Since 2024 is a leap year, I thought I'd close out the month of February with a bonus Five Comics on the extra day. THE THEME: I decided to keep the overall spirit of my reads for this month by selecting five comics with romantic elements in it. Not everything I picked here are necessarily romance stories per se, but they at least feature a romance (or elements of it, or a setup to one). This is probably one of the few themes where I'm kind of stretching it, but I hope that's OK with you folks. THE COMICS: ![]() DREAMLESS #1 Publisher: Blatant Comics Writer: Bobby Crosby Artist: Sarah Ellerton This story features an American girl and a Japanese boy who can see the other's life when they sleep, and that strange bond leads to them falling in love with each other. Now, they struggle with the fact that they live thousands of miles apart, and while their connection makes them close in a way no other pair can quite replicate, they still yearn to be in the same time and place as one another. ![]() HEART ATTACK #1 Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Shawn Kittelsen Artist: Eric Zawadski In this universe, there exist people called Variants who have powers thanks to some genetic tinkering, but they face discrimination from the law and the government. Two teenagers (a young man keeping a low profile after witnessing an abduction, and a young woman trying to use her platform to fight for equal rights) cross paths and discover that their powers combined can cause serious damage, setting up the rest of the series. There's no romance brewing with the main pair just yet in this issue, but it's pretty likely given the "us vs. the world" angle. ![]() THE NEW WORLD #1 Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Ales Kot Artist: Tradd Moore After an apocalyptic event splintered the United States, a bunch of new nations sprung up in its place, with New California (this comic's setting) being run by a fascist government and policed by super-cops whose assignments are made a television spectacle. Stella Maris is one such cop, but one that refuses to kill (the audience gets to vote if perps get to live or die when apprehended). She ends up hooking up with a rogue hacker looking to stick it to the man, but the story kicks off proper when she is tasked to hunt him down. ![]() SCOOBY-DOO (1997-2010) #36 Publisher: DC Comics Writer: John Rozum Artists: Joe Staton, Dave Hunt, Andrew Pepoy OK, this one's kind of cheating, as while the comic's cover teases that Fred and Daphne get together... they actually do nothing of the sort here. The out-of-character Mystery Inc. that graces this issue's cover are actually the villains of the first story, as they're impostors using Mystery Inc.'s clout to commit crimes (with the phony Fred and Daphne actually being an item). The other story is about the gang trying to find a replacement for the Mystery Van after it breaks down (and crossing paths with a crook in the process). Spoilers: they go back to the old one in the end. ![]() A TRAIN CALLED LOVE #1 Publisher: Dynamite Comics Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Marc dos Santos From the co-creator of The Boys comes a series with a lot of characters and two (so far) concurrent stories. The first is a girl out for revenge on a creep who instead ends up hooking up with a hitman on the scene, while the other involves a group of friends meeting at a bar discussing a dubious plan. It seems like these disparate parts will become more interconnected as the story progresses, and overall, this definitely shares the irreverent vibe that The Boys is known for. While I may be reaching with my selection on five when it comes to this theme, the tenuous connection did afford me a chance to read a more diverse variety of comics this time around. As much as I ended up enjoying my month of reading various romance manga (a far cry from past me, who simply just couldn't get into romance stories), it's nice to cleanse the palate with some different flavors. PANEL OF THE WEEK: - end -
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