N ew Comics Day 2/1/12
Feb. 5th, 2012 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lurkerwithoutThis is probably the first issue of the new volume of Dark Horse Presents that I'm actually disappointed with. Yeah its got a wonderfully creepy Beasts of Burden ghost story. And the end to Chaykin's revenge crime story is generally satisfying. And the new post-apocalyptic Tarzan and the preview of Brian Wood's Massive are both intriguing. But the Hellboy tale is way dependent on having at least some idea of where the main titles for that is at currently. And the other stories are sadly forgettable at best...
Savage Dragon continues to focus on Malcolm and Angel Dragon's teen-adventures. And starts an arc that ties into the ongoing events of the Vanguard back-up...
Invincible and the Viltrumite leader almost manage to defuse the situation with Alan the Alien and Oliver through reasoned discussion. At least until the Global Guardians show up to try and arrest everybody. Getting everything back to the stage of capes punching each other...
Fatale continues as Brubaker and Phillips doing their normal amazing job of telling a noir/pulp story plus with some genuinely creepy horror elements mashed in...
iZombie moves closer to a CoC mythos Event, with Mummy Guy brokering a truce between the Dead Presidents and the monster hunter society. At the same time Horatio chooses sides between his job and his girlfriend. Plus Granpa Monkey! Gwen's Gay Brother! Ghosts and Frankensteins in Love! Vampires in Lust!
Static Shock finishes up what will likely be its only real story arc, since its being cancelled in two issues. But before that you get a rescue mission by Static, Hardware and Technique. But I'm not surprised to learn about the problems behind the scenes on this book, as the plotting is more than a bit sloppy...
Villains for Hire has the Purple Man's crew and the bought off members of the rival group going after Misty Knight. Setting up a final reveal that could help explain Misty's seeming heel turn...
And Avengers Academy has the students and faculty in an all-out brawl with the Dire Wraith/Human energy vampire Hybrid...
Savage Dragon continues to focus on Malcolm and Angel Dragon's teen-adventures. And starts an arc that ties into the ongoing events of the Vanguard back-up...
Invincible and the Viltrumite leader almost manage to defuse the situation with Alan the Alien and Oliver through reasoned discussion. At least until the Global Guardians show up to try and arrest everybody. Getting everything back to the stage of capes punching each other...
Fatale continues as Brubaker and Phillips doing their normal amazing job of telling a noir/pulp story plus with some genuinely creepy horror elements mashed in...
iZombie moves closer to a CoC mythos Event, with Mummy Guy brokering a truce between the Dead Presidents and the monster hunter society. At the same time Horatio chooses sides between his job and his girlfriend. Plus Granpa Monkey! Gwen's Gay Brother! Ghosts and Frankensteins in Love! Vampires in Lust!
Static Shock finishes up what will likely be its only real story arc, since its being cancelled in two issues. But before that you get a rescue mission by Static, Hardware and Technique. But I'm not surprised to learn about the problems behind the scenes on this book, as the plotting is more than a bit sloppy...
Villains for Hire has the Purple Man's crew and the bought off members of the rival group going after Misty Knight. Setting up a final reveal that could help explain Misty's seeming heel turn...
And Avengers Academy has the students and faculty in an all-out brawl with the Dire Wraith/Human energy vampire Hybrid...
