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A Comic Show – Unity, X-Men Gold And Zero Year Black

Published Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:15:05 -0600

Last updated Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:38:50 -0600

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From Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida.

Hey Fandom! I'm Aaron, I love comics and talking about the comics I love. This is A Comic Show, my outlet to new comics each week. This week we have Valiant's Unity, Wraith by Joe Hill, and The Walking Dead. DC gave us more Zero Year, Forever Evil tie-ins, and another Superman Wonder Woman. And Marvel's coming up all mutants and spiders this Wednesday.

Unity is the culmination of several volumes of X-O Manowar and is set in the aftermath of Harbinger Wars, BUT it's an assessable entry point to the Valiant universe. And it's awesome, lots of action with heavy themes. This isn't a boy's adventure book; it's a thinking person's punch in the brain. This Phantom Variant has a blank over-cover for an art contest support by the publisher (best gimmick cover ever). Wraith is Joe Hill's Christmasland book, that also claims to be assessable to those that didn't read the prose novels (there are prose novels), and with art this good it's no wonder why I rarely read books. Walking Dead has an issue and a collection out this week, and Skybound has a new #1: Manifest Destiny. It's like Luis and Clark vs Bigfoot. And in my warm and nostalgic pick of the week (that I'll get crap for), Sonic and Mega Man's World's Collide volume one is here and I'm game.

DC's Zero Year is worth just because it delivered Van Jensen's GLC #25! John Stewart finally got his zero issue and it was totally worth the weight. It's my favorite Zero Year tie-in and John solo issue to date. The Nightwing and Batgirl Zero Year books were entertaining, but GLC do something truly special with the premise. Batman #25 started the build to Snyder's next crescendo. Justice League of America, Suicide Squad, and Arkham War all were solid tie-ins to what's shaping up to be an epic crossover. Soul's Superman Wonder Woman #2 is an action romance that's heavy on the action and perfectly paced so far.

All New X-Men has our time tossed X-teen in all new costumes and has Kitty settling in at the Weapon X HQ. X-Men Gold is the 50th anniversary nostalgia fest. If you are an old school or a hardcore X-fan, it's for you. With stories by Claremont and Stan Lee paired with several sample pages of the new All New X-Men and Amazing issues, it feels like the main purpose of this issue is to get old timers to try what out now. Superior Spider-Man is starting to feel like Breaking Bad to me, and that's good. And Marvel better not kill off Miles. They can kill the rest of the Ultimate Universe, but if Miles dies we riot!

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