Secret Avengers #20: Encircle

[superboyprime]

"You make it sound like I get my choice of Marvel jobs! No, what happened was, Ed Brubaker was leaving the book, and he suggested me to replace him. I'm still under contract at Marvel, and they can take my house away if I turn down a job. Which is why I'm writing the Spectacular Spider-Ham: The Vicodin Years book that's also being announced this weekend." - Warren Ellis

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Blue and Gold #8: Unmasked at Last!

[shakalooloo]

Who is the Black Beetle?




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Shift Yearbook 2022

[shakalooloo]

"Like a carefully curated album from the 1970's, this book has been thoughtfully sorted and assembled considering pace and flow of the stories, so be sure that you read it in order to the get the most out of it!"
- Adrian Clarke, editor

Well, that's nice and all, but I was mainly caught by the cover, where Clint Langley pays tribute to his own GotG covers from years ago:




And sure, inside there were some cool surprises, like Chuffin' Billy, the steampunk automaton, and a Saxons-meet-an-alien story written and illustrated by Alan "Hey, I remember that art style from Fighting Fantasy" Langford, but...

But...

Once I recognised the speech patterns - the weird accents, ellipses leading between panels, Furman-isms a-gogo - and saw that most of the stories did not credit the author, it was clear that the reason to 'read in order' is becuase most of the tales - not all, just most - are really one iunterconnected story by Simon Furman.

And they culminate in a tale that re-unites the authir not only with his Dragon's Claws (and Transformers, and Death's Head) artist Geoff Senior, but the entire team, original Dragon's Claws letterer Richard Starkings and original Dragon's Claws colourist Steve White!

It's all very Dragon's Claws. The nineties never ended, very little makes sense, but Senior's art is always a treat:

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Sonic the Hedgehog: Bad Guys #4

[deh_tommy]

( “What do you say we just let bygones be bygones? I did some things, you did some things – there are good people on both sides.” ~Dr. Ivo Robotnik )

Crocodile Baron Vol. 3

[iamrman]

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