I see it more like making a diamond out of a lump of coal. McKeever's done some fantastic stuff with the Spidey mythos in SMLMJ while other writers in the core titles like Bendis, Millar, and Straczynski just keep on making attempt after attempt to tear it down.Īmbush Bug - Some people think that this issue made Bendis’ run on DAREDEVIL null and void. Marvel should be kicking themselves for not giving McKeever a mainstream Spidey book and letting him escape into DC's clutches. This was one of those comic book moments where I slapped myself on the forehead and yelled, "Of course!" when I saw it. Bringing Gwen into the pages of SMLMJ was a pure stroke of simplistic genius and I was kicking myself for not expecting it. Oh, I'm sure tons of people would rather pick a decapitating Superboy punch from INFINITE CRISIS as their Best Single Comic Book Moment of 2006, but for me, it was the simplicity of Gwen Stacy being introduced (or reintroduced) in the pages of SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE that got me the most this year. Props also due to Keith Giffen, for translating it all into English so carefully that the nuances come through. It isn't just a kid shooting someone - it's a sacrifice of innocence to protect himself and the people he cares about, and it's treated as such. Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi work dramatic tension like some crazy puppet at a show, making it dance to their tune, and when the scene finally ends, the reader feels a true sense of cathartic release. 15 (Tokyopop) - When one quarter of a manga volume is used to describe something that takes maybe six seconds and it doesn't feel slow, that deserves some congratulations. ![]() Just fantastic, fantastic stuff.ĭan Grendell - BATTLE ROYALE V. "Don't come back" is all he says before sending one very evil man to one well deserved hell, and sending a very succinct message that his cohorts overseas, and the readers themselves, won't soon forget. But the best comes at the very end of the arc with the ringleader of the whole organization tied to a chair and our man Frank in the room with him and also with a lighter, a can of gasoline, and a video camera. I've read a lot of comics over the years, and I don't think I've ever truly hated a group of characters as much as I did the ones in this particular story arc. For six issues we were shown humanity at its worst, and we really, really, really wanted to see someone die horribly for it and oh yes, they did. Six issues of build up for some of the most vile characters I've seen in any comic book, “The Slavers” was an arc that really made your blood boil as Ennis depicted the horrible underpinnings of an operation that saw the kidnapping and brutal rape of a multitude of young women in the depraved sex trade. Garth Ennis has been throwing out some very brutal, yet sensitive yarns of righting wrongs as bloodily as possible for the duration of his MAX run on the PUNISHER, but this was by far the best of them. A really good year for moments that stick with you, and yet this is the one that always comes to me first whenever I ponder over this subject. Humphrey Lee - The end of "The Slavers" - PUNISHER #30 (Marvel). ![]() ![]() The last moment of innocence in the Marvel Universe. But the bass-ackwards editorial side that effectively killed all the enthusiasm that surrounded TEEN TITANS coming into 2006 also killed what should've been a gonzo comeback. Had not DC editorial stuck their head in the gas oven, it would've clearly been the return of CAPT. The closest thing I can think of would be a toss-up between Red Tornado becoming human or just seeing the Earth-2 Superman's hand bursting up out of the grave on the last page of JUSTICE SOCITY OF AMERICA #1.(DC Comics) But since that JSA scene is actually a peek into 2007, I'll have to concede to the Red Tornado bit by Meltzer and Benes in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA. BEST SINGLE MOMENT/SINGLE ISSUE Professor Challenger - This last year had very little in the way of "moments" that I enjoyed.
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