seven SHIPpers of victory: 1/23/2008

I'm a little excited about the Whedon X-Men wrapup.

Speak of the Devil
Astonishing
She-Hulk

STAR TREK ALIENS SPOTLIGHT BORG $3.99

Alien vs Predator vs Klingon vs Borg?

Speak of the Devil
Army @ Love
Crime Bible

Blue Beetle
S o/t Devil
She-Hulk

X-Men -- Messiah Complex conclusion! Exciting!
Astonishing X-Men -- Joss Whedon non-conclusion! Not all that exciting!
Amazing Spider-Man -- enjoyable enough to stick with, or at least while Slott is writing!
Legion of Super Heroes -- will Shooter continue to remain pleasant?
Teen Titans -- I enjoy McKeever + teenagers!

Rock Hardy, you know that's not the end of the Whedon story, right? It's just the penultimate chapter. It officially wraps up in Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1, which is supposed to be out next month.

ah, I didn't know that. Doy.

Army @ Love - now six months since I've read an issue!

Will flip through Jack Staff special in the shop and see if it's actually stand-alone or just to wait for the (appallingly-printed) trade.

Man, Linda Medley's been pelting out the Castle Waitings since this relaunch!

SPEAK O/T DEVIL #4
HELLBLAZER #240
JLA CLASSIFIED #51
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #38
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #11
WONDER WOMAN #16
JACK STAFF SPECIAL #1
IRON MAN #25
MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #4
PUNISHER #54
SHE-HULK 2 #25
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #50
ULTIMATE IRON MAN II #2
ULTIMATES 3 #2
WORLD WAR HULK AFTERSMASH DAMAGE CONTROL #1

Probably. But I am the forgotten man of ILC.

Jack Staff Special - probably, although if it reprints any of the stuff I've already got (ie All three trades and the lastfive floppies) then I really won't bother with it...

And I'll be hugely surprised if Ultimates 3 #2 actually shows up on time. And given how apocalyptically bad #1 was I'm not sure I want to see it anyway.

No, the Jack Staff special is all-new, apparently, as Paul is about to get back in the saddle and actually do a regular book again.

And given how apocalyptically bad #1 was I'm not sure I want to see it anyway.

One of the worst Big-Two comics I've ever read, for sure. Is it just me, or is there no more lead in the Ultiverse's pencil? That whole franchise needs a hard defibrillation. Also, was Ultimate Hulk & Wolverine #1 a big joke or something, and have they thrown in the towel on #2?

I'm sure there was a #2, there definitely wasn't a #3 though.

There is a plan to knacker the Ultiverse, isn't there? Can't remember what it's called though. (UFF is still pretty good, certainly the best of them. USM very patchy, but >>>>>>>>>>> UXM.)

oh yeah, I do have the first two. I just remembered they never finished it.

I DIG EVERYTHING:

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL #4: SEX.
ASTONISHING X-MEN #24: VIOLENCE.
PUNISHER MAX #54: VIOLENCE INVOLVING UNCONVENTIONAL USES OF CAR BATTERIES.
ORDER #7: NAMOR.

All the elements of a good week in my opinion.

Blue Beetle, Astonishing X-Men, The Order (RIP), and whatever came in last week.

Hey, that Damage Control was actually a whole lot of fun!

I found Astonishing this week incomprehensible. Points to whomever can explain it to me.

Anyway, tho it's late this week, here's my list:

FAKER #6
TESTAMENT #22
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #548
ASTONISHING X-MEN #24
ORDER #7
X-MEN #207
X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #8
IRON & THE MAIDEN BRUTES BIMS & THE CITY #1
JOHNNY HIRO #3

Also picked up Messiah Complex, Spider-man, American Virgin and the Sword from last week (that I missed while out of country).

Also read Scott Pilgrim 4 in Barnes N Noble. (GREAT)

So, with Messiah Complex ending, Faker ending, Testament ending, Astonishing soon to end, American Virgin soon to end, The Order soon to end... I'm going to have a pretty clean plate very soon.

I went crazy on the .50 cent box this weekend and only got a few new comics including the first few issues of Simon Dark. I got all but the first issue of John Ostrander's run of the Spectre out of the cheap boxes, which should provide a bunch of good reading.

And I'll be hugely surprised if Ultimates 3 #2 actually shows up on time. And given how apocalyptically bad #1 was I'm not sure I want to see it anyway.

On time and just as bad. Holy shit, how does this 5th-grade fanfic get published?

On time and just as bad. Holy shit, how does this 5th-grade fanfic get published?

-- Rock Hardy, Monday, 28 January 2008 18:31 (12 minutes ago) Link

I gave it the once over in Forbidden Planet and decided that I really didn't need to be subjecting myself to that.