New Comic Day! August 10th edition.

It's Wednesday, it's New Comic Day. You guys(and gals) know the drill by now. This is actually an odd week for me comic book-wise, but before I get into that, first allow me to take a look back at last week's comic book haul. Last week's Pick of the Litter was Avengers Academy #17, which is a series I've gone to great lengths to compliment. I love that series. As for issue #17, I gave it an 8 1/2, which is a respectably above average score. As for the Runt of the Litter, Fear Itself: Wolverine #2, it was about as bad as I expected it to be, coming in at a lowly 3 1/2... As for last week's average, it was a rather pathetic 6.47 out of 10... That's nearly a full point less than last week's all time high, and close to my all time low score(which is a 6.44). So yeah, comic-wise, last week sucked.

What of this week though? Here are the comics I managed to snag earlier today... Batgirl #24, Batman and Robin #26, Birds of Prey #15, Detective Comics #881, Red Robin #26, Teen Titans #99, Morning Glories #11, Amazing Spider-Man #667, Daken: Dark Wolverine #12, Deadpool #41, New Mutants #29, Fear Itself #5, Fear Itself: Fellowship of Fear #1, Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force #2, Iron Age #3, Ultimate Fallout #5, Super Heroes #17, Ghost Rider #2, New Avengers #15, Vengeance #2, X-Men #15.1. That's a lot of comics... Like I said last week, I'd rather around 13-15 comics, once we get over 15, that's a bit excessive... When we go over 20? That's INSANE! Now, there are two things I want to say about this week's books before I get into the Pick and Runt portion of this post... First off, that is an AWESOME line-up of comics! Seriously, I'm REALLY looking forward to at least 11 of those books! I've got to say, that's quite a relief after last week's weak showing. The other thing I've noticed is the fact that, for the first time in a while, the DC comics I'm picking up are, except for Birds of Prey, comics I'm eagerly anticipating... It's been quite some time since I've really been looking forward to a DC book, let alone 4 of them! All in all, this should be a great comic reading week... Hopefully. Anyway, this week's Pick of the Litter is going to be a split deal, as I couldn't decide on a single comic. My co-Picks are Fear Itself #5 and New Mutants #29. This issue of Fear Itself should really set the stage for the final showdown, as the next issue is the penultimate issue, and New Mutants #29 should have Nate Grey in it, which is always a good reason to call it my top pick! This week's Runt has to be Ghost Rider #2. With me looking forward to so many books this week, this week's Runt wasn't that difficult to pick out. So that'll do it. Later on today/tonight I'll have a review for Fear Itself #5(and possibly New Mutants #29) up. If I can find the time, I'll probably post a spoiler-filled Fear Itself #5 post before I get to the reviews. Until then, X out.

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