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Crap, it’s a big week if I got everything I wanted…

Batgirl #5 – I’m not sure how much of a resolution to the character’s arc this series will actually achieve in the end…

Batman and the Outsiders #13 – Still going?

JSA: Kingdom Come Special: Magog – You know, Lance’s transformation into Magog would have been more dramatic if his character had been developed a bit first, don’t you think?

Robin #180 – More post-RIP fun with Red Robin. Could he be Jason Bard? Or Jean Paul Valley?

Supergirl #35 – Winner of most improved book of the year.

Terra #2 – Fun, but I think the underground world thing is better done by Marvel than DC.

Trinity #25 – Nothing to say. Decent but not groundbreaking.

Amazing Spider-Man #578 – Words can’t express how much I’m enjoying this book at the moment.

Avengers Invaders #6 – Huh. I’d forgotten all about this. Not a good sign.

Fantastic Four #561 – No delays, eh? The Death of the Invisible Woman ends here. Obviously it’s going to be future-Sue, not regular-Sue.

Iron Man Director Of SHIELD #35 – War Machine, director of Ass-Kicking!

Thunderbolts #126 – A post-SI issue. Director Osborn, anyone?

Uncanny X-Men #504 – The new direction for this book is good, but it’s taking a little getting used to.

X-Men Legacy #218 – More Wolverine/Xavier shenanigans. I’m actually enjoying this crossover quite a lot.

Young X-Men #8 – I really am enjoying this an indecent amount. It’s probably my New Mutants nostalgia.

Angel After the Fall #14 – So Angel wants to die? What else is new?

Star Trek The Last Generation #1 – Look, I…okay, just look at the cover and tell me a little part of you didn’t go ‘cool’, okay?

There’s an interesting evolution of the cover here.

The translation of television to comic doesn’t always work too well. Whether it’s a combination of character likenesses, licensing approvals or whatever else, the comics rarely feel like the TV shows.

Alex Garner’s really rather awesome cover to Angel: After The Fall #13…

Via Whedonesque and Alex Garner’s DeviantArt page

I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t been overly impressed with some of the art and a couple of the plot twists in the current Angel book – it just feels like maybe a step too far, with LA overrun by demons of all sizes, Lorne running one part of LA, Angel being human, Spike and Illyria running another part of LA and Connor teaming with Gwen and Nina in yet another part of LA…the approach feels a little too kitchen-sink-ish to me at times.

That said, there are elements that I enjoy – I’m a fan of the idea that Gunn being changed to a vampire hasn’t quite changed him fully thanks to the whole LA-in-Hell situation. It’s along the same lines of Spike never quite shaking the romantic nature of his human side, since the vampire who turned him – Drusilla – was a little bit crazy. I like the idea that it doesn’t always ‘take’ very well. Sure, Gunn and Spike are still murderous after being turned, but they’re still themselves to a large extent – whereas Angel went straight from Liam to class-A bastard.

I’m also enjoying the return of Fred’s personality within Illyria as she grieves for Wesley being one of them. I was always a fan of Amy Acker’s character(s) on the show, and this cover is just really, really good.

Another week, another crapload of comics…

Batgirl #1 – Adam Beechen sets out to redeem Batgirl. Behold the uproar!

Batman and the Outsiders #9 – Looker! Dammit, they know how to keep me coming back even if it’s craptastic.

Final Crisis: Rogue’s Revenge #1 – Johns. Kolins. Rogues. Even if the return of Barry Allen is souring the taste in my mouth right now, at least this should be enjoyable.

Trinity#7 – Drop the Tarot back ups already, will you?

Amazing Spider-Man #566 – The new Kraven’s first hunt continues, with a plot twist straight out of ASM #5, true believers!

Captain America #40 – Cap vs Cap – again!

Incredible Hercules #119 – The Sacred Invasion continues, and Herc beds Snowbird some more. Maybe.

Mighty Avengers #16 – Elektra’s the focus this issue but at some point I want to find out when Jarvis got replaced, dammit!

X-Force #5 – Stupidly enjoyable.

Spike: After the Fall #1 – Parent series Angel has it’s problems yet is still enjoyable. Not expecting anything more or less from this.

Conan the Cimmerian #1 – Part of me wants to leave this to trade while the other reminds me how much I enjoyed the previous series. Probably trades…

I’m a little bit surprised.

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You thought I’d forgotten, didn’t you?

ALIENS OMNIBUS VOL 2 - Not picking it up this week, but no doubt I’ll get it at some point. I enjoyed the Predator one, I’m working through Aliens vs Predator, and I like the format generally.

STAR WARS DARK TIMES #7 – Following the dark turn #5 took (y’know, eating things that can ask not to be eaten – not cool, unless its Jar Jar), this has become the unexpected best read of the Star Wars books.

BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #3 – Enjoyed the first two issues. More Batman and less Winick has given the book a shot in the arm, even if its not been a smooth transition. This time out, Batgirl! Be interesting to see how Dixon handles the Batman-Batgirl relationship given the damage to her character post OYL.

BIRDS OF PREY #113 – Is Sean McKeever here yet?

CATWOMAN #74 – Maybe, maybe not. I dropped this a year ago but if its tying in to the really-rather-fun Salvation Run, I may give it another shot.

COUNTDOWN ARENA #3 (OF 4) – Against all odds, I’m really enjoying this.

COUNTDOWN RAY PALMER SUPERWOMAN BATWOMAN #1 – Last of the

COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 19 – I like it, most seem not to. And yet it still sells upwards of 70k.

DETECTIVE COMICS #839 – Maybe the Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul will read better in one sitting. Maybe.

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #16 – Tangent! Always liked the Tangent U, so its good to see it back in some form or other. I’d take their GL and Flash crossing over to the DCU; they’re good characters.

SUPERMAN #671 – Insect Queen! Bet its not Lana this time round…

PROOF #3 – It’s like the X-Files. If Mulder was a bigfoot.

INCREDIBLE HERCULES#112 – The mighty one takes over – and takes on SHIELD with a barrelful of merlot. If that’s not a bucketload of awesome I don’t know what is. Maybe if Amadaeus Cho was a talking monkey.

MIGHTY AVENGERS #6 – I’ll believe it when I see it. No offense.

NEW X-MEN #45 – After a couple of good installments, last week’s Messiah Complex tie-in treaded water. Hope this one steps up a bit.

WORLD WAR HULK WARBOUND #1 (OF 5) – Possibly. I like most of the Warbound so this is tempting – but I may wait to get them on ebay or something.

ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #2 – Angel’s stuck in Wolfram & Hart’s offcies after making a bargain with the devil, LA’s gone to hell, Illyria’s absent, Wes is still dead and Gunn’s a vampire. And Spike? Spike’s hanging with a bunch of demon hos. I know who got the better end of that deal.

How did I miss this in my earlier recap of Wizard World LA?!?

According to a report from the IDW panel, Joss Whedon will be co-writing an Angel mini set after the series finale, making it canon. This announcement comes, of course, less than a week after the release of Buffy Season 8 #1 by Dark Horse, which seems to have broken the 100K barrier, making it the biggest non-Marvel, non-DC, non-25 cents issue in…well, a long time.

IDW has had some success with the Angel property – its first series, The Curse, had a post-season 5 Angel searching for a cure to his curse so he could make sweet, sweet love to Nina (his new hot werewolf girlfriend from the show), while the next series, Old Friends reunited him with Spike, Illyria and Gunn – complete with eyepatch – suggesting that they all survived the series-ending big fight.

Since then, however, most of the series or one-shots have been set firmly before the end of the series, so how much of these developments will be maintained for the new Whedon-penned series remains to be seen. Many of these have centred not around Angel but Spike, including the upcoming Spike: Smile Time which sees the return of the puppet-monsters from the show.

I’m sure more details will be released soon…

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