Well, of course I need more comics!

[buggery]

So I'm considering adding yet more titles to my pull-box. (How many am I already reading? Er... don't ask. Even I don't actually want to know.)

If you're reading any of these, and have any thoughts about them one way or another, do please share.

CATWOMAN (#33)
I haven't been reading Selina's title, though I don't dislike her much and I enjoy Ed Brubaker's scripting as much as any sane person. The solicits for this month's, though, make me wonder how closely CATWOMAN is going to tie-in with the other Gotham titles for "War Games," and whether I should be reading it for the duration.

JUSTICE LEAGUE ELITE (maxiseries)
Okay, I don't read JLA, so I don't know the setup or background or whatever. The two characters joining the JLE who I already know, I like (Ollie and Wally, and I'm reading both their titles at the moment), and several of the ones I know barely anything about intrigue me already... but, well, being as it's a spinoff from JLA, I'm worried that JLE will be more of the bad crack.

THE LEGION (#35-38)
On the one hand, I adore Gail Simone. On the other hand, I wouldn't know the Legion from X-Force if I ran into them in broad daylight and they were wearing nametags. Is this storyling going to be accessible to me without massive back-issue supplementation?

THE MONOLITH (#6-8)
Bruce and Babs are guesting in this storyline, or at least the first issue of the arc, according to DC. Er... what's this title about?

Comments

[teneagles.livejournal.com]

Catwoman:
The early days of this book, when the art matched the writing's tone, were Brilliant. The book does suffer from the new artist, but, man... Brubaker is so good it's worth it. It's a great book, and I say that as one who was truly not a fan of the character, before.

JLE:
Is okay. Story's a little incoherent at times, but the art's cracking and the story's fun. Sort of "The Authority"-lite.

The Legion:
I adore Gail Simone, too, but issue 35 was *incredibly* hard to follow -- and I *am* a Legion fan. (The Legion is a pretty good book, btw, and they've been doing some stuff with Superboy leading up to the TT/Legion crossover in a few months.)

The Monolith:
Is one of my favourite new series. Written by Palmitti and Gray, who wrote the *fantastic* 21 Down and who are actually turning Hawkman into a really great read. It's... hard to describe. The review here is a good introduction.

[buggery.livejournal.com]

Catwoman:
Thanks, this is the sort of input I was hoping for.

JLE:
Your ideas intrigue me, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Legion:
Hm. Sounds like I'll wait for the crossover, and see at that point whether I think I really need these four issues.

Monolith:
Dude. Has anybody given the nod to Michael Chabon for this series concept? Damnit. It's sounding really good to me now. In, like, the read-every-month way.

::ponders further::

[teneagles.livejournal.com]

Your ideas intrigue me, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Heh.

Legion:
The Simone issues are really just fillers -- they're cancelling it straight after, then launching a new series by Mark Waid following the crossover.

And having read issue 36 today... um, no-one needs to read these. Ever.

Monolith:
Palmiotti and Gray are writing some of the best comics out there. Like I said, 21 Down was excellent, and they're making me put Hawkman (*Hawkman*, for god's sake) on my pull-list. So, yeah, while the concept does strike one as Chabonish, They make it their own.