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The Best Stuff In Comics: 8-17-15

This is where we present to you, the other best stuff besides the best covers, best story arcs, and best jar of store-bought salsa.

We're back. Each week we take a look at the other Best Stuff you might have missed...this week.

There may be some teeny tiny spoilers below.

STARFIRE #3

Best Reason You Should Not Drink All Kinds of Soda

In case you weren't aware, soda isn't necessarily good for you. It turns out, there are some kinds of soda you simply absolutely should not drink. Starfire discovers this the hard way.

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STAR-LORD AND KITTY PRYDE #2

Best Name for a Pizza Place

Star-Lord and a Kitty Pryde (from a different reality) are about to get into a fight. They're at a pizza place with a clever name.

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Pizza My ❤️️. Here's a look at the logo:

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Note: I did discover there are some "Pizza My Heart" restaurants nearby. Perhaps I'll check one out sometime.

A-FORCE #3

Best-Looking Portal Reflected in Eyeballs

She-Hulk found herself traveling through a portal to another domain on Battleworld. It sure is a pretty-looking portal.

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RED HOOD/ARSENAL #3

Best Reason to Carefully Think Your Custom Business Telephone Number

Roy Harper (Arsenal) decides it'd be good for him and Red Hood to advertise their services. He came up with an easy to remember number but perhaps he should have thought about it a little more.

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Best Attempt to Guess Who the Evil Villain is

Roy's advertising pays off...maybe. They meet with the go-between for a potential new client. It turns out the client might be on the evil side and they attempt to guess who it could be.

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Best Use of Sound FX

When it comes down to the fighting, there is no shortage on the sound fx in this issue.

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SECRET WARS 2099 #4

Best Indiction that Hercules Doesn’t Understand Women

Hercules...things aren't going too smoothly for him in the year 2099. We see him try to get some advice on women.

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GREEN ARROW #43

Best-Worst Place to be When a Plan Comes Together

Has this ever happened to you? You're sitting around waiting and waiting. Maybe it's for a phone call. Maybe it's for the UPS/Fed-Ex guy to stop by. Just as the key moment in the big plan happens, Henry is taking care of a little business.

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THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #8

Best Display of Brotherly Squabbling

Loki and Thor Odinson...they're like your typical siblings. One brother is always making jokes at the other's expense. When the new Thor and former Thor are together, Loki makes a point to be clear on his choice of words.

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BATMAN #43

Best Alternate Versions of Batman

Batman had an idea for a contingency plan should something ever happen to him. He believed there should always be a Batman. As Alfred discusses this plan with a certain visitor in the Batcave, we get to imagine some other possible future versions of Batman.

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HOWARD THE DUCK #5

Best New Take on the Fastball Special

If you've read X-Men comics, you're likely familiar with the Fastball Special. If not, check out the wiki page here. When Falcon Captain America is carrying Howard the Duck, Howard asks him to do a variation on the Fastball Special.

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That's it this week. Let us know in the comments below what other Best Stuff you dug this past week. Thanks to @Mrnoital for his suggestion on Twitter. If you want to participate or felt we missed some other Best Stuff, don't complain, 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 time your...business transactions for the most opportune moment.

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Fyff is back????????? OMG

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ooo

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Knew that Red Arse guessing game would make it.

Only question is if Todd still has his all caste training and magical conjuration blades.

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Red Arse. Classy.

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Fyff made me laugh out loud. I love Green Arrow again.

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General Patton became Captain America in Uber #27. That was pretty cool.

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Red Arse... just, so much win

Some good good stuff this week

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I really need to read JT's new on going.

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@saren said:
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General Patton became Captain America in Uber #27. That was pretty cool.

Yes it was!

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Aw good card tricks are the way to a woman's heart I never would've guessed

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I need to check that comic out with tge "Rent A Bat".

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Would someone please tell me who the villain ends up being in the Red Hood/Arsenal comic? Please and thank you.

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The alt batman look badass.

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Slo-pitch special. That was funny. The little roll he does Lol

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Love Starfire! Sonic 275 had some awesome panels this last week:

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Ugh...I know art is subjective, but I think the Howard the Duck art is subjectively horrible.

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♫ Bakin' soda, I got bakin' soda!

Somebody had to do it.

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Is that... Super-Skrull? Holy!

Lots of good stuff this week!

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Roy Harper is Arsenal- a rockabilly genius and cobbler of weapons

Why does Lobdell keep using the word "rockabilly"? I don't think it means what he thinks it means.

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Ugh...I know art is subjective, but I think the Howard the Duck art is subjectively horrible.

I think you meant to write "Squirrel Girl"

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Can someone please explain to me what FX is?

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@elnino said:

Can someone please explain to me what FX is?

Short way of writing "Effects".

(say FX out loud. you'll get it)

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Fyff is back????????? OMG

Emiko is, too!

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Here's my "not kissing anyone's ass" rundown:

star-lord and kitty prude #2 - I can't wait for this summer of secret wars filler crap to be over. most titles are throwaway going nowhere books. The art in this one is mediocre.A-Force#3 - see above. Better art.Secret Wars 2099 #4 - throwaway but something about this story makes me curious. Guilty pleasure.The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8 - I liked the galactus issue a lot. This has been a cute easy read book that I can see being a fun aspirational book for young girls. Unfortunately I am neither young nor a girl.Howard the Duck #5 - one cameo brought this crap character back into our lives for the foreseeable future. Someone in hollywood needs a serious punch in the junk. I hate this character.Red Hood/Arsenal #3 - Cancel this already. The trees you're killing are makingsting and his wife cry DC.Starfire #3 - Beautiful art, going nowhere fast storyline. Not even a glimpse of the feels with this one. Green Arrow #43 - I don't follow this regularly enough to care.Batman #43 - blech.

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Holy crap, the art on Unbeatable squirrel girl is terrible

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Yay! Glad to see that Squirrel Girl moment made it. Definitely one of my favorites.

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Damn RedHood/Arsenal just really sucks man. The writing, the art, the depth of the characters its all just not there like it was with the Outlaws series. I love DC don't get me wrong but I know when I'm reading crap and so far a lot of their series are turning into crap. Loved new 52 at first, but with that convergence crap, doomed, RH/A, and black canary I'm starting to lose faith. Even the Justice League series and the some respective members series have kinda had me on the fence. Id say the redeeming series are Cyborg, We are Robin, and in a surprising twist Robin son of batman. I don't get as much predictability from those series its a bit more of uncharted territory. Marvel is killing it right now with secret wars though.

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@kcomicfan: It looks like it's being drawn in paint.

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Howard The Duck is the best

~MiB

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Damn RedHood/Arsenal just really sucks man. The writing, the art, the depth of the characters its all just not there like it was with the Outlaws series. I love DC don't get me wrong but I know when I'm reading crap and so far a lot of their series are turning into crap. Loved new 52 at first, but with that convergence crap, doomed, RH/A, and black canary I'm starting to lose faith. Even the Justice League series and the some respective members series have kinda had me on the fence. Id say the redeeming series are Cyborg, We are Robin, and in a surprising twist Robin son of batman. I don't get as much predictability from those series its a bit more of uncharted territory. Marvel is killing it right now with secret wars though.

Isn't Lobdell writing that book? If so it explains it all. I avoid anything with his name on it. Worst ABSOLUTE WORST writer in comics. He must have pictures of DC editors doing something obscene with farm animals or something. Only explanation for him still being employed.

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@klaguerre97: I've loved red hood and arsenal since the new 52 started, and its better than it ever has been.

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@luciferjonez: wow, is everything you post completely idiotic, overly aggressively forcing your opinions onto others, and just plain opposite of truth? people like you, there's a lot on comic vine, are what i hate about comics.

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@lagozzino: Sorry about being late but thanks for telling me!