5 DC & 5 Marvel

Dark Avengers- I would say this is the main book for Dark Reign, It has stolen the thunder from New Avengers, Thunderbolts. Cons: $3.99 price tag

Captain America/Reborn- One of the best stories ever. CONS: Killing & bringing back Steve Rogers so quick maybe a down point but we don't know how that will turn out.

X-Factor- Man this book is the best X-book out there currently, CONS: Only thing if your heterosexual you might be turned away!

Invincible Iron Man-This book is almost the ultimate Iron Man book that future writers will model there Iron Man stories after. CONS: Slow start up made me drop the book but pick it up with the current epic arc.

Fantastic Four-where Mark Millar's run just ended it was the freshest take of Marvel's first family. CONS: The final chapter wasn't even written to

Green Lantern/Blackest Night- the greatest space opera ever. annihilating other books rivaling even Star Wars. CONS: is there any?????

JSA vs. Kobra- I don't know why this book is even a mini, it should be the main book. Way better than the last 3 offerings of JSA since Geoff Johns left the book. CONS: It's just a mini.

Detective Comics- The art alone is reason to buy this book & Rucka's writing is no slouch either. Good The Question back-up feature also. CONS: doesn't feel like it should be Detective Comics.

Batman & Robin- 2 books in & it rivals many bat stories, this book lives up to it's title also Batman & ROBIN, where Damien, Bruce Wayne's son is the major star of the book. The art is fantastic. CONS: Unknown villians will turn people away.

Flash: Rebirth- This book is re-establishing Barry Allen as a force in the DCU. CONS: late book!

what are your top ten? & why?

Captain Britian and hte MI 13-Wonderfully written and shares equal time among the whole cast. CON-Cancelled last issue came out last week.

X-Factor - Best writer in the business
Dark Avengers - Bendis magic
New Avengers - See above
Mighty Avengers - not as good as other 2, but good
Uncanny X-Men - best the xmen have been in years
Batman - best relaunch Bat title
JSA - Willingham rules
Spiderman - great stories since wishing away the old wife
Daredevil - Brubaker followed up Bendis run with a home run
Cable - solid story and crossover with Xforce was great

Nova - Currently my favorite comic.
Guardians of the Galaxy - great action and a lot of fun
Deadpool - fun book
Marvel Adventures - can't really list a single book here that I would buy over another. fun adventure books for kids and adults
JSA - I hope with the new writers this will still be my favorite DC team book
Green Lantern Corp. - one of my favorite team books
Green Lantern - the build up to blackest night has been fairly good
Secret Six - crazy good book
Blackest Night - so far I am hooked
Atomic Robo - fun and crazy

The Green Lantern: Blackest Night Saga is by far the best series on the shelf.

Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy - Rocket Raccoon and Cosmo the Wonder Dog.
Pet Avengers.

new to the pull list
Ultimate Avengers, I figure the first issue is going be Millar working around the damage done by some writer during Ultimates 3

DC
Detective Comics - The art is fantastic.
Secret Six
DMZ - if you like Escape from New York this is worth a glance.

Indep
Grimm's Fairy Tales

new to the pull list
Beasts of Burden (Dark Horse)

Marvel

Hulk (still, i'm stubbornly intrigued about the whole thing)
Thor always rules
Cap Reborn

DC

Green Lantern
GL Corps
Blackest Night
House of Mystery
Justice Society

kinda broke right now so marvel takes the brunt of the cutbacks

Marvel

1) Dark Avengers
2) Deadpool
3) Thunderbolts
4) Agents of Atlas
5) Ms. Marvel

DC

1) Secret Six
2) Green Lantern (Blanket)
3) Aftermath: Run
4) Cry For Justice
5) Streets of Gotham

X-Force
Dark Avengers
Deadpool

Booster Gold
Batman & Robin
Blackest Night
Secret Six

Crossed
Absolution

I only buy Thor these days. I can understand why the slow burn puts people off, but I think it just throws the moments where Thor cuts loose into contrast. (The issue where he pummels Iron Man still makes me chuckle. "Unlike our previous fights I am not holding back.")

This is partly because I know my brother will buy the trades of most of the stuff I want to read (Guardians of the Galaxy, Green Lantern, etc) and partly because I work in a library and can request any of the trades in the county without having to pay any charges. I'm patient enough to wait for them.

- Ambush Bug: Year None (If Didio ever decides to publish the last issue)
- Batman and Robin (Pure awesome)
- Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape (enjoying the mystery)
- Greek Street (Wow)
- Hellblazer (Getting good again)
- Madame Xanadu (DCU magic done right)
- Secret Six (Gail's really got the characters down, and Ostrander's coming in for a Deadshot issue!)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century (It only comes out once a year, but it's still incredible)
- Wednesday Comics (Loving this)
- Tiny Titans (hilarious)

I'm hardly buying any DC, so I'll go top Marvel, top Indie

Guardians of the Galaxy
Nova
Immortal Iron Fist/Immortal Weapons
Captain America


Invincible
Walking Dead
Chew
Hellboy
BPRD

If Umbrella Academy was currently going (its on hiatus until the next mini), I'd rank it 1 or 2

Only Marvel and DC? That ignores a lot of really good comics.

I am going to list my top 10 comics I am buying right now, regardless of publisher. These may not be in order or greatness but as they come to mind.

1. Scalped
2. Incredible Hercules
3. Nova
4. Hellboy/BPRD continuous miniseries
5. The Stuff of Legend
6. Detective Comics
7. Batman & Robin
8. Wednesday Comics
9. War of Kings
10. Dark Reign: Zodiac

Hmm. After my Indy rant, I only included two comics that were non-DC or Marvel. I guess these days I am a sucker for the big company comics.

There are probably other brilliant comics being published, but these are the ones I am reading that come to mind first. If this were a top 20, I'd include other good ones.

Wednesday Comics
Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps
Tiny Titans
Booster Gold
Doom Patrol w/ Metal Men
Superman: World of New Krypton
Supergirl
Final Crisis Aftermath: Run
JLA: Cry For Justice