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THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK 2/21/2008
By The Wizard Staff
Posted 2/21/2008
EXTRA POINTS
In this new QB segment, we’re throwing out props to this week’s stars
Office darling Immortal Iron Fist delivers a devastating art punch in the brain with the Green Mist of Death special: You get Mike and Laura Allred and Mitch Breitweiser and Matt Hollingsworth in the same ish, which also features a story co-starring Son of Frankenstein! Comics candy doesn’t get much sweeter than Immortal Iron Fist…
Check out that sweet ass two-page center spread in Iron Man #26; I haven’t been reading much of the Knaufs’ run, but Tony’s fighting some badass kung fu lightning guy (in his original armor no less), which was pretty rad, and looked even radder thanks to Roberto De La Torre’s art. He’s channeling some Epting-Guice-Perkins vibe with a hefty dose of John Buscema—and I like it…
Matt Wagner’sZorro launch at Dynamite blew up big for me (I never get tired of explosive puns!); I dug the “year one” style rollout for the origin story and Francesco Francavilla’s art, especially the wicked little close-up of the Z-Man in silhouette when you first see him; and the last page cliffhanger is a zinger(!)…
I love what Ed McGuinness is doing on Hulk; on issue #2, he’s all about in-your-face action at its finest…
Between Steven Griffin and Cris Brunner, Hawaiian Dick#3 has some of the best colors in a comic I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve never been to the Aloha State, but those colors make me feel like I just stepped foot on the island…
…Joss Whedon’s “Steam Age Avengers” storyline in Runaways got crazy in issue #29, with a Crisis-Annihilation-Countdown-World War-level conflict popping off, culminating in a crazy-cool two-page fight spread by Michael Ryan with the Runaways and all the Turner D. Century super-dudes…
I want to marry Leonard Kirk’s pencils on Warbound #3; I love them that much. Greg Pak’s carved himself a nice little corner of the Marvel U, and it’s a sandbox I don’t want to leave…
Greg Rucka pulls out DC’s biggest gun when Checkmate deputizes Superman to rescue an undercover agent, in the latest gripping ish of his espionage thriller…
Big reveal in The Order #8 that blew my mind—the son of Obadiah Stane is behind the S.H.A.D.O. project that’s been plaguing L.A.’s superteam since day one! And he’s a total evil prick! Matt Fraction just raided my childhood with that Stane call-back; I remember picking up those Stane issues of Iron Man when I was a kid. This is such an underrated book; I don’t hear many folks talking about it, but it’s just a great superhero concept that’s well executed, and something out of the norm. I think I would buy this book if I didn’t get to read it here…
I like the way Daniel Way’s been writing Deadpool in Wolverine: Origins, and I like the way Fabian Nicieza’s been writing him over in Cable & Deadpool (which sadly wraps this week with issue #50), and that’s saying something considering I’ve never cared much for the Merc with a Mouth…
You must pick up the latest issue of Avengers Classic (#9) for the back-up story, drawn by underground legend Juan Doe, whose lively, liquid pencils and gorgeous colors make his art a Pixar by way of Kirby mix that will shatter your senses.
