Captain Britian and MI: 13 Cover

Captain Britain and MI: 13 started off at a fairly odd place in the Marvel universe. It seems strange to me that they would choose to start a series like this in the middle of Secret Invasion. However, things couldn’t have been better. Apparently, Marvel knows what they are doing. Imagine that. The SI tie-in was so well done and showed a completely different side of the Skrull invasion. And now, out of the tie-in, we get to see how the series holds up as a monthly.

This month’s issue was a bit of a setup for what is coming in the future of the series. There’s a lot of talking about who the team is and getting everyone together. In addition, we get the very important introduction of Blade to the series. Here’s hoping that he is here to stay.

After the jump, I’ll break down the writing and the art of the issue and let you know why this series is kicking ass post-Secret Invasion.

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War Heroes #2 Cover

Welcome again to another installment of Weekly Previews, where I tell you what is cool, what is new and what to get in comics this week. I don’t know about you, but here in West Michigan, the weather is starting to get cool and the nights are downright frigged. So what better way to spend a cool, fall evening then by reading a wonderful comic book, like the ones that come out this week!

So here we go. After last weeks orgy of amazing Marvel comics, the House Of Ideas is taking a bit of a breather. But there’s still Iron Man #33, Captain Britain and MI: 13 #5 and Mighty Avengers #18 to look forward to. In addition, Image hits it big with War Heroes #2 this week. Stick around, I’ll preview this after the break.

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In case you happy-go-lucky kids are interested, I want to try and wrap up some of last week’s comics for you. Why? Because I forgot to do it on Sunday (Weekend Whiz) and mainly because I like to think in the back of my head that someone out there likes to read mini-reviews.

I want to cover a lot, so let me smear the boogers out of my nose real quick and get this instant-twist-off-winner series of reviews started before it’s over.

Lightning fast reviews for you:

• Amazing Spider-Man #567
• Captain Britain and MI: 13 #4
• Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #2
• Secret Invasion: Thor #1
• Secret Invasion: X-Men #1

And we’re off! Gotta love all those Secret Invasion stories!

**spoilers, as always, after the break**

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