Comic of the Week - August 19th, 2009

THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE ISSUES AND TITLES LISTED BELOW

Hey guys,

Was able to make the trek on Sunday to get another two weeks worth of comics, so it's time for another...

COMIC OF THE WEEK

The comics I read released on the day of August 19th, 2009 were:

-Amazing Spider-Man #603
-Invincible #65
-Justice League of America #36
-Mighty Avengers #28
-Supergirl #44
-X-Men Legacy #227



Let's get right to my faves, shall we?



Story of the Week

Although the psychotic journals of The Chameleon read like "Silence of the Lambs" in Amazing Spider-Man this week, I had to go with Invincible #65 for Story of the Week.

The whole story of the issue was just more heartfelt, emotional, and compelling. Mark is still very injured after having dealt with the wrath of Conquest over the past couple of issues and still reeling emotionally from having thought Eve was dead.

This issue doesn't stop playing with our emotions at that point, though... We feel sorry for Mark as he lies broken despite having beaten Conquest. We feel sorrow as Robot and Eve speak at Rex Splode's funeral. We long for our youth when Mark and Eve get back to Mark's bedroom. We feel shock when we realize Conquest ISN'T DEAD!!! And more shock when Mark vows to kill his future enemies.

This is a title that has really stayed consistently good. Like writer Robert Kirkman's other well-known series "The Walking Dead" (SOON TO BE A TV SERIES ON AMC! *INSERT SCHOOLGIRL SHRIEK*), the title delivers every issue and makes you want more as soon as you put the issue down. If you'd like to read a hero that has basically a young Spider-Man's mentality with Superman-like powers placed in a little bit more mature of a setting, Invincible is your book. There are several relatively inexpensive trade paperbacks out there for you to go get started. Go check 'em out or drop me line for a little "the story so far" chat. I'll gladly fill ya in and you can go get single issues from there. I can almost guarantee you'll be glad you did...



Cover Art of the Week

Cover Art of the Week has got to go to spooky, dark cover of Justice League of America #36. The cover conveys that we're going to see the Justice League and we're going to see the Royal Flush Gang, but why so dark and BLOODY?! Creepy... Cover is by Fabrizio Fiorentino (DC Comics). See below.





Interior Art of the Week

For this category, much like Story of the Week this week, again my two faves were Amazing Spider-Man and Invincible. This time, though, the web-head crew won out. Here's some art from my pick for the week: Amazing Spider-Man #603. Art is by Robert Atkins, Victor Olazaba, and Jeromy Cox. Letters appearing in shown artwork done by VC's Joe Caramagna (Marvel Comics). See below.







There's another one in the books, guys...

Hit me up on comics or anything, anytime...

Peace...