Honorable Mentions: October 2021

​What you may have missed in October!

We covered a lot this month, but there were plenty of books from our weekly pull that never made made it into the podcast. Check out the highlights below!

Honorable Mention Highlights: October 2021

• Soul Plumber #1 (w: Marcus Parks & Henry Zebrowski, a: John McCrea & PJ Holden)
  
• Chicken Devil #1 (w: Brian Buccellato, a: Hayden Sherman)
  
• Marvel Legends: Black Panther #1 (w: To hi Onyebuchi, a: Setor Fiadzigbey)
  
• Batman: The Imposter #1 (w: Mattson Tomlin, a: Andrea Sorrentino)
  
• Hellcop #1 (w/a: Brian Haberlin)
  
• DC vs Vampires #1 (w: James Tynion & Matthew Rosenberg, a: Otto Schmidt)
  
• Pop Star Assassin #1 (w: Ed Lavalles & Matt Cashel a: Marcelo Basile)
  
• Cross to Bear #1 (w: Marko Stojanovic, a: Sinisa Banovic)
  
• Winchester Mystery House #1 (w: Joshua Werner, a: Dustin Irvin)
  

​Soul Plumber #1
Goodness, this is an ugly book. If you are looking for a polite, clean, puritan reflection on the soul, run very, very far away. Soul Plumber is shockingly relatable beneath the layer of filth, and I'm rooting for the lead.

Chicken Devil #1
Oh my goodness, this book I just one big fiasco and I love. Hot chicken magnate gets involved in crimes because the world around him deems it. Why not? This is the least character driven book I've read, but I kind of love just watching this dude on a log flume of misery and guns. Also, they have a restaurant menu in the back and it looks damn tasty.
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Marvel Legends: Black Panther #1 
Not much more to say aside from this is a cool look at young Tchalla earning his stripes (do panthers have stripes?) and showing his mobility in the face of a unaccepting world. This book handles heavy topics like racism and capitalism in a delicate way but still delivers a solid message. A great book for young readers.
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Batman: The Imposter #1
A prequel/sequel to the new Batman movie? Hard to tell really, as it feels fairly originy but also seems to also reference movie things? Weird flex releasing a sequel to a movie that does not yet exist, but hey, that's DC. They flex more than an insecure, pre-workout addled Chad on a busy day at muscle beach. Still, I like the angle that they are taking with this Batman and this left me kinda jazzed for the movie. Not really a super new story, but still a nice level of grit.

Hellcop #1
What do you do when the veil between two realities is lifting and demons are co-mingling with humans on a regular basis? You create a new police force, obvi. Our main character is pretty predictable, but the world building keeps me intrigued enough to want to read more in issue #2. And that's really all it takes, isn't it?

DC vs Vampires #1
Well, hot damn Tynion, you're aiming for a Cover B fan club name, aren't you? The cheesiest of names gives way into an excellent, thought provoking book that not only makes sense in the given DC universe, but made me gasp unexpectedly at twists. I am definitely looking forward to the next issue of this one.

Pop Star Assassin #1
When I saw the title, this was NOT the book I was expecting to read. An Elvis impersonator, a waitress, and a psychic vagrant escape from a bar - be sure to stop me if you've heard this one. Oh, you haven't? I'm not surprised. This book is bonkers, but has a lot of potential if you like fast-paced, off-the-wall chaos.

Cross to Bear #1
...Are they Templars? Are they Masons? Is it a brand new cult we've never heard of? What is their real mission? What are they protecting... or who? I love a good secret society, and I love even more when our supposed protag is more fallible than forgivable. Who doesn't love some character depth, amiright?

Winchester Mystery House #1
You've heard the legends. You've probably even seen the movie. But there's something so eerie about the Winchester House that I'm glad it's being given a chance in the comic format. The ability to come from different perspectives, show more intimate details of the house's machinations - there's a lot that can be done here, and I'm very excited to see it go down.