NewsOK Comics Podcast: X-Men vs Agents of Atlas 2, Haunt 2, Black Widow: Deadly Origin 1, Stumptown 1
Kyle Roberts and Matt Price review X-Men vs Agents of Atlas 2, Haunt 2, Black Widow: Deadly Origin 1, Stumptown 1.
NewsOK Comics Podcast Halloween Special
Kyle Roberts and Matt Price discuss some of the best bets for Halloween, including Tomb of Dracula, Batman: The Long Halloween, and Angel: Frankenstein.
NewsOK Comics Podcast: Incredible Hulk 602, Supergirl 46, Justice League 38
Matt Price and Kyle Roberts provide comic-book reviews for Incredible Hulk 602, Supergirl 46 and Justice League 38 in this week’s NewsOK Comics Podcast. It’s Hulk vs. Wolverine: The Next Generation in “Incredible Hulk” No. 602. The Hunt for Reactron ends in Supergirl 46. And James Robinson (”Starman”) begins his run on “Justice League of America” in issue No. 38.
NewsOK Comics podcast: Deadpool 900, Adventure Comics 3, Uncanny X-Men 516, Action Comics 882
Deadpool celebrates an anniversary in “Deadpool” 900, and Magneto is back in Uncanny X-Men 516. Two Super-stories take place this week in “Action Comics” 882 and Adventure Comics 3. Matt Price and Kyle Roberts provide reviews in the NewsOK Comics Podcast.
NewsOK Comics vodcast: Haunt 1, Batman Unseen 1, X-Men vs Agents of Atlas 1
Things get spooky this October week in comics, as Haunt #1 comes out from Image and DC brings forth Batman Unseen #1. Meanwhile, the X-Men face off with the Agents of Atlas in the first part of a two-issue miniseries. Kyle Roberts and Matt Price discuss these comics in this week’s NewsOK Comics podcast.
Haunt #1 review
A dream team of Image Comics creators come together for “Haunt,” and at least after the first issue, it feels like a solid blend of all of their styles into a book that feels very much like a hit Image Comic. (And I mean that in the context of what that meant in say, 1992, though today it takes a lot fewer copies sold to qualify as a hit.)
Robert Kirkman has written some of Image’s biggest hits of recent years in “Invincible” and “The Walking Dead,” and was also named an Image Comics partner, the first time that had happened since the founding of Image.
The co-creator of “Haunt,” and the series inker, is Todd McFarlane, who launched “Spawn” in 1992 to the tune of 1.7 million copies sold. “Haunt” feels like a book from the mind of the “Spawn” creator, but fine-tuned a bit, given how much more common horror and hyperviolent comics have become.
Greg Capullo, who drew many issues of “Spawn” and may have become an even better McFarlane than McFarlane himself, is providing layouts here, and I think that helps with both the horror elements and harking back to that 1990s comic-book heyday.
Ryan Ottley, who draws “Invincible,” is the penciller here, and while his style is different working with McFarlane and Capullo, what he’s put on the page here is high-quality work that mixes interestingly with the other creators’ visions.
The colors are by FCO Plascenca, who has also worked on “Invincible.”
“Haunt” features a downtrodden priest who hears confession from his black-ops brother. Neither are happy with one another, or, seemingly, their lives. Through the course of the issue, they discover they’re going to have to work together, like it or not.
NewsOK Comics Podcast: Die Hard Year One 1, Spider-Man Clone Saga 1, Superman 692 and Wolverine Weapon X 5
Die Hard goes back to the 1970s in “Year One,” while Spider-Man revisits the 1990s in “Clone Saga.” The Guardian stars in Superman 692, and Wolverine Weapon X closes out its first story arc. Kyle Roberts and Matt Price discuss this week’s comics in the NewsOK Comics Podcast.
NewsOK Comics Podcast: Old Man Logan Special, Superman Secret Origin 1, Supergirl 45, Spider-Woman 1
Old Man Logan concludes, Geoff Johns shares Superman’s secret origin, the hunt for Reactron continues in Supergirl 45 and Spider-Woman stars in her own series. Stay tuned til the end for Kyle’s surprising pick of the week!
NewsOK Comics Podcast: Captain America Reborn 3, Blackest Night 3, Archie 601
Two of the year’s biggest series hit their third issue, and Archie ties the knot. Listen to Kyle Roberts and Matt Price discuss the eternal question, “Betty or Veronica”?
NewsOK Comics Podcast: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 2, Supergirl Annual 1, Torch 1
Things light up with Torch #1, and it’s the end of the world as we know it in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #2. In Supergirl Annual 1, find out the origin of Superwoman and visit a day in the life of Linda Lang.
- Matt Price
