June 19 watches on as two series start up as two minis walk away done and finished with their respective tales.

Giant Size X-Men #3 reprints some old classic mutant tales featuring stories that manage to start and end in the same issue. Only four tales of reprints in 80 pages. Staples set to strain! Wallet set to faint! Also includes a new chunk from Joss Whedon and Neal Adams.

Definitely picking up Ex Machina #12. It's solid, intriguing, the characters are well-fleshed out and the art is top notch for capturing the moment.

Trigger #7 is either the penultimate or the final issue. Either way, this series is dead. Been an interesting read though.

Both Freedom Force #6 and Captain Gravity and Power Of The Vril #5 are closers. Can't say much about FF, it's issues were always too frenetic and jumpy to have any real linearity within the pages. CG&PV however, should end things nicely. Back issues are available on Captain Gravity these should the desire to read from the last issue first be there.

Following Cerebus #4 is due which now means that #1 and #2 still haven't been read. So no chance on picking this one up.

G.I. Joe #0 is some ground floor material. Just like Wildsiderz #0. The former, eh, can't be bothered trying to get into the 80s anymore. Outside of music that is. The latter looks promising and pretty fun.

 

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.

 

So what looks good coming in on February 17?

Out of the old pulp movie times in the crank house of Hollywood, Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #3 as a pick for the week harks back to those such times. Times when things were so bold and open, when dreams were just starting to soar into the air. That I still haven't read the second issue despite buying it over a month ago should not dissuade opinion. The first issue itself was a rock solid romp back into those times. The tone, the feel, the characters, these are like people lifted straight from the lot of The Rocketeer. Or the universe of. It's that kind of warmth.

Speaking of which, Freedom Force #1 was a rollicking mad train of outlandishing Silver-Age comicbook era fun. The garish costumes, the garish dialogue and the garish sudden introduction of new characters within a heartbeat of a panel. Fast and out of the blocks. The first issue was all things crazy and wild. Here's hoping number two keeps up the pace.

Regular hauls for this week include: Astonishing X-men #8, Captain America and The Falcon #12 and Ex Machina #8. Not too sure about grabbing Trigger #3. While the first issue was good and the second one sits waiting to be read, there's other places the mind is going right now. Could very well be a spur of the moment thing, picking it up on the way toward the counter.