I got a lot of stuff the last two weeks, so I'm not going to go too in depth on most of these books
Franklin Richards: Not-So-Secret Invasion: I really like these Franklin Richards books. The stories are pretty similar, but they're lots of fun.
DC Universe 0: A bunch of short previews of the various minis spinning out of Final Crisis. In other words, I paid DC fifty cents for the privilege of having them advertise to me. Some of the minis look pretty good -- the Legion one and Final Crisis itself. Others, not so much.
Legion of Super-Heroes 41: Way to sucker me in with the cover, DC. I want my Shvaughn Erin, dammit! Shooter's run continues to be enjoyable.
Thor: Ages of Thunder: Matt Fraction delivers a Thor story that's pretty good, even though the characters featured therein act nothing like they usually do in the Marvel Universe.
Giant-Size Avengers-Invaders: A reprint of the Avengers/Invaders story from Avengers 71, a couple of Invaders stories from their 70s series, and one from 2006 -- all written by Roy Thomas. Great stuff.
Avengers-Invaders 1: For some reason, Marvel co-published this with Dynamic Forces. The first half reads like every other first issue that Alex Ross has ever put out, with dramatic one-by-one descriptions of each member of the cast. Then it quickly segues into an Avengers versus Invaders fight.
Amazing Spider-Man 558: A fun done-in-one story featuring a couple of the villains that have been introduced over the past few issues.
DC Universe Special: Justice League of America 1: As Greg mentioned, this reprints the Injustice Gang of the World story from JLA 111, along with the Secret Society of Villains 3-parter from JLA 166-168 and a Martian Manhunter story from 1959. Seventies JLA is fun. Go buy this comic.
Buffy 14: Huh. I should have seen that last page coming.
Invincible Iron Man 1: Matt Fraction's new Iron Man book. Mildly intriguing, but I probably won't be back for issue 2.
Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas 1: This one's written by Iron Man director Jon favreau and it's so money! Actually, it was just OK. It's mostly set-up, but on the plus side, Favreau seems to have a better grasp on Iron Man than Mark Millar or Brian Bendis do (and by "better," I mean "Favreau's version of Iron Man actually seems like a hero.")
Captain America 37: I've been reading this book in trades, and more recently in hardcover. With the hardcover that came out last week, I got caught up to the current issue, so now I'm going to be picking this book up off the stands. Which is a long way of saying that this is probably the best marquee superhero book out right now. Do yourself a favor, though -- if you're going to pick this up, start at the begining of Brubaker's run instead of the current issue.
Jonah Hex 31: Jonah gets sent out to capture a fearsome bandit known as the Red Mask. But it's never as simple as that where Jonah Hex is concerned, is it?
American Dream 1: American Dream is the Captain America analogue in the Spider-Girl universe. Like all books set in that universe, it features writing by Tom DeFalco and eighties-Marvel-style art and plots. I dig it.
Nova 13: Nova tries to save the population of a world about to be devoured by Galactus. This book is solid.
Angel 7: We get more information about what happened to everyone in the wake of the end of the TV series. Plus, an appearance by a character I never expected to see in the comic.
Detective Comics 844: Batman and Zatanna versus the all-new Scarface. Plus, we find out what happened to the all-old Scarface.
Tor 1: Last year, Joe Kubert returned to one of his signature characters -- Sgt. Rock -- with a 6-issuee miniseries. Now he does the same with another of his signature characters -- Tor. It's bittersweet -- I can't help but see it as Kubert saying goodbye at the end of a long career, but I'm glad he's getting an opportunity to put a cap on his career instead of being forgotten like so many other greats. This is good stuff and you should be reading it.
Posted by Jason Fliegel at May 12, 2008 10:05 PM