November 9, 2022

So many comics! Well, really, so many variants, as I mentioned in the post for last week’s issues. Damage Control gave us another issue the next week, which I was surprised about and I think the final issue is either next week or the week after. There are three of those X-titles that I will be able to read after I finish everything else here. One of which is Sabretooth getting a new title along with exiles that were introduced in his last book. Hobgoblins galore in ASM. Fantastic Four started a new run, so I’m excited for that. We get to have an adventure with Agamotto in Avengers as the event inches closer to happening. And likewise, this issue of Venom is the last before the Dark Web event starts in his title. Then issue two of Dark Web is right there (Since I guess I didn’t realize that the Spider-Man title itself was just the event’s main issues). There’s the final Judgement Day issue, finally. Wildcats from Wildstorm got a 30th Anniversary special. I vaguely remember the cartoon series when I was a kid, so every time I see these characters I’m like, oh yeah, these characters. Batgirls have to deal with Riddler. The DC Trinity returns in Wonder Woman. Damian has some possession problems in BvR. The last issue of the movie Flash tie-in comic is here. The next part of Clark’s return continues. There’s a little bit of crossover in I am Batman with Dark Crisis which I almost missed out on adding to me list. The next part of that event continues in issue 6/7. And this year is the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Superman via Doomsday, so they made a special!

So many variants and some posters to follow.

I actually thought this was the A cover initially. It’s just a cool design I love the colors and the use of shadow.

Of course I had to get another cover like this. It’s this Sabretooth design.

This is just a gorgeous and detailed cover. I mean look at it!

This is another one of those covers that using the comic shape itself to work with the art. I always love getting these when I see them.

Of course I had to get this Artgerm cover. Again reminding me of that Wildcats cartoon.

This cover pays homage to the main cover of Infinite Crisis. I still have to start reading that omnibus.

Other than that one last week and the ones I missed, this is the first batch of the aforementioned 90’s Month covers!

I will put these all in order and have the in a complete collection post after I get them all, so They may be out of order here. Love that they had the titles of the comics match the designs that those titles had in the 90’s. It’s a nice touch. The neon orange is also fun. And there’s another embossed foil cover.

I did these two in separate galleries because there’s a lot going on for both these covers. This is the main cover which I didn’t realize was a gate-fold (or fold-out) cover till I got it. It’s nice to have that image in a large format. I think I thought this was just a wrap-around cover.

And this was the polybag variant. I love the bag of course, I love the actual cover too, like an epitaph. And they even gave us an armband or some kind of band. Maybe it goes over that cover like over a coffin? I’m not entirely sure. But I like it whichever way. And having the full image on the back was cool.

Poster time! Deadpool’s new run’s cover, such fun.

I didn’t know this was a title that is having a come-back (but set after the original title took place).

And of course we got the FF’s new run’s cover by Alex Ross. Always happy to have an Alex Ross cover poster.

November 2, 2022

I have yet to start reading this pile yet. There’s been a lot going on, will get to it in the next day or two.

Mary Marvel has a lot going on. Poison Ivy’s story is reaching its climax. Batman’s robot problem continues. I completely forgot that I’d added Kevin Smith’s Quick Stops comic to my list, so that should be fun. I know nothing about Crossgen, so that should be interesting. When I get done with these two week’s of comics I will be able to catch up on the few X-titles that take place after Judgement Day, this issue of X-Men Red included. Frank and Matt have some Beast problems. I guess there are some Brood coming to Carol. I’m excited for this Hulk story-line to continue. Deadpool got a new run, and it’s part of the X-Men titles now instead of on its own (as you can see in the top corner). A few characters got their own team title in Tiger Division. Multiversal shenanigans continue in Savage Avengers and Avengers Forever leading up to the huge Avengers event next week. And the new Secret Invasion event started. Though this just looks like they’re trying to get readers into a similar mindset for the Secret Invasion series with this plot instead of a genuine sequel event to the original Secret Invasion (though I don’t think they need to keep doing that with all these rehashing of older events either).

Covers to follow

Here is the next Window Shades variant. As expected for a Deadpool cover.

This is just fun since it’s alluding to the Paramount logo.

Another gorgeous Jenny Frison variant for Ivy.

Funnily enough this made me think of the Window Shades variants, haha. I always love Bartel art, as you know.

Momoko’s art in the first variant was just fun and has nice details. The Artgerm variant here of Luna Snow was as fantastic as ever.

Even though I did miss a couple, this is the first variant of November’s (apparent) 90’s month theme for variants. I didn’t know this since I don’t think they did so many last year that took my notice, so when I got to updating my list 5 weeks before this pile’s weeks were to be looked at, I noticed that almost every DC book had a 90’s variant. Which is cool, but also meant this almost doubled the number of DC books I got and will get this month. But anyway, Look at this embossed foil cover! And the inside 90’s color-scheme and themes. Glorious! 90’s covers are certainly a weakness for me, haha.

This is probably my favorite cover of the bunch just because it’s like a Star Wars movie poster. They have one cover of this Revelations theme I’m waiting on the other one that came out this week and then a few others will come in weeks to come. And the actual Revelations issue comes I think in the next week from now or soon after. Also, I love that Iden Versio is on there, I wonder if she’s in the issue.

Black Panther (2): Wakanda Forever (2022) – via early screening

November 9, 2022 –

Wow. That was a magnificent movie. First off, everyone’s acting was superb. Every moment of emotion hit hard, every moment of humor was on point, every moment of seriousness was solid.

This movie encapsulated grief and loss and how different people deal with death on a magnificent level. It had you feel everything that was coming at you, hard.

The story was well put together. As the conflict was being introduced I was a bit surprised that I hadn’t put the pieces together earlier. Both sides were well developed. The various climaxes of conflicts were cinematic and a wonder to behold. There were many times I was worried for various characters, and I enjoyed that fear. At the end I wasn’t really sure what was going to happen, I thought about so many possible outcomes that I really was sure how things would come to a close. And I agree with what they came up with.

As had been stated a few days ago, the tone of this movie didn’t change too much from what they had initially planned before Chadwick Boseman’s passing. And his loss was felt throughout this film. I still remember when I heard about it and it really hit me harder than I thought it would. I typed up a whole post. But it was just such an unexpected loss. I think his legacy was well represented and respected here. I think he would have loved every aspect of this movie.

I loved seeing all these characters again after the whole that it’s been. And I loved meeting the characters new to the MCU. I loved Riri Williams so very much. I can’t wait for her Disney+ series and to see her throughout the MCU.

Letitia Wright. She was magnificent. She portrayed Shuri in such a personal way. She showed us every aspect of the character. Ups and downs throughout and it was brilliant.

Im excited to watch both Black Panther (2018) and this movie again tomorrow. Oh, there may or may not be a couple surprise character appearances. Enjoy!

Mid-credit scene – Yes. It continues on from the last scene. It was wonderful. And unexpected for me. Such potential.

End-credit scene – No. they wanted to have the tone of the end stay the same. So, even though this was an early screening, I don’t expect that to change tomorrow. Though there might be a dedication at the end, I read that somewhere, we’ll see. If there is something different, I’ll edit this post at the end here.

Wakanda Forever.

Got a poster ^__^

October 26, 2022

I’m enjoying the Time Drake title. happy to have more Punchline. I think the Young Justice story is getting good! More of Clark’s return is here in AC. MMPR continues with 101. The X-titles continue post-Judgement Day, so I’ll pause on reading them till next time when I get JD Omega. Venom looks intriguing. Excited for more from Variants. Things are getting tricky in Strange. And There’s Judgement Day 6!

Covers to follow

Another one of the 90’s style covers for this month. There were some others but I decided not to get all of them since it would just be a lot.

This was specifically because I loved that all these classic Superman characters were all on the cover for his return.

I haven’t read the DC Mech title but I liked this design variant.

I love the colors in this and also the characters.

Love this cover a lot. There will certainly be more variants from this title I’ll want.

I just thought this was a great way to use the cape.

Of course I’d get this A cover! It’s in a classic style in design and color scheme.

I never know when this collection is done! I keep seeing Window Shade variants pop up! They’ve been going since last year (maybe even the first one was at the end of 2020). So, whenever this actually stops, the photo will include a lot of issues.

And of course an Artgerm for last. Dazzler looks amazing!

October 19, 2022

I’m still reading the previous pile of comics since it was A LOT, plus catching up with the Judgement Day event. So, I haven’t started these yet. And possibly won’t till Sunday or Monday since we’re going out of town for the weekend.

Crypt of Shadows seems like Marvel’s Halloween special, should be fun. Sabé becomes reacquainted with Sheev. Thor and Venom are butting heads. We got another new Spidey title, I’ll see how it is, though it has Demon Bear in it, so that should be interesting. Always excited for Defenders and Avengers. There’s that X-Force issue that will let me continue the Judgement Day event. Harley and Ivy got another title spinning out of their show’s most recent season! Dark Crisis is still going and Flashpoint Beyond had its last issue!

Covers to follow

This is the next Jim Lee inspired homage connecting cover for this title. Can’t wait to have them all lined up! Though I still need to figure out how to display connecting covers well.

I am continuing to love these recent Nightwing covers. I think I’ll do a collection post for these when it goes back to normal covers again.

This is just fun. : )

Two more of the Jeff, The Landshark variants! I’m excited to take the photo of these also, for a specific reason.

Look at this Aquaman: Andromeda variant! Had to also show it upside-down since it looks great either way.

Black Adam (2022)

October 20, 2022 – Well, I certainly enjoyed the movie! It had a different feel than the other DC movies. Still dark, but the tone was more fitting than the unnecessary dark tone of the DC Films universe we’ve gotten so far.

The story was pretty clear and not overly complex. There were some swerves that I enjoyed. A couple were foreseeable, others did take me by surprise a bit.

The main characters that weren’t super-powered individuals were good I thought, though I would have liked a little bit more character development in their introductions. But they were well-motivated.

The JSA was great to see even though this was more like an assembled team specifically for this mission, not like this was the team at the time. I assume there’s a rotating roster depending on the situation. Hawkman was certainly characterized accurately. Doctor Fate was well cast (I still hope we get Doctor Fate from the recent comics in the movies at some point too). And the magic did feel different that that of Doctor Strange, so that was nice. Atom Smasher was fun, very green, but still enjoyable. I’ll be excited to see him grow into a great hero. Cyclone was lovely. I liked her personality and her powers looked amazing.

And of course, Black Adam himself was fantastic. I will admit, like many, I was a bit worried that The Rock’s personality would peek through into the character, but it didn’t and I loved that. Teth had a commanding tone but subdued as he didn’t really want to be there. I would say he learned things and became a better version of himself, but let’s face it, he didn’t learn that much and is still himself, haha. But he learned enough to make a choice that changes everything. I certainly can’t wait for more from him.

And going by what I’ve seen, the sequel to this movie is already in development and they want to get it out there sooner than later. Also, Dwayne has said that he intends to have Black Adam interact with both Superman and Shazam eventually, as well as other DC characters. So, that will be fantastic.

I enjoyed it a lot and cant wait to see it again!

Mid-credit scene: Yes. It’s short but sets up things to come.

End-credit scene: Nope.

October 12, 2022

So many this week! (I think the next two week’s piles will also be massive because evidently October is 90’s variant covers month, and DC did one for almost every title they have, I was like oooo cool…wait, ah nuts.)

DC gave us a Halloween special. Diana will see what’s up with Cheetah. Batmen Incorporated started. Part 2 of Clark’s return dropped. And the second issue of the Batman vs Robin mini event did too. We got the next issue of the Flash movie tie-in comic. The High Republic started it’s second Phase based 150 years before the time period all the previous stories have taken place during. Star Wars Visions got a title focusing on the characters from The Duel. Namor got a solo miniseries. Punisher got another War Journal special. Wakanda got a new run, or I guess a first run since the last run with Wakanda in the title included more than just then name. ASM brings back one of the Hobgoblins. Things are going crazy in Venom. FINALLY, the late issues of Judgement Day arrived, so I can now catch up…and yet…one issue is delayed because the previous issues was delayed. So to be fully caught up, I will have to put 3 issues aside till I get X-Force 33 in two weeks. But yeah, 10 event issues in a week is great, haha!

Covers and posters below.

A movie in the next post!

This variant and the other BvR 2 variant I got were a bit of a surprise. I hadn’t added them to my list but Greg said the names and I couldn’t remember what the cover looked like so I just said yes. Though this one is one that I was debating getting anyway. So, that was good.

This Batgirls cover was nice because of the characters posing within the shape of the bat-symbol. I love designs like this.

This is the first of another variant set. The set is of course focusing on the glorious Jeff, the Land-shark! He is a joy and we all love him.

Visions got a bunch of variants, but most of them were exclusive. But this is the A cover and one of the variants my store was able to get. I loved them all though!! Hopefully I can get the others at some point.

Kate in another stunning Momoko variant.

The Wakanda A cover is gorgeous. That is all. And it’s always surprising when I see an Artgerm cover with a man on it, I’m just so used to the normal female-focused covers. Great art of Killmonger.

This is just fantastic. I have a cover by the same artist of s Sabretooth variant from a few weeks back. Had to get this.

Love covers like this. This is an homage cover simply to VHS’s, haha, brilliant!

And these are the posters for the month. The new Spidey run cover, the Wakanda cover and that Artgerm variant of Dazzler (which is a bit of a surprise since I don’t see variants as posters often).

October 5, 2022

Took the photos late again, gah! But here we are, and of course I’ve not started reading yet. So, the TMNT comic was just because it felt nostalgic and I always liked that 90’s cartoon. I Savage Avengers is in the second issue of the new arc. This Ant-Man miniseries is intriguing. Things are starting to get moving fast in Capt. Hulk is starting it’s new arc with this issue. Spidey has a new run starting with this title while ASM is still going. A new Spider-character debuted in this EotSV issue. And then we have a few Judgement Day issues. I think the Poison Ivy story is about to head off the rails with Floronic Man finally (presumably) showing up in this issue. We got another Black Adam tie-in issue (I think it’s the last one as the movie comes out on Thursday). And two Dark Crisis issues.

Covers below.

This is a Momoko cover! I check the Mando issues for covers since you never know who they’ll get for variant artists. This is very different from average Momoko covers as they use white space.

The debut of the new Spider-character, I like the costume and the cover making use f the shape of the page as a fashion show line is fun.

Of course I had to snag this action figure variant from Christopher, I don’t get many since I’d have to get them all if I did, but for subjects like new suits or favorite characters, I am drawn to them. Pun perhaps intended?

There are many connecting covers when it comes to Spider-events. I may have to stop getting them though since I always seem to get them! But I just like connecting covers with many characters.

Speaking of many characters, I also seem to get variants for Spider-events that have all the Spiders on them. That’s another I may have to slow down on since I do it a lot.

This Ivy variant is by the wonderful Stjepan Šejić. Always love seeing his covers.

This variant is an homage cover to the classic Identity Crisis event where the beloved wife of a hero was murdered and the mini event was a murder mystery. It’s quite a good read.

Last, but not least, this Joker variant by David Nakayama. I knew this design was coming but not that it would get a foil cover. I saw that he tweeted about it and I was like woah! So, I emailed my store and they got me a copy the week it dropped so I got it when I went in last week.