Pick Of My Pile for the week of 12-9.

Hello Chums,

I read three trades this week. The first was My Space Dark Horse Presents vol.1. This vol. has numerous short stories that appeared at Dark Horse on-line. My favorite was a 4 part Goon story. The other two trades were 100 Bullets vol.2 & vol.3. By reading a couple of titles back to back you can kind of see a long underlying story develop.

My Picks:

Marvel:

The New Avengers annual #3. Ms. Marvel, Spider-Woman, Mockingbird and Jewel go on a all women mission to rescue Clint Barton.

Punisher Noir #4 (of 4). The conclusion to this thirties era Punisher tale.

Punisher Max #2. Part two of this wonderfully violent Kingpin story.

Black Widow - Deadly Origin #2 (of 4). Nice story with okay current art and great flash back art.

DC:

Johah Hex #50. Extra long story with very nice art by Darwyn Cooke.

DC Universe Holiday Special '09. Anthology issue with 16 or so stories. Featuring the usual Superman, Batman, the Flash, etc.

Sweet Tooth #1. After the accident (nuclear war?) few children were born. The ones who were born are born special. Sweet Tooth has horns(?).

IDW:

Star Trek - Alien Spotlight - Cardassians. A weak Cardassian story that takes place after the Dominion War.

Jon Sable Freelance - Ashes of Eden #3. More Mike Grell! Jon Sable looses the diamond?

NEC:

The Mangalicious Tick #4 (of 4). The okay end to this weak mini-series.

Dark Horse:

B.P.R.D. - War of Frogs #4. A creepy Frog ghost story.

Image / Top Cow:

Murderer #1. This is a Pilot Season issue (basically an issue for fans to vote if they want to see more). This story features Jason a young man who can hear every ones thoughts and who kills people (they seem to deserve it). I liked this story quite a bit.

Although there were a few books worth mentioning: Johah Hex, Black Widow and Punisher Max, The Pick Of My Pile this week is The New Avengers annual. This book was a lot of fun with decent art.

K.R.C.

D.L.