Top 5:
1. Ultimate Spider-man (Issue #4) [Miles Morales swings into action for the first time.]
2. Captain America (Issue #4) [Ed Brubaker’s first arc with Steve McNiven on art duties has been great.  The story featuring Codename Bravo has been fun and the art has been amazing.  On a related note, we learned that Bucky is still alive in Fear Itself #7.1.]
3. Justice League (Issue #3) [This issue brought Wonder Woman and Aquaman into the fold.  So far, this new beginning for the Justice League has been really cool.]
4. Avenging Spider-man (Issue #1) [This new ongoing title is essentially a Spider-man team up book.  Since Spidey is currently a member of two Avengers teams and the FF, he has plenty of friends to team up with, so I think this book could be a lot of fun.]
5. Batman (Issue #3) [Scott Snyder’s story arc about The Court Of Owls with art by Greg Capullo has made Batman my second favorite title of DC’s The New 52.]

My monthly comics came in the mail this week.  Here’s the rundown:

1.  Ultimate Spider-man #4, Ultimates #4, Ultimate X-men #3, Ultimate Hawkeye #4
2.  Amazing Spider-man #673 and #674, Avenging Spider-man #1, Venom #9
3.  Justice League #3, Batman #3, Detective Comics #3, Batman The Dark Knight #3, The Flash #3, Green Lantern #3 [For the time being, I’m getting 6 titles from DC’s The New 52.]
4.  Fear Itself #7.1, #7.2, and #7.3 [These are individual Fear Itself epilogue issues for Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor.]
5.  Avengers #19, New Avengers #18, Secret Avengers #19
6.  Fantastic Four #600, FF #12
7.  Captain America #4, Captain America And Bucky #624
8.  Daredevil #6, Moon Knight #7, Black Panther #525
9.  Mighty Thor #8
10.  Kick Ass 2 #5
11.  RASL #12

My monthly comics came in the mail this week and it was the biggest shipment of comics I have ever received.  Here’s the rundown:

1.  Action Comics #1, Detective Comics #1, Batman And Robin #1, Green Lantern #1, Batman #1, Wonder Woman #1, All Star Western #1, Aquaman #1, Batman: The Dark Knight #1, The Flash #1, Superman #1 [All the titles from DC’s The New 52 that I decided to check out.]
2.  Ultimate Spider-man #1 and #2, Ultimate X-men #1, Ultimate Hawkeye #2, Ultimates #2 [The Ultimate Comics relaunch continues.]
3.  Fear Itself #6, Avengers #17, New Avengers #16, #16.1, and Annual #1, Secret Avengers #17 [Fear Itself and the related Avengers books.]
4.  Amazing Spider-man #669 and #670, Venom #7 [Spider-Island rolls on.]
5.  FF #9
6.  Captain America #3, Captain America & Bucky #622
7.  Mighty Thor #6
8.  Daredevil #3 and #4, Black Panther #523 and #523.1
9.  Moon Knight #5 and #6
10.  Superior #5, Kick-Ass 2 #4 [Mark Millar’s independent books.]
11.  Brilliant #1 [A new independent book from Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley.]

My new comics came in the mail this week.  Here’s the goods:

1. Ultimate Fallout #5 and #6, Ultimates #1, Ultimate Hawkeye #1 [The end of the post-Death Of Spider-man story and the beginning of the new Ultimate Comics.]
2. Justice League #1 [DC Comics first issue from The New 52.  I’m actually quite excited to read this.]
3. Amazing Spider-man #667 and #668 [Spider-Island gets into full swing.]
4. Fear Itself #5, New Avengers #15, Avengers #16, Secret Avengers #16 [Marvel’s latest event has been ok, but the story has almost been too sprawling to keep track of.]
5. Captain America #2, Captain America and Bucky #621
6. Daredevil #2
7. Mighty Thor #5
8. FF #8, Venom #6
9. Black Panther #522
10. Kick-Ass 2 #3 [It’s been a few months since an issue of this mini-series came out, so I forget what’s going on.]

My monthly comics came in the mail last week while I was at the beach.  Here’s the list:

1.  Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #6, Ultimate Fallout #1 through #4 [The end of The Death Of Spider-man storyline and the aftermath.]
2.  Amazing Spider-man #665 and #666 [The beginning of Spider-Island.]
3.  New Avengers #14, Avengers #15, Secret Avengers #15, Fear Itself: Spider-man #3, Black Panther #521 [Fear Itself tie-in issues.]
4.  Captain America #1, Captain America And Bucky #620 [The start of the new Captain America titles.]
5.  Daredevil #1 [Matt Murdock is back!]
6.  Moon Knight #4
7.  Mighty Thor #4
8.  FF #6 and #7 [Jonathan Hickman’s run on Fantastic Four/FF continues.]
9.  Venom #5
10. RASL #11 [I’ve enjoyed all the issues of Jeff Smith’s RASL, but at this point, I forget everything that has happened.  At some point, I should re-read all the issues.]

Top 5:
1.  Ultimate Spider-man (Issues #159 and #160) [The Death Of Spider-man storyline concludes.]
2.  Fear Itself (Issues #3 and #4) [Mass destruction and a death that’s really disappointing and one that I almost can’t believe (which is saying something).]
3.  Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates (Issue #5) [The penultimate issue of this series has the story taking several twists and turns.]
4.  Avengers (Issue #14) [The documentary-style look at Fear Itself continues.]
5.  Ultimate X (Issue #5) [The Jeph Loeb and Arthur Adams post-Ultimatum story finally comes to an end.  The story was good, but it took about two years for the five issues to be released which makes it hard to remember what’s happening within the story.]

My monthly comics came in the mail yesterday.  Here’s the rundown:

1. Ultimate Spider-man #159 and #160, Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #5 [The Death Of Spider-man]
2. Ultimate X #5
3. Fear Itself #3 and #4, Secret Avengers #14, Avengers #14, Fear Itself: Spider-man #2 [Fear Itself and tie-in issues]
4. New Avengers #13
5. Captain America #619 [The last issue before splitting into ‘Captain America’ (which starts with #1) and ‘Captain America And Bucky’ (which will continue on with #620).]
6. Mighty Thor #3 [After fizzling out on Thor awhile ago, I’m back on board.]
7. Amazing Spider-man #663 and #664, FF #5, Venom #4
8. Moon Knight #2 and #3
9. Black Panther #519 and #520

Top 5:
1. Ultimate Spider-man (Issue #158) [The Death Of Spider-man storyline chugs along.]
2. Fear Itself (Issue #2) [Marvel’s big event really gets going.]
3. Avengers (Issue #13) [The best Fear Itself tie-in issue that I’ve read so far unfolds like an oral history documentary.]
4. Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates (Issue #4) [A big reveal in who’s orchestrating the battle between Nick Fury and Carol Danvers.]
5. Captain America (Issue #618) [Bucky continues to fight for survival in a Russian prison.]

Honorable Mention:
1. FF (Issues #3 and #4) [Jonathan Hickman keeps working on some of the threads that he started when he took over Fantastic Four (which I’m currently catching up on in trade paperback form).  Things are getting quite cool.]

My new comics came in the mail yesterday.  Here’s the goods:

1.  Ultimate Spider-man #158, Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #4 [The Death Of Spider-man storyline.]
2.  Amazing Spider-man #660, #661, and #662
3.  Fear Itself #2, Fear Itself: Spider-man #1, Secret Avengers #13, Avengers #13 [Marvel’s new event and tie-in issues.]
4.  New Avengers #12
5.  Captain America #618
6.  Moon Knight #1 [Bendis and Maleev’s new take on Moon Knight.]
7.  FF #3 and #4
8.  Venom #3
9.  Daredevil: Reborn #4, Black Panther #518 [The end of the Daredevil: Reborn mini-series.]

Top 5:
1.  Ultimate Spider-man (Issue #157) [The Death Of Spider-man main storyline picks up steam and…]
2.  Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates (Issue #3) […the Avengers vs. New Ultimates tie-in storyline intersects in a major way.]
3.  Fear Itself (Issue #1) [Marvel’s new event kicks off in style.]
4.  Avengers (Issues #12 and #12.1) [The end of the Infinity Gauntlet storyline and a single issue story with lots of teasers for things to come.]
5.  Captain America (Issue #617) [Bucky’s problems get worse and worse.]