What new comics should I check out?

Cafe Society
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I need some new comics… I am going to talk to my vendor and have him change my order and stop receiving:

Ultimates
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Ultimate Iron Man.

I already get:

Ultimate Spider-man
Batman
Detective Comics
100 bullets
Hellblazer
Rising Stars (when it comes out)
Legends of the Dark Knight
Amazing Spider-man
Losers
Y the Last Man
Powers (when it comes out)
Batman/Superman
Gotham Knights

and a few more I can’t think of right now. Based on what I get, what do you think I might like? I am thinking Green Lantern and Swamp Thing might be good, any thoughts?

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Definitely Green Lantern. I’d also recommend JSA, Astro City, All Star Superman (it isn’t out yet but it should be good). Joss Whedon’s (of Angel, Buffy, and Firefly fame) Astonishing X-men has also been quite good so far (see, I’m not a total DC shill…just, mostly).

As I am sure that you probably know, DC Comics is getting ready to have some major shake-ups, so you might want to get the main Infinite Crisis mini-series.

Happy buying!

3

The new “Legion of Super-Heroes” run is very good, and only up to issue #9, so you could still get all of them.

4

If you like Y, you should enjoy Vaughan’s Wildstorm title, Ex Machina, about a super-hero who becomes mayor of New York, but not campy. It’s on like issue #14 or so, but there’s a TPB of the first six issues out.

–Cliffy

5

Rocketo, just for the amazing, unique art.

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Scroll down to July 23 for Rocketo art.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2005_07.html

7

I’ll second Ex Machina, and check out the Supreme Power TPB.

If you enjoy old school superhero throwdowns, check out Savage Dragon.

Bendis’ Daredevil is rankling the old time fans, but I love it. It just started a new story arc, The Murdoch Papers, which looks good.

8

Slight hijack, but I read this one and agreed with your assessment. You could definitely tell it was written by Vaughn. Not sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but I liked it enough to get the next installment when it comes out.
(The reason you could tell it was written by Vaughn is because Yorrick is the main character in both; which is to say Vaughn is the main character in both. At least, his idealized version of himself.)

And I also read the latest Y:TLM despite my misgivings with the previous volume. Better, but still not the greatest.

9

Young Avengers is good fun.

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I liked Ex Machina too, but I’m only reading it in TPB form. Other than that, the only “current” books I’ve been interested in lately are:

Planetary (I read it in TPBs as well, due to the slow shipping schedule)
Dan Slott’s She-Hulk (on hiatus, but there are two TPBs)
Warren Ellis’ Iron Man (this one is very slow, so wait for the TPB)
Ed Brubaker’s Sleeper (three TPBs so far, with a fourth and final one yet to come, plus the “prequel,” Point Blank)
Gail Simone’s Villains United (mostly because I’m a fan of the late-'80s Suicide Squad concept and the Deadshot and Catman characters).

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You’re going to drop the Ultimates? That’s one of my favs!
(I just realized that I need to up my pull list) Anyawy, here are some additional titles:

Astonishing X-men
New Avengers
And, I second:
Planetary
Legion of Superheroes

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Again, if your looking for good superhero stuff, you can’t go wrong with Spider-Girl which is available in handy digest-size.