This week we have a double shot of Legion with both Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes and the First Legion Showcase. I am bringing a backpack for this one.



52 WEEK #48 $2.50
Now in it's final 5 issues 52 is still the comic I pull first off the pile (ok maybe not on JSA week's but can you blame me?) and it has built up so much steam I feel like I'm being pulled along by a bullet train!What an amazing ride. There is a lot to tell in a few issues (wow how weird is tha 5 issues would be half a year for a normal book) I am just hoping the pacing stays as strong as it has been. I am looking forward to countdown and the possibilities of an evil Jimmy Olsen (Yes people I am a little sick in the head but you know deep in your heart you've always suspected Jimmy had a dark side.) But I am definitely going to miss the phenomena that is 52.

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7 $3.50
I am anxiously the awaiting what the most recent issue of Wizard Magazine is touting as a JLA/JSA/Legion of Super-Heroes crossover but I don't think the real action is set to start till next month. I fell in love with poor John Smith and his heroic wife last month. My husband felt last issue was just plain cruel, but I found it poignant and touching. The Justice League is always hovering on the edge of being too big to relate to, but this story of friends and sacrifice was something that will stay with me for along time. That said the only reason I have been picking up the Justice League lately is to have a context for the long anticipated Justice Society crossover. JSA has raised the bar lately and amazingly is way outselling the JLA... would you have believed this a few years ago?

SHOWCASE PRESENTS LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL 1 $16.99
Yay finally! I have been collecting some of the Marvel essentials for a while now and it was a big help in filling in all the events that occured prior to my own birth (and I am no youngster people) D.C.'s Showcase series is perhaps even more neccessary to keeping these older classics alive as the original issues to many of them are incredibly hard to get and the deluxe showcase editions are also cost prohibitive. Legion is not as extreme a case of this as some of the comics of the 40s, but I am hoping overdosing on 500 pages of corny late 50s and early 60s helps me better understand the issues I have managed to cram into my legionlongbox.

SUPERGIRL #16 $2.99
Why is this still on my list? Maybe I am a glutten for punishment? Last month was pretty dismal, it read like a pamplet on spousal abuse. I had such High hopes for our new Apokalyptian friend. I didn't care if turned psycho bad guy or evil spy yearning to redeem himself, but did they have to make powerboy so incredibly one dimensional. I suppose I am only picking up the issue for any teasers for World War Three and clues to the truth about Supergirl's duality. I'm just going to say this to Mr. Didio over at D.C. Comics, if you really want to have a book appeal to young female audiences, you may want someone to write it who has experience as a young female!

SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #28 $2.99
Well this is the first issue since the announcement that Waid and Kitson are off the book. I have to say that this is the series that hooked me into legion. I have since filled a longbox with backissues from Superboy on and have different feelings about different eras, but if it were not for waids excellent dialogue and quirky insights I never would have felt that I could break in to what I felt was a bit of a Legion clique. I found last issue dissapointing though as we skipped a large gap of time and I really wanted to see what had happened. I am hoping all will be revealed, but with Waids limited time on the book I am seriously doubting it. It was perhaps the biggest weakness of Waid's run that so many important scenes happened off panel. Oh well Mr. Waid and Mr. Kitson you made a Legion fan out of me and I am grateful.

WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #5 $2.99
This is still a very good book. I'm just not head over heels for it. It is well constructed deconstuction. The series is carefluy crafting a very intriguing murder mystery while breaking apart traditional super hero archetypes. I apreciate it and I always enjoy Gail Simone's writing, but it just isn't the book I am rushing to the comic shop for.




RUNAWAYS #25 $2.99
Joss Whedon. I adore Firefly. I was there at comicon when Mr. Whedon shed tears onstage. The man is capable of amazing storytelling. He just didn't bring his A game to the last few issue of Astonishing X-men. The first few blew me away, but it looks like Marvel politics and a hectic schedule made the last few late and lackluster. I am hoping for more from runaways. We know Mr. Whedon can handle teen crimefighting groups and Runaways is 80% about the snappy dialogue, but will his current work schedule drain him of ideas? Oh and I really want Get back. I know there is a lot of character delevopement all around with her dead, but I still want her back.