Weekly Round Up! 9/18

So after working on this outlet for about a month I am slowly going to make some changes that I think will improve my processes. Starting this post I will be including my picks of the previous weeks comics with the pull list for comics coming this week. My streaming schedule is also going to change a bit with Amy starting a new position. But I have no plans on giving up or ending my creative outlet. so without further adieu my picks from last week! Keep in mind they picks from last week may contain spoilers!

OK allow me to rant a little before I reveal my favorites. Marvel cannot seem to end an event on time. I love them as a company but we are on the tail end of Civil War 2 and they have said changes will happen with the aftermath. But we are currently in this limbo in a lot of there books kind of just waiting till the event ends to start new story lines while moving forward with changes that haven't been revealed.

That being said the first title this week is Deadpool #20 by Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli. In this issue we find everything Deadpool as enjoyed this past year has gone. He is no longer on a team, his Mercs for Money are no more, and his building was destroyed by Ultron. This has put him in a very sad position. The issue is about him trying to convince a girl not to commit suicide. He shows her how he has still been helping people in his own way. In the end we discover that he is "rounding a corner" and getting back to being himself once again. I know it sounds sappy but I do love a character story showing how they cope with sadness and find ways to move on from it.

The other issue for this weeks pick was a new one I was not sure I was going to like but have recommended it to all my friends. Mosaic #1 by Geoffrey Thorne and Khary Randolph was more then I expected it to be. The story didn't really start for me till Morris underwent his transformation. He has the ability to jump from one person to another and take control of them but in the process takes a piece of each person with him. There was a constant battle for him to remember that he was a different person then his host. Much of the story was him learning how his new life operates and how to separate himself from the person he inhabits.



Pull List for week 9/19!

All-New X-Men #14
Civil War 2: Kindpin #4
Deadpool: Back in Black #2
Death of X #2
Green Lanterns #9
Harley Quinn #6
Infamous Iron Man #1
Raven #2
Mighty Thor #12



Not many new titles this week. Lost of new story-lines tho!This week starts The Infamous Iron Man. Written by Brian Michael Bendis with Alex Maleev we find that something has happened to Tony Stark and for some reason he is no longer Iron Man. Who best to fill those repulser boots and metal mask? Why Doctor Doom of course! Doom is trying to be a hero for a change but is that really what he wants? Or does he secretly have other plans?

Plus with Civil War 2 at the height of its event, one mob boss has managed to stay under the radar and continue operations without the precog knowing! In Civil War 2: KingPin #4 by Matthew Rosenberg and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz The KingPin has been back but his ace up his sleeve has betrayed him! Now the Punisher has come knocking and King Pin has to try and find his betrayer with dealing with this complication.

So that whats happening this week! What did you enjoy reading last week? Do you agree with my choices? What are you looking forward to this week? Comment below!


*All images are property of Marvel and DC. I do not own any of these images or characters.*

Picks of the week 10/5!

Boy what a week it was! lost of good stories this week. It was hard to narrow it down to only one or two but I must! This week was a mix of new books, setting up for future events, and reactions to the current events happening in the comic universe. There may be spoilers written into the descriptions. Just as a warning.

Jessica Jones #1 did not disappoint for me this week. Brian Michael Bendis is one of my favorite writers currently (I may get flack from this) and he does a great job a throwing old school Jessica into the current continuum.  Jessica starts out in jail and we learn that things between her in Luke are not good. This means she is out of money and opens up her old detective agency in order to get some income. But her first client seems crazy and she is having a hard time avoiding all her old super friends who have a lot of questions for poor self destructing Jessica.

The second comic this week is the telling of one side of the Civil War 2 event. Its Captain Marvel vs Iron Man in this moral and emotional throw down. But this tension has started to take its toll on Tony Stark. Invincible Iron Man #14 covers Tony's internal struggle with everything that happened and his alcoholism. With the guilt and stress of loosing his best friend has taken its toll and the best way to describe this issue is the line "I need a meeting". This issue is the last Invincible Iron Man issue with Tony as the lead character for a while and it involved his worst demon. In a twist of fate Carol ends up at the same meeting and they seem to make piece with each other despite being on opposite sides and beliefs.  It was a really touching issue and it makes me wonder what they have in store for good old Tony Stark.


What were your favorites this week? Did anyone else pick up these books? What did you think of them? Comment below!

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The big Catch up! Pick of the week last week (9/28) and pull list for today (10/5)!

Last week was a busy week so I’m sorry this is a little off schedule. Last weeks books were good. I unfortunately missed getting Saga #38 so I can’t say that is was all that I had hoped for or not. But there were a couple of standout issues for me from last week that I can talk about. I must warn that there may be spoilers ahead. I will try my best not to include spoilers but just in case be warned.

Teen Titans: Rebirth #1 by Benjamin Percy with art by Marie Javins was overall a good issue. The team had disbanded after some recent events and the book starts its focus on them doing their own thing trying to cope with that happened (I am not going into what happened since it would be a spoiler). At the end of each story section we find someone is kidnapping each of them. The writing does a good job creating a since of mystery on who is doing this and it is reveled on the last page. A problem I personally had was the reveal is almost spoiled (If you don’t want to be spoiled then stop reading here since I probably will spoil it) by the cover of the issue. I plan on continuing to read Teen Titans but I personally don’t feel that the major story piece should be plastered on the cover.

The other comic that was pick of the week worthy was Captain America: Steve Rogers #5 written by Nick Spencer and art by Javier Pina. This is such a new take on Steve as a character. He currently is a secret Hydra agent working to take down SHIELD from the inside out. But what the Red Skull doesn’t know is that Steve has his own agenda for Hydra. This issue is a crossover story with the current even Civil War 2, which finds Steve worried about the new Inhuman blowing his plans and exposing him. We learn that events that have occurred in the main story are not as they appear and that Steve may have influenced those events to protect what he is trying to accomplish. 

Also to catch up this week I am including my pull list for this week 10/5!

October is always the beginning of a new status for the Marvel universe and this October is no different. Titles will end and new ones will start which is usually when I reassess my pull list for the shop. So we will see many new names and number 1 issues on the list but they may not last. I am kind of picky about not just story but artwork as well. If I don’t like the art or find that art inside the book is confusing or hard to look at then I will stop reading.

All-New Wolverine #13
Deadpool: Back in Black #1

Death of X #1

Green Lanterns #8

Harley Quinn #5

Invincible Iron Man #14

Jessica Jones #1

Uncanny X-Men #14

and Saga #38!

Death of X #1 written by Jeff Lemire and art by Charles Soule is the lead in to the next big Marvel event. Something happened that put the Mutants and Inhumans on a path of competition and hatred toward each other. I hope to find out what happened to adult Cyclops and how he died along with what will lead to each race to go into all out war with each other!

Jessica Jones hasn’t had her own regular series in almost ten years. I personally think that after her successful Netflix series this new run should have happened sooner. With Brian Michael Bendis writing I know it will be good. I personally hope it has a Dick Tracy detective mystery type vibe since she is know for running a detective agency. 

What is everyone else reading this week? Are you excited for anything new coming out? Did you watch Jessica Jones on Netflix? Would you read her comic because you watched her show?

*All images are property of Marvel and DC. I do not own any of these images or characters.*

Picks of the Week 9/21!

I don't ordinarily stray from my pull list too much but I had invested interest in the story-line of this book for a couple of years. International Iron Man #7 finally answers the question, who are Tony Stark's real parents. It has been some time since it was revealed that Tony was adopted and International Iron Man was all about Tony's quest of discovery to find the truth. It ends up being a very touching story with a reveal that was somewhat expected, yet satisfying and gives Tony and even bigger link so SHIELD then anyone ever expected. I would recommend picking up International Iron Man #6 as well since the reveal spans both issues but you don't necessarily need to read both to understand the story and the final ending. 

My other favorite title this week is also not on my pull list (I swear this doesn't happen often). D.C. has been going through their big Rebirth so I have been trying out the various new runs they have been putting out. Raven #1 was very enjoyable. I'm not super familiar with the character outside of the first Teen Titans cartoon. Her reactions to going to every day high school were great with her “magic” coming into play in an unexpected way. Plus having an obvious dark character move into a very bright Christian environment should yield a good ongoing story as well. This will definitely be added to the pull list for a while to see where the story takes me. Might end up a long-term title and has inspired me to try the Teen Titans comic when it comes out next week.