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Today’s Wednesday, so that means new comics are in stores across the world! I’ve been doing some reviews for the Silver Snail, one of Toronto’s highly-regarded comic shops; they’ve been kind enough to let me post them on their site. Below you’ll find my reviews, and a short excerpt. Click through for the whole shebang!

• Skullkickers #14 (Image) [link]: Pictured above, Skullkickers gives us a great shakeup to the current story with both a setting and character change. This book brings the funny.
• Invincible #91 (Image) [link]: I’m really getting tired of this book, as I feel like it’s been just coasting since the Viltrumite War ended. It’s supposed to be one of those “break between arcs” stories, but it just. won’t. end.
• Batman #9 (DC) [link]: One of the best books this week. If you’ve been following the Night of the Owls crossover, this will be a pretty cool issue. However, there’s some problems with a little too much, too fast.
• PICK OF THE WEEK: Mega Man #11 (Archie Comics) [link]: Easily my pick of the week because it somehow manages to bring a robotics ethics debate into a children’s comic. On top of that, they managed to make it entertaining, well-plotted and simple enough that a reader will get something new every time they read it. Props.

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DC Comics

DMZ #71 (pictured above) - Oh gosh, the series is almost over. This is one of my favourite books of all time, so it’s a bit sad to see Matty Roth get put on trial for war crimes. If you haven’t read this book before, you’ve got some catching up to do before the finale in #72. Author Brian Wood said that this one is “the big one” in terms of story resolution, and I fully expect to be blown away.

Flash #3 - Francis Manapul’s art is awesome, and this comic is the first book to make me care about Barry Allen. I’m really enjoying the giant set-pieces that he’s drawing, and the whole “vibrating a plane through a bridge” scene has been set up/previewed for a long time.

Shade #2 (of 12) - Wait, The Shade’s series is out, and I wasn’t notified? Time to catch up! I wrote a column about why Shade needed his own series awhile ago, but it turns out that web site has stopped publishing; oh well. Bad-ass villain turned bad-ass character.

Image Comics

Invincible #84 - I’ve been a bit disappointed by this book as of late because of the large hangover period that came after the story’s major story arc. Mark Grayson has been making a growing series of bad choices as a superhero, and to see a complete 180 in such a small amount of time is disconcerting. 

Next issue marks the return of Cory Walker to the book, which I’m quite excited for; nothing against Ryan Ottley, but I just prefer the former’s work. This seems a bit dumb, as, well, the latter has been working on the majority of Invincible’s run, but for some reason the latest arc really turned me off.

I don’t really like when comics I usually enjoy reading unsettle me; I’ve written about this before, and sometimes Invincible’s gore and violence make me want to put it down for a bit.

Marvel Comics

Captain America and Bucky #624 - I’m reviewing a bunch of Marvel books for ComicVine this week, and this issue of Cap & Bucky is the first one I’ve ever read. Shall be fun diving into a new series, and I may pick up a couple back issues in order to get an idea of where the series is.

Invincible Iron Man #510 - Quality from Matt Fraction as always; can’t go wrong with Tony, Pepper and the boys at Stark Resilient. Another review for ComicVine on the way.

Mighty Thor #8 - I’ve been liking this series because it’s relatively continuity-light, and they’ve done some lovely things with Galactus and the Silber Surfer. I’m looking forward to the Fear Itself fallout and seeing some of this “New God of Thunder” business.

Secret Avengers #19 - Warren Ellis. Secret-y things. Beast, Moon Knight, Captain America and Black Widow. Hi-jinks. Secret Avengers is like a more serious Nextwave, and I enjoy every minute.

Just wrote a new column for ComicVine, building off of my post last week about the characteristics that make up a good team book. This week, I take a look at teen superheroes and the shared qualities that make certain titles stand out. Excerpt after the “Read More”!

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