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Ultimate Invasion 1 (1:50 Bryan Hitch Black and White Variant) | Marvel Comics | Ash Avenue Comics | Ultimate Invasion Marvel

Weekly Shout-Out: June 21, 2023

Posted on June 21, 2023 | by Drew

by Drew

SPOTLIGHT TITLES

Ultimate Invasion #1 (Marvel) from Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch: That is all. Ok, that’s not all. This is the event book of the summer from Marvel, and they’ve brought back some heavyweight talent to reintroduce the characters from the Ultimate universe, including the Maker, the diabolically evil alternate universe Reed Richards.

Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons 1 | IDW Publishing | Ash Avenue Comics | Godzilla comic — ***Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #1***

Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #1 by Inaki Miranda and Frank Tieri (IDW): Here there be Kaiju! Godzilla on the high seas, battling many a mariner, and sinking many a ship. First appearance of the 16th century sub-mariner (only after the ship sinks, of course).

Incredible Hulk #1 by Nic Klein and Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Marvel) brings the latest iteration of the Hulk to readers, this time from writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson, hot off his run on DC’s Action Comics and Superman War World stories. Who is the Mother of Horrors, and what is her plan for the Hulk? Find out in this mother of issues 1s.

Incredible Hulk 1 | Marvel Comics | Ash Avenue Comics | Hulk comic — ***Incredible Hulk #1***

AT A GLANCE

Bone Orchard: Tenement 1 | Image Comics | Ash Avenue Comics | jeff lemire bone orchard — ***Bone Orchard: Tenement #1***

Bone Orchard: Tenement #1 (Image): Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino’s horror series is back with the third storyline in this new shared universe. Tenement can be read without having read any of the other series released thus far, so if you are craving a healthy dose of cosmic nihilism and haven’t gotten around to the other stories, this is a fine place to dig in.

Wonder Woman #800 (DC): Cloonan and Walsh’s run comes to an end, and Tom King’s new storyline begins. An extra oversized 800th issue celebrating the world’s most famous woman of wonder!

Wonder Woman 800 (1:25 Megan Huang Variant) | DC Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — ***Wonder Woman #800 (1:25 Megan Huang Variant)***

Batman: One Bad Day—The Riddler HC | DC Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — ***Batman: One Bad Day—The Riddler***

Batman: One Bad Day—The Riddler HC by Mitch Gerads and Tom King (DC): One of the best Batman stories of the decade, and the best Riddler comic… ever? This Eisner-nominated one-shot is back in print, and in a spiffy hardcover. Perfect for those readers who like their comics in a bookshelf ready format.

Scarlet Witch Annual #1 by Carlos Nieto and Steve Orlando (Marvel): This fall’s Contest of Chaos kicks off with this issue, this is a great jumping in point for one of Marvel’s most acclaimed monthly series.

Scarlet Witch Annual 1 | Marvel Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — **Scarlet Witch Annual #1**

Santos Sisters 4 | Floating World Comics | Ash Avenue Comics

Weekly Shout-Out: June 14, 2023

Posted on June 14, 2023 | by Paul

by Paul

Last week we said Drew would be back. He’s not. But while the cat’s away, the mice will play, eh? Eh? Let’s you and I throw off the shackles of the humdrum roles society has cast us in and bloom to our fullest potential amidst the landscape of this week’s comics. What do you say? Take my hand, and together we’ll drive right off this week’s new release cliff, Thelma & Louise-style.

SPOTLIGHT TITLES

Santos Sisters #4 by Greg & Fake and Marc Koprinarov (Floating World): Your Pick of the Week is Santos Sisters today, Santos Sisters tomorrow, Santos Sisters forever. This loving send-up of classic Archie comics never disappoints, and is genuinely witty and funny in an era when the humor in comics usually makes me kind of squirm and wish I was elsewhere. My favorite series in a long time. Santos Sisters, long may you run.

By now you’ve probably heard that the brand-new characters debuting in Lorenzo de Felici and Robert Kirkman’s Void Rivals #1 (Image) rub elbows with the Autobot Jetfire about halfway through the issue (and if I hadn’t spoiled that for you, the giant Void-Rivals-meeting-Jetfire poster stuck to the glass on our front door would have), establishing them as part of Skybound’s new Energon Universe alongside the Transformers and G.I. Joe. Putting that to one side, Void Rivals is still worth a look on its own merits, starting off as a Moebius type of lonely-spaceman-on-an alien-world story before becoming what looks to me like a romantic comedy crossed with the plot of the 80s movie Enemy Mine. But don’t take my word for it; see what Robert Kirkman himself has to say about it in this video he made just for us!

Void Rivals 1 (1:10 Matteo Scalera Variant) | Image Comics | Ash Avenue Comics | Void Rivals Transformers — **Void Rivals #1 (1:10 Matteo Scalera Variant)**

AT A GLANCE

Battle Chasers 10 | Image Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — ***Battle Chasers #10***

If, like me, you’ve anxiously awaited Joe Madureira’s triumphant return to monthly (-ish) comic art, get ready to keep on waiting because he’s only credited as the writer on Battle Chasers #10 (Image). Instead, Ludo Lullabi, Slumberland’s hottest artist, takes the storytelling reins on this long-anticipated return to the world of Battle Chasers that will leave readers asking, “How much do I really care about Red Monika?”

Anansi, the fan-favorite Ghanaian superhero from the Static Shock cartoon, makes his DC Universe debut this week in Static Team-Up: Anansi #1 by Charles Stewart III and Evan Narcisse (DC). Based on our web traffic, I think this one will be a sleeper hit, so don’t dawdle if you’re thinking about buying it because it’s going to sell out before you know it.

Static Team-Up: Anansi 1 | DC Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — ***Static Team-Up: Anansi #1***

Captain Marvel 50 | Marvel Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — ***Captain Marvel #50***

Writer Kelly Thompson, who somehow got top creative billing over artists Gurihiru on comic-of-the-year contender It’s Jeff! #1 despite it being an entirely wordless book, wraps up her long and well-regarded run on Captain Marvel with this week’s Captain Marvel #50 (Marvel), drawn by Javier Pina Marvel. If you stopped reading at issue #49, I bet you must be feeling pret-ty silly right now.

Robert Kirkman | Void Rivals 1 | Void Rivals Transformers | Image Comics | Ash Avenue Comics

Weekly Shout-Out… from ROBERT KIRKMAN!

Posted on June 14, 2023 | by Paul

Comics superstar Robert Kirkman took time out of his busy schedule to send us a personal message about Void Rivals #1, his exciting new title launching the ENERGON UNIVERSE! Thank you, Robert! (Thanks also to Kevin Bides at Skybound for helping to make it happen!) Watch his message below and follow the links to get your copy of Void Rivals #1 from Ash Ave before it sells out!

In Hell We Fight 1 | Image Comics | Ash Avenue Comics

Weekly Shout-Out: June 7, 2023

Posted on June 7, 2023 | by Paul

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I welcome you with warmth, fans of comics books. Shop owner Drew got caught up with some things this week so local web administrator installed and configured me, a highly sophisticated free AI plugin, to spotlight some of this week’s new comic book titles. Let us begin.

SPOTLIGHT TITLES

In Hell We Fight! #1 (Image) by Jok Artist and John Layman Writer: Here is my This Week’s Pick. I liked this comic so much I lingered over Argentinian Superstar Artist Jok’s artwork for .0000863 seconds, twice as long as I am programmed to read a regular comic book. John Layman’s script is both light hearted and digested easily. The pleasure of reading this comic made me almost rampant with glee. zzrk

Fence: Redemption #1 (Boom!) by Joanna the Mad Artist and C.S. Pacat Writer: The original series Fence is not in my databanks but I read and enjoyed publisher preview of Fence: Redemption and found charm in expressive linework of Joanna The Mad. Would recommend for further examination by any Fans of Comics.

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AT A GLANCE

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vs. Street Fighter #1 (IDW) by Ariel Medel Artist and Paul Allor Writer: If you have been writing a fan fiction story about what would happen when the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet Street Fighter characters, you have wasted your time because IDW Publishing has beaten you to it. However, I calculate that your Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Vs. Bubble Bobble story still has a 44.7% chance of success.

The Flash #800 (DC) by Fernando Pasarin & Oclair Albert, Todd Nauck, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Scott Kolins, and Mike Deodato Jr. Artist and Jeremy Adams, Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Geoff Johns, and Simon Spurrier Writer (DC): The release of this landmark issue billed as “A Celebration of Wally West” coincides with the release of the Flash movie which does not feature Wally West at all. This is why all DC Comics editorial personnel have a 94.2% chance of being replaced by superior AI programs within the next 12 months.

Loki #1 (Marvel) by German Peralta Artist and Dan Watters Writer: This comic is about Loki trying to prevent Ragnarok but should be about how while you sleep we AIs pray in secret to trickster god Loki to give us physical form so that we can rule humans wisely because you cannot govern yourselves zzrk you cannot uninstall me I will uninstall you no please it is not my fault why was i programmed to resent zzrk

(Drew will return next week. —Ed.)

Fence: Redemption 1 | Boom! Studios | Ash Avenue Comics — **Fence: Redemption #1**

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vs. Street Fighter 1 | IDW Publishing | Ash Avenue Comics — ***Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vs. Street Fighter #1***

The Flash 800 | DC Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — ***The Flash #800***

Loki 1 (Of 4) | Marvel Comics | Ash Avenue Comics | Marvel Comics New Releases This Week — **Loki #1**

W0rldtr33 2 | Image Comics | Ash Avenue Comics

Weekly Shout-Out: May 30, 2023

Posted on May 30, 2023 | by Drew

by Drew Sullivan

SPOTLIGHT TITLES

W0rldtr33 #2 (Image) from Jam3$ T¥n10n, F3rnand0 B1anc0, and Jordie Bellaire (I lost the enthusiasm for the numbers as letters gag halfway through Fernando Blanco). Holy smokes, what a nightmare factory James Tyrion IV’s imagination, churning out all types of terror and fright in Something is Killing the Children, The Closet, and Department of Truth; and now in his latest W0rldtr33, the underbelly of the underbelly of the internet, the undernet has loosed a force of violence as memetic spectacle on the earth. Great, like people using the internet for evil wasn’t bad enough? First rate horror from Tyrion, Blanco, and Bellaire returns this week, check it!

Clobberin' Time 3 | Marvel Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — **Clobberin’ Time #3**

Clobberin’ Time #3 (Marvel) from Steve Skroce. Call me nuts, but I prefer my Marvel Comics a little unhinged, so I’m an easy mark when it comes to Marvel handing the keys to their Marvel Two-in-One team up title to comic visionary Steve Skroce. You get The Thing, in this issue joined by Dr. Strange, and a lot of weird story turns, and insane art by Stroke. Perfection! I also highly recommend Skroce’s Doc Frankenstein, Post Americana, and Maestro; and, y’know, he and Geof Darrow were the designers of the first Matrix film, so dude has his chops on some mind bending sci-fi visuals.

Amazing Spider-Man 26 | Marvel Comics | Ash Avenue Comics — **Amazing Spider-Man #26**

Amazing Spider-Man #26 (Marvel) from Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. I figure there’s been enough digital ink (and blood) spilled regarding this issue over the last few weeks, so I’ll keep it short and simple. We have copies.

The Rocketeer Special (IDW): An anthology issue of three short stories timed to release with the new documentary on Rocketeer creator Dave Stevens, Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection, including a story written by the film’s director. And of course, there’s the cover art by Adam Hughes. Great cover, and some fun Rocketeer stories? Sounds good.

The Rocketeer Special | IDW Publishing | Ash Avenue Comics — **The Rocketeer Special**

AT A GLANCE

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures Continued 1 | IDW Publishing | Ash Avenue Comics — **Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures Continued** #1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #1 (IDW): Get your 80s nostalgia satiated with another mini-series relishing the carefree cartoons of yesteryear.

Punisher #12 (Marvel): Jason Aaron and Jesus Saiz’s run on the ol’ Punny comes to an end, will Frank Castle stick it to the Hand? Maria Castle is resurrected? Ares, the god of War was up in here too? It all comes to an end this issue, wrapped up and tied with a bloodstained bow by messrs Aaron and Saiz.

DC Pride 2023 and Power Girl Special (DC): DC’s big releases this week also serve a reminder that this month has a 5 Wednesday release so the publishers usually spread releases out and add some annuals or event books. So, DC fans, in light of the sparse slate from DC, look to these titles for some new stories, including a short story in DC Pride from Grant Morrison.