ABOUT THIS EPISODE
We start the show off talking about all things geek, like every week – comics, books, wrestling, action figures and more... And throughout… we kind of get off topic. This week, Josh has willed more McFarlane DC figures into existence! (It’s been like 2 years now without an error???)
(00:00:00) The Geek Matrix reviews DC’s Weekly Comics Releases
This week, that's:
(01:04:13) #AbsolutePowerSuperSon 1
(01:20:27) #WonderWoman 13
(01:29:35) #Superman 18
(01:48:20) #Catwoman 68
(02:05:00) New McFarlane Figures!
(02:14:30) #BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest 31
Plus our Honorable Mentions covered each week by Josh! Here’s the run down –
Jenny Sparks #2 - I can’t say anything else about this book except I hate it. Like, with a passion. And that’s because King turned Captain Atom into an arrogant evil wannabe Dr Manhattan, quite literally he just wants to be a god… this is beyond stupid. Can barely even consider the art. King shits ALL OVER the characters he writes. He sucks and he knows it and great art can’t save it. Nothing redeemable. 3/10.
John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America #9 - This is the grimiest magic-based noir that I’ve ever read and it’s absolutely great. A while lot goes sideways, and Constantine is getting a bit closer… and… the art fits the book so well. And also? This is weird, but Arron Campbell drew a dress on Clarice that may be the prettiest piece of clothing that I have ever seen on a comic book character. 8.25/10
Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #3 - I didn’t expect to go into this liking it more than the original. I’m not there quite yet, but I am getting damn close. And the occasional explosive use of color in this book makes it all even more gorgeous. 8/10
Batman - The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #1 - Catwoman, Gilda, Two-Face. Calendar Man, Jim Gordon, Batman and Robin all pick up where the last installment left off. This was a really fun read for me. I thought it odd at first that the Long Halloween was being expanded upon, but now? Give me the next 9 issues. 7.75/10
Multiversus - Collision Detection #1 - The only thing that I knew to expect from this one is that it’s a video game tie-in. What I didn’t expect was it to be so fun for my 8-year-old to read. He loved it and gives it a 4/5 (he won’t judge on 1-10 no matter how many times I ask).
Joker The World - With an all star cast of writers, artists, colorists, and letterers, going in, you have to know that at least some of this has got to be good, right? Well, it’s a whole bunch of non-connected Joker stories. Some art is great. Some is fantastic, some I’m not a fan of but it fits the story so very well. I don’t quite understand it, normally, I wouldn’t like this kind of thing. But Joker The World was really good. And there’s a Joker the World Free Batman Day Special Edition that might still be at your Local Comic Shop if you’d like a preview to all of them. For the book? It gets 7.5/10
Batman Day 2024: Batman / Elmer Fudd Special #1 - This was a way better story than it deserved to be. Way better. I really enjoyed it. We didn’t need the backup at all in this book, but it wasa fun quick read as well. I am very pleasantly surprised. 8/10
Batman - Elmer Fudd Special Noir Edition #1 - See above, but in black and white.
There’s also a whole bunch of facsimile editions - Crisis on infinite earths, Detective 27, variants and foils, etc. so go check those out as well.
#DCAllIn #ComicsAreForEveryone #ComicsAreGreat #MakeComicsGreatAgain #AbsolutePower #DCComics #comics #comicbooks #GeekMatrix #TheGeekMatrix #TGM #GeekMatrixPod
