SuperQueeros! for March 28th, 2012

Soooo... MY GOODNESS! This is a very exciting week! Seminal pansexual solo title ends, amazing queer-team story arc begins, a crossover means I'm mentioning a new DC title for the first time... And that's only half of the books below!

Astonishing X-Men #38

First, the good news: Karma and Northstar, on a team together, kicking butt on the streets of NYC: AWESOME. And with Marjorie Liu scribing? CRAZY AWESOME!!! Liu is so good that she even makes me like Gambit, so I am unable to detect any flaws in this book. Honestly, I have been looking forward to this book for three months, three looong months of being starved for a good Karma storyline, and BAM, it's finally here and my life is complete! It really does get better... #tear #buyit #robotleg

Daken: Dark Wolverine #23

Now the sad news: it's Daken's final issue! I really hope he gets swept up into a team title, because he is just... so awesome. And if he dies this issue... right after Stature bit the dust this month... I'm going to have to go down to Marvel and propose "AvX2: Stature and Daken Return!" until I'm blue in the face (or until I spew out a sell-able storyline and they say yes, which ever comes first). But honestly, I hope this issue rocks as hard as Stephanie Brown's last Batgirl issue.

Justice League Dark #7/I, Vampire #7

CROSSOVER TIME: As of I, Vamp #6 the DCnU has been over-run by crazy vampires, and this crossover flows directly out of that. Madame Xanadu knows this sh!t ain't right, but what she doesn't know is how to survive in the new status quo. Will her she be able to lead her team to victory, or is she going to have to consult with a certain heroic vampire to right the world? (It's definitely the latter you guys. #spoilers)

Teen Titans #7

It's The Wall (and the Teen Titans) against N.O.W.H.E.R.E.! They have a super-boy to break out of the top secret, evil, child-altering organization and they're going to need all their psychic bricks to do it! (I would also like to take a moment to look at the Wall's powers: mind-powered strength. It's like the classic girl-power inside, classic boy-power outside. #subtle #butIlikeit)

New Avengers Vol 2 #23

This book is here for Victoria Hand, but I have noooo idea what's up with her these days. Evidently one of the Dark Avengers is going to turn good? My money is on the Hulk's kid.

Archie #631

And finally, what with the recent events regarding the Trayvon Martin case and the excellent point put forth in this Huffington Post article, I'm adding this comic to the list of recommendations. It doesn't have any queer content that I know about, but its focus is on legitimizing an few interracial relationships, and I think the world could use a good message like that right about now.

Plus, Dan Parent is my master. (Sorry, Joss.)

SuperQueeros! for March 21st, 2012

Wonder Woman #7

Hades is back! Wondie wants a lost soul back in the land of the living, and she's ready to go to Hell and back to get it, Orpheus-style! But Hades is a tricky god and you can bet that he won't be letting anything go without a big sacrifice! Can Diana keep up the dangerous games she's been dancing with her famous family, or will she have to punch out every soul on the river Styx to save the day?

X-Factor #233

So Madrox and Layla are an item. But while he was sleeping Lorna and Havok took the reigns of his abandoned organization and X-Factor is back in the government (and Val Cooper's) pocket, ridding the world of heinous threats (when they catch the attention of the U.S.). How are Ric and 'Star adapting to all these changes???

Justice League #7

The first "present day" issue! What does the team look like today????

Hack/Slash #14

Everyone's split up! Samhain will have to return to his slash-y ways if he wants to save the day! #notasexcitingasitsounds

Hellblazer #289

John's back from Hell... Just in time for some fratricide!

SuperQueeros! for March 14th, 2012

Ultimate Colossus is back!!!! I'm hoping this is going to be an all new Children's Crusade, with a kiss between Colossus and Northstar at the end! CUUUUTE!!

Ultimate Comics X-Men #9

After catching us up with the Ultimate X team last issue, Ultimate Comics X-Men takes us to Camp Angel, the concentration camp that houses Storm and every gay's boyfriend, Colossus! From the cover I'm guessing "prison break" is the theme of the issue, and I am so there!

Batwoman #7

The gyre winds deeper as our heroine faces down a pack of monsters led by "Falchion". Plus, the rest of the awesome cast of this book get screwed more too! Plus, check out Amy Reeder's art on interiors: she's killin' it!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9: Freefall #7

Abortion. Crap. BtVS is defo bringing the realness in this season, which for me is a welcome change from last season's Michael-Bay-spolsion. Plus her roommates become a lil more relevant!

Daken: Dark Wolverine #22

The second to last issue! It's father vs son as Daken takes his fight to NYC and Wolverine. With a death sentence hanging above him will Daken leave a lasting mark on the Marvel U? Or will his sound and fury signify nuthin', bub?

Scarlet Betch Episode 64: Avengers Assemble!

Hey Betches!

Hi y'all, thanks for tuning in again. Sorry the delay again. A lot of life transitions (moving, new jobs/getting laid off), delayed our podcasting for a bit. But now we're back with a whole new issue! We chat about the end of Avengers: Children's Crusade and the beginning of a newly queer character on Avengers Academy. There's a bunch in there about whether or not 616 Darren Criss is gay and the merits of Sebastian on Glee... so check it out and we hope you enjoy!

Let us know what you think! Plus, any comics you think we missed in our coverage let us know! Send us a tweet @ScarletBetch or by email at scarletbetch@gmail.com

SuperQueeros! for March 7th, 2011

So comixology has a preview of Avengers: The Children's Crusade, but no issue seems forth coming. What we do have is new installments of some of the best Queer-inclusive books on the shelf today!

EDIT: AVENGERS THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE CAME OUT TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! READ IT!!!!!!!!!

Stormwatch #7

Last issue ended with the Projectionist revealing the coming of the GRAVITY MINERS! I don't know what that means, or how it will play out (Well? Crappy? Gravity-well?), but it expands the universe of Stormwatch while we wait for the Planetary-esque storyline they established last issue to pick up, so I can't be against it.

And speaking of last issue, I love Paul Jenkins' Midnighter! He's... such a bad-ass! Like, really, truly, the explicitly gay Batman! He even says, "I'm the damn Midnighter!", as if Paul Jenkins were an awesome-r Frank Miller! And Apollo really doesn't suck as much either. In the earlier incarnation of the character he became a sort of shadow to Midnighter, a sub-y muscle bunny good only for kisses and deus ex machina. He's still a little directionless (if he hates superheroes why is he joining Stormwatch???), but I've done stupid things for a boy before, and this cocky Midnighter is seducing ME. What chance does 2-D Apollo have if Midnighter's appeal works on three dimensional people?? Basically I'm loving this reboot, especially now that they offed Adam One.

But, anyway, gravity miners. And stuff.

Avengers Academy #27

The Runaways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, Chase is alive and Gert isn't. Who KNOWS what Kathryn Immonen's cliffhanger even meant now, but we get an issue of Striker vs. Victor (HOT) and the first reunion of Karolina and Julie Power since the Loners debuted in volume 2 of Runaways! Also HOT!! #fangasm

i, Zombie #23

It's Gwen vs a mad scientist. Maybe some Spot too?

SuperQueeros! for February 29th, 2012

Sorry about calling Avengers: Children's Crusade a bit early. The last issue came out in December; silly me to think that Marvel would publish on time! ;-P This week is comparatively small:

New Avengers #22

It's the New Avengers vs the Dark Avengers and, evidently, somebody dies! Fingers-crossed that it's not Victoria! (Though it's probs one of those n00b Dark Avengers...)

Hack/Slash #13

This issue has a Gorillaconda in it. Awesome.

SuperQueeros! for February 22nd, 2012

It's an Avengers assault this week! Avengers: The Children's Crusade wraps up, the who-killed-Jocasta story in Avengers Academy comes to a close, and the JLD take a breath and collect themselves before next month's vampire-apocalypse!

Avengers: The Children's Crusade #9

This is it! The last issue of the Young Avengers series that took the Marvel U from Decimation to the doorstep of AvX! Last issue ended with the supposed death of Stature, but the cover of this issue features every team member except Tommy... With the promise of a new Young Avengers line-up by the end of the issue, and with a reality-warping sorceress in their midst, who knows what fates will befall our heroes!

Sorry, this is next month!

Avengers Academy #26

Jocasta's back to set the record straight: she's not dead! Evidently she faked her own death so that she could join Veil in working for Jeremy Briggs to create an alternative to the Avengers Academy. (Golly, that's a mouthful!) And now she's back to downgrade the systems at the Academy. You know all those cool upgrades she gave to the Windows Professional suite? Yeah, that's her code, and she wants it back. That'll rock the Academy back to the Stone Age, though... think Giant-Man will let her take it back?

Justice League Dark #6

With Enchantress brought back to sanity, the team goes their seperate ways to process the events of the past five issues. Oh, and also they hate each other and are not a team. Hopefully Xanadu will be able to corral them back together before next month's issue though: the team has to help the cast of I, Vampire fend off a vampire-apocalypse!!!