Every Monday Seth picks out three items that are due to ship on Wednesday and directs you toward your best bets for a quality purchase. Some times it's a single issue of a comic, other times a massive omnibus edition of a beloved series, and occasionally a figure or shiny bauble that caught his eye. Read on to find the three items you shouldn't leave your comic shop without this week.
If you're a regular visitor of the site then you've probably noticed the lack of content over the past two weeks. Hopefully, as of this week things will go back to normal and I'll, at the very least, manage to write my Monday column. This week is seeing a huge volume of quality books. My recent switch to digital on over half my pull list seems as though it will be paying off this week, particularly on the Image titles coming out. Marvel launches their Omega Effect crossover this week in the pages of Avenging Spider-Man and the goodness that is Remender's Secret Avengers continues this week. DC has new issues of The Shade, Green Lantern and Batman & Robin (one of the real gems of the new 52) hitting shelves.
As usual this past Saturday we posted a new episode of the AC podcast; this episode featuring Adrienne Koosed in lieu of the vacationing Paul Shirley. We talked Avengers vs X-Men, and some random event comics from the past ten years with a focus on new-reader friendliness. Also discussed was the just-released Avengers vs X-men: Infinite. If you haven't had the chance, be sure to check it out. I feel like this is where digital comics are headed in terms of presentation and really felt it was one of the best books out last week.
Lets move on to this week's must-buys.
Every
Monday Seth picks out three items that are due to ship on Wednesday and
directs you toward your best bets for a quality purchase. Some times
it's a single issue of a comic, other times a massive omnibus edition of
a beloved series, and occasionally a figure or shiny bauble that caught
his eye. Read on to find the three items you shouldn't leave your comic
shop without this week.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled
column...
Sorry for the delay this week. I could
complain about work being overwhelming and getting in the way of the regularity
of Buy This for the last two weeks but without my job I'd be unable to
buy any of the stuff I promote on here. Last week's column was written
and posted and then promptly destroyed when I attempted to edit the post
on my iPad. It didn't end well. However, I did write about the new volume
of Emitown as well as Hickman's new creator owned project Manhattan Projects
#1 last week and at least one of those two is definitely worth your time.
I'll give you a hint as to which it is... it's the one that doesn't have
robot samurai in it.
Due to the lack of a column last week
and the lateness of this one I'm going double sized. I'd probably have
gone bigger with this week's even if it was on time because there is a
ton of great stuff coming out this week.
