Brian Bendis continues to preside over the Marvel Universe with his Dark Reign much to the joy of legions of fans – myself included. This week’s Dark Avengers #2 is a wild ride featuring the wolves in sheep’s clothing going into battle for the first time as a team to save Dr. Doom from Morgana Le Fay. Another great read this week is Spider-Man Noir #3 of 4, which sets up the gripping storyline for its ultimate climax next issue. Spider-Man Noir has has far-and-away been the best of the Marvel Noir titles and I could see it having life after this limited series as an ongoing series. I don’t mean to ignore the DC Universe this week, but I’m still trying to figure out the aftermath of Final Crisis before digging into this week’s issues. One thing I did notice was the Owlman – of Watchmen fame, no? – seems to have joined the Outsiders. Hurm.... Among my buys this week were:
Amazing Spider-Man #587Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War #2
Birds of Prey #127
Dark Avengers #2
Death-Defying Devil #3
Jungle Girl Season 2 #3
Justice League of America #30
Moon Knight #27
New Exiles #18
NYX: No Way Home #6 of 6
Outsiders #15
Punisher #67
Red Sonja Annual #2Robin #183
Spider-Man Noir #3 of 4
Squadron Supreme #8
Supergirl #38
Tiny Titans #13
Trinity #38
Ultimate Fantastic Four #60
Uncanny X-Men #506
Vigilante #3
X-Men: Legacy #221
Particularly interesting to note this week was the number of title cancellations, including Birds of Prey, Robin and Comic Foundry. I only read Birds of Prey every now and then, but I’ve been reading Robin since the first issue, so I’m certainly sorry to see the series limp to the finish with issue #183. Comic Foundry is also a loss since the scope and depth of its coverage was such a nice counter-balance to Wizard. The magazine had great personality and an irreverent attitude as evidenced by their parting shot on the cover: The Farewell Issue! Suck It, Wizard! Tina Fey would be proud…. It feels like a number of major titles have been coming to an end recently with more likely to come as the major publishers pull the plug on marginal titles that can’t pull their weight in the midst of a dramatic drop-off in print advertising.Check out the full list of the week's new releases at the Diamond Comics web site.
3 comments:
James, Owlman is a member of the Crime Syndicate from Earth-3. I have no idea if this is the same Olwman in The Outsiders.
Interesting. I was worried that DC might be trying to glom onto all the Watchmen enthusiam by introducing the characters into the mainstream DC Universe. Can you imagine Dr. Manhattan showing up in the JLA....?
And the Watchmen character is called Nite-Owl, but the visual similarities are there. Knowing DC, it's not coincidental.
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