Hustle, loyalty, respect, and perfect attendance are just a few of the qualities that make John Cena a top contender. WWE Champion, the Rock, will also be in attendance on tonight’s Raw.

Tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw emanates from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just two weeks from WrestleMania 29. With the biggest show of the year right around the corner, WWE only advanced two of the three big matches on the card last week and the rest of the show seemed to be on autopilot. Things may change tonight with the Rock in attendance, but I think most fans would agree that Raw should always strive to be something worth watching and the WWE Champion’s appearance should be a given from week to week, not a special occasion.

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Weekly comic books are a big part of my life and below is a list of what I’ll be picking up this Wednesday along with cover artwork and previews courtesy of Comixology’s Pull List app.

Last week’s “break” with only seven new books waiting for me will be completely erased tomorrow. If the shipping lists are accurate, there are eleven new books on my list this week. I can’t believe I’ll be alone in this being a huge week. 

• ALL NEW X-MEN #9– This book has been great since page one and hasn’t really let up. Stuart Immonen returns this issue and I’m not gonna lie, reading “the original five get new costumes” in the solicit has this at the top of my reading list. 
• AVENGERS #8 – Another title that’s been hitting a lot of high notes since its launch. Things are unfolding a bit slowly, but Jonathan Hickman rarely disappoints.
• CABLE AND X-FORCE #6 – I’m still not completely sold on this title, but I’ll keep coming back for Cable and Hope. Last issue went a long way to give some much needed perspective to what has been happening so far.
• CAPTAIN MARVEL #11 – I’m woefully behind on this series. Joe Quinones‘ cover for this one looks great.
• DOCTOR WHO: PRISONERS OF TIME #3 – Last issue gave a bit of an indication of what’s happening with the Doctor’s former selves, but with 11 Doctors and 12 issues it can’t continue the single issue treatment of each one without more threads pulling things together. I like seeing the old faces, but I don’t want this to wind up as only two issues of multi-Doctor team up.
• JUSTICE LEAGUE #18 – Still playing catch up.
• NEW AVENGERS #4 – Can’t wait to read what’s next here. Jock’s cover is incredible!
• NOVA #2 – I enjoyed the first issue of this series, but I wasn’t sure about continuing with it. The second issue falling in a big week does not help its chances of staying on my list.
• SAGA #11 – Brian K. Vaughan and Fioan Staples’ Saga gets a lot of well deserved praise each month. This issue should be no different.
• X-FACTOR #253 – The Hell on Earth War continues to bring Peter David’s plot threads together, and last issue’s cliffhanger was just the latest unexpected twist.
• X-TERMINATION #1 – I’m not reading any of the titles involved in this crossover regularly (Age of Apocalypse, Astonishing X-Men, and X-Treme X-Men), but I did follow all of them at one point. The advertising has captured my attention, and the connection to Rick Remender’s Uncanny X-Force has this on my list.

Check back every week to see what’s on My Latest Pull List and please share your thoughts on these titles and everything you’re reading this week in the comments.

Weekly comic books are a big part of my life and below is a list of what I’ll be picking up this Wednesday along with cover artwork and previews courtesy of Comixology’s Pull List app.

A break from having having eight new books on my list this time around. Seven is different from eight, right? Although there is that Giant Size X-Men #1 homage cover on IDW’s Ghostbusters #2… Maybe I’ll be coming home with eight new books today after all.

• AGE OF ULTRON #2– I didn’t hate Age of Ultron #1, but I’m not sure that I liked it. The violence was over the top, and I almost felt like I was reading a prequel to Mark Millar’s Old Man Logan. It has alternate universe written all over it (as the previews for the tie-ins also suggest), and I honestly can’t decide if getting thrown in the deep end from page one worked for me or not. It was enough to get me in the door for issue #2 though.
• BATMAN #18 – Death of the Family has come and gone and this issue brings in guest artist Andy Kubert. The solicit suggests this might be something similar to issue #12 that came on the heels of the big Court of Owls story, and it might be nice to take a deep breath before whatever is coming next.
• THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #10 – I’m honestly not sure if I’ve read the last issue of this series. It’s lost my interest a bit after a very strong start, but I can’t imagine I’ll be dropping it from my list any time soon.
• UNCANNY X-MEN #3 – I’m not entirely sold on some of the motivations of the stars of this series, but given what Bendis’ is doing in All New X-Men this one could pick up in a hurry. Plus, it’s Uncanny X-Men. There’s really no chance that I won’t be buying every one they ship.
• WOLVERINE #1 – This series probably would have landed on my list just with Paul Cornell and Alan Davis’ names on the creative team, but I’m trying all of the Marvel Now #1s. I don’t really care for Wolverine, but I’ve found myself looking ahead to what this series has in store and I’m going in thinking I might stick with it.
• WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #26 – I know I haven’t read the last issue of this series. In fact, I don’t think I’ve read the last five (I realize continuing to buy a book I’m not reading represents a problem). The cover suggests I may not like what’s in store, but I do enjoy Ramon Perez’s artwork.
• X-MEN: LEGACY #7 – I’ve let myself fall behind on this title as well, but seeing Blindfold on the cover, and the connection both she and Legion have to Destiny, might be enough to have me playing catch up Wednesday night.

Check back every week to see what’s on My Latest Pull List and please share your thoughts on these titles and everything you’re reading this week in the comments.

Weekly comic books are a big part of my life and below is a list of what I’ll be picking up this Wednesday along with cover artwork and previews courtesy of Comixology’s Pull List app.

Now it’s up to three straights week with eight new books on my list (one is a variant). This is a trend, although there are some books that are on the list now that might make it with me to the counter.

• A+X #5 – The novelty of this post-AvX title teaming up X-Men and Avengers has worn off for me at this point. The solicit for this issue promises a Beast/Iron Man story (which I like the prospects of), but it appears Iron Fist and Doop are taking center stage. What’s really putting this in the buy pile is the backup featuring Loki and Mister Sinister by Kieron Gillen. As much as I’m enjoying Brian Bendis’ X-Men, I do miss what Gillen was doing with the team.
• AGE OF APOCALYPSE #13 – I stopped reading this title back at issue #6, but the upcoming X-Termination crossover may pull me back in. This issue is a prequel to that story, so whether or not I pick up will largely be determined once I have a closer look at it in the store.
• AGE OF ULTRON #1 – I’m a sucker for Marvel events and even though this one seems like it should have shipped while Bendis was still writing the Avengers, I’ll give the first issue a look. It’s shipping at a rapid pace from what I can tell and the tie-in issues seem to have overlapping issue numbers with their regular series numbering (i.e. we’ll see both Uncanny Avengers #8 and Uncanny Avengers #8AU in the coming months) which is intriguing and suggests the story won’t interrupt the ongoing stories in those books.
• ALL NEW X-MEN #8 – I’m really enjoying this title and seeing the original X-Men meet the current Avengers should be wild. For the time-displaced X-Men, this is the first time they’re meeting the Avengers since they left their timeline sometime during X-Men #8 and didn’t encounter the Avengers until issue #9 during the original X-Men series. I’m also picking up the X-Men 50th Anniversary variant pictured above that features the original five by Stuart Immonen.
• AVENGERS #7 – After a series of issues focusing on some of the team’s new members, it looks like we’re getting to Jonathan Hickman‘s next story for the larger group and the mysterious “White Event.”
• CABLE AND X-FORCE #5 – I’m giving this title a long chance to grab me and the cover for this one suggests it might be exactly what I’m looking for. I want that exact scene to go down so Hope can get Cable to tell all of us what this book is about.
• IRON MAN #7 – I gave issue #6 a shot based on the cover, Kieron Gillen, and the promise of fall out for Tony Stark’s splintering of the Phoenix during AvX. Chapter one of Godkiller got a mixed reaction from me, in part due to the starkness of Greg Land’s interior art. I’ll give this book a look today, but I may be able to get my fill of Tony Stark in space in the new Guardians of the Galaxy.
  

Check back every week to see what’s on My Latest Pull List and please share your thoughts on these titles and everything you’re reading this week in the comments.

Weekly comic books are a big part of my life and below is a list of what I’ll be picking up this Wednesday along with cover artwork and previews courtesy of Comixology’s Pull List app.

A second straight week with eight new books on my list. Three of them have the word “Uncanny” in the title and that feels a bit strange…

• AQUAMAN #17 – I started out way up on this series, but after falling behind it may be time to call it quits now that the Throne of Atlantis crossover with Justice League has wrapped up. I’ll take a look at this in the store, but I don’t know that it will be joining me on the trip home.
• ASTONISHING X-MEN #59 – Another title I’ve fallen very far behind on, but the “X” on the cover means I have no choice.
• DOCTOR WHO: PRISONERS OF TIME #2 – I don’t regularly follow the print adventures of The Doctor, but the first issue of this series was solid. It captured the spirit and aesthetic of the First Doctor’s adventures nicely, and the only thing it lacked was an indication of the bigger storyline that will be bringing his various incarnations together. 
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALXY #0.1 – I’m a big fan of the current version of the Guardians, and enjoying Danny Abnett and Andy Lanning series that spun out of Marvel’s cosmic Annihilation events.Much like last week’s Nova #1, I’m not sure how this series will handle Star Lord’s return given that he was last seen trapped in another dimension with Thanos. If writer Brian Bendis’ foray into the X-Men’s corner of the Marvel Universe is any indication, this could be the start of something special. 
• UNCANNY AVENGERS #4 – After a fair number of delays, this book might be getting back on track. I still won’t believe it’s shipping until I see it on the shelf (which I actually had a chance to do last night, so it will be there for me this afternoon), but I’m very excited to read this issue. 
• UNCANNY X-FORCE #2 – The first issue of Sam Humphries half of the dueling Marvel Now X-Force titles went a long way to set up the conflicts we can expect to see, but the return of Bishop (last seen years ago in Duane Swierczynski’s Cable series) is the most intriguing element for me. The solicit promises we’ll see more of him here.
• UNCANNY X-MEN #2 – Brian Bendis’ relaunch of the flagship Uncanny X-Men series is off to an interesting start. It’s not quite as captivating after one issue as his All New X-Men series, but it’s very much what I’m looking for from an X-title following Cyclops now that he’s become such a polarizing figure in the Marvel Universe. The revelation of the traitor on his team was apparent pretty early, but it took nothing away from the impact and implications. Chris Bachalo‘s artwork is also a highlight. 
• X-MEN LEGACY #6 – The first arc of the new series featuring Legion comes to a close and I’m still not entirely sure I’m sold on the series. I’ll have two issues to catch up on once this is in my hands and hopefully they’ll make it clearer if I’ll have #7 on my pull list. There’s a chance I’ll stick with it just to get the Mike Del Mundo covers.

Check back every week to see what’s on My Latest Pull List and please share your thoughts on these titles and everything you’re reading this week in the comments.