It's the holiday season, so we're reading... oh it's not a holiday comic. That's ok, it's Grant Morrison's Animal Man!

We're taking a look at his first 5 issues from the early 90s, where we'll analyze cell reconstruction and Looney Tunes.

Then we continued our long read of the Ultimates with issue #3 in which... we still don't have a villain.

Next Time: Marvel & DC crossover for the first time in 20 years with 2025's Deadpool/Batman & Batman/Deadpool!

Surfs up, it's time for some Silver Surfer comics!

Many years ago, we read a single Eisner-nominated issue of Dan Slott and Mike Allred's run on the book, but now we're going back to read the first 5 issues from their reboot in 2014. We meet the Surfer's new companion, Dawn Greenwood, as she tries to teach the Silver Surfer some manners, and make friends with a bunch of aliens. Glorp!

Then we continue our long read of Ultimates with issue #2, in which we almost have all of the introductions out of the way.

It's been a little while since we did a non-superhero indie comic, so we're reading about some cute animals living in a cute animal town where everyone knows everyone and they're all happy... until the murders start happening.

It's Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, and it's simultaneously adorable and gruesome.

We're taking a look at the first volume to see how apt the Dexter comparisons are.

Then, we're starting a new long read with The Ultimates #1, in which our alternative universe Avengers team... is mostly absent.

Next Time: Silver Surfer (2014) #1-5 by Dan Slott & Mike Allred!