The latest issue of Previews just came out. These are
the items that stood out to my eye.
DC Comics
- ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #5 – The
series marches
on. I should really look up the sales numbers for
it. - SUPERMAN: COVER TO COVER HC – A 240 pages
hardcover with the cover
art from over 270 issues, plus some material related
to movies based
on the character. - SUPERMAN #651 – Part three of an eight part story
cowritten by
Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek. - ACTION COMICS #838 – Part four of the
aforementioned story. - SUPERMAN/BATMAN #26 – This seems to fill in a role
such as issue 7
did: Robin and Superboy are dealing with the events of
Infinite
Crisis. - SUPERMAN VS. LEX LUTHOR TP – A collection that has
a number of
incarnations of Luthor. Could be interesting. - INFINITE CRISIS #7 – The miniseries
concludes. - VILLAINS UNITED: INFINITE CRISIS SPECIAL – More
aftereffects of
Infinite Crisis are felt here. - CRISIS AFTERMATH: THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN #1-2 –
This is a six
issue miniseries that also deals with the after
effects of the latest
crisis. - GREEN LANTERN #11 – This seems to be dealing with
the “Emerald
Twilight” story that originally removed Hal from the
role as Green
Lantern. - ION #1 – Part one of twelve in a series about Kyle
Rayner, written
by Ron Marz. - SHOWCASE PRESENTS HAUNTED TANK VOL. 1 TP – I’ve
never even heard
of this one, but I’m not that much of a DC fan.
Marvel Comics
- ULTIMATE EXTINCTION #4 (of 5) – This series is
introducing more
than Galactus to the Ultimate universe. It could be
very
interesting. - ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #29 – Two words: “Super
Skrull.” It’ll be
interesting to see Millar’s modernization of that
Silver Age
creation. - ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #93 – Guest starring Ultimate
X-Men and
Ultimate Deadpool. - ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS. HULK #3 (of 6) – It’s off
to a good start,
that’s for sure. - ULTIMATE X-MEN #69 – It seems like the Phoenix is
coming back. - ULTIMATES 2 #11 – This title doesn’t seem to slow
down much. - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #531 – The new costume goes
through its paces
against Titanium Man. Joe Quesada has assured us that
JMS has a
definite timeline for the first and last appearances
of the new
uniform. - FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #7 – Peter David
writes a funny
Spider-Man. His series is tempting, but so far, I’ve
only ordered
“The Other.” - BLACK PANTHER #15 – Leading up to the
T’Challa/Storm wedding this
summer. - DAREDEVIL #84 – There are MASSIVE spoilers in the
solicitation
text for this one. Buy the issue, but don’t read the
description. - SQUADRON SUPREME #2 – The reboot continues. I
can’t wait for this
to come back. - ANNIHILATION – There are three miniseries on the
way to tie into
the cosmic story, dealing with Ronan, Silver Surfer,
and Super
Skrull. - FANTASTIC FOUR #537 – This has the return of
Doctor Doom. - NEW AVENGERS #18 – Introducing a new hero, and
tying into other ones. - ASTONISHING X-MEN #14 – This is another one I
wanted to see return. - EXILES #79 – The World Tour is still marching on.
- UNCANNY X-MEN #472 & #473 – This explains how
Psylocke returned
from the dead. - WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #1 – Now that Wolverine
remembers his past,
some people are going to be held accountable for
it. - X-MEN: THE END – MEN AND X-MEN #4 (of 6) – This
series will
eventually be wrapped up, at which time I’ll review
all 18 issues. - SPIDER-MAN: THE OTHER HC – I’ve ordered this one
to help get
caught up on Amazing Spider-Man, since I’ve now got
every issue
leading up to this in one form or another. - ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL. 1 HC – Definitely worth it
if you don’t
have the individual issues. - UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC – This is
absolutely huge. It’s
$99.99US, but it’s got UNCANNY X-MEN #94-131 and
ANNUAL
#3, and GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1, all of which I have on
DVD-ROM. - ESSENTIAL WOLVERINE VOL. 4 TPB – I wasn’t that
thrilled with the
first three, so I’ll pass. - ESSENTIAL X-MEN VOL. 7 TPB – This has “FANTASTIC
FOUR VS. THE
X-MEN #1-4” and a bunch of stuff I have on DVD-ROM
(UNCANNY X-MEN
#214-228 and ANNUAL #10-11), so I’m going to pass.
It’s tempting,
but not tempting enough. - 40 YEARS OF THE AVENGERS – If you go WAY back to
the end of the
Previews issue and order form, you’ll find this item
in the DVD
section. I’m not sure what the collection covers, but
it’s a safe bet
that it’ll go at least up to Avengers: Disassemble,
which would mean
I’ll have every issue when my copy arrives.
Haunted Tank
Haunted Tank was a Silver Age series from G.i. Combat in which a Confederate general haunts a World War II-era tank and provides sage advice. Only his descendant can see and hear the general.
The crew last appeared (I think) in Crisis on Infinite Earths.