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Tomorrow, Serena makes her way into every comic book store across the nation as the new colorist for Bryan J.L. Glass and Mike Oeming’s The Mice Templar! Beginning with Volume 3, issue 7, Serena’s colors bring added life and depth to Victor Santos’ already awesome art!

‘SNOWBLIND’ The rebellion grows! Yet disaster follows when the idealistic youth E’Tan and Gabrielle join the resistanceÖand come face-to-face with Royal Consort Lorelie and a network of druid spies.

And shocking news arrives concerning the fate of King Icarus! Meanwhile, Pilot the Tall and Harad battle side-by-side against rat forces, and the training of One-Arm Leito takes a dark and tragic turn when the young hero embraces vengeance!

The two-time Harvey Award-winning series continues, from the acclaimed writer of Thor: First Thunder and the co-creator of Powers and Takio!

Serena will also be returning to C2E2′s Artist Alley this year so pick up your copy tomorrow and have her sign it in April!

It’s been a while since my last post about comic books. I’ve been quite with other things in my life and honestly deciding how to approach DC’s New 52 line-up and whether or not to add any of the titles to my pull. It has been quite uneasy to adjust to this change, reading some of the reviews, hearing the opinions of my fellow comic book nerds enthusiasts and the owner of my local comic shop, Keith of Keith’s Komix. Change is never easy, and I understand that DC wants to bring in new readership to some of their popular titles as well as introduce long time DC readers to some new titles they thought they would never see. But somehow I think they really alienated some of their long time readers. From killing Oracle and resurrecting Barbara Gordon as BatGirl to introducing titles that raise the eyebrow with “Really? This is a DC comic book?” falling from one’s lips, DC has definitely put a lot on the line with the New 52.

I’ve decided to read all of the New 52 first issues. And if I’m not impressed by the end of book, cliffhanger or not, I will not add that to my list on my next visit to Keith’s Komix. Once I’ve got my list of possible keepers narrowed down, I will then do a second reading and then ask for artist extraordinaire and love of my life, Serena Guerra, for her opinion. After the second reading, I should have a nice short list for Keith.

It took a while, but Serena and I are finally caught up with our current pull list. Our recent visit to Keith’s Komix had us pick up a new title from Aspen Comics – HAUNTED CITY #1, and a new title from Marvel comics – WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #1. It has been a while since MESSIAH COMPLEX and deciding to drop nearly all of the X-titles because of uninteresting story arcs that followed afterwards. With our pull list lacking all DC titles, maybe this is a good time to jump back on Marvel, or not. The idea of just getting hard cover trades for certain story arcs in both Marvel and DC and just getting other publishers’ (Aspen, IDW, BOOM!, Dark Horse etc.) single issues is lingering in the back of my head.

• BUFFY SEASON 9 #2
• DEADPOOL #44-45
• DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD OF OZ #2
• HAUNTED CITY #1
• PLANET OF THE APES #7

>li>THE SCOURGE #5

• TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #3
• THE UNWRITTEN #30
• WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #1

PICK OF THE WEEK: WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #1

Wolverine has taken one half of the X-Men back to Westchester to start over again. SCHISM tore them apart, but can Wolverine lead the new Children of the Atom into the future?

HAPPY READING!

~ LoneWolf

It’s been a while since I lasted posted about the usual visit to Keith’s Komix Serena and I do every Thursday night. We have been a bit busy and haven’t picked up much in quite some time. Last week, we decided to pick up a huge bulk of the comic books sitting in our pull box. Keith has been very understanding with our pick ups and we are grateful for him for not re-shelving all the books that have been accumulating in our pull box. Since DCnU starts this month, we’re clearing out our box to get caught up on our favorite titles and for me to finally decide which titles out of the new 52 will I end up picking up. Since the DCnU may leave with a bit of disappointment, I will hold off on picking up titles on day one, and wait for reactions from my friends at Keith’s Komix as to which titles seem promising and should be put on my new DC pull list.

My Stack:

• BATGIRL #24
• BATMAN #712-713
• BATMAN & ROBIN #26
• BIRDS OF PREY #15
• BOOSTER GOLD #45
• DETECTIVE COMICS #880-881
• FLASHPOINT #3-5
• GODZILLA: KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #1
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS #61-62
• GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #11-12
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #59
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #52-53
• RACHEL RISING #1
• RED ROBIN #26
• TEEN TITANS #98-100
• TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1
• UNWRITTEN #26
• WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH #1-2

Serena’s Stack:

• BROKEN PIECES #0
• CHARISMAGIC #2
• DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #8
• EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS: HIT LIST AGENDA #0-2
• EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT LOTUS: HIT LIST AGENDA #1-2
• EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ORCHID: HIT LIST AGENDA #1
• EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT VIOLET: HIT LIST AGENDA #1
• FATHOM #0
• FATHOM #0 – LIMITED RETAILER EDITION
• FEAR ITSELF BOOK ONE – SKETCH COVER VARIANT
• FLIGHT VOL.1
• MADAME XANADU VOL.4: EXTRA-SENSORY
• MINDFIELD #6
• THE MIGHTY THOR #1 – SKETCH COVER VARIANT
• OZMA OF OZ #8
• PLANET OF THE APES #1-3
• SCOURGE #4
• SOULFIRE #1-3
• LADY MECHANIKA #2
• X-23 #9

MY TOP 3 PICKS FROM MY PILE:

1. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1
2. RACHEL RISING #1
3. GODZILLA: KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #1

SERENA’S TOP 3 PICKS FROM HER PILE:

1. LADY MECHANIKA #2
2. CHARISMAGIC #2
3. OZMA OF OZ #8

There’s lots of great reading to be done. As summer winds down, we’ll have plenty of cooler days and nights to spend indoors reading a few books here and there, cozying up on the couch with some hot tea.

HAPPY READING!