors - Israel Silva
Letters - Travis Lanham
Editorial - Mark Basso, Lauren Amaro
Published by Marvel
BY THE LIGHT OF THE EMPEROR!
Few have ever beheld the emperor’s divine form...but what will Conan’s meeting portend for the nation?
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