As the monies align for the eventual collection of Puppet Angel, comics are also on the cards and this time, for May 1.

At a damn cheap price, Red Sonja #0 is one that surely has to be picked up and taken home at the very least. Hopefully there will be more to the fiery red head than a chain mail costume showing some crack on the first page.

Pretty much the same goes for Invincible #0 in terms of cheapness. Only in Kirkman's case it's a currently running title that is supposed to be something of a foothold for prospective new readers. Why not?

Kabuki #4 finally rears itself and like all of The Alchemy has been thus far, should definitely blow the mind. A rare case in which the wait is definitely worth all the fungi in the room.

Not too sure on Lullaby: Wisdom Seeker #2. The first one felt like a mash of things from all over the place. Best read that one again before heading out and putting money on the second.

Short ordered on the first go and now coming back for another round is the Vertigo First Taste trade. The cover is absolutely tragic and in no way delivers any hope. But check it out and there's hooks all over the place. For those who are fans of pulp serials or Sal Velluto and Bob Almond, Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #1 was reordered. No idea how many though.

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Another week passes, and on April 21, these are the titles that will push buying other comics into the back.

Spectacular Spider-Man #27 brings an end to Paul Jenkin's five year run with the webslinger. Back for this send off tale is Mark Buckingham and good ol' Uncle Ben in a flash back episode. From the preview pages, it'll be a soft and warm touch to close out another Spider-Man series before another soon takes up the void.

Still standing and being taken into the standing order include Amazing Spider-Man #519 and Ultimate Spider-Man #76. Pretty close to closing in on reading these up to their current issue. One or two more away now. Not too far from the blast.

With Trigger #5 the series is now only three more before being totally canned. It's fate is already sealed, so there's no point in making much fuss about it. Doesn't mean it won't be a good read up until the end. It's been this good so far, what with the mind games, overlords of thought and all that paranoia.

Clear out on the front is Detonator #3. If the first two issues are anything to go by, and they usually are, it's a steaming pile of explosions and booms. Shards of plot shatter and the characters inside are left unhurt for their vapidity knows no pain.

Hopefully Iron Ghost #1 won't dive into the wreck left by a smoldering Detonator. The art work looks nice, but beyond that -- and wasn't there a hint of a swastika? -- can't recall anything of the story at large.

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Right in the middle end of National Youth Week, April 14 sees another batch of comics hitting the store. As such, another look at what could end up being taken home...

Spotted about eight pages of Imaginaries #1 in one of the Comic Book Digest sampler magazines a month or more back. It looked good, even in black and white. Story wise, here's hoping it gets beyond what could easily be passed off as another Tellos.

Having read the second, but not the first, why would there be a reason to pick up Lion Tigers and Bears #3? #4, perhaps, just to read the story in a flash forward mode. Like coming in to halfway through a show, flicking over to another channel and then back again to this when you realise that the reality TV show just before it went on for far longer than it should have.

Flaming Carrot #2 is bound for the shelves this week. Still have yet to read the first issue despite having bought a copy a couple of months ago -- some time in December. Did happen upon the two page inclusion within Negative Burn: Best of 1993-1998. Kind of in that superhero field without being all too serious.

Captain Gravity and Power of The Vril #4 continues on after what feels a lot longer than a month between drinks. Last issue might have been where Captain Gravity was lying in ditch. After letting Chase's captors steal her away of course. Not something along a line of a booze hound unable to withstand the pressures of the suit. Not one for those who don't like the old pulp era they might only know from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow or The Rocketeer.

For those who missed them the first time around, the Astonishing X-Men volume 1: Gifted and The Sentry trade paperback collections are back again. Get them before someone else does.

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Ever is the intent to read the new stuff. This going along with the old stuff makes for a lot of stuff to read in aggregate. April 7 sees a bunch of losers, a bunch of firsts and a bunch of philosophers take to the "interesting" pile.

Ultimate Spider-Man #75 continues the Hobgoblin story. Part 4 of a six part arc. Having only read the first part a couple of weeks ago, it looks like Harry could be getting far more stroppy than we've seen before. After all, the guy comes back from wherever the looney bin was and finds that punk kid Parker having relations with his girl MJ. Yeah, like when was that really? You missed the boat Harry. Let's see what do to bring it back.

GLA #1 takes on the Avengers in a way not unlike that of Formerly Known as the Justice League did for the JLA. These Great Lakes Avengers are said to be the losers of the bunch, the dumb lucks struck by their own hand. The cover should be a good indication of the whole flavour of the title.

Vertigo First Taste is a gold mine of the Vertigo Comics stable. Y: The Last Man #1, 100 Bullets #1, The Books of Magick: Life During Wartime #1, Saga of the Swamp Thing #21, Transmetropolitan #1 and Death: The High Cost of Living #1 all jammed together into a tight little US cover price of only US$4.95. Bargain.

Action Philosophers #1 really sounds like someone was off their rocker when concocting this one. Nietzsche, Plato and kung fu master BodhidharmaFu appear in a "a hip and humorous way" and let's just hope that means fun. Be a weird way to teach the new kids a bit about the old folks outside a take through Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

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Astonishing X-Men #9 is the only recommendation from this week's list coming into the store on March 31. This despite the fact that there's at least three issues between what's on the stands and what's been read from the collection at home. But it's still a solid take on the X-Men. Even if it is looking to take its time coming out.

On the other hand, there is also MK Spider-Man #12. The perfect jumping-off point for those who fell into the trap of reading this series. Not to say that it was all bad, gritty and like a mouthful of gravel it was. Thing is, was it really even the Spider-Man that Spider-Man is? Or were any of the characters really acting rationally and in character? For the fans of Reggie "Kiss my butt Wakanda" Hudlin, #13 is where the line starts.

On the cheap-enough-for-a-look range is that DC Countdown to Infinite Crisis 80 page whopper. The start of another one of the company-wide earthquaking events. It's like the timing was planned just around the Indonesians. Class act.

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When you've stuck yourself into a warp hole of time and space, you can't find the other end without first losing the middle. Make this promise to yourself often enough and the realities of failure will make their commitment ever lasting. These are the picks for comics expected to hit the store on March 24.

Amazing Spider-Man #518 falls back further and further as the last read issue vanishes close into that void of a six month period. This can only mean one thing about the filing system, it needs to exist. That, or just can the book outright and read what's left of the Spider-Man issues before reconsidering picking it back up again. Which might be a good deal healthier a prospect overall.

Can't quite remember asking for Ed The Happy Clown #1 to make an appearance in the box. We'll see what it's like when it takes a leap frog in the reading queue over the other comics. And that seems to happen quite a lot. If anything, it could only serve as a taste test for that trade expected further in the year.

If Shaolin Cowboy #2 is a reorder, what happened in the second issue anyway? Got to check to see if this one's already been bought. Pretty expensive for a double shot.

Futurama Simpsons Crossover Crisis Part 2 #2 will most definitely be the first read of this week's pile. Gots to see how this one is wrapped up from the cliffhanger of the first part.

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