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The A.X.E.: Judgment Day Reread Part 5: Judgment

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Welcome back to our multipart reread of Marvel’s big 2022 summer event, “A.X.E.: Judgment Day”; first, we looked at the leadup to this apocalyptic ruckus, and then we dove in with the first event issue and tie-ins, with a side piece on Exodus, star of the tie-in Immortal X-Men #5. Next, we covered Judgment Day #2-3 and Death to the Mutants #1-2.

Last time, we looked at Immortal X-Men #6, X-Men: Red #6 and Legion of X #6—a triple terror!

This time, we cover:

A.X.E.: Judgment Day #4-5: Gillen writes; Valerio Schiti draws; Marte Gracia colors; Cowles letters; cover by Mark Brooks.

X-Men: Red #7: Al Ewing writes; Madibek Musabekov draws; Federico Blee and Fer Sifuentes-Sujo color; Ariana Maher letters; cover by Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson.

Immortal X-Men #7: Gillen writes; Lucas Werneck draws; David Curiel colors; Cowles letters; Brooks cover.

Reading order: Judgment Day #4; X-Men: Red #7; Judgment Day #5; (DTTM3) Immortal #7.

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“Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis” with Tom Humberstone! CBH Interviews #104

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This week I interviewed writer/artist Tom Humberstone about his graphic novel Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis, one of Comic Book Herald’s favorite comics of 2022! We talk tennis, making sports comics compelling, and much more!

On Comic Book Herald’s interviews 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. The goal is a fun guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

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Who Watched the Watchmen? DC’s Death Metal!

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It is often said that Watchmen is the most influential comic ever to be released. That comics wouldn’t be where they are without it, for good and for ill. But how did we get here, exactly? More to the point, just what influence did Watchmen provide to the larger world of comics? What, ultimately, is the legacy of Watchmen? Who watched the Watchmen?

After running Comic Book Herald for over a decade, I tend to have a decent pulse on how fans, critics, and creators feel about various comics. Or at least I thought I did, until Steve Morris with Shelfdust conducted a critics poll of the best 50 comic book events of all time, and I learned that Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights: Metal was at one point *barely* hanging on to the #50 spot. This was astonishing to me because Metal was a major reason why I started collecting print comics again in 2017 after a year-long hiatus (Mister Miracle was the other), and I quite earnestly consider it one of my five favorite comic book events of all time!

It feels essential to highlight my (apparently somewhat unusual) affections for Metal because its sequel, Death Metal, disappointed me on nearly every level. Given my past experience, and an adoration for Snyder/Capullo’s Batman (not to mention Last Knight on Earth!) hopes were extraordinarily high, and all for naught. Death Metal #1 opens with a soliloquy by Sgt. Rock about Turd Burgers, and well, Death Metal fits the bill:

“It’s like you’re at a drive-through and out comes your juicy half-pounder on one of them niiice french buns, curly fries too, and you take a bite and wham! Turd. And your fries? Kablam! Curly turds.”

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