Comics Of The Week 7.25

A little late as always, here are the comics I picked up about 3 days ago. There were some really great issues in here, including a couple of suprises.

The first big surprise was how good Adventures of Superman was. Im not a huge Superman fan and I rarely pick up any of the comics, but I saw that Rucka was writing it and Kerschl was drawing it, so I gave it a shot. Wow, even though Im jumping right in the middle of a story line, this was a great issue. Plus, Kerschl is the best Superman artists Ive seen in a long time. DC seems to try to put more realistic artists on Superman books, but they usually end up looking stiff and boring. Kerschl is able to pull of realism, yet retain a sense of motion and style. A great issue that has encouraged me to check out this series for awhile.

The other really stand out comic was Gotham Central. When a boy, which all signs point to him being Robin, ends up dead on the streets of Gotham, the GCPD (Gotham City Police Department) set out to figure out if it really is Robin and who did it. Great read.

Lets see…The Goon was crazy and bizarre as usual (this is a good thing), JSA Classified # 1 shed some light on a much beloved, but very rarely spolighted character; Power Girl. McNiven drew this issue of The New Avengers and its beautiful, plus it has a shocking ending for anyone familiar with the character of The Sentry. Whedon, of Buffy fame, is turning out some of the best X-Men stories Ive read in Astonishing X-men and finally, Bruce Timm did a backup story for Conan. If you dont know who Bruce Timm is, shame on you. His 4 page skit is awesome and defitenly worth getting the book for. Oh, and the rest of the issue wasnt bad either.

Gotham Central # 33 | Astonishing X-Men # 11 | Conan # 18 | New Avengers # 7 | Adventures of Superman # 642 | The Goon # 13 | JLA Classified # 1

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