Now, some reviews of some comics you have to pay for! Spoilers ahead!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #3: Even more stuff from the show that I don’t remember makes it hard to follow still, but you can definitely tell that Whedon is having fun. Looking forward to seeing where it’s going on its on legs, but for now, MEH

Y the Last Man #56: Some really great character stuff between Yorick and 355. And two scenes you’ve been waiting for the whole time, but I’ll only spoil one: Yorick addresses a skull. Still, the other supporting cast still doesn’t appear to be doing anything… and not much time left! HIT

Invincible #41: Funny that the cover happens off-panel. A lot of stuff is wrapped up pretty neatly (or so we thought) but we’ll see what the long term effects are. Really hard to sum up everything that happens in an Invincible issue in a few sentences. HIT

JLA Classified #38: A second

Countdown #51: Nobody on the Internet liked this one. In fact, it seems to be universally dispised. I wasn’t impressed, but I’m not ready to write it off yet. I just wish that most of it made sense. Gotta love the Mary Marvel getting rained on though! MISS

Green Arrow #74: While we knew that Black Canary and Green Arrow were getting back together (so as to launch their new series after #75), I seemed to have missed the actual transition part from not back together to together. This issue, she shows up, they have a lot of sex, and are back. MISS

Amazing Spiderman #540: Not much of a story: Spiderman tracks the guy who killed his aunt, finds out that the Kingpin was behind it, which the audience already knew from page one. Spiderman has a very serious, broody narrative voice here, which of course totally doesn’t jive with other titles he’s in. MEH

Black Panther #27: Invincible negative zone bugs! Magic frogs! Skrulls! Marvel zombies! Wha? I want to recommend it, but it all just seemed so… contrived. A shame because the title has been so strong lately. MEH

Ghost Rider #11: “Do you know how hard it is to raise a zombie army? Do you even CARE?” Good stuff, with only a slightly unsatisfying ending. HIT

Green Lantern Corps #12: Guy Gardner framed for murder is the central conflict, as he flees to Mogo. One thing I like about this series is how effectively they handle a large cast of characters, one of whom is a living planet (though they seem to have a lot of excuses to visit Mogo) HIT

Immortal Iron Fist #5: Who’d have thought that superheroes, kung-fu, and humor could be so well blended together in one book. I was under the impression that this was a limited series, but I couldn’t see sign of that, and I saw signs of a long term storyline. Totally recommended, and I hope it does become a series. HIT

JLA Classified #38: The Justice League vs. Free Will! Not really, mostly just philosophy and the JLA being voyeurs. I expected more from this creative team. MISS

New Avengers #30: “Bub, you never stall ninjas!” –Wolverine “Well! I’m fighting ninjas again even though I SPECIFICALLY said I was done fighting ninjas.” –Spiderman. Do I need to say more? Oh yeah, we find out who the new Ronin is, probably. That part seems a little rushed and easy. HIT

Thunderbolts #114: Hmm, still can’t decide about this one. There’s no Green Goblin this time, just a few mixed up superheroes getting beat on by the Thunderbolts, and yet more dissension in the ranks. Gotta stick with it because I think major crazy stuff is going to hit any time now. MEH

Issues I refused to read:  Hawkgirl #63, Nightwing #132, Wolverine Origins #14