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Here’s the game plan for this week:
- Buzzkill #1 (Dark Horse): Looks like it could be a guilty pleasure: an booze-fueled hero looks to sober up–much to the delight of the local baddies. Drink up!
- Dream Thief #5 (Dark Horse): The series started off really well but fell apart pretty quickly. Not really sad to see it go.
- Justice League 23.3 (DC): Haven’t touched any of villain-oriented books, but this one’s special. China Mieville and page after page of top-notch artists–including one of our favorites, Mateus Santolouco–turn back the dial, no, not to H, but to E.
- Mind the Gap #14 (Image): Last issue was pretty great. I gushed about it here.
- Zero #1 (Image): I’m rooting for Ales Kot. Big time.
- Daredevil #31 (Marvel): Waid and Samnee made me like the Silver Surfer, if only for an issue. Now, it’s Jester time. Yeah, there’s a court joke in there somewhere.
- Uncanny X-Men #12 (Marvel): #11 was an unexpected treat! Irving’s art was stunning and Bendis finally hit the right notes with Cyclops. Unfortunately, it’s Battle of the Atom time.
- Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #14 (Valiant): Two new teams for Bloodshot! H.A.R.D. Corps, sure; but there’s also a new writing team: Christos Gage and Joshua Dysart. Are you ready for this?
- Harbinger #16 (Valiant): How are they going top that killer ending?
- Numbercruncher #3 (Titan): Crunch this!
- X-O Manowar #17 (Valiant): Good enough to forge ahead.
- Six-Gun Gorilla #4 (BOOM!): Through three, this may be the second best mini of the year, behind only the brilliant Mr. X: Eviction. Boy, I really hope Spurrier’s got three more in him. The countdown to classic begins here.
- The Sixth Gun #34 (Oni Press): Yet another issue to place atop The Sixth Stack. That’s right: I’m still waiting on Vol. 5, which, apparently is available. Gotta get on that.
What are you looking forward to this week?
Turning pages,
Scott