In keeping with the new format I have split the Quick Fires into Marvel, DC, and Indie books.

Amazing Spider-Man #579

  Mark Waid finishes up the two part Shocker tale with a team-up, a betrayal, and the almost reunion of J. Jonah Jameson and his father. Much better artwork in this issue. 4 out of 5 Spider-Villains.

Cable #9

  Cable Versus the Cockroach Humans and Bishop takes out the X-Men. Nice pacing, very smooth artwork. 3 out of 5 X-Villains.

Marvel Zombies 3 #3

  Robots Versus Zombies as Machine Man takes it to the Zombie Kingpin’s Army. Also Zombie-Morbius takes on the regular Marvel Universe. 3 out of 5 Marvel Zombies.

New Avengers #47

  If you read one Secret Invasion book this year, make sure it is not this one. It has nothing to do with SI until the last page, which was already seen in SI #8. This is a Luke Cage/Jessica Jones walk down memory lane issue. 1 out of 5 New Avengers.

X-Men Noir #1 (of 4)

  Interesting take on the X-Men, who appear to be that in name only, no powers of any kind displayed in this dark (mood wise as well as coloring) tale. 3 out of 5 X-Men.