Books of the Week

1. Immortal Hulk #20 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Al Ewing / Art: Joe Bennett with Ruy Jose, Balardino Brabo & Marc Deering / Colors: Paul Mounts I’m running out of superlatives to describe this book. Did they resolve the ending of the previous issue a bit too easily? Yes. Does it matter? No. Aces. 2. The […]

Generally with the Books of the Week posts, I only post the top 4 to 6 books I purchased each week, based ont he total count. As an experiment, I thought I would offer my take on the remainder of the books I picked up this past week. 1. War of the Reams: Punisher #3

1. X-Men: Grand Design – X-tinction #2 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Ed Piskor / Art: Ed Piskor / Colors: Ed Piskor Another solid review of unfamiliar (to me) X-Men history by Ed Piskor. Piskor’s X-series have me wanting to read the actual X-books – which was probably the goal all along. All in all, a very

1. Daredevil #7 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Chip Zdarsky / Art: Lalit Kumar Sharma & Jay Leisten / Colors: Java Tartaglia Beautiful. Just… beautiful. I love scruffy Matt Murdock, and the religious elements really moved me too. There were even a couple of surprises. This may be a perfect book. 2. Guardians of the Galaxy #6

1. The Flash #72 (DC) ★★★★★ Writer: Joshua Williamson / Art: Howard Porter / Colors: Hi-Fi Another really solid book by Williamson & Porter. I love the art, and the story is very compelling. This is quickly becoming my favorite title. I hope it lasts. 2. Immortal Hulk #19 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Al Ewing /

1. Sharkey the Bounty Hunter #4 (Image) ★★★★★ Writer: Mark Millar / Art: Simone Bianchi / Colors: Simone Peruzzi Excellent book. Betrayal, spies, living asteroids. Great stuff. Vatanni’s assist on the art provided a special kick. Just awesome. 2. War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #3 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Greg Pak / Art:

1. Daredevil #6 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Chip Zdarsky / Art: Lalit Kumar Sharma & Jay Leisten / Colors: Java Tartaglia I’m just gonna say it. Daredevil is Marvel’s best book. Period. Even without DD in it, this book just soars. Excellent stuff. 2. Doomsday Clock #10 (DC) ★★★★★ Writer: Geoff Johns / Art: Gary Frank

1. Miles Morales: Spider-Man #6 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Saladin Ahmed / Art: Javier Garron / Colors: David Curiel That was really good. Art beautiful as always. Starling is fun. Great dialog. Book popped! 2. War of the Realms Strikeforce: Land of Giants #1 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Tom Taylor / Art: Jorge Molina & Adriano Di

1. Daredevil #5 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Chip Zdarsky / Art: Marco Checchetto / Colors: Sonny Gho So good it hurts. You can feel the emotions coming off the page. Incredible writing and art to match. This series will go down as legend. 2. Immortal Hulk #17 (Marvel) ★★★★ Writer: Al Ewing / Art: Joe Bennett

1. Invaders #5 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Chip Zdarsky / Art: Carlos Magno with Butch Guice / Colors: Alex Guimaraes Lordy! What a book. BIG things happening. Shocks and surprises everywhere. Ends on a great cliffhanger. Aces. 2. War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #1 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Greg Pak / Art: Gang Hyuk