This week's comic expectations

You know, I wish I had more to recommend this week, since we all need our weekly reading material, but I don't see much worth buying this week.

Everyone should be buying Green Lantern Corps #16. Hell, if it wasn't such a slow week, everyone still should. The Sinestro Corps war is still in full swing, with the bulk of the war being fought in the pages of Green Lantern Corps and the Hal Jordan story being told in Green Lantern. If you remember back to issue #15, the battle over Mogo is still raging, while War World is zooming toward Earth...

Which brings us to our second must-buy book of the week, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman. While the previous "Tales" book told a very nice but unnecessary story about Kyle Rayner's inner turmoil, this "Tales" tale promises to tell a heart-breaking story of a man who simply wants to die, and how he got to that point. Sure, this story is likely just as unnecessary, but since the beginning of the war, one of the most intriguing points has been the involvement of Hank Henshaw and his request to die. I, for one, am on the edge of my seat.

But, other than the Sinestro Corps War there isn't much at all on the shelves this week. And there's literally nothing to speak of from Marvel, other than perhaps Uncanny X-Men #491, the conclusion to a solid Morlocks-centric storyline. But, if you haven't already read the first four issues of this story, could I recommend you purchase this issue? Of course not.

An interesting DC title debuting this week is Metamorpho: Year One #1. On the one hand, the "Year One" stories have almost uniformly been fantastic. On the other hand, it seems DC is scraping the bottom of the barrel a bit with Metamorpho. I mean, I like the character, but he's not exactly an icon like the other "Year One" subjects. It's only a six-issue mini, so if you're interested it won't cost too much all-told.

There's also Countdown #30, which I only bring up because we're inching closer and closer to that magic issue #26, which promises to shake up the whole DCU. A lot of other DC issues are ruined this week dues to Countdown, however, like Detective Comics #837 and Supergirl #22, which are both purely Countdown-tie-in-garbage.

Enjoy what you can, and remember to come on back later on for the weekly Buy Pile Report.