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Incredible Hulk - Werewolf by Night showed up. No mention of Hulk’s appearance in the WbN book, but that doesn’t surprise me. I was a bit disappointed they didn’t do a back story on the new monster-of-the-month Vârcolac. Those have been some of the best parts of this series.
Batman: Dark Patterns - new six issue series. I picked it up because (a) it looked interesting, and (b) I enjoyed Dan Watters work on that Arkham City miniseries. It was a solid first issue. Good story set in Batman’s early years. Solid art. DC continues to put out some great Batman miniseries.
Conan the Barbarian - shifting gears from the Black Stone story, now we go back to Conan’s time with Bêlit as Amra the Lion. This story will involve Stygians, so it should be fun. The artist is new, but not too shabby - some chick named Danica Brine. Her Bêlit is beautiful, and her city backgrounds are impressive.
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New Gods - I’m not sure I’ve ever read anything by Ram V. At least nothing ongoing. I know his name, though. And I love New Gods (despite what that douchenozzle Tom King tried to do to them). So this was a pretty decent start. Very interesting initial layout, with solid writing. The art was pretty damned good, as well. The only thing I’m not crazy about so far is the new look for Orion’s helmet. It’s not bad, I just didn’t think there was anything wrong with the old version.
Immortal Thor - supervillains vs Asgardian gods. I’ll put my money on the gods. I’m not familiar with whatever story they had wit evil Thor and Magni. I’m liking Magni so far, though. This continues to be interesting, if a bit dragging.
The Rocketfellers - This series has small hints of preachiness, which are childish and annoying. The overall story that’s being built is intriguing, however. So far, anyway. And the art is great. And there’s a hint at a link between all the Ghost Machine books. I look forward to more of this.
Savage Sword of Conan - this issue saw the completion of Jason Aaron’s story (thankfully). It was okay, but Zub’s work is far superior. There was also a prose follow-up to The Frosy Giant’s Daughter that gave me a kind of Lovecraftian vibe. And lastly there was a Dark Agnes story. It was okay, but Agnes deserves better.
The reference to Magni's timeline comes from the Dan Jurgen's run on Thor. (This was after Heroes Reborn/Return saga). In it, Thor lost his humanity due to some writer's stuff. (He also killed his human host). Odin had passed away and Thor got the All Power from him. He then tried to basically take over the world and ended up unworthy but still had his Odinforce powers.
We'll see if the prophecy about Thor's demise comes true or not.
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The reference to Magni's timeline comes from the Dan Jurgen's run on Thor. (This was after Heroes Reborn/Return saga). In it, Thor lost his humanity due to some writer's stuff. (He also killed his human host). Odin had passed away and Thor got the All Power from him. He then tried to basically take over the world and ended up unworthy but still had his Odinforce powers.
We'll see if the prophecy about Thor's demise comes true or not.
I loved the Reigning aka Thor, Lord of Asgard, later Thor, Lord of Earth.
It was good, but I mostly like the Dark Gods that Jurgen's showed us.
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Hellhunters - I picked this up mostly on a whim. The premise sounded interesting, and it had what looked to be that’s WWII Ghost Rider from the Hulk comic. I liked that dude. Anyway, solid art, and the story is decent so far. I’m not a huge fan of that retconned WWII disciple of the Ancient One. And I don’t think he or Peggy should be Howling Commandos. Still, this could be pretty cool.
Metamorpho - this was very…..weird. It gave me a very 60s vibe with the dialogue. Not unpleasant, just weird. Java was presented as unusually intelligent. Simon Stagg was present as far less sinister than he usually is (though it wouldn’t surprise me if he was the ultimate villain). The original Element Girl is in this. I thought they let Neil Gaiman kill her off years ago? Anyway, this should be a fun little miniseries. The art is pretty decent.
Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham - I had forgotten about this series. This newest issue got even weirder. Didn’t think that was possible.
Moon Knight - I find myself less and less thrilled with this newest series. Not liking the new villains. And the ease with which they frame Moon Knight and company is, to put it bluntly, pretty damned stupid. Yeah, because other heroes are going to think a few Ex-Avengers who regularly play hero are suddenly a vicious drug cartel. The least they could have done is write in a believable frame-up job. Instead of just saying it. Hopefully this’ll get better.
Redcoat - the immortal relcutant hero, who’s still kind of a tool, returns. And this little one-off issue has him face off against a family of serial killers in 1870s Kansas. It’s nice to see Johns is among the small number of writers who are capable of doing a one issue story. And they throw in a few setups for future stuff as well.
Geiger - picking up from last issue, Geiger had to defend the town he and his buddy found from the Las Vegas psychos who once again tracked them down. It doesn’t end pretty. And there’s a hint that Nate the Nuclear Knight might have some problems down the line. And more of the wider conspiracy against Geiger. Including a bandage-wrapped president, and Junk Yard Joe.
Batman: The Last Halloween - this was a solid issue, focusing mostly on Robin, with he and Alfred trying to save Batman’s life from a gunshot wound. Clift Chiang does the art for this issue. It was really good. I especially liked his Solomon Grundy. I’m still not sure where this story is going; it’s a very slow burn. I love being along for the ride, though, as it’s clearly a way to honor Tim Sale. And it’s succeeding.