Best Stuff In Comics This Week: 1-25-16

Every week, we take a look at some of the most bizarre, exciting, and downright unique things to happen in comics. Check out our choices below of the strange and wacky things that shouldn't be overlooked from this week's releases.

There may be some tiny spoilers below.

Star Wars #15

Best Revelation We All Suspected

If you’ve seen Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, you know that Luke’s Uncle Owen wasn’t too fond of Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was never stated why exactly he thought he was a crazy old wizard and didn’t want Luke to hang out with him. In this flashback story, we find out Owen’s true reason for wanting Ben to stay away.

Captain Marvel #1

Best Understatement of One’s Abilities

Captain Marvel is part of the newly upgraded Alpha Flight whose job is to now act as Earth’s first line of defense against alien threats. As some aliens prepare to attack, Carol states she’s “very good at punching things.” Clearly she’s more than just “very good” at it.

Best Star Wars Reference

During the alien attack, Puck tries quoting Luke Skywalker’s womp rats line but forgets how exactly it goes.

Batman #48

Most Ominous Conversation

Batman and Joker have essentially had their brains rewritten. They don’t recall their past lives. Bruce Wayne has created a new life and now ponders if he should try to go back to his old life. Running into the man that used to be the Joker, it appears he might know more than he’s letting on.

Uncanny X-Men #2

Best Reason to Have an HR Department

Mystique has been posing as a regular worker in an office to try to obtain information. When she’s discovered, she puts up a fight and makes a reference to reporting this to Human Resources. Trying to fill out this report would be interesting.

Best Description of How Cable Smells

Sabretooth is one of the good guys now. With fellow X-Men teammate, M, the conversation turns to his heightened senses. He mentions she smells better than 80% of the people he’s worked and reveals what Cable actually smells like.

Sinestro #19

Most Ambitious Recruitment

Sinestro has already made some crazy additions to his Sinestro Corps. His rings are fit for those able to instill great fear upon others. Having already added Black Adam, Superman, and Wonder Woman to help fight a massive threat against Earth, he sends out more rings to add to the members of the Corps.

Astonishing Ant-Man #4

Best Depiction of a Bad Decision

Scott Lang is trying his best to be a hero. When he thought the world was going to end before the Secret Wars story arc, he had a one night stand with the villain, Beetle. Running into her again, he was determined to stay away and but somehow ended up making another bad decision.

I Hate Fairyland #4

Most Brutal Aftermath of a Fight

Gert was transported to Fairyland when she was a child. She’s been stuck there for close to thirty years and while her mind has aged, she’s still in the body of a child. She recently discovered another child has arrived and her presence threatens Gert’s chances of returning home. They got into a fight and things didn’t go too well for Gert.

Ms. Marvel #3

Best The Matrix Reference

What do you do when a city has been exposed to a gas that is influencing them in bad ways? You spray them all with water bottles containing the antidote in a flashy manner.

Drax #3

Best Reason to Reconsider Helping Drax

Drax stopped two aliens that were attacking him and managed to keep one of them alive in order to assist him. When the alien does, Drax’s bonks him on the head since he’s not sure if he can trust him. At least he was polite about it.

Silver Surfer #1

Best Use of an Impending Alien Invasion Transmission

Silver Surfer has been traveling the cosmos with Dawn Greenwood of Earth. Planning on returning home to visit her father and sister, they interrupt a group of aliens planning on invading Earth and use their transmission to let Dawn’s family know they’ll be there soon.

Best Comic Character Cameo From Another Publisher

They thought the aliens were defeated but they managed to get some reinforcements to continue their plan. Part of the plan involved taking characters from fiction out of TV shows, books, and even comics. We see the series’ artist, Mike Allred’s character, Madman, make a cameo despite not being a Marvel character.

Best Aliens Disguised as Fiction Characters

When the aliens arrive on Earth, they use the power of all the myths and legends the planet has to offer. Do you recognize all these characters of fiction?

X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever #3

Best Writing on a Chalkboard

Wolverine is teaching a class of mutants at the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters. On his chalk board, we see all the adjectives used for the various X-Men titles over the years. We also see what Logan thinks about Cyclops (Slim) and Sabretooth.

Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #2

Best Reaction to Working Retail

Patsy has an idea for a superhero temp agency where heroes can do other jobs for income. In the meantime, she needs a job to make ends meet and is forced to work retail. Someone has to do it, but that doesn’t mean it’s the easiest job to have.

Best Comment About Today’s Readership of Comics

Patsy’s mom wrote stories about her and her friends when she was young. Unfortunately her ‘frenemy’ obtained the rights to the comics and published them. Patsy was recognized while working and was surprised that kids are still reading comics these days.

That's it this week. Let us know in the comments below what other Best Stuff you dug this past week. Special thanks to @djfanco for his suggestions. If you want to participate or felt we missed some other Best Stuff, don't complain, contribute! Especially if you didn't offer any suggestions. Each week you can @reply me on Twitter at @GManFromHeck by Saturdays using the hashtag #BestStuffInComics. We'll give you a shout out and I'll think you're pretty groovy.

Be sure to always look for the best stuff and always be sure to keep the workplace violence to a minimum.

Sinestro...is a good guy?

Sinestro has always done what he thought was for the good of the universe. He really believes all of his actions are for the greater good no matter what form it takes. A brilliant character whos morals and ideology is sadly overlooked sometimes.

So he is a neutral kind of person? Why is Sinestro not part of the Green Lantern Corps, a Corps which is also a force for good. Is it because his ideology and methods are unacceptable to the Guardians?

Sinestro added Supes to his corps? Is this part of the "we don't care about continuity" thing or was it in the Superman books too?

Yes, and since the Green Lantern Corps is gone he is taking its place of guarding the universe. no matter what.
He's wrong in many ways but he does get the job done.

It's Worst X-Man Ever not X-Men Ever.

That Star Wars scene was good. I can understand Owen.

On the other hand, I find myself liking Silver Surfer's art...

He used to be in the Green Lantern Corps and is sometimes still referred to as the Greatest Green Lantern there ever was. When it comes to Sinestro it's all subjective. The reason he was first removed from the corps was because the guardians had decided he had abused his powers. Even though his sector was one of the best run sectors. I would highly recommend Geoff Johns Green Lantern run the way he writes Sinestro is amazing.

Always glad to see DC pushing Sinestro.

I will think about it. Thank you for answering my questions.

Lots of good stuff this week

This was an awesome moment.

That Star Wars one hurt :(

Agreed, a really interesting character when written correctly.

Not to mention most sentient beings.

Love all of the new Star Wars material for story, but jeez the art is all over the place. This photo treatment of posed actors is yet another sore on my eyeballs. Let's just put Immonen on everything SW, okay?

I may finally pick up this Ms Marvel series. Looks fun.

too much hard-on for Marvel :/

If these were the "best moments in comics this week," I wasted my money.

@child_of_the_past: what's this from?

@rodri_go: It's from the latest issue of Uncanny Inhumans.

Marvel is really doing quirky stuff a lot lately.

Ahhh, Captain Marvel and her star wars references.....sooooo funny....

@monthackma Read/look at his Ultimate Spider-man, Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-men stuff and you'll understand why that idea is just, for me, so....disturbing (No offense).

So I may have Madman and The Doctor [at least, reference] in to a Marvel Book, with also The Bride [or Bruce Lee]? I can die happy after that :)

Although I despise the art on Patsy Walker, she's right: comics today are far too cynical and dark for kids. It's like the publishers forget that most of their fans grew up reading comics. How is a new generation supposed to do the same? At least have a line kids can start with, or write stories that are appropriate for people of different ages (like the JLU animated series).

I like his complex character but I dont know how I feel about him controlling Saint Walker.

@thatlyn_yoaeg_ill_rymmin: I spy Flynn from Tron and Leon the Professional in there too.

Yes! They are!

[And I've checked wikipedia to "The Professional", since in italy the film is simply named "Leon" :)]

@rev_sulphur: This is what makes for great Villains, they don't see themselves as Bad Guys. Like Doom and classic Magneto.

Anyone else catch Spectre jobbing (again) to a random Sinestro Corps member in the Sinestro scan?

(JK it isn't Spectre but looks just like him).

EDIT: Also I can always tell Mike Allred's art because it looks like the 90's still somehow.

Loving Good Sabretooth.Also love Snyder on Batman!

That was a nicely placed cameo for Madman to boost his own popularity.

Great characters.