Panel of the Week

From the Longbox – Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.

This is Elsa Bloodstone. She’s a monster hunter and she rolls with twin shotguns as well as twin uzis. Not even sawed-off boomsticks either. These are full stock and full barrel angry instruments of justice. Click the guns (ha) for more…

Week of 1/13/10 – Conan: Weight of the Crown

Darrick Robertson, the man behind the ‘The Boys’, took on everyone’s favorite barbarian with this Conan one-shot. Shortly after Conan buries the woman he loves he goes looking for blood. And when Conan loses himself in battle it’s bad the other side. Click the backhand for more…

From the Longbox – Cla$$ War

This is what happens when you piss off The American. Click the molars for more…

Week of 1/6/10 – Green Monk

Yeah so Marvel did drop some event called Siege this week but it was underwhelming. I couldn’t help but pick up this tiny little book called Green Monk just minding its own on the second shelf at Midtown. What a surprise that I should pick up an entire book made of friggin splash panels. This is Oxbreaker. He’s anitsocial. Click the broken ox for more.

From the Longbox – Civil War

In 2006 Marvel’s Civil War kicked off with a very big bang. And the deaths of hundreds of civilians including busloads of school children. The resulting crater left the Marvel super hero community split in half and fighting each other. Its political overtones were subtle like sledgehammers and its finale was abrupt and unsatisfying. Click the face off for more…

Week of 12/23/09 – Fall of the Hulks Gamma

The cover of this issue (Fall of the Hulks Gamma) features 8 characters that either share the name Hulk or have Hulk-like powers. In order they are: Hulk, Skaar (son of Hulk), Red Hulk, Red She-Hulk, A-Bomb, She-Hulk, Samson, and finally Lyra (Hulk’s daughter from the fucking future!). No wonder there’s an event called Fall of the Hulks. Maybe we can get their numbers down to what I can count on one hand. Click the team-up for more…

Week of 12/16/09 – Vengeance of the Moon Knight #4

Crab cakes and brutality, that’s what Moon Knight does. Well, I’m making an ass out of ‘u’ and ‘me’ with the crab cakes. But Konshu’s unreasonably angry avatar on Earth is gonna turn down a fresh crab cake if he’s crashing a cocktail hour? I say no. The rest of the time? He’s knocking out teeth. Click those teeth for more…

From the Longbox – Reaper

Sometimes I just want to see some ninjas doing some cool ninja shit. I’m sorry. I don’t always want deep character development or decompressed story lines. Or ‘events’. I just to see a guy chop another guys arm off with a katana. I’m easy. Click Skeletor here for more…

Week of 12/9/09 – Deathlok #2

When two very valuable soldiers get blowed up the guys in charge are in a jam. Solution? Cobble the working bits from both men into a super cyborg warrior dubbed Deathlok the Demolisher! Click his little six shooter for more…

From the Longbox – Marvel Team-Up #14

In issue #14 of Marvel Team-Up writer Robert Kirkman pulled his own character, Invincible, through a dimensional portal into a fight between Spidey and Doc Ock. Click the full body check for more…