It seems the inmates are running the asylum this week. Joey is currently off doing whatever it is Senior Editors of IGN do on pleasant Monday afternoons. My guess is gorging himself on Yogurtland and scrounging up cans of pumpkin puree for our true overlord, Reebo.
As such, I've been tasked with digging through the week's releases and picking out the most promising and significant new books. No doubt you have your own opinions of what the week's must-reads are, so head down to the comments section to discuss what you're most excited about for this first week of June.
If you want a comprehensive list of everything that’s coming out this week and not just my own picks for what’s hot, check out Diamond’s shipping list.
Geoff Johns just wrapped up an impressive nine-year run on Green Lantern last week, one that truly redefined the mythos of the Green Lanterns and Hal Jordan's place within it. That's a pretty tough act to follow. But if any DC writer is capable of picking up where Johns left off and building his own unique take on the Lantern Corps, it's Robert Venditti. His work on Valiant's X-O Manowar already proves he has a knack for sci-fi-flavored superheroics.
He'll be taking charge of Hal Jordan as the hero works to redeem the Green Lanterns in the wake of "Wrath of the First Lantern" and the Guardian's terrible misdeeds. I'm optimistic that the series will remain one of DC's better titles even after the creative team switch.
I think all of us here at IGN Comics love anthologies. The problem is that anthology comics don't tend to sell well, no matter how good they are. Such was the fate of Solo, a short-lived ongoing series from 2004-2005. The idea was simple -- give a talented artist one oversized comic to tell whatever kinds of stories they wished. The series attracted everyone from Darwyn Cooke to Tim Sale to Brendan McCarthy to Paul Pope. Some stories focused on DC's heroes and villains, but many focused on other genres or tackled more personal subject matter. The one common theme was that each issue showcased a creator at the top of their game telling the sorts of stories they wanted.
I was always disappointed that Solo never made it past 12 issues and never received a collected edition. I've often been tempted to have my single issues bound into a hardcover, but luckily I don't need to go through the trouble any longer. This new hardcover collection gathers all 12 issues and reproduces them in the larger Deluxe Edition format. Considering the wealth of great content involved, the $50 cover price is a steal.
One of the nice things about Age of Ultron is that, despite being a 10-issue mini-series, we're only three months out and the story is already reaching its climax. That rapid shipping schedule has helped offset the sometimes bizarre pacing of the story. Issue #9 should hopefully wrap up Wolverine and Invisible Woman's detour into a strange new world where Iron Man and Morgana Le Fay are waging all-out war and return the focus to the original Ultron conflict.
What lasting consequences will there be from Wolverine's decision to murder Hank Pym? And how will Ultron's futuristic empire finally be toppled? We'll find out as this issue and the next wrap up Marvel's latest big event storyline.
It still seems hard to believe that End of Days is even shipping at all, much less that it's about to wrap up. But as long as the wait was for this historic Daredevil collaboration, the results have certainly been worth it. It certainly proves that none of the creators involved have lost their touch with Daredevil's world.
This final issue promises to answer all lingering questions and put the mystery of Matt Murdock's murder and his final words to rest. It all sounds very Citizen Kane-esque. But considering the quality of the series so far, maybe comparing it to Citizen Kane isn't so out of line.
Every so often Marvel likes to spruce up the Ultimate imprint and give the various titles new jumping-on points. The Ultimates #25 is following the example of last month's Ultimate Spider-Man issue by jumping forward a year. But in this case, the creative team is also shifting.
Josh Fialkov and Carmine Di Giandomenico are taking over the series for a new storyline called "The Ultimates Disassembled," which builds from Jonathan Hickman and Sam Humphries' previous work in terms of Reed Richards' villainous turn and the search for the Infinity Gems.
The Ultimates has been a solid if somewhat haphazard series in recent months. I'm looking forward to this new team injecting an extra dose of life into these pages. Di Giandomenico is a reliable artist that should no doubt lend more visual consistency to the book. And with the way Fialkov has demonstrated an ability to revamp a dull, obnoxious character like Alpha into a compelling hero, I have little doubt he'll do great things for a group of characters I'm already fond of.
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