DAREDEVIL BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS OMNIBUS HC
I know I've already gushed over this book once in the new releases features, but I'm going to do it again. Bendis gave us the best Daredevil run since Frank Miller. In fact, in my opinion, I liked his run even more than I did the Miller stuff. I know, comics blasphemy, right? But, it's true! Maybe it's because I was following the Bendis run while it was coming out, whereas with the Miller stuff, I just digested it in huge chunks of trade paperback collections. Maybe it's because the Bendis run just hit all the right chords with me because it began right when I began working in a comic shop. I don't know, but for whatever reason, Bendis and Maleev's Daredevil run is one of my all-time favorites.
Now, collected into this massive hardcover omnibus edition, Bendis's Daredevil is given the presentation it deserves. He was on this book for almost five years (maybe a little over, I don't remember right now), and over the course of those five years, he laid out so many gritty yet epic storylines for Matt Murdock, that you were on the edge of your seat waiting for what came next.
This beautifully packaged hardcover has the first big chunk of Bendis's DD run, and gives you all those great stories from Murdock's identity being revealed in the tabloids to the fall of the Kingpin, and more. I know, it's a heftily-priced book, but it comes highly recommended by us here at Third Eye!
Here's what Marvel's website has to say about the book:
<quote>THE STORY:
An epic of ambition, betrayal and comeuppance culminates with the world learning the devil's mask hides a pair of blind eyes! The hero of Hell's Kitchen is assailed as both civilian and super hero by a wave of his worst enemies – including the Owl, Mister Hyde, Bullseye, Typhoid and the Kingpin of Crime! But it's the heart of the Man Without Fear that gets the real workout with not only the introduction of Milla Donovan – but also the Black Widow, Elektra and Echo! Who? Echo! Plus: the mystery of Leap-Frog and the trial of the White Tiger! Also featuring Luke Cage and Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, and enough other guest-stars to fill a jury box! Collecting DAREDEVIL #16-19 & #26-50 & #56-60.
Rated T+ …$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3112-0
Trim size: oversized</quote>
JLA BY GRANT MORRISON DELUXE HARDCOVER
Grant Morrison and Howard Porter made the Justice League cool again. Back in the 90s, the Justice League had become the perfect example of a really crappy superhero team. There were tons of lame throwaway characters on the team, the stories were bad, and the writers were trying EVERYTHING to make this book good. It just hadn't been the same since the Keith Giffen stuff, and they couldn't figure out how to make the book appealing again. Along comes comics sorcerer Grant Morrison, and bam, the Justice League were once again the book to read. He narrowed the team down to a "Big 7" concept, where it was only the most iconic DC characters, like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, ect. He introduced new villains, and put quirky new takes on old villains.
This hardcover is the first in a series collecting Morrison's amazing run on the series. In this volume, you get the New World Order storyline, which is one of the best superhero stories of all-time, in my opinion. You want to see the essence of each of these DC characters at its most pure? This is the arc for you.
The Morrison JLA run is what made me love the Justice League, and if you haven't read his run on the series, then you have to. This is classic stuff. And if you have read his run, give this HC a look anyway, it's very cool seeing these stories reprinted on big, glossy pages.
ASTOUNDING WOLFMAN v.1 TPB
Fans of Invincible, read this book! Robert Kirkman, the talented writer behind Image hits like Walking Dead and Invincible, has finally gotten his most recent series collected into a trade paperback. The Astounding Wolfman is a fun look at a pretty average joe, who... is a werewolf. And, basically, chooses to go in a more unusual route than your average werewolves. Look, it's wild, over-the-top superhero fun with that trademark Kirkman knack for clever dialouge, and new twists on age old concepts. The artwork fits the mood of the story perfect, and if you're an Invincible fan, then you'll feel right at home with this book, especially since the Wolfman shares the same universe as characters like Invincible, Brit, and so on. In the mood for a quirky, fun new read? Check out Astounding Wolfman.
