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What is up comic book fans
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It is another edition of 5 in 5 for the week of June 20, 2018
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I'm Connor Christensen and I'll be running down the top 5 comics you have to buy this
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week in around 5 minutes. Anyway, a lot of killer releases this week so without any more dilly dallying, let's
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dive right in. Coming in at number 5 this week we've got Tony Stark Iron Man number 1 written by Dan
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Slott with art by Valerio Schitti. With the release of Man of Steel 1, 2, and 3 already out on shelves, Brian Michael Bennett's
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run at Marvel is officially over, making right now the perfect time for Marvel to do a fresh
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start centered around Iron Man and they've tapped Dan Slott of all people to take it on
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Not much is known about Dan Slott's run on Iron Man coming up but let's face it, whether
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you liked him or didn't like him, he basically reinvented Spider-Man for the modern age
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So the fact that he gets to do that with Tony Stark too should have you excited at the very
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least intrigued. So pick up this number 1 issue and see where Dan Slott is going to take him
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Our number 4 choice this week is The Lost City Explorer's number 1 written by Zach
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Kaplan and drawn by Alvaro Saraseka. Writer Zach Kaplan may be new to the comic book game but he's already proven himself
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a fantastic writer and one of the rising stars of the industry
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This series takes Kaplan away from the familiarity of the science fiction genre he's been writing
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in and instead is more of a coming of age adventure tale
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Think like Stranger Things mixed with Stand By Me. The Lost City Explorer follows a rag tag group of teenagers trying to make sense of their
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world as they track down one of their friend's missing fathers and stumble upon the lost
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city of Atlantis and all its secrets. This looks to be an intriguing coming of age adventure for all readers and a chance for
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Kaplan to prove that he can write more than science fiction stories so I definitely recommend
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picking it up. At number 3 this week we got The Wild Storm number 14 written by Warren Ellis and drawn
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by John Davis Hunt. And you know what? I get it. DC is doing a lot of great stuff
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The Justice League revamp is awesome. Metal was pretty good. Doomsday Clock is exciting
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Even their ongoing titles like Men of Steel and Batman are awesome right now. There's a lot of good shit going on with DC
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I still strongly believe that The Wild Storm is by far their most underrated, underappreciated
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and best book on the market right now. I cannot stress enough how good it is
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The shit has hit the fan in the Wild Storm universe with former IO head of operations
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John Lynch coming back out of hiding and even more secrets spilling into the universe with him
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This is all on top of the fact that International Operations, Skywatch and Halo are basically
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in an all out war right now. So it's just pure chaos inside The Wild Storm right now
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But you know what's not chaos? The art by John Davis Hunt
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There is nobody in comics right now who draws fight scenes or landscapes better than John
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Davis Hunt. It is like reading a movie right in front of your eyes
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It's absolutely incredible. Pick this book up. Just do it. Pick it up
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Jump right in. You'll love it. Coming in at number 2 this week we've got X-Men Gold number 30 written by Mark Guggenheim
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and drawn by David Marquez. You know I like to think that last summer there was a meeting in the X-Men office and
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Guggenheim and the X-Story group were sitting around and they just had some random normal
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idea when all of a sudden an intern burst through the door and he's out of breath and
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he says, Batman's getting married. And Jordan D. White looked and he said, oh my god we have to do something
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And he looked at Guggenheim and Guggenheim said, Peter and Kitty. And he said, but wait wasn't Kitty just engaged to Peter Quill
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And Guggenheim said, it doesn't matter we can do this. And White said, great when can you have it out
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He looked at the intern and he said, when's Batman coming out? When's he getting married? And the intern said, July sir
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And Guggenheim said, I can do it in June. And that's where we're at now
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That's how we've got Kitty Pryde and Peter Colossus getting married. With how crazy and chaotic X-Men Gold has been for so long now, I think having an issue
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where they just take some time to reflect and be friends and have a good time might
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actually be refreshing. Also, let's be honest, it is kind of, sort of, definitely going to be a collector's issue
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And Phil Noto's doing the cover. They should pick it up. It's going to be rad. I think. Definitely. Yeah
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Trust me. Maybe. Yeah. And our number one choice for the week of June 20, 2018 is The Amazing Spider-Man number
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801, written by Dan Slott and drawn by Marcos Martin. The Amazing Spider-Man may be gearing up for a relaunch next July under the tutelage of
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Nick Spencer, but not before Dan Slott gets to pen his heartfelt goodbye to the character
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a character that he's been writing for the better part of the last decade
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That's right. Dan Slott's final issue hits stands this Wednesday, and it's a little bittersweet
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Love him or hate him. I understand there's a lot of people that love him. There's a lot of people that hate him. You can't deny the fact that Dan Slott has completely shaped who Peter Parker is within
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the modern Marvel universe. He did some really awesome things, and he completely shaped who Spider-Man is today
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From all of us at AIPT to Dan Slott, thank you for all the work you've done
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You've created a killer Spider-Man. We can't wait to see what you do with Iron Man, and we're really excited for the future
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of both characters. All right, and that about wraps it up for Five and Five for the week of June 20, 2018
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at AdventuresInPoorTaste.com on Wednesday for reviews of all these comics and all the
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features and news stories that you could want about all your favorite nerd things, and comment
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below with what you're looking forward to. Or if you think I got something wrong, I love feedback, and I like arguing on the internet
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to an extent. Anyway, I'll catch you guys next week
