Top Five Fridays 08/17/07
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.”
Also, just as the Wednesday Number Ones feature is generally our spot for folks to talk about the comics of the week, we hope that Top Five Fridays is where you’ll come to talk about what’s going on in comics in general. News in the comics world, thoughts on comics you’ve recently read, talk about comic-related movies that release this weekend and more are welcome in the comments thread for Top Five Fridays.
This week, the Top Five Books of the Moment are:
Nick Budd
- Terror Inc.
- Storm Shadow
- The Flash
- The Highwaymen
- Captain America
Dave Farabee
- The Hedge Knight 2: Sworn Sword
- Criminal
- The Brave and the Bold
- Captain America
- Star Wars Rebellion
Dan Grendell
- Bombos vs. Everything V.1
- The Flash
- Terror, Inc.
- Spider-Man Family
- The Brave and the Bold
Randy Lander
- The Brave and the Bold
- Terror Inc.
- The Highwaymen
- The Flash
- Narcoleptic Sunday
David Martindale (D3)
- Gon
- The Highwaymen
- Sinestro Corps War X-over
- Captain America
- Thor
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Nick, Dan and Randy … I couldn’t agree more on “Terror, Inc.” Definitely tickled me in all the right ways. Can’t believe how that book flew under so many radars, but it’s well-worth seeking out.
I’d also tout the new “Spider-Man Family” issue, if it didn’t have such a steep price. I loves me some Agents of Atlas, but I really didn’t need all those reprints. Especially since I have that “Mary Jane” issue and that “Amazing Spider-Man” one.
17 Aug 2007 at 12:49 pm
QuoteYeah, the reprints (which are well chosen, if you don’t have them) do bulk the book up to a pretty hefty price, but no worries- I believe there is a trade of just the original stuff coming along in the next few months for people who haven’t wanted to pay for the whole package.
17 Aug 2007 at 1:16 pm
Quote1. Terror, Inc. - Undeadish badassery.
5. Marvel Adventures: Iron Man- Another winning title, in my opinion. I know it has been said before, many times and many ways but the MA line is what the main line of Marvel books should be week to week. Clever, fun, heroic, with many jumping on points. Well done, MA Line.
2. Marvel Adventure’s: The Hulk #2. Fantastic! Introduces the MA version of Madrox which is exactly the same as the regular line, minus (apparently) the supporting cast. Great self-contained adventure. Funny as all get out, too. Also some lovingly placed shots across Peter David’ bow (the narration, in particular). Winning book. I hope more are reading it.
3. Quasar #2- Good issue. This series isn’t as good as the Starlord or Nova, but still solid. Ties with Wraith (though the latter is getting more interesting each issue).
4. Harry Potter #7: Finally found time to read the damn tome. Fun book. Nice artwork.
17 Aug 2007 at 3:17 pm
QuoteMy top 5 doesn’t mean as much when there were only eight books on my pull list this week but here goes:
1. Flash - Waid and Wally back together in DC’s version of The Fantastic Four or The Incredibles. Yippee!
2. Booster Gold - Surprised no one had this on their list after it got some love on Wednesday. I was skeptical going in but found a fun read that I am actually now really looking forward to.
3. Ultimate Spider-Man - Best Spidey book on the stands and Immonen has already made the book his own after one issue.
4. Captain America - Consistenly excellent.
5. Brave and the Bold - Still a great series even if I was a little disappointed in the latest issue.
17 Aug 2007 at 5:30 pm
Quoteonly got 3 books and booster gold was my favorite of them all.
17 Aug 2007 at 9:00 pm
QuoteI dug Booster, it would have been my #5 pick if I hadn’t read Gon at the last minute before this post went up.
17 Aug 2007 at 10:38 pm
Quote1. The Brave and the Bold - The reveal about the heroes who could turn the tide immediately made me love this book, not just because I have a fondness for those heroes but because Waid and Perez used them perfectly. Best use since DC: New Frontier, actually.
2. Terror Inc. - A rare example of dark and ultra-violent and yet fun, and a good use of a C- or D-level property in the MAX imprint. Gives me hope for the upcoming Foolkiller mini. Here’s the bummer… it’s already sold out at Diamond, so it might be tough to find. I know we’re out (or we have one copy left) at the store, and I suspect we ordered higher than many shops on this one.
3. The Highwaymen - The mystery of the lead girl revealed, more great action sequences, excellent stuff
4. The Flash - Not wild about Acuna’s art, and I can see where this wouldn’t hit for some, but I think that Waid just *nails* the basics of being parents, and makes it fun family superheroics at the same time. I don’t know if my enthusiasm will last, but for right now, and on a lighter week, it makes the top five.
5. Narcoleptic Sunday - Fun crime noir/suspense from Jeremy Haun and new artist discovery Brian Koschak.
As for Booster Gold, I found the first part almost unreadable, chock-ful of the kind of over-continuity I’ve come to expect from Johns’s DC books, but I did enjoy the setup in the last 1/3 of the book. Then I disliked the “previews of the future” last page that I thought was cheesy in Justice Society as well. I have a fondness for the original Booster Gold series by Jurgens, but I don’t think anybody else seems to know how to write the character as well as his creator.
18 Aug 2007 at 12:43 am
QuoteVery light week for me so only a top 3 for me:
1. Captain America - Excellent as usual. I’m really digging Brubaker’s work right now. This, Daredevil, Criminal & Iron Fist are guaranteed to go into my top 5 whenever they come out.
2. Flash - Really enjoyed this issue. Waid really nailed the family dynamic of the Wests and really installed a sense of fun that’s sorely missing from the DCU right now but I’m unsure if this direction will continue, especially with the Countdown logo on the cover. I almost didn’t pick this up when I saw it.
3. Fray - I enjoyed the first couple of issues of the recent Buffy relaunch but by issue 4 I was a bit lost due to it’s use of continuity from the TV series. A guy from my LCS recommended this to me when he heard that.
Fray has everything I enjoyed from Buffy Season 8: Great characters, witty dialogue & high quality art but with none of the continuity. Having read this, I wish Whedon had relaunched Fray instead of Buffy. Hopefully, following Buffy’s success he will.
18 Aug 2007 at 10:51 am
QuoteI’m not sure if that little Countdown tag necessarily means anything - it’s shown up on almost all of DC’s superhero books lately.
Speaking of, DC had a fairly strong week - Booster Gold lead the pack, but Flash, Checkmate, Brave & the Bold, and Action Comics were all really good. I’m surprised that the current Action arc hasn’t gotten more love - it’s exactly what the Jimmy Olsen arc in Countdown should have been like all along.
18 Aug 2007 at 12:27 pm
QuoteWhat exactly is it that people don’t like about the Flash art? It’s got kind of a Stuart Immonen meets Norman Rockwell feel to it that I really liked.
19 Aug 2007 at 6:15 pm
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