What you should buy-8/7/13

YIKES!!! Some real slim pickens this week. But, as always, there's a couple of really GREAT books coming out. Let's get to it:

Lords of Mars #1: One of the strangest, yet most awesome crossovers in the history of crossovers!!! It's John Carter meets TARZAN!!!! Yeah, you heard me. Written by Arvid Nelson with art by Roberto Castro!

All New X-Men #15: JEAN!!! WTF?!?!?!?!?!?! Cyclops gets his heart broken, and I couldn't be happier. I've always hated him. Buy why is Jean kissing someone else? This book is always awesome!

Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger #11: The Trinity War continues!!! Phantom Stranger leads a strange group of JLAers to grab the soul of a murdered JLA member!!! I've been really loving this crossover!

Robocop: The Last Stand #1: IT'S ROBOCOP!! Detroit is in shambles(kinda like in real life), and the city's only hope? Yeah, you know who it is. Written by Steven Grant from a story by Frank Miller!!

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century #1: IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!!! The ORIGINAL, FIRST and BEST sci-fi here has come BACK to comics!!!!! And guess who's bringing him back? None other than comics legend HOWARD CHAYKIN!!! I know, right?!?!?!?!

-Like I said before, not a HUGE week for books, but there's some quality stuff coming out! As always I'll be at Challengers Comics + Conversation on Wednesday, so if you're in the neighborhood, come in and say hi! I'll be in the big red chair reading Buck Rogers. ALL. DAY>

HAYESWATCH-Week 3!!

This week was.........not my finest hour. In fact, it was actually quite the opposite. I'm not sure what happened, but I just lost interest in taking care of myself. All in all, the week was basically this:

a complete and total car wreck. But, I'm over it. I realized that sometimes I'm going to have bad days, bad weeks, and even bad months. (Seriously, I really hope I have a bad MONTH, though). I exercised ZERO days out of seven, and there's just no excuse for that at all. But, my resolve is strong, I'm gonna hit this week with full force, and gonna plow through all that I have to do and make exercising and eating right my priority and focus for the week. Wish me luck!!

"It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!” 
― Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa

HAYESWATCH-Week 2!

What I found out this week, was, as anyone will tell you, diabetics REALLY need to stick to a regular schedule when it comes to eating and taking there medicine. Especially eating. Fluxtations in my schedule this week caused some unexpected highs & lows in my blood sugar.
On the other front, I found out that thanks to my smoking habit, I have the cardio of a 1200 year old woman. No surprise there, so I definitely need to work on that.
Beyond that, the week was pretty good, numbers wise. Here's hoping I can keep up that trend in the upcoming week, which is going to be VERY busy for me.

What you should buy-7/31/13

As always, some great stuff out this week. First, we're actually going to start with a MOVIE, not a comic, though.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX: This movie is AWESOME!!!! Seriously, watch it. Based on the world (literally) changing Flashpoint story by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert.

THE BIONIC MAN #22: Steve gets some help protecting a defecting scientist from a really odd place.

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1: Spinning out the 1940's, Captain Midnight is BACK!!! But, the government isn't too happy about it.

TRINITY WAR: PANDORA #2: I gotta tell you, I love love LOVE Trinity War. It's got that old school feeling of a crossover, yet it's really fresh and new.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #24: Cityfall part 3!!!! This story is EPIC!!! It's only 3 parts in, so if you haven't gotten in yet, pick up the 2 back issues and get started!!!

GI JOE #6: The origin of COVER GIRL!!!!! What makes a fashion model join GI Joe? I mean, besides getting to hang around with Shipwreck? Find out here!

What a week!!! If you're in Chicago, I'll be at Challengers Comics + Conversation on Wednesday where we'll be having their monthly book club meeting, Chattingers. This month the book up for discussion is FLASHPOINT! Not only will we be talking about this awesome trade, we'll be watching the movie afterwards!!! Hope to see you there!

Next Week:

Hot Girl Wednesday starting...LEXI BELLE!!!!

What can I possibly say about Lexi Belle? Cutest girl ever? SURE!! Innocent AND sexy? YOU BET!! A legend in the biz? YES!! Recently I had a chance to meet her and now I can say that she is legitamately one of the SWEETEST girls EVER!!! Why don't I shut the hell up and just let you look at some pictures?

I have to admit, when I was talking to her, I was blushing the whole time. She's just SO HOT!!! You can follow Lexi on twitter here, and make sure to check out her official site. DO IT NOW!!!

What I thought of...The Superior Spider-Man #14

The Superior Spider-Man #14: Spider-Man takes over New York!! And gets a new costume. And some new toys. A lot of new stuff going on in this issue. But, we do get to see a couple of familiar faces.
The Good: Doc Ock/Spider-Man has pretty much free reign over whatever he wants to do, thanks to a deal with Mayor J. Jonah Jameson. This issue, we're introduced to the Spider-Man ARMY. Yes, ARMY. There's Spider-Soldiers, Spider-Vehicles, Spider-Drones and much, much more. In this issue, Spider-Man sets his sights on Shadowland. And, The Kingpin. I have to admit, it's nice to see The Kingpin back in action, and Slott has the character down pat.There's a lot going on here, TONS of action and all drawn beautifully by Humberto Ramos. This is definitely a great jumping on point for new readers.
The Bad: Not really too much of the bad this issue. There's a couple of plot twists and turns that I saw coming a mile away, and at this point, the villain of the story isn't really clear. Is it Kingpin? Hobgoblin? The mystery villain that shows up on the last couple of pages? Or is it Spider-Man himself?
The Verdict: BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT!!! Again, GREAT jumping on point for new readers, and even if you're a regular reader, this is a bold, brand new chapter in Spider-Man history, and you're not going to want to miss it!!