It’s a slightly shorter Checklist this week, but trust me, that’s a good thing! It’s good because I have so many cool things to get to this week!

In the Checklist, we have Secret Invasion, Ultimate Origins, and Captain America: White to deal with, but this week we also have the direct-to-DVD Batman: Gotham Knight, and the big nugget: The Dark Knight.

Check back for the Batman DVD and Dark Knight reviews, and this week on The Watchtower, we go two-on-one with Shuster Award Winner and JSA Penciller Dale Eaglesham.

Whew, it’s a lot to get in, so on with The Checklist!

SECRET INVASION #4
The invasion is pretty much over, but how will the people of earth (specifically their heroes) respond? This issue was promised to feature Nick Fury laying the one-eyed smackdown on those dastardly Skrulls, and lay the smackdown he did. But on Ms. Marvel? Does he know something we don’t? I really dug this issue because it answered a lot of questions about the Runaways and Young Avengers, two of my favourite teams! Yu’s art continues to be stunning, and the final panel put a big ol’ smile on my face. I cannot wait for issue #5 of this series. It’s so nice to see an “event comic” that’s actually an event.

ULTIMATE ORIGINS #2
This issue was all about Captain America. Normally, that would be a great thing but in this case all they did was re-tell Ultimate Captain America’s origin. The problem with that is that apparently, it’s EXACTLY THE SAME as “normal” Captain America. So why did we need to re-tell it all? We know. He was a wimp. Volunteered for service. Shot up with drugs. Captain America. I thought this series was supposed to tell us how everything Ultimate was connected? Maybe that’s the connection: That we’re all suckers.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE #0
Loeb and Sale are back, son! And they brought Cap and Bucky with them! Issue #0 serves as a prequel to the upcoming 6-issue miniseries by the esteemed “colours” creators. It’s Bucky’s origin, and it’s fantastic. Sale’s art hasn’t missed a beat since coming back over from the Distinguished Competition, and Loeb writes Bucky with the same voice he did Robin in Long Halloween and Dark Victory. It gives this issue a familiar tone, while telling a different story. A great piece of work, and I can’t wait to get my greedy little hands on issue #1!

ECHO #4
Terry Moore’s great action-adventure story continues here as we get a little bit of backstory on the woman who’s life was sacrificed when Julie inherited her supersuit. But of course, we learn all this stuff just as the army confronts Julie and all hell breaks loose. This issue also features one of the most gruesome crime scenes in recent memory (and I read The Boys!), making me glad that Echo is in black and white!

ANGEL: REVALATIONS #2
I’m still amazed that this book is as good as it is. Not only does it have a radically different and amazing art style, but the story is just as good. I barely care about the X-Men as a whole, let alone Angel, but here I am, drawn in to this story of a young Warren Worthington trying to survive prep school while figuring out what the mysterious bumps on his back are. A surprisingly good book, that left me wanting more!!

Geez, I wanted more a lot this week…

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