I’ve avoided discussing IDW’s Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time for a while now because I felt it wasn’t progressing in any meaningful way. Looking back at the brief comments I’d made regarding everything beyond the first issue in my weekly pull list posts, I was afraid my criticism would have become redundant. Each issue has provided a fun new adventure for each of the Doctor’s first six incarnations, but they have essentially been isolated tales  of a particular Doctor and his companions with little connective tissue to hold the issues together.That all changes with the arrival of issue #6 in comic shops this week, and my interest and excitement for the series has been renewed.

Spoilers for the issue and series will follow.

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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.

Twelve (?!?!) new books on my list for this Wednesday. A large number seem to have an “X” in the title. The last Wednesday of the month normally has a lot of titles fall into it, but this is ridiculous.

• AGE OF ULTRON #10AI – I’m not at all sure that I’ll be bringing this home with me, but I feel like I need to at least check it out. I have a feeling it’s going to provide more of an ending than issue #10.
• ALL NEW X-MEN #13 – I honestly can’t wait for this. The preview promises that the slow burn we’ve been seeing is about to become an inferno.
• BATMAN SUPERMAN #1 – I’m not certain about this book but with Greg Pak writing and Jae Lee art I don’t see how I can’t at least try it out.
• DOCTOR WHO: PRISONERS OF TIME #6 – After reading an advance preview, it looks like this series is going to start delivering more of the bigger story spanning the Doctor’s timeline going forward. It’s a really fun issue and I’m looking forward to posting a review later today.
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #4 – I almost missed this title on my list this week. I’m not enjoying it as much as the last volume of the book by Dan Abnett and Any Lanning, but Brian Bendis has been keeping me interested so far.
• JUSTICE LEAGUE #21 – I really need to catch up on this title. It’s about to become the third series I’m following to hit a major story arc that I can’t dive right into.
• NOVA #5 – I though I’d dropped this title at #3, but it found it’s way back in after seeing that the first arc/origin of the new Nova was ending here. I’ll likely only get it if I can find #4 on the shelf as well.
• UNCANNY X-FORCE #7 – I like where this series is heading. Spiral is a huge draw for me, but seeing the whole cast come together has been great.
• UNCANNY X-MEN #7 – Feels like a lot of time has passed since issue #6. I’m enjoying the Limbo story well enough, but I’m anxious for things to move on. Hopefully this issue will change my mind.
• THE WAKE #2 – I still haven’t gotten to the first issue of this new series from Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy but I’ll take a look at the second issue today. A $2.99 price tag and a 10-issue run make it more appealing.
• WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #32 – Need to catch up on this book as well.
• X-MEN #2 – This series is off to a great start. Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel have set it near the top of my reading list after one issue. I’m not sure the adjectiveless title does enough to distinguish it.

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.

Is Mark Henry hanging up his boots and retiring? Not at all, and he pulled off one of the most entertaining fake outs of all time last Monday on Raw. Henry only seems to be improving with age and we’re hopeful the trend continues.

Let us unleash a hearty WOO! as Monday Night Raw returns to Ric Flair Country and hits the North Charleston Coliseum in South Carolina tonight. WWE is coming off of two weeks of solid programming and a great pay-per-view with the new Payback event on the schedule. Last Monday’s show was rife with satisfying turns, twists and returns, but no wrestling program is without a few contentious moments. We’ll start with all the fun things that popped up last week and where they may lead.

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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 big week with nine new books on my list. It’s bit of a shock to the system after a stretch of smaller ones.

• AGE OF ULTRON #10 – Kinda glad this one is wrapping up. The solicit promises “the biggest secret in comics will be revealed.” I’m skeptical.
• AVENGERS #14 – This book is great, but it feels like a lot of issues have shipped and we’re just getting small pieces of the big picture. I’ve said it before, I think I prefer pacing more in step with Hickman’s New Avengers, but his Avengers still falls near the top of my reading list every week that it ships.
• CABLE AND X-FORCE #10 – I was very interested in seeing the Uncanny Avengers last issue, but after some struggles finding the book while out of town it’s still waiting to be read.
• CAPTAIN MARVEL #13 – I really need to catch up on this title. I’d hoped to do it before the current crossover with Avengers Assemble, but it just didn’t happen. I hope the story is worth picking up the extra issues.
• NEW AVENGERS #7 – I like the role Black Panther has played here as he joins the Illuminati. The confrontation between him and Namor should be great after the events of AvX.
• UNCANNY AVENGERS #9 – I wasn’t crazy about the Age of Ultron tie-in issue of this series but that has more to do with how I’m feeling about Age of Ultron than anything Remender put into his story. As alternate reality stories go, it had a lot of fun things going on and we learned more about Kang and the Apocalypse Twins. I’ll be glad to return to the main plot, and the cover art is amazing.
• X-FACTOR #258 – I wasn’t crazy about part of one of the End of X-Factor but I trust Peter David to pull everything together before the series concludes at #262.
• X-FILES SEASON 10 #1 – I’m taking a chance on this. I was certainly a fan of the TV show, but it had driven me away entirely by the time it ended.
• X-MEN: LEGACY #12 – Another eye catching Mike Del Mundo cover. I just need to make time to catch up on what’s been inside these issues for the last few months.

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.

It’s been a while since we’ve talked, but a week where both Batman and Superman are at the top of my reading list must mean something special. Superstar writer Scott Snyder has been delivering on every level with his New 52 Batman, and now he’s getting the chance to work with Image Comics founder and DC  Comics co-publisher Jim Lee to launch Superman Unchained. The debut issue coincides not only with the much anticipated return of Superman to the big screen in Man of Steel, but also with the release of Snyder’s latest Batman event, Zero Year.

KevinMLD and I have now had a chance to read both books and it’s time to see how they hold up.

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