Oh, there's a good (old) one, not exactly a cross over with the X-world, but still involves them. It's the issue that introduces Gladiator. Anybody know more about that one?

Fantastic Four #249-250, and oh my God could I be any geekier than knowing that offhand?

Of course, her presence totally undermined that point I made that all of Matt's girlfriends have the life expectancy of a mayfly, so I was kind of peeved about the fact that she was on the cover.

Natasha does tend to avoid the whole dead girlfriend thing by killing anyone who crosses her.

Just got done reading Thomash's purchases of Astonishing X-Men 1 & 2 and now I want Joss to write this book forever.

As Hec has pointed out, he's hitting all the stuff from when I was hard core into the X-Men, back in the 80's. I remember Kitty's first day with the X-Men and their encounter with Emma Frost.

I also remember her first walk through the Danger Room.

There was one panel in #1, when they were sitting on the scale model of Hawaii, that the way Scott was drawn bore a very striking resemblance to Joss himself.

The dialog was, as is no surprise at all, emminently quotable, and absolutley hysterical. I was chuckling mightily the whole time (when I wasn't being floored by Joss' pitch-perfect emotional scenes -- Kitty's smackdown of Emma, Beast's question of Dr. Rao ).

Oh, and I practially screamed LOCKHEED!!!! when he showed up.

Okay, you know what was a bunch of crap? Superman & Batman Generations I.

Safe to assume that if I hated that I should skip II, I guess. Ick.

Batman: Harley & Ivy #3

Y'all found this? When I went to the comic shop tonight, it was nowhere to be seen. Bah.

As for Ultimate Fantastic Four, I picked up #8 tonight even if I haven't had a chance to read it yet. Since I posted the Reed/Victor UltFF story, I've had people begging for regulary continuity fic. Which I obviously don't know. t sigh

While I was wasting time before hitting the bar tonight, though, I did buy the second Birds of Prey and Lucifer, and Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?

Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?

The Powers contingent grows! Yes!

Lucifer

They're still publishing that? I'd forgotten. Read it for the first few years, and then, after awhile, realized I was terribly bored, so I stopped.

Has it gotten any better?

Lucifer, I loved at first, until it became all about the battle for control of Heaven. Zzzzzz.

Five Questions with Devin Grayson. Thematically spoilery through Nightwing #100. [link]

Oh, dude.

So, in some ways, it?s an the inner mission issue, if you will, where we build up to what?s happened, here?s why it?s untenable, and here is this amazingly bright and motivated and dedicated character deciding that he?s had enough and he?s gotta do something really different that he?s never done before.

Am I excited? Yes, I am excited.

Excited. VERY. Yes.

Comics today (Richard Dragon is coming in late. I'll get it Saturday.):

Batman 629: Huh. There are downsides to running with the slash crew, like having to go back and re-read sections after reminding yourself "think clean thoughts, chum." Dear Judd: please mind the subtext there, eh? I'm curious to re-read this once it's concluded. I'm not sure how I feel about the story, though I like the writing and (mostly) like the art. Don't care for how DN draws Alfred or Tim, though.

Batgirl 53: it's very Steph-centric, and as a result felt like a rehash of things we've read back in Robin 112-113 or so. Cass was really a secondary character in her own title, and it felt forced, in the way that issues that are laying ground for a possible main event feel.

Green Lantern 178: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's another break up for the men of DC as John Stewart gets dumped! Decent, though. Marz is hit or miss for me. He doesn't normally write the layers to Kyle that Winick and others have managed, but I'm enjoying the storyline with Fatality.

Batman: Harley and Ivy 3: giggle. That was a fun, silly ride.

Batman 629: I was going to ask about the way that Robin was drawn. I was surprised at how child-like he was drawn, but then I thought that they wanted the contrast with the Jason Nightmare.