Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Jerry and Joe don't have quantity but like
They literally invented Superman. That alone puts them above everyone else, imo. Stan and Jack go without saying for obvious reasons.
Yeah.
There are many names that have great impact, but Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster have to be THE Names.
Because of their creation, Comics exist how they do.
The lives they touched with this character, the long lasting effect it had on our world and all...is so incredible important.
But that doesnt mean others didnt have a huge impact, just that these Two imo are so far above everyone else in terms of the Impact.
Anway, Comics Week
Before we come to it however, I wanna talk briefly about Gargoyles of Gotham.
It flew outside of my comics week timeline, but I think I can put it in this weeks timeline just fine.
Batman: Gargoyles of Gotham #1
Oh boy, that one already is a instant classic right here.
From top to bottom fantastic work.
The Art is pretty cool, I love the visuals.
The Writing is crisp and flows well.
Characters feel good and the Villain is interesting.
It also feels a bit more “old school” batman with Gordon and Alfred etc.
I love the Gothic vibe and I like how dark it all is visual and writing.
As for Covers, boy are they all awesome.
The Regular one rocks, but David Finchs is awesome, Priscilla Petraits is so cool, Jim Lee…Frank Millers fits the style very well.
So many awesome covers.
I so hope they can keep this level, because this was just so awesome.
On to comics week…and boy that was a fun week.
Batman / Superman: World's Finest #19
That one was such a nice Silver Age feeling comic.
From writing to art, felt very Silver Age.
A Nice and easy read, I liked it.
As for Covers…I like the Regular one.
The Nicholas Cage one is wild.
Im a bit sad there is none that fits more the visuals of what goes on in the comic, but a good cover is a good cover.
Catwoman #57
Yes you see it right, I picked up a Catwoman comic.
I did it because it is part of the Gotham War story, so I wanted to see where this goes.
Nah, not a fan and I don’t really see how Catwoman fans are happy with her direction.
She is becoming so one dimensional as character, it is super boring.
All the edges are gone because in the end they want her to be part of the Batfamily no matter what.
When its just not fitting to who she is.
I do like that Jason is on her side on this because it makes characterwise so much sense.
But I don’t like how almost childishly stubborn he feels in this arc and this issue.
I hope Zdarsky gave directions to this or his okay, because it goes against the very thing Zdarsky did in his Failsafe arc.
Here you got Bruce literally calling his Family his Soldiers again…after Zdarsky made a point that Bruce doesn’t see them as Soldiers anymore.
So I hope he greenlit that part, like this being Zur gaining strength over Bruce or so.
Other than that, yeah a lot of forced “Selina as part of the family” stuff.
I hate that I sound so negative about Selina because I do like her.
I like the Batcat Cat and mouse game, I like her being this character who walks the fine line.
Helping villains until things get too crazy where she then helps Batman etc.
I like her being this character with edges that stands on her side, neither good nor bad.
But DC managed to ruin that by taking all these edges etc away to force her into the Batfamily when she simply doesn’t fit into.
Because every time they try, it reduces her character to be little more than Bruces love interest and I hate that.
People are so hellbent against the sheer idea of Wonder Woman/Batman because they claim it reduces Diana to a sidekick…but accept the same for Selina.
Which I think is not okay.
Selina deserve to be her own character…and that simply doesn’t work when involving her with Bruce too much.
Anyway, we will see…this issue didn’t help imo elevate the arc, but I find myself being super curious about this arc, that is why im interested in the tie ins and all.
So that is definitely a good thing I would say.
Shows that Zdarsky created a plot that keeps one very invested.
Hawkgirl #3
That again was a nice Hawkgirl read.
Im loving the vibe and pacing.
I don’t like that the court of owls has been reduced to minor side Villain group.
Doesn’t sit right with me, no matter how cool people make it.
Still, a neat issue, I liked it.
Nightwing #106
Nice read but one of the comics that noticeable are hurt by the Knight Terror break.
Like, you get thrown into this but the momentum you normally take with you from one to the other issue, is gone because the Knight Terror arc stopped it all.
So it needs to be restarted again, which will take some time.
My biggest fear currently on this is that a few good solos could end up losing fans thanks to the Knight Terror arc that stopped everything in its tracks.
Again, not hating on the arc itself, but the timing and all was just absolutely awful.
But Im looking forward to this arc, this could be fun.
Covers, I prefer Dan Moras, the regular one is looking very strange to me.
Superman #6
Again a fun read and Gleb Melnikovs art is really something people should look out for.
Very soft and vibrant style.
Storywise im looking forward to this, can be really cool.
Has a good start.
Covers, I prefer them all, got no favorite on this one.
Then we come to the Big one…and I mean big one.
Wonder Woman #1
@CrimsonMist already said it well enough.
This is a book from Panel one you can see how much better King is suited for compared to his Batman stuff.
Absolutely great writing, stunning art, a very serious tone and great themes.
The way the book builds up to Diana finally showing up and all, Incredible.
The comic will rub a lot of people wrong, I can already see.
Especially the ComicsGate kind of people.
The funniest so far I saw was people crying that this is Anti America and Anti Men…which is really Hilarious when you think about who Wonder Woman is and all.
I like the start of this a ton and where this could go.
This one lived up to the hype and more.
As usual with such Big comics, there are many covers to choose…but I like the Regular one the most.
A very strong comics week for me.
Really blown away by Wonder Woman and it raises my hopes up high for this run.
