Daredevil 500: Wow.  Shit actually happens.  One thing I give the DD crew props for is that they are not afraid to bend the status quo over and show it who’s the boss. Matt running the Hand?  In a country where Osborn is the good guy?  That actually has some legs.

X-Factor 48: Continues to be the best X-book.  Now that we’r drawing in on 50, you can kind of see where everything is going – but now how it’s going to end.  I have to say I wasn’t expecting the future villain to be who it is, but of course it makes perfect sense in the context of this X-Factor run.  Talk about tying up loose ends. I suspect there will only be one that gets away (the Rahne killing Madrox & Layla thing.  Not really addressable without Rahne….).

The cheap:

The required “death” in Blackest Night 03 was cheap.  C’mon – seriously?  Have some balls and kill a real hero, instead of yet another hero’s girlfriend.  Jesus Christ.  I mean.  REALLY?

Ultimates 3 02 was kinda cheap too, especially considering it was basically just one long origin issue.  I mean, the character concept for the Ultimate Red Skull is kind of interesting, but it’s not worth paying money to read a bout something so focused on it.  Especially considering there are exactly ZERO dimensions to his character, 2 issues in. Oh, he’s evil.  Why?  He was born evil, we guess.  MM kay.  Dumb.  Millar at his “best” of course.

Marvel Zombies is still going.  I guess there must be a desire to see our favorite Marvel characters get eaten and horribly disfigured.  Barf.

War of Kings – Who will Rule?: We all know how it was going to end, and it was kind of with a whimper but STILL.  Everything DnA are turning out in Marvel Cosmic lately is fucking gold son.  GOLD.

The meh:

Outsiders 22: I’m still not sure why this comic is being printed, but this issue was actually fairly decent.  It’s good to see Geo Force get some screen time, although I think he should change his name to something less 80s-Captain-Planetish with a quickness.  Still, nothing happening here worth $$.

Nomad, Girl without a World: This really didn’t need to happen.  Maybe it will tie back in with the whole two Captain Americas thing (maybe they need multiple layers of redundant sidekicks?) in a month or two but still, MEH.  Oh, and the Black Widow cockblocking the lead’s attempts to meet BuckyCap?  STUPID.  Really, really crappy writing.  Like an anti-Deux Ex-Machina.  “No, you can’t do the completely obvious thing that anyone in their right mind would do, instead you have to waste you time doing something else so we can fill up 3 more issues.” HUH? ( Yes, this should also be filed below).

Titans 17: Not particularly horrible but continuing a long string of one shots about the various titans, which looks like it will continue for at least another 3 months.   Where the hell is this title going with 3 of the “big” names heading to the JLA?  Some kind of merger with the Teen Titans?  I hope so.  Less books is almost always good.

The huh?:

Evidently one of the people with Selene in that Necrosha preview was Dazzler’s half sister.  Wow.  A character I actually had no idea existed.  I’m amazed that character sat dormant for so long.  Is that a limbo record for x-family?

War Machine 09: I guess Norman Osborn wins again?  Seriously?  Yawn.

The drek:

I skimmed the recent Dark Reign Punisher arc.  Wow, the art is horrible.   The skull on his chest is the only way I know which one the Punisher is.  And sometimes you can’t see the skull!

Magog 1: Why does this book exist?