Pull List Dec 19

SO MANY THINGS came out this week, graaargh.

Pull List Dec 12 (sort of)

This week was not very exciting in terms of new releases, so I took the opportunity to rip through some of my backlog. Feels good, man!

Phonogram (2006)

First up I did a little bit of background reading in preparation for the upcoming new volume of Young Avengers from writer Kieron Gillen with art by Jamie McKelvie. An obvious starting point is a book they already worked together on, the Image Comics title Phonogram.

The Pull List: Dec 5th

This week's pull list includes:

• All New X-Men #3
• Avengers #1
• Hawkeye #5
• Iron Man #3
• X-Factor #248

All New X-Men (2012) #3

I enjoyed this bit of random redshirt banter:

The Pull List: Nov 28th

Last week I was cramming for exams, so while I still had time to read everything I didn't really have time to put together a recap, so I'll hit last week's pull list and then jump into this week. Let's start with last week.

• A+X #2
• All New X-Men #2
• FF #1
• Gambit #6
• New Avengers #34
• Thor: God of Thunder #2
• Uncanny Avengers #2
• X-Men Legacy #2

A+X (2012) #2

A+X is a new Marvel NOW! book featuring two different stories and two different team ups between an X-Man and an Avenger. This week we had Rogue and Black Widow taking down a rogue sentinel on their day off, and Iron Man trying to recruit Kitty Pryde to bring her genius on board for his company.

In the first story, Black Widow injured her hand and had to share her knowledge with Rogue so she could take a killshot, and Natasha chose an interesting way to let Rogue absorb her power.

Can you hear the fanboy squeals from here? I can.

The Pull List: Nov 21st

This week on the pull list:

• Astonishing X-Men (2004) #56
• Avengers (2010) #34
• Captain America (2012) #1
• Captain Marvel (2012) #7
• Deadpool (2012) #2
• Hawkeye (2012) #4
• Iron Man (2012) #2
• Journey into Mystery (2011) #646
• X-Factor (2005) #247

Astonishing X-Men #56

I started Joss Whedon's critically acclaimed run on Astonishing X-Men but never finished it. I KNOW GASP I AM A TERRIBLE FAN. Anyway I caught the last seven or so issues because WEDDING ISSUE. After gay marriage passed in New York they wrote a storyline where Jean Paul Beaubier (Northstar) proposed to long time partner Kyle Jinadu. And then they got married and it was adorable but Wolverine had a bomb inside him and exploded. Later, the X-Men fight the bad guys and then afterwards Jean Paul takes his husband out for a bridgetop fast food date, because he knows how to woo his man right, y'all.

Cuties.

The Pull List: Nov 14th

New releases I give a shit about this week:

• All New X-Men (2012) #1
• Avengers Assemble (2011) #9
• Fantastic Four (2012) #1
• Gambit (2012) #5
• New Avengers (2010) #33
• Red She-Hulk (2008) #59
• Thor: God of Thunder (2012) #1
• Wolverine & the X-Men (2011) #20
• X-Men Legacy (2012) #1

Avengers Assemble (2011) #9

Alrighty then. I'm just going to start this week's pull list by calmly informing you that Avengers Assemble #9 is the kind of quality, awesome comic that will get you in to comics if you are not already reading them, because it is hilarious and amazing from the first page. First up, amongst the regular character descriptions, you get this summation of Carol 'Captain Marvel' Danvers' powers:

Flies, zaps, punches.

Then the issue begins in earnest, comparing two very different men with a very special science bond. Tony Stark (Iron Man) is all "blah blah flashy futurism" and Bruce Banner (Hulk) is all "except no, hurricanes and crippling reliance on fossil fuels and oh god everything is terrible but no one cares". Superficially I need to take a moment here and point out that everyone is a stone cold fox in this issue and Stefano Caselli is my new favouritest comic artist of all time. LOOK AT THIS BABE:

Dr Banner is all "ladies, please".

RIGHT? RIGHT. I AM SWOONING. FETCH ME THE SALTS.

The Pull List Nov 7th Part II

"Humorous" recaps of the week in Marvel (at least the Marvel books I read, anyway), continuing on from this post.

New Avengers (2010) #32

The New Avengers (current line-up: Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Captain Marvel, Mockingbird, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Wolverine, Iron Fist and The Thing) get a visit from a lady from the FBI who has like, a demon possessing her? Last issue she fainted and the demon? went into Carol (Captain Marvel) but no one knows that yet. So Strange is trying to tend to the FBI lady, since, you know, the "Dr." in Dr. Strange is because he's an actual medical doctor. But the New Avengers, like any Marvel team, are a bunch of bickering children so he needs to lay the Strange smackdown.

Complete with spittle! For once y'all should have listened to Spidey, guys.

New Weekly(?) Feature: The Pull List 7 Nov

Do you kind of like comics? Are you almost curious about what goes on in them from time to time? Congratulations, friend, you're officially the target demographic of this new weekly feature I am maybe going to instigate around here: The Pull List.

I read like, I dunno, 20 or so comics a week? Something like that. I figure why not share the happenings with you all, since I'm sure you can't live without my witty insights into the Marvel Universe. It'll be awesome, seriously, like that episode of the IT Crowd where Moss gets an app that gives him a few knowledgeable-sounding phrases in the attempts to sound like he knows the fuck what he's talking about in relation to sports, except I promise this won't result in you accidentally becoming getaway drivers for petty thieves or having to make out with a person of the gender you're not attracted to in order to avoid police suspicion.

Not directly, anyway. You can't prove nothin'.

Spoilers ahoy.