Next up for me is the Albany Comic Con. I’m excited about this as I’ve heard it’s a very good show. This will be me first time there but the only problem I see is it falls on Father’s day. I don’t know if I want to go solo with the guys or if I want to bring my kids. My wife’s working that weekend so I have to figure out what I’m going to do. I think my daughter can make a day of it but my son will really enjoy it for an hour or two and then be bored and want to leave. I’ve got an agenda and a plan that will not allow me to spend my time amusing him when he decides it’s time to go and I’m not quite done accomplishing what I set out to do. Years ago a friend and I made the Father’s Day trek to Wizard World Philly but that wasn’t an issue as my wife wasn’t working at the time and our kids were too young to know that they were missing anything. Now it’s a little bit different. I’m sure I’ll get it all figured out.
As far as what I’ve figured out for this week, I’m looking forward to DC Comics’ Wake #1, $2.99, written by Scott Snyder, the man responsible for the fan favorite New 52 Batman, with art by Sean Murphy. “When Marine Biologist Lee Archer is approached by the Department of Homeland Security for help with a new threat, she declines, but quickly realizes they won't take no for an answer. Soon she is plunging to the depths of the Arctic Circle to a secret, underwater oilrig where they've discovered something miraculous and terrifying...” For some reason when it was solicited I was under the impression this was an Image book. Forgive my prejudice; I think it’s more interesting as a new sci-fi/horror book for DC, and especially at the hands of Snyder. I love his Batman…
IDW’s got Star Trek: Into Darkness writer/producer Roberto Orci and he’s overseeing the new story arc beginning in Star Trek Ongoing #21, $3.99, written by Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott with art by Erfan Fajar and a cover by Tim Bradstreet. Here begins the explorations of the Starship Enterprise picking up right where the blockbuster movie left off…
Thor God of Thunder premiere hardcover volume one God Butcher, $24.99, is something I’ve been waiting for from Marvel Comics. I’ve purposefully been avoiding the comics and have heard very good things about this collection of #1 – 5 written by Jason Aaron featuring art by Esad Ribic. Three versions of Thor, in three different eras, all coming together for one exciting story? Yeah, I’m really looking forward to this…
X-Men #1, $3.99, by Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel should be renamed X-Women as this is the stage for Storm to put together a team of the women to handle the threat that’s coming. This one, my daughter Danielle is looking forward to…
Now Random House is shipping out the Resurrectionist Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black HC, $24.99, words, art, and cover by E.B. Hudspeth. At Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, in the 1870’s Dr. Spencer Black develops an unconventional hypothesis; What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts - mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs - were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind? The result is Black's magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, aGray's Anatomy for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed black-and-white anatomical illustrations. My wife, Ann is looking forward to this one. I guess that does make it a family thing…
.. And there are plenty more that are not listed. For a more complete list, feel free to visit your local comic store or favorite site. If you’re interested in more of what I think, follow me on Twitter at Mycomicstore001 or like my Facebook page.
Michael R. Murray is a full time Letter Carrier for the United States Postal Service who thinks that the end of May is not the time for three days of rain and a high of 48 degrees. No amount of daydreaming gets him out of that funk!