HAIL HYDRA!
This week’s “Five and Three” has been taken over by Hydra. You thought you were all free to choose the covers from any publisher you wanted? You all thought you’d see images from the new book “Shutter” from Image Comics or the cover to issue eleven of “East of West”? Maybe you’d get to see the cover to the new “Flash Gordon” written by Jeff Parker and published by Dynamite? You honestly thought you’d see some panels from the first issue of Scott Snyder’s “Batman Eternal”? When Hydra takes over your article, the only comic book moments you get to choose as favorites are the ones Hydra tells you get to choose. Isn’t it Marvelous how simple Hydra makes things?
The new comic by the legendary Chris Claremont “Nightcrawler” #1 is a Hydra approved title for a “Five and Three” pick. Chris Samnee is one of Hydra’s favorite artists and his cover for this book is superb. HAIL HYDRA!
Daredevil’s 50th is celebrated in spectacular fashion with a cover to “Daredevil” #1.50 by Paulo Rivera that features every storyteller that left an impact on The Man Without Fear. If you’re sentimental or if you just like good comics, go pick up this book and read the stories by Waid, Bendis, Rodriguez, Maleev, and the Kesel twins Karl & Kurt.
The cover to the “All-New Ultimates” #1 by David Nakayama is so superb it sets a bar for the rest of the issue that writer Michel Fiffe and artist Amilcar Pinna can’t reach. As a huge fan of the Marvel Ultimate universe I hope issue two steps up the game. If it doesn’t though, the covers by Nakayama should keep me happy. Considering Hydra’s taken over this article though, I may not have much more of a choice!
Hydra has approved the cover to the “Secret Avengers” issue 2 because they’d like everyone reading to know that The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stands no chance of ever rescuing the author from the clutches of Hydra.
Even had Hydra not taken over this article and forced me to only pick the books they wanted me to (which strangely enough happen to only be Marvel Comics), I would have picked the “All-New X-Men” issue 25 as the final cover of the week. It’s also the book that contained so many great moments I couldn’t have picked every panel. The list of all-star artists in the book is so amazing you will have to pick your jaw off of the floor when you see it. This cover by Stuart Immonen is just icing on a delicious comic book cake.
To start off with panels I’m going back to “Nightcrawler” #1 by Chris Claremont but this time you can take a look at the pencils by Todd Nauck. I’m never going to drop this book but not because of Claremont, it’s because of the blue elf’s little brother Bamf’s. When there is a stuffed version available, count me first in line.
“Captain Marvel” is a book I’ve been buying because I enjoy it, my wife enjoys it, and my niece enjoys it. It’s one I give away to her because I know the character of Captain Marvel as written by Kelly Sue DeConnick is going to be a great example of a female lead for the little lady in my life. It’s also a book my wife can read and understand that not every comic reader wants to read anatomically insane women characters that act like Barbie dolls. It’s also a laugh riot, especially with The Guardians of the Galaxy show up.
The last panel may be simple, but I love Iron Fist and I have the feeling that ending with a fiery fist of fury will knock Hydra to the curb. “Iron Fist: The Living Weapon” by Kaare Kyle Andrews has big shoes to fill with fan memories of the Fraction, Brubaker, Aja & Foreman run on the character; but, with a knock out first issue, the future is looking bright.
That’s it for “Five and Three” this week. Danny Rand aka Iron Fist has successfully saved “Five and Three” from Hydra. Next week we’ll be back and Hydra free! Expect some interesting things for next week because I will be at the Salt Lake City Fan-X convention aka SLCComicon 1.5. I’ll be reporting on everything at the con with my fellow bots but if you see me I’ll be more than happy to stop and chat. Just yell out, “Mark Avo,” or send me a Tweet @MarkAvo. Who knows, maybe the cell service will actually work this time around? If you can’t wait until next week for more awesome comic book moments, check out last week’s 100% Hydra free article here. If you’re all caught up please give the deviantArt Podcast I appear in over at deviantartpodcast.com. See you next week!