Weekly Comics Discussion – September 24, 2008

The complete list can be found here. The column’s up early because I’ll be out of town for another conference.

STAR TREK COMP COLLECTION DVD – Much like the Marvel titles they can no longer license, this collects all of the Star Trek comics available up to but not including the current IDW titles. That’s DC, Marvel, Malibu, and others, in a 500+ issue collection.

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #17 – Secret Invasion
BLACK PANTHER #41 – The Secret Invasion crossover concludes. This is the last issue of the title I plan to collect.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #42 – Brubaker is doing fantastic work on this title.
DAREDEVIL #111 – More Brubaker goodness.
DEADPOOL #2 – The Secret Invasion crossover continues. The first issue had a very interesting ending.
FANTASTIC FOUR #560 – I’ve been pretty lukewarm on this run.
HULK #6
MARVEL 1985 #5 (OF 6)
MS MARVEL #31
NEW AVENGERS #45 – Secret Invasion
NOVA #17 – Secret Invasion
RUNAWAYS 3 #2
SECRET INVASION AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2 (OF 3) – Secret Invasion. The first issue was good, but it was all about his supporting cast and not Spider-Man himself.
SHE-HULK 2 #33 – Secret Invasion
THUNDERBOLTS #124 – Secret Invasion
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR X-MEN ANNUAL #1
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #126
ULTIMATES 3 #5 (OF 5) – Jeph Loeb must be one heck of a salesperson. Everything I’ve read by him comes out like this: the solicitations sound great, but the execution just doesn’t seem to deliver. He left Smallville because he found they kept him involved in planning and outlining, but didn’t ask him to write many actual scripts. I think that’s a good role for him.

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