Marvel and DC Comics Pull List for April 30

Well Countdown’s over… Boring. And now DC is releasing “DC UNIVERSE: ZERO.” It’s only 50 cents, so might as well pick it up and see where DC plans to go in the wake of the Countdown letdown. At the DC Universe panel at NY Comic Con, DC editors vowed that “Zero” will be the start of a whole new direction for the DC Universe. So, let’s keep our fingers crossed.

We’re still following “Action” comics. Geoff Johns promised big things for the Man of Steel by year end. So, here’s hoping for that one as well.

Otherwise, the main read this week is New Avengers #40 and X-Men: Legacy #210.

Marvel Comics
New Avengers #40
Spinning right off of events in NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1, find out exactly how the Skrull empire was able to infiltrate the Marvel Universe and who instigated the invasion and why.

New Warriros #11
Would you trust a man who puts you in harm’s way? Someone who throws you into the path of a maniac for what he claims is the greater good? The New Warriors are becoming increasingly suspicious of their leader. When Night Thrasher pits the team against a super-villain who’s out of their league, the Warriors are left to wonder: What could possibly be worth their lives?

X-Men: Legacy #210
In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men and mutantkind still lies in ruin. With Magneto depowered and Xavier gravely injured, it seems their reign as the preeminent mutants has ended. But neither of these old soldiers is willing to go gentle into that good night, as Exodus learns when he squares off against Xavier on the psychic plane, with the fate of Professor X’s mind at stake.

DC Comics
DC UNIVERSE: ZERO
This is it! The greatest DC characters! Your favorite writers and artists! Everything leading to Final Crisis and beyond starts here for just 50¢! Take a journey through the past and present of the DCU, and witness the emergence of the greatest evil in the universe — and the stunning return of a force for good! You dare not miss DC Universe: Zero!

ACTION COMICS #864
General Zod! Bizarro World! The Legion of Super-Heroes! What’s next for the Man of Steel? Superman attempts to get back to his life as Clark Kent, but when you’re the world’s greatest hero there’s trouble around every corner, behind every planet and within every dimension.

GREEN LANTERN #30
“Green Lantern: Secret Origin” part 2! The origin of Green Lantern continues as Hal Jordan struggles with life after the Air Force and life at Ferris. But Jordan’s world will change completely when he meets Carol Ferris again for the first time and the alien Abin Sur. Plus, who murdered Abin Sur? His fellow Corpsman and friend, Sinestro, wants to know.

TEEN TITANS #58
Welcome to the mind of M’gann M’orzz, Miss Martian! It’s bad enough when the world you live in is alien to you, but when you have something inside you clawing to get out and destroying everything you stand for, that’s at least a little bit worse, right? Also: more of Clock King’s malefic machinations!