I assumed that the Iron Man in All New, All Different wasn't Tony Stark. There was a line about how they didn't have access to the Stark fortune (by Miles?). I mean, I guess that could be a much poorer Tony in there, but I took it as a strong hint that it was someone different.

I feel like one of the only people not excited for this. I'll probably see this when it's in the local second-run theater.

I borrowed Threshold from the library, as I wanted to see what happened to Jaime Reyes (SPOILER: not much). It was…okay, though it's clear Giffen didn't get to finish the story he wanted to tell. At least the last issue was hilarious.

I really liked the first issue of Southern Cross. My LCS got shorted on the second issue last week, which was pretty disappointing. Hopefully they'll get a copy in for me this week. I've heard it reads a bit more like a horror comic in the second and I'm interested in seeing how that plays out.

Picked up Kaijumax and Convergence: The Question this week. Kaijumax was a lot of fun and I'll definitely be sticking with it. Convergence: The Question was really everything I wanted from that story, referencing No Man's Land on the first page and focusing on characterization instead of worrying about the plot of…

You got one trade farther than I did. It's been a while, but I remember it was hard for me to differentiate between the ghosts and I didn't really get the characters' motivation.

I liked the Wake, but yeah, that ending.

Okay, thanks, I'll try to find the first trade using my library.

I read the first four trades of Scalped, and it wasn't really resonating with me, so I haven't felt compelled to finish it out. I know Southern Bastards is pretty much universally lauded. I read the first issue and thought it was fine but didn't see any reason to stick with it. Is the tone different enough from…

My library got the Axis hardcover that Marvel put out, so I read that. I actually enjoyed the first couple of issues, even if it did eventually go off the rails. But I'm really flummoxed that Marvel is asking $50 for that thing. 9 issues on terrible paper stock with absolutely no extras somehow warrants a $50 MSRP?

I read the first two Alias trades. They were alright, though I don't particularly like the art and found the use of white-space at times confounding. The never-ending word balloons are also off-putting. Not all that motivated to finish it, especially since I can't obtain them through my library.

I know nothing about the New 52 Question (I've heard that he is terrible), but to me, he is a new character. He just happens to share the name with a previous character. I do admit that the intention of that is probably and attempt to appeal to existing fans of the Question, but I can't imagine there are that many…

Since the New 52 relaunch, I don't really feel like DC has done this any more often than Marvel. The nature of the comics market is that lower selling titles are going to get canceled so that the companies can introduce something that could sell more.

I picked up the first Star Wars Legacy hardcover a month ago for less than $10 through TFAW, and I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it. I consider myself a casual Star Wars fan, and the fact that it took place an extended period of time after the original trilogy was refreshing.

I'm confused here. Do you see endings as an inherently bad thing? And if you're referring to early or unceremonious cancellations, those are far from exclusive to DC.

As someone who grew up outside Philly, cheering for the Big 5, and is a graduate student at Colorado State…this wasn't the best day for my rooting interests.

So I got all excited that Marvel announced a Runaways title to be written by Noel Stevenson until I realized it was a Secret Wars title that appears to have absolutely nothing to do with the characters. I was worried that I'd be buying a $4 (or $5) Marvel book for a second there.

Here's hoping one of the three is Detective Chimp.

This came up in the letters after the first trade came out. If I remember correctly, Rucka said that the backmatter wasn't included in the trades to keep costs down and that the premium price on the hardcover would allow them to include it there.

I rolled my eyes at the mention that this issue took place before the events of Axis, so I can't imagine I'm going to enjoy a Secret Wars tie-in.