Anybody read Shiny Shelf? Looks like a UK genre media review site. In a review of Astouishing X-Men the reviewer says:

Whedon chooses to re-introduce the core team via returning X-Man Kitty Pryde (aka Shadowcat) who you can’t help but suspect was the existing X-Man whose character most appealed to him .It is very hard for a ‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ fan not to notice the similarities in Kitty’s cautious return and Buffy’s arrival in Sunnydale. And two rival heroes in love with a dead heroine who keeps coming back from the grave? It’s even harder not to notice the dialogue similarities: I spent a happy moment working out the analogs (Cyclops is Angel, Wolverine Spike, Beast Giles etc etc) yet there is plenty to enjoy for the non-‘Buffy’ fan. Emma Frost is back on Ice Queen form, savage with her putdowns and exquisitely drawn. Beast’s leonine features have been softened and his tweed ‘Henry McCoy’ suit is back. Wolverine and Cyclops’ animosity continues, despite Jean’s death.

I don't think that Ple would map that way.

Hey -- the previews for next week are up at the Comics Continuum -- there are pages of Astounishing X-Men #2 and look! in The Flash there is a Giant Gorilla! Plus Nightwing!

Sorry for making everyone invisible!

I'm looking at a DC timeline and couldn't help but notice that in 1965...

Starman and Black Canary team up in Brave and Bold 61.

They also say that in August of 1965:

Wonder Woman converted from a girl's comic to a fan-boy oriented super hero book. Sales plummet (WW156).

I'm not sure exactly what they mean by that conversion. What was WW doing before that fanboys hated? Having romances?

This is kind of addictive.

In April of 1970:

Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams try to revive the dying Green Lantern title by adding Green Arrow and story lines ripped from "today's headlines" The "relevance era" begins. Beginning of the Bronze Age.

And a famous talent raid from the summer of 1970 that influenced all kinds of 70s comics:

Carmine Infantino, Joe Orlando and guide Tony deZuniga treak to the Phillipines in search of new artistic talent. They sign up the Redondo Studio, including Nestor Redondo, Alfredo Alcala, Alex Nino and Ernie Chan and soon their artwork is flooding the mystery and war titles.

Sumi giant gorillas are a frequent thing. Normally, it's Grood. Who is a nutburger.

What was WW doing before that fanboys hated? Having romances?

Has the world forgotten Capt. Steve Trevor so soon?

It's true. Gorilla Grodd is a fairly major Flash-foe, as it happens. It's a little embarrassing for him.

Man, I can't spell today!

And, embarrassing for Flash, or for poor Grodd?

Possibly both.

Okay, anyone want to talk Daredevil ? Cause damn. A week after I'm all, "I just read it out of habit now," Bendis goes and hooks me on the story's own merits again.

I loved the return to Matt's psyche. All these Matt-less issues were kind of alienating me as a reader. I loved the page of thoughts with a Matt/Daredevil split image. This is the kind of thing I read superhero comics for, the psychological perils of the job.

I wondered at first whether Bendis was setting this in the same universe as The Ultimates, but then Nick Fury was white, and not Samuel L. Jackson.

And Black Widow? Hot. Actually, I realized something I liked about Milla. She wasn't drawn hot. Attractive, yes. But not comic-book hot, like any of Matt's previous girlfriends. It's refreshing once in a while. Natasha, though? Still rowr.

Not to mention, Bendis brought the funny. The Ben/Matt phone conversation was great. "'Certain peril'? Are you writing the article in your head before it's even happened?" And Natasha's obvious comeback to Matt's assertion that his life was in disarray.

So whew. My faith in the title has been reinvigorated. As proof, I picked up two more used trades, Wake Up and Echo Vision-Quest. The latter I had previously sworn not to get cause it didn't do much for me, but I was willing to believe I hadn't appreciated it enough before. And Mack's art is gorgeous.

Now all I'm missing is Hardcore, and my trade collection will be complete and up-to-date!

And even though it's the new, yellow cover, it seems to be the only one I'll find, so I picked up Dark Knight Returns after having passed on it before. So I finally own DKR. About time, huh?