Pick Of My Pile for the weeks of 2-4 & 2-11

Hello Chums,

Here's a couple weeks of comics to check out.

Week of 2-4:

Marvel:

Punisher #2. The Punisher gets some new help for his war.

The Immortal Iron Fist #22. Danny and his six counterparts are trapped in the Eighth City. Can they battle they're way out?

Franklin Richards Son Of A Genius - Dark Reigning Cats and Dogs (one-shot). More Franklin and Herbie hi-jinx. This issue is better than the last couple.

The Age of The Sentry #5 (of 6). Continuing on in the Ret-coning of The Sentry into The Marvel Universe. Good stuff with nice old school type art.

Agents of Atlas #1. A nice start to the new series. I wish I would have read my Agents of Atlas hardcover first though as I was a little clueless on what was going on.

Young Guns Sketchbook '09. (free). A spotlight of six artists that Marvel comics thinks you should keep an eye on.

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Elephantmen #15. This book has been a solid read for me, however all these delays over the last year has sort of killed it for me. I REALLY like the book when I get it though.

DDP:

I Am Legion #1 (of 6). Nice John Cassaday art with Laura Martin coloring. I thought they were both Marvel exclusives.

The Pick Of My Pile this week is The Age of The Sentry #5. I like the old feel to these new stories.

Week of 2-11:

Marvel:

Patsy Walker Hellcat #5 (of 5). The conclusion of Hellcat's trip to Alaska.

X-Infernus #3 (of 4). The best part of this mini-series is the David Finch covers. It is surely not C.B. Cebulski's writing. He should stick with his book Wonderlost.

Thor #600. This book at $4.99 is a very good value with it's 100 or so pages. It features a new beginning of sorts for Thor. But also has a new Thor story by Stan Lee drawn by David Aja. This book also contain reprints from 5 classic Thor stories and a cover gallery of all 600 Thor covers.

Avengers / Invaders #8 (of 12). Now that Secret Invasion is over with this book doesn't make any sense with the inclusion of Doctor Strange. I always felt that this book would have worked better out of continuity.

Incognito #2. (Icon). More on the story of Zach Overkill. This issue includes a nice Doc Savage essay.

Dark Horse:

Hellboy The Wild Hunt #3 (of 8). Continuing on with the best Hellboy story in quite some time.

B.P.R.D. The Black Goddess #2. The Guy Davis art really shines in this book.

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Jersey Gods #1. The story is so- so for the first issue, but the art has a Darwyn Cook, Mike Allred, Paul Pope feel to it. Let's see if the story can keep up. If not I will surely drop it.

DC:

Batman #686. Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader? Not a very original name although the story has an original idea. I'm going to go on the record saying this should have been an Elseworlds tale.

Adventure Comics #0. This issue features a reprint of Adventure Comics #247 and a new Lex Luthor story.

The Pick Of My Pile this week is Thor 600. Too good of an issue to pass on. Pick it up.

Keep Reading Comics.

D.L.