Comics Picks of the week for 3/5/14

Each week hundreds of new comics are released. Each week we pick the ones we think stand the best chance of heating up.
I love Wednesdays! All the new books on the shelves. Untapped potential, new stories. This really is a good Wednesday too.

This weeks small press gems:
Evil Empire #1– Max Bemis’ follow up to the awesome book Polarity. This is the one to get if you only buy one smaller press book this week. Features a few incentive covers. Phantom Variant also available on this one (I will have copies available if anyone wants one apopcomics@gmail.com for info.)
The Auteur– The new Oni Press series featuring a weird Hollywood. Love the alternate cover featuring a busty Stan Lee looking figure on the cover.
Solicit: James Callahan Fresh off the biggest bomb in Hollywood history, disgraced and desperate producer Nathan
The one from the big two worth reading:
Moon Knight #1 Crazy-good new Moon Knight Series from Warren Ellis. Can.not.wait.
The one everyone will get anyway
Day Men #3 Yes, it is taking a while for each new issue, but it is actually pretty good. Media deal does not hurt. Issues 1 and 2 selling for a premium.
The one potentially featuring a major characters death:
Forever Evil #6 See what happens.
The outside chance:
Veil #1 Greg Rucka’s new horror book from Dark Horse. Looks very interesting.
Also out this week Afterlife with Archie #4 Tales of Honor #1, Magneto #1
Well, that is it for me this week, let us know what you are spec-ing on.

17 thoughts on “Comics Picks of the week for 3/5/14”

  1. Magneto could be a sleeper. As could Tales of Honor. Veil is getting great reviews – looks like a hit already

  2. Agreed Magneto could be a sleeper. I dont put a lot of stock in Marvel books for spec’s though. Tales of Honor is iffy for me, not many Top Cow minis do well. It is a tie in to another media so will wait and see.

  3. I’m looking forward to the Auteur. Hunter s. Thompson meets Hollywood. This isn’t for everyone, so it may not take off…but if it does, the one to get will be the premature release from NYCC.

  4. Tales of Honor was a dreadful book to read but Honorverse fans will want it when they realise it exists in three to six months. This is what happens whenever a popular book or video game gets adapted. No one preorders it at the store so we dont order many copies, they sell out in a day or two and weeks or months later the real fans show up and are baffled that we dont have #1 so they buy whatever issues we do have, if any, and then they look for copoes on ebay. Same thing happened with The Last of Us, Borderlands and years ago with Dark Tower. It doesn’t always happen but the potential is there with this oneas there is a rabid fanbase.

  5. Yeah, I ordered both variants for Evil Empire. I loved Polarity, this one looks great as well.
    I’m a huge Moon Knight fan, so I’m really looking forward to this series.
    Veil sparks a little interest but this type of story has been done so many times before it seems. Person has no memory, can kill with relative ease.. yada yada yada… Also I liked Lazarus from Rucka, but then lost interest quickly when it seemed it was gonna turn into a Romeo & Juliet type of story…
    As for Marvel, I don’t buy them to flip or sell (I don’t even put them on my pull list, they’re too easily available at any store), I just buy them to read. I’m a bigger Marvel guy than DC. Batman is really my only current DC read since they pretty much did a way with Superman Unchained (which by the way was excellent).
    Off topic but anyone know what’s up with Black Acre from Image? I have that on my pull list and I just realized I haven’t seen an issue in quite a few months it seems. Hmmm..

    1. I was a huge Marvel guy. From the time I started reading comics 30 years ago (scary to say) and have near complete runs of Daredevil, Iron Man, Uncanny X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man. These are my kids college fund. Needless to say, I gave up on them. The reason is the rehash of stories, starting books over again and again (Wolverine in particular but Spider-Man too). I gave up. Especially at a $3.99 price point. The non-legacy numbering kills me. I just feel that Marvel has become too page and story thin, and too price heavy for me to continue. Now I did pick up Empire of the Dead, Origins II, She Hulk (love Soule), and will pick up Moon Knight (have full runs of every series).

      1. Yeah, the numbering kills me too. Just keep it going if you can, no reason to start #1 over and over. I’m gonna get pissy if this new Amazing Spider-Man relaunch though goes for about 30 issues and then they start at like 730 or something, where #1 was really 701… that’s just annoying. I liked Superior Spider-Man though, it was a great story line I think, made it a little more interesting.
        I’m mostly an Avenger guy currently, because Hickman is just good at what he does. The Uncanny stuff is pretty good, good writers make all the difference to me. Once they start switching them up though, I usually lose interest fast.
        I was never a Thor fan but Jason Aaron is doing a great job and Ribic, I love his artwork. Seems he’s back again as they skipped a few issues without him. I hope they both keep going at it with Thor. Honestly, The first 10 issues of Thor with Aaron and Ribic was some of the best Marvel comics ever. Severely underrated. they should make a Thor movie based on those issues and you’d have a killer Thor movie.
        All New X-Men is good, I do like how they brought the originals back through time but not sure how it’s gonna all play out. X-Men that’s mostly women started off okay but I’ve dropped it as well.
        The one reason I don’t mind paying $3.99 for Marvel titles on the ones I do read is, the free digital copy you get. Get code, tuck comic away, read on any device I have the app when I have time.
        DC bundled digital copy go for $4.99 most of the time, I never opt to buy those. It’s just Batman and Detective Comics for me when it comes to DC, besides their Vertigo releases.

      2. Marvel (And DC, to a lesser extent) renumbers for one reason… To make money. New #1s increase sales. I’m glad they are leaving Hawkeye alone. That is one is at the top of my read pile each month.
        I also grew up on marvel comics back in the 80. I still love the characters, but the stories the big 2 are churning out aren’t as compelling as image or other indies. It’s not all about super heroes in spandex anymore.

      3. Oh and since we are talking about Marvel, there is one issue everyone should be picking up monthly, Superior Foes of Spider-Man. It’s just good, it reads like Hawkeye in a sense but it’s just clever, funny and a really entertaining read.

      5. Well, potentially cancelling it that is.. but it does look like it’ll last until at least issue 15, so 6 more entertaining issues.

  6. Overall, a good list here. But, it’s missing a big one…
    You guys are sleeping on Wild Blue Yonder #4! After a stellar start they went on a long hiatis. It’s back and looking better than ever. First edition prints of earlier issues of this book are selling at premiums. Come to think of it, so are second and third prints…

    1. I love Wild Blue Yonder. In fact, I have written about it several times. I had a signing with them last year that was awesome, and I was later clued into a potential movie deal that has yet to surface (not by the creative team but a retailer who is reputable). I am still holding out hope it happens. I do know where a slew of first prints are, both regular and subscription variants, plus have access to Third Eye Variants.
      I do love this series, but the wait in between issues is killing me.

      1. Yeah, Wild Blue Yonder is awesome, not sure what the big delay was but I think I’ve also seen that it’s only a 5 issue series. I thought it was going to be ongoing but apparently not, which saddens me.

  7. On a side note, if anyone loves Sex Criminals, Guzu Gallery here in Austin is selling some one of a kind limited 18″ x 24″ prints of Sex Criminals. They have one version limited to 125 for $30 and another limited to 50 at $50. Both come signed and numbered by Chip Zdarsky.
    Apparently they premiered these at the small Staple convention here over the past weekend (which I missed, sigh, Francesco F was there apparently along with Chip). The remaining are for sale on their website:
    http://guzugallery.storenvy.com/

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