mmm, boys...

As much as I know I'll get the usual jibe from Ms Kim for that title, we sure are excited that The Boys is back in print, aren't we, Mme Penguin? In other news, we naturally have the next volume of Empowered on pre-order: also sexy. Just like you, Mme Penguin. Ker-wink.

Anyway! X-Men 199 kicked some ass, using Bachalo's loose art to its best effect to portray the desperate fight against the Hecatomb. And man, is that some crazy action - and with a crazy creepy ending, to boot, with Rogue's power changing to a scary extreme. Damnation Crusade 4, on the other hand, continues to be an interesting snapshot of the 40k setting, but where the hell are the plot and characters? As much as it's a great author writing it, it just seems like some loosely connected scenes thrown together. For another turnaround, however, we have Gutsville 1 - a Puritan town constructed quite literally in the belly of a gigantic sea creature, it's hard sci-fantasy at its setting-centric best! Yay indie-comic high-five, Mme Penguin! But, another somewhat downturn, Fallen Son: Captain America, which is supposed to represent bargaining in the stages of grief, was mildly interesting in its exposition of Hawkeye, but...yeah, we'll go with mildly interesting. But, to end on a higher note, Nova 2 was something of a set-up issue, but how fun will Nova versus the Thunderbolts be in the next? Fun, slash, very fun, is the answer.