ROBERT DOWNEY JR. IS IRON MAN

That's right, the buzz is everywhere. Me, I'm stoked, because if anyone can play an alcoholic playboy, it's RDJr. You like that nickname I gave him? All jokes aside, I love his work and his movies, this should really be amazing.

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Is Booster Gold really dead?

Spoilers ahead...sorta.

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I'd like to say yes but there is 1 little thing that makes me think otherwise...Justice League of America #2. In the book we (still) find the big 3 going through who's in and who's not. Eventually someone brings up Booster Gold. Superman argues that they should vote him in, to honor Ted's memory, you know, since Ted Kord is dead. But wait, isn't Booster Gold dead (52). On top of that, Clark Kent not only watched Booster Die, but was the only reporter at the funeral.

Other than the mystery of Booster Gold (which really is just an issue I'm bringing up), JLA #2 was pretty good. There is a lot of character developement going on, all around the board. We got a little action with Vixen, but otherwise it's still voting on members (even though everyone knows who's in and who isn't). I just know that the awesome battle with the whole JLA is coming soon, so let's hope it's worth it.

This Week's comics makes my head explode...Sept 20th

I got a LOT of comics this week. So many, I'm only going to talk about the ones that are worth it. Here we go:

Civil War 4: War breaks out, and it is awesome. Everyone knows how good this is, no need to explain.

Astonishing X-men 17: What is GOING ON? This issue is just one crazy thing after another. Half of which I'm still scratching my head about. Still, it's one of the best books out there. I'm a huge Whedon fan...HUGE. One awesome thing I love about this book is that it actually does a good job writing Cyclops. I'm a big Scott Summers fan, and to see him do what he does in this book, well, it's awesome.

Moon Knight 5: Oh Taskmaster, now you've just gone and made Mr. Spector upset. Marc finally gets back into costume and gets ready to beat the living crap out of the lame corporate enemies. The book is getting better and the art is awesome.

Nextwave: Agents of h.a.t.e. #8: :I'm the Captain--I'm from **** Brooklyn--and I can barely understand **** ENGLISH!" Gold.

Civil War: X-men #3: If they don't kill Caliban...I'll kill writer Hine.

Ghost Rider 3: Flame-head vs Dr. Strange. Eh.

Flash 4: Getting better.

X-factor 11: The story continues to gain more twists and turns...and Madrox is aparently hot stuff, just ask Monet.

Buffy Comic update

Here's some news from Comics Continuum about the "Season 8" Buffy comic

The new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series is targeted for a March launch, according to Dark Horse Comics.

The first story arc will be a four-part series. The comic will chronicle events after the Buffy television series.

Buffy creator Joss Whedon is writing, with art by Georges Jeanty.

To the right is a Buffy image posted by Jeanty at his website. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.

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A dose of vitamin J

What would Jesus read? Christian comics, of course! And thanks to a new line, Jesus doesn't have to look far. The Guardian Line introduces three new series, including Code, a "a techno-savvy man of mystery whose revolutionary knowledge of Scripture empowers him to help others."

Or check out Joe and Max, which follows a "a feisty 11-year-old who, with the help of a Scripture-speaking guardian angel, carries out his mission to defeat evil."

Awesome!


http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/4190841.html

Annihilation #2

I think I've said this before, but I'm not usually a huge fan out space comics. I try and try but sometimes I just get bored. It happened with Green Lantern, it's happening with Ion, but not with Annihilation. It's really got all you want in an outer-space epic. There's war, political tension, war, vengeance, war, mystery, war, an unstoppable evil, and war. I thought the Nova mini was great, and Nova continues to shine in this book. I'm looking forward to his own series afterwards. The scar is a nice touch, and his new costume is great.

Also, you got to love these covers!

Big News from the House of Ideas

Joe Quesada laid out a ton of news about new books, writers, and stories coming up for Marvel. Here's a summary:

- Joss Whedon will be taking over Runaways after Brian K. Vaughan leaves the title!
Michael Ryan will be the artist.

- Spider-man will be going back to his Black Costume.

- Next May's big event is called World War Hulk.

- Joe Michael Straczynski will be writing the new Thor series.

- Alan Davis has signed an exclusive contract with Marvel. He will be writing a new series of his team book Clandestine.

- Marvel will be launching a line of classic novels in comic book format.

- Nova will be getting his own series. The Galatic Herlads will be getting two one-shots. Super-Skrull and Quasar will be getting two mini-series.

- Guiding Light will be translated into a comic book. (No one cares)

- The Spider-man family will be getting their own bi-monthly book.

- The Dabel Brothers have signed an exclusive Marvel contract.

- C.B Cebulski will be writing a new series called Loners, starring Excelsior.

The entire interview can be seen here | Newsrama

Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona Runaway

After Issue #24 of Runaways, both Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona will be leaving the book. What does the future hold for the children of the Pride, who knows.

Newsarama | Runaway from this site

In case you missed it...

While Marvel's CCC continues to develop, the civil war raging in the Archie universe has gone largely unnoticed in the comic community. What started in the flagship publication, fallout has now spread to "Jughead's Digest" and the traditionally light-fare "Betty and Veronica."


As a quick update, and the story arc is still far from complete, Jughead broke out of his heroin induced trance long enough to brutally murder Reggie. After readers saw him maniacally laughing while covered in his long time rival's blood, it's safe to assume that there's no going back for Jughead!






Stay tuned, more to follow!