Another Spoiler related question: is her father dead? Could he have engineered an adoption for his own nefarious ends? Not that this makes any sense in relation to the War Games thing either!

I have very few people on my Official Avoid List. Actually, I think it's basically Austen and Byrne.

Austenmay well be the only one officially on it. I'd rather read Denny O'Neil and his fucking shape-shifting space monkey than his crap. Pardon my Anglo-Saxon. Austen's idea of characterization evidently invovles everyone losing their personalities and having inappropriate, kind of squicky sense, with what bits of character they have remaining being things that were resolved before I graduated high school. Not that I'm bitter about what he did to the Avengers or anything. Or the X-Men. I didn't even try his JLA. I refuse to even look at it until Busiek picks it up.

On the other hand, at least he didn't pretend the Doom Patrol never happened.

ETA: Oh, and Sumi, Spoiler's dad is Cluemaster. He wears an orange suit and a hankie over his face. He's a second rate Riddler, and really, the only interesting thing he ever did was die. Nefarious plans with infants? Not thinking it's happening.

I do not like Austen's X-Men. Sure, I buy it, but I just dumped Excalibur -- I'm not ready to dump too many at once.

sumi, victor, Cluemaster supposedly died in the first issue of Sucuide Squad v.3 a few years ago, but it looks like he may be lurking about in the background of the FBI facing off against the Rogues in Flash ...

Really, Cabil? My goodness, that's...disturbing.

Anyone reading Ultra? I picked up the first two issues yesterday and it's pretty compelling so far. It borrows quite a bit from Powers, particularly the Little Deaths arc.

Speaking of Powers: Miracle Man, I just got the original art of the 2-page scene of the autopsy of Retro Girl in the mail today. You have to come over and check it out!

Mmm. The fourth issue of Serenity Rose was sure good.

I'm very happy to be back in a place with a good comic store. I'll be able to read this thread again!

I finnaly got to read the new Astounishing, and I absolutely *loved* the panel where Logan, Hank and Emma first see Colossus. Oh man. The looks on their faces were priceless. The bit back at the school, with the kid who was "cured" was pretty moving, as was Peter and kitty's conversation. The whole thing felt very Jossy, moreso even than earlier issues. I think it was something about the timing on the jokes, combined with the angst.

What Holli said on Astounishing.

How long is Joss' run? Why am I seriously worried that he's been given orders to leave it hanging to keep people buying the title?

I think it's 12 issues.