We're going to get a little outside the box this week. Obviously, you all know that Green Lantern #28 will be more shenanigans with the "Alpha Lanterns." You know Countdown to Final Crisis #8 Will continue the freight train of momentum this series now has, as it rumbles toward the finale. And, you of course know That if you pick up X-Force #2, you're going to get some of the most beautiful gore you can picture.
That out of the way, here's four things that you might not know.
1- You don't want to pickup Uncanny X-Men #496. I'm just as eager as you are to read it, but according to Brian Bendis (on his Web site's blog), he claims this book contains MAJOR "Astonishing X-Men" spoilers. I don't know how much it spoils, and I don't want to know. I already have a pretty good guess of who is "not coming back" and how Joss Whedon will do it, but I've invested too much time in "Astonishing" to be spoiled now.
2- Cable #1 comes out this week, and for the first time in over a decade, I am now interested in this character. No, that's not what you might not know. What you should realize is that this book is now a crucial part of the X-Men mythology. Nathan Summers has the would-be savior, and his ability to grow that baby into the mutant it could be will be, I'm sure, the difference between the X-Men living or dying in a crossover a few years down the line. But other than the long-term implications, this simply looks like a good cat-and-mouse story between Cable and Bishop, two badass characters.
3-If you've read "DC: The New Frontier," you'll want to pickup the DC: The New Frontier Special that comes out on Wednesday. If you haven't read the original series, then you should pick those TPBs up first, and then buy the special. I love this story. It's simple, but intelligent and creative in its re-imagining the history of the DC Superheroes in America. This Special out on Wednesday will simply feature more of the heroes that Darwyn Cooke had to leave out the first time around, and so far he's hit the ball out of the park with all the heroes he touched in this series. I have complete confidence that this will not be some waste of time grab for money by DC in an effort to tie-in to the DVD release.
4-Raven #1 comes out this week. It's the first part in a five-issue miniseries, taking a closer look at the Teen Titans' mystical hero. Of all the characters in the Teen Titans, she certainly has the deepest and most confusing back story, but if you are at all interested in the mystical side of comics, she is just as powerful a character, especially for a female hero, as the far more publicized Zantana. And best of all, it's written by legendary Titans' scribe Marv Wolfman.
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This isn't urgent, but reading your buy pile lists for a while now, some of (if not the) best writing continues in the Batman series, both by Moore and especially Paul Dini's work in Detective. I can't advise checking it out enough.
Adam, you're absolutely right, Detective has been pretty strong lately, especially since the end of the "Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul" storyline. And heck, people should know Paul Dini, of all people, knows how to write the Dark Knight.
I'm not sure if this week's issue is the right one for new readers to try out though, with Peter Milligan filling in for Dini.
Hopefully we'll fit some more issues featuring Batman in future weeks on this blog. Thanks for reading!
The last fill-in for Dini was the two issue Rozum run and Scarecrow return thing, which was impressive. Totally recast a character that, in the increasingly serious scope of Batman villains, was in need of an upgrade. The commish commented that he was "worse than the Joker" mid-issue, which was kind of a slap in the face and wrong, but otherwise a great short run.
In any case, after Batman 666, the stakes have really been raised, and his current situation (avoiding spoilers) is going to be a big turning point in the book, from what I can see. If he loses/gives up the mantle, you're talking about Damien, Nightwing, and Robin fighting for it. Azrael in THEORY could re-enter the picture, Spoiler may be the new ventriloquist so she's maybe there, and Jason Todd would have a claim. That seems to be most of the possible aspirants.
Anyway, take it easy.
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