New Comics for December 23, 2009

BOOM COMICS

Irredeemable #9

DC COMICS

Arkham Reborn #3 (of 3)
Blackest Night JSA #1 (of 3)
Detective Comics #860
Gotham City Sirens #7
Green Lantern #49
Jack Of Fables #41
Justice Society Of America #34
Madame Xanadu #18
Northlanders #23
Superman #695
Teen Titans #78
Unknown Soldier #15
Victorian Undead #2 (of 6)
Web #4
Wildcats #18
Wonder Woman #39
Worlds Finest #3 (of 4)

DYNAMITE COMICS

Black Terror #6
Complete Dracula #5 (of 5)
Garth Ennis Battlefields Happy Valley #1 (of 9)
Zorro #18

IMAGE COMICS

Angelus #1 (of 6)
Chew #7
Cyberforce Hunter Killer #1 (Of 5)
Frank Frazettas Dark Kingdom #3 (of 4)
Image United #2 (of 6)
Invincible #69
Milo Ventimiglia Presents Berserker #2
Tracker #2 (of 5)
Witchblade #133

MARVEL COMICS

Amazing Spider-Man #616
Avengers The Initiative #31
Black Widow & The Marvel Girls #2 (Of 4)
Captain America Reborn Who Will Wield The Shield (One Shot)
Criminal The Sinners #3
Dark Avengers Ares #3 (Of 3)
Doctor Voodoo The Origin Of Jericho Drumm (One Shot)
Fall Of The Hulks Gamma
Fantastic Four #574
Guardians Of The Galaxy #21
Incredible Hercules #139
Iron Man Vs Whiplash #2 (Of 4)
New Avengers #60
New Mutants #8
Powers #2
Punisher #12
Secret Warriors #11
Spider-Woman #4
Thor #605
Uncanny X-Men #519
What If Astonishing X-Men
What If Spider-Man House Of M
Wolverine Origins #43
Wolverine Weapon X #8
X-Men Forever #14
X-Men Legacy #231

Kevin’s Picks

Green Lantern #49

The only DC comic I am getting this week and one that I am actually looking forward to reading. While I have been very critical of Geoff Johns work on the Blackest Night mini-series he has done a fantastic job with the Green Lantern tie-ins to Blackest Night. And I look forward to seeing John Stewart finally getting some screen time.

Amazing Spider-Man #616
Amazing Spider-Man has been a solid read the past few months and Fred Van Lente did a good job with the re-introduction of Sandman in the last issue. Also look forward to seeing more of Javier Pulido’s artwork which was great in the last issue.

Fantastic Four #574
Hickman has been absolute money on this title and has quickly become a must read again, which is something I have not said about the Fantastic Four since Waid and Wieringo run.

Guardians of the Galaxy #21 Guardians of the Galaxy continue to be one of the best titles on the stands. DnA have just been working their magic on Marvel’s cosmic universe and I expect another fun issue of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Wolverine Weapon X #8
Jason Aaron has brought Wolverine back to being a kick ass character with this title. This new story arc has just been a insanely fun story that has Wolverine in a different type of setting than is not normal for the character which is great.

Matt’s Picks

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Willow
Angel #28
Angel Annual #1

I can’t wait for the Willow one-shot. And as for the Angel books (Angel #28 and annual #1), I’m very excited to see what the new creative team is going to do with this book. As a Buffy/Angel fan who ultimately likes Angel better, it’s been heartbreaking to see Dark Horse do brilliant Buffy Season Eight comics while IDW has churned out terrible Angel books. With Willingham on board, maybe things will turn around.

Matt’s Nix

Rokk recently mentioned some of his all-time fave books that currently suck: I’m gonna go ahead and add “What If?” to that list. I just finished “What If” World War Hulk and Secret Invasion, and these are no longer alternate reality books – they’re just an excuse to put out one more comic with (Insert Event Name Here) printed on the cover. LAME.

Jim’s Picks

Irredeemable #9
Waid’s work at Boom continues to impress me. If you have not been following this, pick up the first issues. It is worth it.

Black Terror #6
I enjoy traditional super hero stories. Alex Ross’s Project Superpowers consistently gives me that type of story. This reminds me of the JSA when it first returned to modern comics.

Invincible #69
One of my favorite super hero books. Kirkman’s character work is amazing. This issue is part of the lead in to the big Viltrumite Invasion. It seems like when a person tries this book, they are hooked. Don’t miss another issue of one of the best books on the market.

Rokk’s Picks

We have a huge shipment of comic books headed our way today.  But, I have to admit that I am not really all that excited to read most of the titles coming out this week.  That has been more and more of a common theme with the past few months.  That is certainly a disturbing trend.  It is not that I dislike any of the comics that I will be getting today.  It is just that I am lukewarm on them.  A tepid response from a reader is the first sign that apathy is setting in.  It certainly seems like my pull list is about to get a healthy trim if this trend continues.

Green Lantern #49 is pretty much the only DC comic book this week that really grabs my interest.  Johns has been doing a much better job turning more enteraining stories on this title than he has on Blackest Night itself.  I have been looking forward to John Stewart’s story involving Black Lantern Xanshi.  Hopefully, we will get another solid tale with this issue.

Justice Society Of America #34 is the DC comic book that is on the spot.  This issue has to be flat out amazing in order to save this title from getting dropped from my permanent pull list.  I have been resoundingly unimpressed with Willingham and Sturges on this franchise.  I do think both men are talented writers.  However, I do not think that the Justice Society of America is the franchise that best suits their particular talents.

I am looking forward to Fantastic Four #574.  Hickman has been fantastic on this title.  I enjoyed Millar’s run on Fantastic Four, but I believe that Hickman’s run is going to be even better.  Hickman is bringing with him that classic 1960’s Marvel Sci-Fi feel to his stories.

Guardians Of The Galaxy #21 should be another great read.  DnA are like mad scientists when it comes to this title.  They constantly crank out one insane plot line after another.  This title is excellently plotted and keeps the reader guessing.  There is simply no way to know what in the world DnA has in store for us next on this title.

I know that Incredible Hercules #139 will be another incredibly entertaining read.  This title has been a blast and the current Assault on New Olympus story arc has been great so far.  The only thing that I am upset about concerning this title is that Marvel is canceling it.  That is incredibly depressing.  Incredible Hercules is one of Marvel’s better titles.  It is certainly a far better read than most of Marvel’s titles that consistently place in the top 25 of the monthly sales charts.