The latest issue of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee’s “New 52” Justice League series entered month three of DC Comics’ line-wide relaunch. The title has become one of the best selling in years with two of the companies top creators telling a reimagined first meeting of DC’s mightiest heroes. This month (as the cover suggests) Wonder Woman was in the spotlight joining Batman, Green Lantern, Superman and the Flash, but a fair bit of attention was given to young Vic Stone as well.

Spoilers for Justice League #3 and details of the New 52 Wonder Woman will follow.

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James Asmus’ first issue of Generation Hope taking over for Kieron Gillen (who gave fans permission to buy the book since he didn’t have any of his own on the shelf this week) manages to strike a nice balance familiarizing readers with the principal characters and their mission, bringing new characters into the mix, and launching the team into their first adventure following Schism. Ibraim Roberson also enters as the book’s regular artist and all told the Regenesis rebranding has been very good to this title.

Spoilers for Generation Hope #13 will follow.

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

“I think we’re just getting started.”

Last week’s Halloween edition of Raw had a lot going on. The live show was held in Atlanta, Georgia, the site of WrestleMania earlier this year and fans were treated to a main event rematch between John Cena and The Miz. The show also featured special guests The Muppets who got involved backstage and in the ring!

We’re somewhat divided with regard to our feelings on last week’s guest stars appearing on the show, but we agree that we’d both like to see a quality show that gets by on its own merits without The Muppets or the next week’s special attraction, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

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The X-Men are very important to me and after months of anticipation the latest landmark moment for Marvel’s mutants is finally here in the form of  X-Men: Regenesis. All week we’ve had a lot to say about what’s seen print so far and as the rebranding rolls out through November there’s bound to be a lot more.

In order to keep track of all of our coverage, we’ve put together a portal to all things Regenesis here on MLD in our “Featured Posts” section. The page will serve as an ongoing collection of reviews and reactions to what’s happening within the X-Men line. Two new series, Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo’s Wolverine and the X-Men and a new volume of the long running Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen and Carlos Pacheco are already underway and all of the existing X-titles are seeing changes.

Check out everything that’s there now and be sure to come back for more X-Men: Regenesis on MyLatestDistraction!