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.