Comics Squee

We have had a change in the community guidelines.

We now welcome posts squeeing about recent comics from any publisher of multiple titles of western comics. Please, if you love Invincible, we want to hear about it. If Irredeemable or The Muppet Show knocks your socks off, tell us about it! Is there an unsung gem you're dying to pimp to the world? We want to know all about it.

Please see our updated interests for publishers. As always, if you have any questions, please ask.

No self-published, web-only, or manga please.

It was very hard to narrow it down to five this week. :D

( Nightwing #152, Detective #851, Action #872, Final Crisis #5, Immortal Iron Fist #1-16Collapse )

So what made you happy this week? I'm bouncy to know...

From Teen Titans Go #17.

I'm usually a week behind on comics even with how much I read and this week is no exception. Therefore, 'in comics this week', for me means stuff from the Wednesday before last.

( V. Keeping it real. (Ultimatum #1, Loeb/Finch, Marvel)Collapse )

( IV. Rocket Red Glares. (Invincible Iron Man #7, Fraction/Larroca, Marvel)Collapse )


( III. I feel the earth move under my feet. (Terra #1, Grey&Palmiotti/Conner, DCCollapse )


( II. It's in his kiss. That's where it is. (The Avengers v.2 #77, Austen/Copiel, Marvel)Collapse )


( I. Mystery Bat theater. (Grant Morrison's Batman run #655-680, Morrison/Kubert, Morrison/Daniel, DC)Collapse )

Announcing a new weekly feature: Five Things I Liked About Comics This Week! The guidelines for this feature are simple:

♣In the comments, name five things you liked about reading comics this week. A sentence or two will do, but you can give a mini-squeefilled review if you want. :) "Comics this week" does not necessarily mean 'this week's comics', although that's welcome too.

♣The five things can be from ANYTHING from the Big Two you read this week. Yes, that includes comics older than two years. This is the one exception to the "recent comics" rule.

♣In keeping with the spirit of this community, we ask that at least one of the things you like be about a recent comic. This is not a hard and fast rule. If what you read this week is a bunch of old trades and that's what you want to squee about, feel free.

♣Please comment to other's comments! If you liked something too, let the poster know; share the squee! Feel free to talk amongst yourselves.

♣This will be a weekly feature. Please feel free to continue to comment throughout the week. Also, this doesn't replace regular Squee!Entries. Please continue to post separately about any recent comics or trades you would like to share the squee about! :)

I'll get us started. I don't usually pick up my comics until Thursday, so mine are all from last week or earlier. :)
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What did you like about comics this week?

SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

( No scans yet, but plenty of issue spoilers...Collapse )

Supergirl #30

This issue is like expecting a mousse cheesecake, and getting a chocolate gateau instead. Not what I had been anticipating at all (the continuation of the cancer arc), but it's still very good. Now, I should also say that I just simply adore Pfeifer's Catwoman, and his oneshot with Supergirl this time is no less incredible -- I really like how he decided expand on Puckett's "Ghosts of Krypton" story, which has always been one of my personal favourites.

The story opens with an absolutely lovely scene of Kara just hanging out in space. She broods and tunes herself in at the same time. Clark does this a lot too. ;)



( It's not what Kal does. And it's not what I do either.Collapse )

I love the idea of this community! Thanks for existing!

Anyway, I'm not sure how many of you are reading USM, but I haven't done this much twirling and squeeing for a long time on this book. And if your turn-on is identity-porn... (*raises hand*) well, this is the arc for you.

And OMG, I'm sorry how image-heavy this is! SO much happened! I tried to keep the image sizes down, though.

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There's a lot of love in this book, and everyone simply shone in this final installation of the Reach storyline.



My absolute favourite moments:

Guy and Milagro mirroring each other's smirks after he confirmed that yes, I'm the crazy Green Lantern Jaime has told you about.

( I know you. My brother calls you the crazy one.Collapse )

Brenda and Paco, kicking asses, taking down names and... EEP! Finally.

( Aw hell.Collapse )

Alberto Reyes telling his wife in the middle of the battle that their son was going to make it, he was "almost as tough as his mother" after all.

( This is what it's like... when they fight.Collapse )

The Scarab's funny, dry and earnest narration throughout the story. Promising Jaime that they would see this through until the very end, together.

( First of my kind. To have a friend.Collapse )

And of course, the serendipitious JLI reunion between Guy, Tora, Bea and Booster. Everyone being at the right place at the right time to help Jaime save the world and bring him back. I love how Guy was all paranoid that this could NOT be a coincidence, pinning the credit on Batman lol.

( Bats. He's playing some some sort of mindgame.Collapse )

( SPOILERS FROM JUNE SOLICITSCollapse )

Character tag removed to protect the spoiler-phobic.