Destroyer #2

In this issue, the elderly super-powered government agent Destroyer continues his personal mission to kill all his enemies before he dies of his defective heart condition. The first issue of this violent series set the tone quickly – the first page is Destroyer’s fist as it goes through the head of a member of the Horde, with his enemy’s brain matter and eyeballs flying everywhere. To say this series is brutal is an understatement. It is filled with more blood and guts than Saw.

Before you write off this comic as a pure violence, it has a lot more than that going for it. It also is the story of a dying old man that realizes he can leave the world a better place than when he came into it – by viciously killing his enemies. If you’re still not sold on this series, it is another team up between the original creative team behind “Invincible”, Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker. This means great writing and artwork.

Irredeemable #2

“Irredeemable” tells the story of The Plutonian, the most powerful and greatest superhero on the planet, who suddenly starts murdering all the other superheroes one by one.

In this issue, the last remaining heroes struggle to find each other so they can figure out a way to destroy The Plutonian before he does anymore damage.

Behind this series is Mark Waid, the man behind one of DC greatest “Elseworld” tales about mainstream superheroes, “Kingdom Come.” Waid, like several other writers out there, specializes in deconstructing the superhero myth, and in this series he wants to explain what drives seemingly good people to evil.

Although this has been done many times with other series such as “Powers” and “Watchmen,” I think Waid is in his element and expect to see something original.

The Boys #30

After the shocking conclusion of the “We Gotta Go Now” arc, the incident with the G-Men leaves the team shaken, and Hughie has second thoughts about staying with the group. Normally after a big storyline the issue that follows it is usually a filler and Hughie has thought about leaving the team before, but like with all books by Ennis, he is still able to entertain readers in between arcs.

Deadpool #10

Norman Osborn is tired of Deadpool’s antics after the mercenary “single handedly” made a fool of the Thunderbolts. So he sends in Dark Hawkeye, who is none other than Bullseye, to take care of Deadpool. I write about this book a lot because bringing back the Deadpool series is one of Marvel comics smartest investments, because of the character's popularity and his well written appearances in “Wolverine Origins” by Daniel Way. No one writes the character of Deadpool better than Way, and I know earlier this semester I said nothing was special about Paco Medina’s art, but I take that back after the “Thunderbolts” crossover drawn by someone else just ruined the feel of the series.

Osizimete Aken’ova is a film and video studies junior.