Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Comic Cover of the Week

Cover Art by Ryan Ottley

Derf's Picks of the Week

Bone Parish #1 (Cover B Variant) BOOM! Studios

There are some really good titles coming out this week 
so I am just going to start listing my picks now.

I hope you find something you will enjoy.

BOOM!

BONE PARISH #1

JIM HENSON LABYRINTH CORONATION #5 

Dark Horse

STARCRAFT SCAVENGERS #1 

DC Comics

ACTION COMICS #1001

AQUAMAN #38

DC BEACH BLANKET BAD GUYS SPECIAL #1

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #6 

FLASH #51

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #1

MERA QUEEN OF ATLANTIS #6 

TEEN TITANS #20 (Wait, Lobo has a daughter?)

WONDER WOMAN #51

IDW

JUDGE DREDD UNDER SIEGE #3 

TRANSFORMERS UNICRON #2 

MARVEL

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2 (Marvel debut of Ryan Ottley)

DEADPOOL ASSASSIN #4

INFINITY WARS PRIME #1

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #8

MOON KNIGHT #197

MR AND MRS X #1

MULTIPLE MAN #2

PUNISHER #228

STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA #22

STAR WARS LANDO DOUBLE OR NOTHING #3

VENOM #4

WAKANDA FOREVER X-MEN #1

Well, that is it for this week. 

 I am sure you saw something you liked, as you can see I saw a lot.  LoL

Until next time, get your READ on!

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Saturday Showcase: the Trench

the Trench 

With all the excitement from Comic Con and all the new trailers, I thought I would use to showcase the Trench monsters from Aquaman.  In past showcases, I have talked about characters that have been around for years, but after watching the trailer, I wanted to talk about the Trench.


Arthur and Mera battle the Trench creatures
For those of you who don't know, the Trench are a long forgotten race of underwater predators that evolved from one of the three surviving kingdoms of Atlantis.  The other two kingdoms being the Xebelians and Atlantians of course.  (From the trailer it appears all 3 kingdoms are represented)  The Trench have loyalty to the Dead King, but they will follow whoever wields the Dead King's scepter.  Orm thought it was powerful and that is what controlled them where as Arthur thought the sight of the scepter made them follow due to tradition and loyalty to the Dead King.

Outnumbered, just the way Arthur likes it.
The Trench first appeared in 2011 during the New 52 days of the DC Universe.  They were created by Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis.  The trench was also used by King Orm in his war with the surface world and Justice League.  Honestly, the Trench story line is what made me realize how much of a bad ass Aquaman really was.  So when I saw the SDCC trailer for Aquaman and saw the Trench monsters in it, I knew I had to write this post and share my approval.  I am excited to see the film, not only to see the Trench but to see how they are used in the film.  

In the end, the Trench are some bad ass mofos and I am glad it didn't take years to get the recognition they deserve.  If you haven't seen the trailer yet, please feel free to watch it here and now.


Until next time, unleash your inner NERD!

Aquaman (Official Trailer)


That's right, Aquaman is a bad mofo!