The Stack: BRZRKR, Stray Dogs And More

On this week’s Stack podcast, we’ve got reviews for:

BRZRKR #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt
Illustrated by Ron Garney

Stray Dogs #1
Image Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Trish Forstner

The Amazing Spider-Man #60
Marvel
Written by Nick Spencer
Pencils by Mark Bagley

Two Moons #1
Image Comics
Written by John Arcudi
Art by Valerie Giangiordano

Future State: House of El #1
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Scott Godlewski

Future State: Aquaman #2
DC Comics
Written by Brandon Thomas
Art by Daniel Sampere

Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Riley Rossmo

Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Pugh

Future State: Suicide Squad #2
DC Comics
Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams
Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin

Future State: Dark Detective #4
DC Comics
Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson
Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis

Future State: Batman/Superman #2
DC Comics
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Art by Scott McDaniel, Ben Oliver & Steven Segovia

The Department of Truth #6
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Elsa Charretier

Faith #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jeremy Lambert
Illustrated by Eleonora Carlini

X-Men #18
Marvel
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mahmud Asrar

Something is Killing the Children #15
BOOM! Studios
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Werther Dell’edera

Nailbiter Returns #10
Image Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Mike Henderson

Firefly #26
BOOM! Studios
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Pius Bak

Crossover #4
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw

Skulldigger: Skeleton Boy #6
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Tonci Zonjic

Ice Cream Man #23
Image Comics
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martín Morazzo

Crimson Flower #2
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Matt Lesniewski

Post Americana #3
Image Comics
Story and Art by Steve Skroce

You Look Like Death #6
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Gerard Way
Art by Shaun Simon

The Scumbag #5
Image Comics
Written by Rick Remender
Art by Wes Craig

Rain Like Hammers #2
Image Comics
Written and art by Brandon Graham

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Full Episode Transcript

Alex: What’s up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.

Justin: I’m Justin.

Pete: I’m Pete.

Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week, or do we? Or do we?

Justin: Way to create some intrigue. That’s right.

Alex: Because the first book that we’re going to talk about is a book that doesn’t come out until next week, but we’re going to do a spoiler-free review of it. It is-

Justin: A preview review.

Alex: Preview review. It is Berserker #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by none other than Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ron Garney.

Pete: Oh, no wonder.

Justin: I’ve been following Keanu Reeves’s comic book work for a long time, and it’s great to see just a brand-new book with his name on it.

Alex: Yeah. It was great.

Pete: That was driving me fucking crazy. I did not notice that he wrote this.

Alex: Wait. Really?

Pete: That’s hilarious. Yeah. I was like-

Alex: You were like “Oh, it looks like Keanu Reeves in this book?”

Pete: ... “Why does the guy look so much like fucking Keanu Reeves?” Oh, that’s hilarious.

Alex: Well, I mean, I got to say, I mean, who knows how much he was sitting down at his typewriter being like “Scene one. Berserker. Open on me”? But a lot of times, I feel like there are these insert-style comics that just don’t work. They’re star ve...