Shipping this week - 05.04.27

It's actually a REALLY light week for me, just Human Target (since I'm reading Sleeper and Daredevil in trades). Fine with me, since I didn't go last week.

FEB050244 BATMAN #639 $2.25
FEB050253 BATMAN BLIND JUSTICE TP NEW PTG $14.99 (maybe, I should go check out my stash in my parents' garage, because I was reading 'Tec when this ran originally, and should still have it)
FEB050335 CITY OF TOMORROW #1 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99 (what is this? A "mature readers" Superman tale? or something completely different?)
FEB050274 DAY OF VENGEANCE #1 (OF 6) $2.50 (Bring on Detective Chimp!)
FEB050277 FLASH #221 $2.25 (Rogue War heats up!)
FEB050303 SOLO #4 $4.99 (is this the Darwyn Cooke issue? or is it the Chaykin? It's the Chaykin, isn't it? Forget it, then.)

And Daredevil.

Nice week for me -

Human Target
Legion of Super Heroes
Daredevil

OMG, Jordan - you forgot the exclamation point AND the 2nd dash in the thread title! You're fired!

Severance Package:

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #639 [GREG RUCKA FIND SOME CONSISTENCY BRAH]
AUTHORITY REVOLUTION #7 (OF 12)
BATMAN #639 [Doug Mahnke, don't let me down; Mr. Winick, you know, do whatever]
DAY OF VENGEANCE #1 (OF 6) [BANANA!]
HUMAN TARGET #21 (MR) [RIP]
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #5
LOSERS #23 (MR)
OTHERWORLD #2 (OF 12) [here's hoping for a foot up the arse in this book]
SLEEPER SEASON TWO #11 (OF 12)
SOLO #4

CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
DAREDEVIL #72
HOUSE OF M SKETCHBOOK (SOLD IN BUNDLES OF 25) (PP #665) PI
[OH YAY a flimsy unnecessary pamphlet put out to bilk kids, fanboys, and mental midgets of their bux in anticipation of The Biggest Non-DC Summer X-Over Event This Side Of Secret Crisis of Legendary Onslaught! And I am totally serious in this!] [Can you tell that I might be getting burned out on Big Two comix?]
NEW AVENGERS #5
SPELLBINDERS #2 (OF 6) [who wants to read about teenagers casting spells? I do!]
SUPREME POWER #16 (MR)
ULTIMATE SECRET #2 (OF 4)
X-MEN PHOENIX ENDSONG #5 (OF 5)

Oh shit, is it the last issue of Human Target?

It might be! It's coming soon (WHICH SUCKS).

BTW - Huk, I think City of Tomorrow is a sci-fi mini by your fave HOWARD CHAYKIN!

Have we had a Chaykin thread?

FEB050292 IDENTITY CRISIS FINAL PRINTING #7 (OF 7)
FEB051890 DAREDEVIL #72 $2.99

I'm attempting to get back into comics.. i can get a few of the recent Batman issues, which looked good if I recall, and I still haven't filled in holes in reading Identity Crisis. but i have gotten the latest daredevil trade, thus bringing me back up to date with that.

what else is worth reading? is x-men crap again/still? any DC universe/JLA things very excting?

x-men writers currently = joss whedon (good), peter milligan (bad) (well bad start but apparently on an upswing but how much do you really care about havok and polaris anyway), and claremont (claremont).

DCU thing i am kicking myself for not being able to keep up with is grant morrison's 'seven soldiers' collection of miniseries about random golden age characters: the last two were KLARION THE WITCHBOY #1, ZATANNA #1

Flash and LSH for me. I'm looking forward to Flash, but not so sure about Legion - they have had 2 good issues and 2 meh issues so far.

Which ones were "meh", Mark? Not that it really matters, but I want to PROVE YOU WRONG! (j/k, of course)

Ian, you might want to give Runaways a try, if you're looking for some primo young X-Men vibe - there's a couple of manga-sized trades, & also (if you can find it), some cheapie comic-sized collection of the first three issues (I believe), both from the first series (18 issues). The 2nd series (possibly only 12 issues, but might be unlimited) just began a few months ago, so you can start there & not be too lost (though a BIG plot twist from the 1st series is assumed knowledge entering the 2nd).

I really liked the first two legions but didn't like the last two, with Triplicate Lass and Invisible Kid - they each had ok bits but the lame forced humour and lack of plot momentum made me a bit disappointed.

also they keep focussing on the same few legionnaires - where the hell are saturn girl, lightening lad and princess projectra (who are all supposed to be on the team)

Ian the best superhero game in town at the moment is Seven Soldiers - one comic every two weeks, spread across seven miniseries (a google will sort you out re.publishing schedule). All new incarnations of minor characters, not much continuity baggage and the seven series interlocking nicely.

So far we've had bondage cowboys, fantasy talking horse action, crime-busting two-fisted weird pulp heroics, fishnet angst and puritan goth zombie madness. Next week we find out if the talking horse somehow survived and I can't wait.

Also Runaways is good, Astonishing X-Men is a solid read and if you're a Marvel fan of old then New Avengers is worth a read.

Tom, have you given Young Avengers a look? It's actually a nice combo of Runaways & New Avengers (even if the artist - whose work is otherwise spectacular - does seem to draw the same purty faces on all the womenfolk).

Yeah I've read the first few issues on .cbr - it's not really gelling for me. I like the feisty lady who may or may not end up being the new Hawkeye, and Patriot is sort of interesting but the rest of it is a bit boring. Also Kang is a tool.

I really disagree that Peter Milligan is doing a bad job on X-Men. He was a little shaky at first, but he's gradually acting more like himself with each passing issue. I think it should be pretty good once this "Golgotha" thing is out of the way.

But hey, I'm a Milligan fanboy and I'm really sad that Human Target is being cancelled. The poor guy is sales poison.

Oh my http://www.newsarama.com/Marvel/july05/MvlDod2.jpg

ooh! ooh, Losers, Sleeper, HAPPY DANCE!

Flash was OK - basically just FITE FITE FITE, with the two teams of Rogues twatting each other for a bit, Flash showing up for five minutes and the Top suddenly appearing to demonstrate his new plot-device mind powers.

LSH was better this month - Saturn girl, Lightning Lad and some substitue legionnaire types vs some supervillians. Also Timber Wolf! Hurrah! Though without his pointy haircut! Boo!

I also got the Black widow trade - i didn't know if it was supposed to be any good but I like Bill Sieinkewicz, even if I can't spell his name. The plot was a bit rubbish - Widow vs Estee Lauder - especially the bit where you learn that Nick fury has been controlling BW with his manly musk or Hai Karate or something. Still, it sure looked pretty.

I like Timber Wolf!
Especially during the ...Five Years Later... era where he had become even more wolfen. I didn't stick with the series long enough to see that explained, but I remember noticing he had his own mini shortly after, so he musta regained some articulation or something.