This week's comic book expectations

I know I say this a lot, but this is a HUGE week for comic book releases.

The good news for me is, most of them are self-explanatory for why you want to buy and read them.

Obviously, first on this list is DC Universe #0. This book not only serves as a bridge between "Countdown to Final Crisis" and "Final Crisis," but it also will tease to everything DC is doing in the next year. And did I mention is costs 50 CENTS? No Brainer!

Other good choices from DC this week include Action Comics #864 (a one-shot story featuring Toyman), Green Lantern #30 (continuing the "Secret Origin" story for Hal Jordan) and Teen Titans #58 (Miss Martian is continuing to go nuts, while the "Terror Titans" story also progresses).

Self-explanatory, right? Good, let's move on to Marvel:

First off, Avengers: The Initiative #12 is not a "Secret Invasion" tie-in, but it should be strong. The first year of The Initiative concludes with Iron Man paying a visit and plenty of heroes in-line to get their hero's license.

New Avengers #40, however, is not only an "SI" tie-in, but promises to reveal exactly how the Skrull invasion was first concocted and how they began it. Sounds pretty interesting, even to a Marvel-event skeptic like myself.

Other strong Marvel choices include X-Men: Legacy #210 (Xavier and Magneto are back together, and seem determined to re-evaluate their respective "dreams"), Ultimate X-Men #93 (Robert Kirkman's final issue on the book brings the end of his "Apocalypse" arc), and The Immortal Iron Fist #14 (with the current magnificent "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven" arc concluding).

In the words of Champ Kind, WHAMMY!