GARRISON #2 - The first issue was surprisingly good in a vague, set-up sort of way. Over the past year or so, WildStorm has produced some interesting mini-series. Where North 40 was a sample from the horror genre and Red Herring was from the… uhm, X-files section, Garrison is an action-adventure/espionage story. And so far it has been pretty good.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #632 - Shred! The Lizard story arc continues and the Gauntlet begins to close as the Grim Hunt draws near. So far, Shred! has been a well executed chapter in the Gauntlet and the build up to the Grim Hunt is almost boiling over into the main story. Join Zeb Wells and Chris Bachallo as Amazing marches on!
SECRET AVENGERS #1 - Steve Rogers, War Machine, Hank McCoy, Moon Knight, Black Widow, Nova, Valkyrie… in days past that might sound like a really bad West Coast Avengers reunion, but not any today. Not sure how the Beast got off Utopia (ahem), but this promises to be the dark-horse, sleeper series of Heroic Age. Either that or its going to be really bad (think: West Coast Avengers reunion).
THUNDERBOLTS #144 - Luke Cage comes full-circle. A reformed con become super hero/Avenger takes the reins of the Thunderbolts! The T-Bolts have become Marvel’s answer to the Suicide Squad with better storytelling. The Heroic Age sampler from last week was a tasty look into the future of the T-Bolts. Juggernaut, Crossbones, Ghost, Moonstone and Man-Thing round out Cage’s team. With a cast like that, what could go wrong? Man-Thing… ?
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #13 - LOST is over and done with. The Sarah Connor Chronicles are gone. But you still need your time travel fix? Don’t worry Weapon X has got you covered (for better or worse)! Join super-star Jason Aaron (w) as he takes Wolverine & company up against an army of time travelling cyborgs. You’ve seen that movie, but wait… these are Deathloks! I know, not really all that different, but this story arc has been a fantastic read.
X-FORCE #27 - Second Coming Chapter Nine. The X-men and a portion of San Francisco are jarred-up beneath a Stephen King-like sphere. Bastion has Nimrods (who look a lot like Iron Man) pouring through a portal through the Golden Gate. Also, don’t miss X-Men: Second Coming – Blind Science, an ancillary (tie-in) mini-series that starts this week!
