Dan's Recommended Buys This Week Part I

I wanted to give everyone a heads up on a few of books coming out this week that I particularly recommend. No big surprise, they're each from DC.

All Star Superman - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. What more needs to be said about this really? If the number of times you reread something is a good indicator of how much you like something, then I must really love this book. Every time I read it I find something new that I hadn't picked up on before. Like in the last issue, when Superman is exposed to the new black kryptonite, did anyone else notice how his cape stopped fluttering around him and was pressed up against his body? Like his body had started to exert a gravitational pull after being exposed. It's all about the little things.

Trials of Shazam - Now I wasn't planning on picking this book up actually. Even though it's being written by one of my favorites, Judd Winick, and illustrated by JLA legend Howard Porter, I've never really had much interest in the character. We got a preview copy in this last week so I gave it a quick read Wednesday after I got off work. Porter's art is just amazing this time, it almost looks like a very clean version of Dan Breretons art. And Winick makes it very easy to get into the characters head and understand what he's going through. Better way to put it would be he put's a human face on a very inhuman, godlike character. Nicely done.

Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters - This is also kind of Grant Morrison. At least the characters were designed by him. The follow-up to this summer's Battle for Blüdhaven, Freedom Fighters is the story of the new Uncle Sam after he was killed by the Society in Infinite Crisis #1. Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (Jonah Hex, Crisis Aftermath: Battle For Blüdhaven) and featuring the art of superstar Daniel Acuña (JLA and Outsiders covers)! Acuña's art is just amazing! The first issue was good, but by the second issue his art just jumps another level altogether. Looking like it's going to be more about the politics of the DC Universe, this is a book that should also appeal to readers of EX MACHINA and SUPREME POWER. I included here a couple pages from the first issue so you can get a look at the amazing art as well. Enjoy!

-Dan