When I looked at the New Comics Release List it said that Astounishing #7 had been moved from this week to December 22.

Damn, I forgot about Manhunter!

I picked up Batman, Batgirl, Flash and Green Lantern.

I'm finding Green Lantern rather confusing -- possibly because I don't know the backstory well enough.

And in the Flash, Wally's reaction to Linda somehow seemed sinister. Did anyone else think that?

I loved Bats and Batgirl. I agree that whoever the writer was did an amazing job with an issue that was primarily exposition.

I bought a TPB of Fables, as well as #8 (it was there for list, and earlier than the TPB, so I did).

Which trade?

totally didn't see the last page coming, and damn, nice job.

Yeah. My pusher recommended it to me, saying it was the kind of cliffhanger you totally should not be allowed to have earned in your very first issue, but it still works.

What's the defining characteristic of the Wildstorm imprint?

I was wondering that myself, as I realized Ex Machina was Wildstorm, not Vertigo.

Which trade?

Love Stories, I think? The one that starts off with Jack and the sack and the Grim Reaper.

Ah, Storybook Love. That's the only one I have, I think.

#8 probably falls somewhere during Animal Farm.

#8 probably falls somewhere during Animal Farm.

That sounds as good a description as any. Quite confusing -- revolution, guns, talking pigs.

My initial estimation of Brian K Vaughn -- good writer, really likes the word "retard."

Thanks for the recs. I'm really enjoying those I've tried so far.

Sweet! I'm glad.

I've read the first two issues of Murderer?, the first of which I'd already read, being the Ten-Cent Adventure I got for Free Comic Book Day.

Greg Rucka is really good.

P-C, I just re-read Murderer the other day in my quest to figure out What Makes Tim Tick.

Perhaps I will find out myself! I don't know much about Tim. Except that he was a Boy Stalker.

He's a little tightly-wound control freak who seems, at times, more Bat than Batman himself. And I love him so.