So, there's a bit much going on this week. And, for once in the last few months, it's Marvel at the center of it all. Betcha DC is just GREEN with envy! (get it?) You may say that Marvel is set to SMASH the competition. In fact, after this week, Marvel will be laughing "Ho! Ho! Ho!" all the way to the bank! No, wait, that last one was the Jolly Green Giant... I get them mixed up...
Anyway, since there's so much going on, we're gonna try a new format on this feature: Instead of a whole lot of in depth stuff on a few issues, we're gonna have just one big sentence summing up why to be excited about many issues...
Countdown #46: A new recurring character is introduced, and the Monitors are getting set to take action against Jason Todd and Donna Troy, among others...
Green Arrow #75: Ollie supposedly pops the question to Dinah in this series' finale... and since the two will be sharing an ongoing title soon, we can guess her answer...
Justice #12: The final issue of the 2-year-long series means we finally get to see if the Heroes can manage to thwart the Villains' insidious plans... whatever they are, since 11 issues in and it's still unknown...
Avengers Classic #1: Just like the "Marvel Adventures" series and "X-Men: First Class," The Avengers get the old-school lighthearted treatment -- which means we get to see Cap!
Fallen Son: Spider-Man: Speaking of Cap, the fourth issue of his friends grieving hits the shelves -- this time it's Peter Parker feeling depressed. After last issue's Hawkeye-centric story, this mini is looking better, as irrelevant as it may be now that we know nobody is going to be the "new" Cap...
Mystic Arcana: Magik: Illyana Rasputin fans, rejoice! A New lost story featuring Colossus' "little snowflake," not counting what they are doing in New X-Men...
New X-Men #39: For as horrible as the art for this arc has been, with the kids lost and defeated in Limbo and Magik hitting the scene, returning from the "dead," this is one story to read.
Sub-Mariner #1: The first issue of a new mini-series featuring Prince Namor, personally my favorite Fantastic Four spin-off character. (Yes, I know he pre-dates the FF, but his popularity comes from them). With his peoples' involvement in Civil War still unexplained, this may be an interesting read.
WORLD WAR HULK #1: Umm, do I really have to say anything other than HULK SMASH?
Bet you thought that was the last one, right? Well wrong! This week we also get the "Jack Kirby's Fourth World" Omnibus! Random time for DC to release it, huh? What? You think they intentionally did this to capitalize on the New Gods involvement in Countdown? You're Crazy! DC would never intentionally try to milk a story like Countdown by re-releasing Fourth World! Crazy! In all seriousness, though, I actually haven't read the Fourth World stuff yet, I may buy...
I think the new format works well! Am I right? should I do it like this more often?
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