Excuse the late posting all. Now, without further delay, let’s get down to the business of comics.

I’ve heard good things about Green Arrow: Year One. Rumor is The Losers team of Andy Diggle and Jock are really stepping up past their Vertigo game in a big way in this superhero origin story, which finds rich playboy Oliver Queen stranded in the jungle with only a bow and arrow. The cover looks like a haunting combination of Joseph Conrad and Tarzan, leading me to amp up my expectations of this book.

Green Lantern #21 features the first run-in with the Sinestro Corps. Its an all-out worst-cast-scernario for the Green Lantern Corps - not only is one of their worst enemies leading his own twisted army, but now the ranks include Cyborg Superman, Superboy Prime and even a Parralax-possessed Kyle Raynar. And they’re all following the lead of one guy - the Anti-Monitor! You’re not going to want to miss this!

An Alex Ross rendition of the JSA’s newest member, Citizen Steel, highlights the cover of Justice Society of America #7, as Nathan Heywood, the grandson of the original Commander Steel, has to deal with his own latent superpowers as well as the aftermath of a Nazi attack to wipe out his entire family.

Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters also arrives in its first collection. I’ve heard a lot of good things about this mini-series, which follows the Freedom Fighters - their ranks replinished after the massacre in Infinite Crisis - as they track down the latest threat to the US government - a rogue Uncle Sam. Of course, things are nowhere what they seem.

On the Marvel side, a lot of hype is surronding Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith #1 which introduces a Man With No Name-esque hero to the far reaches of the Marvel Universe. Personally, I think he looks a bit too much like a popular character from the R.A. Salvatore books, but I could be mistaken.

If you thought Deadpool was funny, you might want to check out Deadpool/GLI - Summer Fun #1, which hosts a team-up between Deadpool and the Great Lakes Initiative - formerly the Great Lakes Avengers. In a time populated too much by crossovers, comic book deaths and major events, some summer fun might just be what the doctor ordered.

Definitely pick up New Avengers #32 this week - which picks off right where the last issue left off - as the team discovers Elektra has been replaced by a Skrull imposter. Leading to a huge 2008 crossover, the issue just poses the questions - who can you trust.

That’s it for this week - expect major things next week - as Wally West rolls back int othe flash:

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4. Comic Rundown: Married With Heroes
5. Comic Rundown: To Hell and Back With Supes and Skrulls

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1. 
   Devin de Gruyl
   July 13, 2007 at 10:07 pm

   The Anti-Frigging-Monitor?! Jeez, DC, let it go already. The Crisis means less and less every year because of crap like this. –;

   Not that Marvel is much better these days. Here’s to hoping Hulk goes old-school on the real architect of this madness - Joe Q himself. –;;;

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   Shawn M.
   July 13, 2007 at 10:57 pm

   Deadpool/GLI was a great read — it really reminded me of what a fun medium comics can be. It’s silly, entertaining fluff at its best, and Deadpool’s always a hoot.

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3. 
   Richard
   July 13, 2007 at 11:07 pm

   Glad to hear Deadpool/GLI was a hoot - I’m so thankful the MU has kept Deadpool around. Is it just me or did World War Hulk turn into the least exciting concept ever? Not to mention the whole crossover was put to shame by Endangered Species and the Skrull reveal in New Avengers.

   I gotta agree with you about Anti-Monitor - isn’t the Sinestro Corps enough?! Plus, wasn’t Anti-Monitor’s dead body strung up to the tower in Infinite Crisis? You’re right, Devin, this story is spitting in the eye of Crisis. Plus, how many times can DC kill or threaten to kill the Flash? Its starting to get tiresome.

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