What comic are you reading at the moment.

Khalim

This week I bought:

Planetary #23 - Percussion

I don't remember when the last issue came out...but the quality is still there.

Young Avengers #5

An entertaining read, so far has been better than my expectations (cheap cash-in on New Avengers)

Last week:
New Avengers #6

Art-wise, it still is mainstream comic pretty. Story-wise, it closes off the first story arc and clumsily tries to explain the reasons of one rather overexposed mutant inclusion into the team.

Week before that:
Fables #38
The thing i like about this series is the way they portray the fables and trying to recognize which fairytale they're from.

Anyway, back onto the issue - i liked the art and the story. The writer still manages to surprise me at every turn.

spooydermot

Last Thursdays pull

Shining Knight #3

Excellent artwork in this issue as it further pulls the various seven soldiers stories togeather, next month is unfortunatley the last issue, I only hope some of the new titles in the series are up to scratch with Shining Knight.



Iron ghost #1
fairly interesting story (should have picked up issue 2 while i was at it),set during WW2, hopefully it will stay grounded in 'reality' cause it's shaping up to be something that could be just a good story without the need for superpowers, kryptonite, ghosts, demons or any of the usual suspects


Planetary #23 - Percussion
picked this up on the basis of the first page, there was some very interesting artwork, for instance every item had a description attached to it, i.e a cup of coffee with an icon like thermometer floating beside it giving the temperature.

To be honest i hadn't seen the series before, but I thought i'd give it a look (can anyone tell me more about it? are there any tpbs?)



Sean of the Dead #1

Decent artwork, but I've never been a fan of comic adaptions of movies, they most have a habit of missing the point

.....mostly (*cartman*)

a lot of the good jokes are glossed over, but I soppose that theres only so much dialog that you can fit into a comic.



Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller

A friend of mind in the office leant this to me and I couldn'nt put it down, absoloutely fantastic stuff, I know it was released in 1986 but I only got around to reading it now, well on par with Moores Watchmen story (I know they were both released in the same year, but there was something about the style that really made me think of Watchmen the whole way through, perhaps the whole 're-invention of a hero theme')

Draco

I've been a bit remiss of late posting here as I've no 'net connection at home 'cause of a move. Nothing from the last few weeks really springs to mind so I'll solider on with the current lot.

spooydermot wrote:

Planetary #23 - Percussion
picked this up on the basis of the first page, there was some very interesting artwork, for instance every item had a description attached to it, i.e a cup of coffee with an icon like thermometer floating beside it giving the temperature.

To be honest i hadn't seen the series before, but I thought i'd give it a look (can anyone tell me more about it? are there any tpbs?)

Yeah, there is - you can see them in this list. they'll bring you up to #18. There isn't many issues left in the run (about 4 according to Ellis). It felt like a bit of a filler issue to be honest which isn't help with the long wait between issues. You'd grow old waiting for some of Ellis' stuff.

Other bits and pieces I picked up this week:
Losers #25
Not impressed at all. The two little twists at the end were shameless. Could do better, Mr. Diggle.

THE AUTHORITY/LOBO: SPRING BREAK MASSACRE
AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID
Absolute MUCK. There is nothing redeeming about this at all. Not the art, not the story, not the dialogue. I was terribly disappointed but on mature reflection maybe I shouldn't have been.
AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID

City of Tomorrow #3
Meh. It's okay and it does seem to be going somewhere but I don't really feel myself warming to this at all. the fact that most of the villains are robots isn't really bringing anything new to the rather clichéd story.

Albion #1
This could end up being terribly good or terribly bad. The premise of English comic book writers having secretly using actual events for their stories intrigues me, but at the same time it could just descend into a pile of nostalgic ****. Still, the first issue has interested me enough in the concept for now.

Shining Knight #3
Better than the last issue anyway and I'll see this one through (unlike the Guardian). I'm still not sold on the whole concept but nit may pull together with later issues.

Shaun of the Dead #1
A rather hasty purchase this. I foolishly didn't flick through it first and kinda assumed it was stories around the film rather than an adaptation. I'll know better next time. I barely even glanced at once I got home.

Fysh

Dream Police #1

Picked this up on a whim and it was quite good fun. Sort of like a police procedural along the lines of CSI mixed in liberally with the dreamworld of the Sandman series. The only thing that grated was the constant weary "seen it all before attitude" of the central characters, since it's become such a cliché for police procedurals. Still, an intriguing new venture from Marvel that for me was unexpectedly good.

City Of Tomorrow #3

A somewhat meh follow-on, in that it progresses the story nicely enough but as Draco said, it's kind of hard to make yourself care. It seems to be Chaykin's prerogative to have series in which there are ideas I really dig, but which he then fails to explore enough to maintain my interest. Oh well. I'll leaf through #4 and decide whether to see it through. It is, at least, nicely illustrated.

Shining Knight #3

Quite a good follow-up to what felt like a weak second issue, since stuff actually happens. There's some exposition of history, and more importantly we finally get to see the Sheeda menace without going through veiled references. We're also given a hint as to what the die that Klarion or one of the Subway Pirates has picked up might actually be, and it seems to be quite important...

Albion #1

I don't know about anyone else, but I really enjoyed this. It was filled with enough silly little jokes to make me grin, and I like the idea of some sort of underground British superhero society enough to want this to be really good. That said, with Leah Moore scripting and her dad coming up with the premise, I'm not too worried about it.

Spaztic Colon #2

Now for the tasteless and un-pc humour. The second issue of what is possibly the best-titled comic I've seen, this was up to the first's standard. Artwork is ok, and a bit flaky in places - but this series isn't really about the visual flair, it's about the horribly mangled sense of humour that infects it like a cancer. Excellent stuff, as far as I'm concerned - although if you didn't find things like Johnny The Homicidal Maniac very funny, perhaps you should avoid it.

Elsinore #2

More of the story of Elsinore asylum; this issue we get to find out a bit more about the people housed in Elsinore as well as about the quest to find the Sinless Man. This is fairly grim and dark, and feels in tone like a cross between Se7en and Lars Von Trier's "The Kingdom" (and not that Stephen King crappy watered-down adaptation "Kingdom Hospital"). I think it's brilliant because it's nasty and visceral and combines horror with supernatural psychological elements, tying in conspiracy theories for good measure.

Solo #5 - Darwyn Cooke

Without a doubt the best Solo issue yet. I've never heard of this guy, but damn if this didn't feel like a complete piece of work instead of a portfolio. A clever little premise provides Darwyn with a way to tell several seemingly unconnected stories, each with their own artistic styles and quirks, in a way that feels expertly woven together. A far more cartoony style than other Solo-featured artists, this is why I've been following the series - I have a name to search for and a hunger for new reading matter in his style.

Sea Of Red #3

Continuing the unlikely genre-blending that has characterised this series, the crew hit boat troubles and are forced to escape to a nearby island where they meet a new and unexpected foe. Joel's desire to get good footage out of the conflict suggests that he really is willing to sacrifice every one of his companions along the way to making his film, but the others are fast tiring of his selfishness. This series seems to have momentarily lost direction, as the ending of #3 is a bit odd, but the visual style and storytelling style makes it more than worth following.

The Gloom #1

A pulp-pastiche of batman in particular, this opens with a wonderful riff on Batman's origin story. It goes on to develop into a lighthearted action romp set in the 1940's, in which The Gloom (cavalier vigilante armed with guns that shoot pure hellfire targeting only the guilty) fights crime in his city. He discovers that Nazi sympathisers are in his city attempting to gather followers in order to persuade the US Government to back down from joining the Allies in WWII, and must find a way to stop them and their leader, The Vermillion. It's very silly, but great fun. (This is being put out by the same guys publishing the new Mr T comic, which I feel compelled to buy purely because it's, well, Mr T and I'm an 80's child. It's on the same level as wanting the A-Team theme tune on your mobile phone.).

XIII #1

Heard about this through the game adaptation, I'm ashamed to say - but since Alias are now republishing it I figured I'd check out what the fuss was about. Nice crisp artwork, although it seems to lack flair at times (then again, it is a european comic from years ago, and would therefore have different stylistic concerns). The story is reminiscent of the Bourne Identity mixed with 100 Bullets, concerning a man who turns up almost dead on a beach, with only a tattoo on his neck and a key sewn into his shirt collar to remember his past by. He has been shot in the head and incurred an amnesia-like condition, and sets out to discover his past as unspecified enemies start trying to kill him for reasons unknown. Intriguing - I'll be buying the next couple of issues at least, just to see what the fuss is about.

Sin City : The Big Fat Kill

Yeah, I'm still on a high about the film. The film's version of this story isn't very far from the book at all, but it's still a joy to see Miller's beatifully-drawn and inked pages. Pulp noir with OTT violence, but then again pulled off with just the right style so that all you can do is sit and enjoy it while your jaw drops. The only complaint I had was that Miller drew out a certain revelation concerning Jackie-Boy's identity for about 5 or 6 pages, when it didn't feel like it really merited it. Then again, perhaps it's because I knew it was coming having seen the film. Worth a look if you enjoyed the film.

The Collected Brainstorm by Bryan Talbot

Latest random purchase from Cork's only headshop, this is a collection of 70's UK counterculture comics featuring such great stories as Chester Hackenbrush : Psychedelic Alchemist and his forays into inner space, Luther Arkwright's first adventure, and the Omega Report (a sci-fi b-movie story about aliens who try to conquer the earth through music). There's a lot of drug-use referenced in this, but it's extremely interesting not just from a historical perspective but also from a technical perspective - some of the shots and panel styles used by Talbot are extremely good for an underground comic. And the idea present behind Luther Arkwright is nothing short of brilliant. Well worth a look if you like traipsing about in the history of comics, and are willing to read something a bit different.

Manach

"300" by Frank Miller. Epic.

irishshogun

Y The last Man

All the males die,bar one, its a proper bitch fest afterwards, very funny at times, plays with all the sterotypes.

Cable

Frank Millers - 300 and Sin City

Marvels House of M

simu

I got the Robert Crumb Handbook for less than E10 in the Virgin Megastore sale! Quality stuff!

DoctorEdgeWild

Devlin Waugh - Swimming in blood (collected)


Just finished Y: The last man which is excellent.

and Walking Dead which is just amazing. Looking forward to alot more.

simu

I read the first Lenore book by Roman Dirge last night. It was truly excellent - very expressive artwork, cruelty and pathos together and very very funny. I had expected it to be very similar to Johnny the Homicidal Maniac which doesn't quite do it for me but in fact, it's far better.

spooydermot

iron ghost #2

interesting story but, we are no closer to getting at the killers real motivations (besides that he doesn't seem to care for nazis too much) gotta love that trench coat though!


the surrogates #1
actually got this last week, liked the pact especially that there were no ads in the comic at all, really gave it an immersive feel, even the ad on the back cover is part of the story line. the art style is fairly interesting, but gets a bit scrappy in places(but only a few).The storyline takes place in a society where people experience the outside world through robotic counterparts or surrogates.
In anycase looking foward to the next issue.
Theres an interesting interview with the writer here

strange girl #2

pretty good issue, but mostly seemed to be taken up with a chase scene. I'll be interested to see where this story goes its an interesting enough concept, but there was a bit of a filler element to this issue. As i said before it would have been interesting to see this story in a more dark and gritty style, but it works well as it is.

Khalim

House of M: Fantastic Four #1 of 3
to be honest, I just picked this up because Scott Eaton was drawing it, but I found the story pretty good.

This book is set in the House of M universe, and shows the Fearful Four which is led by Doom. I found that the story focuses on Doom and his perspective being a ruler of a country in a world ruled by mutants. There is barely any characterization for other members of the Fearful Four, but the plot is interesting enough. A gripe I have about the book is that the colours are a bit dark at place, which was probably intentional to show the bleakness of the world, but I just didn't take to it.

House of M #3 of 8 and House of M: Iron Man is out. I might just pick these up next week as it seems like the whole story is quite interesting.

Oh - and I also saw that the TPB for new Age of Apocalypse is out. I would like to advise people not to buy this as the quality is far inferior to the original story arc.

skapunkkeith

i just got the first ever sin city so im gonna start reading that, i just finished spiderman #3

aidan_walsh

I'm not long out of Batman: Gothic, and I'm nearly done with Alan Moore's From Hell.

DoctorEdgeWild

You won't regret putting the time in to read From Hell man! Absolute class.

skateing dragon

[Edited by Gambler]I have no life and all I want to do is insult other people online! Oh woe is me![/Edited by Gambler]

DoctorEdgeWild

He sure told us - I'm burning my comic collection.

Gambler

skateing dragon didn't your mother ever tell you? If you don't have anything nice to say..

skateing dragon

If i dont have anything nice to say...who cares say it anyway!

][cEMAN**

Who cares? Nobody here to the fact that you're banned.

Venom

Ultimate spiderman #80
Great issue with lots of jokey spidey lines from start to finish. While this ultimate title did drop in quality for a bit, its back up there now.

Astonishing Xmen #11
Prof X is one bad ass mofo. This is how to write the xmen and a comic like this makes up for all the crap readers have had to put up with over the years.

The Ultimates V2 #7
This issues feels like 2 issues of a normal comic due to how much is in it but the pace is non stop from start to finish. Majot bad **** for a certain character who just never seems to get a break no matter what Marvel universe their in !

Spiderman - House of M #2
Pretty good but more of a setting the scene gig.

House of M #3
Im really liking this cross over series so far. Just hope they dont **** it up at the end. Good issues with the return of a certain character

Fysh

Haven't written on here in a while, so here we go:

Ocean #6

At long last, the concluding issue. It's longer than the rest of them, but I can't quite decide on it. There's some damn fine action sequences in it, and the art is as strong as ever, but somehow it feels like we've been promised more than we get when it comes to the aliens. The ending is a bit cheesy, to boot. Still, it's Warren Ellis on form, so I won't complain too much.

Mnevore #4

Things finally start getting interesting. After being deceived by a supposed friend, Kaley starts to find people around her as confused about their past as she is, and the salesman's obsession with the mnevore takes a dark turn. I'll have a look at the next issue, but it's a shame there's only 2 issues left - there should have been more of these kind of developments earlier in the series.

Little Star #3

Picked this up a few weeks after it was out, and it didn't disappoint. I like the charmingly simple artwork and storyline - there's a bit of family history, thinking back to when Cassie was born, as well as a bit of a panic attack when she goes missing in local shops. I don't know whether this is ongoing, or whether it'll finish after a few more issues, but it's a nice change from most of my regular reading.

Desolation Jones #2

The story of Jones' quest to find the stolen Hitler porn continues. He gets to meet another of the LA spy outcasts and finds out a bit more about the likeliest suspects. The artwork continues to be excellent, and I'm enjoying the way Ellis has set himself up with a way of writing about screwed-up characters. Jones has more than a little in common with Spider Jerusalem, which in my book is no bad thing. I've no idea where this is going to in the next four issues (which will wrap up the first story arc) but I'm looking forward to it anyway.

Army Of Darkness : Shop 'Till You Drop Dead #4

A somewhat lukewarm conclusion to the story - Ash somehow defeats the digital deaduns and makes his escape, returning as promised to the scientist's lab. It's fun, and it feels appropriate to the movie, but somehow the ending is a bit blah. I'm still not decided whether I'll check out the ongoing series when it comes out (Army of Darkness vs Reanimator), but I'll probably at least glance at the first issue...

Matador #3

A rather meh followup, unfortunately. Isabel scores with the guy she fancies, and feels empty for it. Then she has her disciplinary hearing, where it becomes apparent that the police know more than they're letting on about the Matador. A carbomb attempt on Isabel's life goes wrong and kills someone unexpected, while she gets kidnapped by the Matador...

Deal With The Devil #2 & 3

I've already read these when it was serialised in the now-dead Comic Book Digest, but the colouring work really adds depth and darkness to the series. Worth a look; an interesting twist on the "retired cop trying to tie up the one loose end" theme in crime fiction.

Bone rest #1

The cover caught my eye first, because the main character's look immediately appealed to me. Happily, this also turned out to be a damn fine start to what I hope is an ongoing original horror series. We start with a nameless character being dragged back into the world from some sort of afterlife, where no sooner does he appear than a magical creature, having possessed a usable body through a magical book, goes on the rampage to "set blood free". The two clash, and we start to learn a little bit about Adam Boon (Bone to his friends). Definitely one that I'll be keeping an eye open for.

Sin City : That Yellow Bastard

The last trade involving material from the film for me. As ever, the artwork is fantastic, and the story is strong. But there's a tiny problem which I noticed with The Big Fat Kill too - having seen the film, there's not a great deal other than the artwork to really engage me here. I already know, in quite a lot of detail, what's going to happen. Still, it's an enjoyable pastiche of pulp detective fiction. I'm looking forward to the other 3 trades, since I have no idea what their stories are about.

Flight Volume 1

A few months after picking up Volume 2, I found Volume 1 on a shelf in Other Realms. The material here is just as strong as it was in Volume 2, although there is much less of it (I'm guessing it's about 150 pages or so). 25 stories from a variety of writers, all independent but with some sort of adventure-type premise and a connection, however vague, to flying. If Volume 2 hadn't impressed me so much, this would be a contender for favourite purchase of the year. But that's still high praise, and I would say that this is definitely worth checking out. And the coolest thing is that as far as I can tell, it's all-ages too - it's not often all-ages books will engross me as much as this did.

Venom

Hellboy - The Island #2

Talk about an origin story The usual mix of over the top action, killer one liners and excellent plot fans of Hellboy have come to expect. This is a must buy comic.

carbonkid

Started reading lone wolf and cub. Very large body count which is always good in your samurai comic :P funny enough though you read it left to right when anime comics are usually the other way round, specially made for the american market i bet!

spooydermot

1602 - the new world #1
interesting concept, what if the superheroes/mutants we know started appearing in 1602.
I think these events are a knock on event from some other story but I havent read it.



Serenity #2
not as good as the first issue (which was fantastic and did a great job of keeping the characters intact from the Firefly TV series) but still worthwhile, I'm wondering how the story will be contained
in 3 issues, which seems a little short, i'd hate to see the ending rushed, when it could have been stretched to 4 - 5 issues


New X-men : imperial
a decent enough fllow up to 'e is for extinction' but to be honest I'm not into the whole "I am zorknak leader of the imperial guard of planet ZZZ 9" type of alien that Morrison seems to indulge in here, and I found this kind of speech getting very tired and silly very quickly.
Emma Frosts character however is fantastic, very funny stuff.

at one point,on of the character is surrounded by some kind of mental energy thingy that bears a remarkable similarity (both visually and behaviour-wise) to the Sheeda Mood 7 Mind Destroyer that Grant featured in 7 Soldiers: Shining Knight.


Ultimate IronMan #3
The wait inbetween issues is a bit of a pain (not as bad as Supreme Powers....yet) . I have to say though, one thing that does stand out in this series is the cover art, all the covers so far have been pretty cool, but for me there is nothing much that stands out about this issue, feels like a bit of a filler.

House of M: Iron Man #2
Pretty interesting stuff, especially the last couple of pages, looking foward to seeing how this end, especially in relation to the main House of M story line.

Fysh

Having not posted on here in a dog's age, I figured it's time to have a brief run-down on recent reading. I haven't made a long list of them, and I don't have hours to spend looking them up online, so:

Sin City - Family Values : A differently structured Sin City story, this is a nifty revenge tale combining Dwight McCarthy's character with Miho's deadliness. The story isn't exactly the most complex one ever told, but then again it doesn't really matter. It's good stuff with decent set pieces and more of Miller's fantastic silhouette artwork.

Sin City - Booze Broads & Bullets: A nice change to the rest of the books, this is a collection of short stories set in Sin City. Featuring the last Dwight McCarthy story, it's a worthwhile read. I have to pick up Hell & Back sometime soon...

The conclusion of MegaCity 909 was good albeit weird - apparently there will be at least one follow-up series, which I'll take a look at.

The conclusion to City Of Tomorrow was quite strong, considering. It's done what seems typical of Chaykin by setting up an initial premise that seems good in one way, then going off in another direction, but this at least felt like there was more development in it than Bite Club.

Still waiting on the conclusion to Mnevore.

I've picked up 1602 : A New World issues 1 & 2. They're passable, but nowhere near as good or as involving as the original 1602 was - however, issue 3 sees the introduction of the 17th century Iron Man, so I'll probably pick it up.

The Seven Soldiers storylines are starting to come together. The closing issues of Shining Knight and Guardian were good and set the scene for the bookend issue, and I re-read all the issues so far in one go on the weekend - there's loads of little nods between the different series so far which really add to the sense of a greater story being told.

The most recent issue of Solo was interesting - Jordi Bernet, a spanish artist whose work I've seen for years in the strip "Clara De Noche" (also known as "Betty by the hour" in english; the ongoing story about a hooker and her life). As usual an interesting look at a different style of artwork and visual presentation.

Y The Last Man : Ring Of Truth was a damn fine read, whose only fault is that it makes me want to read lots more of the story. The reason behind Yorick's survival is interesting, and the development of Hero's character is very good, given that so far she was basically a Fearsome Baddie.

Gave in and picked up the first Planetary trade and really enjoyed it; in a similar vein to Global Frequency (which started afterwards but I read first) it's, as far as I'm concerned, superheroes done the only way they can be made interesting. Great stuff. I'm now waiting for Other Realms to get the rest of the books in, and debating buying the bloody things online.

There was a long-awaited follow-up to "It was a dark and stormy night", an SLG comic about Little Gloomy, but to be honest it was pretty rubbish since it's trying to target Disney fans. Not worth the hassle.

Atomika #4 is good, probably the most interesting issue of the lot since it sees Atomika confronting the spirit of the russian dissidents, which will not die as it can regenerate itself in the boggy swamp the dissidents are forced to live in.

There's far more to add to this list but I'm at work and can barely remember all the stuff I've bought. More to come later, if I can be bothered.

So what's everyone else been reading?

Moogle

House of M

I'm really enjoying this storyline. I was a bit worried that the people writing the minis wouldn't not stand up against Bendis main arc but I really enjoyed FF: House of M. I just wish that they had made "The It" Reed Richards as I think it would have made sense as Reed has always wished that the Thing's accident had happened to him. I also enjoyed the Pulse tie-in.

Infinite Crisis Minis

I'm really enjoying Day of Vengeance. I'm a big fan of Willingham's Fables and this series is just as cool. My other choice would be Villain's United. These villain group mini series don't always work (see Identity Disc) but Gail Simone has done a great job with a group of guys I don't really know much about (just got into DC recently).

Seven Soldiers

I'm quite a fan of Grant Morrison and thought I'd take a look especially when I heard he was using Zatanna (who I don't think has been used enough, well up to Identity Crisis). With four of the series nearly done, you start to see the tie ins but you don't necessarily HAVE to collect all the series to enjoy the story. The final three series start soon.

I just hope all the endings live up to the story so far.

Freakshow

And just to show I'm not all about the Big Two, I also read an Irish comic named Freakshow. Its about a bunch of detectives who solve cases that usually involve crazed villains (a bit like Scooby Doo but with real villains and swear words and a good plot... so not really like Scooby Doo)

Spideyman

Reading a lot of stuff, mainly Marvel such as:
Ultimate Universe
Spider-Man has picked up with this Warriors story, I'm liking all the "Ultimised" characters especially Moon Knight who is a new favourite of mine.
X-Men has been pretty consistent in it's standerd but it's lulling a tad now mainly, I think, because it's (SPOILER: ) just setting up Magneto's release so Bryan Singer can use him in the next arc
Fantastic Four has been excellent but I wasn't too gone on that last 2-parter and I'm looking forward to the Annual tomorrow.
Ultimates2 is good but I'm kinda losing interest in it, probably due to it taking so damn long to come out but it's also due tomorrow also and promises to reveal the "mysterious traitor"
Ultimate Secret (The Ultimate Galactus Trilogy) is taking way too long but I like the new captain Marvel
Spider-Man
Amazing Spidey is still going strong but I'm not too gone on Deodato's art and want Romita Jr. back.
The latest Marvel Knights arc was nothing special but I'm looking forward to this "The Other" crossover since I get all the titles anyway.
Both Toxin and Breakout were alright but a bit too forgetable
New Avengers/The Sentry
New Avengers very good and I can't wait to see the new Sentry series; if you can't understand why read the graphic novel of his mini series and it's tie-in's which is easily one of the best graphics I have read.
House Of M
The mini series itself is very good and the main tie-in's are decent (except Mutopia X). Out of the regular universe tie-in's Black Panther #7 was the best by far but sold out really quickly so no one else I know read it

Thanks for listening (though I can't blame you if you just scrolled on by)

spooydermot

been meaning to post to this thread for ages...fair play Fysh for breathing a bit of life back into it

I've been reading a heap over the past few weeks, but these are ones that spring to mind:


ghost rider #1

fantastic artwork in this issue from cover to cover. Gareth Ennis's story line shapes up well from the get go, some aspects of the story will be familiar ground to Preacher readers.
I'm looking foward to the next issue and hoping that the standard keeps to this level...


Batman:Journey into Knight

A decent enough book, but at the same time with the superior 'All Star' Batman series just started it's run I'm left wondering why we need this?


All Star Batman 1 - 2

Theres an element of Sin City getting transplanted to Gotham City here with Frank Miller writing, the beginnings of the relationship between Batman and Robin is interesting, as is the playing on Batmans psychotic nature as he evades the police.


Shining Knight #4

A great series, not wholly satisfied with the ending (which isn't really the end), but thats more to do with the fact tht I have to wait about 6 months to see what 'erally' happens, looking foward to the 7 Soldiers Special next year as well as the rest of the 7 Soldiers series.


House of M
I'm not quite sure what issue of this we're upto at the moment, but it hasn't dissappointed so far...hopefully the follow upseries 'decimation' will be of the same quality
-does anyone know if the captain america issue of HOM is out yet?

Chucky

Jhonen Vasquez's B.A.C. (Bad Art Collection)