Star Wars #15

Best Revelation We All Suspected

Every week, we take a look at some of the most bizarre, exciting, and downright unique things to happen in comics. Check out our choices below of the strange and wacky things that shouldn’t be overlooked from this week’s releases.

There may be some tiny spoilers ahead.

Best Revelation We All Suspected

If you’ve seen Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, you know that Luke’s Uncle Owen wasn’t too fond of Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was never stated why exactly he thought he was a crazy old wizard and didn’t want Luke to hang out with him. In this flashback story, we find out Owen’s true reason for wanting Ben to stay away.

Captain Marvel #1

Best Understatement of One’s Abilities

Best Understatement of One’s Abilities

Captain Marvel is part of the newly upgraded Alpha Flight whose job is to now act as Earth’s first line of defense against alien threats. As some aliens prepare to attack, Carol states she’s “very good at punching things.” Clearly she’s more than just “very good” at it.

Captain Marvel #1

Best Star Wars Reference

Best Star Wars Reference

During the alien attack, Puck tries quoting Luke Skywalker’s womp rats line but forgets how exactly it goes.

Batman #48

Most Ominous Conversation

Most Ominous Conversation

Batman and Joker have essentially had their brains rewritten. They don’t recall their past lives. Bruce Wayne has created a new life and now ponders if he should try to go back to his old life. Running into the man that used to be the Joker, it appears he might know more than he’s letting on.

Uncanny X-Men #2

Best Reason to Have an HR Department

Best Reason to Have an HR Department

Mystique has been posing as a regular worker in an office to try to obtain information. When she’s discovered, she puts up a fight and makes a reference to reporting this to Human Resources. Trying to fill out this report would be interesting.

Uncanny X-Men #2

Best Description of How Cable Smells

Best Description of How Cable Smells

Sabretooth is one of the good guys now. With fellow X-Men teammate, M, the conversation turns to his heightened senses. He mentions she smells better than 80% of the people he’s worked and reveals what Cable actually smells like.

Sinestro #19

Most Ambitious Recruitment

Most Ambitious Recruitment

Sinestro has already made some crazy additions to his Sinestro Corps. His rings are fit for those able to instill great fear upon others. Having already added Black Adam, Superman, and Wonder Woman to help fight a massive threat against Earth, he sends out more rings to add to the members of the Corps.

Astonishing Ant-Man #4

Best Depiction of a Bad Decision

Best Depiction of a Bad Decision

Scott Lang is trying his best to be a hero. When he thought the world was going to end before the Secret Wars story arc, he had a one night stand with the villain, Beetle. Running into her again, he was determined to stay away and but somehow ended up making another bad decision.

I Hate Fairyland #4

Most Brutal Aftermath of a Fight

Most Brutal Aftermath of a Fight

Gert was transported to Fairyland when she was a child. She’s been stuck there for close to thirty years and while her mind has aged, she’s still in the body of a child. She recently discovered another child has arrived and her presence threatens Gert’s chances of returning home. They got into a fight and things didn’t go too well for Gert.

Ms. Marvel #3

Best The Matrix Reference

Best The Matrix Reference

What do you do when a city has been exposed to a gas that is influencing them in bad ways? You spray them all with water bottles containing the antidote in a flashy manner like Carrie Anne-Moss did in The Matrix.

Drax #3

Best Reason to Reconsider Helping Drax

Best Reason to Reconsider Helping Drax

Drax stopped two aliens that were attacking him and managed to keep one of them alive in order to assist him. When the alien does, Drax’s bonks him on the head since he’s not sure if he can trust him. At least he was polite about it.

Silver Surfer #1

Best Use of an Impending Alien Invasion Transmission

Best Use of an Impending Alien Invasion Transmission

Silver Surfer has been traveling the cosmos with Dawn Greenwood of Earth. Planning on returning home to visit her father and sister, they interrupt a group of aliens planning on invading Earth and use their transmission to let Dawn’s family know they’ll be there soon.

Silver Surfer #1

Best Comic Character Cameo From Another Publisher

Best Comic Character Cameo From Another Publisher

They thought the aliens were defeated but they managed to get some reinforcements to continue their plan. Part of the plan involved taking characters from fiction out of TV shows, books, and even comics. We see the series’ artist, Mike Allred’s character, Madman, make a cameo despite not being a Marvel character.

Silver Surfer #1

Best Aliens Disguised as Fictional Characters

Best Aliens Disguised as Fictional Characters

When the aliens arrive on Earth, they use the power of all the myths and legends the planet has to offer. Do you recognize all these characters of fiction?

X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever #3

Best Writing on a Chalkboard

Best Writing on a Chalkboard

Wolverine is teaching a class of mutants at the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters. On his chalk board, we see all the adjectives used for the various X-Men comic titles over the years. We also see what Logan thinks about Cyclops (Slim) and Sabretooth.

Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #2

Best Reaction to Working Retail

Best Reaction to Working Retail

Patsy has an idea for a superhero temp agency where heroes can do other jobs for income. In the meantime, she needs a job to make ends meet and is forced to work retail. Someone has to do it, but that doesn’t mean it’s the easiest job to have.

Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #2

Best Comment About Today’s Readership of Comics

Best Comment About Today’s Readership of Comics

Patsy’s mom wrote stories about her and her friends when she was young. Unfortunately her ‘frenemy’ obtained the rights to the comics and re-published them. Patsy was recognized while working and was surprised that kids are still reading comics these days.

That’s it this week. Let us know in the comments below what other Best Stuff you dug this past week. Special thanks to @djfanco for his suggestions. If you want to participate or felt we missed some other Best Stuff, don’t complain, contribute! Especially if you didn’t offer any suggestions. Each week you can @reply me on Twitter at @GManFromHeck by Saturdays using the hashtag #BestStuffInComics. We’ll give you a shout out and I’ll think you’re pretty groovy.

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