Detective Comics #854 (lcs)– J.H. Williams III, Cully Hammer and Greg Rucka. Should be a sweet book.
Green Lantern Vol 4 #42 (lcs)– When does Doug Mahnke start doing the art? I’ve only been on board with GL for a few months now and I’m already tired of the run-up to Blackest Night.
Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #30 (lcs)– I was flipping through Morrison’s New X-Men the other day and was liked some of what Phil Jimenez did on that book so I think he’ll be a good fit for Ellis’s story. I’m sorry to see Bianchi off the title because I really liked how he designed the pages but Astonishing X-Men had the potential to be another Planetary if Bianchi stayed on the title for all of the issues.
Patsy Walker Hellcat TP (dcbs)– On some site somewhere, someone described the final issue of this minis-series as “Grant Morrison writing Love and Rockets” or at least words to those effects, calling upon the names of Morrison and Los Bros Hernandez. And that crazy reviewer meant that as a critique against the book, that the blending of Morrison and Jaime, Gilbert or maybe even Mario was a bad thing that should be avoided. It didn’t work because I knew when I read those insane babblings that I needed to have this book. And here it is. Note: For those of you in the Chicago area this weekend, Challengers Comics + Conversation is hosting a signing with writer Kathryn Immonen on Saturday. Go to this and have a good time.
Thor Visionaries Walter Simonson Vol 3 TP (future purchase)– The insanity of Walter Simonson’s first year’s worth of Thor wrapped up in V2 and this volume features the cleanup of Ragnarok and Surtur. I remember that these stories don’t contain the raw energy of the first two volumes of Simonson’s stuff.
Disney Pixars Incredibles Family Matters #3 (lcs)–I wasn’t that crazy about the first issue of this series but the second was pretty good.
Low Moon TP (dcbs)– Anything by Jason is a definite buy in my book. He’s one of those cartoonists that I really don’t know what to say about him other than “he’s good.”
