Generation Hope #15 Nightwing Vol 3 #5 - the main plot takes a break while Dick deals with Voodoo! Red Hood and the Outlaws #5 - the book once again looks exciting. We’ll see if #6 is disappointing or if Lobdell breaks the trend. Generation Hope #15 - Sebastian Shaw is brought back to Utopia and all hell breaks loose. Marvel once again teases that Hope will be the Phoenix in Avengers vs X-Men later this year Uncanny X-Men Vol 2 #5 - The X-Men unknowingly deal with the consequences of the recently ended Uncanny X-Force story line. Daredevil Vol 3 #8 - Part two of The Devil and Details (started in ASM) is AWESOME! Ties back into earlier Daredevil story lines and has great dialogue. Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 #678 - Time travel has some unexpected side effects for Spidey Uncanny X-Force #20 - Fantomex must face trial for his murder of Apocalypse and Psylocke gets an interesting offer

[caption id=“attachment_451” align=“alignleft” width=“195” caption=“Batman #5”] [/caption] Eric’s Book Eric: I have to say that this week there was no shortage of great, great stories. I almost chose Daredevil #8 for my entry this week because I thought Waid did such a great job on the writing. There were neat twists, great dialogs, and an overall fun plot that ties into the story Dan selected in Week 5. Dan: Plus it would have been a neat twist to see a book that I read and champion being selected by you instead. ...

[caption id=“attachment_434” align=“alignleft” width=“197” caption=“X-Men Legacy #260.1”] [/caption] X-Men Legacy #260.1 - Rogue and team head to Wolverine’s school to work security. They struggle with the idea of keeping the kids from having the X-Men childhood they did. The book leaves Mike Carey’s hands, but Christos Gage does a good job with his first issue. Superboy Vol 5 #5 - a little more forward momentum on the story, but not much Magneto: Not A Hero #3 - this mini-series continues to explore how Magneto has and hasn’t evolved over the years. Depending on how it ends next month, could be something I recommend for the trades Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 #677 - the start of a short crossover with Daredevil. It’s a fun story and I’m curious to see how it ends [caption id=“attachment_435” align=“alignright” width=“193” caption=“Batwoman #5”] [/caption] ...

[caption id=“attachment_428” align=“alignleft” width=“197” caption=“Wolverine and the X-Men #4”] [/caption] Eric’s Book Eric: So I decided to go for a bit of a challenge this week. Dan hasn’t expressed much love for Wolverine and the X-Men whenever it’s come up. He definitely didn’t like the Alpha & Omega spin-off mini. But I really liked this issue and I figured this was a good a point as any for Dan to jump on as it was after the end of the last arc. ...

Another family emergency this week has caused things to fall behind. The POW! will be up late Friday or early Saturday. Sorry about that!

[caption id="" align=“alignleft” width=“180” caption=“Seriously, this comic has some awesomely gross art.”] [/caption] The Defenders #2 - Remains the funniest mainstream book I’ve been regularly keeping up with. Lots of fun. X-23 #20 - I thought this was the last issue, but apparently it’s the penultimate. Pretty good friendship issue between Laura and Jubilee. It was an absolute joy to have Phil Noto back. Irredeemable #33 - The crossover event continues. What a stupid-crazy last page! I almost don’t like it because of how out of left field it was. It’s gonna mean neat things for the story. ...

Man, it was a crazy year to get back into Comics. Taking a cursory look back, we had: [caption id=“attachment_42” align=“alignright” width=“300” caption=“FF11 Negative Zone Cult”] [/caption] Hickman launch FF, which had the Fantastic Four taking in a ton of other people and even working with their enemies. Speaking of which, right before the year ends, Johnny Storm returns! Uncanny X-Men was relaunched for the first time since it came to be in the 1980s Flashpoint and all the crazy changes to the DC universe Scott Snyder’s amazing run on Detective Comics ended with an AWESOME final arc [caption id=“attachment_410” align=“alignleft” width=“197” caption=“Wolverine and the X-Men #3”] [/caption] ...

[caption id=“attachment_403” align=“alignleft” width=“197” caption=“Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #1”] [/caption] It was a heavily X-Men week for me this week. Some great issues and some OK issues. All links go to Comic Vine. X-Men Vol 3 #23 - The end of the Sentinels in Eastern Europe arc. Good, but not great. Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #1 - Quentin once again causes issues at a Mutant School. This time he takes on Wolverine directly. I’m curious to see where it goes. The Defenders Vol 4 #2 - Matt Fraction continues to weave a crazy story here Huntress Vol 3 #4 - Things in this usually awesome mini-series took a turn for the worse. Hopefully it recovers Avengers: X-Sanction #2 - More Action! More Cable! Uncanny X-Force #19.1 - Really just an intro to a new Age of Apocalypse book that Marvel’s launching this year X-23 Vol 2 #20 - An awesome penultimate book in this series [caption id=“attachment_404” align=“alignright” width=“195” caption=“Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #4”] [/caption] ...

[caption id=“attachment_396” align=“alignleft” width=“197” caption=“Uncanny X-Men Vol 2 #4”] [/caption] Eric’s Book Eric: Welcome back for another POW! This week was actually a really tough week for me. I was unsure whether to pick Action Comics #5 (which was really emotional this week), Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #1 which had an interesting concept, or the one I ultimately chose, Uncanny X-Men #4. Although, when I met Dan to swap issues, it turned out to be a good thing I didn’t pick WatX:A&O since he’d received it as a free issue (his comic shop seems to do that pretty often) and didn’t much care for it. ...

This week was a very small release for me, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t have some fun titles to read. It was a bit X-Men week, that’s for sure! I had 3 explicit X-Men books and Avengers: Children’s Crusade features them quite heavily as well. [caption id=“attachment_385” align=“alignleft” width=“197” caption=“X-Men Legacy #260”] [/caption] Uncanny X-Men Vol 2 #3 - The X-Men face off against Mr Sinister AND the Celestials. Also, some information about Hope is divulged. Pretty good issue although it depends on how much you like Sinister’s rants. Avengers: Children’s Crusade #8 - Things continue to get complicated in the mini-series that’s bringing Scarlett Witch back into everyone’s life. Teen Titans Vol 4 #4 - The battle gets started, but just barely. Next issue will have the real face-off Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #45 - This story arc starts getting really interesting. I think next issue’s going to prove pretty exciting X-Men Legacy #260 - Mike Carey ends his run and this arc. It’s going to be a different book starting next issue. Batman: The Dark Knight Vol 2 #4 - this issue has good and bad parts but it’s still not a great case for why there are so many Batman titles