Wednesday Number Ones is a weekly feature here at Comic Pants. We take the books that are premiering a first issue from that week and give a quick opinion on them. From time to time we may also include more than issue number ones in this feature. If a noteworthy one-shot or the first issue of a new story arc is released, we may talk about it in this feature.

This week we will cover Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born #1 of 7, Ghost Rider Trail Of Tears #1 of 6, Secret #1 of 4, Shazam The Monster Society Of Evil #1 of 4, and Tag Cursed #1 of 5.

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What is a Short Pants Review? While we’d love to give full reviews to everything, there just isn’t enough time in the day. So we’ve come up with Short Pants as a way of providing capsule reviews from our varied review writers, giving quick hits and short capsule thoughts about various comics we’ve read recently.

This time out, Nick and Randy cover Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #4 of 12, Daredevil #93, Ex Machina #26, Invincible #38, The Spirit #2, Transfomers Escalation #3 of 6, and Jack of Fables #7.

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This week, the Panteon consists of Randy Lander, D3 (David Martindale), Nick Budd and Dan Grendell. And they’re discussing the musical(?) question, “How do you solve a problem like the X-Men?” Tune in as they discuss whether the X-Men are broken, how to fix them, how they think Marvel might try to fix them and a general discussion of all things mutant at Marvel. And stick around until the end for info about podcast scheduling in the future.
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Creator: David Mack
Company: Marvel Comics (Icon)

“Art can do things force and politics cannot.”

People who say comics aren’t art should read Kabuki. Any volume, any issue will do- it really doesn’t matter, because each one is a work of art. David Mack doesn’t just draw, or paint. He doesn’t just lay panels out and fill them in. No, Mack carefully considers each page as a composition of its own, a collage of shapes, colors, and imagery best suited to deliver the visceral feelings he wants. Oh, every line, image, and photo has a storytelling purpose- Kabuki is a story, after all, and a spectacular one. But it’s the melding of that storytelling with an amazing vision of artistic expression that makes this such a beautiful book.
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