Comic book critic Blair Butler is cooler than anything. You should listen to her when she tells you about comics because Science has proven her opinions have never been wrong...ever.
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For the Marvel fans: The Ultimates: Super-Human, Vol 1
If HBO made an ongoing series about the Avengers, it might look something like this. (Ant-Man beats his wife! Bruce Banner is a sniveling wreck! Thor is a tree-hugging hippy!) Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch re-launch Marvel’s flagship super-team with stellar art, and a story that slowly establishes the characters for newcomers, and pays off with an epic super-battle that shows Captain America isn’t afraid to kick a man when he’s down. If you read through this, and aren’t dying to run out and buy Vol 2., maybe comics aren’t your thing after all.
For the DC fans: JLA: Earth 2
If you have foggy memories of the Justice League (let’s see, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman…..that green guy…) this book should kick-start your love of DC’s heavy-hitters. This stand-alone tale features the entire JLA facing off against evil versions of themselves from another dimension where evil always triumphs and Lex Luthor is a good guy. Why this graphic novel? It’s brought to us by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly. Every time these two collaborate, the result are…well, super-heroic.
For the Indie fans: Y: The Last Man: Unmanned, Vol. 1
If capes and cowls aren’t your thing, Y the Last Man may be just what the Doctor (Dr. Mann, that is) ordered. The concept is salacious, and the subject of a million fanboy fantasies: What if you were the last man on Earth? The reality – as presented by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra – is nightmarish, complicated, and ultimately gripping. There’s a reason the rights to this series have already been optioned, and there’s a reason it made Brian K. Vaughan an industry superstar
For the ladies: Ultra: Seven Days
The premise sounds like “Sex in the City” with capes: Three super heroines meet up to talk about their love lives and seek romance in the big city. But in the capable hands of the Luna Brothers, this series becomes a meditation on fame, lonliness, and what it’s like to be a hero in a world where caped crusaders all have agents, endorsement deals, and paparazzi following their every move. Buy it for your girlfriend – then steal it to read for yourself.
