G.I. JOE Arrives In Duke Finale & More Comic Recommendations
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- G.I. Joe finally arrives in the final moments of this weeks Duke #5, the finale of the series. The big standout in a week of fantastic indie comics. Unfortunately DC delivered nothing worth reading and Marvel only delivers Wolverine: Madripoor Knights. Great indie books like Duke, TMNT, Conan The Barbarian, Dawnrunner, If You Find This, and Feral save comic readers from DC's and Marvel's ineptitude. Wes and Drew review the best new comics of the week, including Duke #5 the arrival of G.I. Joe in the Energon Universe. G.I. Joe arrives in Duke finale and more comic book recommendations.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:43 Duke #5
3:28 Conan The Barbarian #10
4:59 Dawnrunner #2
6:38 In You Find This, I’m Already Dead #3
8:21 TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures #12
10:13 Feral #2
12:34 Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #3
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I love the Transformers, GI Joe, Duke and Cobra Commander comics😊
For Power Girl, aside from the fact that it’s a House of Brainiac tie-in, the good things about this comic are showing the psychic jerk jar every time Omen uses her powers to invade Karen’s privacy (which reminded me of the douchebag jar from New Girl) and the Czarnians acting like Lobo. Also, Crush encountering Karen and showing her Holiday Gals (from Wonder Woman), Karen and Omen talking about Kara’s date with someone, and Axel Gust being mysterious and vague. I wonder if Axel Gust is a either a version of or actually Ben Rubel (from the Rebirth Supergirl series) because of hiding secrets, playing dirty, doing something neutral good, and interacting with Supergirl and Power Girl. The one thing I can say is that even though this is a House of Brainiac tie-in, this is better then the first arc of the series and okay compared to the Streaky issue and the last arc where Power Girl and Supergirl team up. Overall, this is an okay comic.
For The Brave and the Bold, here is what I gave to say. For the Batman and Maps part, I like that Maps was able to save Bruce’s life and in return team up to save Mother’s victims after he revealed his identity as Batman to her. Also, since Alfred is in this, this is set between July 2018 and City of Bane in 2019, since this is set before his death. Also, Bruce calling Maps Robin because she earned it for a moment. For the Artemis part, we have the AXE protocol asking Artemis where Wonder Woman is instead of seeing her have a journey with a psychedelic horse. It’s likely that the next few issues of this arc will derail and will end with Artemis learning from her mistakes after dealing with the AXE protocol or something like that. Also, Artemis saying that she’s not an American citizen, confirming that her post-Trial of the Amazons origins (i.e. she’s a military brat) is ignored.
For Flash, the good things about this comic are Barry and the Flash Family (including Circuit Breaker because they’re a new character who has interacted with them since Beast World) doing some heroics and helping people while trying to learn what’s wrong with the Speed Force. Also, Barry having headaches, Jai learning how to use his powers from Inspector Pilgrim, and the Flash Family trying to look for Wally. The only thing I can criticize is Amanda Waller being in this comic because it’s part of her plan to remove all the powers from the heroes and villains of the main DCU. I predict that she will appear in every DC comic as a lead up Absolute Power because she wants to tell the public about her opinions of superheroes and supervillains with powers. It’s getting annoying for Waller to appear in every DC comic, and it’s likely that Absolute Power will be a complete failure, just like Dark Crisis, Knight Terrors, and Beast World.
For Green Arrow, the great things about this comic are Oliver and company fighting holographic versions of the JLA; Merlyn telling his backstory and history by combining his pre-Crisis, pre-Flashpoint, and post-Flashpoint history; and Oliver and Merlyn about to have a final fight by having Merlyn use versions of the Green Arrow Family to fight him. Also, it’s hilarious that Roy realized that Oliver was really doing so that he can find Merlyn and have a final showdown with him. Overall, this comic is great!
For USM, the great things about this comic are Peter and MJ spending dinner with Harry and Gwen, J. Jonah and Uncle Ben staring their news business online while babysitting May and Richard, Harry telling Peter that he must tell MJ about his Spider-Man identity in order to protect them and to make sure that with great power must come great responsibility, and Peter and MJ spending the last few pages taking a stroll in Manhattan. Overall, this comic is great!
For ASM, the good things about this comic are Peter and Betty convincing Ben and Janine not to use the Goblin Queen’s machine to bring back his memories because Peter knows that the machines turn into a goblin. I like that Ben and Janine were convinced by Peter and Betty to bare the pain and get some help. Hope that they’ll find a way to bare their pain, live in peace, and be in the upcoming Chasm: Mark of Kane miniseries. Also, Ben not knowing what side he’s on after this before turning into Peter’s side and Goblin Queen being defeated by Peter.
For SSM, the interesting things about this comic are Supernova finally realizing that Doc Ock is the one who made her like this and Peter and Anna-Maria noticing a lot of people acting like Doc Ock because of his Spider-Bots. Also, Spider-Boy as the Superior Spider-Boy.
I wasn’t a fan of Tom Reilly’s art on Duke because I wanted more realistic art like the original series but it grew on me. I’ve enjoyed Josh Williamson on this series and hate he isn’t going to be on upcoming GI Joe series because he really does a good job with these characters.
That’s really my complaints for these comics is the art. I know it’s a style but it’s not my preferred style.
@@AL-ws5yiGI Joe is hardly realistic so you guys really should not expect any realism from the start
Conan The Barbarian has been one of the best ongoings right now. I loved that this issue was more of a love letter to King Kull and his rule (my favorite part was with Conan and the Archer for obvious reasons). I'm really interested to see how the Black Stone ties into everything in Conan's present. I also think that Rob De La Torre has become THE artist for this book. I liked the previous arcs artist but De La Torre's art has become this book's identity. His art looks so fucking great.
Probably in the minority here but I enjoyed the latest issue of Ultimate Spider-Man.
Balls. I didn't know it was a mini series
I guess Knights of Madripoor takes place before everything in Marvel so far.
Respect for the Eclipse t-shirt!
Absolutely solid recommendations across the board.
Of the comics I pulled this week, I really enjoyed Conan, Tec, and Dawnrunner. Conan has been great so far. Rob's art is excellent, and Zub's writing is great too. I've been enjoying the Tec run for a while now, and so I've enjoyed this latest issue. Dawnrunner is great. Cagle's interior artwork is sweet. I've thought his current Tec covers are awesome.
I can't wait for the second issue of SSoC this week (from Zub too I think).
Good Vid.
Duke #5 was an "OH SHIT!" issue for me. The B.A.T. was cool, but I LOVED Duke's reaction to learning Destro has nothing to do with Starscream; I thought Destro was gonna be furious that a one-many army found him over something he wasn't even responsible for, but it was actually Duke who was rattled when Destro said he's never heard of Starscream and Duke who lied to himself for a minute to still think Destro was his enemy. I LOVE how this whole series was the aftermath of a flippant game a literally larger-than-life out-of-towner played and forgot about...Especially if Starscream is dead as of Transformers #7 (he's probably not, but imagine if Duke did all of this for nothing and Soundwave avenged Frosting without even knowing or caring about him)! Duke wanting to leave the military behind rather than be pulled around by false-promises and dirty work was great, but deciding to get back in the game because he wants to kill all Transformers was a PHENOMENAL conclusion! Cobra Commander has his work cut out for him following up this ending with his own.
My favorite video of the week. I appreciate your perspective guys. I’ll pass on Ram V’s “Dawnrunner”, but I am with you on all the rest.
I’ve never liked the idea of Transformers and GI Joe being set in the same universe, but Duke has been a great series.
Conan and the continuation of GI Joe ARAH brought me back to buying individual monthly issues instead of waiting for the trade.
I dropped daredevil. I tried giving it a shot but Saladin Ahmed doesn’t do a good daredevil although I’ve enjoyed the art
Tha Eclipse shirt must be 30+ years old!
I miss Eclipse and Epic. They were both awesome. Those two early 1980s to early 1990s graphic novel sub-companies from DC Comics, and Marvel Comics, respectively, were way better than even DC/Vertigo, Marvel Knights, and Marvel/MAX ever were.
I am not the biggest Joe or Transformers fan but the GI books and Transformers are the best books going. It sucked for me to find out Duke and Cobra Commander were limited series. They have taken kids characters and made brilliant adult stories out of them.
I wish if you find this I’m already dead lasted longer. There was so much in that last issue to explore that would have been fucking awesome
Some of The art in Madripoor knights looks like a high school freshman drew it.
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Ram V's Black Label Aquaman book was enough for me to determine i'd never read any of his books again.
Did you review "Spider-man: Shadow of the Goblin"? BEST SPIDEY comic of the year!
It's fantastic!
Some good stuff, they don’t sound half bad, I’m never going to read them haha, but glad you guys have something good to read.
Love the picks this week! I lived "Conan", "Duke" and "Madripoor Knights" also, but think you really need to give "Red Sonja" sone love! ( Yeah, no double entendre there!) Seriously, Grobekk is telling stories equal to Zub's "Conan" and the art is beautiful!
Also, "Dutch#3" by Joe Casey is pretty banging as well!
I have 3 things to say.
1: did you know that chris and edgar are working on a new wolverine comic?
2: what would you do if valiant hires drew to write a comic for them?
3: madripoor knights is a good run.
If Valiant hired Drew, he’d write THE BEST Bloodshot comic in 25 years.
Duke was a killer! Haven't gotten to Conan yet. Feral was a good read, and so was Madripoor Knights. I missed the other mention.
I only read the Saturday Morning Cartoons line TMNT and Dungeons n Dragons.
Yet another week of comic books that don’t speak to me. Thanks for doing our homework again. 😉
This Conan comic was great, nice to see Kull in action!
Just like when the Mega Powers team (Hulk Hogan & Macho Man) exploded and rekindled their rivalry….I sense a similar situation brewing between Wes and Drew! Lol
Awesome work guys
Duke and Conan are absolutely fantastic, story is next level and art is brilliant. This is what comics is all about. DC and Marvel start paying attention
Fantastic reviews guys
Outstanding recommendations guys
I agree with you guys on Duke, Conan, TMNT Saturday Too Long of a Title, and Wolverine Madripoor Knights. Great picks for best comics of the week. I will have to give Dawnrunner a look. You lost me at prestige format with "If You Find Me I'm Already Dead". There are very few books in my opinion that are improved by the prestige format. It often feels like an excuse for the comic publishers to charge more for a single issue and subsequent trades. I disagree with Feral. I don't know why so many are enamored with stories where animal characters are anthropomorphized in a normal world (at least go all the way and make the world the characters live in fantastical and not mundane). And you didn't even read the second issue. How can you blindly recommend it?
In place of Feral and the Matt Kindt book, I would have highlighted 4 other comics for best of the week. Pooh vs Bambi #1 was action-packed fun with anthropomorphized characters in a fantastical world. Cover C of Pooh vs Bambi would like to have a word with all of the special Feral covers you mentioned. Although the art is by no means amazing, I would recommend Dutch#3 to close out the mini-series and lead into the upcoming Blood Squad Seven series. I would give Drawing Blood #1 an honorable mentioned. And how in the bloody blue hell did you guys miss Dick Tracy #1? It was a good intro for people not familiar with Dick Tracy. The dialogue and amazing art style fit with the 1940s motif. The characterization of Dick Tracy is spot-on. I can't wait for him to use his communicator watch! You guys are sleeping on this one.
Dick Tracy was…something.
Drew is pronouncing it the way they pronounced it on the CW Supergirl show.
Dawnrunner is fun
"If You Find This I'm Already Dead" 3 was absolute garbage. It was a great setup for a Lovecraftian story, but zero payoff.
Matt Kindt and Dark Horse can ear my chocolate starfish.
Wes some Doofuses on Reddit who probably pirate books tried to attack your take on Ultimate Spider-Man #4. They even called you a dopamine deprived millennial. Virtue Signaling idiots. Keep up the great content brother.
That don't phase me....
@@Wes_From_TC 👊🏿
Nothing from my pull list was good this week. I thought Ultimate Spider-Man would be a lock but it let me down. And don't get me started on Daredevil. .
how is it that ram v and joshua williamson can write GOOD indie comics and produce shit material the same week for dc (ram's dawnrunner vs detective comics)
Agree with Drew re femme fatale spy widow instead of the gun toting rambo wanna be that the mcu gave us.
Ultimate Spider-man was the only comic I really enjoyed this week, even with the lack of action
Me too. Was a very weak week to comics. X-Men books are lame just like the usual.
@@EvandroACruzYou should be reading "Madripoor Knights"
Mark Russell did an excellent job on Superman Space Age last year. Funny, thoughtful, well written characters and terrific Allred artwork make it one of the best Superman projects in years. I am looking forward to seeing Russell's take on Batman!
😂 good one!
It's Mix Yiz Pit Lik
Ultimate Spider-man 4 was the only one great book that I read in this week.
P.s. awful Conan art on this cover. Looks like Street Fighter.
I think Drew is correct. The cartoons usually pronounce Mister Mxyzptlk differently than the comics. The cartoon version is easier to say but I believe the comic version is correct since that is the source material.
Mr.Mxyzptlk: Mix-Yuh-Spit-Lick
Next DC week doesn't look great either, buncha annuals nothing more really..