The Weekly Pull: Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII, Space Ghost, DC's Spring Breakout!, and More
This week's new releases also include Get Fury and The Whisper Queen.
The Blood Brothers Mother #1
- Written by Brian Azzarello
- Art by Eduardo Risso
- Colors by Eduardo Risso
- Letters by Jared K. Fletcher
- Published by DSTLRY
For those who don't recognize the names of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, when you see these names appear on a comic book, you know its pages will be filled with a distinctive, genre-fueled vision of violence and vengeance contemplating the American landscape unlike anything else in comics today. While they are best known for their work on 100 Bullets, their mastery of noir has extended to the Western in Loveless, Prohibition-era gangsters in Moonshine, and even superheroes in Batman: Knight of Vengeance. They return to the Western this week in DSTLRY's newest debut: The Blood Brothers Mother #1. The new series is framed as both a travelogue and revenge quest with three siblings seeking to avenge their murdered father and rescue their kidnapped mother in a story compared to the likes of The Searchers and Blood Meridian. With their aim set for the greatest Westerns ever put to film or prose, there's little doubt that The Blood Brothers Mother will be delivering excellence. Azzarello's brutally constructed, but undeniably sympathetic characters set alongside Risso's distillation of the American West and stunning action sequences will undoubtedly deliver a thrilling comic book read and perhaps even place itself amongst the greatest of Western comics. -- Chase Magnett
DC's Spring Breakout! #1
- Written by Various
- Art by Various
- Published by DC
The temperatures are finally starting to rise, and the promise of summer is on the horizon, which means it's time for another seasonal DC anthology. This week's Spring Breakout offers a string of lighthearted stories surrounding DC's heroes and villains, themed around everyone from King Shark to Harley Quinn to the Metal Men. I'm definitely excited to add this anthology to my collection, and to see what weirdness it has in store. — Jenna Anderson
Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII #1
- Written by Joe Kelly
- Art by Adam Kubert
- Colors by Frank Martin
- Letters by Joe Sabino
- Published by Marvel Comics
With the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine movie set for theaters this summer, it's no surprise to see Marvel Comics teaming with the two regenerating anti-heroes in a new miniseries. However, Marvel went above and beyond in recruiting this book's creative team, enlisting Joe Kelly to write the book. Kelly previously helped elevate Deadpool to a mainstay of Marvel's publishing line with his run writing the Merc with a Mouth's first solo ongoing series in the 1990s and later returned for a delightful run on Spider-Man/Deadpool, teaming Wade Wilson with the webhead to comedic effect. Marvel has also brought Adam Kubert aboard, widely considered among the greatest X-Men artists ever. Based on what Kelly told us when he spoke to ComicBook, he and Kubert are holding nothing back in this series, which will packed with bloody action worth of the title. Fans of this deadly duo are sure to enjoy this one. -- Jamie Lovett
Get Fury #1
- Written by Garth Ennis
- Art by Jacen Burrows and Guillermo Ortega
- Colors by Nolan Woodard
- Letters by Rob Steen
- Published by Marvel Comics
Garth Ennis has written the definitive versions of both Frank Castle and Nick Fury, fusing these Marvel Comics characters with his nuanced appreciation for war and modern history to deliver visually compelling comics that transcend their genre-based origins in the likes of PunisherMAX and Fury: My War Gone By. Ennis returns to pen a new story featuring both Fury and Castle in the midst of the Vietnam War with longtime collaborator Jacen Burrows, renowned for their distinctive depictions of horror and violence. It's a creative dream team for an absolutely nightmarish concept with Castle hunting Fury amidst some of the United States' greatest modern atrocities. Readers can certainly expect a well-considered tale of spycraft and wartime accompanied by outstanding artwork, but engaging excellence is the lowest possible bar to set for Ennis and Burrows. In reflecting upon the role of spies and soldiers in the midst of imperial conquest, both creators have previously shown themselves capable of getting to the heart of horrific complexity and readers ought to expect Get Fury to go far beyond the familiar banalities surrounding war stories to say something genuinely interesting and perhaps even profound. -- Chase Magnett
She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell Vol. 4: Jen-Sational
- Written by Rainbow Rowell and Jessica Gao
- Art by Various
- Published by Marvel Comics
While this technically collects the first few issues of Marvel's Sensational She-Hulk relaunch, it does continue the story Rainbow Rowell and company have been expertly telling with Jen for the past few years. In this new trade paperback, Shulkie's attempt at having a new status quo gets complicated by threats both massive and personal. Come for that narrative, stay for the wonderful comics debut of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law showrunner Jessica Gao. — Jenna Anderson
Space Ghost #1
- Written by David Pepose
- Art by Jonathan Lau
- Lettering by Taylor Esposito
- Published by Dynamite Entertainment
I am a sucker for anything expanding the mythos of Space Ghost, as the Hanna-Barbera superhero has endured in some wildly different contexts over the past few decades. This week's new Space Ghost relaunch brings the character's action roots into the modern age, while adding new details to the mythos of Jan and Jace in the process. David Pepose's script and Jonathan Lau's art are full of delightful elements, and culminate in an issue that is definitely worth checking out. — Jenna Anderson
The Whisper Queen: A Blacksand Tale #1
- Written by Chip Zdarsky
- Art by Kris Anka
- Colors by Matt Wilson
- Letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Published by Image Comics
I love a good fantasy adventure story and 2019's The White Trees by Chip Zdarsky, Kris Anka, and Matt Wilson fit that bill. What made The White Trees so memorable was the atmosphere of intimacy it conveyed between Zdarsky's deft writing and Anka and Wilson's delicate visuals. That sense of intimacy is a rarity in a comics genre often dominated by Conan the Barbarian and his many imitators. Zdarsky, Anka, and Wilson are returning to The White Trees' setting, the world of Blacksand, with the long-awaited follow-up The Whisper Queen. Featuring a new cast of protagonists, The Whisper Queen brings readers along for a manhunt following a regicide. The White Trees set a high bar, but given the creative team's track record, we're fairly confident they can achieve such heights again. Oh, and if you missed The White Trees when it came out, Image Comics is republishing the series as a 64-page one-shot releasing on the same day as The Whisper Queen's debut. You can pick up The Whisper Queen and start there without a problem, but if you missed The White Trees the first time, I'd grab both if you can manage. You won't be disappointed. -- Jamie Lovett
