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My Latest Pull List – October 10th, 2012

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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 a big Wednesday with ten new books on the list, the start of Marvel Now!, and New York Comic Con this weekend.

  • AVENGERS #31 – I’m assuming this is Brian Bendis’ final arc on the series . Did we ever get that Ultron War?
  • AVX: CONSEQUENCES #1 – As the distance from Avengers versus X-Men grows, I’m liking the event more and more. It had its share of flaws, but Kieron Gillen’s Uncanny X-Men tie-ins were among the best and I have high hopes for this series.
  • BATMAN #13 – DC’s Zero Month is over. The Joker is back. It’s time for the Death of the Family and I haven’t been this interested in a Batman book in a long time.
  • FIRST X-MEN #3 – I may end up liking the Neal Adams variant for Uncanny Avengers #1 more than this series by the time it’s over, but for now I’m enjoying it and it hasn’t been the continuity disaster it threatened to be.
  • MASSIVE #5 – I’m late to the party on this sci-fi series from Brian Wood, but after seeing Antarctica in the preview for the issue I had to check it out.
  • SECRET AVENGERS #32 – I’ve been happy to get back to Rick Remender’s story after the AvX tie-ins on this title, but I’m fearing a rushed wrap up as Marvel Now! rolls out. This issue has a great Art Adams cover.
  • TRANSFUSION #1 – A new mini-series from IDW that promises a future overrun by out-of-control machines and monsters, a handful of human survivors, and their fight to regain a normal life. From 30 Days of Night‘s Steve Niles and menton3 of Monocyte.
  • UNCANNY AVENGERS #1 There’s a lot of hype as this book users in Marvel Now! but what has me most interested is the X-Men’s  Havok as an Avenger. I’m also a big Rogue fan and with Rick Remender writing this is a must buy for me. Then there are all those variants…
  • WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #18 – I give this series a lot of grief for being too silly for my taste at times, but the preview for this issue suggests a more serious tone in the wake of AvX. Jorge Molina art is another plus.
  • X-MEN #37 – I need to catch up here, but the last few issues seemed very out of sync with all the AvX business. I don’t want or need every book to tie into Marvel’s major events, but this book involves a lot of characters that had big roles to play.

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.

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Fiona Apple “The Idler Wheel” review‏

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I don’t know if I’d call this a “review,” necessarily, more just my thoughts on an album, directly after I heard it, two times. That actually says something telling to me though. I love Spotify, and find it incredibly simple to click around and listen to a smattering of Everything. It’s all so easy it seems I have no attention span for music anymore, but when I listened to this album, I took it all in, listened to its ten tracks without stopping, and when I was done, I turned off Spotify and took my headphones off. A few hours later, I put my headphones back on and listened to Fiona Apple’s latest album The Idler Wheel… again, in full, to the end.

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Monday Night Raw Warm Up for October 8th, 2012

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Vince McMahon returns to deliver his “State of the WWE” address tonight in Sacramento at the Powerbalance Pavilion. A confrontation between WWE Champion C.M. Punk, Paul Heyman and the Chairman may be exactly what the show needs.

Tonight’s edition of Raw follows in the wake of a record 15-year-low rating for WWE last Monday, causing the company to rush into panic mode and bring back their most bankable performer. It’s not Steve Austin, The Rock, Bruno Sammartino, Hillbilly Jim, The Brooklyn Brawler or the ghost of “Macho Man” Randy Savage returning this evening. It’s Vince McMahon. Will the chairman’s presence inspire changes? His infrequent appearances have usually signaled a fairly prodigious event, but we can only hope that his appearance tonight results in a revolution greater than who fills in the general manager spot.

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My Latest Pull List – October 3rd, 2012

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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.

My list has been cut back down from ten last Wednesday to six new books on my list this week. Dropping Marvel’s Age of Apocalypse after issue #6 a few weeks back freed up some cash to try things like the latest new series from Image, Non Humans.

  • Amazing Spider-Man #695 – Glad to see the Alpha storyline wrap up last issue as the run up to #700 starts. The rumored return of the Hobgoblin is actually kind of thrilling.
  • Avengers vs. X-Men #12 – It all ends here! And I think I’m ready for it. I’ve enjoyed the series well enough and it’s time to see how things wrap up.
  • AvX: Vs. #6 – This series was mostly a disappointment for me, but Hope Summers and the Scarlet Witch (who are featured on the cover) are the characters I’ve really wanted to see more of in AvX.
  • Non Humans #1 – Image Comics has been knocking it out of the park lately and a series billed as Blade Runner meets Toy Story sounds too good to pass up.
  • Uncanny X-Force #32 – Rick Remender has his work cut out for it trying to outdo his Dark Angel Saga (and really the first 18 issues of this series). I’m generally enjoying the Final Execution arc currently running in this book, but it’s a bit all over the place and the inconsistent art teams have only added to that. I think this is another Phil Noto issue and that should help tremendously.
  • Uncanny X-Men #19 – Kieron Gillen’s Uncanny has been great and he’s taken various events and the renumbering in stride. This is another issue that’s very tied to the events of AvX, and #18 (which was heavily tied to AvX #11) was brilliant.

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.