New Comics for April 28

[Alan M.]

Courtesy ComicList.com:

APE ENTERTAINMENT
Shrek Forever After The Prequel, $6.95

ARCHAIA ENTERTAINMENT
Fraggle Rock #1 (of 4)(Jeffrey Brown Regular Cover), $3.95
Fraggle Rock #1 (of 4)(Shared Exclusive Photo Cover), AR

ARCHIE COMICS
Archie Double Digest #208, $3.99
Sonic The Hedgehog #212, $2.99

AVATAR PRESS
Crossed Volume 1 HC (Garth Ennis & Jacen Burrows Signed Edition), $49.99

BANDAI
Lucky Star Volume 5 GN, $10.99

BBC AUDIO
Doctor Who & Dalek Invasion Of Earth Audio CD, $34.95
Doctor Who & Ice Warriors Audio CD, $34.95
Torchwood Slow Decay Audio CD, $29.95

BONGO COMICS
Bart Simpson Comics #53, $2.99
Simpsons Classics #24, $3.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Cars #4 (Cover A), $2.99
Cars #4 (Cover B), $2.99
Disneys Hero Squad Ultraheroes #4 (Cover A), $2.99
Disneys Hero Squad Ultraheroes #4 (Cover B), $2.99
Incredibles #8 (Cover A), $2.99
Incredibles #8 (Cover B), $2.99
Wizards Of Mickey #4 (Cover A), $2.99
Wizards Of Mickey #4 (Cover B), $2.99

BLUE APPLE BOOKS
Long Tail Kitty HC (release not confirmed by Diamond Distribution), $14.99

BROADSWORD COMICS
Tarot Witch Of The Black Rose #61 (Deluxe Edition), $19.99

COMIC SHOP NEWS
Comic Shop News #1193, AR

DARK HORSE
B.P.R.D. War On Frogs Volume 12 TP, $17.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Supernatural Defense Kit (New Printing), $24.95
Conan The Cimmerian #20 (Kozaki Part 2 of 3), $2.99
Gelaskins 13 Inch Laptop Weta Unnatural Selector, $29.95
Gelaskins 13 Inch Laptop Weta Venusians Attack, $29.95
Gelaskins 15 Inch Laptop Weta Cockswain Ahoy, $29.95
Gelaskins 15 Inch Laptop Weta Unnatural Selector, $29.95
Gelaskins 15 Inch Laptop Weta Venusians Attack, $29.95
Gelaskins iPhone Weta Cockswain Ahoy, $14.95
Giant Size Little Lulu Volume 1 TP, $24.99
Gigantic TP, $17.99
Hellboy Library Edition Volume 8 HC (2nd printing)(per Dark Horse), AR
Neon Genesis Evangelion The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Volume 4 TP, $9.99
Predator Prey To The Heavens TP, $15.99
Rapture Volume 1 TP, $19.99
Rex Mundi Volume 3 Lost Kings TP (3rd printing)(per Dark Horse), AR
Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Volume 6 TP (4th printing)(per Dark Horse), AR
Star Wars Clone Wars Digest Volume 3 Wind Raiders Of Taloraan TP (2nd printing)(per Dark Horse), AR
Star Wars Clone Wars Digest Volume 4 Slaves Of The Republic TP (2nd printing)(per Dark Horse), AR
Star Wars Invasion Volume 1 Refugees TP, $18.99
Star Wars Legacy #47 (The Fate Of Dac), $2.99
Tale Of One Bad Rat HC, $19.99
Terminator 2029 #2 (of 3), $3.50
Usagi Yojimbo #128 (Tera Tera Bozu part 1 of 1), $3.50

DC COMICS
Action Comics #889, $3.99
Batman The Brave And The Bold #16, $2.50
Crayon Shinchan Volume 11 TP, $7.99
DC Comics Classics Library The Justice League Of America By George Perez Volume 2 HC, $39.99
Detective Comics #864, $3.99
Fire Investigator Nanase Volume 4 TP, $9.99
Flash Rebirth HC, $19.99
Garrison #1 (of 6), $2.99
Gotham City Sirens #11, $2.99
Green Lantern #29 (New Printing)(was 'Green Lantern 27 New Printing'), $1.00
Green Lantern Corps #47 (Patrick Gleason & Rebecca Buchman Regular Cover)(Brightest Day Tie-In), $3.99
Green Lantern Corps #47 (Rodolfo Migliari Variant Cover)(Brightest Day Tie-In), AR
Jack Of Fables #45, $2.99
JLA Deluxe Edition Volume 3 HC, $29.99
Justice League The Rise Of Arsenal #2 (of 4), $3.99
Justice Society Of America #38, $2.99
Justice Society Of America Series 2 Balanced Master Case Assortment, AR
Justice Society Of America Series 2 Balanced One Third Case Assortment, AR
Justice Society Of America Series 2 Cyclone Action Figure, AR
Justice Society Of America Series 2 Hourman Action Figure, AR
Justice Society Of America Series 2 Kingdom Come Superman Action Figure, AR
Justice Society Of America Series 2 Stargirl Action Figure, AR
Justice Society Of America Series 2 Weighted Inner Case, AR
Justice Society Of America Series 2 Weighted Master Case Assortment, AR
Madame Xanadu #22, $2.99
Northlanders #27, $2.99
Outsiders #29, $2.99
Red Robin The Grail TP, $17.99
Scalped #37, $2.99
Solomon Grundy TP, $19.99
Super Friends #26, $2.50
Superman #699, $2.99
Superman Last Stand Of New Krypton #3 (of 3)(Ryan Sook Regular Cover), $3.99
Superman Last Stand Of New Krypton #3 (of 3)(Chris Weston Variant Cover), AR
Sweet Tooth Volume 1 Out Of The Woods TP, $9.99
Teen Titans #82, $3.99
Unknown Soldier #19, $2.99
Victorian Undead #6 (of 6), $2.99
Web #8, $3.99
Wildcats #22, $2.99
Wonder Woman #43, $2.99

DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
Hack Slash #32 (Cover A Tim Seeley), $3.50
Hack Slash #32 (Cover B Francesco Francavilla), $3.50

DIAMOND PUBLICATIONS
Game Trade Magazine #123, AR
Previews #260 (May 2010), AR

DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING
Dry Heat GN, $12.95
Yokan Premonition Volume 1 GN (of 2), $12.95

DRAWN AND QUARTERLY
Wilson HC, $21.95

DYNAMIC FORCES
Kato Origins Way Of The Ninja #1 (Dynamic Forces)(Colton Worley Negative Art Cover), $16.99
Romita Legacy HC (Dynamic Forces), $29.99
Spider-Woman #1 (Dynamic Forces)(Alex Ross Signed Spot Color Exclusive Cover), $29.99
Vengeance Of The Moon Knight #1 (Dynamic Forces)(Alex Ross Signed Exclusive Cover), $29.99

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Green Hornet #3 (Alex Ross Regular Cover), $3.99
Green Hornet #3 (John Cassaday Regular Cover), $3.99
Green Hornet #3 (Alex Ross Black/White/Green Variant Cover), AR
Green Hornet #3 (Joe Benitez Variant Cover), AR
Green Hornet #3 (John Cassaday Black/White/Green Variant Cover), AR
Green Hornet #3 (Stephen Segovia Variant Cover), AR
Green Hornet #3 (Michael Netzer & Joe Rubenstein 'Actual Death' Variant Cover), AR
Green Hornet #3 (Michael Netzer & Joe Rubenstein 'All Green Actual Death' Variant Cover), AR
Green Hornet #3 (Stephen Segovia 'Bloody And Battered Kato' Variant Cover), AR

EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS
Buffy & Angel Figure Collection Magazine #5 (Faith), $20.00

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Abandoned Cars SC, $18.99
Blazing Combat SC, $19.99
Our Gang Volume 4 SC, $14.99

FEMME FATALES COMICS
Unknowns #2, $3.99

FIRST SECOND
City Of Spies GN, $16.99
Foiled GN, $15.99
Prince Of Persia GN (New Printing), $7.99
Resistance GN, $16.99

HIGH SPEED PRODUCTIONS
Juxtapoz Volume 17 #5 (May 2010), $5.99

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Big Bang The Lost Mike Hammer Sixties Novel, $25.00

IDW PUBLISHING
Angel #32 (Angel:Aftermath)(David Messina Regular Cover), $3.99
Angel #32 (Angel:Aftermath)(Jenny Frison Regular Cover), $3.99
Angel #32 (Angel:Aftermath)(Jenny Frison Virgin Variant Cover), AR
Army Of Two #4, $3.99
A-Team War Stories Murdock #1 (Michael Gaydos Regular Cover), $3.99
A-Team War Stories Murdock #1 (Photo Variant Cover), AR
Doctor Who #10 (Ongoing)(Paul Grist Regular Cover), $3.99
Doctor Who #10 (Ongoing)(Paul Grist Virgin Variant Cover), AR
G.I. Joe Cobra II #4 (Antonio Fuso Regular Cover), $3.99
G.I. Joe Cobra II #4 (Howard Chaykin Regular Cover), $3.99
G.I. Joe Cobra II #4 (Howard Chaykin Virgin Variant Cover), AR
Jennifer Love Hewitts Music Box #5, $3.99
Last Unicorn #1 (of 6)(Renae De Liz Regular Cover), $3.99
Last Unicorn #1 (of 6)(Frank Stockton Variant Cover), AR
Locke & Key Crown Of Shadows #5 (Gabriel Rodriguez Regular Cover), $3.99
Locke & Key Crown Of Shadows #5 (Gabriel Rodriguez Variant Cover), AR
Song Of Saya #3, $3.99
Star Trek The Official Movie Adaptation #3 (of 6)(David Messina Regular Cover), $3.99
Star Trek The Official Movie Adaptation #3 (of 6)(Photo Variant Cover), AR
Tank Girl The Royal Escape #2 (of 4), $3.99
Transformers #6 (Ongoing)(Cover A Don Figueroa), $3.99
Transformers #6 (Ongoing)(Cover B Don Figueroa), $3.99
Transformers #6 (Ongoing)(Andrew Wildman Variant Cover), AR
Wormwood Gentleman Corpse Volume 2 It Only Hurts When I Pee HC, $24.99

IMAGE COMICS
Darkness #84, $2.99
Dynamo 5 Volume 4 Change Or Die TP, $15.99
Golly #5, $3.50
Great Unknown #3 (of 5)(resolicited), $3.50
Image Firsts Invincible #1, $1.00
Image Firsts Proof #1, $1.00
Invincible #71, $2.99
Random Acts Of Violence GN (was 'Splatterman GN'), $6.99
Savage Dragon Identity Crisis TP, $14.99
Shuddertown #2, $3.50
Starfall Poster, $7.99
Walking Dead #71, $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
Amazing Spider-Man #629, $2.99
Captain America #605 (Gerald Parel Regular Cover), $3.99
Captain America #605 (Joe Kubert Iron Man By Design Variant Cover), AR
Captain America Reborn Finale By Bryan Hitch Poster, $8.99
Civil War #1 (Marvels Greatest Comics), $1.00
Dark Reign Hawkeye TP, $16.99
Deadpool #22 (Jason Pearson Regular Cover), $2.99
Deadpool #22 (Marko Djurdjevic Iron Man By Design Variant Cover), AR
Fall Of The Hulks Red Hulk #4 (of 4), $3.99
Fantastic Four #578 (Alan Davis Regular Cover), $2.99
Fantastic Four #578 (Gerald Parel Iron Man By Design Variant Cover), AR
House Of M No More Mutants HC, $39.99
Hulk #20 (Ed McGuinness 2nd Printing Variant Cover)(Fall Of The Hulks Tie-In), $3.99
Hulk #21 (Ed McGuinness 2nd Printing Variant Cover)(Fall Of The Hulks Tie-In), $3.99
Husk #1 (Arnaud Boudoiron Regular Cover), $5.99
Husk #1 (Variant Cover), AR
Incredible Hercules The Mighty Thorcules TP, $14.99
Incredible Hulk #608 (Paul Pelletier 2nd Printing Variant Cover)(Fall Of The Hulks Tie-In), $3.99
Invincible Iron Man #25 (Salvador Larroca Regular Cover), $3.99
Invincible Iron Man #25 (Tetsuya Aoki Regular Cover), $3.99
Invincible Iron Man #25 (Ryan Meinerding Foilogram Variant Cover), AR
Invincible Iron Man #25 (Tetsuya Aoki Iron Man By Design Variant Cover), AR
Invincible Iron Man #25 (Motor City Comicon Variant Cover), AR
Invincible Iron Man #25 (Movie Variant Cover), AR
Invincible Iron Man #25 (Herb Trimpe Variant Cover), AR
Invincible Iron Man Omnibus Volume 2 HC (Gene Colan Direct Market Cover), $99.99
Invincible Iron Man Omnibus Volume 2 HC (Salvador Larroca Book Market Cover), $99.99
Iron Man 2 Public Identity #1 (of 3), $3.99
Iron Man Deadly Solutions HC (Premiere Edition)(Book Market Edition), $29.99
Iron Man Deadly Solutions HC (Premiere Edition)(Direct Market Variant Edition Volume 42), $29.99
Kabuki Reflections Volume 1 HC, $39.99
Kabuki Reflections Volume 1 HC (Limited Edition Version Signed And Numbered With An Original Sketch By David Mack), $69.99
Marvel Masterworks Inhumans Volume 2 HC (Book Market Edition), $54.99
Marvel Masterworks Inhumans Volume 2 HC Direct Market Variant Edition Volume 136), $54.99
Marvel Masterworks Silver Surfer Volume 1 TP (Book Market Edition), $24.99
Marvel Masterworks Silver Surfer Volume 1 TP (Direct Market Variant Edition Volume 15), $24.99
Marvel Previews #81 (For Products On-Sale July 2010), AR
Marvel Super Hero Squad Infinity Sword Quest HC, $24.99
Marvel Zombies 5 #2 (of 5)Mike Kaluta Regular Cover), $3.99
Marvel Zombies 5 #2 (Of 5)(Salva Espin Spoiler Variant Cover), AR
Mighty Avengers #36, $2.99
Ms Marvel Volume 8 War Of The Marvels TP, $14.99
Ms Marvel Volume 9 Best You Can Be HC (Premiere Edition), $19.99
Nemesis #1 (of 4)(Steve McNiven 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99
New Avengers #64, $3.99
New Avengers Volume 4 HC, $34.99
New Mutants Necrosha (Premiere Edition)(was titled 'New Mutants Volume 2 Necrosha HC Premiere Edition'), $19.99
New Mutants Volume 1 Return Of Legion TP, $14.99
New Warriors Classic Volume 2 TP, $29.99
Peter Parker #2 (of 5), $2.99
Punisher #16 (Mike McKone Regular Cover), $2.99
Punisher #16 (Dave Taylor Iron Man By Design Variant Cover), AR
Secret Warriors #15 (Jim Cheung Regular Cover), $2.99
Secret Warriors #15 (Nic Klein Iron Man By Design Variant Cover), AR
Siege #1 (of 4)(Olivier Coipel 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $3.99
Siege #2 (of 4)(Olivier Coipel 3rd Printing Variant Cover), $3.99
Siege Secret Warriors #1 (Marko Djurdjevic Regular Cover), $2.99
Siege Secret Warriors #1 (Marko Djurdjevic Sketch Variant Cover), AR
Spider-Man #1 (Marvel Adventures), $3.99
Star Comics All-Star Collection Volume 3 TP, $19.99
Strange The Doctor Is Out TP, $29.99
Thor #609 (Mico Suayan Regular Cover), $2.99
Thor #609 (Esad Ribic Iron Man By Design Variant Cover), AR
Thunderbolts #143 (Adi Granov Regular Cover), $2.99
Thunderbolts #143 (Greg Horn Iron Man By Design Variant Cover)
Ultimate Comics Avengers 2 #1 (Leinil Francis Yu Regular Cover), $3.99
Ultimate Comics Avengers 2 #1 (Leinil Francis Yu Foilogram Variant Cover), AR
Ultimate Comics Avengers 2 #1 (Marc Silvestri Villain Variant Cover), AR
Ultimate Comics Wolverine Vs Hulk TP, $19.99
Ultimate Comics X #1 (Art Adams 3rd Printing Variant Cover), $3.99
Wolverine Noir TP, $14.99
Wolverine Origins #47 (Simone Bianchi Regular Cover), $2.99
Wolverine Origins #47 (Humberto Ramos Iron Man By Design Variant Cover), AR
World War Hulks Hulked-Out Heroes #2 (Humberto Ramos Regular Cover), $3.99
World War Hulks Hulked-Out Heroes #2 (Ed McGuinness Variant Cover), AR
X-Force #26 (Adi Granov Regular Cover)(X-Men Second Coming Tie-In), $2.99
X-Force #26 (David Finch Variant Cover)(X-Men Second Coming Tie-In), AR
X-Force #26 (Greg Horn Iron Man By Design Variant Cover)(X-Men Second Coming Tie-In), AR
X-Force #26 (John Cassaday RIP Variant Cover)(X-Men Second Coming Tie-In)
X-Men Forever #22, $3.99

MC FARLAND & COMPANY
Truth Of Buffy Essays On Fiction Illuminating Reality SC, $35.00

ONI PRESS
Stumptown #3, $3.99
Wasteland #28, $3.50

PAPERCUTZ
Bionicle Makutas Guide To The Universe SC, $9.99
Bionicle Mata Nuis Guide To Bara Magna SC, $9.99

PROMETHEUS BOOKS
Ghosts Of Manhattan SC, $16.00

RADICAL PUBLISHING
Aladdin Legacy Of The Lost #3 (of 3)(Cover A Luis Royo), $4.99
Aladdin Legacy Of The Lost #3 (of 3)(Cover B Clint Langley), $4.99
Aladdin Legacy Of The Lost #3 (of 3)(Clayton Crain Variant Cover), AR
Last Days Of American Crime #2 (of 3)(Cover A Alex Maleev), $4.99
Last Days Of American Crime #2 (of 3)(Cover B Greg Tocchini), $4.99

SCHOLASTIC
Amazing Adventures Of Nate Banks Volume 1 Secret Identity Crisis SC, $5.99
Amazing Adventures Of Nate Banks Volume 2 Freezer Burned SC, $5.99
Star Wars Head To Head SC, $8.99

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT
Dance In The Vampire Bund Volume 7 GN, $10.99

SPINNER RACK COMICS
Toy Boy What Happens In Vegas Special (One Shot), $2.99

SQPINC
Furious Angels Vs Devils A Gallery Girl Collection TP, $9.95

TITAN PUBLISHING
Star Wars Insider #117 (Newsstand Edition), $5.99
Star Wars Insider #117 (Previews Exclusive Edition), $5.99

TOKYOPOP
Animal Academy Volume 4 Hakobune Hakusho GN (of 7), $10.99
Battle Vixens Volume 15 GN (of 15), $12.99
Fruits Basket Banquet GN, $14.99
KimiKiss Volume 4 GN (of 6), $10.99
Kyo Kara MAOH Volume 6 GN (of 8), $10.99
Mad Love Chase Volume 3 GN (of 5), $10.99
Momogumi Plus Senki Volume 3 GN (of 3), $10.99
NG Life Volume 5 GN (of 6), $10.99
Pick Of The Litter Volume 5 GN (of 6), $19.99
Ratman Volume 1 GN (of 5), $10.99
Songs To Make You Smile Stories From The Creator Of Fruits Basket, $12.99
Trinity Blood Rage Against The Moons Novel Volume 4 (of 6), $10.99
V.B. Rose Volume 8 GN (of 12), $10.99

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
Super Spy Lost Dossiers GN, $12.95
Undeleted Scenes TP, $15.00

VIDEO WATCHDOG
Video Watchdog #156, $8.95

VIZ MEDIA
Kimi Ni Todoke Volume 4 From Me To You GN, $9.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT
Wizard Magazine #225 (A Team Cover), $5.99

WIZARDS OF THE COAST
Magic The Gathering Zendikar In The Teeth Of Akoum MMPB, $7.99

WORKMAN PUBLISHING
DC Comics Super Heroes And Villains Fandex, $12.95

YEN PRESS
One Thousand And One Nights Volume 10 GN (release not confirmed by Diamond Distribution), $10.99

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Neverland #2 (of 6)(Cover A Al Rio), $2.99
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Neverland #2 (of 6)(Eric Basuldua Variant Cover), AR
Grimm Fairy Tales #5 (Sleeping Beauty Special Edition), $1.00
Waking #3 (of 4)(Cover A Ale Garza), $3.99
Waking #3 (of 4)(Cover B Talent Caldwell), $3.99

[John Dunbar]

DC
Green Lantern Corps #47 - tradewait
Superman Last Stand Of New Krypton #3 (of 3)
Wonder Woman #43 - tradewait

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #629
Captain America #605 - tradewait
Fantastic Four #578 - tradewait
Invincible Iron Man #25 - tradewait
Mighty Avengers #36
Thunderbolts #143 - tradewait

[Alan M.]

Moderate week for me this week...

Amazing Spider-Man #629 — Two issues into this Juggernaut/Captain Universe storyline, I don't really have a good sense of what's going on...but I mean that in a good way.
Captain America #605 — "Two Americas" wraps up...and I think this is the last issue with a "Nomad" backup, too.
Mighty Avengers #36 — Final issue. :(
X-Force #26 — I'm still not entirely convinced of "Second Coming", so this is a maybe...

[Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)]

It might as well be "Comics for May 1." I know that I'm not going to go in until FCBD.

Cars #4
Incredibles #8
Batman: Brave and the Bold #16
Green Lantern Corps #47
Green Hornet #3 - If this doesn't really knock my socks off them I won't buy any more issues.
Angel #32
Doctor Who #10
Captain America #605
Mighty Avengers #36

The first three titles here all go in my son's collection. I just told Alex about this week's title plus FCBD and he said "I'm ruling the comic book world!"

[PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod]

Green Lantern Corps #47
Wonder Woman #43

[Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod)]

DC COMICS

Jack Of Fables #45, $2.99
Madame Xanadu #22, $2.99
Northlanders #27, $2.99
Scalped #37, $2.99
Sweet Tooth Volume 1 Out Of The Woods TP, $9.99
Unknown Soldier #19, $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

Walking Dead #71, $2.99

Trade waits on all but Sweet Tooth (I'll count on the library for Walking Dead).

[Horn'd One]

Terminator 2029 #2 (of 3), $3.50

[Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)]

Terminator 2029 #2 (of 3)
Jack Of Fables #45
Justice Society Of America #38
Northlanders #27 - Tradewait
Scalped #37 - Tradewait
Sweet Tooth Volume 1 Out Of The Woods TP - Maybe
Previews #260
Green Hornet #3 - Might be my last issue
Invincible #71
Amazing Spider-Man #629
Captain America #605
Stumptown #3
Last Days Of American Crime #2 (of 3) - Wow forgot about this comic. This is quite a bit late if memory serves

Pretty good sized week. I have to go to the shop

[DneColt]

DC COMICS
Justice League The Rise Of Arsenal #2 - picked up the first issue out of Green Arrow nostalgia. On the bubble.

Superman #699
Superman Last Stand Of New Krypton #3 - I sincerely hope all this claptrap over the last year is truly building up to an interesting resolution, because I'm running out of patience.

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Green Hornet #3 - I can sort of see why Kevin Smith's script for Green Hornet (transmogrified into this comic) got the boot. It's kind of preditable. The art (once you get past the cover) is also kind of dull.

EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS
Buffy & Angel Figure Collection Magazine #5 (Faith), $20.00

IDW PUBLISHING
Doctor Who #10 (Ongoing)(Paul Grist Regular Cover), I'm not buying this because the stories and interior art are pretty blah, but I which they'd publish a compilation of Grist's covers.

IMAGE COMICS
Invincible #71, $2.99
Walking Dead #71, $2.99
71 issues in, and Robert Kirkman's tentpole books are both still interesting, but for very different reasons. Invincible keeps upping the ante, and trying to throw curveballs, with some success. This book was on the bubble for a while, but Kirkman keeps managing to hold my interest. Walking Dead on the other, has got to be the book with the strongest concept and best execution in comics right now. The simple idea (living in Zombie world) has not been changed in the slightest over the last 7 years, and each plot twist has been extremely logical and organic. Even the stunt events (i.e. major characters getting the axe) feels authentic. I’m starting to think this comic could survive without Rick, the main character. I’m also starting to think book writes itself, and that Kirkman doesn’t actually do a lot of work. It’s like he’s created a perpetual motion comic plot machine: it literally cannot die. But unlike the zombies, it definitaly has a brain. After 7 years, I feel like we’ve barely scratched the surface of this world. A plodding, shambling, totally relentless wonder month in and month out. Definitely the best book you’re not reading.


MARVEL COMICS
Captain America #605 - I have to confess I found the whole Reborn thing a little too contrived. I think I’m running out of steam on this book.
Fantastic Four #578 – I want to like this book, I do. It just feels like Hickman is trying a little too hard. No reflection on him, though. FF is a hard book to get right, and some of the best writers in the business haven’t been able to do it. This version just doesn’t quite gel.
Hulk #21 – another book I really wanted to like, but I can’t quite figure this one out. At first, I thought it because I was reading it and not the some of the other Hulk titles, but having picked a most of them during the Fall of the Hulks storyline, I have to say I find them all pretty incomprehensible. I’m not sure the Red Hulk was neat enough an idea to have been dragged out for as long as it has.

Invincible Iron Man #25 – The wheat in the chaff of the current Iron Man glut. Unlike “Reborn,” I found the recent “death and resurrection” of Tony Stark an interesting and engaging story. Horse races.

[Alan M.]

Captain America #605 - I have to confess I found the whole Reborn thing a little too contrived. I think I’m running out of steam on this book.

I skipped "Reborn", and I don't find myself particularly regretting that decision. I've since read it in collected form, but it's not particularly informing my Captain America experience — for me, Steve Rogers being back is a magic whoozits that happened off-camera, and it works better that way.

Hulk #21 – another book I really wanted to like, but I can’t quite figure this one out.

I was never going to buy these books, but I thought I'd give them a fair shake as I had (free) access to the trades. I made it through the first two, scratching my head all the while, but couldn't make it more than an issue or two into vol. 3 before deciding it was a complete waste of time. It's a shame because I might be interested in Pak's Incredible Hulk if it didn't seem so inextricably entwined with this...mess right now.

[Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)]

Looks like only Wonder Woman for me; I wouldn't bother going except I still haven't got last week's books, and I'll be in the city on Wednesday anyway.