Comic Book of the Week 7/30/14

Hello comic fans! Happy Guardians of the Galaxy release day! Although Mrs. Nerd and I were very pleased to have watched it last night at the early release (which will be reviewed very soon), today I am featuring Guardians of the Galaxy #17 as the comic book of the week!

The cover shows guardians old and new

Comic Book of the Week 6/11/14

Finally a time for a new CBotW, but first a huge plug (it's not shameless because I'm an employee, but to be fair, I was a customer way long before I became a minion) to +Undercity Comics the best place(s) to get comics in Southern California! Ahem...Ok back to the CBotW which is Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #3. I am not so familiar with Danny Rand so I was curious to learn a bit about him, and boy was I surprised. I love reviewing (and loving) the more obscure Marvel heroes' comics. When they're good, you know that the perfect writer and artist has been married with the perfect comic. Is this such a case?

Doesn't this cover look awesome? Have a peek inside.

Comic Book of the Week 5/14/14

Today we take our first departure away from my bread and butter at Marvel and venture into IDW territory, but we do it with good reason because we're taking a look at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). And we're not just talking about one issue but were talking about one whole arc (which are issues 29-32)!

I first fell in love with this arc just looking at the cover art. 

Comic Book of the Week 3/26/14

This weeks offering (I know it's late) comes from the new MarvelNOW! release "All New Ghost Rider"! Finally a Ghost Rider reboot. The old Ghost Rider needed a serious image change after Nicholas Cage ruined him on the big screen. Luckily we have a new Ghost Rider named Robbie Reyes and is set in East Los Angeles (East Los!), California. And just look at his new duds. Does this not scream out swag to you?

Such a cool reimagining of the Ghost Rider.

Comic Book of the Week 3/19/14

I know that Moon Knight actually came out last week, but since I didn't get to do a CBotW and I still haven't read all of my comics for this week (I'm counting on Daredevil #1 or Ms. Marvel #2 to take it for me this week), and since it's obviously very good, I knew I couldn't skip on featuring it for Comic Book of the Week.

Comic Book of the Week 3/05/14

Finally, a Spider-Man comic~! Spider-Man has been one of my favorite superheroes since I was a little kid and I first saw Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man. Well this week we feature Superior Spider-Man #28. This is a horrible jumping on point for new readers (at least start from issue 27 for the current arc) because you'll want to know why everyone is referring to Spider-Man as Otto Octavius, and what happened to Peter Parker!!?? But this is still a great arc, and The Superior Spider-Man will be ending soon, so you should at least do some wikipedia-ing on what has been going on for the last year of Spider-Man.

Is this the end of the Superior Spider-Man? Let's hope so.

Comic Book of the Week for 2/12/14

Before I talk about today's CBotW, I just wanted to let everyone know that…WonderCon is back in Anaheim this April and the badges came out Friday~! If you've never been to a comic convention you should buy your badges ($50) and go to WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center!

Also I originally intended to publish this post Saturday, but there was a family emergency and my gramps is in the hospital. Sorry for the lapse, and your prayers are much appreciated.

Okay, today's comic book of the week features another new comic book from the Marvel NOW! line. She-Hulk #1 is out this week and if this is the caliber comic that this issue portends to be, were in for an hilarious ride a-la Hawkeye.

Don't let the awesome cover art fool you, this is a quirky, hilarious comic.

Comic Book of the Week 2/07/14

So this week's CBotW is actually TWO comics! Because Marvel is starting the "Marvel NOW!" line, there are a lot of new comics coming out and this week we have a couple comics, one for a new take on an old villain, and the other, one of my personal favorites since I was a child.

Comic Book of the Week for 1/22/14

This week's comic comes from Jason Aaron's "Wolverine and the X-Men" issue 40! It's another comic book that I have been wanting to rave about for awhile…and now I have featured almost every X-Men comic book on CBotW. So if you remember that there was a schism in the X-Men (aptly named "Schism"), and Wolverine took over the east coast Jean Grey School of Higher Learning while Cyclops walked away with the uncanny half of the X-Men and started another school at the old Weapon-X facility. Wolverine and the X-Men features the adventures of the new generation of mutants being trained by X-Men faculty members and Wolverine as the headmaster. Things between Wolverine and Cyclops have been shaky since Cyclops under the influence of the Phoenix Force killed Professor Xavier (A vs. X saga).

It's too bad this series is ending soon, but all the more reason to catch up on a great read!

Comic Book of the Week for 1/15/14

This week's comic is one I have been waiting to praise for a very long time (2011, when this volume first started), Daredevil #34. This comic is written by Mark Waid with artwork by Chris Samnee and was the recipient of 2012's Eisner Award which is very prestigious in the comic book world. Since its beginning it has been without a stray month my very favorite monthly pull.

The cover of Daredevil #34

Comic Book of the Week 12/18/13

Good evening Nerds! This week's CBotW is Indestructible Hulk #16! I have been just waiting for this comic too pick back up from the weird "Agent of TIME" story arc so that I could recommend this comic to everyone. Indestructible Hulk has been one of my favorite comics since Marvel NOW launched last year.

Comic Book of the Week for 11/20/13

Happy Monday everyone! Hope everyone is getting ready for some days off, with time to rest and time with loved ones. This week's Comic Book of the Week is Uncanny X-Men #14!

If you couldn't tell these are all one mutant.

Has everyone noticed I have been on an X-men spree these last few CBotWs? That must mean a few things that I meant to show intentionally (not really lol):

Comic Book of the Week for 11/13/13

This week's comic book is All-New X-Men #18. If you haven't read All New X-Men up to this point, now might be a good time to jump on. All New X-Men follows the adventures of the  time displaced original X-Men. After the events of X-Men Schism and A vs. X, the X-Men end up in two factions. One side led by Wolverine who still upholds the ideals of Charles Xavier, and the other side led by Cyclops who after changing his mind about mutant and humankind co-existing, teams up with Magneto, takes hold of the Phoenix force and kills Charles Xavier. Crazy right? Refer to the two arcs mentioned above for more details. Beast of the present hopes to alter the future by bringing the past and original X-Men from the past into the present to show the original Cyclops how his future turns out in hopes to change him, and also to convince the present Cyclops to return to who he once was. 

My Comic Book of the Week for 11/06/13

Today I'd like to introduce another corner to the blog: My Comic Book of the Week! This corner will showcase comics (most likely a Marvel Comic since I don't read much of the other publishers) that are exciting to me and ones I would like to recommend to you.

This week's comic is The Amazing X-Men #1! I know, I know there a ton of X-Men books and part of being a Marvel Comics lover is that each year you either feel like you buy too many X-Men comics or too many Avengers comics. But this one is for a very particular reason: The return of everyone's favorite elf, Nightcrawler!