X-Men Grand Design appeared (Grand Design comics are like little histories of marvel, containing classic stories and information about certain periods of time in marvel), Otto and Stephen had things to do, things were getting dark in AOX, The Hunted was finally ending for poor Peter, the FF and the residents of Bleecker Street went to war, Bruce wanted to solve unsolved cases, Heroes in Crisis was ending with Wally questioning himself, and Leviathan had arrived. Oh and Batman got a funky Black Label Elseworld miniseries called Last Knight on Earth set on a post-apocalyptic earth. Variants in image two.
Firstly: Aladdin. I loved it! It was enough of a mix of callbacks and new ideas to work for me. I mean it still would have made more sense for Jafar to be older. But eh. I enjoyed the music a lot. I definitely was singing a bit, though it is a bit different than the original music. The beat is a bit slower on most songs. But still great. I was content with this live-action Disney movie ^__^
Mid-credit scene is just in the credits straight off from the final scene. But there is no other scene, no end-credit scene.
Secondly: Brightburn. I also enjoyed this movie. The scares were a mix of jump-scares and just horrifying situations. And there is gore. I’ll say that as a little warning. But I really liked this movie. Yeah, it basically is what if Clark Kent went bad very early on. But it’s very different in the way they go about it. It is quite chilling. If I think about times a Superman has gone bad (i.e. Red Sun, Ultraman, the Justice Lords’ Superman etc.), this was very different, not just because it’s the kid going dark. It’s something else.
Funnily enough, regarding credit scenes, it’s the same here. A mid-credit kind-of thing. It intrigued me. There is no end-credit scene.
I put these two weeks together because in my initial twitter post I realized that I had mixed up some issues between the weeks, so it just makes sense to post them together here. It will be organized as: new comics from the 15th, then variants, and new comics from the 22nd, then variants.
Bane was in town in Batman, Rogol was besting the House of El, Damian did some bad things that his Teen Titans couldn’t forgive, Naomi found her power, a classic What If…?, Jabba the Hutt got a one-shot, the Runaways were working on things, Cable and X-Force had Stryfe problems, Miles met Tiana Toomes (yes THAT Toomes), and Stephen needed help from Clea.
Variants for the 15th:
Miguel and H-Dial continue to have villain problems (and I suppose hero problems too), the Terrifics JLD and Batman were having bad times, Clark continued to deal with the mysterious threat of Leviathan, Lando got a one-shot, OM Quill has some Shi’ar problems, while in present day the Guardians were having (literal) Hela problems; Miles and Riri had an adventure, secrets were being hidedn and revealed in AOX, while in The Hunted, Peter was in a horror movie, and War of the Realms continued the burn everything. (Keep in mind that printing delays and other such disturbances make it so some events can’t end eve if they should have by a certain time before others start, so WOTR’s is happening after most of these other stories have ended other than the X-Men stuff). Variants in image two.
Carol and the others were getting close to getting out of the bubble, Nadia and Bucky had some drama, FN Spider-Man had the most wonderful and tragic issue I’ve ever read introducing Spider-Bite, Doreen met the Asgardian god of Chaos (yes it is squirrel in shape), Agents of Atlas got a new run with various AAPI characters who have been popular or introduced in recent years (this would continue past WOTR’s), Boba Fett got a one-shot, Shazam heads into the Gamelands, JLO is having a bad time in the Ghost Sector, Hawkman summons all his other selves to help with the threat, Batman formed a (mostly) new team of The Outsiders, Supergirl searches for answers about why and how Krypton really was destroyed, the Flash gave us a miniseries within the main series going back into Flash Year One (a learning from the past to deal with the present kind of situation), and the next issue of The Batman Who Laughs. Variants in second image.
Free Comic Book Day 2019 – The first two images are the comics I got that day from the store I usually go to for FCBD and a Marvel 80 years poster. The last image are more FCBD comics I got from my normal store on May 15th when I got the first set of April comics.
Each of these 9 images were covers that some comics had as their variants during that time. All together they look amazing.
Since I got April’s issues in May, had to wait to get May’s issues in June. So these were taken on June 8.
Hal was having a time inside his ring, problems in Gemworld, Harley and Selina were hanging out, Damian wants to end Slade, DC started its DCeased Elseworld series (basically similar to Marvel Zombies but for DC), Year of the Villain had started in DC (so many events the past year had actually been connected to this one all crafted exactly how it was planned, well, mostly), everything was in general chaos, ah yes, Savage Avengers started (it’s funny, I subscribed thinking this would be a 12 issue maxiseries but it just kept going and going, it only just ended in January 2022. It was utterly worth the wait I’d even buy an omnibus), Peter and Kamala were still powers-swapped, WOTR’s bled into other titles, and Han Solo got a one-shot. Variants in photo two.
April 25, 2019 – I’m home. I’m not gonna say a lot about Endgame till Monday maybe? Convention weekend. But wow. Endgame. A decade led to everything that that movie was. Whatever comes next, I’m super ready for it. Oh and duh, I LOVED it.
This is the cup and popcorn tin I got. The tins were the of the founding avengers.
Thank you to Kevin Feige for crafting all this. Thank you for Jon Favreau for starting things off. And thanks to all the actors and film crew and writers for the MCU. The Infinity Saga was magnificent. Onto The last movie of Phase 3 in two months and one week.
The Terrifics had some internet trouble, Diana and Steve were looking for Atlantiades (son of Aphrodite) and found a very telling clue, Barry, Clark and Bruce were all having bad times, JLD had some of the Lords of Order to contend with, the Legion of Doom discovered the origin of the multiverse (this would start so many things going), Naomi found out her origin, a lot was going on with the H-Dial, Heroes in Crisis gave us a look into why the killer struck, Terminus Agenda had Slade pitting TT against TT, Thanos got a miniseries, in AOX a forbidden love story unfolded, things got dark during The Hunted, and The War of the Realms raged. Movie next!
The Nightwings met a fiery new opponent, Bruce and Selina see each other again after everything, ah I also forgot more of what was happening in Uncanny X-Men (that since AOX happened, Psylocke got split back into her two halves, while Betsy was in AOX, Kwannon was outside and she was quite furious), Just a side note really, but I had forgotten that at this point in time Groot had started to speak sentences and such properly (it only lasted for a while), Miles was dealing with Tombstone, Peter was trying to get to Lizard to get help from Dr. Connors, Many things were happening in AOX, the War of the Realms (WOTR’s) continued, as did Spidey Life Story and Ms. Marvel (she was having quite a time), and the age of Rebellion got a one-shot. Variants in second photo.
April 11, 2019 – Got done with Hellboy. I have to say I enjoyed it. It was fun and funny and fast paced and not too complex. It did miss the heart that the first Hellboy movie had and I enjoyed a lot, but it wasn’t bad. There was gore, it’s monster hunting, of course there would be. I didn’t mind it. When it all starts going crazy, those creatures are so freaky!! You’ll see.
The last scene of the movie hinted at a certain character joining in a potential sequel.
The Phandom Bender 