Thank you reviewing astonishing x-men I can sleep now. I thought that the ending was so obivous though. Can somebody help me understand why they were all drooling? I am so excited that warren ellis is taking over the title, but i'm a little worried he'll take longer than Whedon did(cough fell cough). Good for Pete to take a stand against lame comics. I haven't gotten a single countdown count up crisis counting. Everybody I talk to says stay away.

Pete, you mad fool! Your integrity as a reviewer is at stake! You know you can't allow an event of this magnitude to go unreviewed by yourself. Who else will provide the counterpoint to Justin and Alex? You owe it to the world, man!

(And if this works, Alex will owe me some cash!)

Hey what do you guys think about the new issue of Ultimate X men 94, whats up with making Colossus is a MGH junkie. It seems like it would have made a lot more sense to just say that he gets addicted during the process of trying to rescue north star than before. I know this sounds nerdy but in a house with two telepaths and over the course of how many years are they seriously trying to say that no one knew he was abusing something like that. Don’t get me wrong that last page was pretty sweet with all of them jacked up on steroids but come on the concept is kind of weak when you think about how they have developed it so far. I remember even in Kitty’s first appearance that when she is being shown the school by Jean that when she mentions that Colossuse and Wolverine were coming back from a drug bust that involved a street gang using the spinal fluid of some poor mutant.

Pete, I feel your pain. I refused to buy Final Crisis for the exact same reasons, and like you, the collector in me is gnawing away at my sensibilities. (I even refused to buy Marvel1985 for the exact same reasons).

And, I agree, Grant Morrison is getting repetitive, and therefore predictable. I mean, seriously, how many Superheroes is he gonna kill, or pseudokill? All Star Superman, Batman R.I.P., Final Crisis... not to mention his ever growing esoteric references to Golden Age and Silver Age storylines and characters.

With that said, I'm probably gonna wind up buying Final Crisis in trade.

All hail Pete for refusing to give in to the mediocrity of DC. I downloaded FC#1 and have to say it was a load of crap. Morrison completely ignores Countdown and Death of the New Gods, and all of the supposed super beings seem utterly ignorant that those two events ever occurred. Sorry, but when you spend 2 or 3 years preparing for this "Final Crisis" and even do a year long 50+ issue series called Countdown to Final Crisis, then Final Crisis should be in tight continuity, not ignore it. DC has really shit all over their customers with this one, but then considering their customers bough Countdown I guess they figure they'll buy anything. Pete, believe me, you can completely ignore this book and begin reading with #2 if you have to, and not miss a thing. For those of you who keep saying "Well its Morrison, he always starts off slow" well take in mind this is ONLY 7 issues, there should be NO starting slow, no warming up. This isnt a 52 issue epic.

Project Rooftop is horrible. I completely fail to understand why you guys keep giving them press. I've gone through their site and NOT ONE re-design is interesting, or even well drawn. They look like a bunch of down-syndrome fashion designers were turned loose with a box of crayons.

Oh yeah, the new site design sucks ass.

Reading DC events is like television on a honeymoon--unnecessary.

Pete. Stick to your guns. Your integrity is on the line!

So if your not gonna review it Pete, then there is no reason for you to be on a show. Yes Countdown sucked ass, but there is no reason to act like a fucking child. I read it, and yes it wasnt the greatest ever, but I liked it. The art was fantastic and I think this will be much better then Infinite Crisis. So Pete if you not gonna review, then get the fuck off of my computer screen you big, fat, nerdy child.

Astonishing X-Men was fantastic as well, shame most of this stories was spoiled during other X Titles. Still this was one of the best X-Men run in ages! I wish Whedon would stay on it...or start writing Spider-Man someday.

Oh and this contest thing is stupid, if you wanna sponser it then dont take up show time when you could be reviewing other comics. At least Ifanboy does the promo's early to talk about books.

Sorry for double post, but Bom is right. This layout sucks, go back to the old one.

Bombardem, youre a very weird and angry person. So many unresolved issues, really.

And Pete should definitely read Final Crisis, i mean, we all agree that countdown sucked, and i totally understand his position on the matter (because countdown sucked THAT bad), but final crisis is definitely something worth picking up. Besides, its Morrison, he knows what he's doing. You can either like or dislike his style, but no one can say he's a bad writer.

And yes, he did retcon a lot of stuff in the very first final crisis and ignored some continuity, but come on, countdown sucked bigtime, DotNG sucked too, and this whole thing is based on a concept thats Morrison's. If DC editorial did a bad job at putting it together then he's more than qualified to correct it however he feels like.

Personally, i think, if you wanna ignore countdown, go ahead, just read DC universe 0 and you'll be just fine, but dont stop reading final crisis.

O and btw? secret invasion is gonna be as good/bad as every other marvel event, where everything changes forever for all heroes for all time, except it doesnt. Final Crisis is gonna rock.

I loved Final Crisis to pieces, and between that and All-Star Superman and Batman, I had an excellent day of reading great comics. Whoo, Grant Morrison. My only complaint is the art on RIP.

The new site design is super cool. Oh and Project: Rooftop kicks ass. [Admitted bias here.]

I'm with Pete, which kind of scares me. DC! Please re-learn to tell real stories... real stories that don't involve the word "Crisis!" You have lost the right to ever have another crisis... zzzzzzzzz

I think Final Crisis has set the ground work for some very big stuff that's going to happen in the DCU. If you look at past/current major events they all seemed to have a big-blockbuster first issue. Then it kind of died down. (Infinite Crisis & Secret Invasion) Maybe using the first issue to set up some stuff is a better way to go about these big events. I think Civil War had a "slow" start, but was amazing. I really enjoyed the first issue of Final Crisis and will continue to be on bored.

Go! Pete! Go! Don't read that shite. That in itself is a review of the comic!

Boycotting is one of the most powerful ways for a reviewer and reader to get his message across.

Fight the power!

i am new byt wot you do is so cool i am making my own comics my super hero is coold THE TITAN HERO! i have made 2 issues

To paraphrase a great american;

Pete's a Dick! He's a reckless, arrogant, stupid dick.
And Alex and Justin are pussies.
And DC is an asshole.
Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks.
But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything.
Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way.
But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls.
The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate -
and it takes a pussy to show them that.
But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves...
because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes.
I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this:
If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!

I've been following you guys over at Newsarama and I think you guys are great. I'm always entertained by the Stack.