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Crushing Comics S01E14 – Wolverine: Enemy of the State, Wolverine/Elektra: Redeemer, & SHIELD: Architects of Forever (plus, the Jonathan Hickman indie library)

November 14, 2017 by krisis

It’s part two of talking through the massive brick of comic books I pulled off the shelf last episode, including a Wolverine blockbuster, and apocryphal tale of Elektra, and the one Jonathan Hickman book I just hate – plus, a quick overview of Jonathan Hickman’s indie bibliography.

Want to start from the beginning? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 14 features Wolverine: Enemy of the State (Amazon / eBay), which was also in the Wolverine by Mark Millar Omnibus (Amazon / eBay) along with Old Man Logan; Wolverine/Elektra: The Redeemer by Greg Rucka (Amazon / eBay); and SHIELD: Architects of Forever (Amazon / eBay). Both Wolverine books are covered in the Guide to Wolverine.

 

Filed Under: comic books Tagged With: Collected Editions, Crushing Comics, Dustin Weaver, Elektra, Greg Rucka, Jonathan Hickman, Marvel Comics, SHIELD, Wolverine

Crushing Comics, S01E05 – Collected Editions Unboxing (September Haul)

November 5, 2017 by krisis

On today’s episode of Crushing Comics I unveiled the first international comics haul of new comics collected editions that’s arrived since I’ve been here in New Zealand! I don’t know how I made it this long without a fresh supply of books (and hopefully not any spiders).

Here’s what I unboxed in alphabetical order, along with their accompanying guides (if applicable):

  • Daredevil Epic Collection: Heart of Darkness (Guide)
  • Defenders Epic Collection: Ashes to Ashes (Guide)
  • Graveyard Book Graphic Novel (Single Edition)
  • Locke & Key: Heaven and Earth (not Small World, as I say in the video.)
  • Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Power Man Vol. 2 (Guide)
  • Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One Vol. 2 (Guide)
  • S.H.I.E.L.D.: Hydra Reborn
  • Spider-Man: Revenge of the Green Goblin (Guide)

Filed Under: comic books Tagged With: Crushing Comics, Daredevil, Defenders, Epic Collections, haul, Locke & Key, Luke Cage, Neil Gaiman, Nick Fury, SHIELD, Spider-Man, The Thing, unboxing

Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse – The Definitive Collecting Guide and Reading Order

The Mockingbird comic books definitive issue-by-issue collecting guide and trade reading order for omnibus, hardcover, and trade paperback collections. Find every issue and appearance! Part of Crushing Krisis’s Crushing Comics. Last updated October 2017 with titles scheduled for release through March 2017.

mockingbird 3 variantWhen most comics fans think of the most fearsome, non-powered Avenger, they’ll typically name Hawkeye – or, perhaps Black Widow (though whether she has any enhancements is debatable).

The best answer is actually Bobbi Morse AKA Mockingbird, but part of her allure is that you would have never thought of her.

Mockingbird has the athleticism of Hawkeye (she’s a trained gymnast and combatant), the secret agent training of Black Widow (she’s a member of SHIELD, where she graduated top of her class), plus she holds a PhD in biology. Her origins find her roughing it in the Savage Land as Ka-Zar’s original blonde love interest before turning out to be a SHIELD agent under deep cover. Her first solo story finds her going under even deeper cover by dropping out of SHIELD for her assignment before returning to SHIELD to root out their double agents.

Yes, she’s pretty awesome. So, why is she so often forgotten by Avengers fans?

First, because until the 2010s she has always been cast as a love interest – first to flirt with Ka-Zar and then after just a two-issue breather on her own she’s married to Hawkeye! She joins the Avengers seemingly through marriage, as if she’s being added to a health insurance plan. Though she later is a founding member of Avengers West Coat, she plays second fiddler to her headline star husband.

Second, there’s the matter of how she exits Avengers West Coast. I won’t spoil it here in the intro (although I do, slightly, below), but it left us without Mockingbird appearances for over 15 years! That’s a long time to forget about a hero.

Third, because it’s just her style. As a double- and sometimes triple-agent, Mockingbird has never been a character who sticks out as the big star – even after her return in Secret Invasion (as championed by writer/editor Jim McCann), she remained a supporting player.

That all changed thanks to her popularity as a Hawkeye-free character on Agents of SHIELD, and after a rapturous response to her first solo one-shot in 2015 (due in large part to writing by Chelsea Cain) she graduated to her own series in 2016 as she returned to widespread use in All-new, All-Different Marvel. [Read more…] about Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse – The Definitive Collecting Guide and Reading Order

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