The Best of the Week in Panels – 12.07.2011

Whenever we needed money, we’d rob the airport. To us, it was better than panels.

 

Animal Man #4

By Jeff Lemire, Travel Foreman, Jeff Huet, Lovern Kindzierski, & Jared K. Fletcher

From the super mullet to the fleshy disguise starting to deteriorate, there is nothing not awesome about this panel.

— Conor Kilpatrick

 

Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #2

By Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, Jordie Bellaire, & Ed Dukeshire

Look how the addition of the two foreground characters adds dynamism to a bunch of apes standing around a room.

— Conor Kilpatrick

 

Reed Gunther #6

By Chris & Shane Houghton

This is how Reed Gunther was born. To fill you in on the details, a Civil War battle was raging in the field, and the doctor was on the other side. They hit a bump, POP, and the soldiers stopped fighting. I wish it actually worked like this, because we could send pregnant women to warzones all over the planet.

— Josh Flanagan

 

Action Comics #4

By Grant Morrison, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Sean Parsons, Brad Anderson, & Patrick Brosseau

So far in Action Comics, Superman has been confident and, at times, cocky. This is the first time we’ve seen him afraid and it was incredibly powerful.

— Conor Kilpatrick

 

O.M.A.C. #4

By Dan Didio, Keith Giffen, Scott Koblish, 4G, & Travis Lanham

The action on this page is fantastically visceral and appropriately big

— Conor Kilpatrick

 

The Defenders #1

By Matt Fraction, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Sonia Oback, & Clayton Cowles

In travel news tonight, the Pamplona Board of Tourism is suing Betty Banner for seventy-five million dollars.

— Jim Mroczkowski

 

Swamp Thing #4

By Scott Snyder, Marco Rudy, Michael Lacombe, Dan Baron, & Travis Lanham

There were dinosaur Swamp Things!!!

— Conor Kilpatrick

Irredeemable #32

By Mark Waid, Diego Barreto, & Nolan Woodard

This was the moment in the story when, once again, we thought that Plutonian was on the ropes, but as it turns out he’s not. Chilling.

— Conor Kilpatrick

 

The Last of the Greats #3

By Joshua Hale Fialkov & Brent Peeples

It’s a rare thing, but I’m going to go with ‘no comment’.

— Josh Flanagan

 

Avenging Spider-Man #2

By Zeb Wells, Joe Madureira, Ferran Daniel, & Joe Caramagna

“What in the Sam Hill?” is one of my favorite old timey phrases.

— Conor Kilpatrick

Comments

  1. Superman’s got that Ryan Gosling “oneeyeishigherthantheother” thing going on

  2. How long until Cliff gets his own spin-off comic?

  3. Just add JJJ to any weird situation and BOOM! Instant comedy.

  4. “I’d like to have the intercourse with her.” That’s it, I’m picking up this series.

  5. Am I the only one who thinks Superman looks like Sloth in that panel?

  6. I’d love to see a Dinosaur Swamp Thing miniseries!

  7. Glad a panel from Avenging Spider-Man made it in. This and Cap & Bucky make me forget that Fear Itself happened.

  8. Connor saw Dinosaur Swamp Things.
    All I saw was Zombie Dinosaurs.

  9. My favorite is the J. Jonah Jameson in the moloid body armor by Joe Mad.

  10. The Animal Man panel is fantastic. I can only imagine not noticing that horrifying expression of someone next to me with a silent cough.

  11. O.M.A.C Never is awesome-Like a smash from hulk but against digital headed alligators,

  12. It’s hard to top Swamp Thing Dinosaurs….

    But that sequence in ‘Last of the Greats’ comes pretty close.

  13. Sorry, but Superman looks like Sloth from The Goonies.

  14. I don’t even know i I can describe how much I loved Defenders #1

  15. On Action #4: Makes me wonder if Major Bummer had ever met this Superman by some point.

    …Hint, hint.

  16. Best “Best of the week in panels” yet i say.

  17. Gabe draws good monkey