Category: Blog

  • You’re late

    Howdy folks and welcome back to our regular Thursday programming when your pal Marv recommends something to you, our loyal readership. As you know, Franka hijacked it last week, but really it was a friendly hijack and I did not mind at all. In fact, I do think we can expect her to pop up on these Thursday musings more often.

    This week’s pick is an interesting one because it is actually the second of the three issue series. Now that might not be particularly interesting to you, but if I were to tell you that the first issue came out way back on July 25, 2023, you would punch me in the face for being a liar. But it is true. Ladies and gentleman, please welcome to the store Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #2!

    "Image" of Lex Luthor saying "Your'e Late."

    I still have not read the first issue because I usually wait until the full series comes out so I can digest them in full. So as you can imagine my tummy has been rumbling for quite a while now. This thing pairs up Mark Waid with Bryan Hitch, so the story should prove to be riveting and beautiful at the same time. Hitch is an incredible artist who manages to put in so much detail in his panels it is insane. When I close my eyes I still can imagine his epic first twelve issues on Hawkman that came out back in 2018. And now because this thing is finally coming out, you can and need to grab it now.

    But you do have a conundrum. Because this thing has been so late, DC is pumping out issues #2 and #3 then in about two months you will already have a nice collected edition when #3 hits the stores (I think). So buyers choice on this one. And remember Lex Luthor hates it when you are late so he must have been squirming during this one.

    -Marv

  • It’s me

    Of course I’m the one feeding Quiver. How could you not, I mean look at this guy. Er ist doch mein kleines Schätzchen.

    Marv’s correct, he is grumpy and he is mean. But when he is not around people, he is the most cuddly wittle guy in the whole wide world. Just take a look at the picture below if you don’t believe me.

    Also, it seems he doesn’t like Curt at all. And that’s always okay in my book.

    Just kidding Curt. I don’t know if you have the internet and I also don’t know what you do, but if you read this, it’s all in good fun.

    And yes, Marv usually does these things but I thought I would jump on and mix it up a little. Do I have any recommendations? Yes! I do have one! (as a German I’m cringing at the amount of exclamation points I just used.)

    The Deadman Omnibus is out and if you didn’t pre-order it, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It’s his beginnings and early stuff so you got a whole lot of Neal Adams in there as well as, who I’m pretty sure is a God, José Luis García-López. Also Arnold Drake, the mastermind behind the first Doom Patrol series, is also a big factor. Yes, it’s an omnibus and it’s massive and expensive, but very much worth it.

    Bis bald,

    Franka