comic book stash #28

rankings from last week's stack...

1 - uncanny x-force #6
2 - new mutants #23 (age of x chapter four)
3 - amazing spider-man #656
4 - astonishing spider-man & wolverine #5
5 - haunt #14
6 - x-men #9
7 - ff #1
8 - deadpool #34
9 - captain america: man out of time #5
10 - osborn #4
11 - 5 ronin #4 (psylocke)
12 - batman incorporated #4
13 - batman - the dark knight #2
14 - daken dark wolverine #7

the above rankings can be split into 3 groups: 1-5 = awesome / 6-10 = good, but not great / 11-14 = eh... really disappointed by the batman books. it will be interesting to see how long it will take for x-force not to be number one the week it comes out.

massive week last week, massive week this week...

amazing spider-man #657 - COVER OF THE WEEK #1

5 ronin #5 (deadpool) - COVER OF THE WEEK #2

wolverine #7 - this would have been the COTW if it wasn't for wolvie's hunchback. jae lee is still the best though. the x-heads on stakes are awesome

age of x universe #1

spider-girl #5

x-23 #8 - 23 versus daken!

deadpool team-up #883 (galactus) - i love this cover. funny funny funny.

kick-ass 2 #2 - after 5 long months, we finally get issue 2 of the kick-ass sequel.

detective comics #875 - i miss jock.

darth vader and the lost command #3

halcyon #4 - great series

next up is a nice little CHEW script book - can't wait for the tv series!!!

and finally... i usually don't post these but this one was too freakin awesome not to...
previews catalog #271

comic book stash #27

here's what i thought of last week's books...

1 - uncanny x-force #5.1
2 - 5 ronin #3 (punisher)
3 - loki #4
4 - fear itself prologue - book of the skull
5 - darkwing duck #10
6 - batman #708

x-force, as usual, was freakin' awesome. love that book. the punisher 5 ronin issue was the best of the series so far. loki was an excellent conclusion to an excellent mini-series. the only iffy book last week was batman. it wasn't horrible, just not my favorite.

today was a massive day. lots and lots of new comics to dive into...

uncanny x-force #6 - COVER OF THE WEEK!

ff #1 - an exciting new series bringing together the remaining fantastic four members and the amazing spider-man - complete with snazzy new uniforms! awesome.

x-men #9 - probably my runner-up for cover of the week. first the x-men are turned into vampires, now it's lizard people. what's next?

new mutants #23 (age of x chapter 4)

5 ronin #4 (psylocke) - for the second week in a row, i wasn't able to grab the standard cover for this series, but that's ok.

deadpool #34

daken dark wolverine #7

amazing spider-man #656 - another new costume for the web-head.

osborn #4

astonishing spider-man & wolverine #5

captain america - man out of time #5

batman - the dark knight #2

batman incorporated #4 - hope this one is better than issue #3

and last but not least,
haunt #14

comic book stash #26

last week's rankings...

1 - starborn #4
2 - batman and robin #21
3 - x-men legacy #246 (age of x chapter 3)
4 - 5 ronin #2 (hulk)
5 - batman incorporated #3
6 - x-23 #7

starborn was far and above all of the other books. it was great. aside from that, 5 ronin, batman and robin, and age of x were all good. but x-23 and batman inc. were pretty bad.

this week looks to be good in spite of a few shipping problems. almost every release this week features an incredible cover. wow. very very very awesome stuff.


loki #4 - COVER OF THE WEEK #1! the conclusion to what has been one of my very favorite mini-series. such an amazing cover to close things out.

uncanny x-force #5.1 - COVER OF THE WEEK #2!

5 ronin #3 (punisher) - COVER OF THE WEEK #3! i wanted the cover that matched the others from the series but those didn't come in. that's okay though when this bad-ass cover is the alternate. i'll get the other one eventually.

fear itself prologue - book of the skull - COVER OF THE WEEK #4! the beginning of marvel's new epic storyline. gonna give it a try i guess. crazy cover!

finally able to pick-up the two issues i've been missing from the FF "three" storyline. time to read everything all over again...
fantastic four #585 (third printing)

fantastic four #586 (third printing)

batman #708

darkwing duck #10

comic book stash #25

here's what i though of the books from last wednesday...

1 - axe cop: bad guy earth #1
2 - chew #17
3 - daomu #2
4 - 5 ronin #1 (wolverine)
5 - deadpool #33.1
6 - darkwing duck annual #1
7 - daken #6

axe cop was amazing. chew was glorious. daomu was fantastic. last week was pretty dang good.

as for today, 6 new books found their way home with me...

5 ronin #2 (hulk) - COVER OF THE WEEK!

x-23 #7 - X-PIRATES!

x-men legacy #246 (age of x chapter 3)

batman and robin #21

batman incorporated #3

starborn #4 (cover a) - this series continues to impress.

comic book stash #24

last week brought us some awesome books...

1A - amazing spider-man #655
1B - fantastic four #588
3 - x-men legacy #245 (age of x - chapter one)
4 - new mutants #22 (age of x - chapter two)
5 - star wars: darth vader and the lost command #2
6 - batman detective comics #847
7 - x-men #8
8 - deadpool #33
9 - x-23 #6
10 - the traveler #4
11 - iron man / thor #4
12 - x-men: to serve and protect #4
13 - namor the first mutant #7

the heart wrenching tales from spidey 655 and fantastic four 588 were easily the two best books from the previous week and are actually two of the best i've ever had the privilege of reading. the two age of x issues were both excellent as well. and aside from the bottom four (ugh), the rest of the list was very enjoyable. pretty good week i would say.

moving on, today's new stack of comics is brought to you by the letter D. D is for daken, daomu, darkwing, and deadpool. but i'll start it off with my favorite release of the week, which conveniently starts with the letter A...

axe cop: bad guy earth #1 - wow. best series ever. that's all i can say. and now it's in color! i love comics.

5 ronin #1 (wolverine) - COVER OF THE WEEK! amazing.

daken - dark wolverine #6

deadpool #33.1

daomu #2 - stellar interior art

chew #17 - chew is finally back! seems like it's been about 6 years since the last issue. very glad to see this one again.

darkwing duck annual #1 - cover B