Straight into the standing order for this week of February 3 is Ultimate Spider-Man #72. A possible maybe would be Spider-Girl #83. The latter being one in which the black costume makes a return. At this stage it continues to be a maybe this month, or maybe the next. No real connection or desire to pick up each and every issue. Yet.

To the picks for this week: Creep #1 and Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Adventures TPB.

Whenever there was a comic convention around Sydney -- no matter how appallingly bad for actual comicbook readers -- there was an ongoing hunt for back issues of this 12 issue series by Evan Dorkin off the adventures of Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan. Here and there, diving the back issues and long boxes brought over by the Yanks, pinching dollars to add another piece to the run. Over the course of the past few years, and with only 5 of the originals in hand, the hunt's gone soft. Now that there's a trade paperback collection -- stripped naked of interior colours -- it's most certainly gone to mush.

Then there's Creep. No real idea about it beyond the solicitation info that reads: "Adam, a freakish-looking bookworm, lets his rage take control, beating a date-rapist in a park on his way home." Most probably a black and white one shot, as have a couple of new tastes ventured. So why choose this as a pick? Maybe there's a super hero and spandex burnout that's going on right now. One that is actively looking for new stuff outside of Marvel and DC. This just happens to sound like the best new shot for the week.