Whenever they go back, it'll have to be in some weird way and not like Beast was pitching in the early issues of ANXM. Because, as much as Professor X is a jerk, I can't imagine Marvel doing a storyline where he removes someone's newly discovered sexual orientation from their mind against their will. I don't think…

I agree with Oliver that we need to see where the story's going before we make any final judgments, but given that Bendis only has a couple issues left and it takes him six issues to tell even a small story, I doubt we'll get much closure. I also don't see how this could be brought up in any X-Men Secret Wars books,…

I like Gotham Academy as much as anybody but unless you have access to DC's digital sales charts, I don't know how you could call it a success. Comichron has #6 barely cracking 20k, which is already near cancellation levels.

I don't know where else to share this, but I found a nice copy of Sandman #1 at my local Half-Price Books Outlet last night. It was just hanging out in the dollar comic bins along with a couple of very late issues in the run - I'm figuring either someone sold it by mistake (and then HPB didn't realize what it was) or…

To piggyback off of the other comments, I'd recommend X-O Manowar as the one Important title if you had to get only one. (They've also been releasing nice Deluxe HCs of most of their titles if that interests you.) It's a solid story and is much better than what Venditti's been doing on GL. XO is also the main focus of…

I only had two this week, Divinity and Bucky, but next week has 13, so that'll make up for it. But this small week helped me catch up on all of my floppies, which I hadn't been caught up on since December. Hawkeye 21 was the standout, I suppose - I can't wait for 22 this time next year! (Which actually fits Aja's…

I would've picked up Divinity because I like Kindt and Valiant's miniseries, but the fact that it had a nice, hard cover and nice paper quality made it a guarantee. Recently, I was reading one of my only Marvel books - Ant-Man, I think - and by the time I was done reading those 20 pages, my thumbprints were all over…

Kind of, but Homeland only got 12 (maybe 16) hours of story out of that. Everything since has been the show floundering because it lost its premise.

I know what you mean. I started picking up most of my DC books in part because they were 2.99 and I wanted to support that price point. At this point, I'll buy a 3.99 Big 2 book if I really really want it, but I'm very choosy and willing to drop it quickly. I might be okay if they used better paper stock for the story…

I bought Rumble mostly based on the insanity of that solicitation and I wasn't disappointed. Excellent action as you described, Oliver, and I'm willing to give them time on the character front. (The "'Human?' Seriously?" line went a long way for me.)

The DC number is even higher when you consider all of the weekly series ending as well - I know The New 52 is more marketing than an actual number, but when those weekly books launched, I remember them saying they effectively worked as 4 titles each. If you count those, DC's cancelling nearly half of their line.…

I've only made it through about half of my stack from this week and last week. Loved the Superior Foes finale. I'm liking Low, although it'll read a lot better in trade. I continue to be along for the ride on Trees. I love Ales Kot but I think I'm about ready for Secret A to conclude. I'm glad I gave Memetic a shot -…

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm looking forward to revisiting it down the line. And as is, I wasn't disappointed in it - it's just a big story with a lot of ideas, so I'm going to need some time to break it down. Year One and Killing Joke are probably the only better Batstories I've read. (I'm not sure I'd put any of…

I always assumed the years-long delay for Multiversity was in part due to waiting on Quietly to finish so many pages, so I'm curious now that we've seen this if we're going to get Jupiter's Legacy on a more consistent schedule. Millar said back in September or so that Quietly only had a couple pages left (and I think…

I'm glad to hear you say that about #10. All Star Superman was one of the first comics I read, and the moment I got through #10, I put it down and said, "Well, that has to be widely acknowledged as one of the best single issues ever, right?" I Googled it and found a link to the suicide page, I think, but not much…

I don't know why, but I told myself this was the week to read Dark Knight Returns. I had convinced myself when getting into comics that I should save the classics for when I could appreciate them more - now, a few years in, I was just putting it off. After finishing that, when talking to my friend Monday about Pax, he…

I think DC's business practices are fascinating. Marvel's run like a normal company - they're constantly trying to make the most profit possible, pushing every book to 3.99 and doing crossover after crossover because they sell. DC, meanwhile, keeps books at 2.99 despite knowing they'd probably make more money at 3.99,…

Well, he tore everything down initially but he's building it back up, since Jonah and Capucine are now available whenever in the Green. And I figure Arcane/Abby will come back in this last arc somehow. I fear this doesn't really matter, though, as sales are so low that I figure the book will just die when Soule…

As for other books…

They've only put out one issue, so I don't want to be too harsh. But the art is pure DC house style, and Sorrentino was the primary reason I was buying the book. Lemire's run introduces some cool new pieces to play with, and the new team got rid of those in a single panel and instead Green Arrow fights some guys and…