Panel of the Week 07/12/06

Panel A: Iron-Mean! (Sensational Spider-man #32)


Panel B: Super-Cliches (Planetary Brigade Origins #1)

Panel C: pot(head), kettle (NEXTWAVE: Agents of HATE #10)

Free Poll Script from CWT

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November '06 H-O-T Grade

1. X-Factor #13 (Marvel)
2. NEXTWAVE Agents of HATE #10 (Marvel)
3. Planetary Brigade Origins #1 (Boom Studios)
4. Crossing Midnight #1 (Vertigo)
5. Runaways #22 (Marvel)
6. Batman/the Spirit (DC)
7. Astonishing X-Men #18 (Marvel)
8. Manifest Eternity #6 (Wildstorm)
9. 52 #29 (DC)
10. American Virgin #8-9 (Vertigo)
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Panel(s) of the week(s) 30.11.06

A whole month has passed since the last poll we did, so for this week I'll bypass the poll and instead offer a selection of my favorite panels from the past 5 weeks:




"aware-of-his-own-medium-boy" (52 week twenty-four)


"hop on, the Bat-Chair?" (Birds of Prey #99)


"Ultimate Bloodstone!" (NEXTWAVE Agents of H.A.T.E. #9)


"I knew you'd use that" (The Boys #4)


"Imagine all the Skrulls, living for today" (Wisdom #1)


"the things I do for England!" (Wisdom #1)
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October '06 H-O-T Grade

1. NEXTWAVE Agents of H.A.T.E. #9 (Marvel)
2. Dork #11 (SLG)
3. The Other Side #1 (Vertigo)
4. Doctor Strange: the Oath #1 (Marvel)
5. Mixtionary #1 (IDW)
6. Tag #2 (Boom Studios!)
7. Casanova #5 (Image)
8. The Boys #3-4 (Wildstorm)
9. Pirates of Coney Island #1 (Image)
10. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo)
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Panel of the Week 17.10.06

Last week's winner with a landslide 59% over the other two panels is Chris Giarusso's Mini Avengers from Marvel Adventures: Spider-man!

Three more panels are contesting for your favour this week, the winner as always will be announced in next week's column.

Panel A:

...ask a stupid Question. (52 week twenty-three)

Panel B:

...believe me, we do (Stan Lee meets Dr. Strange)

Panel C:

...well, that explains a lot! (Wolverine: Origins #7)

Opinion Poll from CWT

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Panel of the Week 11.10.06

An enthusiastic response last week gave the winning place to Gail Simone and Brad Walker's Mad Hatter panel! This week, we continue our Panel of the Week poll with a selection from Dr Strange, The Boys and Marvel Adventures Spider-man!


Panel A: (Dr Strange: The Oath #1)


Panel B: (The Boys #3)


Panel C: (Marvel Adventures: Spider-man #20)

Opinion Poll from CWT

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September '06 H-O-T Grade

1. Pride of Baghdad
2. Hero Squared #3
3. NEXTWAVE Agents of H.A.T.E. #8
4. Astonishing X-Men #17
5. Local #6
6. American Virgin #7
7. Supergirl #10
8. Casanova #4
9. Ultimate Spider-man #100
10. Secret Six #4
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Panel of the Week 04.10.06

A new format this week, making the column more interactive. I realized how every single week I've been torn between two panels to feature. The solution: U Decide (eek). Come back to this space next week (10/10/06) for the popular vote results!


Panel A: Fellhatio (sic) (Secret Six #4)


Panel B: Leave Your Sweater At the Door (Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man)

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Panel of the Week 30.09.06

"I'm the GODdamn Batgirl!"


honorary runner-up (Goon Noir):


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Panel of the Week 12.09.06

Just another reason to add Marvel Adventures: Spider-man to your pull list
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August '06 H-O-T Grade

Which were the best titles last month?

1. Astonishing X-Men
2. X-Men
3. Casanova
4. Nextwave
5. Shark-man
6. Agents of Atlas
7. All-Star Superman
8. Beyond
9. Wonder-woman
10. The Boys
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Panel of the Week 06.09.06

In Space noone can hear you hustle.
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July '06 H-O-T Grade

Which books made the Top Ten last month? (the brackets indicate June's placements)

1. X-MEN (new)
2. HERO SQUARED (2)
3. RUNAWAYS (8)
4. SHE-HULK (new)
5. DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON (6)
6. CASANOVA (new)
7. BATMAN (new)
8. 52 (5)
9. FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD SPIDER-MAN (10)
10.MANIFEST ETERNITY (new)
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Panel of the Week 08.08.06

Venus: Un-Veiled! (AGENTS OF ATLAS #1)
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Panel of the week 31.07.06

Pronounced "loh-dee" in the South
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New Excalibur #10 Advance Review

New Excalibur #10
Marvel
Writer: Frank Tieri
Artists: Michael Ryan

Review Content: Have you heard of 'New' Excalibur? Vol. 4 or so, published monthly from Marvel Comics?

Right, right.

Do you know what it's about?

What is that? A London-based team of X-Men, led by Captain Britain?

Well, guess again. If the first two issues by new writer Frank Tieri are any indication this is the new spotlight title for UK-born Marvel characters.

Much like last issue, Tieri remains oblivious to the fact he's been hired to write an ensemble book, and instead focuses the entire issue on the Avenger Black Knight and his lineage. The Black Knight has converted his ancestral castle into a museum for the Black Knight legacy (the first superhero tribute museum in the Marvel U belongs to the Black Knight? sheesh!), showcasing the mummified remains of his ancestor, the first Black Knight. The issue in fact opens with a flashback to the early 6th century with the latter's quest to retrieve Excalibur after the destruction of Camelot, which ends in his corruption, and a bridge into current continuity!

The actual Excalibur team act as guest-stars in their own book with a brief cameo towards the end of the issue, again. I recognise the practice to devote an issue for the introduction of a new team member (as Black Knight is hinted to be), but it doesn't make sense to me to produce two such issues in a row, especially a writer's first two issues on a new title where the reader is expecting him to show his take on the existing cast. To me these issues feel like filler/archive stories that Tieri has already written and had to shoehorn into Excalibur at a minute'snotice when he was approached to fill in after Claremont's abrupt temporary retirement.

Grade: F
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