-Blackest Night #1 - Sold. I need to read absolutely nothing about this. Sold. Sold. Sold. I'm also pretty pumped that this is its own mini series, eight issues even, so we should, theoretically, get twice the GL for the next eight months. Of course, we could just end up with the same amount of story with shoddier pacing for twice the price, but let's try to stay optimistic here, people.
-Green Lantern #43 & #44 - Two in one month? Hot damn. And boy, oh boy, are those covers pushing my Geek-O-Meter to 11. Let's see, Black Hand fondling Bruce Wayne's tombstone? Uh, yes please. Recently resurrected (and zombified) J'onn J'onzz fighting a recently resurrected Barry Allen and recently resurrected Hal Jordan into the open (empty?) grave of (possibly soon to be resurrected) Bruce Wayne? Where do I sign?
By the way, anytime you can work four once dead cornerstone characters onto a single cover and have it make complete sense, you know you've probably got a winning storyline.
Double by the way, Black Hand is about 30 seconds away from going Dr. Light on Bruce's tombstone.
-Green Lantern Corps #38 and Tales of the Corps #1-3 - Here's where I think we reach our dilution point with Blackest Night plotlines.
-Wednesday Comics - Pass.
-Final Crisis Aftermath Books - Still?
-Batman Titles - Yes to Batman & Robin, Batman, Detective Comics, and Red Robin. No to Streets of Gotham, Gotham City Sirens, Confidential, and Outsiders.
And these can't start up soon enough. Battle for the Cowl has been simply horrendous. And I think we're all in agreement over how it's turning out: Dick is Batman, Damien is Robin, Tim is Red Robin, and Jason is still a dick. The only questions are what costume will Jason be wearing, and how long until Bruce comes back?
-Superman Titles - Yes to everything. (Except Superman/Batman... which doesn't really count anyway.)
-The Flash: Rebirth #4 - Great cover. That's really I can say. DC's playing this one real close to the vest, and even after the first issue, I can surmise nothing about what this is going to be about. Still pumped for it though.
-Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 - Wasn't this supposed to come out, like, a year ago? And wasn't it originally supposed to be an ongoing? (The answer to both of those is yes.) I'll buy it because I like the line up, and the writer, but I have a hard time believing Hal is still going to be on such a crusade to avenge J'onn's death (the rumored reason for starting his own team) when he's fighting the guy's reanimated corpse in his ongoing title.
-Justice Society of America #29 - Sure. Why not?
-Nice to see DC finally wised up and put Hush into a single trade paperback. I have it in Absolute Edition, so it doesn't make much of a difference to me, but it was just completely unnecessary to have that storyline be in two volumes.
Speaking of Absolute Editions...
-Absolute New Frontier (New Printing) - I really didn't like this story. At all. Maybe I'll go back and reread it before this comes out to make a final decision on whether to pick this up or not. But the real reason I point this out is because it gives me hope that I may see a "new printing" of Absolute Planetary or LXG. It'd be nice to get a copy of those without having to pawn off the rights to my future first born on eBay. You hear that, you vultures? You better hurry up and dupe somebody into paying $250 for a $75 book fast... you're days of piracy are numbered...
-DC Comics Classics Library: A Death in the Family - Hey! A DC CCL that seems like it might actually be worthwhile. I won't get it, cause I'm boycotting these, but still, a step in the right direction.
-Gotham Central Vol. 2: Jokers and Madmen HC - Yes, please.
-Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 6 - I don't buy these, but it's nice to see DC hasn't completely given up on them.
-After Watchmen tanked at the box office, is a second round of "After Watchmen, What's Next?" titles really such a good idea?
-Tom Strong Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 - I have no idea what this is about, but I will almost certainly buy it.
-Fables Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 - Finally! Fables in hardcover! DC, if i may be so bold, can I humbly request that you crank these out faster than whatever your current pace is for the Ex Machina Deluxe books? I'm still waiting for even a solicitation of volume 2 of that one.
-Transmetropolitan Vol. 3 (New Printing) - I've heard nothing but good things about this series. Why aren't these getting the Deluxe Hardcover treatment?
Well that's it for DC's offerings of note this month. Check back tomorrow for Marvel's.
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