It’s time to continue Matt Reads Comics‘s October tradition: Re-reading the next volume of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke and Key! A series that, at this pace, will take us only six years to finish.
Comics Re-reads
DC as a Universe – Re-reading DC Comics Presents No. 58
Re-readsMy favorite DC comics show superheroes as friends, people who truly understand one another and work together within an elaborate, established DC Universe. Which is why I like DC Comics Presents No. 58, a book you’ve likely never heard of, so much.
“New Ways to Die” Was Dan Slott’s First Spider-Classic
Re-readsI know I’m not the only reader who swore off Spider-Man comics in 2007. When one of your favorite heroes makes a literal deal with the devil, negating a relationship you’ve been invested in for the last 20 years, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
As a result, it was a long time before I read any of the recent Spider-Man titles written by soon-to-depart Spidey author Dan Slott. But over the years, my “outrage” faded. When Brand New Day and Slott-era stories began showing up in my local library and cheap on comiXology, I began picking them up.
One story in particular served as the perfect jumping-on point for Spidey’s new world, smoothing the way from “One More Day” to where we are now. That story also just happened to be Dan Slott’s first big Spidey event, so I thought now would be a perfect time to look back at it.
If you’ve been out of the loop since “One More Day,” and you want to see what Spider-Man’s been up to before June’s upcoming Amazing Spider-Man relaunch, there’s no better place to start than “New Ways to Die.”
Stephen Hawking Is a Bastard – Re-reading Atomic Robo of Mars
Re-readsOne of my favorite things about Atomic Robo, the action-adventure comic about a wisecracking robot built by Nikola Tesla, is the way the series’s premise lends itself to jumping backward and forward in time.
To create a robot adventure scientist, one must first invent the universe.
Just in Time for Halloween – Re-reading Locke & Key Vol. 1
Re-readsIn honor of the season, let’s step away from superheroes and journey to a house where murder, magic, and mind games wait behind each locked door. Welcome to Keyhouse. Welcome to Lovecraft. Hope you survive the experience.
