This Week's Essential Comics: 02/27/13

Can we get some good stories instead of retreaded old sales gimiks I am talking about GotG 0.1 Bendis can only modify a story i have not seen him tell one of his own in a long while .. Do we really need Iron man in another Comic I wan to read GotG not Avengers oh wait everyone is a Avenger right? I think the whole lets outfit all the cast with stark armor has been done remember Force works hahahahahaha ahahahhaahah how did that work out? well at least Bendis was not writing it...

PS .. So long Marvel it was a nice run hope your partnership with new Disney goes well....

@entropy_aegis said:

Get your eyes checked,the themes of Morrisons Batman have nothing in common with Death in the Family and INC hasn't even ended this is just you getting desperate for arguments.The JL episode and Throne of Atlantis on the other hand have virtually the same themes,that's why they're practically the same story.

I haven't read Doom Patrol so why do you feel the need to discuss it with me? but still that is regarded as the greatest run on the franchise,same cant be said for either Aquaman or Flash cause they're too busy repeating the same old stuff.

I didn't even like INC#8 by the way.

They really don't though. I both saw that episode and read Throne of Atlantis and they're really nothing alike. The only similarity is that Orm plans to sink something. However, his motives, the scope of his actions, and even his methods for doing so are completely different. The character interactions, motives, and situations are all completely different. Saying that Aquaman and Flash are rehashing the same thing is kind of ignorant of what's actually happened in these stories.

I'm not desperate for arguments. If anything, I've pretty much said all there is to say. Its not even a matter of opinion, its just fact. There's literally only one common trait in both Enemy Below and Throne of Atlantis and that's the aforementioned "Orm wants to sink something cuz he doesn't like the the surface world" element. However, there are plenty of other differentiating elements, enough so that they are two completely different stories. In one story Orm is just an evil bastard, in the other he's acting as a king who's just had his people attacked. Either way, I've already gone over this and I'd rather not have to explain it again for you.

@Zeeguy91 said:

@entropy_aegis: ...Just because something is similar doesn't mean its the same. Oh, Orm wanted to drown the surface world, that must mean its the same exact story, right. Wrong. in Enemy Below, he was a clear, black and white villain who had designs on the surface world and tricked his brother to become king of Atlantis. In Throne of Atlantis, however, he was a more sympathetic character. He was reacting to what he felt was a wrong perpetrated against his people by the surface world and, contrary to hating his brother to the extent of deceiving him, he showed that he loved his brother, respected him, and even followed him after Arthur seized control from him. All you're proving is that you look no further than the surface of stories and pay no attention to the details or subtlety of character development and internal struggle.

I have read some of Morrison's Doom Patrol run. It was still trippy, but it was actually coherent and well written. Morrison's current writing, however, pales in comparison. Just as it also pales in comparison to the current runs on Aquaman and Flash.

And I do not like "generic superhero stories." Don't insult my intelligence just because you want to feel superior. Because, as it turns out, what you say is "different and original" really isn't all that different or original. If you think Throne of Atlantis is a recycled Enemy Below, then the end of Morrison's Inc. run is a recycled version of Starlin's Death in the Family.

Get your eyes checked,the themes of Morrisons Batman have nothing in common with Death in the Family and INC hasn't even ended this is just you getting desperate for arguments.The JL episode and Throne of Atlantis on the other hand have virtually the same themes,that's why they're practically the same story.

I haven't read Doom Patrol so why do you feel the need to discuss it with me? but still that is regarded as the greatest run on the franchise,same cant be said for either Aquaman or Flash cause they're too busy repeating the same old stuff.

I didn't even like INC#8 by the way.

• Uncanny X-Men
• Hawkeye
• FF
• TMNT: Secret History of the Foot
• GotG

I thought Superman was coming out this week but I guess I'll have to wait a few more days.

Pretty big week this week:

Batman Inc (of course)

FF

Journey into Mystery

Uncanny X-men

Hawkeye

Injustice

Young Avengers.... and others, surely.

@entropy_aegis: ...Just because something is similar doesn't mean its the same. Oh, Orm wanted to drown the surface world, that must mean its the same exact story, right. Wrong. in Enemy Below, he was a clear, black and white villain who had designs on the surface world and tricked his brother to become king of Atlantis. In Throne of Atlantis, however, he was a more sympathetic character. He was reacting to what he felt was a wrong perpetrated against his people by the surface world and, contrary to hating his brother to the extent of deceiving him, he showed that he loved his brother, respected him, and even followed him after Arthur seized control from him. All you're proving is that you look no further than the surface of stories and pay no attention to the details or subtlety of character development and internal struggle.

I have read some of Morrison's Doom Patrol run. It was still trippy, but it was actually coherent and well written. Morrison's current writing, however, pales in comparison. Just as it also pales in comparison to the current runs on Aquaman and Flash.

And I do not like "generic superhero stories." Don't insult my intelligence just because you want to feel superior. Because, as it turns out, what you say is "different and original" really isn't all that different or original. If you think Throne of Atlantis is a recycled Enemy Below, then the end of Morrison's Inc. run is a recycled version of Starlin's Death in the Family.

Hawkeye!

@Zeeguy91 said:

@entropy_aegis: No...he really doesn't. And the current Aquman and Flash volumes feature plenty of stories with depth and consequences. You obviously haven't been reading, so, I'm sorry, you really don't know what you're talking about. You saying that its rehashing the same old stuff again shows me that you don't know how to look below the surface of the story to see the struggles of the characters themselves.

For example, the entire Throne of Atlantis arc invoked themes of sovereignty, loyalty, and leadership. Aquaman felt that he had failed both Atlantis and the surface world, leaving Atlantis in the hands of his brother with the war plans he himself had authored. You should see some of he debate that that story sparked on CBR. Hell, we got into political discussions over the way in which war should be conducted and whether Orm would be held as a criminal or if he was protected by the virtue of being a foreign leader. Likewise, the first Flash arc was about lost friendship and what happens when you outgrow some of the people in your life, even people who were your closest friends. Barry had to deal with this when someone from his past came back in a big way.

I want stories like that. Stories that invoke serious questions like that in a coherent way. The only question that you ask yourself after reading a Morrison issue nowadays is "what the hell happened?" Morrison doesn't even try to integrate his concepts into the story itself. He just throws them at the reader just so he can give the illusion that he actually knows what he's talking about. And I read that Krypto. It was the best of Morrison's otherwise awful Action run, but it didn't "wipe the floor" with anything. I only really cared about it because it reminds me of my dog. This whole "Oh, Action and Inc. wipe the floor with everything else" response is simple Morrison fanboyism at its worse. For some reason, Morrison has a group of fans, still loyal from his Doom Patrol and Animal Man days, who'll defend him till the end of time, even when his writing is incoherent gibberish.

I've been reading Action since issue #1, but I'm definitely skipping the last issue of Morrison's run.

Throne of Atlantis evokes nothing that we haven't seen before,go watch the JL episode "enemy below" that's Throne of Atlantis for you and it came more than 10 years ago.

I'm sure those little discussions were nice but go back and read Rikdad's blogs on Morrisons Batman(just type Rikdad blogspot on Google) and they absolutely wipe the floor with Throne of Atlantis.

You want generic superhero stories,I want something different and original,not story lines that are recycled every 10 years.I haven't read either Animal Man or Doom Patrol but I have read INC,Flash & Aquaman and INC floors them easily.

I enjoy Morrison but not everything he does. A lot of his stuff you must read between the lines and think about it a little bit, a lot of people don't want to that (I've always said he's the David Lynch of comics). I'm enjoying Action Comics, once you realized that the story is more about Vyndktvx and how superman has wronged him in some way and less about super man himself it clicks and makes way more sense. It's just like No Country for Old Men the main character is not the guy you follow around for two hours it's the sheriff of the small town who can't handle this huge drug deal gone wrong on his turf (there's a deleted scene that pretty much explains the whole movie). Happy was the best mini-seris I've read in quite some time.

However like I said I don't read everything Morrison does. I don't read Batman Inc. It just wasn't on my radar and since I try to keep my pull list around 20 books a month I'll probably grab it in trades. Guess what!? Me not reading it does not take my enjoyment from reading the other batman books at all. If you don't like, you don't have to read it. Sure it's going to affect Batman and Robin, but I can't sit here and say that B&R will be worse or better because of it because the books dealing with that have not yet come out. I'll wait to see where the story goes and if it's good I'll continue to go on with it if not I'll move onto something else.

@entropy_aegis: No...he really doesn't. And the current Aquman and Flash volumes feature plenty of stories with depth and consequences. You obviously haven't been reading, so, I'm sorry, you really don't know what you're talking about. You saying that its rehashing the same old stuff again shows me that you don't know how to look below the surface of the story to see the struggles of the characters themselves.

For example, the entire Throne of Atlantis arc invoked themes of sovereignty, loyalty, and leadership. Aquaman felt that he had failed both Atlantis and the surface world, leaving Atlantis in the hands of his brother with the war plans he himself had authored. You should see some of he debate that that story sparked on CBR. Hell, we got into political discussions over the way in which war should be conducted and whether Orm would be held as a criminal or if he was protected by the virtue of being a foreign leader. Likewise, the first Flash arc was about lost friendship and what happens when you outgrow some of the people in your life, even people who were your closest friends. Barry had to deal with this when someone from his past came back in a big way.

I want stories like that. Stories that invoke serious questions like that in a coherent way. The only question that you ask yourself after reading a Morrison issue nowadays is "what the hell happened?" Morrison doesn't even try to integrate his concepts into the story itself. He just throws them at the reader just so he can give the illusion that he actually knows what he's talking about. And I read that Krypto. It was the best of Morrison's otherwise awful Action run, but it didn't "wipe the floor" with anything. I only really cared about it because it reminds me of my dog. This whole "Oh, Action and Inc. wipe the floor with everything else" response is simple Morrison fanboyism at its worse. For some reason, Morrison has a group of fans, still loyal from his Doom Patrol and Animal Man days, who'll defend him till the end of time, even when his writing is incoherent gibberish.

I've been reading Action since issue #1, but I'm definitely skipping the last issue of Morrison's run.

@Z3RO180 said:

@cc1738 you sir are a very angry person so be quit and keep your ner rage to yourself the Internet has way to many users like that

lol!

@havoc1201 said:

@entropy_aegis said:

@havoc1201 said:

@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

totally agree, Morrison is just using the death of Damian to make his horrible and completely (lack of a better word) retarded idea of Batman Inc to end in a epic finale but killing a character just for shock value is lame and shows poor writing skills, and lack of creativity. (like how he killed Batman) Lazy

Morrison had this planned a long time ago,he didn't kill Batman,Damian aint dying for shock rule,read his actual run before you go around saying non sense.Now there's another guy who writes for shock value the one who gives Batman random evil brothers and pointless teases without any resolution.@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

Batman and Robin was launched by Morrison,the original great one not the current decent one.INC is it's successor.

Inc is not a successor of Batman and Robin or anything else, it has a bunch of characters from the 50s that should have stayed there along with this ridiculous idea of Batman and Bruce Wayne openly admitting working together, should be really hard to connect the dots there. Also Bruce knew that Lincoln was not his real brother and that the court just minipulated Lincoln into thinking he was. Dont get me wrong i enjoy a lot of Morrisons stories i just do not like the concept around Batman INC and that is just my opinion it does not make me right and you wrong, just a preferance.

INC was introduced Pre-Flashpoint immediately after Morrisons Batman & Robin,at that time almost every major Batman villain knew his identity.Bane,Deathstroke,Shiva,Cain,Ra's,Talia(and pretty much the entire League of assassins),Hush and more,Joker knows but doesn't care and Riddler knew for a while as well.The only one's who dont know are morons are like Croc and Freeze and they dont present much of a threat.Even Post-Flashpoint Nobody(the character) knows,in Snyder's run Lincoln March knows(yeah cause that makes sense),the Talons were able to casually enter the Batcave.

Lincoln's ambiguity(note ambiguity,the answer was never clear cut) is due to lack of boldness and guts on the part of Snyder,had the execution and story actually been good then Lincoln would have been easily accepted.As it stands though Lincoln is just a crap character whose backstory was shoehorned at the climax,that's shock value for you.@havoc1201 said:

@samlowry09 said:

@havoc1201: Lincoln's real identity is still completely open-ended. You saying he isn't Bruce's brother is just your opinion (hope). I'm sure Snyder will provide more answers about Lincoln before his Batman run is over.

I haven't read any speculation online, so I don't know if this has been brought up yet. But anyone else thinking Snyder is building up Harper Row to be the new Robin?

Batman said at the end of Court of Owls that he dosnt think Lincoln is his brother. I hope Harper Row does not become Robin, I dont think they would make another Robin so soon, I mean this was his son, i dont know if there will be another Robin ever. I am sure he will have another sidekick sooner or later but i really dont think they will ever use the name Robin again as a memorial to Damian

Lincoln has one view(supported by hard facts),and Bruce has another(also supported by facts),both views are contradictory to each other=ambiguity.As that poster stated the answer is not black and white.

@Zeeguy91 said:

@entropy_aegis said:

@Zeeguy91 said:

@cc1738 said:

F**k you Grant Morrison. Your writing sucks. You're just as bad as Rob Liefield and Tom Defalco. DC is just as dumb for spoiling it with a stupid pop up. I have no interest in reading Batman Inc. Its concept is retarded and now it ruins Batman and Robin.

Okay, a little over the top, but I feel kind of the same way. Except for the fact that Grant Morrison has written great stuff in the past, but the current state of his writing is just really sad. Batman Inc has been better than his Action Comics run, but its still nothing to write home about. At least for me it isn't. I don't know why its on this list, though, especially when there's so many better titles at DC right now, especially of the titles coming out this week. Aquaman, The Flash, I, Vampire, and JLD are all coming out this week.

Aquaman and Flash are mediocre they're rehashing the same old stuff,JLD has been lackluster ever since it was introduced.INC is better than all 3 put together.

Wow. That made me laugh. Seriously, enough with the Morrison worship. The guy's written great stuff, but the current state of his writing is incoherent and nonsensical. Reading him lately has been like being on a bad acid trip. Action is horrible. Inc is middle tier at best. Morrison seems to think that if he throws enough at the reader without even stopping to explain anything, it makes him a genius. Thank God, he's leaving superhero comics for a good while. Hopefully, he'll recharge his batteries and come back when he's ready to put some actual effort into his writing. Aquaman, Flash, and JLD have all been far superior in terms of quality and execution. I'm sorry if you feel like I'm insulting your favorite writer by saying this, but its just the way I feel.

He explains everything perfectly,you just have to paddle faster.I'll take INC over the generic current Flash volume(OMG Flash fights the Rogues) or the mediocre Aquaman wankery(ZOMG Aquaman is awesome and does more than talk to fish).I want stories with actual depth and consequences,not ones where writers use the old gimmicks and pretend they're doing something new.

I haven't been following Action properly but that Krypto issue alone wipes the floor with the entirety of Aquaman and Flash put together,far more depth and nuance than either of those titles and Aquaman I HAVE been following right from the start.

I do agree that the current volume of INC is simplistic by Morrisons own standards and Action is all over the place but they're still miles ahead of those generic, and recycled mediocrity that Johns and co write these days.

@samlowry09 said:

@havoc1201: Lincoln's real identity is still completely open-ended. You saying he isn't Bruce's brother is just your opinion (hope). I'm sure Snyder will provide more answers about Lincoln before his Batman run is over.

I haven't read any speculation online, so I don't know if this has been brought up yet. But anyone else thinking Snyder is building up Harper Row to be the new Robin?

Batman said at the end of Court of Owls that he dosnt think Lincoln is his brother. I hope Harper Row does not become Robin, I dont think they would make another Robin so soon, I mean this was his son, i dont know if there will be another Robin ever. I am sure he will have another sidekick sooner or later but i really dont think they will ever use the name Robin again as a memorial to Damian

@havoc1201: Lincoln's real identity is still completely open-ended. You saying he isn't Bruce's brother is just your opinion (hope). I'm sure Snyder will provide more answers about Lincoln before his Batman run is over.

I haven't read any speculation online, so I don't know if this has been brought up yet. But anyone else thinking Snyder is building up Harper Row to be the new Robin?

Wow, all the Morrison hate is ridiculous. I totally understand not liking a certain writer, but how is he ruining Batman when there are four other Batman titles to read beside his?

@entropy_aegis said:

@havoc1201 said:

@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

totally agree, Morrison is just using the death of Damian to make his horrible and completely (lack of a better word) retarded idea of Batman Inc to end in a epic finale but killing a character just for shock value is lame and shows poor writing skills, and lack of creativity. (like how he killed Batman) Lazy

Morrison had this planned a long time ago,he didn't kill Batman,Damian aint dying for shock rule,read his actual run before you go around saying non sense.Now there's another guy who writes for shock value the one who gives Batman random evil brothers and pointless teases without any resolution.@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

Batman and Robin was launched by Morrison,the original great one not the current decent one.INC is it's successor.

Inc is not a successor of Batman and Robin or anything else, it has a bunch of characters from the 50s that should have stayed there along with this ridiculous idea of Batman and Bruce Wayne openly admitting working together, should be really hard to connect the dots there. Also Bruce knew that Lincoln was not his real brother and that the court just minipulated Lincoln into thinking he was. Dont get me wrong i enjoy a lot of Morrisons stories i just do not like the concept around Batman INC and that is just my opinion it does not make me right and you wrong, just a preferance.

@entropy_aegis said:

@Zeeguy91 said:

@cc1738 said:

F**k you Grant Morrison. Your writing sucks. You're just as bad as Rob Liefield and Tom Defalco. DC is just as dumb for spoiling it with a stupid pop up. I have no interest in reading Batman Inc. Its concept is retarded and now it ruins Batman and Robin.

Okay, a little over the top, but I feel kind of the same way. Except for the fact that Grant Morrison has written great stuff in the past, but the current state of his writing is just really sad. Batman Inc has been better than his Action Comics run, but its still nothing to write home about. At least for me it isn't. I don't know why its on this list, though, especially when there's so many better titles at DC right now, especially of the titles coming out this week. Aquaman, The Flash, I, Vampire, and JLD are all coming out this week.

Aquaman and Flash are mediocre they're rehashing the same old stuff,JLD has been lackluster ever since it was introduced.INC is better than all 3 put together.

Wow. That made me laugh. Seriously, enough with the Morrison worship. The guy's written great stuff, but the current state of his writing is incoherent and nonsensical. Reading him lately has been like being on a bad acid trip. Action is horrible. Inc is middle tier at best. Morrison seems to think that if he throws enough at the reader without even stopping to explain anything, it makes him a genius. Thank God, he's leaving superhero comics for a good while. Hopefully, he'll recharge his batteries and come back when he's ready to put some actual effort into his writing. Aquaman, Flash, and JLD have all been far superior in terms of quality and execution. I'm sorry if you feel like I'm insulting your favorite writer by saying this, but its just the way I feel.

@havoc1201 said:

@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

totally agree, Morrison is just using the death of Damian to make his horrible and completely (lack of a better word) retarded idea of Batman Inc to end in a epic finale but killing a character just for shock value is lame and shows poor writing skills, and lack of creativity. (like how he killed Batman) Lazy

Morrison had this planned a long time ago,he didn't kill Batman,Damian aint dying for shock rule,read his actual run before you go around saying non sense.Now there's another guy who writes for shock value the one who gives Batman random evil brothers and pointless teases without any resolution.@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

Batman and Robin was launched by Morrison,the original great one not the current decent one.INC is it's successor.

@Zeeguy91 said:

@cc1738 said:

F**k you Grant Morrison. Your writing sucks. You're just as bad as Rob Liefield and Tom Defalco. DC is just as dumb for spoiling it with a stupid pop up. I have no interest in reading Batman Inc. Its concept is retarded and now it ruins Batman and Robin.

Okay, a little over the top, but I feel kind of the same way. Except for the fact that Grant Morrison has written great stuff in the past, but the current state of his writing is just really sad. Batman Inc has been better than his Action Comics run, but its still nothing to write home about. At least for me it isn't. I don't know why its on this list, though, especially when there's so many better titles at DC right now, especially of the titles coming out this week. Aquaman, The Flash, I, Vampire, and JLD are all coming out this week.

Aquaman and Flash are mediocre they're rehashing the same old stuff,JLD has been lackluster ever since it was introduced.INC is better than all 3 put together.

@havoc1201 said:

@sora_thekey said:

I find myself very tempted to get that .1 issue of Guardians of the Galaxy... Should I???

Hawkeye is my favorite comic book series right now so I'm definitely getting that!

@havoc1201 said:

@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

totally agree, Morrison is just using the death of Damian to make his horrible and completely (lack of a better word) retarded idea of Batman Inc to end in a epic finale but killing a character just for shock value is lame and shows poor writing skills, and lack of creativity. (like how he killed Batman) Lazy

Wow.. I didn't know you could be so opinionated on a book that you haven't even read yet. Unless, where did you get your time machine to travel to Wed and read the book before us!! 0_0

why would i need a time machine morrison said he was killing Damian in issue #8, and Tomasi talked about it in his interview as well, also i do not need a time machine to say that Batman inc is a horrible idea with dumb characters and crappy art, bc i have the hard copies to prove it 0_0

Okay... 1) SPOILER ALERT Hehe...

and 2) Chill! I was being sarcastic, you're entitled to your own opinion. The only reason I mentioned that was because you are making a fuzz about something that is not even available for the public yet. You can't tell from one little detail about the story if this is the greatest comic book in history or the worst. I'm sure you have your reason for not liking what's going to happen, but that doesn't mean you need to be so overdramatic. Smile! :)

woop!! can't wait to read both hawkeye #8 and aquaman #17

This week I'm getting: Aquaman #17 and All Star Western #17.

This week for me:

DC

Aquaman 17

Talon 5

Batman Inc 8 (haven't read the spoilers :D)

Teen Titans 17

MARVEL

Avenging Spider-Man 17

Guardians of the Galaxy 0.1

FF 4

Ultimate Comics X-Men 23

I LOVE BATMAN INCORPORATED :D

But i'm so sad if the news affects us for more than half a year.

@Grey56 if he wants to rant let him rant but at least do it in a way that doesn't come off as bitchy. Also enraged comic fans throw the word ruin around so much that it has lost it's meaning. Grant Morrison has not ruined batman you can't ruin characters like batman ,superman or Spider-Man if you could ruin them the comic book industry would never have lasted this long

@Z3RO180 said:

@cc1738 you sir are a very angry person so be quit and keep your ner rage to yourself the Internet has way to many users like that

He's entirely entitled to his anger over something which he feels a profound attachment toward. Just as much as you are to attempt to castigate him over it.

For what it's worth @cc1738 , I can see your point; Morrison is always home run or ground out to first with little in between. Hopefully you can find something to enjoy about it before too long.

Lastly, Guardians had a great book. In case folks missed it, the last issues featured the return of Thanos. Yes, the one you're thinking of. It was a brilliant series and was canned unexpectedly. Now though - Marvel has the gravy train and biscuit wheels just a'rollin again as they prepare to launch their new movie. Oh and look - a simultaneously book launch to coincidentally coincide with its theatrical release! How terribly original and unexpected. At a point I suppose I should be grateful that the House of Fail picked up the book for publication again. On the other though it become akin to Fox broadcasting after a while; stop cancelling great material and when you go back to your one night stand don't just renumber it do the right thing and pick up where you left off and perhaps through us a bone for leaving the prophylactic on the bathroom floor.

Why does every team include Iron-man? I mean really, what the hell?

@sora_thekey said:

I find myself very tempted to get that .1 issue of Guardians of the Galaxy... Should I???

Hawkeye is my favorite comic book series right now so I'm definitely getting that!

@havoc1201 said:

@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

totally agree, Morrison is just using the death of Damian to make his horrible and completely (lack of a better word) retarded idea of Batman Inc to end in a epic finale but killing a character just for shock value is lame and shows poor writing skills, and lack of creativity. (like how he killed Batman) Lazy

Wow.. I didn't know you could be so opinionated on a book that you haven't even read yet. Unless, where did you get your time machine to travel to Wed and read the book before us!! 0_0

why would i need a time machine morrison said he was killing Damian in issue #8, and Tomasi talked about it in his interview as well, also i do not need a time machine to say that Batman inc is a horrible idea with dumb characters and crappy art, bc i have the hard copies to prove it 0_0

I'm glad the brat was killed off. You could've seen this coming from the time he was introduced, he was never going to last. I think you will see better stories come out of it an a take no prisoners Batman.

I find myself very tempted to get that .1 issue of Guardians of the Galaxy... Should I???

Hawkeye is my favorite comic book series right now so I'm definitely getting that!

@havoc1201 said:

@cc1738 said:

@Z3RO180: Wouldn't you be mad if one of your favorite series is ruined by a series you have to interest in reading? I don't like Grant Morrison. Everything he does is garbage. I also don't like Batman Inc's art. I can get over what happens. But the fact that it doesn't happen in Batman and Robin really pisses me off.

totally agree, Morrison is just using the death of Damian to make his horrible and completely (lack of a better word) retarded idea of Batman Inc to end in a epic finale but killing a character just for shock value is lame and shows poor writing skills, and lack of creativity. (like how he killed Batman) Lazy

Wow.. I didn't know you could be so opinionated on a book that you haven't even read yet. Unless, where did you get your time machine to travel to Wed and read the book before us!! 0_0

I'll be picking up:

Batman Inc. (just to see what happens)

Teen Titans (Because Raven's on the cover :D )

Justice League Dark (because it's good)

Red Lanterns

and maybe Uncanny Avengers.

The only DC thing I might read is Injustice but I've honestly been thinking of dropping it. It's been amazing so far but I think the premise is fleshed out enough already that I'd rather hold out for the story in the actual game. A pretty strong week for Marvel books with Punisher, FF, Avenging Superior, and maybe Thunderbolts, and GotG.

i still dont get why morrison has to kill damian off?

From here: Batman Inc., Hawkeye, Uncanny X-Force, Punisher, Talon, Journey into Mystery, Injustice.

From the list I am getting Batman Incorporated, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hawkeye, FF, Injustice Gods Among Us, and Young Avengers

@Xwraith: he's been doing great in his x books so far... just give it a chance, who knows

TMNT: The Secret History of the Foot Clan #3 & Aquaman #17 are on my list of comics for this week. Gotta see what else is getting released, but the comics I don't know when released I usually come across it in my pull box or on the shelves.

wow, I got a lot tomorrow.

@cc1738: do you need some air, buddy?

@spinningbirdcake: That very well may be. We'll see. I mean, I definitely liked Nova 1. But it was seeing Gamora & Rocket Raccoon that made me say "wait, I want to know what this is." So unless Nova proves to be super awesome, I probably will just transfer over to following Guardians.

@akbogert: If he does join GotG (which would be awesome) then his ongoing would probably deal with him personally and the other would just deal with him on the team. Sort of like Batman is on the JL but he has his own ongoing too. It sounds like you just want to read GotG though.

@spinningbirdcake: Good to know.

I'm still not sure I understand Nova's role...at least initially, it seems Sam is being primed to join GotG, which would make having his own ongoing redundant; on the flip side, I actually only picked it up because I saw the GotG connection in the issue 2 preview, so I'm not sure whether I'd continue following a solo Nova book if he went off on his own in a few issues. Guess we'll see...

Lets see, for me, Red Lanterns #17, Superman #17, Teen Titans #17, and possibly Aquaman #17, not sure yet.

@akbogert: Yeah, the interview I read with Bendis didn't mention it was going to be a crossover or anything. I think they would just show up in ANXM and if you didn't read that it wouldn't necessarily bleed over into GOtG.

@spinningbirdcake: Hm. As one who isn't really interested in having to pick up a half-dozen books to get a cohesive story, I'm glad to know that this may be getting convoluted now rather than find it out after I'm several issues into the books I did want to read.

@secondfallen616: That's quite a valid point. I was mostly addressing what I saw as an indefensible attack on the man's overall talent. I hear many bad things about him, personality-wise, and I'd agree that this could rightly be seen as a finger to the fans. Like I said, this is me talking -- which as anyone who has become familiar with the sort of posts I make here could tell you, is a little uncharacteristic, because my M.O. is basically criticizing character deaths as deplorable cash-ins all the time. I'm certainly not one to dance on Damian's grave or celebrate it. Yeah, I look forward to seeing Harper Row (or maybe one of the benched characters) come in and take on a bigger role in Damian's absence -- but the fact that a character had to die to make that happen is definitely crap.

I actually already have GotG on my pull list, but I think I'm gonna skip the point 1. From the preview pages alone, I can pretty much guess how the entire issue will play out. Plus, why is it 4 dollars? Isn't part of the reason for Point 1 issues that they're always 3 dollars, even for a 4 dollar series?

@akbogert: i'm upset because hes doing it so nonchalantly. Why not let it be done in DOTF? That wouldve been something with more impact. Batman Inc is barely if at all in continuity so killing him in that series makes little to no sense other than to boost sales for his departure. I get it, money is the root but theyre forgeting that WE who buy their comics are the audience that will be alienated when they do this pointless cash-grab crap and Morrisson is the worst of all of the cash-grabbers. C'mon.....isnt it a dick move to know youre thumbing your nose to the fans and then to say "So yeh i'm done with super hero books now, SUCKERS!!!!" ? I think it is........

@akbogert: Yeah and Nova might pop up in GOtG eventually. I know they are showing up in All New X-Men eventually to ask about Jean and the Phoenix, which makes some sense as Bendis is writing both titles. So it's not like they will be separated from the non cosmic characters, as is often the case with cosmic characters.

DC
AQUAMAN #17
BATMAN INCORPORATED #8
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #17
FLASH #17
FURY OF FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MAN #17
I VAMPIRE #17
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #17
RED LANTERNS #17 (WRATH)
SAVAGE HAWKMAN #17
TALON #5
TEEN TITANS #17

MARVEL

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #17

DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED #2

PUNISHER WAR ZONE #5

THUNDERBOLTS #5 NOW

UNCANNY AVENGERS #4 NOW

UNCANNY X-FORCE #2 NOW

UNCANNY X-MEN #2 NOW

X-MEN LEGACY #6 NOW

X-TREME X-MEN #11

YOUNG AVENGERS #2 NOW