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 lik