Birds of Prey 106
The Birds vs the Secret Six. A great showdown. Gail Simone is one of my favorite writers. It's pretty much six one on one fights, with everyone on both sides getting a chance to shine. It also features the apparent return of someone not seen in years, and she's angry.
Best line: "That's it, that's what your brilliant strategist mind comes up with, take out the gun guy?"
Captain America 26
Captain America is still dead. This issue mostly jumps throughout the supporting cast to see what everyone is doing, and how they're coping, or not with his death. There are two wakes, a bar fight, and the first hints of how Steve will be coming back, all as part of the Red Skull's plan. (I have no doubt Steve Rogers will be back. He _IS_ Captain America, anyone else is posturing.)
Best line: "To Steve Rogers, The best of us."
Countdown 49
Jimmy Olsen is elastic, something he hasn't been since the Silver Age, I think. One of the Monitors is going rogue, almost an ... Anti-Monitor. Karate Kid is in custody of the JLA. The Trickster and the Pied Piper have to prove they're really rogues. Mary Marvel goes to Gotham City, against advice to the contrary and runs into Black Adam. There is a backup feature, History of the Multiverse that actually makes sense. Not a whole lot of plot yet, mostly just moving pieces on the board into position.
Best line: "Wax off."
Fantastic Four 546
T'Challa and Ororo continue to sub for Reed and Sue. The team is in space trying to recover the exhumed and stolen body of dead hero Gravity. Ego, the living planet stole hime to become a guardian of the universe. The position is open as Quasar, the former guardian, was killed during Annihilation. Unfortunately, Galactus is hungry and decides to eat the nearest planet, which is Ego. There's a fight and Gravity is now back from the dead, but turns down the job. T'Challa has the same super power Batman has: Super-Contingency Planning.
Best line: "You're going to beat Galactus with the stuff in here? Actually, as conceived, the plan requires the entire Wakandan air force, a shape-shifter, and the cooperation of the Hulk. Obviously, these are less than optimal conditions."
NewUniversal 6
Star Brand is still an emotional wreck. Justice kills a bunch more people. The President is brought up to speed on superhumans, and the need to take them out before they take us out. Project Spitfire gets turned on.
Best line: "In 1959, I shot the first superhuman baby to death."
Robin 162
Robin continues fighting superpowered gang members that are being poisoned and dying by the drugs they've been given. The pharmaceutical company that illegally provided the drugs, has sent mercenaries to eliminate any connections to them. Robin gets to be spooky, and Cassandra Cain is still evil.
Best line: "The question is, what's your next move? Dangle me over a roof ledge like your friend Batman, hope I confess and implicate my entire company?"
Shadowpact 13
Kid Karnevil, sociopathic opponent of the Shadowpact escapes from his captivity, and swears vengeance. Doctor Gotham performs a sacrifice that advances his plans. Former angel Zauriel, is given a job by his former superior: kill Blue Devil.
Best line: "Apes of mercy! What's with all the flaming skulls?"
She-Hulk 18
She-Hulk has found out that her boss, Tony Stark, director of Shield, was responsible for exiling the Hulk off Earth. She is understandably angry. A spirited discussion ensues, along with fisticuffs. Tony takes her powers away, forgetting that a lawyer may be more dangerous than a left hook.
Best line: "A tin-plated tyrant who thinks he knows more than everyone else. Remaking the world in his own image. You know who that is? That's not Iron Man, Tony! That's Doctor Doom!"
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