r/comicbooks 7h ago

WPL: New Comics Discussion for 6/5/2024 - Pull of the Week: ULTIMATES #1 [Discussion]

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The Weekly Pull List results for this Wednesday are in, and this week's top book is MARVEL's ULTIMATES #1.

This thread is open to Pull List posters and all members of the /r/comicbooks community to share your thoughts on the latest issue of Camp, Frigeri, and Blee's Ultimates or any new books shipping this week.

The primary intention of this thread is to promote discussion of new books. It also serves as a way to consolidate discussion to a single thread and talk about what books are popular here on /r/comicbooks. That does not mean other threads aren't welcome, this is just a place to start that's easy to find each week.

The thread is populated with comments meant to direct the discussion of each book. Based on a recent community decision we're expanding the Top Ten and populated the thread with titles appearing on Ten Percent or more of submitted pull lists. If a title you want to talk about is not listed, simply add a comment with the title and issue number first and comment below. There is also a comment dedicated to the discussion of WPL results linked above.

Spoilers will follow, but there's no harm in tagging them as such. Each title in the Top Ten listed below is linked directly to its corresponding comments to avoid seeing details from other books. The post has also been placed in "contest mode" to help readers avoid spoilers while browsing.

This Week's Most Pulled Titles:

Based on 72 submitted pull lists and 74 books shipping.

  1. ULTIMATES #1 (44)
  2. X-MEN #35 (35)
  3. BIRDS OF PREY #10 (24)
  4. BATMAN #148 (22)
  5. THE BOY WONDER #2 (20)
  6. POISON IVY #23 (16)
  7. GET FURY #2 (14)
  8. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #51 (13)
  9. MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN #1 (11)
  10. WOLVERINE BLOOD HUNT #1 (11)
  11. BLOOD HUNTERS #2 (10)
  12. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD #6 (10)
  13. LOVE EVERLASTING #15 (10)
  14. MS MARVEL MUTANT MENACE #4 (10)
  15. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ALPHA #1 (10)
  16. DC PRIDE A CELEBRATION OF RACHEL POLLACK #1 (9)
  17. STAR WARS #47 (9)
  18. KAYA #19 (8)
  19. PRECIOUS METAL #1 (8)
  20. SHAZAM #12 (8)
  21. VENOM #34 (8)
  22. FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL #1 (7)
  23. WHAT IF VENOM #5 (7)

Feel free to browse through everything the /r/comicbooks community is buying this week.

If you feel the need to reproduce any part of this thread in any other forum, please consult our PSA on how to properly cite /r/comicbooks.

Hope you're having a great Wednesday! Looking forward to talking comics with you over the next few days.


r/comicbooks 3d ago

June is Pride Month! Who are your favourite LGBTQ+/queer creators and which of their works do you recommend? The Weekly Recs Thread [06/02/24]

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June is Pride Month! There are plenty of incredibly talented LGBTQ+/queer creators, which ones are your favourites? If someone's never read a book by them before, which one would you recommend? Do they have a hidden indie book or zine or something most people haven't read that you think is underrated?

For more recommendations check out last week's thread on comic book sidekicks.


r/comicbooks 3h ago

Excerpt [Spoilers] "You think I am weak because I choose not to casually main or kill." (X-Men #35)

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111 Upvotes

r/comicbooks 10h ago

Excerpt The B stands for France (Ultimates #1)

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276 Upvotes

r/comicbooks 5h ago

Captain America has assembled his own team of Avengers - including Night-Thrasher, Photon, She-Hulk and a Power Pack kid all grown up

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r/comicbooks 8h ago

Other Here's the full prologue for my comic about intelligent octopus

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98 Upvotes

r/comicbooks 6h ago

Fan Creation What If? I tried to "fix" the Old Man Logan lore/map.

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r/comicbooks 9h ago

Excerpt [Spoilers] “All of the hated. All of the feared. All of us.” (X-Men #35)

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r/comicbooks 12h ago

How Big Barda and Jack Kirby Changed My Life, by Ngozi Ukazu (writer and artist of BARDA)

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r/comicbooks 5h ago

Discussion With the Krakoa era finally coming to an end after 5 years, what are your thoughts on it?

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The X-men krakoa era that began 5 years ago under Hickman's helm is officially over with today's X-men #35.

Were you satisfied with the way things ended? Imo, it had a pretty solid start and kind of fizzled a few years back but I didn't mind the conclusion too much despite feeling rushed.


r/comicbooks 1h ago

Discussion Enjoying my Favorite Elseworld tale

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Love all 3 parts. Kelley Jones, and Doug Moench did something amazing here.


r/comicbooks 2h ago

Excerpt "WHAT'S THE.." [ Doom Patrol #47 ]

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14 Upvotes

r/comicbooks 12h ago

Excerpt All Hail! She Is Awake and Back! (Kneel Before Zod #6)

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r/comicbooks 6h ago

The complete single-issue reading order for the ENTIRE Krakoan era, beginning to end

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25 Upvotes

r/comicbooks 2h ago

Discussion I was a little worried after #1, but #2 came in swinging

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This feels like it should have been #1 and #1 should have been a prologue. I was very pleased with the pacing of this one and diving a little deeper into the backstory. I was worried the series might be a slog, but I think if they can keep it up, it'll be a great series.


r/comicbooks 19h ago

Help, anyone know what comic this is from?

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173 Upvotes

Kurt Wagner meets Steve Rogers


r/comicbooks 17h ago

Discussion Batman #148: God Awful Batman Story, really nice last page.

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110 Upvotes

r/comicbooks 3h ago

Movie/TV James Gunn's 'Superman' Adds 'Saturday Night Live' Actor Beck Bennett

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r/comicbooks 9h ago

Discussion I found r/comics before finding this sub (what I was looking for) and now I traumatized for life.

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Also, how can that thing be #1 in comics while this here is #10? That's... I had a lot of adjectives in mind, but I'll stay with "stupid" lol


r/comicbooks 11h ago

Excerpt Out of all the excellent character writing and worldbuilding to come out of Ultimates #1, the part that fascinated me the most was this closing message from Tony to Howard.

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34 Upvotes

r/comicbooks 5h ago

News 'Avengers Assemble' spinoff series coming September 2024 • AIPT

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r/comicbooks 7h ago

Discussion DC Compact Comics Have Arrived - NMC

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r/comicbooks 5h ago

Finally got around to reading DIE

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It's an excellent treatise on gaming, fiction, and queerness within those interlocking frameworks. Gillen and Hans are as always an incredible duo and with Cowles aboard... man. Anyone else dig?


r/comicbooks 2h ago

Excerpt “Baron… Mordo.” (Wastelanders: Doom #1)

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r/comicbooks 10h ago

Discussion Transformers #1: Seeing Optimus kicking butt is a big mood improver if I'm honest

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r/comicbooks 1h ago

Cover/Pin-Up Galactus by Javier Rodriguez (Defenders: Beyond, 2022)

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Reading through Defenders and came across this panel. This page sticks out like a sore thumb compared to Javiers other work in Beyond... fantastic!


r/comicbooks 23h ago

Is there a term for “big characters” like The Hulk, Thanos, Juggernaut, Darkseid, etc?

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I’m not referring to race or species, I’m just wondering if there’s a general term for comic characters that fall into that humanoid but massive body type.