After two very successful comicon weekends that didn't allow much time to read and review books, I am back once again to praise the praise-worthy and to take the mickey out of those that are less deserving.
Here's a brief recap of the last two weeks worth of books: Secret Wars #1 was awesome, Secret Wars #2 was confusing, Coffin Hill and Darth Vader are staples of consistency and Convergence sucks donkey balls.
So, back into the breach!
Third Place:
Convergence #7
Yukko. This book started out bad and continues to be bad. They're rolling more recognizable characters in at this point, but by now it just doesn't matter. My interest is zero. The only thing I'm curious about is how this sets up the post-Convergence universe. One bummer is seeing the pre-Flashpoint Superman. It just makes me feel like the current one is an imposter.
Issue #7 contained art from one of my favs, the highly underrated Aaron Lopresti. Each page is what you want from comic book artwork. He gets a hand from inker Mark Morales and colorist Peter Steigerwald, and each panel is crisp and clean, just like I like it.
Unless Convergence pulls some awesome shit out of its ass in the last issue, I'm not going to be able to give this book higher than a 3 out of 10. Its just been boring.
Second Place:
Wytches #6
If Wytches stopped right now, I would be okay with that. Scotty Snyder, Jock and Matt Hollingsworth tell a super creepy, super tight six-issue story of the Rooks moving to a small town only to have supernatural shit spiral out of control. It has a beginning and a very good ending. But this was just the first arc.
This books ends with Sailor being off on her own. Her dad sacrifices himself to save his daughter and you wonder where else the story can go that's as interesting as this first one. Snyder's creator-owned work is tons better than his Batman work, but can lightning strike twice? I mean, this story was really freaking good!
Sloppy (on purpose) artwork aside, I really did enjoy this ride. If there isn't a Wytches movie in the works soon, someone dropped the ball. I suppose I'll be back for the second arc. but man does the creative team have some tough shoes to fill.
First Place:
Star Wars #5
Five issues in and Jason Aaron seems to be finding his voice for these characters. The first couple issues offered a lot of re-purposed Original Trilogy dialog. The rest didn't sound natural for characters that I've known and loved my entire life. This issue Aaron seems to have found his groove.
Leia makes Han go with her on a scouting mission in exchange for new parts for the Falcon. The dialog that takes place between them feels new and fresh, but most importantly, it sounds like Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. That's been a huge problem with most Star Wars comics.
As far as Vader sending Boba Fett to hunt down Luke, and then both of them happening to be on Tattoine at the same time... well, that's a little convenient. I'm willing to let it slide. It makes sense that Luke would go back to Tattoine to Obi-Wan's hovel to find any lingering answers he had before Ben died. But I guess that trip alone isn't exciting enough. We need Boba Fett too.
This book has been the weak link for me since Marvel launched their new line of Star Wars books. But over the past couple issues, its really gained some ground.
Panel of the Week:
Since his run on Wonder Woman with Gail Simone, I've been a huge fan of Aaron Lopresti's work. Particularly, his Wonder Woman.
-Gint
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