WCBR’s Picks Of The Week

Kyle’s Top Picks

Pick of the Week: Invincible Iron Man #19 – An epic finish to an epic arc, the final chapter of World’s Most Wanted worked in nearly every way.  While the artwork left something to be desired, Fraction’s story definitely ended on one hell of a note.  I can’t wait to dive into Stark: Disassembled.

Most Anticipated: X-Force/ New Mutants: Necrosha One-Shot #1 – It’s an absolutely packed week for me (seriously, about 3/4ths of my pull list comes out), so picking one book was a bit of a challenge.  Now Necroshia could easily turn out to be another unwhelming (Utopia), or flat out terrible (Messiah War) “X” crossover, but I’m looking forward to seeing how it begins regardless.  And besides…seriously how cool is Clayton Crain’s Lost Boys homage for the crossover?!

Other Top Picks: Detective Comics #858, Gotham City Sirens #5, Avengers: The Initiative #29, Dark Avengers: Ares #1, Dark Reign: The List – Punisher & Wolverine one-shots, Dark Reign: Young Avengers #5, Fantastic Four #572, Incredible Hercules #137, Ms. Marvel #46, New Avengers #58, Secret Warriors #9, Ultimate Comics: Avengers #3, Wolverine: Weapon X #6, X-Force #20, Hack/Slash #27, and Pilot Season: Declassified 1$ Preview

DS’ Top Picks

Best of the Past Week: I was very happy with the ending of the Blackest Night: Superman miniseries. You could even say I was blue with hope, as I saw my glimmer of the stuff since seeing the Black Hand licking a skull a few months ago. Our heroes discover two vulnerabilities of the Black Lanterns!

Most Anticipated: Blackest Night #4 –Geoff Johns has been dropping property values all over the DCU, unless you happen to want to buy land formerly used for cemetaries. The latest installment in DC’s massive zombie apocalypse!

Other Top Picks: Wonder Woman #37, Blackest Night: Titans #3, Justice Society of America #32, Avengers: The Initiative #29, Guardians of the Galaxy #19, Ms. Marvel #46, New Avengers #58, Secret Warriors #9

Alex’s Top Picks

Best of the Past Week: Dark Avengers #10 – A solid comic with a strong horror theme and engaging team dynamics, this is should be the standard for a Dark Avengers comic.  Not as good as last month, but an enjoyable read nonetheless.

Most Anticipated: Detective Comics #858 – This comic’s all about Kate, and through her, Rucka has crafted a very likable character.  With the start of this new origin-based storyarc, Kate is more front and centre than ever, and that’s a very good nothing.  It’s always great to get to know one of your favourite characters a little bit better.

Other Picks: Fantastic Four #572, Northlanders #21, Blackest Night #4, Secret Warriors #9, New Avengers #58, Madame Xanadu #16, Unknown Soldier #13, Green Lantern #47, Wolverine: Weapon X #6, Justice Society of America #32, Jack of Fables #39

Joe’s Top Picks

Best of the Past Week: Incredible Hulk #603 – Greg Pak took a fairly obvious premise – a showdown between super-progeny Skaar, son of Hulk and Daken, son of Wolverine – and succeeded far more than ever should have been possible.  This issue was a perfect example of the fun you can have in comics, no matter how insane the plot.  Great dumb fun told exceptionally well!

Most Anticipated: X-Force/ New Mutants: Necrosha One-Shot #1 – A lot of people are calling this “Marvel’s Blackest Night”, but that does a disservice to how long this story has been percolating in the X-verse.  Plot threads from the best X-Book on the stands, X-Force, come to a head in this one-shot that kicks off the next big crossover and I’m totally pumped to see what happens next!

Other Top Picks: Blackest Night #4, Green Lantern #47, X-Force #20, Detective Comics #858, Avengers the Initiative #29, New Avengers #58, Secret Warriors #9, Ignition City #5, Buck Rogers #5