What am I reading?

   Today I decided to make a list of all the titles I am currently reading. Please note this will be super repetitive. So here it is:

Action Comics - Before Morrison came to Action Comics I hated Superman. I found him overrated and boring. But now I can't wait to read his adventures in the pages of Action Comics.


Animal Man - At first I wasn't one-hundred percent sure about this book, in fact it was one of the ones I was going to skip. Now that the first story arc has come to a close with the prospect of a Swamp-thing crossover this is one of my favorites.


Aquaman - I really enjoyed Aquaman's story in the pages of Brightest Day and I love Ivan Reis' art so getting Aquaman was a no-brainier. Aquaman has been great so far and I am happy to read it.


Batman - Who isn't reading this? This is DC's best book on the market.


Batman And Robin - I loved the first volume of this book when Morrison and Quitely were doing, and after they left it wasn't quite the same. Thankfully with the start of the New 52 this book has gotten a lot better landing it a spot on my pull-list.


Captain America - Brubaker is truly the best person to write Captain America, and with Mcniven, Davis, and now Zircher on the book it has been a good read. 


Captain America and Bucky - The only reason I read this book is for the fantastic art, oh and the story isn't that bad either.


Daredevil - Daredevil has always been one of my favorite heroes, but I was burned by him through Shadowland. Mark Waid's run on him has 'healed my wounds'


The Punisher - Greg Rucka and  Marco Checchetto have given us a good Punisher which is why I read.


Venom, Secret Avengers and Uncanny X-force - I have listed these all together because they are written by the king of Black Ops Rick Reminder, and as long as he is on the books I will read them.


Justice League - Although the current arc isn't the greatest this is the forerunner DC book so I read it.


Moon Knight - Brian Micheal Bendis and Alex Maleev, need I say more?


Wolverine And The X-men - I really liked Schism and I was on Wolverine's side throughout the whole thing. And it doesn't hurt that Jason Aaron is on the book. I believe that this is Marvel's best book on the market.


Swamp Thing - Like Animal Man I hesitated to pick this up, which was stupid since it has my favorite writer on board, Scott Snyder. The art is awesome also.

So thats what I'm reading, what are you?

Weekly Write-up 1/125/12

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Aqua-man #5

      This issue is a one and done story of Aqua-man being thrown into the desert after going to the coast guard to offer his expertise. You see the coast guard found an Atlantis artifact that started going haywire so they called Aqua-man to see if he can help. After examining it for a few seconds a group of oddly dressed men come in and take the artifact by force. Aqua-man doesn't like this very much so he attempts to stop them by jumping onto their vehicle. During the ensuring battle he finds out that they are sea dwellers. Their vehicle crashes in the desert. After making his way back to the wreck Aqua-man puts the artifact into the water of one of the helmets, at which point a message is played revealing that it dated back to before Atlantis sunk. Aqua-man is then rescued by the coast guard and goes home. 

THUMBS UP!       

Captain America and Bucky #626

      Asmus, Brubaker, and Francavilla bring the goods once again in this issue. This is there final arc before Captain America and Bucky becomes Captain America and Hawkeye, or more like Captain America Team-up. Anyway in this issue we see Captain America go up against an android of Bucky. This Bucky leads Cap to a warehouse that is full of Cap killer robots. While this is going on The Human Torch and William Naslund the III are looking into the Adam II corpse that S.H.I.E.L.D. has. When they are dissecting it Naslund finds a ball attached to the skull of the Adam II, he hypotheses that the ball is a sort of black box device. The ball then actives and Naslund is turned into Adam III. Its pretty predicable what will happen in this issue but its still a pretty good issue.

THUMBS UP! 

Justice League #5

         It's time for the first confrontation between the Justice League and Darkseid, who is pretty scary. We find our heroes going in for round two in this issue after being blasted by Darkseid. One of the cool things that happen in this issue is seeing Green Lantern go up against Darkseid only to have Darkseid break through his attacks and ultimately break his arm. The only thing I don't like in this issue is the lack of Aqua-man, he's only appearance in it is when the team is rallying together to take out Darkseid.

THUMBS UP!

Secret Avengers 21.1

      Rick Reminder starts his run on Secret Avengers with issue, and if the rest of his run is like this we're sure to have another classic on our hands. In this issue we find Captain America taking Hawkeye on a mission in the country of Bagalia, a literal red light nation. Cap is trying to see if Hawkeye is fit to lead the Secret Avengers since he can no longer fulfill that role. This issue is a great jumping on point for anyone who wants to read Secret Avengers and its really awesome. The art is fantastic and though I really look forward to Hardman being on the book Zircher could do it and I would be fine with that.

THUMBS UP!

BOOK OF THE WEEK! 

Comic Book Write-Up (12/28/11)

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Aqua-Man #4

         I have really enjoyed Aqua-Mam ever since his resurrection in the pages of Blackest Day, in Brightest Day I found myself always looking forward to his part of the issues. When I heard that the creative team behind Blackest Night were going to be making the new Aqua-man comic I had to sign on, and the series so far has not disappointed me in the lease. In this issue we find Aqua-man rescuing the citizens that were captured by the dwellers of the Trench. At first Aqua-man tries to reason with to get them to stop eating people but it's to no avail and he has to close of the trench in which they dwell, pretty much killing them all off. The story is good but the art in this book is amazing, Ivan Reis once again delivers top quality for the books he is making. Also at the end of the book we get a preview to what to come for Aqua-man in the coming year, as he looks into who sunk Atlantis. 

THUMBS UP!  

Captain America And Bucky #625

        I am a big fan of Captain America he is one of my favorite super-heroes which is why I'm glad that they are doing a series that takes place both in the past but also a little bit in the present. In this book we see a story about the Captain America(William Naslund) and Bucky(Fred Davis) that took over after the original Cap and Bucky 'died'. It starts off with Davis telling his story of how he became Bucky. While he is telling his story an Android attacks him which is where Cap comes in and takes out the Android. After the fight Davis explains how the Android that had attacked that day was the same that had killed Naslund(Captain America) This then causes Steve Rogers to launch an investigation into why the android attacked and if the creator of the Android, Adam II, is back from  the dead. If any that made sense my hat goes off to you, my ramblings doesn't do the story justice. In the end I liked this issue it had good art and good writing, all a reader could wish for.

THUMBS UP! 

The Flash #4

     I haven't been reading comics for too long(only about two years) so at first I didn't know where to start. At first I was reading Deadpool, The Avengers, and Amazing Spider-man. It wasn't until I read a collected volume of Blackest Night that I got into DC stuff but after that I started reading Green Lantern and any book that Geoff Johns was doing at the time. So when I heard that Geoff Johns and an artist I had never heard of were going to do the Flash I decided to give it a try. Ever since that first issue I have been hooked on the Flash, he quickly became one of my favorite heroes. And that artist I had never heard of soon became my favorite artist and boy has he been doing a good job with this book. In this issue we see more of Manuel's past and how after his father died he vowed to kill the men responsible and so he signed up with a government agency and became a spy. But the agency conducted experiments on him that allowed him to regenerate limbs and whatnot. Manuel was them captured and tortued and after his jailers found out he could regenerate they started cutting of limbs. From those limbs bodies grew and thus the birth of Mob Rule(Yes I know that's lame) It was a good issue though and I'm curious to see where Manapul and Buccellato take this.

THUMBS UP!  

Ultimate Spider-man #5

       'It's really in bad taste.' Those are the only words I can think of when I hear mention of Ultimate Spider-man. Once would be ok but every single issue, come on Bendis. When Bucky took up Captain America's mantle people other characters didn't say it was in bad taste, the same is true of when Dick Grayson took up the Batman mantle. Anyways sorry for the little rant, other than the distasteful thing the book has been pretty good, we Miles go up against Electro this issue and then he is given a suit by Nick Fury. But the book it feels like it's missing something from it and I don't quite know what, its not the art because the art is excellent. I just found the writing Meh.

NO THUMBS(Meh.) 

Uncanny X-men #3

      Don't get me wrong I am a big fan of Kieron Gillen, but I have found it really hard to get into this book and like the characters that inhabit. Of course Cyclops has always been kinda a douche and Emma Frost isn't exactly the most humble X-man but that doesn't mean that the rest of the team has to be too. I feel like the only people who can relate to the characters in this book are rich snobs. It's to the point that I was rooting for Mr. Sinister to win. My favorite part of the book was when the Celestials show up that was cool. But unfortunately I think this will be the last issue I read of this until the team stops being so pompous. 

THUMBS DOWN!