Weekly Comics Discussion – December 28, 2005

The complete list is here.
Note that, due to the holidays, many US distributors
won’t be getting their shipments until Thursday,
December 29.

DC Comics

  • ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #3: Also
    available in a
    variant edition.
  • JUSTICE THIRD PRINTING #1 (OF 12): Back to
    press.
  • LEX LUTHOR MAN OF STEEL TP: This sounded
    interesting, telling a
    story in which Lex is the hero and Superman is the
    villain.
  • RANN THANAGAR WAR TP: Feeding into Infinite
    Crisis.
  • SUPERMAN BATMAN #23: The fourth story arc
    continues. I’ll be
    grabbing the trades until issue 27, in which Mark
    Verheiden and Ethan
    van Sciver take over.

Image Comics

  • RISING STARS #24: The JMS series finally comes to
    a close.

Marvel Comics

  • AMAZING FANTASY #16: This series is now a showcase
    for revamped
    characters, some of which were chosen by online
    poll.
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #527: “The Other” continues.
    I’ll pick up the
    hardcover collection of the entire story arc.
  • ARANA HEART OF THE SPIDER #12: The spin-off series
    continues.
  • DAREDEVIL #80: The second last Bendis/Maleev
    issue. I’ll pick it
    up as a TPB.
  • EXILES #74: The “World Tour” continues. Again,
    I’ll get the trade.
  • MARVEL MASTERWORKS GOLDEN AGE ALL WINNERS VOL 1
    HC: Marvel from
    the 1930s. Also available in a varient cover.
  • NEW AVENGERS #14: The Spider-Woman storyline
    continues. Man, am
    I behind on my reviews.
  • OFFICIAL HANDBOOK TO THE ULTIMATE MARVEL UNIVERSE:
    ULTIMATES &
    X-MEN 2005: The handbooks are coming back.
  • SHE-HULK 2 #3: This is the 100th She-Hulk comic
    published by
    Marvel, so they decided to make it a 100 page special.
    It’s quite the
    deal, and worth a look.
  • SPIDER-MAN BLACK CAT EVIL THAT MEN DO #5 (OF 6):
    Yes, it’s
    actually coming out early! This wasn’t
    supposed to be here
    until January. Well, at least, that was the latest
    solicitation
    date. It’s still three years late.
  • ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #26: The Namor story
    continues.
  • ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #88: Yet another title that my
    reviews are
    behind on.
  • ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 14 WARRIORS TP: I’ll be
    picking this up to
    get caught up.
  • WHAT IF DAREDEVIL and WHAT IF THOR: The latest
    round of “What
    If…” titles all take place in the same
    universe.
  • YOUNG AVENGERS SPECIAL #1: I’ve heard great things
    about this
    title, but haven’t read it myself.
  • 40 YEARS OF X-MEN DVD ROM: While not technically
    published by
    Marvel, but rather GIT Corp, this is loaded with
    Marvel product. The
    11 CD-ROM Spider-Man set is why my other reviews are
    so late; I’ve got
    501 issues to read and review for that! (I’m up to
    issue 390.) Once
    that review is done, I’ll catch up on some TPB stuff
    before getting to
    work on either this or on the Fantastic Four
    set I picked up
    last summer.