Tag Archives: Uncanny X Men

While My Wallet Gently Weeps

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(Cover by David Finch, DC Comics)

Action Comics 900 has a huge order to fill, wrapping up Reign of Doomsday & the Luthor storyline in one 96-page mega-issue while paying homage to the Man of Steel and the villain…people-named-Lex.

(Cover by Simone Bianchi, Marvel Comics)

Age of X: Universe 2 is almost a What If? with the reveal from the previous chapters of Age of X but that doesn’t mean the story here can’t wrap up to be an interesting (if super-gritty) tale of a world gone mad!

(Cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo Comics)

American Vampire 14 continues the WWII-era arc from the chilling close of Skinner’s appearance last issue. Henry’s in trouble over there and Pearl’s got her hands full on the home front, a pretty excellent beginning so far to another year of American Vampire!

(Cover by David Finch, DC Comics)

Brightest Day 24 is Swamp Thing/one-pissed-off-planet vs. humanity/Alec Holland (or his body at least?)! Is it bad that I’m kind of rooting for Swamp Thing?

(Cover by Francis Manapul, DC Comics)

The Flash 11 has one fiiiine cover there! Flashpoint is coming and it’s bringing red spandex! Looks like all the speedsters are getting involved in the mixup and I’m hoping Liberty Belle (Jesse Quick, geez, let’s just ignore all that beautiful JSA characterization you wrote yourself, Geoff Johns!) shows up in this second-to-last issue.

(Cover by Tyler Kirkham & BATT, DC Comics)

Green Arrow 11 takes place before the finale in BD 24 so it looks like Oliver, Galahad and the forest are bringing this party to a fiery end! Final answers about the forest’s place in the White Lantern’s plan are promised and hopefully there’s some closure to this interesting and sometimes bumpy reboot to Green Arrow. Onwards and upwards to the next story arc!

(Cover by Felipe Massafera, DC Comics)

Issue 8 left us with Mogo blasting the newly-minted earth-born Lanterns haaaaaaard and Emerald Warriors 9 continues right where we left off! Is the yellow weakness restored with the impurity in the Green Lantern Battery? Hopefully so, since the learning curve on the new rings has been steep.

(Cover by Dustin Nguyen, DC Comics)

Generation Lost 24 – JLI vs. Maxwell Lord IV! The end is here and the OMACs are angry. I hope the ending is epic and the momentum continues into a new series for these one-of-a-kind heroes!

(Cover by Felipe Massafera, DC Comics)

JSA 50 is another anniversary issue this week and it’s going to be full even for an extra-sized issue! The Society joins with the Challengers of the Unknown to uncover the dark mysteries below Monument Point and more of Senator Eagin’s past is explored as well. Felipe Massaferra’s cover is (as always) worth the price alone.

(Cover by Mico Suayan, Marvel Comics)

New Mutants 24 is the end of the line for Age of X! All secrets revealed, all Moira entities defeated and all realities restored (we hope)!

(Cover by Terry Dodson, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 536 begins the real story line about the asylum-seeking Breakworlders and it’s going to put Colossus through the wringer! Are they as innocuous as they appeared last issue or hiding more complex motivations? We’ll see starting today and what a curveball to start off with!

(Cover by Tony Moore, Marvel Comics)

Venom 2 is Flash Thompson’s second issue as Venom and I’m seriously digging the vibe so far. Military order and dedication meets the chaos of the symbiotes, now that’s a recipe for drama and action! Kraven fights Flash in the Savage Lands over some weaponized vibranium WMDs, hoo ah!

(Cover by Don Kramer & Jay Leisten, DC Comics)

Wonder Woman 610 couldn’t possibly give me any more (awesome) chills than last issue but if anyone could make it happen, Phil Hester could. You’re making a real Wondy fan out of me, P.H., and I couldn’t be happier about it!

(Cover by Terry Dodson, Marvel Comics)

X-Men 10 concludes “To Serve and Protect” with Emma Frost and Peter Parker the last hope of the X-Men as they fight the Lizardfolk of the NY sewage system! I’m back on board Marvel, so there!

(Cover by Frazer Irving, DC Comics)

Xombi 2 is sure to continue the sheer joy and insanity of the first issue of this re-boot. Nuns with guns, immortal caucAsians & psychic school girls; I’m so happy to be on this crazy train!

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Birds of International Flash Menace

by windiebird

(Cover by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, DC Comics)

Birds of Prey 11 is all about Huntress’ and Catman’s first (and last, obviously) foray into the dating world. I mean, these two are going to cause explosions, there’s just no other way it would play out. I can’t wait to read this one!

(Cover by Francis Manapul, DC Comics)

The Flash 10 begins our wind down of this series and the prelude to Flashpoint! Hot Pursuit is Barry Allen (from another mother) and he comes with a dire warning for this timeline’s Flash. It’s a big question mark done by Francis Manapul so it’s already a surely beautiful read.

(Cover by Dustin Nguyen, DC Comics)

Generation Lost 23 is the second-to-last issue of this consistently gratifying series and it would be a crying shame if we didn’t see the JLI in one form or another after this! Wonder Woman is back in New York (uh…way to spoil your own series there, DC?), the OMACs are attacking once again and it’s up to the team to bring the final fight to Max Lord!

(Cover by Eddy Barros & J.P. Mayer, DC Comics)

Superboy 6 pits the Boy of Steel vs. the orbiting Kryptonian death satellite (see the previous chapter of Reign of Doomsday) and I still have no clue why this story thread is happening. Love this book though and Doomsday could bring some new tension to the Superboy series!

(Cover by John Cassaday, DC Comics)

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 6 ends Nick Spencer’s first arc of this excellent new thriller but I’ve heard rumors they’ll be reevaluating the creative future of the book now that he’s gone Marvel exclusive? In any case, this final battle between T.H.U.N.D.E.R. and Spider is sure to make for at least one more exceptional bit of entertainment.

(Cover by Fabrizio Fiorentino, DC Comics)

In Titans 34 we have the gang on Drago dealing with the de-eyeballing from last issue and Osiris dealing with a newly resurrected Isis…who just might be possessed by Blaze? Craziness, too much violence and juuuuust enough Roy and Shazam-family progression to keep me around, I guess.

(Cover by Terry Dodson, Marvel Comics)

Looks like the Whedon/Cassaday run from Astonishing is being re-visited again in Uncanny X-Men 535! The Breakworld wasn’t exactly left a magical, tidy Disneyworld by the X-Men and now that the Breaks (Breakers? Breakites?) have re-built…they’re coming after Colossus! Kitty Pryde also gets a mention in the solicit this week so I’m pretty excited to see how this four-parter works out!

(Cover by Mico Suayan, Marvel Comics)

X-Men Legacy 247 is chapter 5 of Age of X and cuss just got real! Xavier’s awake and the fortress is tearing itself apart with mistrust and infighting. My interest is still entirely there to see how this mystery plays out and just what it means to the regular 616.

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Secret X-Star IHerc Crusade Day

by windiebird

(Cover by Jim Cheung, Marvel Comics)

Avengers: Children’s Crusade 5?! Another Children’s Crusade so soon?! It must be my birthday or something! Magneto vs. Doctor Doom vs. Young & older Avengers all duking it out for the fate of Wanda! No one likes to have their lives bartered around though and supposedly Iron Lad’s reappearance reignited her dormant abilities to epic effect. So glad to see you again, (Y)A: TCC!

(Cover by Gary Frank, DC Comics)

Brightest Day 23 is the penultimate issue of the series and it looks chock full of answers and action! The cover makes it seem like our dusted friends might be back as elementals? Makes sense with the Angry Nature aspect of the book so far. Firestorm vs. Deadman, the Star City Forest’s secrets actually revealed and Captain Boomerang actually makes an appearance again! What a ride so far!

(Cover by Carlo Pagulayan, John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, Dean White, Marvel Comics)

Herc 1 is a bit of a leap of faith on my part but one that should, by all accounts, blow my mind. An excellent writer, an excellent artist and a pretty unique concept (powerless god keeps up the good fight, is attractively hirsute) must mean greatness, right? Let’s find out!

(Cover by Michael Allred, Vertigo Comics)

iZombie 12 is our first Ellie-centric issue and a guest artist brings his take to the characters! We’ve got some Lovecraft, Old-West-meets-horror-type monsters and some personal back story revealed for the friendliest ghost around.

(Cover by Freddie Williams II, DC Comics)

JSA All-Stars 17 is another second-to-last issue from DC this week and it seems like Matthew Sturges is pulling out all the stops as the title draws to a close. The Prince appears to know why the timeline is out of whack and claims to be a member of the All-Stars themselves! Something strange is going on but the All-Stars always win the day, for one more issue at least.

(Cover by Daniel Luvisi, DC Comics)

Secret Six 32! I’m going to be all caught up on Secret Six trades once The Reptile Brain comes out so I’m just in time for the second part of the Get Out of Hell card storyline! The bearer of the Card is still a mystery but the price to actually use it is steeper than previously thought. Pretty sure that’s Ragdoll on the cover!

(Cover by Miguel Sepulveda, DC Comics)

Superman/Batman Annual 5 is out and morbid curiosity is just about the only thing keeping me going on the Reign of Doomsday. What could make all these talented writers agree (even half-heartedly) to let a pretty uninspiring plot device take real estate in their books? It’s a smorgasbord of JLAers and DCU supers vs. Doomsday and Cyborg Superman as a few answers might finally be revealed about Doomsday’s reappearance and upgraded physique.

(Cover by Carlos Pacheco, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 534.1 answers one (maybe more) of the hanging questions about Utopia while providing a perfect Point One issue, in theory at least! The tension of having a mutant nation existing off the coast of California, Magneto secretly being a member of the X-Men and Hope’s Lights all have been quietly kept confidences from the human race…but that all changes when Magneto faces the light of day! Or people, at least.

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Eclipse Day Sublime Lost X

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(Cover by J.H. Williams III, DC Comics)

Batman Incorporated 4 or Batwoman 0.5 as I like to think of it, has the Dark CEO setting up Kate Kane’s own franchise of the Inc. name! I’m honestly just here for the Batwoman-ness of it, moving on.

(Cover by Brett Booth, DC Comics)

JLA 55 is going to be one BUSY comics, y’all. We have Eclipso eating his way through the darkness-based folks of the DCU and soon the JLA itself with Saint walker (yaaay!) slated as their Only Hope while Doomsday is working his own way through the JLA and a few Lanterns looking for Cyborg Superman. I’m excited for Eclipso and kind of just riding the Doomsday wave but together they could make for a truly wild ride.

(Cover by Dustin Nguyen, DC Comics)

Power Girl, Batman and an unnamed 3rd ex-JLI member join the fracas in Generation Lost 22 and the end is in sight! The long-awaited showdown with Max Lord is on the horizon and I would gladly support any kind of JLI spinoff that follows this.

(Cover by Leinil Yu, Marvel Comics)

See?! I read Marvel! New Mutants 23 continues Rogue’s runaway tale as her knowledge of the mutant gulag under the Fortress could mean the end of the status quo in the Age of X. A mysterious man is close on her heels but is he friend or foe (gotta love the magic 8 ball text in solicits sometimes)?

(Cover by Greg Land, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 534 is the end of the Quarantine arc and BOY am I over-joyed to have gotten in on it! Greg Land’s women are a little…similar…but for the most part it’s been beautiful art, deep and engaging characters, thought-provoking themes and one badass X-Men team!

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Age of Lost Arrows

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(Cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo Comics)

American Vampire 12 has Rafael Albuquerque taking a break on art duties for a one-shot detailing Skinner Sweet’s head on collision with the 20th century. Old enemies and faces are solicited to appear when Skinner finds himself at an Old West show…

(Cover by Rodolfo Migliari, DC Comics)

More forest, more Demon and more of the best archer of all time in Green Arrow 9 as friend and foe assault the Star City Forest. This series is a little too Brightest-Day-centric for some GA fans but there’s enough arrow-y goodness for my tastes. J.T. Krul is still bringing green pastures as far as I’m concerned.

(Cover by Dustin Nguyen, DC Comics)

Generation Lost 20 promises to be the big reveal issue we’ve all been waiting for! Max’s pieces are all in position for his endgame to begin and we’ll be learning just what does make Maxwell Lord tick and why he’s so into domination/submission. This is the book of the event, easily.

(Cover by Felipe Massafera, DC Comics)

JLA/The 99 5 is sure to bring more of the same over-the-top superheroics that have made this miniseries such a joy to read so far! The City of Tomorrow has gotten legs and Starro is doing hir conquering thing! Not necessarily a deep comic but pure fun the whole way through and a much needed spotlight on The 99!

(Cover by Scott Kolins, DC Comics)

JSA 48 reveals more of Scythe’s cohorts as Monument Point can’t seem to catch a break. Terrorism, heroes at the end of their ropes and a mystical journey with Doctor Fate should make this another interesting issue in Marc Guggenheim’s JSA re-tooling.

(Cover by Mico Suayan, Marte Gracia, Clay Mann, Jay Leisten , Brian Reber, Marvel Comics)

New Mutants 22 is part two of the Age of X and, boy, do I love getting two chapters of this at once! With the mutants of the world huddled together in the violent dark, could there be a conspiracy from within their ranks to betray them? Slick designs, survivalist themes and superpowers are the flavors here and they’re cooked perfectly.

(Cover by Georges Jeanty & Rob Hunter, DC Comics)

Teen Titans 92 continues the crossover from Red Robin with the Teen Titans back together and a plethora of Calculator-bots ready to blow! One Robin remains after the dust settles but the TT creative team can do no wrong, as far as I’m concerned.

(Cover by Greg Land, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 533 is part 4 of 5 in the Sublime Corporation storyline and the chemical that turns regular folks into mutants is hitting the public markets! Most of the mutant population is sick on Utopia but the totally excellent beta team on the mainland is kicking it into high gear to save the day!

(Cover by Leinil Yu, Marvel Comics)

X-Men Legacy 245 officially kicks off the Age of X with the Alpha issue being a prelude to the main event presented here. It’s another gritty elseworld where the mutants of the world are violently targeted and forced to band together before they find themselves snuffed out completely. The grimdark modern sensibility of many violent comics can be too much for me but there was a tremendous amount of depth to the Alpha stories. I’m in for the whole event and it’s a decision I’m totally sure about already.

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Arrows for the Wonder Teens!

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(Cover by Mauro Cascioli, DC Comics)

One-ish sentence preview excitement, goooooo! Green Arrow 8 gives us my favorite of the simple DC covers, the Demon, a new villain named Black Arrow (Merlyn doesn’t count, I guess) and some well-fletched fun!

(Cover by Felipe Massafera, DC Comics)

JLA/The 99 4 means more of my favorite team-up title in recent memory, microscopic Starro karate-chop action and the JLA and The 99 collectively kicking ass and taking those names!

(Cover by Aaron Lopresti, DC Comics)

Generation Lost 18 is part two of Power Girl’s beat down on the JLI, Max Lord waterboarding Beetle, Batman taking a hint and butterfly kisses for Rocket Red?

(Cover by Shane Davis & Sandra Hope, DC Comics)

In JSA 47, Dr. Chaos comes to Monument Point with a score to settle against the JSA while more and more heroes continue to join the Society’s society (Manhunter and Blue Devil this issue!).

(Cover by Cliff Chiang, DC Comics)

The Shazam! one-shot is sure to be my favorite part of Titans and has Blaze offering the Batsons power once again; somehow Freddy and Osiris play into the deal as well and you know I’m always up for a Shazam family read!

(Cover by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood, DC Comics)

Teen Titans 91 is full on friendship once again as Robin and Ravager take on the Feral Boys alone while Raven gets in Headcase’s…head. Rrrrrrrrrrr.

(Cover by Don Kramer & Jay Leisten, DC Comics)

Wonder Woman 606 has our Princess tracking down the Morrigan and running into a murderous Huntsman god! Phillipus is the badass protector of Diana in this time warp but might be seeing the end of her line if Ms. Prince can’t step up and save her from the centaur deity…

(Cover by Stephane Roux, DC Comics)

Zatanna 9 unlocks a repressed memory from our heroine’s childhood and puts her in the precarious position of placing her would-be killer free from his puppet-y curse! Gold stars all the way through for this series.

(Cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo Comics)

It’s booze, bootleggers and Skinner Sweet for Pearl and Henry in American Vampire 11 and this two-parter is sure to be another pleasing arc in the series!

(Cover by Greg Land, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 532 reveals the price of a cure for the Utopia mutants, just what an enraged and uncaged Sebastian Shaw will do and hopefully much, much more of this new X-Team formed in San Francisco during this time of crisis. *cough cough*

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I’ll Have an Orange Christmas Without You

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(Cover by Gene Ha, DC Comics)

One sentence speculations GOOOOOOO! The Larfleeze Christmas Special is somehow a Brightest Day tie-in featuring Larfleeze attempting to “obtain” Santa Claus!(???)

(Cover by Greg Land, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 531 features Storm leading an X-team featuring Northstar and Dazzler…other, less important stuff happens too.

(Cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo Comics)

American Vampire 10 means Pearl and her man laying the hurt on some unruly vamps; these Scoobies have bite!

(Cover by Dan Jurgens & Jerry Ordway, DC Comics)

DCU Legacies 8 gives the gift of the Reign of the Supermen, Hal Jordan with sexy gray streaks and the Fourth World!

(Cover by Tyler Kirkham & BATT, DC Comics)

In Green Lantern Corps 55 it’s Green Lanterns vs. the Weaponers and Guy’s Red Ring prophecies reach the other Lanterns from Earth!

(Cover by Mark Bagley & Rob Hunter, DC Comics)

Justice League of America 52 deserves a buy because this is a fresh, interesting team that could bring new life to the JLA, regardless of how unsurprising I find the basic plot so far.

(Cover by Dustin Nguyen & Kevin Maguire, DC Comics)

Generation Lost 16 pits the Creature Commandos against the JLI as Fire lies be-shot while Power Girl is looking for some vengeance of her own.

(Various Artists, DC Comics)

Wonder Woman 605: exeunt JMS, Phil Hester throws his hat into the ring and Diana is up against the Morrigan!

(Cover by Stephane Roux, DC Comics)

Zatanna 8 means Cliff Chiang and Paul Dini doing the puppet episode of Zatanna, it’s gonna be pure gold!

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Society of Lost Green Women

by windiebird

(Cover by J.H. Williams III, DC Comics)

Batwoman 0. Today. Like it is in your comic shop RIGHT NOW. If J.H. Williams III doesn’t make you want to rub comics against your eyeballs to get closer to the beauty he creates then you clearly haven’t been introduced to his work! Let the art draw you in to the deep and rich world of Kate Kane and please give this dynamic and relatively-new character support. Not to mention one of the best lesbian characters to hit the mainstream in years (Renee Montoya being the other that comes to mind)!

(Cover by Mauro Cascioli, DC Comics)

Green Arrow 6 pits Queen against Queen as Ollie invades the company he once controlled! Is the creepy gas mask nun his mom or just another person hellbent on messing with my favorite archer? Another title that I’m pleased to see on the shelves, not to be missed!

(Cover by Dustin Nguyen, DC Comics)

Justice League: Generation Lost 14 is all about the fallout from issue 13. Magog has been slain and the world think Captain Atom did it! The JLI is on the run…even more so than before? Maxwell Lord has Checkmate under his command but with Power Girl, Batman and more super-powered persons learning the truth, how long can he maintain the charade?

(Cover by Shane Davis & Sandra Hope, DC Comics)

The new creative direction continues in JSA 45 and all signs point to another successful run on the title. A terrorist strike has put the Society in a very bad position but they’re doing all they can to make it up to the people of Washington, D.C.

(Cover by Felipe Massafera, DC/Teshkeel Comics)

Hopefully JLA/The 99 2 maintains the fantastic start we had in issue one! An unknown force is causing people to lose their minds and lash out in abandon! When it starts affecting Superman…you know you’re in trouble! The 99 steps in to help save the day in this pretty fantastic gem.

(Cover by Greg Land, Marvel Comics)

Uncanny X-Men 530 solicits the return of the Sublime entity, probably infecting the mutants of Utopia in an effort to rid the world of them. Seriously, I guess it’s Tuesday on Utopia. While I never read any comics featuring this particular villain this line from the Marvel preview has me interested in picking up this first issue of the new story-arc, at least:  where does Dazzler get all her awesome outfits? Where, indeed.

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