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 Black Adam The Dark Age #1, BPRD Killing Ground #1 of 6, Ghosting #1, Glister #1, and Un-men #1.
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What is a “Hot Pants” pick? Quite simply, it’s a book that all five reviewers on this site believe is worthy of your time. It may or may not be one of our favorite books, but it’s that rare breed of comic that struck all five of us, with our different tastes, as a good read. Dynamo 5 is our latest “Hot Pants” pick.

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What is Rumble Pants? Well, the Panteon has decided to play at god once more. We take a few select comic characters and pit them against one another for our amusement, but we figured why keep the fun all to ourselves? So we decided on a format that would require your participation and will hopefully provide amusement for you at the same time. The format is a single elimination tournament with weekly rounds decided by you, the reader. Just keep reading to help decide the ultimate fate of some of your favorite comic characters!
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Boxers or Briefs is a feature where we get to interview people and ask them really important questions about pants. We also get to ask less important questions about their current projects and their experience in the industry. The Panteon recently had a chance interview Adam Freeman & Marc Bernardin. Adam Freeman & Marc Bernardin are the cowriters of The Highwaymen from Wildstorm and the OGN, Monster Attack Network, from AIT-Planetlar. submit a request here if you think we should interview you.
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Some of you may have noticed on the sidebar, we have our “Top Five of the Moment” listed. These are the five books that are most clicking with each Pants writer. It may or may not represent the best books we’ve read all month, year, or just what we’re digging that week. We generally try to update it with books from that week, but there are no hard and fast rules. Inspired by an email from one of our readers, we’re going to post every Friday with the most recent Top Five from each member of the Panteon, and hope for your comments on our lists, or maybe even your own “Top Five of the Moment.”
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Ten years in a row. Good lord. I have to admit, this year I had the realization that if I’d skipped the Con, I probably could have bought the XBox 360 and flatscreen TV I’ve been wanting with the money. But I still had a really good time, and I’ll probably go next year too. If nothing else, the store can pay for the hotel, but not for an XBox.

By now, you’ve all heard the size of the show. It’s bigger every year. Although Saturday this year wasn’t really any worse than Preview Night, or Friday, or even Sunday, from what little I saw. Which probably just means the whole Continue Reading »

Down the Line is our monthly look at Previews, and what titles are coming out a few months, well, “down the line.”

This installment covers the August Previews for comics due to ship out in October 2007. Remember, especially with the indy books, that pre-ordering is your friend, and the best way to make sure you get the books you want. I should mention, thanks to the increasing prevalence of advance solicitation, that several of the books here won’t actually ship until November or later, but the pre-orders Continue Reading »

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 Awakening #1 of 10, Clockwork Girl #0, Inannas Tears #1 of 5, Iron & The Maiden #1, Killing Pickman #1 of 6, Metal Men #1 of 8, Outsiders Five Of A Kind Week 1: Nightwing Boomerang #1 of 5, Shanna She-Devil Survival Of The Fittest #1, Spider-man/Red Sonja #1, and Starkweather Immortal #0 of 4.
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