Some of My Friends Read Comics Some of My Friends Read Comics

We're reading some detective comics this week! No, not the Bat. We're reading a lesser known PI published by Renegade Comics in the 80s: Ms. Tree, written by Max Alan Collins with art by Terry Beatty.
We jump into the middle of the book and read issues #18-23 in which Ms. Tree deals with the death of her archnemesis... and kills a ton of people.
We were expecting a little more noir and a little less Punisher.
Then we continue Thunderbolts with issue #3 in which the former Masters of Evil meet the current Masters of Evil!
Next Time: Hulk 417-419 (Rick Jones' Bachelor Party) & Hulk: The End

It's another classic X-Men story! We're reading God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson from 1982, which served as the inspiration for the X-Men 2 film.
We get to know the evil reverend, Stryker, who has made some... questionable life choices. But why didn't they make him a reverend in the movie? 
Then we continue our long read of Thunderbolts with issue #2, which contains the ugliest statue ever erected to honor a superhero.
Next Time - Ms. Tree: Heroine Withdrawal

It's time to go back to Fairyland! We loved the first volume of Skottie Young's I Hate Fairyland when we read it back in 2020, so we thought we'd check out volume 2.
Will the art still manage to simultaneously be cute and grotesque? You know it!
Also, we begin our next long read with Thunderbolts #1 by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley, with villains posing as heroes. How devious!
Next Time: X-Men - God Loves, Man Kills
 

April Fools! We're doing some weird comics today, because that feels like it makes sense.
We wanted to read Peter Porker and we only picked issue #16 because it had Baron Zebro in it. 
Then we read Avengers #200 because it's said to be one of the worst issues of all time, and it definitely deserves that accolade.
And we finally end Earth X in issue #X, in which Spiders-Man wears a hard hat.
The best thing in all these comics is the cool dinosaur that attacked Avengers Mansion.
Next Time: I Hate Fairyland, Pt. 2
 

With the passing of Akira Toriyama, we wanted to take a look at his most famous work, and one of the most popular manga/anime series of all time, the Dragon Ball series.
We go back to the first volume from 1986 and it's not what we expected!
Then we continue Earth X with #12 in which... uhh... we can't remember anything that happened. Did anything happen?  DID ANYTHING HAPPEN??
Next Time: April Fools Day where Carol Danvers marries her son in Avengers #200 + Spider-Ham meets Baron Zebro in Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #16 + the Earth X Finale!

It's time for us to visit the late 90s with Kurt Busiek and George Perez's relaunch of The Avengers! Who will be on the new roster? Will we remember any of the history that Busiek digs up?
And is it ever a good idea to relaunch a book with an alternate reality story?
Then we go onto Earth X #11 where we say farewell to the character with the best one-liners.
Next Time: Dragon Ball, Vol. 1