I must have used up all my words last week as this week I'm back to my usual brevity.
Pick of the Week
Dark Knight III #8 - Damn, Wonder Woman was the shit. Batman and Superman show up for a few pages, but this was Wonder Woman's show, and she owned it. I still don't understand Lara, though. Maybe her motivation will make sense next issue when this wraps up?
Honorable Mention
Aliens Defiance #10 - I saw a headline or ad this week saying the upcoming Aliens: Dead Orbit is the best thing to happen to Aliens in years. I have no doubt it will be excellent but also feel that statement overlooks the fantastic work Brian Wood and a handful of artists have been doing for the last 10 issues.
Everything Else
Black Widow #12 - S.H.I.E.L.D. continues to be terrible at everything. Seriously, how do they still exist? Compassion trumps vengeance and two lines from Maria along with Tony's money sweep any lingering plot threads under the rug.
BPRD Hell On Earth v15 - I'm not ready for this to be over. The end was suitably apocalyptic, but I was hoping for more closure. This is all I find I'm able to say about it as I may be in denial about it being over.
Moonshine #6 - There's a whole lot of death this issue. I'm hoping someone still knows how to make the titular Moonshine, otherwise all this death is just over pride. This issue marks the end of "Book 1", per the final page, so I'll eagerly be awaiting more as this is always one of the first I read each week it comes out.
The Sixth Gun v. 1 - I avoided this book for a long time because I had my own supernatural western comic I was working on. Even when it became clear that comic wasn't going to happen, I still kept away. Now, the series is complete and the team is working on their old series - which I quite enjoyed - The Damned. This served as a reminder to me that I should finally give this series a try.
I like it and have since bought four more of the nine volume series. Briefly, there's a set of guns, each imbued with a special power. There's a gang in control of five of these guns, looking for the sixth, and a loosely held together group in opposition to them acquiring it.
The story moved far more quietly than I expected, and I found this quite satisfying. Just reading it made me feel like I'd learned something about storytelling from it.
Transformers Lost Light #4 - Whirl and Cyclonus are brilliant together (as always). Megatron is having a case of deja vu, hoping things will turn out differently this time. Rodimus doesn't seem to care about what's going on, which seems off, but lets his true feelings known while getting into an argument with Megatron which should make for great drama down the line. There's also a few pages with Anode and Lugnut, but I couldn't care less about them.
Transformers Till All Are One #8 - I'm lost. There's a titan, but it's not the titan it's supposed to be. And someone's locked up with a connection to the titan that's not supposed to be but gets out. And necrotitans are killed, but it's not clear how many are still a threat. And someone died (highly doubtful). I miss the Cybertronian politics. This extended action-sequence-with-a-twist has failed to impress.
Unfollow #17 - The cover says '40' but that's nowhere near true by the end. The sprint to the finish continues as a whole lot more people die and Ferrell's plan is finally explained. Those two sentences read as somewhat dismissive, but it's quite good.
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