This Week's Haul: April 2, 2025
Mark Russell's ears must be burning.
This week’s comics haul includes:
POLIS, a hope-punk, climate future one-shot by Mark Russell, of X-Factor and Flintstones fame. When I spoke to him at Fan Expo in January, he mentioned this comic and Traveling To Mars as “the best things I’ve ever written,” so I’m excited to see what he’s cooked up. (I also have Traveling To Mars on my to-read stack…)
Uncanny Valley #3. Though the plot is perfectly fine, I think the art is far more interesting than the story; I keep reading not to find out what happens next, but what it looks like when it does.
Metamorpho: The Elemental Man #1. I know absolutely nothing about this one. I’m picking it up blind, based on my husband’s recommendation. He most recently recommended Absolute Wonder Woman, Uncanny Valley, and West Coast Avengers to me, so he’s on a hot streak here.
Past Time #1. A comic about “daylight-impaired” baseball players? This has gotta be inspired by Twilight, right? I mean, we’re all thinking it.
Absolute Martian Manhunter #1. I don’t even really know who Martian Manhunter is, but I heard through the grapevine that the art is truly top-notch stuff. A cursory glance through the first couple pages revealed the praise had undersold it. Can not wait to read this one.
Absolute Wonder Woman #5. A giant woman with giant biceps and a giant sword mowing down cthonic horrors. YES. PLEASE.
West Coast Avengers #6. Like a discount bin X-Factor. It has some of the same snark and team dysfunction that I loved about that series but with less of the razor-sharp satire. It’s not great literature, maybe, but it’s one of the most fun books I read on the regular.
Moon Knight: Fist of the Khonshu #7. Generally speaking I have no idea what’s happening in this book week to week or who any of the characters are or what they want or why that guy looks like a billiards ball or why their house is alive??? BUT! I’m a total sucker for noir and this is such a stylish, well-drawn book I’m 100% in for the ride.
X-Men #14. Jed McKay’s X-Men is by far the best of the remaining X-books on the shelves. (RIP X-Factor, you were taken from us too soon). Netho Diaz is a true artistic genius, and as a massive fan of both Cyclops and Magneto, I savor every bite from this buffet.
Missing on the Moon #4 (not pictured): I’ve loved almost every detective/noir story Mad Cave has put out lately, and Missing on the Moon is no exception. However, #3 sold out quickly at my shop when it came out, so I now have it on back order. Meaning I probably won’t be reading this issue for a few weeks yet.