Two weeks ago I mentioned that I’d start dropping some clue about other Comics blogs I devour. Now I’m sharing some of these hotspots and outlining why they are worth the stretch.

Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun! and he definitely goes out of his way to bring solid Comics clue and entertainment to the masses. A regular feature is Bully’s Ten of a Kind, which takes a look at similar themes across Comics covers. The latest post takes a great snapshot of GALACTUS themed covers. You should be consuming Bully’s Comics content on the regular. Get down with it and dig in.

Collected Editions is a new hotspot on my radar and it’s likely going to remain in rotation for awhile. The whole hustle of the site revolves around trade-paperback Comics reviews. There is a lot of clue to take in when browsing the reviews and the site is laid out in a straightforward design that lets you get to the information quickly. Content is king and information is currency. Review. Commentary. The potential for the site to become a solid resource of this type is pretty high. Do the right thing and invest some dividends in the Collected Editions stock. Bahlactus has spoken.

Three decades and 1095 days I’ve been stranded on this rock, rotating around a dying star. If I’m going to survive, my heralds need to get down with another system for me to consume. For now, one year older, one year wiser. Bahlactus has spoken.

Big SHOUT-OUT! to one of the soldiers in my new media camp — C.C. Chapman who “>slid me a link.

The Ride “Die Valkyrie”, is a three-issue mini out of Image and it may turn out to be the sleeper hit of the summer. Masterminded by Doug Wagner and pencilled by Brian Stelfreeze (who is co-writing the mini), the series is screaming guns, chicks, and whips (i.e. CARS). It’s no mystery who the target audience should be, but, elements in the first issue hint at major empowerment for the ladies.

So far, the story centers around three girls who steal a black 1968 Camaro RS/SS and ride-out with revenge on the menu. The other story going down in the issue involves Laci — a young girl with a past and she’s been taken in by a group of nuns. It’s not clear how the two stories will tag-team with each other, but, believe there will be a LOT of bullets and death involved.

Wagner has pulled me in with the base storyline and I’m looking forward to how the rest will play out. The first page tosses you in head-first and by the third page I was committed like a new inmate at Arkham! With only three issues to pull it all together, it’s clear that Wagner will have to really set-it-off in the second issue and maintain a fast pace until the finish-line.

The art stylings by Stelfreeze work well with the black and white interior of the first issue. He’s got a solid arsenal of diversity in facial expressions as well as portraying the different cultural flavor and postures of the girls. With a few different looks at the RS/SS in the issue, it’s clear that Stelfreeze has done his homework and the artistic flavor definitely furthered my investment into these ride-or-die Valkyries.

The Ride, “Die Valkyrie” should make for a solid TPB — even if you wait for it, it’s worth the stretch. Bahlactus has spoken.