What? comic book text. Photo: Jacquie Boyd (Getty).
We are living in the golden age of wacky comic books. Or is it the Silver Age? Modern? Whatever. I don’t want to nerd this place up immediately and lose half of you right off the bat. The point I’m trying to make is that comics are so much more diverse and accessible than they used to be, and the funniest part of that is seeing the crazy concoctions, crossovers, and all out lunacy that hits the shelves every month.
Surely you immediately noticed that this is a list of comics that are already on the stands and not upcoming. That was intentional, believe it or not. As a comic fan, there is nothing more annoying to me than solicits. Don’t get me wrong, I love to know what’s on the horizon, but then I just get antsy and have to wait for the actual release dates. So instead, we rounded up the craziest comic books put out this past month so that once you know they exist, you can waste no time going out and seeing how ridiculous (but usually entertaining) they really are.
Fascinatingly Peculiar Comics Released In July
Did we miss anything? Let us know what we left out.
Previously: The Most Fascinatingly Peculiar Comic Books Released In June 2017
Fascinatingly Peculiar Comics July 2017
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Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It #1
Photo: Oni Press
Price: $3.99
A comic book based on a mobile game based on a TV show based on Back to the Future. We're off to a pretty good start.
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Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again #1
Photo: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99
The very title speaks volumes. Not only is this a comic book series involving Deadpool murdering the entirety of Marvel's superhero arsenal, but this isn't even the first time.
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Centipede #1
Photo: Dynamite Comics
Price: $3.99
Fans of the old Atari game by the same name should get a kick out of this one. Then again, it's described as a mix between Aliens, The Thing, and Predator, so it's anyone's guess. Couldn't be worse than when they adapted Battleship into an alien invasion movie starring Rihanna, right?
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Archie #22
Photo: Archie Comics
Price: $3.99
This was supposed to be the issue that killed off a cherished Archie character and changed the game forever...and then it wasn't. One of them was badly injured, though, and possibly paralyzed for life from the waist down. That's a really morbid consultation prize at least, right? Seriously, though, Mark Waid's modern take on the Archie mythos has been surprisingly refreshing throughout; this one just seems to have slipped away from the marketing team.
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Sisters of Sorrow #1
Photo: BOOM! Studios
Price: $3.99
Vigilante-by-night nuns with the edge of Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter running things sounds like a recipe for success. Unfortunately, it's apparently about as lackluster as, say, Sons of Anarchy.
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Batman '66 Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes #1
Photo: DC Comics
Price: $3.99
The campy 1966 version of Batman (played by the great Adam West) has been teamed up with many a TV series of the same era on the printing page of late, including The Green Hornet, Wonder Woman '77, and even The Man From U.N.C.L.E. But this is the first time he's crossed paths with a TV show that never existed based on a team of DC superheroes that aren't all that popular. Let's hope it works out for them.
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DuckTales #0
Photo: IDW Publishing
Price: $3.99
We're not sure what's more peculiar: the fact that they've decided to revive the '80s cartoon DuckTales with an all-star voice cast and updated visual style, or that they'll set the tone for the whole thing with a prequel comic before the series even airs. That's a lot riding on Scrooge McDuck's winged shoulders. Wait, did he have wings? He's a duck, right?
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Trump vs. Time Lincoln #1
Photo: Antarctic Press
Price: $3.99
We'd say you can't make this stuff up...and yet, here we are.
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Rick and Morty #28
Photo: Oni Press
Price: $3.99
Right back where we started. Only this is a regular issue in the current line of Rick and Morty comics. Except it's a special one-shot that has the audacity to call itself "Interdimensional Cable III" despite not being written by anyone from the show and most comic books not being cannon in any way to the TV series they represent. We're just saying, big shoes to fill.
