Series of the Decade: All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor This series is definitely one of my favorite series of all time. Laura Kinney has always been a great character and seeing her come into her own as Wolverine really adds to her character. Taylor pays so much homage to everything Wolverine and X-23 related. He ties a lot of loose ends from the previous series and wraps up old plot points. He also created Gabby Kinney and she’s one of the most precious characters ever created and I love her. This run is also very new reader-friendly, and…
Author: Tariq Sims
Tariq Sims
Tariq can go on hour-long discussions and tirades about comics, but if you text him, he'll take forever to respond. Comics are his passion, and eventually, he would love to write his own comics. Currently, he's working on his own YA novel, but he keeps putting it down to read and write fanfiction. He has a degree in Criminology because apparently, no college has DC Comics as a legit major.
To celebrate the end of the year, the staff of Sequential Planet will be listing their favorite things from 2019! Below are some of Tariq’s favorite picks of the year. Comic Books Best Series: Immortal Hulk Was there really any question? Al Ewing completely rewrote the rules of the Hulk and continues to craft an amazing story. Each issue of this series brought something interesting and intriguing. The Jade Giant’s series continues to be amazing and I look forward to where it goes in the new year. Honorable Mentions: X-Men, The Flash, Justice League, Amazing Spider-Man Best…
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Teen Titans the Judas Contract #1 DC Comics Writers: Matt Groom and Kyle Higgins Artists: Tom Raney and Hi-Fi Teen Titans: The Judas Contract is a story that has been adapted a myriad of times. If there’s a Teen Titans related media, you know what story is coming at some point. It’s one of the most iconic storylines in the entire history of the team, and for good reason. That story showed what the Teen Titans were all about, and showcasing their growth for the future. It’s an important story. Groom and Higgins start by…
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Infinite Crisis DC Comics Writer: James Tynion IV Artists: Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, and Romulo Fajardo Jr The original Infinite Crisis event was an event for the ages. There were a lot of moving parts and built off a lot of plot threads from different books at the time. James Tynion IV really does a great job writing this Dark Multiverse spin on it as if it came out in the mid-2000s. Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle, is a hero that the majority of fans unequivocally love. His death in Countdown to Infinite Crisis is…
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night (2019-) #1 DC Comics Writer: Tim Seeley Artist: Kyle Hotz Blackest Night is one of my favorite comic book events in the history of comics. The main story was great, and it was one of the first events that I read all the tie-ins for. When the announcement that the Tales from the Dark Multiverse series was adapting Blackest Night, I was excited. The excitement for this was well worth it because Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night was a great read. As with the other books in the Tales from the…
The Green Lantern: Blackstars #1 DC Comics Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Xermanico, Olyoptics & Steve Oliff Picking right off where Green Lantern #12 ended, Green Lantern: Blackstars #1 throws us right in the thick of the situation. Grant Morrison chooses to start this story uniquely, by starting on the fourth day of his new status quo and then going back. The storytelling in this issue is phenomenal. Seeing Blackstar Parallax and Blackstar Beelzebeth already established and with no-nonsense personalities illustrates the new status quo. As the issue moves forward, the readers move back in time. The story puts us in the headspace…
Flash Forward #1 DC Comics Writer: Scott Lobdell Artist: Brett Booth Flash Forward #1 was… Interesting to say the least. With equal parts multiversal adventure and solo character drama, let’s look at the beginning of this six-part story. Before reading the issue, I knew two things about the story. First, Wally would be recruited into an adventure through the multiverse. Second, he would be dealing with the aftermath of Heroes in Crisis. Those sound like the basis of what could be a compelling narrative but so far, it feels rather clunky. Reading through the story, there’s this sense that…
Batman/Superman #1 DC Comics Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: David Marquez and Alejandro Sanchez Letterer: John J. Hill Batman and Superman are the team-up of legends. Any time the pair are together is amazing, but then there are the writers that add that bit of flair we didn’t know we wanted. The two of them are extremely different, but balance each other out in pretty interesting ways. For fans of the Superman/Batman book by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness, you are in for a treat with this book. Williamson nails the dynamic between the World’s Finest with bits of dialogue that…
Lois Lane #2 DC Comics Writer: Greg Rucka Artists: Mike Perkins and Paul Mounts Firstly, Lois Lane #2 was an improvement on the already excellent issue #1. Greg Rucka feels like he was tailor suited to be writing Lois, and this issue really cements that fact. For example, we’re immediately thrown into the in-universe popular opinion of Lois Lane. Her kiss with Superman was caught on camera. As a result, the majority of people don’t like Lois. Rucka expertly deals with the themes of misogyny. Above all, it feels subtle and comes across as organic. Nothing that’s said in…
Red Hood: Outlaw Annual #3 DC Comics Writer: Scott Lobdell Artists: Adam Pollina and Pete Woods This annual finally delves into the fates of Bizarro and Artemis, who disappeared back in Red Hood and the Outlaws #25. They fell through the quantum doorway Bizarro built almost a year ago. Fortunately, Lobdell has almost the entirety of the issue focus on the two of them. The issue begins with a prologue and focuses on Jason and the decision he made at the end of Red Hood: Outlaw #36. These few pages give us a lot of information. Pete Woods did…