You mean Days of Future Past? I agree. That's one of the greatest covers ever.

I'm utterly confused by the Superman books because I didn't read any of the Lois & Clark books or the big crossover that wrapped up the New 52 version.

The Clayface inclusion was the only part of the premise I wasn't sold on when the book was first announced, but his section was really well written. I'm excited for continuing this series.

What did you read this week?

The magic fight scene is by far the highlight of the movie. I was truly enraged by the nonsensical ending twist, but I still rewound the movie after it was done just so I could watch that scene again.

I like that idea of using one title for the promotion that the film itself refuses to acknowledge. It's a great middle finger to the boneheaded studio marketing.

There was definitely an interesting movie in there. It was just chopped to pieces and hastily reassembled. I'd like to see this cut if it ever got released. At the very least, it should be more coherent than the version that we've already seen.

What current titles do we imagine lasting for a nice, long run? Ms. Marvel is the only holdover from pre-Secret Wars that I can picture lasting with the same creative team. Besides Dan Slott's Amazing Spider-Man, which at this rate will probably continue until we're all dead. At least one of Bendis' Iron Man books…

And then they went ahead and did Civil War again! Troooooooolls

In one of the recent CBR interviews, Brevoort mentioned how Marvel has definitely shifted towards a seasonal model and that the huge, multi-year runs of the past are happening much less frequently now due to the way the market has shifted. It explains how we're seeing so many quirky titles that aren't necessarily…

As a whole, I loved Secret Wars but was surprised by how disappointing the relaunch has been. The bungled release dates with issue #1s coming out concurrently with delayed Secret Wars comics really screwed things up in terms of hype. Even without the release troubles, I'm surprised that I just don't find the…

The huge turnout had everything to do with the cancelled Governor's Ball show. I assume that the majority of people there were either tourists in town for the festival or New Yorkers who had already requested plans to take off work the next day (such as myself). Whenever festivals get cancelled in NYC - like Electric…

You probably just need to know who Spoiler and Orphan are. Stephanie is basically the same character. Cassandra (and her dad) have quite different origins from their pre-New 52 incarnations, but her characterization is pretty true to form.

I like that this one at least brings him closer to his original iconic armored Robin suit. He was the first Robin to wear pants!

Oh I agree! That was a legitimately good. I guess I forgot because he later undid it in a very disappointing twist… =(

Is that going to be the same as the Cinematic Universe uniting those books? The only promising thing about the movies is that you have creators like Brian K. Vaughan and Michael Chabon in the writers' room. I wonder if they'll have a hand in the books, though I doubt it.

CrossGen was a pretty exciting imprint with some killer talent on both writing and art (Mark Waid, Joshua Middleton, Steve McNiven, and ugh - even Greg land at the time). The only reason I didn't dive deeper into the universe is because I didn't have a lot of disposable income at the time, and to be honest I wasn't…

*SPOILERS?*

Civil War 2's first half reminded me of SIXIS in a bad way, in the sense that both stories began with all of the characters going on a mission with a lot of contrived lighthearted banter that's supposed to make it more *tragic* once they start fighting each other. I get it - these characters like and respect each…

What's the elevator pitch for those two? What makes them the two that you regularly return to? (If you don't mind)