HELL yeah!

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Small stack of comics today. Barely had time to read any.

Astounishing X-Men was fun. Not completely sold yet, but comfortable enough for the ride. (Unlike JLA, which I'm not sure why I'm still reading.)

Outsiders, on the other hand kicked, kicked kicked. If only for the Nightwing/Arsenel/Huntress dialouge. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Is the 3 issue Miracleman Apocrypha series worth getting?

It's been a while since I read Miracleman, but there was nothing I read that I wouldn't consider worth buying.

The Arsenal/Nightwing/Huntress dialogue was funny -- heck, the Nightwing/Huntress dynamic is always interesting -- but I keep feeling like the story is an excuse for the snark rather than vice-versa. I'm always happy to be convinced otherwise, of course.

Though, speaking of one-liners, I will say that in part 2 of the Tarantula Detective Comics run, I loved Batman's "Well, I don't traipse around half-naked" line to Catalina. Such a dad comment, right down to the use of the verb "traipse." And of course, then he told her to get out of his town. Which, who could argue with?

Got Ult. Spidey #59 and #60 as well as Ult. X-Men #44 and #46. They didn't have Ult. Spidey #58 and Ult. X-Men #45 so the owner said she'd try to get them from another store for me. In UXM, I can't believe they killed off Beast. I'm sad now.

I picked up Secret War #2, remembering people talking about it here, but they didn't have #1 so I put it back down. What is that series about, anyway?

I picked up Secret War #2, remembering people talking about it here, but they didn't have #1 so I put it back down. What is that series about, anyway?

The basic conceit is that all the high-tech supervillains (that is, the ones whose powers aren't mutant or alien or whatever, but based in having fancyass gadgets) are being funded by a foreign government. It's all very terrorist. So Nick Fury organizes a nice little team to take them down, which is what takes place in #2. #2 is actually mostly flashback, since the story proper, as set up in #1, is a year after whatever happened, and there are repercussions.

I am oddly excited by Onyx out of the ashram.

I loved the cover on Detective this week.

I keep feeling like the story is an excuse for the snark rather than vice-versa. I'm always happy to be convinced otherwise, of course.

Winick, and I'm stating the obvious, given his history, knows the Arrows and Lanterns better than he knows the Bats. His take on Roy is excellent (I don't think there's a writer out there who does a better Roy), and I wish Jade would get a little more play, because he writes her well, or did when doing Green Lantern.

In most of what he's read that I've written written that I've read, sorry for the weird reversal, but I was talking and typing at the same time, it's snark heavy, then he sucker-punches you.

The art could stand to be a lot more consistent on that title. I have no idea what Grace's hairstyle really is, nor how huge she's supposed to be.

Speaking of art, it's fondly familiar to have Alan Davis back in the X-world.

I have no idea what Grace's hairstyle really is, nor how huge she's supposed to be.

Variable. 7'.

The cover was excellent. I had to double-check that it was a Bat-title.

I thought that it was a little obvious that of course the person who would help the black guy is the black chick, in one of those weird we're trying to be PC but it's not working moves, but then when I thought about it if Oracle is trying to seem like a homeboy he probably couldn't have, say, Huntress watching his back.

See, I have no particular investment in the Green Arrow or Lantern mythoi of now, which might be part of the issue here. (I do kind of feel, as per Allyson I believe it was, that being defeatable by yellow is kind of lame). Much as I love John Stewart on the JLA 'toon. And another Buffista's LJ defense of him as the civil servant of superherodom! But that's as far as I've gone.