SuperQueeros! for May 2nd, 2012

It's my brother's birthday on the 2nd! Happy birthday, lil' bro! The comics industry got you some SWEET-AS presents!

Edit: This title didn't show up this week. :(

Supurbia #3

My new favorite comic!!! Have you seen Agent Twilight???? No wonder Night Fox switched teams, that boy is FIIIIIIIINE! Anyway, the premise is that this issue a new perspective on the classic climactic-battle issue. While robots are attacking the UN (sooo JSA #yawn), this book answers the question "What's happening at the homestead?" (fresh POV!) I'm really excited to see... well, everything in this book! Grace Randolph is killing it on script, and the art by Russell Dauterman is both solid and consistent, something you don't normally find on titles with 50% female characters. Like I said: LOVE. #getit

Stormwatch #9

Apollo and Midnighter (fan favs, my favs) fight "Skallox" (purportedly fan fav, defo not my fav) and his connection to Stormwatch (Oh Gaga, is he sticking around????? Ugh.) is revealed. Unless his connection to Stormwatch is the ability to control the Carrier's latent Daemonite capacity to 'ship all my favorite couples I am NOT INTERESTED. ...But the possibility of that being the case means that I am totes mcghost buying this 'sue...

Avengers Academy #29

...And the first page is naked Hercules. CORRECT. What next? Redonk AvX sleepover? Why not! Watch as Gen Hope, some of the X-Club, all those spare X-kids with no team, and the AA misfits mix it up during the biggest crossover since the last big crossover! The Runaways story was pretty good though... let's see what Gage does with this one!

Teen Titans Annual #1

An annual!!!!??!!! I am very excited!!! Bunker front and center on the cover??? EXCELLENT. It's the TT vs the LL (Legion Lost, a title which I have not read because Gravity Kid is not in it) in a giant, killer gauntlet. The nineties truly are back! :D

X-Factor #235

Peter David continues his tromp through the "Kick Ass" archetype and gives Shatterstar a berserker rage. Will the love of his man stop his bloody rampage? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TOTES KAWAII OMG #1direction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hack/Slash #5

This is the last issue in "Monster Baiting". Evidently it is a game changer? I hope the change is that Cassie pulls a Willow and is a lesbian with exclusively-lady-relationships from now on. Oh! Maybe Samhain transitions! #probablyright

Plus Earth 2 #1 is coming out... Think we'll see Obsidian?

SuperQueeros! for April 25th, 2012

I'm giving two shout-outs to non-queero titles this week because the first book in this list has me SO ECSTATICALLY HAPPY!

Astonishing X-Men #49

X-Men fighting Mauraders, check. Connections to a character's shady past, check. Damsel in distress, che- Wait a minute! It's not a damsel, it's Kyle Northstar's-fan-favorite-boyfriend who's in trouble! And the charcater with the shady connection to the Mauraders is, for once, not Gambit! (Even though he is also in this title!!!) It's all Northstar, all the time in Marjorie Liu's newest homerun series and, if you've seen the solicit for issue #51, you can guess that that spotlight is not going to abate until we've got a happy ending for Marvel's first and foremost gay X-couple!

Justice League Dark #8 / I, Vampire #8

It's the end of the crossover! John's going back into Hell (remember, he was just there in his eponymous other-line title?) to get the vampire cavalry while Xanadu makes a deal with the powers that be and Shade and Zatanna struggle to survive the vampire hordes! To subdue this uprising, however, our characters are going to have to "change the face of sorcery forever!" Fingers crossed that that means getting Constantine a boyfriend again!

New Avengers #25
The Iron Fist finds out his magic kung fu can host the Phoenix Force! Or something. Will Victoria be in this issue now that she's a good guy again?????

Teen Titans #8
Now that they saved Superboy, it's time to save Wonder Girl! I love that they have rainbow Tron costumes!!!!

SHOUT OUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Archie Marries Valerie, Part 2!!! I've read those Life with Archie titles and trust me, Val's the best choice, Archie! (Besides Jugghead, of course)
Warlords of Mars! No reason and definitely not solely because of the cover! NOPE! Not because of that!

SuperQueeros! for April 18th, 2012

Just a quick write up this week, but did you guys read Ultimate X-Men??? OMFGaga, THAT SH!T WAS CRAY!

Wonder Woman #8

Wondy's gotten tricked out by her new siblings and she raiding Hell! This title may not get as crazy as Ultimate X-men did last week, but if you want your socks blown off from sheer awesome-ness, this is the title to buy this week!

X-Factor #234

There are twelve cast members on this book. TWELVE. And they all manage to get solid airtime almost every issue! Now it looks like David is adding two more characters to the book, one of whom seems, from next month's solicits, to have a connection to 'Star and Longshot. Interesting...

Hellblazer #290

Just gonna quote the solicit. Whoever writes John's solicits is amazing: "Lost souls, sentimental psychopaths, and a plan to mess up an old enemy."

Justice League #8

1. New Green Arrow looks hot. 2. Wondy is queer enough for this title to count, right? Please flame my inbox with your opinion!

SuperQueeros! for April 11th, 2012

This week is... 100% awesome titles! #nerdgasm

Ultimate Comics X-Men #10

Storm is breaking out of her concentration camp, which means she's saving Peter from being tortured by flatscans, which means finding out what's up with Ultimate Northstar???? I'm so glad the Ultimate X-Men are back... :D

Batwoman #8

Have you seen the roster of baddies KK is fighting this arc??? Crazy awesome!!! The mythology of this series is so rich and free-standing. That living hook? CRAY. Blood Mary? CRAAAAAY. And the new Croc? Pretty norma- CRAZY!

Kevin Keller #2

PROM! The other KK of comics is planning his high school's prom, which raises the question, who will date-changed Kevin take??? Evidently he has a secret admirer! #squee

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 Freefall #8

So... I don't know if I read issue #7? It's very confusing because it's the only title I follow that isn't digital yet. Evidently B's been vamped? And Andrew will be in this issue! Is he canon-gay yet? This is very confusing for me... #butiwillbuyiteventually #godigital!!!

SuperQueeros! for April 4th, 2012

Only three comics this week, but all of them SO GOOD:

Supurbia #2

With Night Fox's queer indiscretions coming to light, this series earns itself a place in the hallowed ranks of superqueero comics. With the amazingness of the art, story, and writing themselves, it's earned itself a place forever in my heart. This book rocks. #buyit and see why the wives of superheroes are the new super-team burning up the sales racks!!

Avengers Academy #28

The second (and final) crossover issue with the Runaways! With the Runaways thinking Pym is out to institutionalize them, barely staying civil with the Academy students, and currently stuck in the mystical dino-dimension from which Reptil's powers come this issue is sure to take this storyline out with a roar!

Stormwatch #8

The battle with the gravity miners wraps up, as does Paul Jenkins' run. I'm interested to see how he closes up his run, given that Jenkins has shepherded us through a tumultuous beginning that set up quite a few long-term plot threads. Hopefully none of the hanging threads gets tied up when the gravity miners just, say, kill the Prince of Lies or something equally as deus ex blackhole.

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!