Spidey Says: Comics — New/Older/Whatever
Author: AF Duncan
April 24th, 2007 1 Comment »

The Spirit #5
Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke
The Spirit tangles with a vicious new villain: The Cossack.
We’re five issues in now and, yes, it’s a phenomenal looking book. The content still has a tendency to tow the typical superhero party line too strictly, though. Don’t get me wrong, this fifth issue of The Spirit — like the others in the series — isn’t a bad comic. It goes down easy, but lacks personality and tension.


The Brave and the Bold #3
Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: George Perez
Batman and Blue Beetle vs. The Fatal Five.
Besides All-Star Superman, Waid and Perez’s new Brave and the Bold series is an effortless success and already one of the best superhero comics around. This stupendous third issue offers continuity-and-pretention-free fun and excitement, a driving narrative, and genuine unpredictability. Wheeeeeee.







OK, so the top panel looks like it was cut straight off some nasty 1970’s love van, but the laser-cut webbing and Spidey eyes that comprises the majority of 









