This Week in Comics – Week of October 21st, 2012

Featured Release: Mavel NOW!

It has been over a year since DC flipped a switch and introduced the ‘New 52’.  Across the street, the House of Ideas mocked the competition’s reboot.  Yet, here we are 13 months later and Marvel’s non-reboot reboot Marvel NOW! is starting to hit store shelves.

Marvel NOW! introduces new creative teams to many of the company’s most iconic titles, each kicking-off the new era with #1 issues.

October 10th marked the launch of the first in the Marvel NOW! series, Uncanny Avengers #1.  To a classic Marvel fan, that may not sound right, and that’s intentional.  As part of the fall-out of Marvel’s latest crossover event Avengers vs. X-Men a new team has been formed combining elements of the two former rival teams.  Last week’s one-shot with the world’s most confusing name, Marvel NOW! Point One #1, gave the lowdown of the new universe.  Next Wednesday brings a completely new series, A+X.  This new title will tell two stories each month, pairing a member of the two different factions together.  Next week’s issue will include a Hulk/Wolverine story by Jeff Loeb with a backup Cable/Captain America story by Dan Slott.

Speaking of writer Dan Slott, some of the biggest controversy surrounding the initiative is next year’s relaunch of Spider-Man.  December’s Amazing Spider-Man #700 will be the last of the series (at least for now).  Announced during New York Comic Con, January will introduce a new title: Superior Spider-Man.  While not much more has been said about the new book, what has drummed-up the most controversy is the ‘fact’ that this new Spider-Man will not be Peter Parker.

Here’s a list of some of the announced new titles with their release dates.

DATE	TITLE	WRITER	ARTIST
Oct. 10	Uncanny Avengers	Rick Remender	John Cassaday
Oct. 17	Marvel NOW! Point One	N/A	N/A
Oct. 31	A+X	N/A	N/A
Nov. 7	All New X-Men	Brian M. Bendis	Stuart Immonen
	Deadpool	Gerry Dugan	Tony Moore
	Iron Man	Kieron Gillen	Greg Land
Nov. 14	Fantastic Four	Matt Fraction	Mark Bagely
	Thor: God of Thunder	Jason Aaron	Esad Ribic
	X-Men Legacy	Si Spurrier	Tan Eng Huat
Nov. 21	Captain America	Rick Remender	John Romita, Jr.
	Indestructible Hulk	Mark Waid	Leinil Yu
Nov. 28	FF	Matt Fraction	Mike Allred
Dec. 5	Avengers	Jonathan Hickman	Jerome Opena
Jan. 2	New Avengers	Jonathan Hickman	Steve Epting

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Top 20 “Most Pulled” Comics for the Week of October 21, 2012
Presented by Comixology

1. Amazing Spider-Man #696 (Marvel)
2. Avengers #32 (Marvel)
3. The Flash #13 (DC)
4. Batman: The Dark Knight (DC)
5. Superman #13 (DC)
6. Invincible Iron Man #527 (Marvel)
7. Secret Avengers #33 (Marvel)
8. Batman Incorporated #5 (DC)
9. Batman Incorporated #4 (DC)
10. Teen Titans #13 (DC)
11. Wolverine #315 (Marvel)
12. Justice League Dark #13 (DC)
13. FF #23 (Marvel)
14. Deadpool #63 (Marvel)
15. Red Lanterns #13 (DC)
16. Captain America #19 (Marvel)
17. Astonishing X-Men #55 (Marvel)
18. Invincible #96 (Image)
19. Invincible #97 (Image)
20. Chew #30 (Image)