Review: Secret Avengers #4

Story: Ed Brubaker
Art: Mike Deodato, Jr.

Ed Brubaker's first arc on "Secret Avengers" comes to a clese with this one. The whole arc has been a good read, but I'm not sure if making them go to Mars as a first mission is a good idea. I'm starting to think that Brubaker chose this path because of Nova. There's a line in the last page of the issue where Steve says that Nova will be out of the group for a while, so that could mean the next arcs would involve the group just staying on Earth.

Review: Green Lantern Corps #51

Story: Tony Bedard
Art: Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes

Tony Bedard's first arc on "Green Lantern Corps" is shaping up to be a real great read. Cyborg Superman has taken control of the Alpha Lanterns and used them to fight against the Green Lanterns. He kidnapped Ganthet to force him to change him back to a normal person again, so Cyborg Superman could be free from being immortal.

The opening scene of the issue is already great, showing how ruthless Cyborg Superman really is by ordering one of the Alpha-Lantern to kill himself (or itself?). He even made Ganthet feel a new emotion later on in the book.

Review: Brightest Day #8

Story: Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi
Art: Patrick Gleason, Ivan Reis, Ardian Syaf

In the previous issue Boston Brand, Hawk and Dove were the main characters featured throughout the book whereas here the Hawks and Martian Manhunter lead the story, with a two page story of Hawk, Dove, and Deadman. Aquaman and Firestorm are nowhere to be found here.

We get a little backstory at how the fight between M'Gann and the mysterious green martian happened in issue #6. But we still don't get any information from the martian antagonist aside from the fact that she is really a green martian and hates white martians with a passion.

Review: Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1

Story: Peter J. Tomasi
Art: Fernando Pasarin

Peter J. Tomasi left "Green Lantern Corps" and went on to write another new Green Lantern-related title, "Emerald Warriors". The title features three main characters - Guy Gardner, Ganthet, and Atrocitus - but we get our hands on Guy for this launch issue. But is it as good as the "Green Lantern Corps?"

Unfortunately, it's not. In "Green Lantern Corps" we get to see pretty much the whole corps. And Guy Gardner works well in that book as one of the many supporting characters for the book.

Review: Shadowland #2

Story: Andy Diggle
Art: Billy Tan

Let me get things straight, I love Daredevil. He's one of my favorite characters in the Marvel Universe. Unfortunately, I'm starting to have doubts about this book.

A huge ninja headquarters in the middle of Hell's Kitchen declaring martial law with Daredevil leading it? That's the main plot of Shadowland. It actually sounds like a great idea if you ask me. However, it stills feels like there's something missing in this book.

Review: Brightest Day #7

Story: Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi
Art: Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Joe Prado

After establishing the status quo and experimenting with the newly reborn characters, Johns and Tomasi finally sets the plot forward in a significant pace in this issue. We finally learn what the white entity wants for the twelve resurrected to do.

In this issue, we see all the featured twelve characters make an appearance, although some of them in just a short exposure. For instance, Captain Boomerang and the new Black Adam only get shown in one panel.

Review: Amazing Spider-Man #639

Story: Joe Quesada
Art: Paolo Rivera, Joe Quesada, Danny Miki, Richard Isanove

Last issue explained how the wedding of Peter Parker and Mary Jane never happened. This time the team explains why they stayed together after what happened in the wedding. Those Spider-Man comics over the years with Peter and MJ still happened right?

While last issue mixed new content with panels from "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21," this time it's all new content from the Quesada and Rivera. As a result, this issue flows a little better than the last one.

Street Fighter X Tekken Announced!

Yoshinori Ono, producer of Super Street Fighter IV, has announced a new crossover game in SDCC. Street Fighter X Tekken (pronounced as "cross") will pit two of the best fighting games today against each other in a 2D gameplay.

Watch the trailer and gameplay after the cut.

Review: Green Lantern #56

Story: Geoff Johns
Art: Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne

The more I read about Larfleeze, the more interesting he gets for me. He gets a lot of face time in this issue. Larfleeze has decided to live in Earth because of the fact that humans share the same insatiable desire as him.

Most of the time, he comes off as a comic relief whenever he makes an appearance. But I bet that is Larfleeze's charm. Geoff Johns sure knows how to develop this character, as Larfleeze discovers about Santa Claus. That part really come off as funny to me because of Larfleeze's background.

Review: Green Lantern Corps #50

Story: Tony Bedard
Art: Adrian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes

The last time we saw Cyborg Superman was three years ago in the "Sinestro Corps War." By the end of the arc, we see his brain got taken by the Manhunters. Tony Bedard takes the character from where he got left off and gives him a new direction in this issue.

For those who don't know much about Cyborg Superman, Bedard gives us a quick background check of the character. He gives us the whole origin of the character in just a single page. Next, Bedard explains what happened to Hank Henshaw after the Sinestro Corps War ended.