Welcome to the second week of comics in 2021! Okay, I know I didn't do a pull list for the first week, but I did the pick list!It's here.
This week, due to the way comics are right now, I've split the pull list into four categories: Future State, King in Black, Indie, and Reign of X. There's only nine total comics that I'm talking about on this week's list, so it should be a short read! Since it's been a hot minute since I've done a pull list, I'm posting it with a little less content than it would normally have. With any luck, next week I'll be back to doing news and spotlights on representation! Continue Reading for this week's comics!
Future State:
Kara Zor-El, Superwoman #1 Justice League #1 Superman / Wonder Woman #1 Dark Detective #1 King in Black: King in Black: Thunderbolts #1 King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1 Indie: Home Sick Pilots #2 Lonely Receiver #5 Reign of X: Marauders #17
Future State: Kara Zor-El, Superwoman #1
Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Sauvage. Do I have to say anything else? Sauvage has been posting teasers of her artwork for the interiors for the past few weeks, and I have to say, my anticipation is at an all-time high! I'm a huge fan of Sauvage's art, which shines ever-brighter on feminist projects. Kara's Superwoman one-hundred percent fits into that category, and I can't wait to see it written by a feminist writer like Bennett. Sauvage designed a new dress for Kara, who is mainly going to be on the moon with refugees, it would seem, more details to come on that. The dress is something of a retro collar, simple design with a calf-length, flowing skirt. THe dress swoops into your mind and whispers about being both stylish AND responsible, a perfect design for the Kara Zor-El of a few centuries from now. Much like Barbara Gordon, Kara is often seen as a sidekick character, only around at all due to the existence of another, male character. With this new plot line several hundred years into the future, I'm hoping we get to see a Kara who is more of her own person than ever before, who has grown into herself as a woman, a leader, and a Kryptonian. With a team like the Marguerites, I can't see this comic going anywhere but into the stars--and our hearts.
Future State: Justice League #1
There are two reasons I'm trying out this JL mini: Yara Flor, and Jo Mulien. I've already written a ton about Yara Flor, the new Wonder Woman during this timeline of Future State. She's a fantastic character designed by Joelle Jones, an immediate fan favorite across the board. The care, thought, and research Jones put into her first issue of Wonder Woman was phenomenal--a very high bar for other writers of Yara to reach. Similarly, we've only ever seen Green Lantern Jo in Far Sector, where she was created by N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell. She is a new type of Green Lantern, and in her own series, we only just learned what that meant. Instead of needing to charge her power ring with a lantern directly connected to the Guardians and their power source, Jo's ring is self-charging. To further explain, usually Green Lanterns are chosen due to their ability to fight through great fear, and overcome it with willpower. With Jo, the Guardians wanted to try something new--giving a power ring to someone who has to constantly live with fear in their lives, and just continue through it, though it never goes away. Jo was the perfect subject, as a Black woman and former police officer from the United States. So, instead of needing to be connected to the main Lantern power hub, so to say, Jo can go anywhere, no matter how far, and her ring will charge itself back up to full power over time, she just has to manage the power usage wisely. With Jo being announced as a member of the Justice League in this time period of Future State, it confirms that she is not from our current DC time, but the future. I imagine she returns to Earth after the events of Far Sector, and becomes their main Green Lantern at that point. I am a tiny bit concerned, though, because Far Sector isn't going to finish until after Future State is over. Hopefully, nothing will be spoiled or ruined with this Justice League team book.
Future State: Superman / Wonder Woman #1
My only reason for getting in on this series is Yara Flor. Her debut in Future State: Wonder Woman #1 was one of the single most enjoyable comic issues I have ever read, giving us boundless reasons to want more Yara, ASAP. I have no real interest in any particular variant of the set for this issue, unfortunately, which always makes buying a comic a slight bummer, but hopefully what's on the interior will make it not matter. This is the second full appearance of Yara Flor, as far as I know, as well as the second of Johnathan Kent as Superman of Metropolis. I don't particularly care about Jon Kent, to be honest. The only connection I've ever had was the fun Tamasi SuperSons series, but this Jon will be a fully grown adult, so maybe I'll like him. This mini is only two issues, and the solicitations tease that the two of them will have a hard time getting along. Knowing that, I can't decided if I'm gong to enjoy or be disappointed by the eventual hook-up that DC puts them through. Admit it. We all see it coming.
Future State: Dark Detective #1 (Artgerm WW 84 Var)
After this past week's Future State: The Next Batman by Oscar winning filmmaker John Ridley, the bar is high for former She-Hulk and Wonder Woman writer, Mariko Tamaki, on her own Batman Future State project. While Ridley's followed the new, younger Batman of Tim Fox, Tamaki's Batman is the older classic, Bruce Wayne. Where we've left off with Bruce in the modern era, his money is greatly diminished, and he and Catwoman are on some kind of break. In cover images of this future version of the character, Bruce's Batman is worn, rugged, and looking a bit worse-for-wear. Catwoman is still around in this future reality, doing who knows what in her own Future State mini. Is Batman's situation really so bad off? He wasn't mentioned much in the Tim Fox story, and it was made clear that he sees himself as the real Batman, as do others. In any case, I'll be very interested to see what direction Mariko Tamaki takes the Dark Detective.
King in Black: Thunderbolts #1
Question: The final issue of Star mini-series made it perfectly clear that Star's new look is cropped red hair with a black and red outfit, so why is she back in her original suit and hair? Marvel, your continuity is killing me! And, for the most part, Star is the only reason I'll be picking up this issue. I'm saddened tat she's the only female member of the team, but am curious if I'm right about Star's future as a dead woman when Thanos returns looking for the reality gem hidden in her chest, so I want to keep up with her story while she lasts.
King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1
While I can't really say I'm liking the King in Black event, I'm reading this tie-in because let's face it, I'll take my female representation wherever I can get it. I do have a critique, already, though, another point of continuity error: Gwen Stacy's supersona is called Ghost-Spider, not Gwenom. Gwenom isn't a thing in the comics, not like that. Why do they keep fucking up their own female characters' continuity? Hopefully the writing will be better than the title suggests.
Home Sick Pilots #2
The first issue of Homesick Pilots felt like a long time coming, but was well worth the wait. The series takes place in 1994, the year I was born. A group of teenage friends in a band are your classic punk-rock/grunge types of the era, rival band and all. The main character winds up sneaking into a haunted house, and somehow actually becomming the house itself--the walls, the wood, the glass, the floorboards. It's supremely unique and thrilling to read, on the backdrop of some of the most beautiful comics interiors I've seen. The artist keeps the color palette full of cool tones like blues and purples, adding more mysticism to the already spooky and mysterious plot. With the second issue, I'm interested to see what becomes of the girl who became a house, and how they plan on making this wacky, wonderful story work.
Lonely Receiver #5
The final issue of Lonely Receiver! One of the best indie series' of 2020, I'm excited to finish this bizarre journey. While the plot of Lonely Receiver is obviously amazing, what sticks with me most after each issue is Jen Hickman's art. The colors range from neons to cool tones depending on the mood of the main character, who is drawn more and more haggard as the story goes on. The details in her apartment, the lost expression of our protagonist; everything Hickman puts on the page is the absolute perfect fit for what was required. The story so far is a wild ride, and getting creepier by the page. The last issue had her giving in to her deepest, most obsessive desire of her lost former wife, desperate and determined and more than a little delusional. She's at the point of risking her health, sanity, and safety in virtual sex programs, because she's totally convinced this is where she'll find her missing wife. But her wife wasn't taken, she left, and there is something nefarious growing in the virtual world she keeps attending. If I had to guess how things will end, we'll see her dead on the floor, still attached to the VR hookups--and I can't wait. What? I told you the story was dark and spooky!
Marauders #17
As the only Reign of X book of the week, Marauders has big shoes to fill, but I have no doubt it'll pull it off. Gerry Duggan has been blowing it out of the park with the series, where he recently brought back Kate Pryde, and punished Sebastian Shaw. Shaw will certainly still be a problem going forward, but he's been greatly reduced. Unfortunately, like many wild beasts, this will no doubt only make him more angry. For the time being, though, it seems the Marauders are back on track, and we should have a new story arc starting in this issue.
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