What you should buy-04/10/13

While there's plenty to buy this week, I'm a little under the weather and grumpy so, you're getting the short short version. Here it is!

 Age of Ultron #5-Things get heavy!

 Batman #19: Who's Batman shooting?

 Wolverine #2: More awesomeness!!

GI Joe: The Cobra Files #1: REALLY REALLY good!
-Again, there's tons of more great comics to buy. If you're in Chicago, come stop by Challengers Comics + Conversation!!

What I thought of....(the) WOLVERINE #1

On Wednesday Marvel Comics launches a brand new ongoing Wolverine series called...Wolverine. Written by Paul Cornell with art by Alan Davis, this is one AWESOME book!! I'll admit, I'm a Wolverine guy. Not to the extreme that I would name my son Logan (seriously people, stop doing that) or get a Wolverine tattoo or  anything else like that. BUT, he's probably my favorite X-men. Here's my take on this book..
THE GOOD: Just about EVERYTHING. Seriously. THIS is the Wolverine book that I want to read. It's Wolverine. And nobody else. No X-Men. No Avengers. Just him, being awesome. This reminded me a little bit of the very first Wolverine ongoing series back in the late 80's/early 90's. It was just him solo going on adventures and fighting super villains, and that's what we have here. The whole issue is Wolverine up against a normal looking guy. Now, that doesn't quite make sense until about halfway through the book when we find out, kind of, what's going on. This is everything you'd want in a Wolverine book. Action, badassery, and nudity. Great story and dialogue by Paul Cornell. As for the art-ALAN DAVIS everybody!!!! Do I need to tell you how awesome he is? No. No, I don't. It's great Alan Davis art, plain and simple.
THE BAD:  Hmmmmmm. I'm really at a loss here. The only bad that I can think of is that I want to read the next issue RIGHT NOW. Honestly, there's really not much bad in this issue that I can criticize.
THE VERDICT: Seriously? Do I even need to write this? BUY IT!!! It's a GREAT book. You're gonna have a blast with this comic, you have my word on that.

The List!!!...for Wednesday, January 16th

WOW!!! What an incredible week for awesome comics!!...and, Saga's out this week too. Here's a few that I would HIGHLY recommend....

Bionic Man vs. Bionic Woman #1: Let's start things off with a bang. This first issue is FANTASTIC!!! And, while we don't quite get the battle we all want to see in this first issue, it's a great opening chapter of this mini series.

Mars Attacks The REAL Ghostbusters: Wow. I really can't believe that Sony let IDW do this. But, I'm super glad they did. It's great, buy it!

Savage Wolverine #1: Wolverine by Frank Cho. That pretty much says it all. Oh, and Shanna the She-Devil.

All-New X-Men #6: I can't WAIT to see what happens next!!!

Captain America #3: Old Cap vs. An alien from Jabba the Hutt's Palace!

Batgirl #16: Death of the Family tie-in!! Somebody's getting married!

Avengers Assembled #11: Really loving this book since the creative team shift

The Black Beetle #1: This is a FANTASTIC pulp hero action comic! Loads of fun!!!

Batman #16: Death of the Family!!!

GI Joe #21: NOT a silent issue!!! But, sadly, this is the end of the road for this GI Joe series. But, you can't keep a good counter terrorist unit down, right?

-Again, TONS of good stuff coming out this week. If you're in Chicago, you better stop by Challengers, cause I'll be there selling all these comics and MORE!!! Have a great Wednesday, everybody. Stay Electrifying!

Welcome to the future!!!!!

....of 2013! Isn't all this technology awesome? I mean, you can watch TV on your TELEPHONE!!! Freaky, right?

-It's a new day, a new year, time to put the past behind you and look towards the future! What is exactly what this short little blurb is about. There's a bunch of stuff that I'm looking forward to this year, and the majority of things haven't even been announced yet! Here they are, in no random order:

GI Joe Relaunch!! In February, a brand new creative team take the reigns on IDW Publishing's GI Joe title. Not only that, but we get a new GI Joe: Special Missions book as well as a new volume of GI Joe: Cobra. But, the regular GI Joe title is what I'm looking forward to the most. Writer Fred Van Lente & artist Steve Kurth bring a WHOLE NEW take to America's Daring, Highly Trained Special Missions Force. YO JOE!!!

MOVIES!!! It's gonna an awesome year for movies. A Good Day to Die Hard, Iron Man 3, Thor 2, GI Joe: Retaliation, The Wolverine, The Hobbit 2, and about a dozen more that I'm forgetting. But, I'm thinking my AMC stubs card is going to get a work out this year. 

Wrestlemania! Don't know why, but I'm really looking forward to this years 'Mania. No idea what the card will be, but I know The Rock is wrestling, so I'll be watching!

The Lone Ranger!!! OK, this can technically fall into the "movie" catagory, but there's also toys, and comics and millions of other pieces of merchandise that I'll be buying. I've loved The Lone Ranger ever since I was a little kid, and I can't wait for all this stuff! YEE-HAW!!

I look forward to not looking like this anymore

Dinner! My goal for 2013 is to have dinner with all my friends that I didn't get to have dinner with in 2012.

Batman!!!!! Sometime this year(hopefully)Mattel will release a Adam West/Batman 60's TV Show line of action figures!!! YES!!!

July 12th-14th. Not telling, but it's gonna be AWESOME.

 ?????????? Hey, I'm not a fortune teller! I have no idea what's coming up in 2013. But, whatever it is, you can be SURE that I'll be excited about it! Have a great New Year everybody!!