Secret Invasion: Runaways and Young Avengers #1: Looks to be so much better than the first team-up miniseries during Civil War. Chris Yost does a fine job writing the kids and Takeshi Miyazawa’s art is a nice blast from the past. I especially love the focus on Xavin during this issue as she may be my favorite character but he’s usually regulated to the team grouch. This series will definetly keep me happy until the next Runaways series is released.

Runaways #30: Forgetting the insane delays on this book, this issues (and the story arc in general) is pretty good. But that’s all I want to say about it. Read my feelings on Joss Weadon and this issue here.

New Avengers #42 and Mighty Avengers #15: The real story of Secret Invasion is all in the tie-ins, especially these two series. I especially like these flashback issues that give us the backstory of the invasion, show us how the Skrulls have influenced the Marvel Universe recently andjust how long each imposter has been in place. If only the main miniseries were like this.

Final Crisis #2: I’m now warming up to this series. I think Grant Morrison may be loosing his touch as a storyteller as some panel-to-panel transitions are pretty rough, I still think the ideas of this series are what places it above all else. Lots of thrills and surprises. I don’t care too much about the reveal at the end so much as the results of the explosion just before it.

No Hero #0: I’ve been a big fan of Warren Ellis’ work for the Big Two but I’ve never dipped into his independent work. With the realease of this $1.00 preview, I thought it was time to remedy that. No Hero looks like it will be good. Maybe the idea isn’t totally original (I mean, how many gitty “real-world” superhero comics have there been since 1986?) but Warren’s delivery is worth giving the series a look. And Jaun Jose Ryp’s artwork is astounding, even if the final splash page looks like the house was blown up with a Tang bomb.

1985 #2: This book really isn’t doing it for me. It seems to not know what it wants to be: touching real-life drama or superhero fantasy by way of the Monster Squad. Really, the only thing that keeps me reading this is geeking out over the 80’s continuity references. Remember: Juggernaut’s got nards.

Hulk #4: This comic opens with the Watcher getting punched out and ends with the Hulk bitting a gun barrel to disarm his attacker. What more needs to be said?