ArtisticallyChill

I don’t know why I feel I should be caught up with comics. I mean, it’s not like I have anyone to talk to about them. My cousin, is usually 3 weeks or more behind, with stacks organized neatly somewhere in his office area. I’ve tried to get Serena caught up but she’s been busy with getting ready for this year’s Wizard World up to this past weekend. Now, with the convention over, she still has a few commissions to finish up as well as some portraits requested by one of her uncles. It maybe at least two months before she starts reading again.

Since we held off picking up comics last week before Wizard World, hence the lack of It’s New Comics Day post, this week’s pickup was ginormous. Luckily, most of it was paid off since Keith wanted to buy the Catwoman sketch for $50. Instead of cash, we asked him to pay us in comics. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me. The money was gonna end up being spent anyway, right? ;p

So here’s what we got:

Marvel:

• ASTONISHING X-MEN # 25 *
• AVENGERS FAIRY TALES # 3 (of 4)
• CABLE # 5
• CAPTAIN AMERICA # 39
• NEW WARRIORS # 13
• RUNAWAYS # 30 (Joss Whedon’s Vol. 2 finale!)*
• WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS # 4
• WOLVERINE ORIGINS # 26
• X-MEN FIRST CLASS # 13
• X-MEN LEGACY # 213
• UNCANNY X=MEN # 499

DC:

• BATMAN # 678 (R.I.P.)*
• FINAL CRISIS # 2 (of 7)*
• GREEN LANTERN # 32 *
• TANGENT: SUPERMAN’S REIGN # 4 (of 12)
• THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES # 43
• TRINITY # 4
• TRINITY # 5

OTHER:

• ANGEL # 10 *
• ANNA MERCURY # 2 *
• BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, SEASON 8 # 16 *
• CLOCKWORK GIRL # 4 (of 4)
• PROJECT SUPERPOWERS # 4
• TERRY MOORE’S ECHO # 4 *
• THE WALKING DEAD TPB VOL. 8

TOP PICK FROM THIS GINORMOUS PILE: ASTONISHING X-MEN # 25
It’s the book you’ve been waiting for. The superstar team of Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi are ready to take the X-Men to the “Second Stage”! “Messiah CompleX” pulled the X-Men team together, “Divided We Stand” tore them apart. Now the X-Men are back to business — with a new look, a new base of operations, and a mystery to solve that will take them into previously uncharted territory and test them to their core!

After “Divided We Stand” being more of a transitional period for the X-men, I’m definitely ready for some solid stories, and who better to pick up the writer’s pen after Whedon’s truly astonishing run than Warren Ellis? With his unique writing coupled with Simone Bianchi’s unique art style, Astonishing X-Men continues to surprise me and keep it’s title of MY FAVORITE X-BOOK.

With such a huge pile to get caught up on plus the DOKTOR SLEEPLESS issues I picked up at this past Wizard World Chicago, I don’t think I can just settle on just one MUST READ title for this week. So any titles marked with an * are definitely ones you should be reading!

~ LoneWolf