New Comics - March 15th

I thought I would try a regular feature here. A weekly list of which comics got my hard earned money each week. They idea being that if I thought they were worth my money then they are worth an implicit recommendation for anyone else to buy them. In fact, because this implication occurs, I will make a note for anything I don't think you should spend your hard earned money on. This will be one of the few places I might break my unwritten rule of not slamming comics on the blog, since there is enough of that online, but I'll be gentle for the most part.

I am hoping that this will be posted every Thursday, or at the latest Friday. If there is no other benefit, I will at least emabarass myself by showing you what I've wasted money on, and in the process maybe make my comic buying habits a little more discriminating. There is a fine line between supporting comics and supporting crap.

In no particular order, here it goes for week one:

• Girls (Image)
• Truth, Justin, and the American Way (Image) - I'm not really a fan of PvP, but the art on this is very nice, so I'll give Kurtz a chance.
  
• Punisher/Bullseye (Marvel) - I have been greatly enjoying this action title, and it holds promise for me that the Way/Dillon team will provide an exciting run on Wolverine.
• Superman/Shazam: First Thunder (DC)
• Painkiller Jane (Dynamite Ent.) - I enjoyed this book in it's first run, and I have enjoyed the handful of books that I've read from Palmiotti the Writer.
• Fury Peacemaker (Marvel)
• Infinite Crisis Secret Files (DC) - Even I don't know why I spent $6 on this.
• Batman: Year 100 (DC) - I'm buying this and holding it to read in one giant blast. I can hardly wait.
• Ultimate Extinction (Marvel)
• Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Marvel) - I started this title for the team of David/Ringo, and this is already the second break in the team and it's only the sixth issue. I'm still holding on because I nerd out for Spidey more than any other institution in comics (Batman comes a close second).
• Spider-Woman Origin (Marvel) - One day the Luna Bros. will be huge, for now they still have a few artistic kinks to work out.
• Body Bags (Image)
• Green Arrow (DC) - The first OYL title to get me curious enough to try it. I've always been a fan of G.A.
• Concrete Vol. 4: Killer Smile (Dark Horse) - This is, for my money, the most eminently re-readable title of the last two decades.
• Treasure Chest Vol. 17 No. 19 (Cathetical Guild - pub. May 1962) - A great cover, and only three bucks, but I'll probably never read it.

There were also two titles that I grabbed out of the preview stack to read, but they aren't officially released until next Wednesday.

• Daredevil (Marvel) - The Brube is charging along with a great second issue in what I hope to be a very long run. He is making me not miss Bendis one bit, and I expected to.
• Daughters of the Dragon (Marvel) - Another good all-out action title, and a good example of Palmiotti the top-notch genre writer.

That was it this week. I'd recommend all of these titles if you think they're up your alley. Except the Infinite Crisis thing.