the unseen wind that moves the SHIP: 2/7/2007

I approve of the moderator's choice in deletion.

For a minute, I thought GHOST RIDER TEAM-UP was a new series, and I thought that was the awesomest thing I had heard today.

Nice week for me -- 52, Action Comics Annual, DMZ trade, Detective Comics, the Other Side, New Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Annual

52, SHZMMSOE

52 WEEK #40
ALL NEW ATOM #8
ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK TWO #2
DETECTIVE COMICS #828
JONAH HEX #16
HELMET OF FATE SARGON THE SORCERER #1
MIDNIGHTER #4
MYSTERY IN SPACE #6
SHAZAM THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #1
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #3
FELL #7
FANTASTIC FOUR THE END #5
INCREDIBLE HULK #103
IRON MAN HYPERVELOCITY #2
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #5
NEWUNIVERSAL #3
PUNISHER #44
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #105

Only 52 for me this week, although plenty to read in the store. I'm enjoying Ant-Man, but it's not quite in the "buy" category yet.

Anyone seen the preview of GM's very odd text-only Batman currently on Nerdsarama? Can anyone make it past page 2?

52, Action Comics Annual, All-New Atom, Irredeemable Ant-Man, Uncanny X-Men.

I finally dropped New Avengers last week; hopefully they've already processed that. I also picked up the first three issues of Midnighter for half-off, and might grab the fourth this week. Fun stuff, there.

This is more like it:

52 WEEK #40
ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #10 -- because all the guest artists can't help but make it good, right? RIGHT?
ALL NEW ATOM #8 -- plz don't cancel this
DETECTIVE COMICS #828

FANTASTIC FOUR THE END #5 (OF 6) -- looks cool, but is probably crap; waiting for the entire thing before I judge
FELL #7 (RES) -- NO WAI
HELMET OF FATE SARGON THE SORCERER #1 -- I shd avoid this, since it's St3v3 Nil3s, and his superhero stuff has sucked, but it's too late (noooo)
INCREDIBLE HULK #103 -- only X months until CIVIL HULK WAR OF WORLDS III
IRON MAN HYPERVELOCITY #2 (OF 6)
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #5 -- plz don't cancel this

MIDNIGHTER #4 -- Hitler is always fun!
MS MARVEL #12
NEW AVENGERS #27
NEWUNIVERSAL #3 -- bless you, Warren
OTHER SIDE #5 (OF 5) (MR) -- bless you, Cam
SHAZAM THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #1 (OF 4) -- bless you, Jeff
SPIDER-MAN REIGN #3 (OF 4) -- bless you, Frank Miller

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #105
UNCANNY X-MEN #483
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #3 -- very very awesum; possibly the best GS book out there DOUGLAS (QQQQQ notwithstanding) (plz don't cancel this)
X-MEN ANNUAL #1
X-MEN PHOENIX WARSONG #5 (OF 5)

Shit, I missed Newuniversal #2 somehow. Am I missing out if I skip it and just continue on with #3? I dug the first one and I'm bound to pick up the trade.

Just

SHAZAM: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #1

'cause
a) Jeff Smith!
b) I couldn't live with myself if I didn't pick up a title called "MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL".
and
c) I ain't interested in anything else this week.

I don't know whether or not I want to buy that Shazam book now, or wait til it's all in one trade. I guess I'll figure that out in the shop. I'm leaning towards waiting on that one, though...

nothing for me again! I want to read the Smith Captain Marvel, but don't want to read a remake when I haven't (and can't) read the original.

My reticence is mainly due to me hating prestige format -- I like the cheap disposable aspect of regular floppies, and I like the way trades feel complete and substantial, and prestige is neither, it's too expensive, and when the trade comes out, they feel useless and obsolete and charmless.

I have a strange fondness for prestige because I grew up on comics back in the day when Prestige actually was prestigious and SHINY SHINY.

Obviously it is a moot point now unless I can somehow make my screen shinier.

Nothing for me, which is sweet because I haven't been in a few weeks.

What a week for payroll to have mysteriously forgotten I exist.

52 WEEK #40
ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #10 - maybe not, I keep hoping Action will "turn good", but it's not going to, is it?
ALL NEW ATOM #8
DETECTIVE COMICS #828
MIDNIGHTER #4
SHAZAM THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #1 (OF 4)
SUPERMAN CHRONICLES VOL 2 TP - I like these just as much, but in a different way, than Showcase Supes
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #3
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #5 $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #24
SPIDER-MAN REIGN #3 (OF 4) - maybe not, I wasn't nearly as impressed with #2 as I was with #1.

Detective Comics and Fell will be waiting for me, and I'll likely grab the Shazam.

So does Gail Simone normally have a problem with satisfying conclusions, or is that just an Atom thing?

THe stories in the Action annual were a lot more fun when I read them in Blue Ribbon Digests.