Greetings Earthlings!

( IMMORTAL IRON FIST #7 )

The new Iron Fist comic has been fun so far. The adding of the whole generational Iron Fists not unlike the Phantom has been a good twist.

( WORLD WAR HULK #1 (of 5) )

Please Hulk make Iron Man into recyclables. That would make my whole day.

( IRON MAN #19 )

See Above.

( NEW WARRIORS #1 )

New Warriors? *sigh* I liked the original team but all the revivals have kind of well...blown.

( THUNDERBOLTS #115 )

OK I am waiting to see where this all goes. I have enjoyed Warren Ellis' madness thus far, but I hope there is some payoff or I am outta here.


( X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #1 )

Ok the mini has been fun, but it looks like Marvel is doing the toss as many new series at the wall again and see what sticks approach once more.

( NEW EXCALIBUR #21 )

I shouldnt kink a fellow heart patient but please "Dark X-men"? Set the comic Wayback machine to 1985 Mr Peabody!

I havent done this in a long while, but here are my impressions of stuff coming out in June from DC.

( NIGHTWING #133 )
I have been really enjoying Marv's return to Nightwing. And flashing back to his pre-Nightwing days should be fun. Also its nice to see Jamal Igle working regularly.

( ALL STAR SUPERMAN #8 )
This is the only Superman book I like. Being a Morrison fanboy dosent hurt, but I have really enjoyed the modern Silver Age feel of the book.

( JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC )

Damn I need more money. Or start running a comic shop again so I get a discount. Too many archives coming out I have no money for. Though I enjoyed Kirby's Kamandi more than New Gods this is astounding stuff.

( SHAZAM: THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #4 )

The first two issues of this have been great, Hope we see more DC stuff from Jeff Smith.

( THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #1 (of 2) )

As I have said before I am a sucker for handbooks and I love Invincible so..... Besides it will be handy for converting characters to Truth and Justice.

( LOW ORBIT, VOL. 1 )

I will always try the first couple issues of a SF comic because there arent enough of them.

( NOBLE CAUSES, VOL. 6: HIDDEN AGENDAS TP )

Another in a long line of comics I read only in TPB. Noble Causes has always read better for me this way.

( NEGATIVE BURN #7 )

This issue I get some Mike Ploog and RG Taylor again (who with Dave Darrigo did the excellent Wordsmith series many years ago. Its worth tracking down). YAY!!

( AVENGERS NEXT #1 & 2 )

I read Spider-girl every month so there is no way I am going to miss this. I enjoyed all 12 issues of the original series. The first six issues of said series is available in digest size as well.

( BULLET POINTS #1 (OF 5) )

Not sure why they just dont call this a What If? Curious how JMS shoehorned Uncle Ben in the Cap mythos.

( THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST #1 )

I am a big Iron Fist geek. Hopefully Brubaker and Matt Fraction can bring Daniel Rand back to his glory.

( MARVEL LEGACY: THE 1980's HANDBOOK )

I am always a sucker for handbooks like this. And we get to see Rocket Racoon, New Universe and the Spaceknights!

( THUNDERBOLTS #108 )

What is Zemo's endgame? Will Songbird kill Zemo? Will Radioactive Man find true love? Will Mach IV chrome his armor? Will Joystick give birth to her love child from the Grandmaster? Ok so I made some of that up.

( WHAT IF? AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED )

I like Jeff Parker's writing and I am interested if he can improve upon the whole Disassembled mess. Though with the crap job Bendis did that wouldnt be hard.

( WHAT IF? WOLVERINE: ENEMY OF THE STATE )

I dont read the mothly Wolverine book. But I am a Jimmie Robinson fan from his work on Amanda and Gunn and Avigon. He also has been garnering some notice for Bomb Queen coming out from Image lately. So I will give this a shot.

( WHITE TIGER #1 (of 6) )

I dont think I have ever read any of Tamora Pierce's prose work though from what I have seen online so far interests me so this goes in the buy pile. I am just trying figure out how if she is Hector's niece from the old White Tiger stories how she grew up so fast when Franklin Richards is still in the first grade?

Once again I am doing my monthly cruise thru Previews. Breaking it up into DC, Marvel and Image. Hopefully get to some of the smaller publishers later in the week. This mostly stuff that looks interesting to me or you might not hear about.

( BATMAN/THE SPIRIT )

Jeph Loeb is cool. Darwyn Cooke is cool. J. Bone is cool. And the Spirit is cool. And the Batman is okay too.

( HUNTRESS: DARK KNIGHT DAUGHTER TP )

Like the Justice Society trade that came out earlier this month I am really geeked about this bit of pre-Crisis goodness. For me this is the real Huntress.

( BIRDS OF PREY #100 )

New role for the Black Canary? What was wrong with the old one? They better not be taking her out of this book.

( JSA CLASSIFIED #19 )

Not a big Scott Beatty fan, but the combination of Morales and Bair on the art along with Dr Mid-Nite is a enough of a draw for me.

( NEW TEEN TITANS: TERRA INCOGNITO TP )

Wolfman and Perez at their peak on the Teen Titans. The whole Terra saga under one cover and the first appearace of Dick Grayson in his very 1980's large collar costume.

( SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #1 )

Hmmm Cooke and Sale doing a book together? Can we expect some neo-Silver Age comic goodness? I think so.

( RED MENACE #1 (of 6) )

This looks to be interesting. I havent liked the writers take on the new Flash book, but then I dont know why they had to have another new Flash either.

( 100 BULLETS VOL. 10: DECAYED TP )

Three quarters of the way through the storyline with this trade. Wonder how bloody the end will be when it comes?

( FABLES VOL. 8: WOLVES TP )

Yet another book I only read in trade. Be interested to see the maps. This is one book that it is really hard to wait for though.

( AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #0 )

The return of May "Mayday" Parker! YAY!

( AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #1 )

See above!

( DR. STRANGE: THE OATH #1 (of 5) )

Brian K Vaughn doing Dr Strange. Hopefully he can make the character cool again.


( NIGHTWING #125 )

Another bold new direction for Nightwing? Isnt that what the whole One Year Later thing was for? I have heard rumors that Jason Todd was supposed to be the new Nightwing after Dick died in Infinite Crisis. Be interesting to see if Wolfman has any fuel left in the tank.

( THE OMEGA MEN #1 )

Will be picking up this book for the first couple issues at least. Anyone know what the Omega Men have been up to the last few years?


( TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #1 (of 8) )

Ok all the Silver Age and early Bronze age characters like Andro, Dr Thirteen, and I, Vampire who can say no especially with David Lapham and Brian Azzarello doing the writing chores. Anyone besides me even remember I, Vampire?

( NEIL GAIMAN'S NEVERWHERE )

If you like Neil Gaiman pick it up. If not ignore it.

( ABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL )

Charles Vess? Check. Brian Bolland? Check. John Bolton? Check. Michael Wm. Kaluta? Check. James Jean? Check. Mark Buckingham? Check. Mark Wheatley? Check. Jill Thompson? Check. Plus Willingham writing? What else can a Fables fanboy want?

( THE AUTHORITY #1 )

Ok its Grant Morrison you know I am going to at least buy the first three issues.

( ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK 2 #1 )

YAY! More Astro City crunchy goodness!

( PLANETARY #26 )

The penultimate issue of Planetary, though from what Warren Ellis has said that issue 27 will be more of a coda wrapping up all the loose ends in a "ragged bow". Hope this dosent disapoint after all the waiting.

( OEMING/BRANDON LAUNCH THE CROSS BRONX IN SEPTEMBER )

I mentioned in my earlier previews post about Cross Bronx and here is some promo stuff on it. Crime meets the supernatural always sounds good to me. Follow the link to Newsarama to see some sample art.

( ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #100 )
Clone Saga? Please god no. Bendis is really jumping the shark now.... May buy this just to see if it is a train wreck. Bendis is becoming the the Claremnont methinks.

( ALL-NEW OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z #9 )

Skull the Slayer? Talk about obscure. Another one of a long line of comics that had their storyline wrapped up in either Marvel Team-Up or Marvel Two-In-One.

( MARVEL MILESTONES: X-MEN & THE STARJAMMERS PART 2 )
OK shoot me I want this,,,,,,,,

( TRUE STORY, SWEAR TO GOD #1 )

This is by far one of my favorite comics. Buy this or I will send the Butterfly Assassains after you!

( THE CROSS BRONX #1 )

I gave up on Powers a longtime ago, but I am still a big Oeming fan so I am interested to see what is up with this one. He has always has a lot of good ideas.

( ALL STAR SUPERMAN #6 )
I just love what Grant Morrison is doing with this book. I havent enjoyed Superman this much since Elliot S! Maggin wrote Last Son of Krypton and Miracle Monday novels when the first two Superman movies came out.
( CHECKMATE #6 )
All you have to do is say Suicide Squad and I will check a book out. And with Greg Rucka writing it there may be hope that he could as well with it as John Ostrander did.
( MYSTERY IN SPACE #1 (of 6) )
I am giving this a shot in hope that Starlin can channel of his 70's Captain Marvel and Warlock madness again.
( WILDCATS: WORLDSTORM #1 )
Grant Morrison doing WILDCats. Here is hoping that he can make it as much fun as Alan Moore or James Robinson did.
( SNAKES ON A PLANE #1 & 2 )
Snakes on a fricking plane! 'Nuff said!
( THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: THE BLACK DOSSIER HC )
OK this and Fables hardcover are being advanced solicited so they really arent October books, but more LoEG is always a good thing and this time we will get the whole story in one shot no worries about how long each issue will come out. YAY!
( FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL HARDCOVER )
I love Fables. And its a hardcover for only $19.99 Who can resist?
( AMERICAN SPLENDOR #1 (of 4) )

I have enjoyed Harvey Pekar for a long while now. Its too bad that Dark Horse has lost him, but who can blame him for jumping ship. I am betting he is making a heck of a lot more money under DC's wings than Dark Horses.