I think it is, but it's very reliant on Hickman's Avengers and New Avengers runs. It's probably a much different read if you aren't familiar with those books. We're also not very far into the event and I think it's going to become a very different thing pretty quickly here. Anyway, if you liked the FCBD issue you…

Yeah, I have that first hardcover collection of FC, which is a nice book, but really want to get my hands on the Absolute edition. 7 extra pages from Morrison & Mahnke is an exciting prospect.

Cassaday's work on the Batman story is goddamn brilliant.

I'm absolutely loving Infinity and Battle of the Atom. BotA in particular has a really nice pace to it and has built very organically out of all the events in the X-books since the NOW relaunch. It really feels like the X-crossovers of my childhood in the best way possible.

All three comics discussed here are great. Superior Foes could do with a better title, but it's such a fun read.

Both Batman and Deadpool have semi-recently had relaunches that make it very easy to pick up and go. Start with Batman by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo - there are a few collections out now - and Deadpool by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn (Tony Moore is the artist on the first arc/collection).

Trust me, you will not regret your purchase. This is a series you're going to want to keep up with, rather than hearing about it for years.

It puts the Punisher squarely in the Marvel Universe (especially the War Zone miniseries that ends the run), but doesn't lose the gritty feel. Rucka really made the Punisher feel like a force of nature - plus he gives him a beard. Beard's a win.

You really need to read Greg Rucka's Punisher run. It's excellent. Very different from Ennis' take or Jason Aaron's but just as good.

There are several Fantastic Four stories where someone quits or dies or is otherwise disposed, and replacements are brought in. For example, in the current comics the F4 are on a trip through space and time so there is a backup team of Ant-Man, She-Hulk, Miss Thing and Medusa in New York.

BKV has said he has an endpoint in mind, but that it'll be a very long series, longer than his previous books like Y the Last Man (which was 60 issues).

Yeah it's a headscratcher, but according to Gillen himself, "...Avatar have plans." for digital. There'll be a hardback collection out for NYCC though if you're interested.

This is from (I think) last week, but Kieron Gillen's Über is really developing nicely. Gillen can do no wrong in my eyes but this is a book that's way outside what you'd expect from him, and he's nailing it.

Lemire's done a ton of creator owned work, much of it before he ever started at DC. All of it's great, Sweet Tooth is probably the best of it. Essex County is great too.

Saga, by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples.

I'm not sure I'll ever be as into another superhero run like I was Grant Morrison's Batman. There was a stretch where every issue felt more like an event comic than the actual event comics being published at the same time. The art didn't match up to the story's scope here and there, and it's a real bummer that this…

I think you're confusing Grant Morrison with Mark Millar.

He has a cape. Look at the preview shot for the video again to see it clearly, it's the yellow material under his arm. Robin's look in general reminds me of the current Red Robin costume, just without the awful wings.

Yeah, uh, I played that and apparently immediately forgot about it (says a lot about the quality of the DLC, I suppose). My mistake. Still, my original point was B&R co-op. I think that's the next big challenge for this franchise to tackle.

Like the Batcave in the challenge DLC, that does not count. I'm talking playable co-op Batman and Robin, or at least real playable single player Robin content along the lines of Catwoman.