#acqusitions

Mani is an ace entrepreneur who is believed to be a man with golden touch. Excellent exits.. Life is going well till one day…

Mani rings his door bell..

No one opens up…

Mani again tries to ring the bell.. and even call his wife Jenny.. but no response..

Mani gets restless… He decides to open the door with a help and he is shocked…

His wife Jenny is talking to herself… and has gone a bit…

New comics I bought this week:

Avengers Vs. X-Men #4 - For a few pages I thought that Wolverine was really going to team up with Hope and the remaining 8 issues of this series would turn into a Wolvie and Hope versus the world story, which I'd have been excited to see. Then it turned out that Wolverine lied to her and I became uninterested all over again.

AVX: VS #2 - There's not a lot to say about this book as it's just an excuse for some characters to punch each other, but I'll take any opportunity to see some new Steve McNiven artwork. Salvador Larocca's story was less interesting, but both stories in this issue boasted pretty unfortunate dialogue. Also, comic book art being what it is, this shouldn't really bother me, but look at how HUGE Colossus is compared to Spiderman in that 2-page splash! It's ludicrous!

Batwoman #9 - Dropped. Trevor McCarthy's art fits the material better than Amy Reeder's did, but it's still no J.H. Williams and the story sucks. What the hell is even going on? I don't know who half of the characters are because they're not interesting enough to warrant being remembered, I'm unclear on what the hell the conflict is, and there's so much going on that at any given time I feel like I can't find my footing within the story. I'll pick up the book again if and when Williams draws another arc, but until then I'm done with this series.

Conan The Barbarian #4 - I am so in love with this series right now. Becky Cloonan followed by James Harren on art with the promise of more Becky Cloonan in a few short issues? Glorious. I'll admit that I generally have no real interest in Conan, but Brian Wood's writing reads as though it was destined to grace the pages of this series. Reading Conan The Barbarian makes me realize how few of the other books I'm reading I truly enjoy on this same level.

Catwoman #9 - This issue was a bit of a return to form for Judd Winick after a few less-than-stellar issues. Good action, good story, and the triumphant return of Guillem March on art chores. For now at least, Catwoman remains one of the 3 or 4 DC New 52 titles I'm continuing to read.

Daredevil #13 - If the events of this issue were really the end of the whole Omega Drive epic which has been the focus of this series for the last several months, I'm pretty disappointed. The idea was okay, but as big a part of DD's life that thing has been lately, it exited the scene without much fanfare. As for the art in this issue, Koi Pham is back and still didn't do a whole lot for me. Where are Samnee and Rivera?

Glory #26 - Well, I believe the shit has officially hit the fan. I loved the monster coming out of that old woman's face. Very John Carpenter's The Thing. I'm still kind of unsure where this series is going, but Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell have been dropping lots of interesting tidbits which hint towards a really crazy story that has yet to unfold. As per usual, I can't wait to see what happens next.

Fury MAX #2 - Excellently written characters and dialogue, excellent pacing, excellent art, and an undeniable feeling that the story is rooted in the real world. That's what Ennis' MAX titles are all about.

The Manhattan Projects #3

Saga #3 - For the past two issues of Saga I've had very dismissive feelings about it. I've been heard to say that I haven't been that into it, but I still planned to give it the benefit of the doubt. For some reason this issue spoke to me more than the last two. I think the reason may be that the story was very small in scope in #3 and focused more on the main characters than world-building. I think that's what I've been missing thus far where this book is concerned. Brian K. Vaughn's best stories are all about well-developed, likable characters, and it only makes sense that it'd take a few issues of any series before those traits would begin to kick in. We'll have to wait and see what I have to say about the next issue, but I'm finally ready to kick back and get sucked into Saga's universe and characters.

Saucer Country #3 - I'm still just coasting along with this title waiting to fall in love with it. I'm enjoying the hell out of Ryan Kelly's artwork and am still intrigued by the story/characters, but I haven't felt the series' real hook take hold of me yet. I'm sure it's coming...right?

The Secret Service #2 - I liked the first installment of this series, and I'm kind of close to loving the second. I felt shades of Millar's Wanted series in this issue. Secretive organization of badasses being joined by a punk who doesn't seem to deserve to be there. This time around there's a lot less cursing, but I see the similarities nonetheless, and I like them. The elements I'm not too fond of are the more outrageous segments devoted to the villains. The Mark Hamill cameo was my least favorite part of the previous issue and the opening wedding scene was my least favorite part of this one. Otherwise, I'm quite interested in seeing where The Secret Service is headed.

The Shadow #2 - I get the feeling that Garth Ennis expects his readers to already be fans of The Shadow before reading this series. Things are a bit vague right now and I feel like I've been dropped into the middle of a story I should have some pre-existing knowledge of. Still, I'll give any book with Ennis' name on it the benefit of the doubt though, and the art by Aaron Campbell is easy on the eyes.