Below are the DC and Marvel Comics titles that stood
out for me. Feel free to contribute any that caught
your eye while flipping through the latest issue of
Previews.
DC Comics
- All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder
#4: The series
continues, though Timeshredder assures us it is off to
a shaky start.
There’s also a special edition of issue #1 due. - Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 3
HC: This
hardcover collection includes Batman 232, 234, 237,
243-245, and
251. - All Star Superman #2: Grant Morrison and
Frank Quietly
are putting this one together. - Lex Luthor: Man Of Steel: This is the TPB
collection of
the well-received limited series. - Superman/Batman #25: The end of the “With
a Vengeance”
arc. This hasn’t been reviewed in a while, but we’ll
pick up again
with the TPB collection of the Supergirl arc, also out
this month,
finally collected in a form less expensive than
hardcovers. - Infinite Crisis #3: I’ll wait for the
TPB, if I get it at
all. - Green Lantern #7: Another title in which
our reviews are
way behind. The series is off to a decent, though not
great start.
Certainly nothing that was a followup to Green
Lantern:
Rebirth. - Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #4: The six
issue
miniseries, which just kicked off, continues its
monthly schedule. - Hard Time Season Two #1: The first set
was very well
reviewed. - Golden Age Hawkman Archives Vol. 1: I
can’t justify
spending that much, but I’m certainly interested in
most of these
collections. - Showcase Presents: Justice League of America
Vol. 1: This
is one I’m definitely picking up. I’m quite impressed
with the page
quality of the Green Lantern and Superman collections
I bought this
week, and look forward to grabbing the volumes for the
high-profile
titles. As with the others in the line, it picks up
with the Silver
Age incarnations, so we have some oddball issue
numbers. - Rann/Thanagar War TPB: This collections
the entire
miniseries. - Villains United TPB: Again, collecting
the miniseries.
Marvel Comics
- Ultimate Fantastic Four #26: The third
part of the “Tomb
of Namor” series. - Ultimate Iron Man #5 (of 5): I’m waiting
for the
trade. - Ultimate Spider-Man #87 and 88: The
Silver Sable arc
continues. I’ll have switched back to issues for this
title by this
point. - Ultimate X-Men / Fantastic Four: A
crossover in two
parts, with Ultimate Fantastic Four / X-Men
finishing the
series in January. - Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #1: You knew
it was a matter
of time, given the history of these two in the main
Marvel Universe.
This is written by Alias co-creator Damon
Lindelof. That’s
the Alias TV series, and not the Brian
Michael Bendis
comic. - Spider-Man: The Other continues in
Friendly
Neighbourhood Spider-Man, Marvel Knights
Spider-Man, and
Amazing Spider-Man, with J. Michael
Straczynski taking his
turn to write all three. In January, the 12 part
series will wrap up,
and I might actually consider collecting Peter David’s
FNSM or JMS’
ASM. - Spider-Man / Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do
#4 and 5: It
took a few years, but it sounds like the series will
actually end.
(The solicition text even starts off with “The wait is
over! Finally!
No, really.”) The Marvel Must-Haves edition of the
first three
issues is due in November, so you’ll be able to catch
up if needed.
The first three issues were quite good. - Arana #12: The series marches on. I
haven’t been reading
it, and don’t really know what it’s about, but Bureau
42 readers have
asked for updates on it before, so here they are
again. - Daredevil #80: The second-last issue by
Bendis and Maleev
is due in December. I’ll get the TPB. - Fantastic Four Special: Dr. Doom and Reed
Richards in a
subtle battle of wits over dinner. It could be a
decent issue, but it
needs a great set-up to keep them from all-out combat
as soon as they
see each other. We also need to know how Doom is
there, as opposed to
being in Hell, where he was last seen. Perhaps this
is set in
flashback, which might just smooth over all of those
wrinkles. - New Avengers #14: This is the first of
two parts that
centre on Spider-Woman. Still written by Bendis, with
art by Frank
Cho. - Spider-Woman: Origin #1 (of 6): Bendis
co-writes with
Brian Reed, with art by Jonathan Luna. - She-Hulk #3: This is She-Hulk’s 100th
solo issue, with
very good reviews for Dan Slott’s work. Certainly
worth checking
out. - The What If event due in December has
issues based on
Captain America, Daredevil, Fantastic Four,
Sub-Mariner, Thor, and
Wolverine. That’s six issues, perfect for a TPB in the
spring. - Young Avengers Special #1: Instead of a
regular issue,
the writers from The Pulse are doing a
special digging up the
origins of these characters. - Exiles #74: This wraps up the World Tour
story arc. I
won’t have a chance to switch back to issues by this
point. - Uncanny X-Men #467: Thanks to the 40
Years of
X-Men DVD-ROM (rumoured to be released next
week), I’ll have a
chance to own all issues of this title, so I’ve
already added it to my
pull list. - X-Factor #2: Peter David is back on the
title. - Supreme Power: Nighthawk #4 (of 6): The
miniseries continues,
introducing the Supremeverse version of the
Joker. - Supreme Power: Hyperion #4 (of 5): JMS
continues his run
on this title, with some interesting enemies within.
I like his take
on the Lex Luthor parallel. - The Book of Lost Souls #3: JMS is writing
his own series
for ICON. I think this is one for the TPB
format. - Fantastic Four by J. Michael Straczynski:
Rather than
wait for 12 issues as usual, the first six issues of
the JMS run are
being collected in hardcover for this December. - Ultimate Galactus Book 2: Secret: This is
one I’m getting
in TPB form. - Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 14: Warriors:
This TPB will get
me all caught up and back onto monthly issues. Now if
I could only
get my reviews caught up… - Essential Spider-Woman Vol. 1: December
seems to be
Spider-Woman month.