It’s on and crackin’! PART TWO in this limited edition mini-series on buying and collecting Comics is finally here. We got a lot of feedback on (Part 1) and you’ve got a Bahlactus style guarantee this latest Comicazi issue won’t leave you disappointed!

Not only is this (Part 2) in our first ever mini-series, but this is also our first GIANT SIZED issue as well! Twice as much content and double the drama! This issue packs 57 minutes of solid Comics clue, so you may want to get your pens ready.

Also, the Comics industry is on fire with recent news from Marvel about delays on it’s hottest title in the past decade, Civil War. Bahlactus and The Bad Kids weigh in heavy on science dropped by Marvel editor Tom Brevoort in a recent interview with Newsarama and the far reaching impact on fans and retailers.

Strap in because it’s all real in our second installment on buying and collecting comics and find out who the winner of the “Bahlatcus is Hatin’!!!” Marvel Zombies box number contest. TUNE IN! Comicazi Issue No.3 (Part 2).

Bahlactus has spoken.

I just got down with New Avengers #23 and based on the pencils by Olivier Coipel, I’m going to have to subscribe to some more of this cats work. Coipel’s storytelling style is right on time due to his clever panel usage which gives a solid blockbuster feel to it. Warning: possible spoilers may be included in this review on Coipel’s Comics genius.

The splash pages are relevant, not overcooked, and the action sequences are reminiscent of BIG BLAM! action with a Leinil Yu vibe when he lays pencil to page. If you’re going to score this pull, check out the following pages for evidence of how strong and correct Olivier Coipel steps up:

Page(s)5-6: Jessica Drew comes with the thunder in this two page sequence. I’m not big on of Spider Woman by any Bahlactus stretch of the imagination, but this sequence crafted by Coipel made me reconsider my vote.

Page13: Say WHAT? Hydra onboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier (the point being they were handlin’ their business). I’ve always thought that Hydra were rank amateur villains with the “Hail HYDRA!” team motto, but, in the last panel of this page when the lead HYDRA operative lays it down, I almost say Amen.

Page(s)18-19: When you have two pages worth of straight dialog you have to be a champion artist to not lose the audience attention span. What I like about Coipel the most is the way he plays the page with character emotion and expression. Without reading a word you get a sense that Jessica Drews mental wheels are turning and near the end of the second page it’s clear she has made her resolve.

Page20: This page took me from 0 to 60 in a heartbeat. Even though it’s clear something was about to go down, you don’t expect this ultraviolent scenario to play out like it does. That is all Olivier Coipel right there! It isn’t over the top and you feel for the man who catches a case from Spider Woman.

New Avengers #23 was a pretty good artistic follow-up to the previous issue on Luke Cage drawn by Leinil Yu. I’d love to see both of these cats on the regular for this title (Leinil Yu in fact takes over New Avengers when issue #27 blazes the scene in Marvels post “Civil War” era. If you get down with this latest Coipel issue, be sure to pick up his run on House of M at your local shop. It’s a hot story and Olivier Coipels art is fire.

Bahlactus has spoken.