This Week In Comics (for August 16, 2006)

UFF tops the list this week. The book has been stellar lately. Thunderbolts is also up there. The book has had a great run with only a few soso arcs.

I'm expecting Civil War: X-Men to be really bad. The first issue did not impress me and the solicits don't sound very good.

52 is getting more interesting in Kandhaq or however you spell it.

How ya doing, buddy?

I just found out Runaways 19 is out this week. I'm definitely checking that out as well. It's one of the best series around. The new roster has really added some life to the series.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Umm... maybe Shadowpact?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Uhh...Runaways vol.2 #19 is really not a good jumping on place. I highly suggest that you grab the trades for the first volume and then the volume 2 stuff before you start buying single issues.

Ex Machina is really good. It's very different from most comics out there. I recommend it. What are your favorite books so far?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well, I say that because there was recently a HUGE event in the lives of the Runaways. You're jumping on post-drama, so your going to see all of the characters deal with their angst and what not. I think that you'll get a much greater appreciation for the series if you start it from the beginning. It's only 30 something issues...

If you like Astonishing, I'd recommend that you check out the new Uncanny X-Men arc. It deals with the Shiar and it's actually pretty good. It's going to last 12 issues. Oh, and if you want more good teen supers, check out New X-Men, Teen Titans and Young Avengers. All three of those books have been solid over the past few years (well, YA only started recently... but it's among my favorite books out there).

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Uncanny is so massively superior to Astonishing, I could laugh. And isn't YA over for a little while due to Civil War (and possibly its infrequency)?

The first volume is finished. I believe that volume two will be starting up in November on a bimonthly schedule.

Uncanny > Astonishing? Uhh... no. It only started getting good again with the Shi'ar arc, and the latest issue of that was rather bland.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

It might start up again in 2007, I'm really not sure of the start date. i don't know what the title will be either. All I know is that they will be back after a break and I'm really looking forward to the first issue.

FELIPE NO