This Week's Comics - 25/1/12

This week I have another steady 4 comics, those being Superman #5, Teen Titans #5, Alpha Flight #8 and X-Men Legacy #261. Out of these I am definitely most looking forward Alpha Flight, this being the final issue to a series I completely adore. I'm both so excited and so sad for this issue to come out, excited because of how much I love this series and the characters and sad because after this there will be no more. I am scared that how much I've built this series up in my head will just lead to disappointment if it doesn't end the way I want it to, but I'll still be happy because I love the story and the characters and the art always makes it enjoyable to read. Teen Titans so far has been fun to read and this issue promises to be fun and action packed with a battle between the newly-formed Teen Titans and Superboy. I am looking forward to seeing a few characters that are tugging on my nerves with their egocentric arrogance get knocked down a peg or two when Superboy kicks their arses. Superman so far hasn't been the best series I've read in The New 52, each issue within itself has great writing and the art has really highlighted the elemental creatures that have been attacking Superman. However, the overall story has been intriguing but confusing and rather stagnant. I'm interested in seeing where this story goes, but since its taking so long to get there I'm kind of loosing interest. The end of the last issue gave some hope with the creatures coming together and beginning to reveal their origin to Superman, lets just hope it continues to move forward. X-Men Legacy is the issue I'm least looking forward to this week, and the series is actually pretty close to being dropped. I've only read three issues so far and am already disappointed with the characters who I saw great potential in and feel its just to similar to Wolverine and the X-Men to justify me buying both series. I'm giving this series another go for this issue but if it doesn't do anymore for me than the last lot have then I'll only be getting this comic if there's a specific storyline I think looks interesting.

This Week's Comics - 11/1/12

A fairly good week for comics this week. I'm looking to get 7 comics, a good amount, but a few of them are a bit iffy - and on the chopping block - so I'm not too psyched. The comics I'm getting are Wolverine and the X-Men #4, House of Night #3, Demon Knights #5, Batman and Robin #5, Incredible Hulk #4, X-Factor #230 and X-Men Legacy #260.1. The comic I'm most looking forward to this week is X-Factor, which is successfully covering two story lines at the same time; X-Factor dealing with the loss of Madrox and Madrox hopping through dimensions as his counterparts die. This issue sees the return of Havok - a character I'm kind of familiar with - and Polaris - a character I don't really know - so it will be interesting to see how they change the team dynamics, which to be honest were getting a bit repetitive with no changes for quite a while. With this being my favourite series, any issue has a great chance of being the one I'm most looking forward to and this issue doesn't fail it that task. This series is also great to read due to the great mix of drama and humour, which the preview pages for this issue suggest is shown brilliantly. I'm particularly looking forward to Demon Knights this week due to the very captivating cliffhanger at the end of last issue, with the Horsewoman suddenly turning on the other heroes, shown as issue 4 did make my Comic of the Week. The last issue also started giving us more substantial character development, including a back story for the Shining Knight, which if is carried on in this issue will make this series very enjoyable to read for me as it already captures the fantasy and action very well. Wolverine and the X-Men is still getting of the ground, the last three issues being about the staff and students coming together to make the school work, which I have fairly enjoyed but I am looking forward to some proper plot and action in this issue. So far this series has been very enjoyable so I doubt I'll be disappointed by this issue, especially as I like the majority of the characters, but with new students joining there is a risk they might throw the series off balance, but I'm definitely willing to see. Batman and Robin has been one of my favourite series from the DC reboot but I have been interested in Damien's internal struggle between fighting off his instincts to kill and doing what is natural to him - killing - as he was raised that way. This appears to be a big focus of this issue as Nobody has presented him with a way of being how he was raised with him, but does Damien want to leave Bruce? I mean he is his father and of we can trust Alfred - of course we can - then he does care about him a bit. So I'm looking forward to this comic to see where this conflict takes Damien and for some good, old Batman and Robin angst. I picked up the Incredible Hulk on a bit of a whim, having Banner and Hulk separated catching my attention, and so far have been quite impressed with this series. I'm looking forward to this issue as Hulk has finally agreed to go after Banner and will now face of against Banner's new creatures on his crazy island. Banner's lack of mental instability and Hulk's content with being apart from his creator creates real issues for the two to reconcile, but it's Bruce Banner and the Hulk, so they really have to in the end, and I'm very interested to see what happens before and how Aaron pulls it all together. I'm still on the fence with X-Men Legacy, the series interesting me but not really doing much yet to convince me to keep buying it after a few issues more. The last two issues I have read have been concerning the fallout from Schism so hopefully a move away from that will be more enjoyable, especially since this series has characters I really like and would like to read. So, I'm looking forward to it because there has been a change in the creative staff and the new characters should hopefully bring it up to a higher enjoyment level. However, the comic I'm least looking forward to this week is House of Night; in fact, I'm actually not to sure why I'm still buying it. So far, the series has been just as ridiculous and childish as the book series with no new character development and now substantial change to make me like it any more than I did the novels. I have always thought the story has been interesting and some of the characters as fun so I'm willing to give it a few chances, especially this issue as it concerns Ancient Greece and the Greek hero Odysseus, which is an area I'm fascinated by, but if it doesn't do much for me this series might go.

This Week's Comics - 28/12/11

A bit of a quiet week this week, only four comics, but there is two issues I am really excited about so it definately makes up for it. The Comics I'll be getting this week are X-Men: Legacy #260, Alpha Flight #7, Teen Titans #4 and Superman #4. Out of these I am most looking forward to Alpha Flight, which after a bit of a rocky start has me almost shaking with anticipation for this next issue. I first picked up this revived series when I noticed it by chance on a weekly comic run when I still had a shop that sold comics near me and decided to pick it up because I had always been interested in the characters and that is how the series remained to me for the first few issues. However with the brilliant writing, exceptional art and complex character development, especially with Northstar and Aurora, now has me completely hooked and since this story is now drawing to a close I'm expecting big things this issue, and with Wolverine involved this comic has to be good. Teen Titans is the other comic this week I'm really excited about. With only three issues out so far it hasn't quite gripped me as much as Alpha Flight has but this series is definately standing out of the new DC series to me. I'm enjoying the characters and the story, although its still moving fairly slowly so with a fight between Superboy and Wonder Girl this issue it will hopefully be picking up a bit. Superman so far has been quite good, not excellent but better than satisfactory, so I'm interested in seeing what happens next. This issue promises to finally reveal the origins of the mysterious aliens/monsters that have been attacking Superman which is good because too much ambiguity gets boring and a link to the new Action Comics series - I love it when you see links between two comics. X-Men Legacy is the comic I'm least looking forward to this week, having only read one issue of the series so far so my opinions around it are still in the air but I am interested in seeing if I grow to really like this series, the setting is right with this series falling on Wolverine's side of the Schism and characters I fairly like being teachers - although they probably shouldn't be - so I do have high hopes for this series.

This Week's Comics - 30/11/11

As November this year is the odd one out with five Wednesdays instead of the regular four there isn't as many comics as usual out this week so the amount I'm picking up is also limited. With DC's New 52 comics running very regularly with one issue per month, there isn't any out this week so I only have 2 Marvel titles. These are X-Men Legacy #259 and Avengers Origins: Thor #1. Out of these I can't really choose one out of the two which I'm most looking forward to. I've never read X-Men Legacy before but I decided to jump on after Regenesis and give it a try. I've always liked the characters of Rogue, Gambit and Magneto so I can see myself liking this series a fair amount, and although Magneto is leaving the new characters joining, like Iceman or Marvel Girl, are definitely as appealing to read. The story itself or this issue, the three characters tying up loose ends before they part ways, is a little weak but a nice introduction for first time readers like me. Avengers Origins: Thor is an issue I decided to pick up quite randomly. I've always enjoyed reading Thor comics, him being an interesting character and the proper fantasy element of Asgard and magic is right up my street, and a chance to see a new take on his origins was appealing. I'm interested in seeing how they convey his origins again, especially after the film having come out with their own take,

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: