Pile to the left, pile to the right, I guess we’ll start with this one. Ended up falling behind through the move and the holidays but here we go.

Sacrificers… I feel like I was reading The Lottery by Shirley Jackson for a second when I started this, so I stopped and started again. The story is different but it just called out the same emotional response from me. The writing by Rick Remender is solid and the color pallet is pleasing and I will continue this one but I hope for a little more detail and a more drawn out plot.

Deviant. I think this is a very well put together idea and one issue at a time just does not cut it. I think James Tynion IV has taken the comic world by storm these past two years but I think this one is the smartest of his efforts. I’m going to scrounge up an issue #2 on the open market and keep this one ordered going forward.

Action Comics #1061. Jason Aaron. I give him 3 issues without reservation as he just earned it over the years. Given the terrible storylines these past years put out by DC, my reading this is solely on his efforts. One problem, I just can not get into Bizarro. The inverse emotions and text just make the stories difficult for me. That being said, I liked the make up of the issue. Good world building, long term reader connection, and enough dialog to make feel like the $5.00 was worth it.

A special mention for people who enjoy animated style art. Silent Tales has some very nice panel work on sequential art without text. I will be looking at the artist’s other work.

• Ghostlore #1
• A Haunted Girl #3
• Ribbon Queen #1
• Cull #1
• Antarctica #2
• Skull & Bones #1
• Skull & Bones #2
• Sacrificers #1
• Franklin & Ghost #1
• Trident of Aurelia #1
• The Deviant #1
• Silent Tales
• Action Comics #1061