THIS WEEK IN COMICS!! WEEK 23

Is it really that time yet again? Well it appears it is. So let's get started shall we. Once upon a time there was a hobbit who.....Am I really not aloud to read to them THE HOBBIT? Well thats a damn shame. Good book, good movie. well than how bout this. IT IS I ONCE MORE, LB JONES, here to deliver with some zazz THIS WEEK IN COMICS!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Coming outta DC this week is a hopefully out of continuity tale of the TANGENT UNIVERSE. The book of which I speak is Superman's Reign. It is quite honestly one of my favorite books that DC is putting out right now and we all know how I feel regarding DC. So anywho, the story of Superman's Reign is that within the Tangent Universe, Superman (Tangent) has risen up and taken over the world and it's up to the Tangent JLA and some of the normal DCU to stop him! It's awesome because Tangent Superman is CRAZY! also I just really like the different takes on DC characters as opposed to the regular DC characters themselves. Well everyone should definitely check this title out because not only are you given a great story, they are also providing a 5 page back up story explaining the Tangent Universe.

Also from DC this week we have the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA. I, for one, have grown incredibly tired of this book. They haven't really progress anything in the DCU and they keep rehashing and continuing a boring story with AMAZO. Oh My God, Red Tornado wants a body but Amazo keeps stealing it, RUN!!! MEDIOCRE STORY HO!!!! Really Dwayne McDuffie did an amazing job with the Fantastic Four and Justice League Unlimited was an awesome show but so far his run of JLA has been incredibly boring. Seeing that last month they set up Morrison to kill Martian Manhunter in Final Crisis or as I call it Final Failure, They did not make one mention of said death and that lends once again to DC's failure as a company to keep their universe from falling apart. The only good thing about this book to me right now is Ed Benes' artwork. He's such a good artist and he's saddled to a title that should be epicenter of the DCU but isn't. Sorry Ed, you need to get to a different book.

From Image a few years ago we have THE FRESHMAN. This is the comic that Seth Green co-created and boy did he create a goodie. The Freshman is all about a group of college freshman who manifest superpowers when an experiment at their school blows up. The only problem with their powers are that they either suck or are great. Like one of the characters becomes incredibly sticky because when the experiment blows up he was testing to see if he could put 600 sticky notes on his body and then theres the girl who can body jump into people because she wanted to know what was in other people's heads. That's pretty much the spectrum the powers run. It's really well written and it's pretty funny. Leonard Kirk's artwork is awesome and dead on. Totally worth checking it out.

Tearing through the Marvel time stream this week is WOLVERINE. Yes, everyone's favorite badass is back and better than before. This week saw the release of the OLD MAN LOGAN arc. That means MARK MILLAR AND STEVE McNIVEN!! The heralds of Civil War are telling a set in the future arc of WOLVERINE. ok you got me interested. The world is post apocalyptic, Keep goin. There are no more heroes, Wolverine hasn't been Wolverine in almost 50 years. Almost got me. Hawkeye is now blind but still drives. Ok you got me. I love Hawkeye, I love apocolypse's and I love Wolverine, Where do I sign up for what was the BEST first part of a story I've read since Captain America #1. Everyone should read this, Even if you hate Wolverine. And the reason why you should read it.... Well because I reviewed it and Liked it and am passing said Enthusiasm onto you. Now go READ!!