ArtisticallyChill

Yesterday’s visit to the comic book store was, as all visits are, a lot of of fun. Our pull was split between Marve and DC. Serena insisted on picking up the first of the Dark Avengers and Uncanny X-men crossover. She liked the interiors so it looks like we’ll be picking up this story arc. I don’t even have a clue what it is about because I haven’t been interested in picking up anything ‘Dark Reign’ related. I may have to continue picking up Wolverine as # 75 focuses on Daken, currently posing as Norman Osborn’s Wolverine of his ‘Dark’ Avengers, and is starting point of a 3 issue story. I’m still adamant at cutting down my Marvel titles as I’m picking up more DC titles that just seem more interesting to me. Plus, Blackest Night is just around the corner and I’m pretty sure I’ll be picking up the tie-ins for that.

• ASTONISHING X-MEN # 30
• DARK AVENGERS/UNCANNY X-MEN: UTOPIA # 1
• DARK WOLVERINE # 75
• DETECTIVE COMICS # 854
• ECHO # 13
• GOTHAM CITY SIRENS # 1
• GREEN LANTERN # 42
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA # 34
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA # 28
• RUNAWAYS # 11
• TEEN TITANS # 72
• UNCANNY X-MEN # 512
• WOLVERINE: WEAPON X # 3
• X-FACTOR # 45
• X-FORCE # 16

PICK OF THE WEEK: DETECTIVE COMICS # 854

Written by Greg Rucka
Art by JH Williams and Cully Hamner
Cover by JH Williams
Variant Cover by JG Jones

“Elegy” part 1 of 4! A new era in the history of DETECTIVE COMICS begins as Batwoman is unleashed on Gotham City! Marked by the blood-red bat, Kate Kane is a soldier fighting her own private war – one that began years ago and haunts her every waking moment. With a script by Greg Rucka and breath-taking art by JH Williams III, you’ve never seen anything like this!

Featuring the debut of a new co-feature starring The Question written by Rucka! Odds against you? Alone and nowhere to turn? Willing to fight, but you don’t know how? When you’re searching everywhere for an answer, sometimes all you need to do is ask the right Question. Renee Montoya again dons the faceless mask to help those in need, all the while searching for her own answers in this new adventure with art by Cully Hamner (BLUE BEETLE).

CAUGHT BY SERENA’S ARTISTIC EYE: DARK AVENGERS/UNCANNY X-MEN: UTOPIA # 1

Cover by: Simone Bianchi
Writer: Matt Fraction
Pencils: Marc Silvestri
Inks: Top Cow – Joe Weems
Colored by: Frank D’Armata
Lettered by: VC – Chris Eliopoulos

THE STORY:
The Dark Avengers take on the Uncanny X-Men! Kicking off the 6-part crossover event, rising star Matt Fraction (UNCANNY X-MEN, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) is joined by X-artist supreme Marc Silvestri (X-MEN: MESSIAH COMPLEX, CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE ONE-SHOT) to bring you a story that shakes the foundations of the Marvel Universe. When mutant riots break out in San Francisco, Norman Osborn declares martial law and sends the Dark Avengers in to quell the riots and take down the X-Men. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Don’t miss the first Avengers/X-Men crossover in over 15 years!

~ LoneWolf