Panels are made to be broken.
All-Star Western #1
By Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Grey, Moritat, Gabriel Bautista, & Rob Leigh
Rarely do you see a moment pay off like this. Dr. Arkham had been making weird faces in the background, and a couple pages later, Jonah reacted to it. This kind of storytelling is rare in comics, and doesn’t usually work out so well. This was an incredibly fun pairing.
— Josh Flanagan
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #2
By Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, Justin Ponsor, & Cory Petit
The most dynamic panel in a gorgeous book comes down to a fantastic angle and wonderful lighting.
— Conor Kilpatrick
FF #9
By Jonathan Hickman, Steve Epting, Rick Magyar, Paul Mounts, & Clayton Cowles
The smaller balloons for Doom’s responses really made this work. The other Dooms didn’t succeed, but this one, he’s gonna mess that Reed up.
— Josh Flanagan
The Flash #1
By Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato, & Sal Cipriano
My favorite moments of The Flash #1 are the subtle touches, like this, where Manapul shows his mastery of comics. This creative sound effect works in context with the story perfectly. I love these quick moments that many of us take for granted.
— Ron Richards
Captain America and Bucky #622
By Ed Brunaker, Mark Andreyko, Chris Samnee, Bettie Breitweiser, & Joe Caramagna
There is nothing –nothing– on this page that isn’t the best thing ever for a reader like me.
— Josh Flanagan
American Vampire #19
By Scott Snyder, Jordi Bernet, Dave McCaig, & Pat Brosseau
That’s a helluva mustache.
— Conor Kilpatrick
Superman #1
By George Perez, Jesus Merino, Brian Buccellato, & Carlos M. Mangual
Here’s the thing about this new vision of Metropolis: they either have incredibly strong fences, or they have absolutely no regard for the safety of passers-by when demolishing a skyscraper.
— Josh Flanagan
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The must have chain link fences like those found in anime movies where an entire army base gets destroyed except for the chain link fences.
Wow. That Samnee Invaders image is perfect. Everything down to the subtle aging.
Just, wow.
No aquaman diner flashback?
With fist shaking in the air, staring towards the heavens…… I shout ” Manapuullllllllllllll!!!!!!!”
FYI Ifanboy crowd Cadence Comic Art posted the All-star Western pages for sale.
This is the best – “Best of the week panels” in a long time. Maybe ever. Just awesome work.
I dunno if anyone else noticed, but the new Daily Planet building had at least two helipads, and, assuming everything is symmetrical on that building, most likely four. This seems a little unlikely to me in today’s newspaper business.
I wonder if Miles gets vertigo while hanging upside down like that
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i must say i’m slightly shocked that the freeway splashpage is not on here.
from Justice League Dark i mean:)
Agreed! It actually got an audible “holy shit” out of me.
There were a bunch of great panels in JLD — my vote going for the splash at the end, especially for the rendering of Xanadu’s dress . . .
Aquaman’s trident flipping the truck was the best panel of the week. Reis is the man.
Yes! Great right down to the crooks face pressed against the windshield.
I am surprised that the last shot of the Trench didn’t make it either. That was chilling.
Wait, who the heck is XXX?
That’d be Josh. Always been a mustache man.
It’s not!
We need to go on a retreat to the Berkshires, do trust falls, and fall in love all over again.
I think my favorite panel this week came from Secret Avengers #17.
It was a tone downed issue for Ellis in that his whacky dialogue wasn’t around for a good portion of the book. But then we get this from the ‘MEAT ROBOT’ pilot:
“YES! Pilot Marko Shoots stupid Yankee zillion-Dollar plane right in its stupid bluddy face! Where is your buddy Steve Jobs tricknology now, rich Yankee pigs with your tight pants?”
I could not stop laughing at that and it was the turning point for the issue shockingly.
New Avengers Point One:
“why us?”
“Because the other Avengers are busy and you’re just sitting here eating.”
I loved the panel of Wolverine holding his face together.
@HeroesFor Hire: That was a great moment — those New Avengers do seem to spend a whole lotta time hunkering down over their subs . . .
Not to take away from Bernet- his art in this issue is great- but anytime there is another artist on American Vampire (even in the mini), I realize that Albuqurque really is half the soul of that book.
I have to say, Bendis is hitting it out of the ballpark with Miles as Ultimate Spidey. I actually love this one maybe even more than Peter as Spidey b/c now absolutely anything can happen. Also Pichelli is KILLING IT! OMG GENIUS ARTWORK!!!!
I cannot wait for Doom to fuck up evil Reed.
Not even reading that book but ditto.
i love the vid of Sara Pichelli doing the art for the spiderman panel. over all great pieces
Love the All-Star Western panel, gonna go back and grab a copy or get the 1st collected vol, love the Cap and Bucky stuff too, haven’t been following it (love the new Brubaker/McNiven Cap book) but this Cap and Bucky run is gonna make a great HC.
Now that Samnee is leaving Cap and Bucky a HC of his run on the title is a must for me.
I think they have to be brave and call “fail” and re-think the new superman costume. There is no shame in it. But i have yet to see it look right.
I like the new costume, especially the lack of red trunks. DC may soften the armored look a little bit over time but I don’t see them reverting to the old costume or completely rethinking it.
Re: The Invaders panel…
There is ONE thing….
Needs Union Jack…
🙂
I’m actually confused by the lighting in the Ultimate Spider-Man image. Is there a mirror laying on the bed beneath the lamp or is the light source supposed to be something other than the lamp? I obviously didn’t read the issue.
I have the same question, because from that panel, it looks like the REAL super power in that panel is the way the light is seemingly being projected from that lamp.
It’s Miles’ cell phone. He is talking to his best friend when he makes the discovering that he can hang upside down from his roof.
Ah. That makes much more sense.
just re-read my sentence. Terrible!
Issue three: THE DISCOVERING!
Which is a whole other thing that happens in a young boy’s bedroom.
that would give web fluid a whole other meaning…
My favorite panels this week were in cap and bucky. Pretty much every one of bucky fighting the nazi guy. That whole sequence was just wonderful. Also the panel in x-men legacy where rouge and frenzy step off into the gravity thingy was really nice.
Also aquaman and the flash were both just gorgeous the whole way threw.
A good assortment of panels. The last page from Ultimate Spider-Man was outstanding — it really captured the mood of the moment.
A panel Justice League Dark or Aquaman would have been nice too . . .