JediMoose

So what’s happening on the comics front this year? Do you care? Do I?

Well, of course. Apart from being an avid fan of all things comic-related I’m quite passionate about encouraging it in others. In Blighty it is an sadly overlooked medium…

So what’s out and worth a look at the mo?

The New Avengers
No, nothing to do with Gareth Hunt and Joanna Lumley. This is the new series of Marvel’s The Avengers (hence the name). The old series finished with some huge crossover which I avoided having given up on the Avengers since the late 80’s.
This New Avengers, however, is a brand new ball game. I’ve only read the 1st issue (the 2nd should be due out now) and it builds nicely on the ashes of the old. It’s meant to be the start of a 500 issue series. We’ll see how far I get.

Green Lantern: Rebirth
My personal favourite. The last series of Green Lantern finished a few months ago with a whimper and after 10 years of patchy writing this 6 issue miniseries is like a breath of fresh air. The series, which is at issue 3, is gearing up to be the greatest GL story in years. It’s kept all the popular characters from over the years and is doing what hasn’t ever been done previously. It’s actually developing the characters.
Whoo, it’s all good.

The Legion of Super-Heroes
Hmm. The first issue of the new series has not long come out and I didn’t ever see myself geting into it. All the previous LSH stuff I’d read has always left me cold so I was as surprised as any one as I reached for issue 1.
It’s a relaunch of the series from the start, which pretty much means that unlike New Avenger which carries on from the previous Avengers series, LSH is starting again. From the beginning.
A new writer and artist team are driving this one and, from the first issue, I can see I’m really going to get into this.

That’s all?

Yeah. I’m at work just now. I’ll have to head home to dig out the rest of my current recommendations.

Or is that just another excuse to spend the evening reading comics?

BigAl

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