The 2-issue limited series about the X-Men dealing with the ramifications of Messiah Complex is a pleasant surprise as far as I’m concerned, and it’s not just the X-Fan in me talking. I enjoyed it a lot, especially the second issue.

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After being slightly underwhelmed by the Civil War tie-ins a couple of years ago, I swore to just stick with the main Secret Invasion book and probably pick up a couple of tie-in issues. I’ve been seriously considering breaking that oath for the past few weeks because I really want to get the SI issues of New Avengers and Mighty Avengers, and I’ve already picked up the Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four. Now, looking at Marvel’s August solicitations, I just know that I’m bound to get into most of the Secret Invasion action. Here are three minis that will drop in August that lured me into the dark side:

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If something like this really does exist, I’ll be all over it doing my Dr. Doom shit. Seriously.

My exposure to the Legion of Superheroes consists of the Lightning Saga, an awesome Justice League Unlimited episode, and the animated series. I want to get into them, I really do. But I’m not that interested yet. I need a hook. And I think I’ve found it.

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I wouldn’t be a comic book fan if it weren’t for the X-Men. It was Xavier’s merry mutants who brought me to the dance. I loved them. I hated them. I abandoned them. I came back to them. And now, I love them again.

I was a huge fan of the 90’s X-Men animated series. The quality of the animation was just so different from all the other animated shows at the time. I bought bootleg X-Men trading cards every single day when I was in my late grade school years to expand my knowledge of the whole mutant universe. Then I saw Marvel comic books at the mall I used to frequent, and an addiction was born.

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