STAFF PICKS :: GOTHAM ACADEMY #1 & THOR #1 :: OCTOBER 1, 2014
HEATHER’S PICKS :: Gotham Academy #1: I’ll confess, I’m not much of a Batman reader. The closest I come to anything based in Gotham are occasional mini-series and Harley Quinn. In spite of that, Gotham Academy caught my attention from its very announcement. Perhaps one reason for that is the series is being co-written by Becky Cloonan. I adore Becky’s art and I have also enjoyed all of her mini-comics I’ve picked up. I haven’t read anything by Brenden Fletcher as of yet, but October will be the month to change that as Batgirl #35 hits October 8. Gotham Academy follows the students at a prep school that sounds both creepy and entertaining. With new characters and a look at the city’s history and mythology, Gotham Academy could become my Wolverine and the X-Men gateway book into the Batverse.
ANDY’S PICK :: THOR WARRIORS THREE TP COMPLETE COLLECTION: Superman has his robots, Batman had his Batman of All Nations, Green Lantern has an entire alien police force. All are descendants of Captain Marvel and his three Lieutenant Marvels. Speaking of Marvel, the FF has the er…. the FF, a newly-thawed Captain America had Rick Jones and the Jones boy had his Teen Brigade who in turn practically invented the internet by way of ham radios. Iron Man has Tony Stark’s Entourage (even the Stark PR director had his own spotlight issue!). My favorite of all the fill-in/substitute-teacher type hero groups is without a doubt Thor’s reliably violent chorus-The warriors 3!! Fandral the well groomed, Hogun the Grouchy and Volstagg the Menu that Walks like a Man. These three Asgardian stalwarts always make for solidly sustained sub-plots which in turn makes for really fun comics. This new TP collects all the Warriors 3 most important adventures and is sure to be a hoot for everyone except for Hogun, who is–alas– rather Grim.
