What we bought this week

Here's what we picked up for our fourth of July reading:

• Batman RIP #678
  
• Patsy Walker: Hellcat #1
• Buffy: TVS #16
  
• Astonishing X-Men #25
• Joker's Asylum #1 (gish's pick, not mine!)

So far, I've only read Batman. I'm really enjoying the RIP storyline. I love the dark and dream-like quality, plus all of the mystical/occult overtones. The Club of Villains is great, and it was cool to finally see them in action. I had to look up the Zurr-en-Arrh reference, though. Apparently, in 1956 or so, Batman went to another planet (Zurr-en-Arrh), where he met up with another Batman native to that world, gained Superman-like powers, and fought robots or something. Morrison loves him some obscure references. Gish says the Hellcat book is really good, so I'm looking forward to that, too.

Some comics I pick up last week that haven't read yet but plan to this weekend:

• Thunderbolts #120 & 121 (just finished re-reading #116-119 to get ready)
• Angel #9 (probably the last issue of this we're going to buy -- it's pretty awful and I only bought it to see what "officially" happened after the end of the show, and now I don't care anymore)
• Captain America #39
• Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1