Honorable Mentions: November 7, 2020

All I want for Christmas is an excellent horror story. 

Honorable Mention Highlights: November 4, 2020​

• Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #1 (W: Gerry Duggan, Declan Shalvey, Matthew Rosenberg; A: Declan Shalvey, Joshua Cassara, Adam Kubert)
• Heavy Metal Elements: Savage Circus #1 (W: Brendan Columbus; A/CA: Al Barrionuevo)
• Tales of the Dark Multiverse: Batman: Hush #1 (W: Phillip Kennedy Johnson; A/CA: Dexter Soy)
• Origins #1 (W: Clay Chapman; A/CA: Jakub Rebelka)
• Heavy Metal Elements: Dark Wing #1 (W: Matt Medney; A/CA: German Ponce)
  

Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #1
Now, before you say anything, YES, this is in fact another collection of stories about the same guy that we've all read way to many stories about already. No, there isn't anything particularly new about the book or the stories. BUT, the art is fantastic and definitely deserves heaps of praise. If you're a fan of the snikting savage, this is definitely worth the buy. 

Heavy Metal Elements: Savage Circus #1
This book has so much potential... we just didn't really get to the meat of anything in this first issue. Beasts, robberies, a sleepy town with a deputy who's bad at his job - you've set up an excellent horror tale that I'd be more invested in if anything actually... happened. Also, there were some things that could have used more clarity in the middle (raise your hand if you totally didn't realize the thieves & the circus WEREN'T the same people... my bad). But still, this book even takes place at Christmas, and GOD do we love a good holiday horror tale. 

Tales of the Dark Multiverse: Batman: Hush #1
At this point, we've read our fair share of these "cannon but not really" Batman stories, but this one was quite fun. There's a special place in my heart whenever Batman gets depicted as an anti-hero - not particularly good (he's killing quite a few folks here), but he's still going after an inherently bad guy. Not complaining one bit. 

Origins #1
This book looks beautiful, and has excellent opportunities for world building and establishing an extensive lore. The only thing is... no idea what this is even about yet. Sometimes, breadcrumbs aren't quite enough to follow the story, especially when they don't use the same bread the whole time. 

Heavy Metal Elements: Dark Wing #1
It's a good old fashion sci-fi story, set in a distant part of space, with humans struggling to survive and desperately hunting resources to restart the population. There's a guy with an "I have to make tough choices" attitude, not afraid to fight against the status quo and push back against the higher ranks. It's all pretty standard fair, except for the name of this book, which kept me harkening back to a certain crimefighting duck. I'm just saying.