My Week In Comics 1-19-11

Still in catch-up mode here, so let's begin.

Supergirl 60: I mentioned that there's a change in writers for this series, which had me worried. So far, so good. There's a plot point central to the story, where someone's invented a Foursquare-type app that allows people to follow superheroes, that's a bit "Social Network"-y, but it helps establish that character as quite evil.

Superman/Batman 80: This concludes the two-part story that features the Superman and Batman from the DC: One Million stories, and has a few brief cameos from some of the other "World's Finest" duos over the centuries. It's kind of an old-school story, though. It also features Superman, Batman and the original Robin and, as such, it's a way different vibe from the current stories where Superman is moping across America and Batman is the Dark Knight who had to "die" and return in order to regain some humanity and a sense of humor.

Simpsons Comics 174: Trouble at the Springfield Bird Sanctuary leads to Lisa taking care of a rather Bart-like injured owl, and Homer gets a new assignment from Mr. Burns: temporarily bringing down property values so Burns can make a killing buying and reselling homes, and eventually the twain (of stories) shall meet...