It really should have been in Week Two.įelicia Hardy is never sure if she wants to be a thief or a superhero. It’s just a shame that we had to wait until King in Black Week Three for this issue. That’s literally what happens in Black Cat #1. Sometimes, a tie-in feels like an event just crashed into the comic. And that’s where we start-Black Cat and her crew are about to pull a heist to get some SHIELD black money…when a symbiote dragon falls from the sky and ruins their plans. So, any comic that starts with somebody driving a stolen Spider-Mobile is already off to a great start. How hasn’t DC sewed Marvel over this character yet? Or have they? TO THE GOOGLES! (Image: Blac Cat (2020) #1, Marvel Comics) Comics are sometimes described as “words for pictures.” But a comic like this shows that-occasionally-you don’t even need words. Kuder really shows his innocence, his confusion, his loneliness, and his sense of wonder. But what makes it work is the child-like Hulk we have now. In fact, I don’t think this technique has ever been used this well. Recently, we saw it in Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost. We get this kind of comic every so often. So, despite that it’s the night before Christmas and Knull has completely taken over New York City, we follow “Savage” Hulk as he wanders around, lost and aimless, and distracted by toys in a window.īut the sweet story of this child-Hulk is only part of the magic. Basically, Hulk is in some bad shape, and there’s a scrawny child-like Hulk in his place. If you haven’t been reading Hulk, it doesn’t matter. A frackin’ Christmas Special! How did we end up with this beautiful Christmas special in Week Three of King in Black? Al Ewing (writer), Aaron Kuder (artist), Frank Martin (colorist), and Erick Arciniega (colorist). And as if it couldn’t be more perfect-it’s a Christmas Special. This comic portrays everything that makes comics so amazing. (Image: King in Black: Immortal Hulk #1, Marvel Comics) Honestly one of my favorite panels of this entire event. And we had a one-shot that is one of the best comics I’ve read this year. We had one series debut, the second issue of a mini-series that actually started before Week One of King in Black, instead of starting in Week Three, which would make more sense…I’m rambling. That’s because we had three very unique stories from a great group of creative people. The Week Three King In Black Tie-Ins Are Very Different From Each Other

And against the odds of Knull himself, all three are good. Now we’re on King in Black Week Three, and we have three more tie-in issues. So, we should expect the mastermind of the event to write a great tie-in. But Donny Cates, the author of King in Black, wrote that issue. Of those four, only one- Venom #31-was actually good. So far, there have been 4 tie-in issues for King in Black, the big Venom event taking up almost every corner of the Marvel Universe.

King in Black by Donny Cates