It’s a holiday Monday here in Canada, but that can’t stop The Checklist! We take a look at Green Lantern, a couple of Secret Invasion books and the latest chapter of Old Man Logan!

All this and more get the proper treatment on The Watchtower this week, as we run down the best of the best, and the worst of the worst. Along with the segment that is sweeping the internet: Donnie Does Trinity!

This week will hopefully see a little more action on this here website, so check back early and check back often!

Green Lantern - 33
The ret-conning of Hal Jordan’s early days as a Green Lantern continue here with the arrival of his mentor, Sinestro! the coolest part of this series for me is seeing Sinestro as a Green Lantern. Especially directly after the events of The Sinestro Corps War. This series has actually be a really good jumping on point for new GL fans, and acts as a prologue to The Blackest Night, which everyone should be excited for.

Joker’s Asylum: Two-Face - 1
The last issue of this weekly series was better than the first, not as good as The Penguin, but better than Poison Ivy. I don’t really know what else to say. There were Adam-West-Era complicated traps mixed with difficult moral choices. Also, it kind of bugs me when artists draw Two-Face’s face as a strict straight line down the center of his head. It looks really silly.

JSA Annual - 1
At the end of the last JSA issue, Power Girl was “sent home” by Gog. But where did she go? We find out here as she is re-united with her Earth-2 friends and family in the JSI. Then a Power Girl doppleganger shows up and I instantly become bored. Honestly, is there not another way we can establish that she might not be where she thinks she is? Im so tired of doubles, dopplegangers, and “other” versions of the same hero showing up. Did this need to be an Annual? No, probably not. It could have been an issue of JSA and been just as good.

Superman/Batman - 50
This milestone issue features… well, not a whole lot. Bruce’s father apparently was whisked away (holographicly) to Krypton and met with Jor-el, Superman’s father. That’s about it. This would have been a passable story as an annual, or one-shot, but as the 50th issue of this series? Somewhat of a let-down. I’d like to say that the art saved it, but JLA’s Ed Benes was involved, so all we really got were shots of Black Canary’s butt.

Teen Titans - 61
This issue sees the debut of a (kinda) new Titans team member: Red Devil! Kid Devil takes it up a notch along with Blue Beetle, and finally redeems himself. I think that though this was a decent issue, the Teen Titans are becoming a bit stale, and with the new Titans series, one has to wonder if it isn’t time for a break from the hijinx of Titan’s Tower.

Ms Marvel - 29
This book has actually be one of the most action-packed of all the Secret Invasion tie-ins. Carol fights all the Skrulls in Manhattan. ALL the Skrulls in Manhattan. Then while evacuating people to the raft, we are given a hint that there is something larger looming. Something that even the Skrulls fear. I hate to say it, but this book is great. It’s kinda sad that it’s only great when tied into another series, but in the end, great is great.

Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four - 3 (of 3 )
This series did not end as strong as it started, but it was still the best Secret Invasion Mini so far. OK, it’s really the ONLY one so far, but it was pretty good. Revelations were made, and The Thing and Human Torch were re-inserted into the Secret Invasion fray exactly where they should have been. I like that this series had a good point to make, it worked within the story of Secret Invasion, and best of all it’s timing was spot-on, so we didn’t have things seeming like they were happening out of order.

Spider-Man: With Great Power - 5 (of 5 )
The final issue of this book was not as good as the preceding four. It’s hard to tell a story that everyone knows the ending too, and so far they had been doing a pretty good job. This issue ends the series though, and I realized that I didn’t care about any of the characters that were introduced, and I barely cared more about Spider-Man. Kind of disappointing considering how strong it was at the beginning.

Thor - 10
Thor has a brother! Loki is a bitch! Odin is a man-whore! and Asgard is still weird. This book has become increasingly wordy, and while that’s somewhat expected with Norse Gods, I’m getting the itch to see Thor hit something with that hammer as opposed to moping around Asgard. The interaction with the townspeople was also a big part of this book that seems to have trailed off in recent issues. Hopefully things will swing upwards again, otherwise they might want to think about renaming it “Thor’s Creek.”

Wolverine - 67
Millar and McNiven’s Old Man Logan continues here as Hawkeye and Logan are beset on by a group of ghost Riders! This book is fantastic, and a lot of people have tried to tell stories of a “future” Logan, but Millar and McNiven hit the nail on the head here. They keep us guessing with the teasing of “the night the heroes fell” and everyone is just waiting for Logan to lose it and pop a claw. Also, there’s something creepy about Hawkeye having a kid with Peter Parker’s youngest daughter, but it’s pretty awesome in the end.

Man With No Name - 3
Dynamite is quickly establishing itself as the home of good Western comics. This issue was fantastic with The Man With No Name kicking some major ass. I don’t really know what else to say, if you are a fan of Westerns at all, then this book is for you.

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