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@Neseman:  Awesome. @forestjwp:  Moon Knight as a White Sox guy makes perfect sense.  And remember, Barack Obama is U.S. President in the Marvel U., so there's your biggest confirmed WS fan. Pirates?  If we count the New Universe, go with Ken Connell, the Star Brand. Seattle?  Denver?  Cleveland?  .... Yeah, I got nothin'.

Great picks, Ron.   For cover art design, Godland is the sh!t.  The inside's great, too. I might take Scalped (JOCK!) or that creepy Fables portrait over Deadpool, but maybe it's Halloween's approach that makes me appreciate the more disturbing cover images.

Good for you, Ron!  Seeing that this was your pick made me laugh out loud... in a good way!  Your enthusiasm for this title almost makes me want to buy the first trade when it comes out.  Almost.  Sunday's podcast cannot come soon enough.

I was lucky to get the four trades in the early '90's, then found the Silver Age and Apocrypha lssues later.   Damn lucky. The bad:  Both Moore's Miracleman and V for Vendetta have similar second-act problems; you get the feeling he's just treading water while getting to the big finish.  I didn't find Beckum/Austen's art "bad," but in the issues between Leach and Totl...

All DC for me this week, including The Nobody, which I've been looking forward to for months. BQ:  Pretty damn good.  The Yankees are playing well, I heard some fantastic music at Bonnaroo, and there's lots of great reading ahead.  What could be better?  How's your summer, Conor? @OddsBodkins:  CONGRATULATIONS!  Many happy returns.

What a fantastic surprise to open up iTunes after the holiday to find "Booksplode: Starman Omnibus 1" listed.  I had no idea this was coming out.  Starman's one of my fave all-time series, and you did it justice. I didn't hear his name during your discussion, so I'll point out that Matt Smith did the art for the Ragdoll issue, #11.  I had thought of him as a Mignola k...

My pulls are Marvel-heavy this week, but I'm most looking forward to Detective Comics and Proof.  BQ:  Obviously.... Slackest Night.  @robby:  Good luck with the cat.  Been there, man.

@Conor:  Thanks for an excellent synopsis of the Batbooks.  I really enjoyed Andreyko's Manhunter, and that backup sold me on getting Streets of Gotham.  I fear moving Kate to Gotham will nullify the hard work Marc did building her fantastic supporting cast, though.   @Jimski:  Yeah, Gotham Central is dead, and it ain't coming back.  But we can still read the se...

I *love* the Thor and Loki casting!  A Branagh Thor movie becoming reality is a dream come true... can we resurrect Orson Welles to make his Batman movie next?  (Not that there's anything wrong with Nolan's vision, I'm just a Welles nut.) I knew Kings was cancelled, but not The Unusuals; I stumbled on the pilot, and loved it.  Quirky and funny as hell.  Unfortunately, ABC ...

Aaaarrrgh.  This title has been one of my favorite books since its beginning.   Well, let me wish Paul, Leonard, Nick Lowe and all the book's creators both thanks and congratulations for sixteen brilliant issues (including the annual).   Kirk has been an underrated artist for far too long, and I hope he gets a nice long stretch on a big title soon.  And CB and MI-13 has g...