This week's comic expectations

There's some real good stuff out this week. Still, there's only one book I'm anticipating like a kid on Christmas -- Booster Gold #6.

The first arc of the best book not enough people are reading comes to a close with this sixth issue, and it will feature Booster saving his best buddy Ted "Blue Beetle" Kord with the help of three other Blue Beetles from different times in history.

As much as I know this Resurrection is too good to be true, and it eventually will only serve to be a lesson for Booster in why not to mess with history, I am still eagerly awaiting more "Blue and Gold" old school action.

The other huge book out this week is New X-Men #46, the next part in the "Messiah Complex" event. This is a pivotal book, because right now this event is dangerously close to being a mess. There is so much going on, and most of it doesn't really feel like it's going anywhere important. Either that, or it just doesn't feel like it fits together. Either way, this issue will hopefully serve to answer some questions and bring the Bishop mystery or the Cable mystery or the Mystique mystery of the baby mystery or the "why the hell is Predator X here" mystery together.

On an unrelated X-Men note, New Exiles #1 comes out on Wednesday as well. This is a series that has been consistently good, featuring some of the more popular alternate reality mutants hoping from one reality to another fighting crime and having an overall good time. (I know, that's an overly simple description). If you're looking for a new series to jump on board from the start, give this book a try.

Finally, Justice League #17 comes out. And this book badly needs to get good soon. Since Brad Meltzer's departure and Dwayne McDuffie's taking the reins, this book has fallen off a table. The "Injustice League" arc was rushed and too cartoony. Issue #16, featuring the tangent universe, just felt like filler. We need a good issue, and fast. Good thing Alan Burnett is writing the main story this issue, we may finally get our wish!