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.

I’m thankful for a really light week to start April. I almost thought it was a joke when I first looked at the shipping lists.

• AGE OF APOCALYPSE #14 –  I’m going into Wednesday planning to get this chapter of the X-Termination crossover, but my resolve is wavering. I haven’t read chapter two yet and I’m honestly not sure how much I really need to continue here. 
• AGE OF ULTRON #4 – I’m expecting we’ll get a twist on what last issue’s revelation is really all about, but I’ll be satisfied with anything that puts together the pieces of how the Marvel Universe got to this point.
• ALL NEW X-MEN #10 – Always happy to see this on the schedule and after the ending to Uncanny X-Men #3 (which continues here) I can’t wait to see what’s next. The preview and cover also indicate Cyclops’ visit to the Jean Grey school isn’t the only thing to worry about.
• THANOS RISING #1 – Not completely sure about this one, but I’ll be giving it a serious look once I get to the store. I do enjoy Simone Bianchi’s artwork.

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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.

It’s an absolutely huge Wednesday with eleven new books for me this week.

• A+X #6 – It looks like the solicit and the cover for this book are out of sync again (at least for the backup story as the listed Mister Sinister/Loki story was published in A+X #5 at the beginning of the month). If this issue indeed features Wolverine and Captain Marvel, I’ll be getting it.
• AGE OF ULTRON #3 – I’m still not sure about this series, but I doubt that will stop me from seeing it through to the finish. It’s early yet, so the event still holds a lot of promise.
• AQUAMAN #18 – I’m really on the fence with this series. I fell behind in my reading quite a whole ago and haven’t been able to catch up. If I buy this issue, it will be my last until I’m up to date.
• ASTONISHING X-MEN #60 – An X-Termination tie in issue but one that would have been on my list regardless. I’m not sure that crossing over with the current line of alternate timeline X-titles helps or hinders my chances of enjoying this.
• EAST OF WEST #1 – Jonathan Hickman‘s Sci-Fi/Western series featuring the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. That description alone got the first issue on my list, and an advance look at the debut has me in for issue #2.
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 – The “Point One” issue of this series was outstanding and I’m very interested to see what Brian Bendis has in store for these characters. It will certainly be different from what Danny Abnett and Andy Lanning were doing in the previous series, and the addition of Iron Man is interesting even if it does suggest some cross-pollenation between Marvel’s print and film universes.
• PLANETOID #5 – Ken Garing’s digital-turned-print sci-fi comic returns from a brief shipping hiatus for the finale of this first mini-series. Issue #3 was a high point, but what I recall of #4 didn’t thrill me as much. I have high hopes for how this will wrap up and I highly recommend it for fans of tales from the desolate frontiers of outer space.
• UNCANNY AVENGERS #5 – I’m very excited about the prospects of this series shipping monthly (or at least closer to it). It was honestly the book I was most looking forward to with the Marvel Now relaunch, and I still look forward to seeing more of it. Artist Olvier Coipel drawing the issue is an added bonus. I’m still undecided on his variant cover for this issue featuring Wonder Man and Rogue.
• UNCANNY X-FORCE #3 – Will we get an explanation of Energy Bear Bishop?
• WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #27 – Still have a lot of catching up to do on this series.
• X-MEN: LEGACY #8 – I’m enjoying Legion in this X-Men-less X-Men book, and Mike Del Mundo‘s covers are outstanding every time out.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.
  

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