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... W0RLDTR33 (Tynion IV / Blanco)… BATMAN (Zdarsky / Jimenez)… BIRDS OF PREY (Thompson / Romero)… DAREDEVIL (Ahmed / Kuder)… CAPTAIN AMERICA (JMS / Saiz)… RARE FLAVOURS (V / Andrade)… WONDER WOMAN (King / Sampere)… BATMAN: GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM (Grampá / Lopes)… THE FLASH (Spurrier / Deodato) … USAGI YOJIMBO (Sakai)… THE PENGUIN (King / De La Torre)… FANTASTIC FOUR (North / Gómez)… BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES (Horvath)… DETECTIVE COMICS (V / et al)… ANIMAL POUND (King / Gross)… THE DEVIANT (Tynion IV / Hixson)… LOTUS LAND (Van Poelgeest / Filipe)… PETROL HEAD (Williams / Parr)… BATMAN: OFF-WORLD (Aaron / Mahnke)… BASIC INSTINCT (Freeman / Del Ray)… CRAVE (Llovet)… ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN (Sheridan / Tormey)… BATMAN '89: ECHOES (Hamm / Quinones)… BEYOND REAL (Kaplan / Mascolo / Fejzula)… MASTERPIECE (Bendis / Maleev)… UNDERHEIST (Lapham / Lapham)… VOID RIVALS (Kirkman / De Felici)... TRANSFORMERS (Johnson)... DUKE (Williamson / Reilly)… COBRA COMMANDER (Williamson / Milana)… VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT (MacKay / Cappucio)… PINE & MERRIMAC (Starks / Galán)… ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (Hickman / Checchetto)… ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER (Hill / Caselli)... ULTIMATE X-MEN (Momoko)... ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD (Murphy)… AVENGERS: TWILIGHT (Zdarsky / Acuña)… JAMES BOND 007 (Ennis / Lobosco)… GONE (Jock)... THE ONE HAND (V / Campbell)… THE SIX FINGERS (Watters / Kumar)... THE DISPLACED (Brisson / Casalanguida)… BLUE BOOK 1947 (Tynion IV / Oeming)… IF YOU FIND THIS I'M ALREADY DEAD (Kindt / McDaid)... MAN'S BEST (Picheshote / Lonergan)... BLASFAMOUS (Andolfo)... SPIDER-PUNK ARMS RACE (Ziglar / Mason)... SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN (Weisman / Ramos)... NIGHT PEOPLE (Condon / Level)... THE BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT (Jurgens / Perkins)... NAPALM LULLABY (Remender / Bengal) ... LITTLE BLACK BOOK (McComsey / Cunha)... THE GOON: THEM THAT DONT'T STAY DEAD (Powell)... BATMAN: DARK AGE (Russell / The Allreds)... SPIDER-MAN: SHADOW OF THE GREEN GOBLIN (DeMatteis / Maria)... GEIGER (Johns / Frank)... REDCOAT (Johns / Hitch)... ROOK: EXODUS (Johns / Fabok)... AKOGUN: BRUTALIZER OF THE GODS (Ayodele / Akande)... ACTION COMICS (Williamson / Sandoval)... MONSTERS ARE MY BUSINESS (Bunn / Piazzalunga)... UNCANNY VALLEY (Fleecs / Wachter)... SILICON BANDITS (Starr / Talajić)…

the pull-list, currently

in

... BATMAN (Zdarsky / Jimenez)… W0RLDTR33 (Tynion IV / Blanco)… BIRDS OF PREY (Thompson / Romero)… DAREDEVIL (Ahmed / Kuder)… CAPTAIN AMERICA (JMS / Saiz)… RARE FLAVOURS (V / Andrade)… WONDER WOMAN (King / Sampere)… BATMAN: GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM (Grampá / Lopes)… THE FLASH (Spurrier / Deodato) … SPACE USAGI (Sakai)… USAGI YOJIMBO (Sakai)… THE PENGUIN (King / De La Torre)… FANTASTIC FOUR (North / Gómez)… BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES (Horvath)… DETECTIVE COMICS (V / et al)… ANIMAL POUND (King / Gross)… THE DEVIANT (Tynion IV / Hixson)… LOTUS LAND (Van Poelgeest / Filipe)… PETROL HEAD (Williams / Parr)… SUPERMAN '78: THE METAL CURTAIN (Venditti / Guidry)… BATMAN: OFF-WORLD (Aaron / Mahnke)… BASIC INSTINCT (Freeman / Del Ray)… CRAVE (Llovet)… ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN (Sheridan / Tormey)… BATMAN '89: ECHOES (Hamm / Quinones)… BEYOND REAL (Kaplan / Mascolo / Fejzula)… MASTERPIECE (Bendis / Maleev)… UNDERHEIST (Lapham / Lapham)… VOID RIVALS (Kirkman / De Felici)... TRANSFORMERS (Johnson)... DUKE (Williamson / Reilly)… COBRA COMMANDER (Williamson / Milana)… VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT (MacKay / Cappucio)… PINE & MERRIMAC (Starks / Galán)… ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (Hickman / Checchetto)… ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER (Hill / Caselli)... ULTIMATE X-MEN (Momoko)... ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD (Murphy)… AVENGERS: TWILIGHT (Zdarsky / Acuña)… JAMES BOND 007 (Ennis / Lobosco)… GONE (Jock)... THE ONE HAND (V / Campbell)… THE SIX FINGERS (Watters / Kumar)... THE DISPLACED (Brisson / Casalanguida)… BLUE BOOK 1947 (Tynion IV / Oeming)… IF YOU FIND THIS I'M ALREADY DEAD (Kindt / McDaid)... MAN'S BEST (Picheshote / Lonergan)... BLASFAMOUS (Andolfo)... SPIDER-PUNK ARMS RACE (Ziglar / Mason)... .. SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN (Weisman / Ramos)... NIGHT PEOPLE (Condon / Level)... THE BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT (Jurgens / Perkins)... NAPALM LULLABY (Remender / Bengal) ... LITTLE BLACK BOOK (McComsey / Cunha)... THE GOON: THEM THAT DON'T STAY DEAD (Powell)... BATMAN: DARK AGE (Russell / The Allreds)...

the pull-list, currently

in

BATMAN (Zdarsky / Jimenez)… W0RLDTR33 (Tynion IV / Blanco)… BIRDS OF PREY (Thompson / Romero)… DAREDEVIL (Ahmed / Kuder)… CAPTAIN AMERICA (JMS / Saiz)… RARE FLAVOURS (V / Andrade)… WONDER WOMAN (King / Sampere)… BATMAN: GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM (Grampá / Lopes)… THE FLASH (Spurrier / Deodato) … SPACE USAGI (Sakai)… USAGI YOJIMBO (Sakai)… THE PENGUIN (King / De La Torre)… FANTASTIC FOUR (North / Coello)… WESLEY DODDS: THE SANDMAN (Venditti / Rossmo)… BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES (Horvath)… DETECTIVE COMICS (V / et al)… ANIMAL POUND (King / Gross)… THE DEVIANT (Tynion IV / Hixson)… LOTUS LAND (Van Poelgeest / Filipe)… PETROL HEAD (Williams / Parr)… SUPERMAN '78: THE METAL CURTAIN (Venditti / Guidry)… BATMAN: OFF-WORLD (Aaron / Mahnke)… SOMNA (Cloonan / Lotay)… BASIC INSTINCT (Freeman / Del Ray)… CRAVE (Llovet)… ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN (Sheridan / Tormey)… BATMAN '89: ECHOES (Hamm / Quinones)… OUR BONES DUST (Stenbeck)… BEYOND REAL (Kaplan / Mascolo / Fejzula)… INVASIVE (Bunn / Hervás)… MASTERPIECE (Bendis / Maleev)… UNDERHEIST (Lapham / Lapham)… DUKE (Williamson / Reilly)… COBRA COMMANDER (Williamson / Milana)… VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT (MacKay / Cappucio)… PINE & MERRIMAC (Starks / Galán)… ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (Hickman / Checchetto)… ACTION COMICS (Aaron / Timms)… ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD (Murphy)… AVENGERS: TWILIGHT (Zdarsky / Acuña)… JAMES BOND 007 (Ennis / Lobosco)… DEER EDITOR (Lindsay / Kivela)… NEWBURN (Zdarsky / Phillips)… TRANSFORMERS (Johnson)... GONE (Jock)... ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER (Hill / Caselli)... THE ONE HAND (V / Campbell)… THE SIX FINGERS (Watters / Kumar / Loughridge)... THE DISPLACED (Brisson / Casalanguida)… BLUE BOOK 1947 (Tynion IV / Oeming)… IF YOU FIND THIS I'M ALREADY DEAD (Kindt / McDaid)... MAN'S BEST (Picheshote / Lonergan)... BLASFAMOUS (Andolfo)... SPIDER-PUNK ARMS RACE (Ziglar / Mason)... ULTIMATE X-MEN (Momoko)... SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN (Weisman / Ramos)... NIGHT PEOPLE (Condon / Level)... THE BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT (Jurgens / Perkins)

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, No. 1 (Hickman / Chechetto; Marvel, 2024)

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At last, not only a Spidey book on the pull list, but a Hickman book. With the exception of his debut, THE NIGHTLY NEWS, I've mostly tuned out of the Hickman renaissance – including the entirety of his X-MEN run (in my defense, I wasn't really reading comics at that point); G.O.D.S. which failed, in every respect, to grab me; and ULTIMATE UNIVERSE, which followed suit (Note: probably would have been better had I read ULTIMATE INVASION; will add those issues to my list). Here, though, I get it: this is the perfect collision of writer and artist and mythology (FWIW: I couldn't care less if Peter is married or not: my objection to him not being married in the mainstream continuity is how it was accomplished, for lack of a better word) and willingness to push into new and daring and exciting areas: it's the first time the Ultimate Universe hasn't read like proto-MCU since its inception. Early mid-life crisis Spidey is something new, something intriguing. This is a special book that lives up to the hype and then some: I'm in it for the long haul – and will most definitely be giving the other upcoming Ultimate books (BLACK PANTHER / X-MEN) a try.

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  • DAREDEVIL 02: big improvement over last issue. Intrigued by where it goes next. In, still.

  • NIGHTWING 107 / TITANS 04: love Taylor, et al's work with these characters. Still very in; along with Ryan North's FF, TITANS is the rare team book that I enjoy.

  • CATWOMAN 158: waiting for Gotham War to end so we can get on with the new status quo. Will decide with the next issue if I continue, as I do love Selina and how Howard writes her.

  • BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE 01: dark, disturbing, and utterly brilliant. So very, very in; my favorite release of the week.

  • CYBERPUNK 2077: XOXO 01: trend of amazing transmedia CP deepenings continues. Love / in.

  • SUBGENRE 01: I'm a sucker for over-sized genre playtime. In.

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  • If, as Wells says, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 35 sets up the next 25 issues, I'm not intrigued. Gave the three black-costume issues (with a concept that was beyond fascinating and had deep potential and should have been far more than a filler between arcs – I mean, Slott had Doc Ock in Peter's body for how long?) a try but eh: I'm out. At least that JRJR cover was creepily fantastic / fantastically creepy

  • Debut issue of WESLEY DODDS: THE SANDMAN fine but ultimately forgettable: a shame, as he's one of my favorite characters. Glad I read it, but I won't be continuing; at least we'll always have SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE, one of the greatest series of all time (and I did appreciate the nod to the first arc in here).

  • Late pickup, but after three issues, I'm fully "in" on Taylor & Scott's TITANS; I rarely like team books yet I love this. And, because of my lateness in getting the third issue, I only have to wait a week until the fourth. Win win.

  • NIGHTS: wasn't sure at first, but intrigued me enough by the end to make me want to pick up the next issue. Feels like something special brewing here.

  • Debut of DESTINY GATE was a neat premise that failed to hold in execution.

  • While BATMAN & ROBIN No. 2 was beautiful to behold, something's not working for me. Done.

  • Late to the game, but I will buy anything Stan Sakai makes. SPACE USAGI: YOKAI HUNTER one shot was so good. Can’t wait for the next series (and the next issue of USAGI).

  • Take more of my money, Black Label: Christian Ward's BATMAN: CITY OF MADNESS, No. 1 = oh my. One of my favorite writer/artists working today.

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No new additions to the list this week, but:

  • G.O.D.S. was solid and beautiful and longer but $9.99 solid and beautiful and longer? Price point destined to be forever a mystery. 50/50 on whether I'll continue – though I do want to re-read this issue before I decide on picking up the next: can't shake the feeling that I missed something.

  • FANTASTIC FOUR and BIRDS OF PREY are utter delights and I can't wait for the next issues.

  • BATMAN 138: I've loved Zdarsky's run (Zur FTW / adore Jiminez's art) but the Vandal Savage / Ra's angle addition to GOTHAM WAR is unnecessary and, so far, makes an intriguing concept far less; each have great potential separately – especially the Bat/Cat war with Zur taking over the Bat and the familial fall-out – but the clunky combination (so far) dilutes both. Still want to see how it plays out but I'm growing dismayed with its unfolding and want to get on with whatever the next status quo that this arc is clearly setting up may be. That said, I'm most curious about where Jason ends up in the wake of what happened here.

  • Bill Morrison's YELLOW SUBMARINE graphic novel adaptation is STUNNING; K is thrilled to have it in her collection.