Geekscape Comics: Weekly Reads!

Welcome to Weekly Reads! It’s your little dose of comic book goodness that focuses on some aspect of my comic book reading!

Ongoing Reads

Dan Slott and Giuseppe Camuncoli conclude their Zodiac storyline in Amazing Spider-Man #11. Way back in our first weekly reads, I expressed my discontent with the state of Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe. A few weeks ago I admitted that Bendis’ Spider-Man series was growing on me, and now, after 11 issues, I’ll admit I’m finally starting to enjoy Amazing Spider-Man again. Is this book anything special? Not really. Is this the Peter Parker I grew up with? Nope. But is this a bad book? Nope. It isn’t. Once I let go of my expectations of what I wanted this book to be, and accepted what it is trying to be, I started to enjoy it again. Regent is the next villain on Spider-Man’s list (meh) but the Doctor Octopus storyline is developing, ever so slowly.

What to say about Dark Knight III: The Master Race… Meh. I don’t think Dark Knight III is worth your money right now (which is $5.99 on Comixology currently!). Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to look at, but I just can’t engage with the story. It’s probably not as bad as I think it is but I wouldn’t recommend this to any of my friends, especially anyone without a decent knowledge of the DC Universe. Wait until the series wraps out then find out if it’s worth reading in trade.

New Reads

… Well, like I said week one, sometimes there won’t be much new and this is one of those weeks. I didn’t have a chance to check out any new books so I’ll take this as an opportunity to remind you to check out Dept. H! Its second issue is definitely the most anticipated book on my pull list!

Next Time

The Punisher #1… Anyone want to guess what iteration of The Punisher series this is?
Black Panther #2!
Black Widow #3!
Amazing Spider-Man #12! … Already?
Uncanny X-Men #7!
Holy crap!
I wanted to check out Renato Jones: The One% #1 but that might have to wait.

… Don’t worry DC fans, Rebirth is coming!