New Comics - Week of September 9, 2009

Due to the Labor Day holiday, all our books will be out a day late this week. So on Thursday, the comic I will be most excited for is Dark Reign: The List - Avengers. "The List" is a set of goals Osborn sets out to accomplish with the name in the title showing who that goal is focused on. This series is also supposed to mark the end of Marvel's Dark Reign. So not only is the premise totally awesome, the collection of books is sure to be incredibly significant.

Another big book out this week is Green Lantern Corps #40. Last issue saw the resurrection of hundreds of dead Green Lanterns as Black Lanterns and the destruction of Oa. Naturally, this one will show the fallout of that in a huge battle between the two corps. Nothing important should happen, but the fight should be entertaining and given that the last Green Lantern showed some of the other corps' reactions to Black Lanterns, maybe this book will follow suit.

I will also be purchasing Amazing Spider-Man #604, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus, and Thunderbolts #135. Even though the "Redheaded Stranger" arc in Spider-Man hasn't exactly delivered what was promised, the book has been great thanks to Fred Van Lente's characterization of Chameleon. The new take on him has been creepy, horrific, funny, and fascinating all at the same time and I can't wait to see what happens next. The only reason I'm getting Exodus is because I've bought every other issue of the "Utopia" arc so I might as well get this one too. But, who knows? There might be a cool fight between the Dark Avengers and the X-Men. Over in Thunderbolts, Andy Diggle has been working his magic. Just when it looks like Osborn has Songbird where he wants her, we realize that Nick Fury has been pulling the strings the whole time. I can't wait to see Widow and Songbird versus the lunatic Thunderbolts.

Something else to consider this week is Models, Inc. #1. I know what you're thinking. "Sounds gay." It probably is, but this series could turn out to be a big hit and I have a feeling the Tim Gunn variant cover might be worth some money one day.