New Comic Books for December 28, 2007

DC COMICS

ACTION COMICS #860
BATMAN #672
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS #18
FLASH #235
GREEN LANTERN #26
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #37
TEEN TITANS #54

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #545
CAPTAIN AMERICA #33
CAPTAIN MARVEL #2
DAREDEVIL #103
IRON MAN #24
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #8
THOR #5
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #117
X-MEN #206
X-MEN EMPEROR VULCAN #4

The Revolution is back after enjoying our Christmas. I had a blast this year. There was plenty of food and drink from the 23rd, Christmas Eve and Christmas day. I had a great time hanging out with family and friends. I hope everyone who celebrates Christmas had a blast and those who don’t then I hope you guys enjoyed some time off from work and saw a good movie or two.

Because of Christmas, Diamond Comics won’t be delivering the new comic books here in the States until Friday. And since I took a bit of a holiday for three days, I’m fine with the delay this week.

Now, I was surfing the net and I came across the Top 10 creepiest fast food mascots. I love mascots. Be it for a college, sports team or business. This Top 10 was compiled by fanpop.com.

10. The Quiznos Hamster
9. The Noid (Dominos)
8. Jack (Jack in the Box)
7. Grimace (McDonalds)
6. Colonel Sanders (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
5. Mister Softee
4. Modern Ronald McDonald (McDonald’s)
3. Original Ronald McDonald (McDonald’s)
2. The Tastee Freeze Twins
1. The King (Burger King)

I can’t say that I totally agree with this list. Personally, I don’t find anything creepy at all about the Noid. As a kid, I thought he was a pretty funny little cartoon character. I definitely don’t think that Grimace belongs on this list. As a matter of fact, I’d place Grimace in my Top 10 for the coolest mascots. Grimace is the man! I also wouldn’t put the Colonel on this list. I have always found the Colonel to be a nice nod to the old Southern roots of KFC.

Now, I totally agree that the remainder of the mascots completely deserve to be on this list. I would have placed the original Ronald McDonald number one. He is just downright hideous and clearly something from a childhood nightmare. I’d then place the modern Ronald McDonald number two. Yeah, you can tell that I hate and loathe clowns with all my heart and soul.

I’d bump that damn Quiznos hamster creature up to number three. The gross Tastee Freeze Twins would be a solid number four with The King rounding out the top five. And one mascot that I would have added to this creepiest mascots Top 10 would be the The Hamburglar from the 1970’s and 80’. He was one sinister looking bastard. Seriously, between him and Ronald McDonald, you couldn’t get me to step foot in a McDonald’s when I was a kid.

All right, let’s talk about this week’s shipment of comic books that we have headed to the Bunker today. It looks like we have a total of 17 titles this week. This is yet another large week for The Revolution. This week is slightly heavier with Marvel titles.

Which DC comic book am I most looking forward to reading? Wow, there are so many excellent titles headed our way this week from DC. We have Action Comics #860 that continues the story arc involving the Pre-Crisis Legion. I have been a bit disappointed so far with this story arc. However, I have to believe that Johns simply has to have something big in store for us.

Batman #672 should be an interesting read if only to see if this title can bounce back from the moribund Ra’s al Ghul story arc that flat out crashed and burned for me.

We also get Teen Titans #54. McKeever has been doing a good job with his debut story arc on this title. I fully expect another quality read with this Titans Future story arc.

Then we have Green Lantern #26. Absolutely no title has been as hot as Green Lantern. There is no doubt that Johns is going to deliver another excellent read with this issue. And normally, on any other week this issue would have been the issue I am most looking forward to reading. However…

This week I’m going with Legion of Super Heroes #37. Yeah, that’s right. Check out that damn title. No “Supergirl” anywhere to be found in the comic’s title. And that is exactly how it should be. Legion of Super Heroes #37 is the debut issue of the new creative team of Jim Shooter and Francis Manapul. I am extremely curious to see how this old school/new school creative team gels together on this title. It has been such a long time that the Legion was a consistently good read. The Legion desperately needs a quality long term creative team that can breathe some life in this title.

Which DC comic book am I least looking forward to reading? Flash #235 doesn’t excite me that much. Waid has seriously stunned me with an amazingly underwhelming debut on this title. Flash is one dull and plodding read. Being a huge Wally West fan, I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but what Guggenheim gave us with Bart Allen was far superior to what Waid is giving us with Wally at this point.

However, the issue that I’m least looking forward to reading has to be Countdown to Final Crisis #18. I don’t expect much out of this issue, but I’ve come this far and I’m not giving up this late in the game.

Which Marvel comic book am I most looking forward to reading? Well, the House of Ideas counters DC’s strong week with an excellent selection of titles for this week as well. Captain Marvel #2 should be another good read. I enjoyed the first issue and it is great to see Mar-Vell back in the saddle again.

Daredevil is always a wonderfully constructed title. Brubaker is tacos in the bank. Few writers can match his quality of work that he puts out each and every month. It should be interesting to see if Daredevil is able to finally track down the elusive Mr. Fear in Daredevil #103.

We also get treated to another Brubaker title in Captain America #33. Man, any week that sports a double shot of Brubaker is an excellent week. Captain America #33 is being billed as an issue with a huge surprise ending. I avoid spoilers, so I’m interested to see what happens in this issue.

Loyal followers of The Revolution know that I’m crazy for the Knaufs’ work on Iron Man. They have made this title one of Marvel’s stronger reads. Iron Man #24 should be a fun read since Tony is going to have to rely on one of his old school suits of armor.

All these issues should be great reads, but I’m going to have to go with X-Men #206 as the issue I am most looking forward to reading. The Messiah Complex continues to be a fantastic ride and I have no doubts that X-Men #206 will be another riveting installment of this monster story arc.

Which Marvel comic book am I least looking forward to reading? I’m not nearly as enthused to read Thor #5 as I was the first several issues. JMS really needs to get this story moving with a point and purpose or he runs the risk of this title falling to The Revolution’s dreaded axe.

However, the issue that I’m least looking forward to this week is Amazing Spider-Man #545. JMS is delivering what I find to be quite possibly the worst story arc I have read in my entire life. I really have nothing else to say.

I’ll try my best to start posting reviews as soon as possible. I hope everyone enjoys their new comic books for this week.