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Here's a quick rundown of what I've read from this weeks pile so far:

Captain America #42

Ed Brubaker finally concludes the looooooooooooooong three act storyline "The Death of Captain America". Spoiler: the good guys win. Bucky is starting to feel more comfortable with the mantle and celebrates by making out with The Black Widow on his couch (noice!). Sharon Carter puts a few bullets into The Red Skull, but he's ultimately saved when Arnim Zola encapsulates him in the same type of contraption that Zola is in. Overall, not a bad year and a half arc. Due to Brub taking his time with the story and pacing, I imagine this reads much smoother in the collected format as opposed to having to wait a month between issues.

The New Avengers #45

Continuing to fill in the blanks of events leading up to Secret Invasion, this issue focuses on the House of M era. I never read House of M, so I'm not totally clear on what exactly goes on here, but it's still far more captivating than any issue from the proper Secret Invasion event.

Northlanders #10

Couldn't agree more with Amy's earlier post about this. This is not only one of the better Vertigo titles to emerge in a few years, it's also right up there with some of the best current comics being written period. Hearing that not many people are reading this makes me nervous that it might not last much longer. If you are the type of person that only reads superhero books but were one of the first ones in line when 300 opened up, you owe it to yourself to give this a try. It's that good.

Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder #10

No matter what else is in my pull for the week (and keep in mind I read a LOT of Ellis, Ennis and Morrison) this is always at the top of the "What The Eff?" pile. I guess some people love it, some people hate it. What do I think? I'm not sure yet. Why am I still reading it? Because it's Frank Miller and Jim Lee's take on my favorite comic character. And I have a little bit of hope that even though this seems so ridiculous and so far off the rails that when it's all done there will have been a point to it all.

What else did I get this week? So nice of you to ask!

1985 #5 (of 6)
The Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and The Death Queen of California (one shot)
Back to Brooklyn #1 (of 5) - new Ennis!
Madame Xanadu #4 (Matt Wagner's Vertigo book- so far, so good)
Jack of Fables #26
Project Superpowers #6
Samurai #1 (of 4)

Later blog!

- TFM