Anyway, back on to comics... I've been trying to get back into mainstream books and have found pretty mixed results. I've picked up the past ~10 issues of Uncanny and it's pretty bad. The characters are lame, the writing is bad, and the art is mediocre in most cases. New Mutants is equally as bad. The storylines just don't do anything for me, though Namor's occasional appearance makes the book somewhat palatable.
Amazing Spidey is on a pretty good run. I'm generally not one for time travel or messing with time lines but this is an interesting character take on MJ and Pete. I'm enjoying it, overall.
Batman is badass. I would read his book if he just sat in front of the Batcave computer for 23 pages.
Daredevil is surprisingly good, which I appreciate because he's always been somewhat overlooked AND he's my favorite character. I own roughly 300 issues of the Daredevil series. I like the tone of the book, the art complements it, and him taking over The Hand is a nice spin on things.
The Avengers are okay. I'm not sold on Cap turning into a stealth agent.
The Flash is alright and the art is good. About what I'd expect from the character... mostly fluff with ridiculous villains. And I'm totally okay with that.
Green Arrow looks to be back to his eco-terrorist ways. Very nice. One of the most controversial mainstream books in history and it's good to see DC take him back to his counter-culture roots. I'm interested to see where his new book goes in the future.
Blackest NIght/Brightest Day: meh, which is hard for me to say because I love me some Green Lantern.
Siege: triple meh, bordering on terrible. I mean, just EVERYTHING about the story is bullshit, lame, and boring.
I've read a bit on what's going on with the Hulk and it looks mildly interesting. Other than that, those are pretty much the books I've been checking out in the past few months. I plan on expanding to more once I get caught up and figure out which books get dropped (which, unfortunately, appears to be the X-books at this point; they're just terrible).
Any other suggestions? If so, why?
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