By way of self-congratulation, let me point out that this is the 1000th post on Nerdage! Thanks to those of you who have contributed, those of you who comment, and those of you who are reading. Couldn’t do it without you. Now, on to this week’s comics. ”Amazing Spider-Man” wraps up the popular “New Ways to Die” storyline, two “Final Crisis” tie-in miniseries issues ship, and Jimmy Olsen stars in a special that leads into “New Krypton.” Full list and commentary after the break.
AGE OF SENTRY #2 (OF 6)
AIR #3 (MR)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #573 DJURDJEVIC ZOMBIE VAR NWD
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #573 NWD
Spidey versus the original Green Goblin!
ASTONISHING X-MEN #27 MD
ATOMIC ROBO DOGS OF WAR #3 (OF 5)
Continuing the acclaimed miniseries from Red 5.
BATGIRL #4 (OF 6)
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #12 RIP
BOOSTER GOLD #13
Booster Gold’s ancestor gets a strange-looking starfish for his girlfriend…
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #18
Supergirl and Raven team up in this issue, by Marv Wolfman and Phil Winslade.
CAPTAIN
CAPTAIN
CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW #6 (OF 6)
CHARLATAN BALL #4
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #4
DARKNESS #6 KEOWN CVR A (MR)
DARKNESS #6 SEJIC CVR B (MR)
DC SPECIAL CYBORG #6 (OF 6)
DC UNIVERSE DECISIONS #3 (OF 4)
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #2 (C:1-0-0)
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #2 10 COPY PHOTO VAR INCV (NET) (C:1-0-
DYNAMO 5 #17
EPILOGUE #2
FABLES #77 (MR)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #2 (OF 5)
Loved the first issue. This is what I want an epic crossover to be. I hope the second issue lives up to my hopes.
FINAL CRISIS ROGUES REVENGE #3 (OF 3)
Writer Geoff Johns and artist Scott Kolins wrap up the miniseries.
FLASH #245
FOOLKILLER WHITE ANGELS #4 (OF 5) (MR)
GHOST RIDER #28
Danny Ketch and Johnny Blaze come face to face. (Skull to skull?)
GHOSTBUSTERS THE OTHER SIDE #1
GRANT MORRISONS DOCTOR WHO #1
Grant Morrison writing Doctor Who — seems like there should be an audience for this.
GREATEST HITS #2 (OF 6) (MR)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES PRESENTS BEAUTY & THE BEAST COLL
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #6 SI
HACK SLASH #1 HALLOWEEN TREAT CASELLI CVR B
HACK SLASH #1 HALLOWEEN TREAT SEELEY CVR A
HALLOWEEN FIRST DEATH OF LAURIE STRODE #1 (OF 3) SEELEY CVR
HALLOWEEN FIRST DEATH OF LAURIE STRODE #1 (OF 3) STAMB CVR A
HAWAIIAN DICK #5
HAWAIIAN DICK #5
HULK MONSTER SIZE SPECIAL #1
HYPERKINETIC #3 (OF 4)
I WAS KIDNAPPED BY LESBIAN PIRATES OUTERSPACE #4 (OF 6)
IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD #34 SI
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #11
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #29
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED THREE MUSKETEERS #5 (OF 6)
MERCY SPARX #1 (OF 3) BLAYLOCK CVR A
MERCY SPARX #1 (OF 3) MERHOFF CVR B
MICHELANGELO THIRD KIND #2 (OF 4)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #19 SI
Kree-Skrull secrets!
MOON KNIGHT #23
NYX NO WAY
PHANTOM #25 CHECKMATE PART 5 (OF 5) (C: 0-1-2)
Double-sized issue.
PUNISHER MAX #63 (MR)
PVP #41
RASL #3 (MR)
By Jeff Smith of “Bone” fame.
ROBERTS #2 (OF 2) (MR)
ROBIN #179
SCOOBY DOO #137
SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #4 (OF 5)
SIMPSONS COMICS #147
SKRULLS VS POWER PACK #4 (OF 4)
SOULFIRE SHADOW MAGIC #0 (OF 3) CVR A TAKEDA
SOULFIRE SHADOW MAGIC #0 (OF 3) CVR B GUNNELL
SPIRIT #22
SPOOKS OMEGA TEAM #2 ARCHER CVR B
SPOOKS OMEGA TEAM #2 SEELEY CVR A
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #4
Howard Chaykin’s take doesn’t seem to be grabbing as many fans as J. Michael Straczynski’s. Anybody reading it? What are the major differences?
STAR TREK ROMULANS HOLLOW CROWN #2 (OF 2)
STAR WARS CLONE WARS #2 (OF 6) (C: 1-0-0)
STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN #3 (OF 5) (RES) (MR)
The third issue finally makes its way to stores.
STORMWATCH PHD #15
SUPER FRIENDS #8
SUPERMAN BATMAN VS VAMPIRES WEREWOLVES #1 Of(6)
Oh my!
SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN SPECIAL #1
James Robinson writes this tale of Superman’s buddy.
SUPERMANS PAL JIMMY OLSEN SPECIAL #1 VAR ED
TITANS #6 (RES)
TRINITY #20
ULTIMATE ORIGINS #5 (OF 5)
Concluding the miniseries and leading into Ultimatum.
UNCANNY X-MEN #503 MD
What do people think of the Fraction-Land era of X-Men? I think it might suffer from increased expectations: There was a time when this would have been a total buzz book, and I’m not sure it is at present.
WELCOME TO HOXFORD #3
X-MEN WORLDS APART #1 (OF 4)
X-Men miniseries focusing on Storm.
YOUNG X-MEN #7 MD
YOUNG X-MEN #7 YARDIN ZOMBIE VAR MD
ZORRO #8
GRAPHIC NOVELS
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST TP BOOK 01
BATMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 06
CROSSING MIDNIGHT TP VOL 03 SWORD IN THE SOUL (MR)
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS TP VOL 01 ENGINES OF DESIRE (MR)
DREAMLAND CHRONICLES TP BOOK 01
EX MACHINA TP VOL 07 EX CATHEDRA (MR)
JAMILTI & OTHER STORIES HC
By “Exit Wounds” creator Rutu Modan.
JLA THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW TP
Roger Stern and John Byrne reunite.
JONAH HEX LUCK RUNS OUT TP
Collecting issues 25-30.
MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS DIGEST VOL 07
MMW X-MEN HC VOL 07
MORESUKINE GN (C: 0-1-2)
SCALPED TP VOL 03 DEAD MOTHERS (MR)
SENTENCES THE LIFE OF MF GRIMM TP (MR)
SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 01 BRAND NEW DAY
If you ignore how they got here, this isn’t half-bad.
URSA MINORS TP VOL 01 WAIT FOR THE TRADE ED
If you read my recent Neil Kleid interview, you know the guy is funny.
WAR IS HELL FIRST FLIGHT PHANTOM EAGLE MAX PREM HC (MR)
WILL EISNERS SPIRIT ARCHIVES HC VOL 25
October 15th, 2008 at 9:02 am
“What do people think of the Fraction-Land era of X-Men? I think it might suffer from increased expectations: There was a time when this would have been a total buzz book, and I’m not sure it is at present.”
TIn my opinion, its the artwork, if you really want to call it that. It is terrible. Hardly any of the emotions that the characters are showing match up with what’s going on with the script, every woman looks like they were traced from an adult film, and sometimes Land uses different models for characters while still drawing the same page. Other than the creepy dominatrix scene with Empath, I think that Fraction and Brubaker’s plot and script is completely servicable and would like to see it drawn by a better artist. Seriously, why can’t the Dodsons be the only artists on this book, with the expected fill in between storyarcs?
October 15th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I think Fraction and Bru’s Uncanny is the best X book on the stands, month in, month out, hands down. Best X since Joss’s Astonishing.