Bill: I have one AR trade and the FBCD issues. I loved it (and reviewed it, but can't be bothered to find the link), and will get the rest at some point. And while I used to rent an apartment right above Chris SIms alley, the restraining order forced me to relocate. It's too bad, too; I was this close to getting Megan Fox free parking on this metaphorical street.

I've said it before, but I think I mean it this time. I think I'm done with Agents of Atlas. It's well done, but I just don't care. About any of the characters (I mean, they're likeable, but not that original). About the organization and who runs it. About pretty much anything related to Norman Osborne, Super Genius. Of course, the return of Derek Khanata means the POV character from the mini is back. Maybe that's what it was missing. Aargh, what to do, what to do?

I was kind of thinking that Immortal Iron Fist #27 makes a good jumping off point for the character of Danny Rand. I could always cherish these stories and imagine he & Misty running the School of Thunder and raising their kid. Aaron's Fat Cobra is probably too much to pass up, though.

Buffy was good because the characters sounded right and it was the first issue that hasn't sucked in a long while. But season 8 is turning into a rehash of the show: Willow might turn because of her magic(k) addiction, Buffy isn't sure about her role as leader, Giles is a rebel who always returns home, etc, etc. I did geek out and hear Seth Green in my head on the last page, though. And is just me, or are they killing a shitload of little girls in this book. Non-named slayers are the new red shirts.

I need to go re-read #1, but what is Viking about again exactly?

Is the regular Cap series on hiatus during Reborn? Because I don't see any reason why this isn't issue 601 (or 52, or whatever)...guy at my LCS pointed out the Lost swipe. I missed it having given up on that show somewhere in season 2, but it is...unfortunate, I guess. I liked the issue okay - Bru gets a lot of leeway, and I didn't mind Hitch here inked by Guice in the Cap house style (I usually find him to be a pretty boring artist).

Sorry for the long@$$ post. Can I just get a column?

I heard through the grapevine that "he brought back Bucky!" I didn't believe it could be done, but I looked anyway. Whadaya know, cybernetics and suspended animation! Fits perfectly with Cap's story (as Rogers had been in suspended animation himself).

Then he killed Cap. There were haters and doubters, but 17 excellent issues followed and led to Bucky becoming Cap. A little brainwashing, a little body-hopping, but again it's all fantastic elements that are rooted deeply in Cap's history.

Now, Steve Rogers is Desmond Hume on LOST, and Sharon's "The Constant". Blargh. Too science-fictiony for my tastes. I'm sure it'll be a heartwarming tale when they end up in a lover's embrace in the exact moment he's rescued from being "un-stuck in time", but I've already seen that on Wednesday nights on ABC. It only hurts worse because we've all gone on this beautiful journey to get to a point where Steve Rogers is dead, Bucky's alive, and Marvel had established another legacy hero (something they desperately needed, in my opinion). If it was a bad, but necessary, plot twist, I'd forgive it. If it was unnecessary, but good, I'd forgive it as well. But it's both bad and unnecessary, and that's why I don't like it.

Bwahaha.