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Buy:
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #509
DAREDEVIL #5
THE PUNISHER #4
MOON KNIGHT #6
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1
X-MEN LEGACY #257
UNCANNY X-MEN #544
CASANOVA: AVARITIA #2

On the fence:
SECRET AVENGERS #18
Ellis and Aja? Since when? Interesting...

HERC #9
Losing it's charm, but maybe that's the Fear Itself tie-in.

WOLVERINE #17
Damn. About to drop it and now Garney's back on? And Gorilla Man? Sounds like Aaron's bringing back the fun.

Yeah, I kind of feel like Herc has been losing its charm. Fear Itself probably is a factor, but I kind of feel the loss the interaction between Herc and Amodeus is a factor too.

I could be tempted to drop Aaron's Wolverine. But yeah, with Garney coming back it makes me pause on that thought.

Aaron can write a good Wolverine. He gets him and I really like the silly stuff he comes up with like Lord Deathstrike and his less than believable weaponry.
However, two blights I feel Aaron's made are, (1) making Wolverine charmed by the notion of religion. Boring! And (2) how long does this Red Right Hand story need to be?

I agree on the religion side. It's not that interesting. Hopefully Nightcrawler is coming back to life soon so that he can drop it.

Did you read Astonishing Spidey/Wolvie, though? That was one of the best books I've read in recent memory. Silly, over the top fun.

FEAR ITSELF #7
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #671
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #672
X-MEN: SCHISM #5
X-MEN: REGENESIS #1
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1
X-MEN LEGACY #257
X-MEN #19
UNCANNY X-MEN #544
X-FACTOR #226
UNCANNY X-FORCE #16
THE STAND: THE NIGHT HAS COME #3
SUPERIOR #5
SUPERIOR #6

MAYBE
NEW MUTANTS #32 [it's been interesting but mostly meh recently, with them delving into Fear Itself I may drop it]
X-MEN #1: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION [I'm interested in seeing it recolored but don't really want to pay $4, may try for eBay]
ASTONISHING X-MEN #43 [thinking of dropping this as so far it hasn't really had an impact on the main titles]

FEAR ITSELF #7 (of 7)
ALPHA FLIGHT #5
FF #10
FF #11
X-MEN: SCHISM #5 (of 5)
X-MEN: REGENESIS #1
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1
X-MEN LEGACY #257
ASTONISHING X-MEN #43
X-MEN #19
UNCANNY X-MEN #544 (sniff..)

I'm thinking I may drop adjectiveless X-Men and Astonishing X-Men. After reading an interview, it sounds like both of those will continue to be just big stories with no connection to the 3 core titles. While I did enjoy the last arcs of each, I just don't want to actually pay money if it has no impact. The last arc of X-Men could have had a huge impact and blown over into other titles, but nope!

Personally, I kind of like how they have no major tie ins. I mean, we get fun X-Men stories that don't require me to read 3 or 4 other books, like you have to with things like Messiah CompleX, Necrosha, Age of X, and more. I can just read X-Men and enjoy a great story, or something in Astonishing pops up later on, like Kitty disappearing and Danger being introduced. While I think we have too many X-Books, I do like having ones where fun and somewhat big stories happen but don't have to tie into every other book.

I'm going to do my usual trick of picking up the first one or two issues of everything after the summer saga has ended and take it from there.

Astonishing X. Men has been off my list since Way took over.

XIII wrote:I agree on the religion side. It's not that interesting. Hopefully Nightcrawler is coming back to life soon so that he can drop it.

Did you read Astonishing Spidey/Wolvie, though? That was one of the best books I've read in recent memory. Silly, over the top fun.

I quite liked this. It was more of Aaron's carnage packed crazy Wolverine capers. It's rare a writer can get away with characters in the story asking what the point is - really dangerous ploy - but Aaron can manage it. It has a fairly moving ending for both characters despite the sillyness. Pete hearbroken again and Logan basically just happy to have had Pete's company.

It was great, but the problem with it was that it all didn't matter. Nothing worthnoty COULD happen, since it was just a 6-issue mini.

Yeah, so Final Crisis or Black Lantern or Secret Invasion mattered and they were shite. I'll take a great that didn't matter over a shitty story that has an impact.
Also. I'm getting back into buying X-Men. For the first time since, well, that was issue 18 of Astonishing.

Also, did I mention that I'm back to buying X-Men monthly for the first in years?
Yeah, I just can't say no to a Aaron/Bachalo book.

I'm getting that as well. As well as Uncanny and Legacy, for that matter.

Did I just say worthnoty up there?

Yes you did. I kept wondering what worthynoty meant. I figured it may've been some Dutch saying or something.

Well, obviously I meant noteworthy. You dense American.

THE PUNISHER #4
FF #10
FF #11
S.H.I.E.L.D. #3
X-MEN: REGENESIS #1
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1
WOLVERINE #17
PUNISHERMAX #18
CASANOVA: AVARITIA #2 (of 4)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL. 2 HC
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN AMERICA TPB

Yeah, I'm back on Uncanny X Men now that Gillen's writing it.

I'll stay around for Aaron too.

I'm also reading Carey's legacy and have been reading a bit of Yost's X. Men too.

I'm going to try Aaron's X-Men mostly because I've never read anything by Aaron that wasn't creator owned.

I'm going to try Aaron's X-Men mostly because I've never read anything by Aaron that wasn't creator owned.

Avengers #18
DareDevil #5
Punisher #4
Moon Knight #6
Mystic #3
X-Men: Regenesis #1
Wolverine & the X-Men #1
X-Men: Legacy #257
Uncanny X-Men #544

Blade vs the Avengers tpb

Maybe:
The Deadly Foes of Spider-man tpb

AVENGERS #18
CAPTAIN AMERICA #4
DAREDEVIL #5
FEAR ITSELF #7 (of 7)
FF #10 & #11
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #509
MOON KNIGHT #6
MYSTIC #3 (of 4)
NEW AVENGERS #17
PUNISHERMAX #18
SUPERIOR #5 & #6
THE PUNISHER #4
ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE #3
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #3
ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #3
ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #2
UNCANNY X-FORCE #16
UNCANNY X-MEN #544
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1
X-FACTOR #226
X-MEN LEGACY #257
X-MEN: REGENESIS #1
X-MEN: SCHISM #5 (of 5)


Maybe

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #623
DEADPOOL #44 & #45
DEADPOOL MAX II #1
HERC #9
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #629 & #630
NEW MUTANTS #32
S.H.I.E.L.D. #3
SECRET AVENGERS #18
THE FEARLESS #1 (Of 12)
THE MIGHTY THOR #7
WOLVERINE #17
X-MEN #19


MArvel Zombie? What Marvel Zombie?

There was this series of mini-series a while ago. Marvel Zombies. That Marvel Zombies?