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Um... Foolkiller? I can't remember anything about it, but it's interesting to see Marvel make at least a half-assed attempt to revive the MAX line using 4th-tier properties and guys I've never heard of. No, seriously, that's how Vertigo did it, back in the day.

Failing that, go for Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century.

Thunderbolts! Ellis run gotta be the best thing in comics these days. X-men First Class is very fun and has the O5 vs the Hulk. Ultimate Spidey looks pretty interesting too.

Drop Moon Knight and give either CRAWL SPACE XXXOMBIES #1 (Zombie Porn, wtf right? I have faith in Remender to somehow make it good)

or PROOF #1, which is about finding Big Foot and has a pretty slick looking preview up at Newsarama that i would link to if I wasn't so lazy

Seriously though drop Moon Knight it's bad for your health.

Yeah, what up with the no Ultimate Spidey? It's as good as ever, with the added bonus of Stuart Immonen art.

You've hit the point where you read just about all the good big two books.

I've got nothing,

Maybe Savage Tales #4. That should be fun, at the least.

Seconding Crawlspace or Foolkiller. The previews for Crawlspace looked quite entertaining, and Foolkiller should be worth checking out as well. I really enjoyed Hurwitz's work on the Wolverine Annual, and whoever they've got inking Medina's pencils is a massive step up from the inking they had for him on the Widowmaker arc of Punisher MAX.

I'm with stealthwise. LSH31C. I think this is the issue with the 31st-century Amazons.

CABLE DEADPOOL #46 $2.99

Sweet Sweet Skottie Young cover, plus more of my favorite new character, Bob, Agent of Hydra!

Yeah, you can't go past Bob. Plus, it's third last issue written by Fabian Nicieza. I'm going to give Foolkiller a shot as well, I think.

Beowulf # 4

or get the trade.

Include english version (prose) of Beowulf

Art and literature. A bargain!

Glad to see that you really liked Elephantmen last week.

I'd recommend Gotham Underground since just about everything else I'm picking up from DC is mid-storyline. The current Action Comics story is pretty incredible (Eric Powell is, quite simply, the man) but it is wrapping up in this issue, so it wouldn't be worth your time. I'd also recommend this week's Sinestro Corps Special and GL Corps, but again you'd be jumping on at the tail end of the story (which has been incredible).

Hack/Slash #5

Starting a new story this week, so now would be a good time to jump on board if you didn't read the first one. Goth girl versus demons and movie slashers and who knows what else is always fun too.

Thunderbolts #117

Thunderbolts is one of the best titles Marvel has to offer. Maybe the best team book they have right now.

Walking Dead #43

Why aren't you reading Walking Dead? The return of The Governor this week in full force should make it interesting enough.

SUPERMAN #669
Sweet, sweet Busiek and his revival of Superwoman for the post IC DCU.

CABLE DEADPOOL #46
Nicieza is leaving? Oh noes! I hope it's not getting cancelled in the wake of Cable's "death". This book has been one of my consistent favorites over the past 4 years.

WHAT IF PLANET HULK
Could be good. Then again, it could suck. But you never know unless you read it, right?

TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS SUPERMAN PRIME
A one-shot that should give you a taste of what you're missing from the SCW. But if it sucks, don't judge the entire storyline on its lack of merits.

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17
More SCW goodness.

FOOLKILLER #1
Marvel's third Gerber revival. It could be good. Or it could suck. Or Foolkiller could look like a chicken (sorry, that was Howard the Duck). Worth a try, ain't it?

Thunderbolts.

Having said that, it looks like a pretty weak week.

Ghost Pirates vs. Ghost Ninjas! (Only thing I'm getting.)

"I’d also recommend this week’s Sinestro Corps Special and GL Corps, but again you’d be jumping on at the tail end of the story (which has been incredible)."

"Incredible" might be pushing it, but in general I agree — I've really enjoyed the storyline, which is exactly what a crossover event should be: Well done and, moreover, manageable in size. But as I recall, you weighed in on an early chapter and found it lacking in pizzazz, and you criticized the death of one of the Lanterns, right?

I also agree that death is waaaay overdone in comics, but surely this storyline is big enough — a freaking war with the Sinestro Corps — that some death is to be expected. To me, it felt naturally storyline-dictated. Not gratuitious, like, oh, most every other comics death. (Hello "New Gods"!?!)

Hey Rebis, were you referring to something I said about death in comics? I might have made mention of it at some point, but I'm not sure it was in reference to the Sinestro Corps storyline, which I've found to be incredibly engaging and definitely not lacking in pizzazz. I agree though, the sheer amount of death in this storyline works because it is one of the biggest intergalactic wars in DC's history, but I would say that DC has been forcing a lot of unneccessary deaths lately. I didn't pick up the new New Gods title, but I heard about the death of a really great character that I can't see serving any real purpose.

Get the Dream of the Rarebit Fiend collection! I just got the complete Little Nemo collection in the mail yesterday, and Winsor McCay's work is astonishing! I've read little of Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, but what I have has been great (funny, as well).

Metal Gear Solid still has Ashley Wood art, so consider that.

This week I'm getting, Action, Countdown, Flash, Gothem underground, Green Arrow year one, Superman, Uncle Sam and the FF, Casanova, Daredevil, and X men. Maybe Foolkiller. Maybe.

Get Gothem Underground.

Yeah, Rebis, that was me, in regard to Jack T. Chance's death. I was a bit underwhelmed by the beginning of the story line, but maybe I'll check out the end!

Right — sorry, Ye Olde, I wasn't clear. I started replying directly to you, but then addressed Greg (without specifying). I'd recalled his lamenting Jack T. Chance's death (and, I think, citing it as an example of poor storytelling?).

What's sad (and perhaps ironic) is that it's only the death of minor, D-list characters that "matter" anymore in comics, since everyone knows that A- and B-listers will surely be back in a few years (if not months). So actually Jack's death in that storyline, while it didn't sadden me, felt real and permanent.

Have you read the Foolkiller preview, Greg? I think it'll do a pretty good job of letting you know if you'd be into it or not. It didn't really appeal to me.

I'm checking out the What If? book, just because I tend to enjoy the whole alternate-timeline-where things-actually-change-and-no-one's-safe-thing.

I was going to suggest Velocity but it looks you are getting it. I guess I'll nominate Thunderbolts (though I missed an issue or two recently).

I'll second Hack/Slash #5. Fantastically entertaining title, and I don't even like horror movies all that much.