#also fowler bc he’s my second favourite

[dolls-self-ships]

cock-a-doodle-doodles

[sunset-synthetica]

Top 5 Transformers characters >:3 alternate version to make it even harder/easier if you can't choose or need to kill time: top 5 characters from each of your top 5 pieces of Transformers media >:D

HSHCBDBFFNFN O K A Y

Again, these are in no specific order, I'm shit at picking my favourite anything

Also please do not expect these to be serious I literally forgot 70% of all characters the moment I saw this ask so I'm really sorry. These are literally 90% TFP characters 😭

1- TFP Ratchet, of course. He's the grumpy but caring grandpa that I deserve but did not get. I would die for him. Did not hesitate to get high on potentially very dangerous steroids to help his team. Love him (also his fucking. Backpack antena thing is so cute I can't-)

2- I'll just. I'll just say it. It's IDW Megatron. Grumpy old grandpa, but this time he's also an ex warlord. Fucking asshole and I love him. This man would not hesitate to kick me into the Sun. Love his story arc & the fact that he killed Tarn.

3- AGENT FOWLER. HE IS DONE WITH EVERYONE'S BS. TIRED AS HELL. NOT EVEN 30 YEARS OF SLEEP COULD HELP HIM. THIS MAN EXISTS OUT OF SHEER SPITE. 70% OF HIM IS JUST MADE OF COFFEE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING KEEPING HIM ALIVE. IF YOU PUT HIM AND MEGATRON INTO ONE ROOM YOU'D HAVE TO TAPE FOWLER'S MOUTH SHUT WITH FLEX TAPE BECAUSE HE ABSOLUTELY WOULD TIRE MEGATRON TO DEATH BY LISTING OFF ALL THE PROPERTY DAMAGE HE'S CAUSED. HE CAN & ABSOLUTELY WILL LOOK A GIANT ALIEN WARLORD IN THE FACE AND INSULT HIM. He's also the only TFP character powerful enough to say 'fuck'.

4- This probably isn't surprising at all but TFP Optimus??? Like first off hello can he please adopt me. And second off I just??? Really like all the subtle expressions and things he does in the show. I genuenly like what the writers/animators were doing, even if I wish they hadn't been afraid "what will the kids think" & had given OP some more interesting moments then "Engage battle mode" and "Exposition time 😎😎😎".

OP's been through a lot of shit, lost a lot of people and things that mattered to him, but he still cares and is willing to get himself killed just to save others. His family consists of a feral medic, a big soft idiot who can Break Things, a dumbass teenager, a Motorcycle Mom- a less known version of the Helicopter Mom- and three little human kids who absolutely live getting into trouble. He somehow still keeps his cool & does his best to protect all of them, and I pray to gods that I can, one day, be just like that.

5- TFP Starscream (or any Starscream, really). His design is so damn nice- even if he can barely bend his legs bc otherwise they'll clip through his thighs- and it perfectly captures the stick bug gremlin energy. I would not hesitate to pay for his therapy. He may be a war criminal, but he's also traumatized. I would personally throw hands with Megatron on Starscream's behalf.

[perenial]

the results are in! with an incredible lead of 290 votes out of 705 (41.1%), the old guard fandom’s favourite character is mr maghreb 1099 himself, yusuf al-kaysani aka joe!

rounding off the top three was nicky with 217 votes and nile with 80 votes

[more details + my favourite responses below the cut]

from a total of 705 (!!) votes, the ranking we got was

joe (290 votes / 41.1%)

nicky (217 votes / 30.8%)

nile (80 votes / 11.3%)

andy (56 votes / 7.9%)

booker (39 votes / 5.5%)

quynh (16 votes / 2.3%)

other* (7 votes / 0.7%)

*other included 2 votes for lykon, 2 for copley, 1 for keane (??), 1 for ‘shouting woman - jane fowler’ (?????), and 1 for ‘joe and nicky at the same time it's impossible to choose’ (okay fair enough)

(i had an anon tell me they meant to vote for celeste (the french girl at the pharmacy) but google docs won’t let me edit the answers (obviously) so just imagine she’s also there)

some general observations on the ‘why did you choose this character?’ question:

number of people who quoted the ‘I just think they’re neat’ meme: 1 for andy, 1 for nile, 1 for quynh, 1 for joe, and 3 for nicky

multiple gay italian catholics stating that they voted for nicky because like. kin.

17 mentions of how soft joe is. 17.

nearly every person who voted for booker mentioned that they were depressed which like, same, but please get help.

3 separate people mentioned how joe is friend-shaped and/or husband-shaped

almost every nile response commented on how impactful her role is as a Black woman in a superhero action film, which is v cool!! special shout out to one participant who said that nile inspired her as a dark-skinned Black woman ❤️

3 responses cussing me out for making them choose between joe and nicky

so many wlw expressing their endless adoration for andy and/or quynh. so many.

and some specific responses that just hysterical:

for joe

“betraying my viet blood here but hgngnggg artist poet sunshine man sword fighty curls soulful eyes incredible bitch face even better smile uhhrhurhhghrhhrr”

“bc he's the sun personified and im like a sunflower”

“yusuf al-kaysani stan first, human second“

“Technically nicky is my favorite bc I'm catholic and Italian, but objectively joe is the best bc of marwan's eyes”

“Would you like a 10K essay because I can provide“

“this good boy can hold just so much love and poeticism in him“

“love is stored in the yusuf”

“im a lesbian”

“he’s joe”

“i've got an embarassing fictional character crush like I'm a repressed queer teen again“

“Listen ....LISTEN............ do i even need to say anything more at this point ......“

“È sanguigno come me“ (terrible google translation: He's as sanguine as I am)

“gay arab + maghrebi supremacy“

“soft smart poet man he protecc he attacc but more importantly is snacc”

“he’s the only man”

“Haven’t poets been gushing about the sun for thousand of years before? What else is new and deserve to be said? He is soft and bright and strong and so lovely, my soul yearns to meet his eyes and drown in their shine.” (same)

“An absolute sweetheart very adorable and funny he deserves the world even if Andys the hottest”

for nicky

“it's so close god it is so close but i just love when he makes his judgmental little face and says aloof shit...he looks like a mean bird. also the gender envy and lapsed catholicism. also the rage. pumpkin pasta you son of a bitch idiot with a wooden spoon no less? please i never related to anything harder in my life”

“His voice, Byzantine eyes, and the fact that that ass just don't quit. The boy is thicc your honor.”

“Catholic guilt!” (it’s the exclamation mark that kills me)

“Autistic innit” 

“nose”

“i’m also a cryptic feral homo”

“wrote my thesis on medieval Genoa“ 

“feral little man”

“i could write pages and pages of why he's my fave but a) it's too early for this and b) ask joe“

“Italian”

for nile

“i'm a lesbian i just love her very much shes hot and nice and a murderer. what more could i ask for. also pretty smile <3″

“baby who could kill me aka my type“

“I’m love her“

“cause they're all great but i don't know most of them well enough, plus booker's a little bitch, and nile's just fucking awesome too”

“Because she is soft and badass and so strong and determined and on her first day on the job she saves the entire company.”

for andy

“She, like myself, is a tired semi-mom-friend who loves her found family even if they're dumb gays who play pass around the single braincell”

“gay“

“She has such a deep character and backstory, and her story is very compelling to me who is also tired of trying in front of what's becoming of the world. Also she could step on me and I'd thank her“

“i just think that women“

“Kindness. Baklava. Arms. Axe.“

“HOT 👏LADY 👏BIG 👏WEAPON👏”

“The OG OldGuard member. SHE HAS AN AXE. The boss. Could eviscerate me by taking her shades off and giving me a particular look. Literally the strongest person on the planet?”

“axe 🥰”

“woman hot”

for booker

“I'm depressed and white”

“because he's depressed and so am i so lets celebrate that“

“eurotrash franco“

“it's the catharsis. i know i'm not valid but it's the CATHARSIS & the PROJECTION”

“I can relate”

for quynh

“ur honor i love her”

“Quynh IS the feral asian wlw that i, as a feral asian wlw, want in my life. get over ur white boys, Quynh is the real fave.”

��Anger lesbian brain go brrrrrrr“

“Disclaimer I am mixed Asian woman lol so I promise this isn’t fetishisation but uhhhhhh she’s so ducking sexy my dudes I’d ??? Die for her. BIGGEST dick energy just huge it’s unbelievable. am I basing this all off the one scene of her in bookers apartmrnt?? Uhhh yeah what of it she’s hot”

“She's the QUEEN”

and finally this essay-length comment for joe that deserves its own section:

I love everything about Joe. Despite not being one of the main characters he just stands out so much, I couldn't keep my eyes off him at all and had to rewatch bits because I was distracted! Ok so moving on to why he's my fave. He has such a great personality, he is gregacious and just exudes warmth and love, you know? I love his full belly laugh and his crinkly eyes and how he is with the others ... brotherly, devoted, loyal. I like that he's vocal with everything, his happiness, love or hurt, he knows how to express himself. Honestly new male archetype here, is there really any excuse for stoic, repressed men in this day and age? As an older millenial, Joe to me feels like an updated and far superior version of an 80's action hero. 0 toxic masculinity or idiocy here, just great action sequences, sarcasm, style, humour and lots of love. I also like how competent he is and the range, doesn't matter if he's bashing a baddie, drawing Nile, flying through a skyscraper window or declaring his love for his man, he's going to do an A+ job every time. To end my ramble, on a personal level I appreciate how well rounded Joe is as a Muslim character from North Africa, he has depth and out of all of the TOG he is to me the most relatable. On a tangent, I felt Joe and Booker so much. Joe telling Booker off was A+, Booker whining back also A+. That final look from Joe, just devastating. I'd watch a sequel that focuses on just those 2 tbh. Ok I am done, apologies for rambling but what can i say, it was fun.  

alright. time to settle this.

who’s the old guard fandom’s favourite character?

[eddycurrents]

For the week of 16 October 2017

This was a really busy week with some really great comics, endings, beginnings, middles, that resulted in four comics vying for a favourite spot. Doctor Strange #26 by John Barber and Niko Henrichon, Kid Lobotomy #1 by Peter Milligan and Tess Fowler, Maestros #1 by Steve Skroce, and Sherlock Frankenstein & The Legion of Evil #1 by Jeff Lemire and David Rubín. Published by Marvel, IDW/Black Crown, Image, and Dark Horse respectively.

Doctor Strange #26 is technically the second of two self-contained fill-in issues written by John Barber before the new regular team comes aboard, but both last issue with art by Kevin Nowlan and this issue, the last illustrated by Niko Henrichon, have been wonderful. This issue in particular makes me wonder what Barber and Henrichon could have done together for a longer period of time.

John Barber gives us a story that is essentially a dungeon delve, Strange and his assistant, Zelma, travel through abandoned NYC subway tunnels in search of lost relics. As they do so, they stumble upon a team of adventurers who were trapped eons ago driven somewhat mad, and possessed, by the evil that lurked in the temple. Dungeon crawlers are one of my favourite types of RPGs and invariably I love when they show up in fiction as well. Barber does a great job presenting the genre and, since magic is still a scarcity, relevant to the current Strange status quo. There are also some wonderful character moments, building upon the almost humility that Strange has had since Jason Aaron’s run and the humorous interaction between master and student.

It also helps that Niko Henrichon’s artwork is perfectly suited for this kind of mix of horror and fantasy. His designs for the adventurers, especially after they’ve essentially become revenants, is wonderful.

Kid Lobotomy #1 is the launch issue for IDW’s Black Crown imprint curated by former Vertigo editor, Shelly Bond, written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Tess Fowler, and it is pure, unadulterated glorious madness. To me, this feels like those early heady days of the Vertigo imprint back in the early to mid-’90s, when it seemed like everything was brilliant and beautifully strange, with weird and wonderful ideas flowing. This first issue captures that spirit, the essence, and creates something new.

The setting, characters, and narrative set out from Peter Milligan is suitably bizarre. On its top level, this is a bit of sibling rivalry over property as Kid and Rosebud fight over the hotel, the Suites, that their father, Big Daddy, has left to Kid to run. Of course, Kid and Rosebud have an odd incestuous relationship, or at least seem to have had when they were children, whereas now it’s unclear when something is still going on or if everything now is just Kid’s hallucinations and nightmares. There’s also the hotel itself, populated with strange guests and stranger staff-- ghost children cleaning service and a shape-changing maid who doubles as the bartender and might be Franz Kafka’s youngest sister (who died in 1943 if you’re wondering)--and a “turn down service” of giving New Lobotomy procedures to help excise particularly nasty memories.

That’s the other bit, Kid, has been suffering rock star malaise for some time, tried to kill himself, so Big Daddy invested into curing him, coming eventually to the “cut up” technique of New Lobotomy and Kid has become the resident practitioner of the hotel. It makes me wonder if Milligan’s also playing with our conception of what’s truly happening here, whether some of Kid’s memories are real or not, or if maybe he thinks he was a member of a band because he ate the excised portions of the brain of a man obsessed with the band’s lyrics. There’s nothing to necessarily hint at that, but there are enough presentations of things not being as they seem that it’s a possibility.

And then there’s Tess Fowler’s art. It too has hints of some of the memory of Vertigo stalwarts, a bit of Richard Case, some Luca Rossi, a little Philip Bond, and a taste of Mark Buckingham, resulting in some wonderful artwork that perfectly suits the story. The character designs are great, and as per the reveal of the main lobby at the hotel (as above), they make me wonder about the story of these guests just based on look alone. I want to know more about the girl with wings and a tail, the woman who looks like The Crypt Keeper in an ornate gown, what exactly is attached to the tentacles, and, of course, the normal looking guy with the briefcase.

This is a great first issue and a great launch for Black Crown. I’ve very excited to see what’s to come both from this series and from the future publications.

Maestros #1 is the latest return to comics by Steve Skroce, this time both as writer and artist on this new series. Maestros taps in to some of the same irreverent fantasy as Curse Words, but does so in a familial way. 

The first issue introduces us to Will, the last surviving son of the Kahzar bloodline, the magicians or “maestros” that shape and control the known multiverse. His entire family has been decimated by a mad wizard, Mardok, and his army of weird slug and venus fly trappy-type things and now Mardok’s attention has turned to Will in order to finish the job. In comes Will’s mother, Margaret, armed with a trusty talking sword to save him. Cue flashback to Will’s adolescence and awkward moments with family as he learns that he’s got magical blood.

Skroce’s story is indeed the traditional sad boy finds out that he’s special a la Harry Potter, it’s even reference in text, but it’s turned a bit on its ear partially because of the dark humour that’s peppered throughout the story, as well as the fact that the magicians really are pompous dicks that you don’t really feel bad about all of them being slaughtered. You are made to care about Will and his mother, but it’s interesting to see our mundane Earth made special and more pure, as well as its residents, through our lack of magic that runs through the rest of the multiverse.

As usual, Skroce’s art is gorgeous. After the relative normalcy of We Stand on Guard, it’s nice that he’s cutting loose again with some weird fantasy. Like many, I first saw his art on Ectokid for Clive Barker’s Razorline from Marvel and it’s pleasant to see him go back to something raw, strange, and magical.

It’s also fun to see that on Earth this occurring in the lower mainland of British Columbia. Skroce throws in some references like Mugs n Jugs and Abraham’s Books that are sure to amuse BC buds.

Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1 spins out of Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s Black Hammer series, following on particularly from #12, with Black Hammer’s daughter, Lucy, investigating his disappearance following the confrontation with Anti-God. The series is written by Lemire, with art by David  Rubín who had also illustrated the two issues of Black Hammer that focused more completely on this story arc (#9&12). You needn’t necessarily have read any of Black Hammer before, though, as this arc takes place before the mothership and can largely be read on its own.

First, I need to reiterate that David Rubín’s art is absolutely amazing. His character designs are whimsical, intricate, and immensely interesting, perfectly fitting the oddity of the Black Hammer world. His depiction of Sherlock Frankenstein galumphing around in a giant mechanical robostrocity looks like the kind of madness I’m used to seeing leap off the page from Guy Davis’ tenure on BPRD. His page layouts and panel transitions, as well, are incredibly inventive. Just above there’s a spread in a spiral, leading to the central chamber, complete with snapshots of the various villains housed in this facility. Not only is it visually interesting, it manages to convey a fair amount of information about the inhabitants in one go. Great synergy between art and writing.

Second, Lemire is firing on all cylinders here. Perfectly mixing the sense of oddity, family, and nostalgia for old school superheroes that permeates the main Black Hammer series, but also bringing the mystery back to the forefront here. This first issue sees Lucy decide that trying to find the heroes has yielded nothing substantial, so she’s going to investigate their villains, particularly the guy at the top, Sherlock Frankenstein. She visits Spiral Asylum to find clues, especially from one of Frankenstein top henchmen, Mectoplasm. Lemire does a great job of making us feel for the guy, who turns out to be a child dragged from the afterlife and forced into a life of crime in a giant containment suit . It’s weird, but it fits.

Overall, I’m interested to see how this fills in some more of the backstory. I also wonder if it’s going to lead more to the relationship between Frankenstein and Golden Gail, although there’s no hint of it here.

Quick Bits:

All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #12 acts a kind of prelude to the Guardians’ upcoming Infinity Stones quest, as they swing by Earth to see if any of Marvel’s cognoscenti might have come across any of them. They also pick up a new member. This is also a fairly decent jumping on point, before the series adopts its Legacy numbering and starts a new arc. The art from Rod Reis is also phenomenal.

| Published by Marvel

Animosity #10 continues the investigation of the missing bees, with Jesse stumbling upon a somewhat strange farming community, and a familiar face in Mittens. Marguerite Bennett also gives us some more backstory on Jesse’s parents before The Wake. I’m interested in where this is going.

| Published by AfterShock

Animosity: Evolution #1 continues on from The Rise limited series, but still manages to stand on its own fairly well introducing, or re-introducing, us to the characters and the situation of the growing animal society in San Francisco. It’s nice to see this expansion into another side of the Animosity world. The politics and intrigue of the story certainly give off more of an Animal Farm vibe than the mothership, but it’s a welcome difference.

| Published by AfterShock

Critical Role: Vox Machina - Origins #2 ropes in Scanlan and Grog into the story through the raid and looting of a temple, wherein they find a vial tying back into the curse introduced in the first issue. It’s not quite as funny as the real thing, but Matthew Colville again does a great job of capturing the characters’ voices and provides an amusing addition to the story.

| Published by Dark Horse

Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan #1 is a great first issue, especially considering that Mike Henderson’s is truly wonderful. Declan Shalvey’s story is as humorous and over the top as you would expect from a battle between Deadpool and Logan and overall this is just outright fun.

| Published by Marvel

Faith & The Future Force #4 is probably not the ending that you’re suspecting. After throwing wave after repeating wave of heroes at the time-travelling genocidal robot, the finale tries a different tack in recruiting Faith’s arch-nemesis, Chris Chriswell, to combat the evil. It’s fairly inventive and a rather satisfying conclusion.

| Published by Valiant

Generation Gone #4 is pretty fucked up. The artwork by André Lima Araújo is gorgeous, but this is still one seriously messed up story.

| Published by Image

The Infinite Loop: Nothing but the Truth #2 is going to mess with you. Nothing I write can really prepare you without spoiling a lot of stuff. Just read it, it’s good. Plus, there’s a nifty Blade Runner reference.

| Published by IDW

Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Star Wars: Captain Phasma #4 concludes this limited series bridging The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi and, wow, it really shows off how single-minded, cold-hearted, and ruthless Phasma can be in her devotion to herself. Kelly Thompson has done a great job of making us care about the Pilot and the people of Luprora and...wow. I also have to reiterate that Marco Checchetto and Andres Mossa have made this the best looking Star Wars book from Marvel to date. I highly recommend this series.

| Published by Marvel 

Kill or Be Killed #13 further explores the demon that has been central to the series from the beginning, but as per the rest of this arc, in a very different way. Ed Brubaker took a sharp left turn in the context of the story and it’s fascinating to see how it has changed dramatically, adding more depth and pathos, and giving a different understanding to what’s going on with Dylan. As usual, Sean Phillips’ art is stunning. Seriously, I think Brubaker and Phillips can do no wrong.

| Published by Image

Kong: Gods of Skull Island #1 is a decent one off story from Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Chad Lewis. The plot is the oft-repeated one of invading white explorers stumbling upon an existing culture to deleterious effect, but it’s largely immaterial since it’s well told.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Made Men #2 is every bit as good as the first issue, possibly even better, as it gets into more detail about Jutte’s team and their purpose. Paul Tobin does a great job here particularly with the dialogue, really hitting up some of the police tropes in a believable and entertaining fashion. And, again, Arjuna Susini’s art just really puts it over the top. This is a great book.

| Published by Oni Press

Magnus #5 concludes what was another great entry into the current Sovereigns reinterpretation of the Gold Key characters. The artwork by Jorge Fornés has been particularly impressive. He’s got a style that reminds me of Klaus Janson and the layouts and design of the pages have been amazing.

| Published by Dynamite  

The Realm #2 lives up to the promise of the first issue fairly well. The setting, somewhere between Shadowrun and Shannara, is still compelling in itself, but Seth Peck and Jeremy Haun do a great job of making us interested in finding out more about our fairly enigmatic cast of characters as well. It also helps that Haun’s art is gorgeous.

| Published by Image

ROM vs. Transformers: Shining Armor #4 makes me think that this is more of what Revolution probably should have been. Sure, it’s still filled with all out action in the battle between the two factions, Dire Wraiths/Decepticons vs. Space Knights/Autobots, but there’s a lot more cohesion here, better focus on the characters, and a fairly compelling plot. It’s not particularly complicated, but it doesn’t need to be, it’s entertaining, very well-illustrated, and the characters are engaging. John Barber, Christos Gage, and Alex Milne are doing a great job here.

| Published by IDW

Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers #4 again has some of the best art in comics today. Dan Mora is just incredible with his layouts, action, and storytelling that even if the writing from Ryan Parrott wasn’t good (and it is), this would still be a highly entertaining series.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Secret Warriors #7 is fairly inventive as it works its way to providing a reason for why the team should still exist. Matthew Rosenberg again utilizes humour to great effect to show some of the oddity of the heroes and their situation.

| Published by Marvel

Spy Seal #3 gets to some of the meat of the mystery as this penultimate issue ups the stakes and action. This has been very fun, at the height of many of the Tintin adventures and standing out among the best of Rich Tommaso’s works.

| Published by Image

Star Wars: Poe Dameron #20 kicks off a new arc, taking a brief break back at headquarters to deal with some personal stuff, before diving headlong back into the action and intrigue. It also puts voice to one of the funnier questions we all likely had during The Force Awakens.

| Published by Marvel

Transformers: Lost Light #10 takes us back to the Lost Light and, well, as expected it isn’t pretty. I’m quite interested to see where James Roberts is going to take us as Getaway’s mutiny is certainly one of the darker political angles the series has seen recently and likely the most horrific. You’re certainly left wondering why some of the more upstanding members of the crew still aboard know about what Getaway is doing and how complicit they are in some of the more heinous actions.

| Published by IDW

They’re Not Like Us #16 continues to tear apart the status quo set previously and throw our cast into new and deadly situations. As usual, the artwork from Simon Gane is incredible.

| Published by Image

Vampirella #7, despite being Paul Cornell’s last on the series, feels a lot like the series’ take on Moore’s “Anatomy Lesson”, redefining the character and her universe. New writer Jeremy Whitley co-writes this one, so there’s definitely some bit of the new direction he’s going to take, but, overall, it’s an interesting presentation of how this new series fits into Vampirella’s overall publishing history and how this new version of the character will be going forward. Also, the art by Andy Belanger is fabulous.

| Published by Dynamite

War Mother #3 ramps up the stakes for Ana’s tribe, while at the same time giving us a further revelation of the nature of the tribe’s personal affairs, thus advancing Max’s own machinations. Devious little kid. Fred Van Lente also gives us some welcome humour in FLACO’s little tantrum.

| Published by Valiant

Other Highlights: Cable #150, Champions #13, Curse Words #9, Dept. H #19, Descender #25, Genius: Cartel #3, Ghost Station Zero #3, Half-Past Danger 2 #2, Heartthrob Season 2 #4, Horizon #15, Incredible Hulk #709, Invincible Iron Man #593, Kill the Minotaur #5, Luke Cage #166, Lumberjanes #43, Mage: The Hero Denied #3, The Mighty Thor #700, Misfit City #6, Mister Higgins Comes Home, Monsters Unleashed #7, Optimus Prime: First Strike #1, Rashomon, Riverdale #7, ROM: First Strike #1, Shirtless Bear-Fighter #5, Spider-Gwen #25, Star Wars Adventures #3, TMNT Universe #15, Venom #156, X-Men Gold #14

Recommended Collections: Black Panther & The Crew: We Are the Streets, Cutter, Darkness Visible - Volume One, Deviations Beta, Giant Days - Volume Four, I Hate Fairyland - Volume Three: Good Girl, Jean Grey - Volume One: Nightmare Fuel, Low - Deluxe Hardcover Volume One, Plastic, Spider-Gwen - Volume Four: Predators, Star Wars Adventures - Volume One

d. emerson eddy does not seem to have an invisible touch. He can’t reach in and grab right hold of your heart. His hand just kind of hits your chest and it’s all kinds of awkward and he apologizes.