Comics Weekly
By Pete Kilmer
March 4, 2009
Pete Kilmer has been in the comics retail industry for ten years as a member of Downtown Comics in Indianapolis. Downtown Comics is one of the Midwest's largest comic retailers with over four locations in Indianapolis. All opinions are his own, and they cannot be bought with free swag. Beer and a walk on role on Chuck to steal Sarah from Chuck and I'm bought.
It's kind of a small week. Kevin Smith finishes up Batman Cacophony. Black Panther #2 hits and some other odds and ends. Of course, it's Watchmen week at the theaters, and I had a chance to see it on the IMAX on Monday. It is a solid movie - I give it a B. Jackie Earl Haley as Rorschach is just outstanding in the film, but some of the other actors just fell flat. As for the "change" to the ending, I was perfectly fine with it and thought it worked well for the film. There are some truly awesome moments, like the title sequence, but other times it was a really flat movie. While I enjoyed it quite a bit and do recommend it to other comic fans, there is no way Watchmen has any legs at the box office after this week. It's not Dark Knight. It's not Iron Man. Hell, it's not even Ratner's crappy X-Men 3 film. The general public is going to have a tough time with Watchmen.
Kim's Picks
It's that time of month where I beg and plead for people to read Joe Hill's Locke & Key. If you haven't listened to me yet, listen to me now. Go buy the trade version of the first series and pick up the first three comics in the second series immediately. Hill knows how to scare. When you're reading his stuff, you never want it to end. There are very few comics (or other books) that I can say that about.
AGE OF SENTRY #6 (OF 6)
AGENTS OF ATLAS #2 DKR
ARMY OF DARKNESS #17
ASPEN SEASONS WINTER 2009
ATOMIC ROBO TP VOL 02
AUTHORITY #8
BACK TO BROOKLYN #4 (OF 5)
BANG TANGO #2 (OF 6) (MR)
BATMAN CACOPHONY #3 (OF 3)
BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #5 (OF 6)
BLACK PANTHER 2 #2 DKR
BOYS #28 (MR)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23
CABLE #12
CHALLENGER DEEP TP
CHUCKY VOL 02 #1 (OF 4)
CLASSIC GI JOE TP VOL 02
DANGER UNLIMITED TP
DAREDEVIL #116
DARK REIGN FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (OF 5) DKR
DEAD IRONS #2
DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #3 (OF 4) (MR)
DEADPOOL #8 DKR
FANTASTIC FOUR TP WORLDS GREATEST
FARSCAPE #3 CVR A
FLASH GORDON #4
FRINGE #3 (OF 6) (RES)
GALAXY QUEST GLOBAL WARNING TP
GOON #32 10TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
GOTHAM GAZETTE BATMAN DEAD #1
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #36
HAUNTED TANK #4 (OF 5) (MR)
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #4 (OF 8)
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #11 (MR)
HULK BROKEN WORLDS #1 (OF 2)
I AM LEGION #2 (OF 6)
IMPALER #2
INCOGNITO #2 (MR)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 01 FIVE NIGHTMARES
JACK OF FABLES TP VOL 05 TURNING PAGES (MR)
JIM BUTCHERS DRESDEN FILES STORM FRONT #3 (OF 4)
JONAH HEX #41
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL TP VOL 01
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #148
LOCKE & KEY HEAD GAMES #3
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #14 (RES)
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED KIDNAPPED #5 (OF 5)
MARVEL YOUR UNIVERSE #2
MIGHTY #2
MIRRORS EDGE #5 (OF 6)
MS MARVEL #36 DKR
NEW AVENGERS REUNION #1 (OF 4) DKR
SECRET SIX #7
SECRET WARRIORS #2 DKR
SHAZAM MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL TP
SHE-HULK TP VOL 07 HERE TODAY
SHRAPNEL #3 (OF 5) OKON CVR A
SIR APROPOS OF NOTHING #5 (OF 5)
SOLOMON GRUNDY #1 (OF 7)
SPIDER-MAN HUMAN TORCH BAHIA DE LOS MUERTOS SP ED
SPIDER-MAN PREM HC CRIME AND PUNISHER
STRANGE ADVENTURES #1 (OF 8)
SUB-MARINER DEPTHS #5 (OF 5)
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #4
SUPERMAN BRAINIAC HC
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #1 (OF 12)
TERROR TITANS #6 (OF 6)
TERRY MOORES ECHO #9
TRANSFORMERS REVENGE FALLEN MOVIE PRQ DEFIANCE #2
TRINITY #40
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #3 (OF 6)
WAR OF KINGS #1 (OF 6)
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT TP VOL 01
WOLVERINE BY CLAREMONT & MILLER TP
WOLVERINE ORIGIN TP NEW PTG
WOLVERINE TP WEAPON X NEW PTG
X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #2 (OF 4)
X-MEN SPIDER-MAN #4 (OF 4)
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