I read two stellar comics that came out this week and wanted to spotlight them both! "Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum," and, "Predator Kills the Marvel Universe," both had their first issues just hit the stands, and they were each quite enjoyable.
"Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum," features the creative team behind the creepy-and-clever, "Ice Cream Man," series over at Image, W. Maxwell Prince, MartÃn Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran. Published under the DC Black Label, this first issue features Superman discovering some new variations of Kryptonite and enlisting Batman to help him test them out--the reasoning being if anybody like Lex Luthor were to find other samples it is important to know what each iteration of the rock can do.
Upon being exposed to Purple Kryptonite, Superman finds that his perception of time is impacted. This is cleverly portrayed within the comic itself as panels being out of order. It is an ingenious use of the comic-book format to portray a story concept, and I loved how it was done. The next issue will feature Superman testing out Colbalt-colored Kryptonite, and with such a wild initial issue, I can't wait to see what else happens! This is without a doubt 5 out of 5 Stars.
The comic, "Predator Kills the Marvel Universe," is a bit of a culmination of multiple other Predator-in-the-Marvel-Universe comics. It ties together plot strands from the one with Wolverine, Black Panther, and the most recent, "Predator Versus Spider-Man." The basic idea that has been built up to is that the Predators/Yautja want to claim Earth having checked it out in previous mini-series becuase there are only so many habitable planets--and Earth is perfect with how hot it has become from our treatment of Earth (the movies have made it clear the Predators like it hot) but still being possible to survive on. The problem is, Earth's heroes won't be giving up the planet easily, so things are gonna get ugly.
Before the opening credits/splash, we already (spoiler alert) have the Guardians of the Galaxy brutally struck down, and it only gets increasingly vicious from there. As this story is a bit removed from the regular Marvel continuity, anything can happen, so I do wonder who will survive of the Marvel heroes--if any. Benjamin Percy is a fantastic writer, and Marcelo Ferreira draws the fights spectacularly, too. Can the Marvel Universe withstand the Predators? We'll know the answer soon enough, because I'm eagerly picking up the rest of these issues! Again, 5 out of 5 Stars.
