Sorcerers and their victims live in the crude world of "The Hole".  What once used to be a beautiful, successful collaboration of towns is now a dumpy, blood-stained pile of dysfunctional, unsafe living spaces.  Caiman was a victim of a Sorcerer's powerful spell, one that transformed his face into a lizard's head.  Now he spends his days hanging out with Nikaido (a human who has yet to be a Sorcerer's guinea pig) killin' Sorcerers, and looking for the one that "transformed" his life along with erasing his past.

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The Brave and The Bold Expansion and Blackest Night Starter Set
by Wizkids/NECA

You may recall there was a time on comicsonline when the site was consumed by Heroclix information. That was 3-4 years ago. The game kind of disappered for a bit and now it's back. Hammer of Thor was the first release through NECA based in New Jersey who bought the product license from Topps.

Hammer of Thor featured the inclusion of The Runaways (Chase, Molly, Nico, Gert & Lace and Karolina) The Agents of Atlas (Marvel Boy, Jimmy Woo, Gorilla Man, M-11, Namora and Venus) Some Thunderbolts (Mac Gargan Venom, Songbird, Moonstone, and Penance) many Guardians of the Galaxy (Starlord, Rocket Raccoon, and Moondragon) and, as you might expect, a whole lot of Asgardians. The newest Captain America is a beast.

Justice League of America 41
Penciled by Mark Bagley and Written by James Robinson

I have to say that Justice League of America has been such a disappointment to me for a year or more. They started this series out with so much power and promise. Brad Meltzer wrote an incredibly too short run on this book and Dwayne McDuffie tried to keep it going, but it just wasn't the same. Len Wein's story involving Amos Fortune and Roulette was really a snooze.

To be fair, some of this might be attributed to the availability (or lack thereof) the "big shots". Batman is "dead", Superman is stationed on New Krypton and The Flash is - well - complicated right now, since DC is rebirthing him and I doubt they want to commit him to the team until that's complete. Also, Green Lantern is fighting the Blackest Night throughout almost every book in the DC comics line.

Ultimate Enemy 1
Pencils by Rafael Sandoval Written by Brian Michael Bendis

BMB just can't stop writing huge ensemble cast crossover epic stories. If only he could so consistently well.

Seriously I really loved Ultimate Spiderman and I really loved his work on Daredevil. These were groundbreaking redefining runs on books that sucked you and made you want to stick with the books. I have enjoyed most of his run on New Avengers and have kind of thought of that as his clinic book that he would use to improve upon ensemble cast narrative and characterization. Sometimes Wolverine doesn't seem like himself and sure sometimes Spidey whipping his mask off with only slight arm twisting goes in the face of everything that had been being done over on the main Amazing Spiderman book. I digress.

Siege 2
Penciled by Olivier Coipel Written by Brian Michael Bendis

This second issue of the story is good but not breaking much new ground.  Personally, I am continuously scratching my head when it comes to the character of The Sentry.  I just don't like the idea of dragging a character's story out forever as a plot.  I am glad to see Steve Rogers back in the fold and am thinking we missed a story somewhere of watching the world embrace Cap being back, especially so soon after the Skrull Invasion.  Wouldn't they be a little on edge of a possible impostor?

Oh wait...I read New Avengers.  Spiderwoman has a special device issued to her from S.W.O.R.D. that can determine if anyone is an alien.

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It is a city unlike any other.  Once a part of a thriving metropolis, it has been set apart, upended and uprooted by the Devil Quake.  And now it is what it is - the Demon City Shinjuku, a demonic wilderness which serves as a lodestone, attracting demons and non-demons alike.  But be careful where you go into this rather possessed city, for things are not always as they seem, especially not after dark, for there are many things here that go bump in the night.  And the sensible citizens of Shinjuku know better than to try to cross them.