Avengers Prime #1- Alan Davis is one of my favorites, so that being said this issue is beautiful to look at and the art carries the weight of the book. Bendis' scripts are fine and he offers some good stuff here, I'm just a little more than tired to see Steve Rogers and Tony Stark bitching at each other. That, and Bendis scripts Tony Stark as an annoying asshole who you really just want to see clocked right off the bat. Considering Tony Stark is generally a giant douchbag I guess I should be willing to accept it, but Fraction makes me hate the character less so it would be nice to see other writers at least try to redeem him as well. Ignoring that, the story has promise and the Steve Rogers fight scene is awesome, so as unnecessary Avengers titles go you could do worse. B

Brightest Day #3- Anyone else getting tired of the team posing images Finch keeps giving us? JG Jones managed to make every single cover to 52 interesting, and we just get these Image reject covers so far which, y'know, are kinda pretty but at the same time we need to see something unique that actually draws us into the story. Story is still in it's 'slow build' stage that we should be used to from Johns, but I'm still having a good time so far with this title. The Anti-Monitor/Deadman stuff was interesting and the Aquaman stuff still has some great potential. B+

Tales Designed to Thrizzle #6- Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this, and don't get me wrong I love Kupperman and his earlier works are awesome, but this particular issue was really meh. Everything felt rushed and kind of recycled, and for $4.95 and the long wait between projects that's just really not a great thing. C

A God Somewhere GN-Arcudi and Snejbjerg tell an interesting and chaotic story about a person who gains godlike abilities and their rise and fall through the eyes of their family and friend. Arcudi does a fantastic job of just creating a horribly ambiguous story where the mental instability of the empowered character, Eric, flip flops in the view of the public and his friends and the reader is caught up in an interesting smudgy morality. Snejbjerg offers up some truly beautiful art and some disturbing violence as well, helping to create a unique reading experience. Price tag is a little high for a soft cover package, but well worth checking out. A-