My Week In Comics 2-17-10

I've been procrastinating on this again, but after buying 8 books today, the 4 I bought last week is nothing. So...

Supergirl 50: Since this is a 50th issue, they seem to feel the need to commemorate it. In this case, it's got some extra pages. The main story deals with a conclusion to the saga of what's wrong with Lana Lang, a turning point in Kara's relationship with Lana (and with Earth, possibly) and new developments in the Lucy Lane/Superwoman department. The extra tale was co-written by Helen Slater. The only reason this is important is that Helen Slater played Supergirl in the 1984 hot mess of a movie.

Green Lantern 51: While the main thrust of the story is Hal Jordan's re-merging with the Parallax entity in order to fight the Black Lantern Spectre, my favorite part of this particular issue involves Lex Luthor, now having an orange power ring, to the chagrin of Larfleeze, unwilling to share the power of the orange light of avarice. (And having already read Blackest Night #7, just out today, it gets better.)

Superman/Batman 69: It's the second part of a story that, on the cover only, is labeled an "Our Worlds At War" followup. It's not nearly as interesting as many of the previous story arcs in this book. Unfortunately, there are two more issues of this. I might actually skip them, a possibility I would have thought to be highly unlikely.

Simpsons Comics 163: The story and art was provided by Sergio Aragonés, famous for his work on Mad Magazine, among other things. Homer's typical work ethic leads to another near-meltdown at the nuclear plant, leading to lots of other things. Humorous, but I'm not really a fan of Simpsons characters being drawn in the Aragonés style.