8/20/08

1. Starhawk - Guardians of the Galaxy #4
2. The Orb - Ghost Rider #26
3. Rocket Racoon - Guardians of the Galaxy #4

Its all Marvel dudes this week for me. Most of the other comics I liked this week had characters that are all pretty recent and already well-made.

8/20/08

1. Captain America (the new one) - Captain America #41

I've been enjoying Brubaker's take on the Captain America legacy, and with no tournament legal Captain A right now other than the Zombie, Ultimate, Duo, and Isaiah Bradley ones, I'd like it if this version showed up in an upcoming set.

2. Ghost Rider - Ghost Rider #26

I don't even care if it's Blaze or Ketch. I just want a bad-### Ghost Rider, standing there on the base, looking menacing with chain-in-hand. All the Ghost Riders we've had were merely two sets apart, and on the bike both times. I'd like a version of the character that represents him off the bike, tearing people apart up close.

3. Sin - Captain America #41

I'd like a new Red Skull too, but his daughter hasn't been made yet and would be fun to play with Hydra teams with Red Skull and Crossbones and Arnim Zola, or on Serpent Society teams, or on "teen" teams with other evil teens.

It killed me not to get Captain America this week. My pile was just too big. In retrospect, the one I would have put back would have been Justice League of America - it was the worst of the bunch I got today.

8/20/08

1. The Weird (Rann/Thannagar Holy War)
2. Misfit (Birds of Prey)
3. Bizarro (Rann/Thannagar Holy War)

Things really picked up in this week's issue too. I know a lot of people have found it going too slow since #25, and it has been going a little slow. I love seeing the games the Red Skull is playing unfold, but now everything is coming together and it really started going somewhere fast.

8/27/08

1. Sun-Chained-in-Ink (Trinity #13)
2. Yellow Peri (Reign in Hell #2)
3. Ryder from Skrull Kill Krew (Avengers: The Initiative #16)

The greatest double-post of all time.

8/27/08

Took me a while to get through all my comics for the week.

1. Norman Osborn (Tbolts #123, ASM #569)
- I want a really cool looking butt-kicking and smart Norman like the one in this week's issue of Thunderbolts. In the Goblin costume or out of it, I want to see some outwit, perplex, leadership, and insanity.

2. Daredevil (Daredevil #110)
- Because he's Daredevil. I'd love to see what special powers and traits can do for DD.

3. Majesdane soldier generics (Runaways #1)
I know we don't have any of the Runaways yet, but they look really cool, and I love armies of generics.

9/4/08

1. Ragdoll - Secret Six #1
2. Makkari - Eternals #4
3. Hush - Detective Comics #848
(never thought I'd want to see a remake of Hush, but Dini's working magic with that guy)

1. Ragdoll - Secret Six #1
2. "Junior" - Secret Six #1
3. Sub-Mariner - Sub-mariner: The Depths #1

I almost put "Junior" as well. I'm waiting to see a little bit more about him, but he's already a very, very intriguing villain.

Can you imagine a sculpt based on what we know so far? Just a crate with an arm reaching out and maybe a red puddle underneath. It would look like a Horrorclix piece.

If I could pick more than two (Have to follow my own rules, for Pete's sake!), I'd add Barracuda, the anti-matter Aquaman (just learned that from BoyBlunder) and a few of the super-ladies from Love and Rockets, like Sun Swan, Penny Century, and the Weeper.

Or make "Junior's Box", a Special Object that eats bystanders.

9/4/08

Tough week to pick three.

1. Iceman - from X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1. I was nowhere near satisfied with the versions in M&M.

2. Norman Osborn - from ASM #570. As long as Norman's in comics, I'll want a new version of him.

3. Someone from Secret Six - from Secret Six #1. I'd be happy with any of them. A new Cat-Man or Deadshot, or Scandal or Rag-Doll. Bane's new, and I'm curious as to who the new number 6 is, but the I want all 4 of the mainstays.

Most of the superhero comics I got this week featured pretty well-represented characters already, so this one took a bit more thought than usual. The Spoiler box mentions a character featured in Wonder Woman #24. If you're planning on reading the comic, I think it would be much more enjoyable to be surprised, so DON'T scroll over the spoiler if you're a WW reader who hasn't picked up your comics yet.

1. The Lone Ranger - The Lone Ranger #13
2. Enigma - Trinity #15
3. - Wonder Woman #24

1. White Witch (Legion of Super-Heroes int he 31st Century #18)
2. Nemesis Kid (Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #18)
3. Star Boy (Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #18)