This is a pretty light week this week. Full details
are available at the
usual place.
DC Comics
- 52 Week #1 – This is issue one of the 52 issue
weekly series.
It’s ambitious, but it’s also a heck of an investment,
so I’m going to
pass. - Crisis Aftermath: Battle for Bludhaven #3 (0f
6) - Superman #652
- Second printings of the following – Crisis
Aftermath: The Battle
for Bludhaven #1, Detective Comics #817 and #818,
Green Arrow #60,
and the OMAC Project Infinite Crisis Special.
Marvel Comics
- Annihilation Super Skrull #2
- Ares #4 (of 5) – The sales on this are terrible,
but rumours that
Ares will join the Avengers persist. - Cable Deadpool #28
- Last Planet Standing #1 (of 5) – In the
Spider-Girl Universe. - She-Hulk 2 #7 – A well reviewed title. The next
issue will be a
Civil War crossover. - Uncanny X-Men #473 – The only title I plan to
bring home this week.
nitpicky clarification
Why is it She-Hulk 2? Isn’t this her third series?
Re: nitpicky clarification
A few years ago, Dan Slott wrote 12 issues that were well reviewed, but didn’t sell in the monthly format, so his series was cancelled. Trade paperback sales turned out to be very strong, so Slott’s title was uncancelled and put back on the schedule, making She Hulk 2 the character’s fourth ongoing title, but the second by this creative team. Slott’s ongoing Thing series is also in danger of cancellation.
Superman 652
If you are even mildly interested in Superman as a character, and you aren’t reading "Up, Up, and Away" in Superman and Action, you are really missing out.
Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek are making this the best written Superman storyline in years, and Pete Woods’s artwork is perfect for the story – expressive faces and dynamic layouts combine with simple linework to make this a brilliantly iconic version of the Man of Steel.