Welcome to another edition of The Pull List Comic Reviews! Superboy’s Adventure comes to an end, Daytripper continues to be trippy and the Rhino gets a happy ending that may actually stick. As always, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

PULL OF THE WEEK:

Adventure Comics #6
DC Comics – $3.99 US
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artist: Francis Manapul
Score: 9/10

Superboy has been trying to “find himself” and determine if he’s more Superman than Lex Luthor, since his genetic make-up is made from both of them. Unfortunately, it’s Luthor who finds him first and serves notice that for all his intellect and power, Luthor still has that nasty little streak in him.

Honestly, this has been a fun, engaging run by superstar writer Geoff Johns. Equal parts adventure (which works great with the title) and drama, all revolved around Superboy’s own identity crisis, this arc hit all the right buttons without coming across as preachy or whiny; a testament to the writer’s considerable talent of making relevant topics matter in the pages of a comic book.

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WARNING: Do not for one second think comics come out today. They don’t, they come out tomorrow. While everyone has taken the weekend and Monday off, so to has the printer, which is the reason why things are slow this week.

The best thing coming from DC this week is Adventure Comics #2. Unfortunately there are only four more issues with Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul on the title, but when they end, so begins their run on a new Flash ongoing! Which is just fine by me.  I must say the cover on this issue is just heart-warming (at right).

From Marvel we have the conclusion to the Dark Avengers/X-Men series. I have to say this event has been one of the better X-Men events I’ve read in a long time. What’s great about this event is how well Matt Fraction really gets Cyclops.

The character is exceptionally hard to write, and often alot of writers have no idea what to do with him.  Case in point: X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Regardless, in this conclusion we have the X-Men vs the Dark Avengers finally. I can’t wait to read this showdown.

Finally, Kick-Ass.  To me, the leaked footage from Comic-Con was barely discernible so I can’t decide if the movie will be any good or not, so I’m not even going to bother. Regardless, this book comes out and features the main character getting his butt kicked yet again.

As always, we here at The Flickcast care about what you read, so leave us a comment and let us know what you liked/didn’t like from this week’s comics. For a more complete list of what comes out this week, Midtown Comics has a great listing of everything.

Things have certainly heated up this week with comics, as there is a whole crop of wonderful books coming out today from the “Big Two.”

From DC Comics, we have a plethora of Blackest Night books including the Batman spinoff and the main Blackest Night book comes out with issue two. Though, what I’m really looking forward to is Adventure Comics #1. I was pretty happy to see Bart Allen and Superboy revived in Legion of Three Worlds and Francis Manapul’s style on this book kind of reminds me of something from childhood.

For Marvel, I’d say the spotlight is on the new line of Ultimate Comics. Especially with David Lafuente on art for Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1. It just looks like a book full of spectacular fun. Of course, the excellent X-Men/Dark Avengers event continues with Utopia

My final recommendation this week is something for you Star Trek nerds: Nero. This book gives us the back story, besides about five lines of dialogue, the movie didn’t bother with.

As always, we here at The Flickcast care about what you read, so let us know what you liked/didn’t like this week in the comments.  And iof you don’t like what you see here, be sure to check out Midtown Comics comprehensive list of what comes out today.