This week’s comic pull list is packed with excellent titles from both Marvel and DC Comics.
Of course, the biggest release of the week goes to Final Crisis #1 of 7. Here’s hoping that Final Crisis isn’t as big of a letdown as Countdown was. Eek. I’m still feeling the acid reflux from that.
We’ve also got Batman #677 containing part 2 of the Batman R.I.P. saga. It’s looking good so far, but there’s not much to go on. Good news though, the Joker’s involved. So, DC can’t go wrong there.
Several X-titles drop this week from Marvel, which are always great pickups.
There are a few titles you may be following, which have been left of the pull list. Can’t buy everything, right? It get’s expensive. ALL STAR SUPERMAN #11 and KING-SIZE HULK #1 (contains three new Hulk stories) have been ommitted. Also, there’s the audible title of “Marvel 1985,” which ‘looks’ intriguing.
MARVEL COMICS
MARVEL 1985 # 1
Before SECRET INVASION…before WORLD WAR HULK…before CIVIL WAR… The most powerful super-villains in the Marvel Universe gather their might to wreak havoc on the one place they’ve never before set foot—YOUR WORLD! As mankind’s enemies cut a swath of destruction with unprecedented ferocity and ruthlessness, the fate of the planet rests in the hands of one person: Toby, a 13-year-old boy who holds the key to uniting his comic-book idols, the Marvel Heroes! Superstars Mark Millar (CIVIL WAR, FANTASTIC FOUR) and Tommy Lee Edwards (BULLET POINTS, The Question) deliver a Marvel Event the likes of which you’ve never seen!
NEW AVENGERS # 41
The Avengers are trapped in the Savage Land, battling friend and foe. And Spider-Man heads to the one person in the entire place he knows he can trust: Ka-Zar!! But is it really him? This important chapter rewinds the events of the very first New Avengers story and shows how it connects to the Invasion.
NEW WARRIORS # 12
When Night Thrasher offered them the opportunity to become super heroes once more, they leapt at the chance. They placed their trust in him. Even when one of their own fell at the hands of the Zodiac, they trusted him. And this is where that trust has led them: Powerless. Beaten. Running scared, trapped in the lair of a super-villain who’s out of their league. And the only man who can save them is Night Thrasher. But if he forsakes their trust this time, it’s their lives.
UNCANNY X-MEN # 498
Cyclops and Emma Frost are trapped in far-out San Francisco – a city that looks and feels likes it’s the summer of ‘69. But there’s nothing groovy about this trip. Unless they can find the source of the strange transformation, Angel may lose his sanity - along with eight million other people. Meanwhile, Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler face a red menace deep in the heart of Mother Russia.
X-FORCE # 4
The Purifiers have gathered the most deadly pieces of the X-Men’s past— but their plans are far from over…While Bastion continues to shape the future, Mathew Risman sets in motion an attack that will forever change two of our heroes. If the team can’t stop them from achieving their ultimate goal, mutantkind has little hope of survival.
X-MEN: LEGACY # 212
Sins of the Father, part 2 of 3. Professor X is trying to rebuild memories of his past using other people’s minds. But the past is coming back to haunt him in another way, as a swathe of tragic deaths turns out to be linked by only one factor: Brian Xavier, the Professor’s long-dead father. And solving the mystery means paying a visit to the Hellfire Club…
DC COMICS
ACTION COMICS #865
The Flash has Captain Cold and Gorilla Grodd. Batman has the Joker and Two-Face. Superman has Lex Luthor and…the terrible Toyman? Take a look inside the mind of one of Superman’s strangest and most twisted adversaries as the original Toyman, Winslow Schott, returns to Metropolis. Plus, an alien who is everything Superman isn’t is heading towards Earth. And he’s not alone.
BATMAN #677
Continuing “Batman R.I.P,” the epic story that will change the legend of the Dark Knight forever! As the life of Bruce Wayne takes an interesting turn with Jezebel Jet, the life of Batman falls into the ultimate downward spiral.
FINAL CRISIS #1 (OF 7)
Witness the historic start of the final chapter in the Crisis trilogy that could only spring from the mind of Grant Morrison — Final Crisis, featuring stunning art by J.G. Jones (52 Covers)! Worlds will live and heroes will die in this epic tale spanning the beginning and end of the DC Universe!
The entire Multiverse is threatened as the mysterious Libra assembles an army of the DCU’s most terrifying super villains. But what is the ultimate plan, and who will live to find out?
GREEN LANTERN #31
Part 3 of “Secret Origin” explores the beginnings of Earth’s Green Lantern — Hal Jordan! Hal meets the Green Lantern who will teach him everything he knows: Sinestro! But Sinestro has another mission on this primitive mudball called planet Earth…a mission not even the Guardians of the Universe are aware of.
TEEN TITANS #59
It’s Teen Titan versus Teen Titan when Clock King’s plan reaches its final, twisted stage. With teammates missing or presumed dead, can Robin and Wonder Girl put the pieces together before Clock King’s Terror Titans finish them off?
