My Latest Pull List – February 6th, 2013

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.

Seven new books on my list for the first week of February.

• ALL NEW X-MEN #7 – I can’t get over how much I’m enjoying this book. Like so many Marvel Now books, it was a lot all at once when it started, but I find myself looking forward to each issue. The change of artist from Stuart Immonen to David Marquez takes nothing away from Brian Bendis‘ strong entry into the X-titles. Like issue #6, this issue features another X-Men 50th Anniversary variant, this time in the form of Nick Bradshaw’s cast from Wolverine and the X-Men.
• AVENGERS #5 – Three weeks in a row is right at the limit of too much for me, even when it’s Jonathan Hickman. Luckily, this is an odd numbered issue and so far they’ve been hits with me.
• FEARLESS DEFENDERS #1 – I committed to trying the first issue of all the Marvel Now titles, but this isn’t one I’d have picked up otherwise. This seems like something that should have launched out Marvel’s Fear Itself event, but I didn’t follow any of the follow up titles for that one. Valkyrie has been a major character in Secret Avengers and Venom, but I don’t know what this series has in store.
• NEW AVENGERS #3 – This ranks just after All New X-Men as far as my top books from Marvel Now. The return of the Illuminati, the Infinity Gems, and a threat to the multiverse hit all the right notes for me.
• SECRET AVENGERS #37 – Final issue? I’ve thought that for three issues now but I think this is really it. I’m interested to see how Rick Remender‘s Descendants storyline wraps up, but it feels a bit anticlimactic for some reason.
• SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #3 – I’m really on the fence with this series. I picked up issue #2 without planning on it and I’m probably going to get #3 tomorrow. When it comes right down to it, this just isn’t the Spider-Man I want to read about and I may have lost the patience to see where it goes.
• X-FACTOR #251 – Peter David is great at bringing long running story lines together and the Hell on Earth War is no exception. It’s also great to see Polaris with a larger role.

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.