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Looking to the Future in Swamp Thing: Becoming

December 4, 2021 by Sara Century Leave a Comment

Swamp Thing: Becoming, written by Ram V, art by Mike Perkins and Mike Spicer, lettering by Aditya Bidikar

Despite its legendary status in the DC Universe, the Swamp Thing series has spent many years in relative limbo. Created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson as a creepy but fairly standard horror comic for DC in the ’70s, the concept morphed into the basis for what is widely regarded as one of the most essential graphic novels ever with Alan Moore and Stephen Bissette’s take in Saga of the Swamp Thing. Many industry greats have tried their hand at the character since, giving us no shortage of excellent runs of many different flavors, but there’s been some starts and stops along the way.

With the most recent prior entry in the Swamp Thing story being a mini-series written by co-creator Len Wein in 2016, the 2021 series, The Swamp Thing Volume 1: Becoming, pans the camera away from Alec Holland as the human basis of the character. Taking a step in a different direction with the introduction of Levi Kamei as the avatar of the Green, this series distances us from the metaphysical concerns of the Swamp Thing itself, instead asking larger questions of humanity. Are we doomed as a species to repeat our mistakes until we tear ourselves apart, or is this a painful growing process in which we are becoming something new?

Covering: Future State: Swamp Thing #1-2, Swamp Thing Vol. 7 #1-4 [Read more…] about Looking to the Future in Swamp Thing: Becoming

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured Tagged With: swamp thing

(Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: Whose World? Giant-Size X-Men!

December 3, 2021 by David Bowen Leave a Comment

The titular questions mark my skepticism about the success of these three double-sized issues as a story arc. In hindsight, the story we get from these visually gorgeous comics feels like it did at the time of publication: Hickman really beginning to toss too many spinning plates into the air and seemingly letting them fade away into the stratosphere. I think we can assume that the question of the long-deflated mystery of Doug, mutantkind’s various techno-organic nightmares, and now, what was initially a camp joke from Morrison—Ultimaton, or Weapon XV—must await Hickman’s eventual return to the X Office. Oh well!

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Forgive But Don’t Forget: Scarlet Witch & Shadow King Reborn in New Mutants #23 & Trial of Magneto #4

December 2, 2021 by Dave Leave a Comment

Today marks the release of New Mutants #23 and Trial of Magneto #4, two unrelated issues set in the Krakoa era of X-Men that share thematic DNA looking at the paths to reformation and self-acceptance for Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, and Amahl Farouk, aka the Shadow King. I’ll be exploring the parallels and differences in these well known characters journeys, and how current events are shaping where they might fit into mutantkind’s Krakoa and the Marvel Universe going forward.

* Spoilers Follow *

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New Mutants #23

Writer: Vita Ayala

Artist: Rod Reis

Letters: Travis Lanham

Trial of Magneto #4

Writer: Leah Williams

Artist: Lucas Werneck and David Messina

Colors: Edgar Delgado

Letters: Clayton Cowles

At the center of these stories we’ll look at how far mutant forgiveness extends, and what accountability looks like for Scarlet Witch and Shadow King. I’ll start with New Mutants and Amahl Farouk, primarily because this run is one of the best New Mutants runs, and easily one of my favorite X-Men comics in 2021. [Read more…] about Forgive But Don’t Forget: Scarlet Witch & Shadow King Reborn in New Mutants #23 & Trial of Magneto #4

Filed Under: Best Comics Ever Podcast, Featured, Marvel Reviews Tagged With: krakin krakoa, X-Men

DAREDEVIL By Brubaker & Lark – The Downward Spiral of a Hero | Darecember #1

December 1, 2021 by Matt Draper Leave a Comment

Just how far can a hero fall? In the hands of writer Ed Brubaker and artist Michael Lark, we’re about to find out.

Over the last several years, I covered Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s Daredevil run – a story that saw Matt Murdock on a path of self destruction that inevitably found the hero of Hell’s Kitchen locked up in Ryker’s Island prison for his obstruction of justice. And this is where Ed Brubaker’s run begins. But if you think being in prison and surrounded by the countless criminals he’s helped put away is a bad place for Daredevil to be in, things will only get worse from here. [Read more…] about DAREDEVIL By Brubaker & Lark – The Downward Spiral of a Hero | Darecember #1

Filed Under: Featured, Marvel Reviews Tagged With: Daredevil

Creannotators #69: “Echolands” with writer/artist J.H. Williams III!

November 30, 2021 by Dave Leave a Comment

This week on Creannotators, I talk Echolands with writer and artist J.H. Williams III. We talk about the horizontal landscape format of the comic, artists that inspire J.H., watching the rise of Batwoman, and highlights from J.H.’s incredible career! Plus a bunch more!

Some mild spoilers for Echolands issues #1 to #3 may follow!

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

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