Welcome to another edition of Fantastic Five, where we shout out the best comics of the week!This week, DC has had three perfect 10s in a solid week. Let’s go to the books!
Best comics of the week: October 23, 2024
#5: Power Fantasy #3
Power Fantasy #3 opens up the world and its history while fleshing out one of the six psychics. The complexity of the characters and their worlds keep you drawn into the story, while at times captivating. The scope is wide and the real-world nature of superheroes is deep and moving.
Read David Brooke’s full review!
#4: The moon is chasing me #2
The Moon is Following Us #2 is a second issue that maintains momentum and emotional investment after its stellar debut issue, boding well for future issues. I’ve always found issue #2 to be the hardest in comics because you have to keep the reader coming back, but Johnson and Rossmo have more success than that.
Read the full review of Collier Jennings!
#3: Zatanna: Destroy the house #5
Zatanna: Bring Down the House #5 is the perfect conclusion to this mini-series. It’s sad to see such a great book end like this, but Tamaki and Rodriguez end it on the perfect note. I’ve said before that I felt this story perfectly summed up The Hero’s Journey, and it’s safe to say that it does. When Zatanna returns to the world we once saw, things are different, but the same. She is much more comfortable with her powers and it shows. By the end, it is clear that she no longer belongs on her own level and has decided to overcome her lonely life. Overall, the book wraps up the various loose ends well and works great as a modern origin story for the characters.
Read Michael Guerrero’s full review!
#2: Nightwing #119
Nightwing #119 Everything I wanted and more. Watters takes a completely different tonal direction this time around, as he builds on the foundation he laid in his previous work, but still manages to captivate his audience in the right way. Additionally, this story presents a new challenge for Nightwing: deciding which ones will come back to haunt him in the future. This is a can’t-miss issue that’s the perfect jumping-off point for readers.
Read Michael Guerrero’s full review!
#1: Absolute Wonder Woman #1
Absolute Wonder Woman #1 is a powerful and simple start to an exciting new series. Sherman and Berrier’s art is at the top of their game, and Thompson’s writing is the strongest yet. I can’t wait to see how the creative team introduces more familiar faces to Diana’s story in the future, and how this version of Wonder Woman grows into this new city and world.
Read the full Piper Whitaker review!
