Comic Book Moments of the Week for 07/28/10

Friday means it's time for the Moments of the Week.  We've got cowboys, bladder spasms, Punishers everywhere and more in this week's edition.  Hit the jump and enjoy!

Action Comics #891

Lex expected this.  I couldn't dream of something like this and he expected it.  Moments like this are why I love comics. 

Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat #2

Really cool silhouette scene.  Great use of colour and sense of motion here.

Batman: The Widening Gyre #6

Remember that awesome moment from Batman: Year One?  You know, the one where he tells the mobsters they're done feasting on the innocents of Gotham?  One of the greatest Batman moments ever?  Well, Kevin Smith didn't think Year One humanized Batman enough, so he he had him relate to his new sidekick/pet character how he actually had a bladder spasm and pissed himself during that scene. Good times.

Not content with making a joke of one of Batman's greatest moments, we get another excellent scene where Batman's fiancee relates to Alfred the story behind why she's nicknamed Batman 'Deedee'.  That's right, the first time they had sex, they did it 11 times (she mentions the number specifically on another page) in one go.  Alfred's response?  To tell us the hilarious story of how a 15 year old Bruce Wayne was statutorily raped by a pre-med college student.  Nothing says Kevin Smith comics like rape!  Even with only spotlighting two horrible moments from this comic, it's pretty safe to say that this is one of the worst comics ever written.

Frankencastle #19

The Punisher/Daken fight shifts in Frank's favour this issue.

That's gonna leave a mark.

New pain.


Green Arrow #2

Green Arrow gets arrow'd in the head, just like he did to Prometheus in Cry for Justice.  As he's living in the forest of life or some such, I imagine that tree with the White Lantern logo on it will bring him back. 

Green Lantern #56

It's Christmas in July when Larfleeze learns of the one we call Santa.

Is Sayd actually dead?  Larfleeze has only used constructs of those he's killed so far, yet there she as a construct below Larfleeze.  He tells Hal that she's "on an errand" and trails off.  Was he just covering up the fact he killed her?  Or is she really on an errand?  Lex Luthor was able to make his own constructs in Blackest Night, though, so who knows?  We'll have to take Larfleeze's word on it.

Hector Hammond becomes possessed by the avaric entity, Ophidian.

PunisherMAX #9

Bullseye is seriously $%^'d up in the MAX Universe.

I'd put Frank as a green man, myself.  

All I could think of at the end of this incredibly messed up chat was Van Wilder with Bullseye's 'good talk' line at the end.

Thor #612

There is something eating giblets with chopsticks that makes Mephisto so much more evil looking to me.  

Ever wonder how Thor would react to a One More Day-like offer from Mephisto?  Think he'd sell his soul or trade his love of Sif/Jane Foster for a rebuilt Asgard or something similar?  Yeah, me neither, but I bet it would play out exactly like it did in this moment. 

I loved this little speech.  It's such a fitting line that takes into account these are gods that know they live in an endless cycle of deaths and rebirths. Adds a lot of weight to the journey to Hell they are about to undertake when we know the stakes are that much greater.  

Wonder Woman #601

A quick shot of the new origin for Wonder Woman as her mother kills herself to prevent the shadowy figure from using the Lasso of Truth on her to learn where Wonder Woman, still a child at this point, had been spirited off to for safe keeping. 

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