(only a few of the MANY are pictured here.

I just picked up the 2025 Facsimile reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #129, the issue that introduced the Punisher.

I genuinely appreciate the old art and the old school coloring. Seeing it freshly reprinted on quality paper rather than faded in an original old comic really kicks up the effect of the colors.

The heavy use of blue on black with sharp definition rather than modern digital gradients is a great look for the Punisher's costume.

The plot of the issue is simple, the Punisher is hired a Spider-Man villain called the Jackal. The Punisher is told that Spider-Man is a murderer.

Even in this first appearance, most of the core pillars of the Punisher are laid down. He is a marine veteran on a crusade agains

Or give life to inanimate objects? Was rewatching doom patrol and I really love the concept of bringing imaginary characters like gods/monsters to life being a power or pulling inworld comic book characters off the page and bringing them to life like flex mentallo?

Where they unlock their powers over time or have to earn them, have multiple powers or powers that get signficantly stronger over time til they are op.

Just read new superman and it was fun seeing the progression fantasy theme of him unlocking/earning/learning the powers instead of having them all at once.

Rogue sun and Radiant Black were fun reads that fit what i'm looking for.

Invinicible would loosely this catgeory since he gets all his powers at once and gets stronger over time but its the same powers, but everything else about it is progression fantasy (getting stronger over time, stronger villains, higher stakes, etc.)

Looking for series or stroylines/runs related to world hopping, just whatever yall found interesting or your favorite ones, I know its fairly common. Looking for basically isekai western comics, doesn't have to be superhero, really like the idea of superheroes in a fantasy world/realm (the inverse with them being heroes is fairly common)

Timed to Shakespeare Day, Joe Quesada is announcing ‘Undiscover’d’, a new line of comic books from Amazing Comics based on the timeless works of the Bard.

List is up! Sorry I'm late again, between the kitten and being busy at work plus all the normal stuff I've been swamped! I'm so far behind on my reading lol, and I haven't even picked up in a few weeks! Well let's see, what's for me?

Minor Arcana #6 - Loving this series from Jeff Lemire, also loved Fireflies. Psychic family and small town drama, pretty good so far!

Black Hammer Spiral City #5

From The World Of Minor Threats Welcome To Twilight #2 - Think I missed #1 but I'll have to grab it!

Assorted Crisis Events #2

Moonshine Bigfoot #1 - Didn't see the cover or synopsys but the name intrigues me.

Welp that's about it! What are y'all pulling this week?

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/27660145

Rob Liefeld: It’s a love letter to the team books that I grew up with, like The Avengers, The Titans, The Justice League, and The Fantastic Four that I grew up. Those books don't exist anymore, and let me tell you something, I miss them. There's a different dynamic. They don't approach these books in the same way. So, this is my love letter, and I think it's kind of a How To Do Team Books manual.

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Youngblood #1 starts a storyline, but it is actually is 92nd issue of Youngblood. In eight issues, it will be the hundredth issue. And at that point, I'm flipping to legacy numbering, so you'll soon be picking up Youngblood #100, #101, #102... I originally didn't want to come back with issue #92, but my publisher, Eric Stevenson, helped me and said, "Rob, you're at this many issues. You should consider that going into it."

It's a brand new storyline. There is a new menace that they're encountering, but some of

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I developed a love for graphic novels around ten years ago. Back then, I lined a bookshelf with volumes. Now my comics are digital, and I'm enjoying them even more.

Back then, there was a larger gap between a digital comic and a physical one due primarily to the LCD screens that most of us had. Our phones didn't have the pixel density that they do now, and our tablets had even less. It was perfectly fine and enjoyable, but I'm not sure I would call the experience better than print.

Display technology has come a long way since then. This is apparent when comparing the original Nintendo Switch released in 2017 with the Nintendo Switch 2 launching later this year. Even though they both use LCD panels, the difference is night and day. The Switch 2's LCD is even a big upgrade over the Switch OLED.

I now read comics on a pixel-dense 7.6-inch OLED screen. The colors pop more than they do on the physical page. The

New list is up! Sorry I'm late, I've been busy with work and the new kitty. Works out for me here that I have a short list this week:

Nothing! Looks like all my books took the week off, and that's just fine with me, damn vet bills!

What're y'all pulling this week?

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/27442885

We now live in darker and more morally ambiguous times. Anti-immigrant and right-wing parties have gained ground in the US and across Europe. Democracy appears to be losing its appeal for a generation. More than half of young people in the UK between the ages of 13 and 27 believe the country would be a better place if a strong leader was in charge who “did not have to bother with parliament and elections,” a poll showed in February.

This complex universe is reflected in the recently released You Must Take Part In Revolution (Street Noise Books), a dystopian graphic novel by Badiucao, a dissident Chinese artist living in Australia, and Melissa Chan, a Hong Kong-born American journalist who in 2012 was the first foreign correspondent in more than a decade to be expelled from China after reporting on subjects such as the country’s “black jails.” The novel takes Hong Kong’s 2019 protests as its starting point, telling an alter

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One of Image's latest releases, writer Deniz Camp's Assorted Crisis Events, is one of the boldest, most exciting uses of the comic book medium in decades. With only one issue released so far, Assorted Crisis Events has already surpassed many of the mainstream titles being released today. It's complete and utter proof that the comic book industry is as creatively free as ever, and that the medium has so much to offer that audiences can't experience anywhere else.

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One of the most impressive things about Assorted Crisis Events is the way in which it utilizes the comic book medium. While the story certainly could be told in live-action or animation, it is absolutely most suited to the comic book format. Taking advantage of bold panel design, engaging layouts, and mixing of art styles and character designs, the book is drop-dead gorgeous, and it evokes such an emotional response from its reader.

List is up, come and get it!

Robot Tod #2 - I was able to score the first one and picked it up after Jordan reccomended it. I actually haven't gotten around to it just yet (which is the theme this week, actually...I've been busy as hell.) Like the art though so I'll grab this too if my shop gets it.

Geiger #13 - Good ol Geiger, still my 2nd favorite of the Ghost Machine stuff. Hyde St takes the top.

Moon Is Following Us #8 - Behind but I'll get to em!

Jumpscare #2 - I like the art, I think I missed #1 I'll have to grab both.

That's it for me this week, maybe I'll even read some lol. What're you pulling?

What’s a modern day V for Vendetta? Looking for modern or current running anti-authoritarian comics. Just in that mood lately, you know?

I sometimes write stuff off because of cover art being too horny, and with comic books unlike manga and stuff that seems to be a mistake. I really like how they do the mad god dad concept (like trigon) and I always enjoy hybrid babies for whatever reason. It has transformation, isekai, mythology, etc. The mc is powerful because of their sense of self and thats why their evil god dad respects them, I liked that, it felt earned. think it was cool that they chose not to kill their dad so the annoying time onlmnicisent powers don't pass to them and instead try to get someone else to kill him/ get the final blow and take their place.

I feel like it somehow does a lot of typically overpowered concepts in an entertaining way and has a ton of variety. Bout to dive into the chaos universe and hope the rest is as entertaining as nyx.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/26735575

As I noted a few months back, 1950 was a major turning point in the history of EC Comics. Max Gaines had been one of the premier figures in the history of comic books in the United States, along with the development of the modern comic book format at nearly every step of the way, from the first hit comic books (which were collections of newspaper comic strips) to the launch of Superman in Action Comics #1 (HOW much Gaines was involved in that monumental point in comic book history has long been up for debate, but what isn't is that he was at least SOMEwhat involved in it), then to the launch of All-American Publications, a partner company to DC Comics, where Gaines' company introduced some of the most famous superheroes of all-time, like Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Ma Hunkel. Okay, maybe not all of the heroes are world-famous...I guess not everyone knows Green Lantern the way they do Wonder Woman and Ma Hunkel.

Gaine

New list is up! Let's see here..

Let This One Be A Devil #2 - Still sleeping on #1 but I'm sold, it's James Tinyon (or however he spells it) and it's about the Jersey Devil.

Hyde Street #5 - Missing #4, need that one too.

Lucky Devils #3 - I've been loving this so far, two punk devils upending their corporate hellstructure.

Cruel Kingdom #4 - missing #3... I love my shop but they've been having some issues getting things..

Well that's it for me, what're you guys pulling this week?

Garth Ennis spins a zombie tale, only instead of zombies, it's every infant in the world under the age of 1 suddenly turned into raging non-verbal adults.