WCBR’s Picks Of The Week

Best From The Past Week: Secret Avengers #16 – This series hadn’t sucked or anything like that, but it hadn’t been awesome very often (probably not since that stand alone issue ~#5 where we met Max Fury).  Mix in some Warren Ellis and don’t bind him too strongly to Fear Itself or whatever else is transpiring in the Marvel U. and you get something pretty magical.  This read like Global Frequency starring Steve Rogers, Black Widow, Beast and Moon Knight as they checked out a Secret Empire facility under Cincinnati.  Great art by Jamie McKelvie too!  Runner-up: Amazing Spider-Man #668

Most Anticipated This Week: Swamp Thing #1 – A LOT of good looking comics coming out this week (see below), but I just know that Swamp Thing is going to have me seeking the weak Wi-Fi signal in our office suite to I can download Swamp Thing to my iPad.  Can’t say I’m an expert on Swamp Thing although I’ve read a little bit of the old Alan Moore stuff, but Scott Snyder hasn’t written a poor issue yet and Yannick Paquette’s style seems very suited to drawing a swamp monster.

Other Picks: Action Comics #1, Animal Man #1, Men of War #1, Sweet Tooth #25, 50 Girls 50 #4, Hack/Slash #7, Morning Glories #12, Hulk #40, Thunderbolts #163, X-Men #17, Atomic Robo: Ghost of Station X #1, Cavewoman Snow #3, Critter #2, Irredeemable #29 (and these are just the one’s I’m “excited” about on my pull list)