Today's trio of comics are wildly different, but all quite good, you should check them out.
American Vampire, Vol. 4 - Volume 4 is another solid entry in the series. We learn more of Skinner Sweets backstory (spoiler alert, he was always a little bit psycho) and we get a nice story of a greaser vampire hunter who has a serious vendetta against Skinner. The artwork is stellar as always, and I loved the drag race sequence (it's almost a requirement that you need to race two 1950s hotrods toward certain death.) Is a nice progression of the world and totally worth your time.
9/10
Incorruptible, Vol. 1 - Incorruptible is the reverse side of a series called Irredeemable that I now want to check out. The basic theme of these two books is: What if Superman woke up one day and just totally f***ing snapped? Incorruptible seems to start a few months after the world has been attacked by the Superman-type character, The Plutonian. Super Villain Max Damage has returned to the scene and has undergone a change of heart and is trying to be the hero the world so desperately needs. It's basically a much more nuanced and adult oriented version of the plot of the movie MEGAMIND. The series is off to a very promising start, but it does feel like one half of a story that needs to be read with the Irredeemable title to get the full scope of the world.
9/10
SHAZAM!, Vol. 1 - Holy crap you guys, this has to be one of the biggest surprises of any book I've read so far. The original SHAZAM! series was really, really dumb. A goody two-shoes kid named Billy Batson gets super powers when he yells the magic words. Blech! But with one simple change, the writer's have created a fascinating and nuanced world that I actually care about. The change? What if Billy Batson was a little punk kid who gets bounced around the foster system? Turns out it much more intriguing when you give great power to a flawed individual who has to learn how to be a hero. As Billy slowly begins to let people in to his life, he discovers something worth fighting for. The book does a great job of taking on a more serious tone while still having a sense of fun inherent in a story about young kids suddenly getting super powers. It's almost Spielbergian.
9.5/10
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