Just another copy of Bounty Hunters 33 and the missing Sweet Paprika BW&P 1 variant.
Author: TheDanielWhoWrites
April 12, 2023
WildC.A.T.s has been quite the ride. This Harley miniseries is fun. The next late Lazarus issue dropped. We got another Spider-verse Marvel Voices special! We got the next ROTJ one-shot special on Ewoks. Inferno Squad made their comic debut (I think) at he end of the last Bounty Hunters issue and this is the first one where they feature in the story. Miles is having a bad time with his new villain. Carnage is almost ready for his upcoming summer event. The Guardians got a new run! The last two issues before the Captain Marvel and X-Men crossover finale are these two. The Cold War Captain America event starts here. And the next SoS issue is here.
Covers below.
Posters below those.
This I got just for the homage cover. This is paying tribute to the cover of X-Men 50 from September 10, 1968. That cover had Polaris in the same pose and the art was by Jim Steranko.
This is the next connecting SoS cover.
These are the Momoko covers for this week. And I think The Domina Tagge one is the last WHM cover. I’ll check and if so, I’ll add these to the next completed collections post soon.
Gotta love the Ewoks.
These are the connecting coves of course, though the lines still don’t connect well, and the coloring of the Queen is inconsistent between the covers as you can see. I still don’t understand how connecting covers rarely line up.
Had to get the first A cover with Inferno Squad on the cover. I know I had that variant with them on it last issue for their first appearance, but I thought I had to get another copy of this cover too. So that will come later on as a late issue.
You can probably guess why I got this variant. Yes, it’s Kamala.
These are the next Timeless Alex Ross covers! I think next week or the week after will be the last ones.
I’m glad that I’m starting to get posters again, I wasn’t sure if I would! These three are pretty decent posters.
April 5, 2023
Just took photos today, I’ll start reading tomorrow or Sunday.
I think this is the finale of the One-Minute-War in Flash. Even though I’m not there yet, I know that this is the beginning of Jon meeting Ultraman again since he was held prisoner all that time ago. More adventures with Gwen’s clones. I’m excited for this issue of Venom, I think there’s a lot happening in this issue. Rogue and Gambit issues continue. The Logan and Hank drama continues. This is the last issue before the Captain America two-title crossover continues from the first issues of these runs. Cold War starts in the next post. When I finish April 26th’s issues, I’ll be able to catch up with all these ASM I’ve been paused on. The final issue of End of the Spider-verse dropped. The first issue set 1000 years in the SoS event’s future starts here. Hidden Empire’s final issue dropped, so soon I’ll be able to catch up with ll the Star Wars titles that I’ve had in a pile since this event started (even though I should have just bought the event issues). The next issue of MTG is out, look at Bolas! And finally, a Sweet Paprika one-shot for which I m missing one cover because they gave me two of one of the other variants accidentally.
I liked this cover because it shows the legacy of Jon and what he went through in the volcano for all those years and Ultraman always being in his mind somewhere.
This is the next connecting cover for SoS.
This is the final connecting cover for Hidden Empire. Therefore, I’ll be able to post a complete collection post soon!
I just loved this Dauterman cover.
Of course y’all know I love Nicol Bolas. Enough said.
This is the next Artgerm cover for Batman, Punchline looks great!
These are the Momoko covers for this week. Love the colors and details.
The variants for ASM this week.
This week’s Alex Ross Timeless covers! The Magneto is my favorite. I also enjoy that MODOK is taking up the whole cover, haha.
April 2023 Late Issues
The A covers of Harley 28 and the Milestone Anniversary special, and the WHM Momoko cover for The Blade 4 from last time’s piles. And the DWM from February.
Super Mario Brothers (2023)
April 5, 2023
Ok. So. What I know about Mario and co has been from playing Super Smash Bros, and seeing various things in games and media for decades. But this was an utter joy to watch!
I got a lot of the references even without knowing all the context to them. This was a super fun movie. Very funny. The story was pretty much as expected and that just made things better.
All the actors played their roles brilliantly. Everyone was amazing! The music was perfect. The sound bites were also perfect. There were references to all kinds of things. I certainly hope we get more from this world.
This is short and sweet because it was just absurdly fun and you should just go watch it! haha.
Mid-credit scene: Yes. A fun one.
End-credit scene: Yes. Not a big thing, but totally worth it if you’re a fan!
March 29, 2023
I’m wondering what the next arc of Time Drake is going to be. I also wonder if the story in the Blue Beetle miniseries is at all similar to the upcoming movie (the trailer of which is dropping tomorrow, April 3). This is the final issue of this Punchline title. And we have a new Doom Patrol run that is part of the Dawn of DC era that’s starting (which I still can’t read till the end of next month because of the either very delayed Lazarus Plane tie-in’s or they just started the Dawn of DC issues to quickly). Also this issue of Harley is part of the Dawn of DC too, so I can’t get to that yet either. Then we have a Jabba’s Palace special, as it’s the 40th Anniversary of Return of the Jedi this year, we’re getting some one-shot specials. Strange Academy’s next issue is close to the end and I still have to catch up with the previous run. Sabretooth is having problems with himselves. I’m still loving this Thor arc, same with this Daredevil arc. Tony is just having all the problems, as usual. Venom got another Lethal Protector sequel arc to the last revival of the Lethal Protector miniseries. The All-Out Avengers title switched to Avengers Beyond to continue the story. And Jeff, the land-shark got a one-shot special that I can’t wait to get to!
Covers below.
I’m not quite sure what this cover is referring to but I assume it’s something specific and part of a collection, I’ll figure it out. It’s fun though.
Another Darkseid cover.
Both amazing Nathan Szerdy covers.
I just really liked the A cover for this. Fourth-wall breaking covers are always fun.
Two more Momoko covers. And as I’ve said before, the Star Wars one is printed as the WHM collection and this Marvel cover isn’t but it’s still a female character by Momoko during WHM. So, I’m just going to continue to have them together when posting I guess.
The next Hall of Armor connecting cover. This is going to be a very long connecting cover set. I thought these would connect like a grid, but I think they’re just going in a really long line. Taking a photo of them all in line is going to be a challenge! But maybe I’m wrong and they are a grid, in which case I’ll just have to figure out the order.
And of course the next Alex Ross Timeless covers.
March 22, 2023
Not started any of these yet.
I’m excited for the next Women of Marvel issue, especially because Kamala is in the last story. I got Marauders 12 because it’s the final issue of this run. I’m enjoying the story in Vader as usual. Still can’t get to ASM till the end of next month. Punisher and Carnage’s story arc respectively are coming to a head. I’m always happy to see stories with Nadia Van Dyne. The Monica Rambeau story is fun. Doctor Strange is back and has a new run with this issue. This is the last issue of the Sins of Sinister set 100 years in the future. This is the penultimate issue of DCeased. I’m continuing to love this Nightwing run. I think this is the penultimate issue of the One-Minute War mini-event in Flash. This Wonder Woman issue is part of the Lazarus Planet event that’s technically over already. We got a Spring themed anthology special. Milestone continues celebrating 30 years with a special. And the final issue of Swamp Thing Green Hell finally came out.
Covers below.
Now the Swamp Thing cover I thought was cool and wanted to get and should have come out in February of 2022. But something happened and issue 2 and 3 were delayed till this year. I liked it for the design mainly. The Neighbors variant I got because I liked the cover art and there was something that said there was UV but that may have just meant something else. The X-treme X-Men cover is one of the last Classic Homage covers (though I still have a couple to buy). I really liked the Tiger Division variant, I think I have other covers by the artist but I can’t recall them. That World’s Finest variant is of course because of Darkseid being on the cover. I just liked the color contrast of the Black Adam variant. I really love the look of the Wonder Woman variant. And the DCeased variant is another of that themed collection.
This is the connecting cover and the anatomy cover for this issue.
As I said, I really like Nadia, so a cover with her on it is a must.
The first cover is paying homage to Flash 123 from 1961 that introduced readers to the idea of parallel earths and the multiverse in DC comics. The second cover is paying tribute to Batman Beyond.
The next wonderful Nakayama covers (two A covers and the Flash variant).
The next Jen Bartel She-Hulk cover.
Another amazing cover by Rahzzah and another of the Woman’s History Month collection from Momoko.
Of course the gorgeous Alex Ross cover. The Alex Ross Timeless cover of Dormammu. And the America Chavez cover by Stefano Caselli.
The A cover for WOM and of course, the Kamala cover by Caselli.
I’ve been liking Caselli’s Marvel Icon covers but decided to stick to only my favorite characters that show up.
March 2023 Late Issue
Just another copy of this MTG cover
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
March 31, 2023
So, first thing’s first, I don’t know a lot about D&D, so most references were missed on me. But a couple things I knew about and noticed.
It was quite a fun movie! A lot more comedy than I anticipated, which was great. The story was good, not too complicated, there’s a goal to complete and the party has to get things done to get to the next part of the plan(s).
All the characters were enjoyable! I would have liked a little more backstory or character development on a couple of them, but I had fun with each of them. There was heart in the main characters and in the reasoning of their goal.
I also would have liked a bit more with the antagonist, I mean things were explained, but just a little more from their perspective would have been good. But the effects of their powers were great and they were scary indeed. Maybe they intend to make sequels which will dove more into a greater threat, we’ll see I guess.
I don’t have too much more to say since I don’t have a vast knowledge of D&D, but it was a good adventure movie and I’m glad I saw it!
Mid-credit scene: Yes, a fun call-back.
End-credit scene: Nope.
LONG overdue variant photos post! – took these photos yesterday, March 17, 2023
So, these are a pile of variants that I had picked up from my store when comics started to print again after the Pandemic started. I had some variants in my box that I just hadn’t picked up and when I started getting all the issues that were backed up from 3 months of no comics, I had to pretty much get everything. And since I was catching up on reading alllll those piles, I put this pile of variants aside to take photos of at a later date. So, here we are three years later and I finally got to it! Haha! I literally had no idea what was in this pile since I’d not looked through it for 5 ish years.
I certainly wasn’t going to go through every single issue here since that would be way too many photos, so I just took this main image and then others of the same display.
Though I was very happy to be reminded that I got 21 variant covers of that Fantastic Four 1 from 2018 (that bottom 3 rows). It’s definitely the most variants of one issue that I’ve ever gotten. So, I think I’m going to eventually try to get all the other variants of that issue that I can XD. There are like 50-70 more, so that could take a while. But I had totally forgotten that I had all those.
I’m very happy to have finally gotten to doing this. And on a similar note, I also finally went through a ton of variants from 2017/2018 ish that I’d had in organized piles in a closet for all this time. I sat down for 6 ish hours and sorted them into the various themes and sections that I’ve been organizing variants in for the past 6 months or more. I still have to put them all in the boxes that I’ve been using for the newer ones, and I need more of those boxes, but it very nice to have taken such leaps in organizing them all after this many years. I
t was very nice to see some of the first variants for all the artists whom I’ve been collecting variants of for all this time again after 5 or so years in piles. I also now have a sizable pile of issues I want to get slabbed. I know that will take years to get through since slabbing is pricey.
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