Weekly Comics Discussion – February 25, 2009

The complete list is available in the usual place. This week has a lot of Dark Reign stuff. Next week sees the first issue of War of Kings.

Dark Horse Comics

  • CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #8
  • STAR WARS LEGACY FIGHT ANOTHER DAY PART 2 OF 2
  • UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #4 (OF 6)
  • USAGI YOJIMBO #118

DC Comics

  • BLUE BEETLE #36 – Final issue
  • GREEN LANTERN #38 – Origins and omens. Also available this week is the second printing of the “Faces of Evil” issue.
  • JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24 – Origins and Omens
  • REIGN IN HELL #8 (OF 8)
  • SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN FAMILY TP VOL 03
  • SUPERMAN #685 – Origins and Omens
  • TRINITY #39
  • WONDER WOMAN #29

IDW Comics

  • ANGEL #18 – Rumour says “Angel: After the Fall” will be renamed “Angel: Aftermath” with this issue.

Image Comics

  • ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #13
  • SAVAGE DRAGON #145 – Two covers, at least one featuring Barack Obama. There’s also a fourth printing of issue 137, also an Obama issue, available again today.
  • SPAWN #189
  • YOUNGBLOOD #8 – Available in Obama and regular covers.

Marvel Comics

  • AVENGERS INITIATIVE #22 – Dark Reign
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA #47 – No tie-ins or crossovers, just really, really good. (At least, Brubaker’s first 46 issues were. I assume the trend will continue.)
  • DARK REIGN FILES – A “Handbook” style catalog of characters following the onset of Dark Reign.
  • DARK TOWER TREACHERY (OF 6)
  • ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #3 (OF 5)
  • FANTASTIC FOUR #564 – The Millar/Hitch run will continue until issue 569 (assuming they’re still doing the 16 issue run announced a while ago.) After that, Jonathan Hickman takes over the writing chores. If his first issue of “Secret Warriors” is any indication, it’ll be a good run.
  • GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH #5 (OF 5)
  • HULK #10 – The Defenders are back.
  • INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126
  • MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #4 (OF 6)
  • MIGHTY AVENGERS #22 – Dark Reign
  • MS MARVEL #36 – Dark Reign
  • NEW AVENGERS #50 – Dark Reign, and the kickoff of the “Who Is The Sorceror Supreme?” arc. If I were a betting man, I’d bet on the Hood, given the now revealed source of his power, the current Marvel landscape, and what that will mean for Strange when he reclaims the title.
  • NOVA #22 – A reliably enjoyable title.
  • RUNAWAYS 3 #7
  • SHE-HULK 2 #38
  • SKAAR SON OF HULK #8 – Building up to the Planet Skaar crossover.
  • THUNDERBOLTS #129 – Dark Reign
  • ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131 – Ultimatum
  • WAR MACHINE #3 – Dark Reign
  • WOLVERINE ORIGINS – Dark Reign
  • X-FORCE #12