My Week In Comics 12-2-09

...or, The Week of the Living Dead, thanks to two "Blackest Night" tie-ins and another book that I found in the store that became an impulse purchase.

Blackest Night: The Flash 1 (of 3): A fair amount of this book repeats events that took place in the main BN series, and a little bit of what is still taking place in the "Flash: Rebirth" miniseries, which should have been over by now but isn't, thanks to publishing delays. I'm not sure how much that will continue in the rest of this three-parter. Other than that, it's apparently going to feature the Rogues (Flash's enemies) vs. Black Lantern Rogues.

Blackest Night: Wonder Woman 1 (of 3): If this were a one-shot, that would've been fine. Wonder Woman vs. Black Lantern Maxwell Lord (the villain whose neck was snapped by Wonder Woman during the lead-in to "Infinite Crisis") at Arlington National Cemetery -- very well-written. The events at the end of Blackest Night #5 will apparently take precedence in this series as well, though. Still, if I'm buying issue 2 of either of these tie-ins, it'll be more likely this one than the Flash book.

Victorian Undead 1 (of 6): Enough of the Blackest Night pseudo-zombies -- it's time for the real thing! And they're in London -- in 1898! And none other than Sherlock Holmes is on the case! As a big fan of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, I'm not sure how I feel about the upcoming movie starring Robert Downey, Jr and Jude Law as Holmes and Dr. Watson, but this book feels much more like the Conan Doyle stories. Other than the stuff about zombies, of course.

Superman: World of New Krypton 10 (of 12): This series is almost over. In this issue, a Kryptonian leader has been murdered, and special guest Adam Strange poses a valid (and unanswered question) about the missing suspect: "...it's a planet populated by people with x-ray vision...how is it none of you can find this guy?" Matters not, though, because DC has finally announced what all of this is leading up to in 2010: WAR OF THE SUPERMEN! I'm tingling with anticipation!

Simpsons Winter Wingding 4: A 48-page special featuring stories with a wintry theme. For starters, the Simpsons go green to the extreme -- and whatever happened to Mr. Plow's snowplow?