Comic Exposure

For their third “Absolute” book, Josh and Trav journey into Jason Aaron’s “Absolute Superman: Volume 1” where they engage with a Superman with a slightly different backstory. Will these changes highlight what is really super about Superman?

The boys pick up a second “Absolute” book after reading Absolute Batman in January to kick off Absolute April. Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman offer a new version of Wonder Woman in Absolute Wonder Woman: The Last Amazon. What elements of the hellish Wonder Woman will hit home for Josh and Travis?

To finish off their run of Western Comics, Josh and Trav dive into a historical fiction shoot’em up that feels like it could be part of Texas history. What will the boys think of Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips prequel to “That Texas Blood”?

In their second Western comic of March, the boys enter town of Dead Acre where the supernatural has a part to play in the redemption of James Crowley. Jaime Castle takes a stab at adapting a novel that Josh very much enjoyed. Will he dig the comic as much?

This week, the boys are sinking their teeth into The Blood Brother’s Mother, a dark and emotionally charged graphic novel that explores themes of the Western.

Garbage men of the future struggle to survive what humans have done to the planet. Oh, and there is a giant mutant goldfish! Hear what the boys think about Stefano Cardoselli’s “Don’t Spit into the Wind.

Josh and Trav finish off the three episode series featuring WWII books. DANIEL ACUÑA and Rick Remender team up for a war book that embraces the brutal action of war…but there is a twist… there are no humans in this book. What will the boys think of this off-center take?

In their second WWII book of the month, Josh and Travis dive into the magical espionage trenches of London in TKO’s book “Witches of WWII”. Paul Cornell’s comic weaves history and fiction in a way that surprises the boys.

Two of Josh and Trav’s favorite creators, Garth Ennis and Steve Epting, team up together again at TKO studios for another Russian WWII front story: Partisan. Will this spiritual sequel to Sara live up to the boys expectations?

Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta push to cape crusader in a more brutal direction in their Absolute Batman series. Where does this grim dark Batman rank in Josh and Trav’s favorite Batman archetypes?