My ass still hurts.

I will say though, the little story that was there was pretty damn good.

course, it's got nothing to do with movies, but still...

Damn shame, too! I was really looking forward to JLA when I saw he'd be drawing it, but have been really disappointed in the sketchiness of the artwork.

(I may have been giving too little credit to whoever was inking him in the past.)

Yes, I'm a sick, sick person.

Though, I did like the story.

It seemed to really derail, story-wise, with the SI stuff. I don't know why they bothered. Also, the Darwin character is lame. LAME, I tells ya. And Longshot isn't a whole lot better.

I also don't mind that Michael Crichton's dead.

Now, while I loved all of the books inbetween you really can skip them and just jump into the Sinestro Corps War.

If you want to be a purist after Rebirth grab Revenge of the Green Lantern.

As soon as available I would grab Secret Origin after Sinestro Corps War since it offers set-up for upcoming Blackest Night.

And yeah, the one-shots were weak. They gave me that same, Ghost Box, sore asshole feeling.

Here, I'll start:

Best book this week: The Sub Mariner. What a great, atmospheric work, with some nice moody art. It builds tension perfectly, and is a lot smarter than a majority of the comics this week, which are just plagued by severely retarded writing. I would write some examples, but you can pretty much just assume it's everything else. Then again, I didn't of course read everything, so I would love some sweet recommendations!

Big fucking mistake.

Except for the Ultimates, which now sucks, what is even the point of the Ultimate universe? It all just feels so pointless and gimmicky. Just make the Ultimates stories the actual Marvel universe stories and abandon that entire shitty, boring universe. I couldn't care less.

If you like Romita, did you check out New Ways To Die in Amazing? I dont buy SpiderMan unless he's drawing it, but I thought it was a pretty fun arc despite the stupidity of Anti-Venom and all the Brand New Day nonsense.

Lately I've been wanting to buy the older reprints instead of the new stuff, like all the Essential books Marvel has, I think I'd get more of my money's worth at least.

Well I'm off to bed. hopefully, people will be talking more tomorrow. Happy reading everyone!

The last issue was just one long, messy fight scene, but I enjoyed it just fine.

There's "no more mutants", so Mutant Town is gone. Use of powers become outlawed, so he gets dragged kicking and screaming into Civil War. He's (apparently) forced into being a part of Extinction Agenda. Wolfsbane gets taken away by X-Force, Rictor is left powerless. He paints himself into a corner by sending Layla into the future, and impregnating Siren. Strong Guy is nothing but an amusing background character, and M is M.

That pretty much leaves Multiple Man.

And now Darwin and Longshot.

**Add sound of crickets here**

Thanks in advance.

If you know what I mean.

Oh, never mind.

Go make a deal with a devil, why don't cha.

My point was why should it stop us talkbackers, who have probably already read some of the comics and formulated our opinions from talking about them right now? I am always to hear your opinion on some of the releases, but I see no reason to wait an entire week to hear from everybody else as well.

And, maybe Ambush wouldn't have climbed back up on that high horse if you hadn't been such a prick about it.

Keith Giffen did a similar "resurrection" of GL back in the 80s with Emerald Dawn.

I think that's another reason I love the title so much. It's more baggage, but well worth carrying.

Have you read War heroes yet by Millar? I'm really liking it so far.

Ultimatum? Actually looks like the most boring crossover ever. Checked it out in the LCS but took a pass. I have to agree that the Ultimate U has lost its momentum. I dropped Ultimates 3 after one issue, and just recently started picking up Ultimate X-Men again, and it's not exactly at BKV levels.

Oh, and yes Loeb generally sucks, with an occasional good story. His writing on Heroes is also weak, so he is now lame in two different media.

Am about to go on vacation, need a couple TPs. Maybe Ill get one of these GLs everyone is raving about...but I have always disliked the Hal Jordan character, and I also find Star Wars boring. Would you still recommend these GL books? What else does anyone suggest (not the obvious ones,I have those already)

As far as this week, I am enjoying Terror Titans, despite a lame name. It is like the Legion used to be, fast and fun. Not so substantial or deep, but very entertaining. Love the tournament (especially mixing in people like Star Spangled Kid, Gypsy and Zatara), love the writing, and some of the characters (Ravager, Clock King, even Disruptor), are really interesting.

I'm not a big fan of Tony harris either, he's one of those artist that I think make better covers than interiors.

My relatives in Texas are preparing for the (now) inevitable Civil War that will be taking place --in their mind-- by hoarding guns. Or at least making sure that their neighbors are hoarding guns....

I, on the other hand, am hoarding porn, rum, dope, and those chocolate covered granola dip-bars I like so much.

However, that said, if I'm left with only tequila and Cuban cigars..... I'll do what I can to adapt.