Hello, and welcome to Saturday Morning Panels, your new favorite Multiversity column! It’s a very simple concept: since none of us are up to watching Saturday morning cartoons anymore, we are instead going to share with you our favorite panels from the week before. It’s a bit like Comics Should Be Cheap, except with more pictures and less reading.
And, of course, spoilers are probably abundant.
We encourage you to play along at home and let us know what your favorite moments of the week were in the comment section! In the meantime, our picks:
“Captain America” #21 – Remender’s run on “Captain America” has been pretty interesting so far, and it’s a book where I can never really tell what’s going to come next; the stake’s are rather consistently high and dire. But I like this quiet moment after the insane devastation of this issue, as Steve’s world falls apart. – Matthew Meylikhov
“Cyclops” #2 – There are many Marvel characters with Massive Daddy Issues, and Cyclops is certainly near the top. This is why I like Greg Rucka’s current book, which gives some hope to a boy who really needs it. – Matthew Meylikhov
“D4VE” #5 – Before the final issue, I wrote to “D4VE” with all my love and devotion. My letter did not make it into the comic itself because clearly it was too fanboy-ish, so we’ll publish it here for posterity’s sake.
DEAR D4VE COMIC,
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. One one-thousand! Two one-thousand. Three one-thousand! Four one-thousand! Five–
But in all seriousness. Ryan. Valentin. You guys have made a wonderful comic book, and I hope that you are beyond proud of what you have accomplished with this here series. D4VE is funny, smart, sweet and honest; every issue I’ve found moments that make me both laugh out loud but also get a bit introspective as I relate to this poor little robot’s life as he is ground down by corporate oversight but yearns to do something bigger, be something more.
D4VE is us. We are all D4Ve. And bless you boys for bringing him to life.
DEATH TO THE K’LAARIAN OVERLORDS
Sincerely,
Matthew Meyliblarhgghhhhser
“Future’s End” #5 – Literally the worst random dialogue in the history of a comic. And I’ve read Youngblood comics. – David Harper
“Ghost” #4 – I am quite sad to see Kelly Sue leave “Ghost,” but this was certainly a way to drop the mic. And also: this sequence is amazing. – Matthew Meylikhov
“Iron Fist: The Living Weapon” #3 – I hate it when this happens. – Vince Ostrowski
“Judge Dredd: Mega City Two #5” – Steve Morris, this one’s for you. – David Harper
“Loki Agent of Asgard” #5 – Sincere shout-out to the “Agent of Asgard” team for referring to fem!Loki as one of Loki’s “true selves”. I remember Ewing saying he wanted to make the character more gender fluid and moments like this one really help serve that mission statement.
Also it was just another great issue in general. – James Johnston
“Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man” #2 – “Parker got an ass hella thick
Makes me scream “Yo that’s hella sick”
Deadlier than a spider’s prick
Shit’s tighter than a Lego brick”
from “First I Parker My Car” by Based Ganke.
Bendis Records. 2014. – James Johnston
“Moon Knight” #4 – Funny. Now I can’t sleep. – Vince Ostrowski
“Nailbiter” #2 – In anticipation of “Nailbiter’s” release, Image sent out the first two issues to press outlets for consideration. It has been so hard keeping my mouth shut about how much I love the second issue and I almost think they should’ve released them both at the same time for everyone, because what a last page. My favorite thing Williamson has done yet, and Henderson is a beast at the horror. Wow. – Matthew Meylikhov
“Original Sin” #3 – This comic is just batshit crazy, but it’s my type of batshit crazy. – David Harper
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“Quantum and Woody” #11 – Poor Papa Goat. That last panel, yo. Also, I didn’t realize that this was the penultimate issue of the book before it goes on hiatus for “Delinquents.” Womp womp.
“Superior Foes of Spider-Man” #12 – Fun fact: James Cagney never actually said “You dirty rat!” The line is “you dirty, yellow-bellied rat.” You can probably guess why people choose to just misquote it.
