This Week's Comics - 8/02/12

Good week this week with the amount of comics but fairly bad as I'm just not excited for any of them, especially since my comics from last week still have not been delivered and I'm really excited about a few of those. This week I have 6 comics, those being House of Night #4, New Mutants #37, The Incredible Hulk #5, Wolverine and the X-Men #5, Batman and Robin #6 and Demon Knights #6. I'm not going to choose one comic I'm most looking forward to as this keeps changing between a few. I'm looking forward to Wolverine and the X-Men because of the very interesting cliff hanger at the end of the last issue, Kitty suddenly being very pregnant, especially since Kitty is a character I nearly always enjoy reading. However, so far the rest of the series hasn't really done much for me and I'm getting bored if seeing the same students again and again, there's a lot more there and I want to see them explored since its meant to be about the whole school. New Mutants is a series that has pleasantly surprised me with how much I've been enjoying it so I'm looking forward to reading this next issue, especially since I'm finally getting some more exploration of characters other than Nate Gray and the weird leader. But again, due to this so far limited character development I'm looking forward to this issue that much. The Incredible Hulk I've been enjoying because of the suspense and slow build-up, and great art, but I think they are dragging it out a bit too much now. Hulk is going to fight Banner, just get it over with, I'm willing to stick around to see what happens but this series is close to being dropped. I'm absolutely loving the angst and psychological exploration in Batman and Robin, which is perfect for a Bat series, but I really think they should have had another storyline before this one. Why? I don't really know Damien that well, having not really read him before the reboot, and I really can't stand Nobody, so if I knew other characters more I could probably put up with him. However, they didn't do this so I'm stuck with Nobody and a Robin I really like but feel a little detached from, which makes me feel kind of dirty and uncomfortable as this is exploring that character's psychological issues yet I don't really know who he is. Demon Knights has so far been enjoyable to read because of the fantasy elements and the eccentric characters, who are always fun, but that's really all the series has so far. After a good beginning that really drew me in the quality the last few issues has dropped as the story is made more and more complex and diverse, loosing focus and my interest. I'm still reading for the characters and the hope Cornell brings it back again but I'm just going to say what I've said the last two weeks, I really wish Cornell left this series rather than Stormwatch, especially since that series is still very strong. The comic I'm least looking forward to this week, which I'm not really looking forward to at all, is House of Night. This raises the issue of why am I still buying it? The answers simple, I'm stupid enough to keep telling myself it'll get better. I was so disappointed with the books I really wanted this series to be good because I do like some of the characters and the basic elements of the story, but alas I am destined to be disappointed by the Casts. I'm still reading hoping my favourite character will come in soon and give it some life, especially since he's now dead in the books so I've completely given up on them and I miss him, but this series is hanging on by a single thread; my misguided and naive hope.

This Week's Comics - 18/01/12

Late for this post this week, due to me being completely snowed under with work lately, but its better late than never - I hope! This week I have only 4 comics, these being Batman #5, Red Hood and the Outlaws #5, Uncanny X-Force #20 and New Mutants #36. Out of these the one I'm most looking forward to is Batman due the continuous enjoyment I've had with the series so far and another great cliffhanger at the end of the last issue. Red Hood and the Outlaws has seriously dipped in quality, and logic, since its first issue, which really grabbed me, but I do really like all three members of the team so I am looking forward to reading them. New Mutants has so far been very good in my opinion, I originally thought it would be a series I could easily drop, bit that definitely hasn't been the case so I'm interested to see what happens next. Although, I wish there was a bit more character development as I'm still not too familiar with some of these characters and the character development in the other X titles I collect has been excellent lately. I don't have much to say about Uncanny X-Force, given that I've only read one issue so far, but I do like some of the characters and the secret nature of the team is intriguing. This is the comic I'm least looking forward to as I'm still unsure about this series and this issue has both Psylocke and Captain Britain, two characters I really don't like that much.

This Week's Comics - 21/12/11

Bit late this week, seen as it is now the end of the Wednesday, but here we go. This week I've got 6 comics - a fair amount - which are X-Factor #229, Red Hood and the Outlaws #4, Wolverine and the X-Men #3, New Mutants #35, Uncanny X-Force #19 and Batman #4. Out of these, I'm most looking forward to Wolverine and the X-Men because so far the series has been great with characters I really enjoy and wonderful, vibrant art that brings the story to life. With this being only the third issue, the series still has to find its feet a bit but I'm quite confident I'm going to be buying this comic for a long time. X-Factor is one of my favourite series and normally an issue from this comic would be the one I'm most looking forward to but I felt the last issue had a serious drop in quality compared to the rest of the series. The drop in quality I felt from the issue comes from the awkwardness of the situations and the lack of complete character development, the conversation flitted around the edges of something deeper but never really landed there, which I have come to expect from A comic by Peter David. I hope this issue returns to the good quality of the rest of the series but unfortunately I feel it may not. Batman so far has been quite enjoyable, not one of my favourite series but has good character presentation, a believable competent foe for Batman and very intense cliffhangers, especially the one at the end of last issue. As the series goes it appears to be getting more interesting and enjoyable so this comic could stand out this week. Having only picked up two issues so far of New Mutants, which I only decided to do after Regenesis, this series is still in the trial period. So far I'm really enjoying the characters, although since I don't know them yet I wish there was a bit more character development, and I am interested in seeing if they are show more of the characters this issue,  but right now I'm not attached enough to say whether I'll continue with this series after this story arc. This Uncanny X-Force issue will be my first, having decided to try the series after Regenesis and some positive suggestions from some friends, so I'm interested in seeing what this series is like, especially since its on Wolverine's side rather than Cyclops'. Red Hood and the Outlaws is the comic this week I'm least looking forward to. After a great start to the series with three characters I really like and a team dynamic I was getting drawn into, the last issue was a big step down in quality and enjoyment. Due to the characters and what I've seen Lobdell can do with them I'm willing to give this series a while to get the quality back but I'm not too hopeful for this issue.

Random Comic Thoughts

Apparently, wishful thinking does work because 4 of my late comics arrived today so I was finally able to get my fix. Although I wasn't looking forward to Demon Knights and Batman and Robin that much, I was pleasantly surprised by them, which is good but also sucks as I now can't imagine dropping them so it's an extra £4 a month. I've decided I'm definately dropping at least two titles as soon as possible, which yes doesn't sound like much but it's too hard to say I'll drop more. Right now the titles in the firing line are Uncanny X-Men, Mew Mutants, Incredible Hulk, X-Men Legacy, Uncanny X-Force, Teen Titans and House of Night, and there's a few of these that need to seriously impress me. Not really comics but comic relevant, I really, really want the Marvel version of Monopoly. I have around 20 copies of the Forbidden Planet newpaper, they send me one with every comic delivery, that I haven't got rid of yet and it's there on the front page so I see it everytime I look at one. Hopefully I'll have enough money after Christmas to get it.
Now I'm cheerful again, I'll share part of my cheering up method; Longshot and Shatterstar in X-Factor:

This Week's Comics - 16/11/11

This week I am getting a more acceptable amount of comics, 6; not too many that it's a big dip in my bank balance and enough to keep me more than satisfied until next week. The comics for this week are Red Hood and the Outlaws #3, New Mutants #34, Uncanny X-Men #2, X-Factor #227, Batman #3 and Incredible Hulk #2. The comic I'm most looking forward to this week is, without a doubt, X-Factor. This series is written by one of my favourite writers, Peter David, contains some of my favourite characters, Shatterstar, Layla, Monet and Longshot, and one of my favourite couples, Rictor and Shatterstar. However, there's even more as to why I'm so looking forward to this issue; it's in the middle of a very interesting storyline with a lot of questions still in the air, there is high tension between a lot of characters, especially Rictor and Shatterstar, and the one line of hint we've got for this issue, 'a member of X-Factor dies', is self explanatory as to why I'm looking forward to reading this comic. The one I'm least looking forward to is New Mutants #34 because although I've just began picking up the series, some of the characters I was looking forward to reading left in the last issue and the last issue didn't really impress me at all. However, a three issue story arc where they are tracking down Blink begins with this issue so I am willing to keep with this title at least for that until I make my decision whether to drop it or not. Uncanny X-Men and Incredible Hulk are in similar positions but the first issues did more to grab my attention and the two titles contain more character I like so I'm more looking forward to reading them but they are still on the edge. Red Hood and the Outlaws is one of the DC titles I'm really enjoying, mainly because of the characters and the team dynamics, so I'm looking forward to reading this next issue, specially as this appears to be the issue where the series properly establishes itself. Batman, I feel, properly established itself last issue so I'm looking forward to having another series not in an introduction stage even though this title is middle ground for me right now.

This Week's Comics - 2/11/11

This week I'm picking up one more comic than last week, a whole 4 amazing comics - I do really love comics, don't let this fool you, I'm just very picky and short on cash. The 4 I'm getting tomorrow are Stormwatch #3, Action Comics #3, Uncanny X-Men #1 and New Muntants #33. The same as last week, I am very excited about all of these comics since two are part of X-Men: Regenesis and the other two are so far the best DC re-boot titles out of the ones I'm picking up. However, the one I'm most looking forward to is Stormwatch. I'm looking forward to this issue the most as, like I've stated before in this blog, I love the old Authority and since this a lot of the same characters I'm finding it really hard not to love this one as well. Although the story is kind of week, it doesn't grab as much as the similar one in Authority Vol.1 did, it is still presented very well by Cornell, whose work I love, just the inclusion of characters like Midnighter and Apollo make it the one I'm most looking forward too. I'm also hoping we're going to finally move on from the two issue introduction and hope they don't make it a third, otherwise even I will have to admit it's dragging on a bit. Action Comics comes in at a close second, again hopefully past the introduction issues but even if it isn't a young Clark Kent/Superman and Lex Luther is more than enough to keep me fully hooked. Uncanny X-Men and New Muntants are the two I'm least looking forward to. Although both being starting points for their series in X-Men regenesis, both fall on Cyclops' side and contain characters I'm not as fond of as the X titles on Wolverine's side so I'm not expecting as much as was for Wolverine and the X-Men and am expecting for the rest of the Gold Team's titles.