Must-Read Comicbooks from the ChroNikeler: 2009

Friday, September 25, 2009

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Marvel Knights Spidey!

From Wikipedia:

Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) is the name of a comic book series starring Spider-Man and published monthly by Marvel Comics for 41 issues between 2004 and 2007. Formerly it was published under the Marvel Knights imprint (as Marvel Knights Spider-Man, issues #1-22). The underlying difference between this title and the other Spider-Man titles was that Marvel Knights Spider-Man was done with a more mature slant (in style if not content), thus the "Marvel Knights" prefix. Intended to replace the canceled Spider-Man's Tangled Web series, Marvel Knights Spider-Man was originally supposed to be written by Kevin Smith, but due to scheduling problems he was replaced by Mark Millar.[citation needed] When Millar completed his year-long story arc, he was followed by writer Reginald Hudlin.

So, way before the awesome "Amazing" series, the arcs below are also must reads (not only coz it's written by one of my favorite writers...) but because true Spidey fans would certainly want to read about Spidey's greatest foe ever! The events in these arcs happened before Brand New Day set in, and certainly to give you Spidey readers (as well as non-readers *gasp!*) a "possible end-game" in the current Dark Reign series (ok, it does make sense right?) Hello? You don't know who or why? Check out the mouse trail!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Arcs!

It's gonna be an "Amazing" month here on my blog (well, if you happen to even find your way here...and you're a Spidey fan) coz I'll be featuring mostly Spider-Man Arcs (well, mostly the recent ones) from Amazing to Marvel Knights, Team-ups and What-Ifs! So "web-sling" yourself over here within the month of September to get your Spidey fix! In the meantime, you may want to check out my "old" Spidey Archives

AS-M 555-557 Brand New Day: Deity Arc

Monday, September 7, 2009

Start Clicking Over Here Soon....

It's a Brand New Day for Spidey! Bulk links of AMS arcs will become available here soon...Up Close and Personal! Come back anytime this week!

Friday, August 14, 2009

The 2nd Coming...Squadron Supreme

....usually just before the weekends...as promised! Squadron Supreme vol.2 ?

Squadron Supreme Saga by J Michael Straczynski coming up this weekend! Think of this as a "re-imagination" of DC universe's most popular heroes such as the Flash (Blur), Wonder Woman (Zarda aka Power Princess), Green Lantern (Dr.Spectrum?), Hyperion (Superman) and last but not least, Batman (Nighthawk) (as Stan Lee did before! i think) for the Marvel U, splendidly done this time by J Michael Straczynski (Rising Power, Midnight Nation, Spidey's The Other arc etc. & currently Thor v3) for MAX (Marvel's Mature line) . Anyways, these super-powered beings known as "Supremes" (not the 70's version ;-)compose primarily the Squadron Supreme along with a few others that escapes me at the moment...who to compare with...let's just say the Squadron Supreme is really a hodge-podge of DCU and MU characters both in it's "heroes and its villains" (which come to think of it resembles not the DC's JLA, but more like the Ultimates except a lot more powerful and a bit more "sinister") You simply cannot really tell who are the heroes and villains....which I think makes Squadron Supreme quite a great read, not only for its "moral ambiguities" but as well as its "socio-political commentaries". Over-all, I highly recommend this JMS compilation!

Of course, if you liked it! then Buy it! Or, if you wanna sample some more or simply follow the Supremes, do visit the Comic Kingdom!
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Vertigo Picks: Winter's Edge & The Alcoholic

I thought I'd squeeze this in before the month ends (which is today)since I haven't really done much blogs for July (like you guys would really notice *smirk*)Anyways, I've been looking over some of my posts the past months and to my surprise I found out that I haven't put in much Vertigo (which is really a DC imprint)stuff, which I find really surprising coz one of my favorite graphic novels (that would be another fancy way of saying comic books!) was done by Vertigo! It's none other than Y: The Last Man of course! I think I have links for that too, which you can find below under Vaughan's Volumes. Well, to remedy this, here are a pair of must-reads to get you started on reading Vertigo titles more often: (I'll do some brief review on each later on)

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Comic Kingdom UK

The maintainer of this site wishes to apologize to visitors for not updating his blogs (as if you really cared)

and being currently stuck at:

He "promises" to be back before the end of the month for another pair of recommended comic books to read....give me a break can't make up my mind yet...Any suggestions? Do drop by ComicKingdom.co.uk when you have the time!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Speaking of Moving back...

Monday, June 15, 2009

Returning to Yar Roots!

Okidokey, well here I am again with my comics recommendations for the month (I'll try to not blabber as much as I can) and I've actually haven't read much comics for weeks now and there's a lot to catch up too...well mostly Marvel stuff (Dark Reign & Ultimatum) but I've got a smattering of Image (The Walking Dead), Icon (Kick-Ass), and Avatar (Crossed & Gravel) to get to reading also. DC fans don't be left out, I've been busy putting up DC movies for the PSP in my other blog (incidentally Wonder Woman is up next week). However for you loyal peeps here (and I see there are two of ya ;-) I made it a point to come up with kinda like a "theme" for my recommends (well, I try to anyway)...and since I've been in a way..."back home" myself for a couple of months now I thought...what the hey, a pair of "local haunts" and "home is where the heart is" comicbook stories seemed timely. Fortunately, I found these two gems: Image's Back to Brooklyn written by one of my all the time favorite Garth Ennis and superb true stories editorial at the end of every issue by Jimmy Palmiotti (be sure to read it) What it's about? Just two woids: Brooklyn Mobsters...written by Ennis! What else do ya need to know?? Well, ok the other book Night Falls is by a lesser known writer (at least to me) named Evan Dorkin (I swear this no Dorkin story! ;-) tells the tale of one of the more under-rated comicbook characters (at least to me), The Thing (yeah, of the Fantastic4) as he goes solo back to his neighborhood in Yancy Street (and anyone who knows Benjy knows Yancy holds a lot of history for him). I personally have a soft spot for The Thing so I was pleasantly surprised that he has his own...well...solo thing...and Night Falls on Yancy Street has that dark noir, nostalgic feel to it...that you'd think it was written in the 80's (actually it was done in 2003). In any case, you guys (or gals) wouldn't want to miss these two tales of high tension drama, brutal action packed panels, and both have explosive twisted endings!

Monday, May 25, 2009

Happy Memorial Day!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Monday, May 4, 2009

Push to Crossed

Here are two comic books that I have been following since from last year when they came out. The first one is Push from Wildstorm, written by Bernardin and Freeman of the Highwaymen fame (it's also included here as one of my recommended reads). Push is about a covert group of "psychics" with special abilities ranging from telekinesis to shape-shifting (i know, I know its kinda like X-men but without much of the hype) that well, gets, uhmm...pushed to their limits. Overall, even with it's old theme, still a good read with a good "push" in the right direction (pun intended). It's actually been made into a movie, released earlier this year (the comicbook serves as a back story really, from what I gather). While the second one, Crossed written by Preacher creator, Garth Ennis and pencilled by Jacen Burrows, is about uhmmm...well, people suddenly going "psycho" and going on an orgasmic killing spree -literally! It reminds me so much of Warren Ellis' Black Gas (also of Avatar Press), but much much more graphic and gruesome, this one totally goes clusterfucked! I don't think it'll be made a movie soon...(if it did, it'll probably get an X) coz it's still ongoing, I think it ends at 10. I give both these titles and 8 out of 10 must read for the year!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

DC Essential: New Krypton arcs

I rarely post DC comics here, I think this is my first one actually so that tells you the type of storylines that appeal to me and what I consider as recommended reads. And, this 2008 crossover "saga" (from Action, Superman and Supergirl comics) of what happens after Superman frees the entire city of Kandor (from Brainiac)and thereby liberating its 100,000 "Super men and women" including Supergirl's parents Zor-el and Alura (who acts as leaders of the newly liberated city) is a definite must-read! Mass paranoia and xenophobia ensues, reminiscent of Rising Stars by JMS as Earth is suddenly deluged by 100,000 Supermen/women (who are not exactly, and expectedly as well-adjusted and well-meaning as Clark). Written by James Robinson (who took over Johns), Sterling Gates and Geoff Johns, the multi-title crossover arcs can be downloaded and read separately below:

Friday, March 27, 2009

Monday, March 2, 2009

Ultimate Tie-ins and Lead ins to Ultimatum

Ok, as promised (in my mind), I'm bringing the "Ultimate" tie-ins and lead-ins to the Ultimatum "event" in easy to download arcs: Ultimates vol.3 by Jeph Loeb, Ultimate Power and Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis,Ultimate Fantastic Four by Joe Pokaski and Ultimate X-Men (which ends at issue no.100) which will be added to the RS folder below as soon as find it. If you haven't read an Ultimate comic yet, here's where you should start.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Ultimatum Lead-Ins: Farewell to Ultimate X-Men

Monday, February 2, 2009

Who is your Combat Magician?

Uhmmm...Doctor Strange? Well, you could....he is after all, the Sorcerer Supreme in the Mavel Universe...but, over at Avatar Press, nobody kicks ass better than Gravel, William Gravel - SAS (Elite British Special Forces),occult specialist, combat magician and general bad-ass to the uhmm...bloody, demonically macabre creatures that lurks in the netherworlds of other planes of existence (yup) and also in your kitchen (just kidding! :). I first got introduced to Gravel's character in the "Strange" series created by (who else?)by Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer which I featured in my earlier blog, along with Black Summer. Needless to say, the stories as well as the art was both bloody and intense. Nothing like a mixture of voodoo magic and MIB (Men in Black)type of action. In this 8-issue series, simply titled Gravel, our combat magician's "history" or origins if you will is slowly revisited...as well as the unfolding of his future:

Monday, January 19, 2009

Ultimate X-Men by BKV and KirkX-Men

Since UXM is one of the those Ultimate titles that will be ending soon (if I'm not mistaken by issue 100), along with UF4 (which ends at issue 60?), I thought I'd post one of the most excellent and eclectic of all the Ultimate titles. I say "excellent" of course coz like all Ultimate titles, UXM not only gives a fresh twist and perspective on all the X-Men characters we've all come to know and love (well, most of them anyway) but also the the storytelling in each one is fast paced, full of new insights as well as frenetic with cliff-hangers. And I say eclectic, coz well, of all the Ultimate titles, X-Men I must say have the best collection of runs created by my top 4 favorite writers in the comics world in succession! From Millar (the Ultimates) to Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man) to Vaughan (featured here) to Kirkman (soon to be added). So I thought, for those who haven't read them yet, here's 4 completed sets of arcs by BKV to get you started with.

UltimateX-Men by Brian K Vaughan

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The above archive includes issues 46-49 The Tempest, issues 50-53 Cry Wolf, issues 54-57 The Most Dangerous Game, and the disturbing ending of Magnetic North in issues 61-65.

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