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What is up comic book fans it is Connor Christensen with another edition of 5 in 5 for the week
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of July 4th 2018. It is a wonderful week we're obviously celebrating the birth of our country but it's also a kick
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ass week for comics you have no idea how hard it was to put together this top 5 this week
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I mean I left out Catwoman number 1, Immortal Hulk number 2, Cosmic Ghost Rider number 1
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got left out. A lot of kick ass number 1's got left out this week but that's because there are so
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many good books coming out. So without further ado let's dive right in
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Coming in at number 5 this week we've got Astonishing X-Men number 13 written by Matthew
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Rosenberg with art by Greg Land. We all asked and Marvel listened
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Superstar writer Matthew Rosenberg is finally getting an ongoing main X-Men title
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He's taking over the reins on Astonishing X-Men from Charles Sewell with a whole new
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X-Team and a whole new threat to face. Look I know I talk about Matthew Rosenberg a lot in these videos but he's killing it
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on everything he touches. Multiple Man, The Punisher, The New Mutants, everything he's writing right now at Marvel
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is a kick ass book so I had to include this book here
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Plus Greg Land is on the art. Whenever Greg Land touches a book it's a better book
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Look at Weapon X. Weapon X is shaky but whenever you get a Greg Land issue it's a pretty solid issue because
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at least it's really pretty to look at. So you've got a great writer with a great artist here
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It's a must read book for X-Men fans and Marvel fans as a whole. Just read the book
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It's going to be great I promise. That's a guarantee. It's a Connor guarantee. That is an Adventures in Poor Taste 5 and 5 Connor guarantee
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Trademark that. Make it a hashtag. Put my stamp on it. Put a stamp
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Stamp thing right there. Yeah. Special effects. Yeah. Our number 4 choice this week is Captain America number 1 written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn
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by Lionel Francis Yu. Another week, another new Marvel fresh start in number 1
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This time in the form of Captain America with renowned American literate Ta-Nehisi Coates
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taking over the literal personification of America ideals. Coates already left a really good stamp on Black Panther since he took over in 2015 and
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he's continuing to build that character. So now he's taking on Captain America who is arguably Marvel's flagship character
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Like I said I'm very excited and very intrigued by seeing somebody as smart and as renowned
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as Coates take on such a massive character who is not only big in the Marvel Universe
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but is a big part of American culture. Plus much like our country right now Captain America is not in a good spot
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His public perception is terrible. He's still reeling from the events of Secret Empire
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How can Captain America reconcile with this newfound infamy? It's kind of like our country right now
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How are we reconciling with the way the rest of the world looks at us? Honestly I can't think of a better writer to take on Captain America right now to use
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Captain America as a lens to look at ourselves. Maybe it's the English lit nerd in me getting really excited but I can't wait to see what
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Coates does here. So definitely pick up this number 1. I think it's going to be a really really intriguing look at both Captain America and America as
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a whole right now. Coming in at number 3 this week we've got Star Wars number 50 written by Kieran Gillen
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with art by Salvador LaRocca and Guiseppe Comuncoli. The ongoing Star Wars comic has been one of the best Marvel has been putting out ever
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since Disney acquired Star Wars. It's been building up new lore for the series and it's been exploring what our favorite
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trio of heroes has been up to in between A New Hope and An Empire Strikes Back
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A time period that hasn't been explored in film yet. Issue number 50 brings the last three years of Star Wars comics to a head with a massive
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showdown between the new secret rebellion fleet assembled thanks to the help of the
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Mon Calamari who are going to go face to face with Darth Vader and his forces who has somehow
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through a secret spy, kind of like a double agent type scenario, has discovered the location
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of the secret fleet and is going to try and attack him obviously because he's Darth Vader
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and that's what he does. Honestly this is a must read series for Star Wars fans
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If you're a Star Wars fan whether you hate Disney or you love Disney, this is just a
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great classic Star Wars story being told in an awesome universe so you gotta read it
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It's a must read for fans of Star Wars. Coming in at number two this week is Man of Steel number six written by Brian Michael
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Bendis and drawn by Jason Fabok. Brian Michael Bendis' long awaited run on Superman comes to a close this week with Man
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of Steel number six with John Kent and Lois Lane's lives hanging in the balance
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Regardless of what happens to the super family, you can't really argue about how good of a
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writer Bendis is. I think that's part of the reason I like him so much
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He's made a lot of narrative choices with other characters I like and other series that I like that I hate but he makes those narrative choices so well and executes them so eloquently
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that you almost want to hate him because he makes these terrible narrative choices sometimes
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but as you're reading you're like, oh this is so well written and I hate it
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Either way, he's a great writer, it's been a great series, it's going to be a huge issue
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that's going to set Superman going forward in the DC universe so you gotta read it
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And our number one choice for the week of July 4th, 2018 should come as no surprise
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to anyone. It is Batman number 50 written by Tom King and drawn by a bunch of artists including
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the likes of Michael Janin, Frank Miller, and Becky Cloonan. Tom King shook the comic book world last year when he had Batman drop to a knee and propose
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to Catwoman. He was introducing something into the Batman mythos that we've never seen before in Batman
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Genuine happiness and love, which is just a mind blowing thing to introduce into a character
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who is rooted in sadness, darkness, and fear. For well over the past year, King has been building towards this certainly iconic issue
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and we finally get to find out if Batman and Catwoman are going to go through with it
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Maybe one of them just can't do it and runs off the aisle at the last second or maybe
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the Joker comes in and spoils it all. Who knows? We won't find out until Wednesday
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It's a must read issue for Batman fans. It's going to be huge for the DC Universe moving forward
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I can't wait to see what happens. Pick it up at your local comic shop. A lot of local comic shops are actually opening on midnight on July 4th
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So beat the crowds. Get there early. It'll be fun. Alright and that wraps up 5 and 5 for the week of July 4th, 2018
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It is a massive week for comics. So many great releases outside of these five
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See you guys next week. Subscribe, comment, share, tag the creators on social media, do what you want
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Talk to you guys next week
