New Comic Day June 11

Here are the comics I purchased yesterday:

Fables #38

This is the third part of the Homelands storyline and sees Boy Blue enter the Imperial City to dispatch with the Emperor. I enjoyed the previous issue more than this one and it seemed overwith too quickly. However, the surprise cliffhanger ending left me wanting more and judging from the tag for next issue, it seems like we'll be hanging on for quite a while.

Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #4

The true motives behind Lex's Science Spire start to become a bit more clear in this issue, but the series itself seems somewhat disjointed. There is an overall theme of mankind reaching beyond itself, but the context with which that theme is embedded doesn't seem to fit. This is mainly because of issue three I think with the random Batman/Superman encounter. Seems like Azzarello can't be consistent (see his and Jim Lee's recent run on Superman). With one issue left in this mini-series, I don't really see how it will come together.

Ultimate Fantastic Four #19

This is a fill in issue as will be the next, but it wasn't too bad. It was definately more science-fictiony than other issues as a rejected think tank candidate takes over the Baxter building and takes out all the FF members but Reed. Jae Lee's art goes very well with the story and I look forward to the conclusion next issue to see what Reed does to get himself and his teammates out of this pickle.

JLA #115

This is the arc that leads in to Fall's Infinite Crisis series and it wasn't what I was expecting at all. That's not a bad thing though. Someone is giving old villains all of their memories back and they take out the JLA with frighteningly fast efficientcy. Batman is also supposed to confront the JLA about his mindwipe, which is what I was looking for only to be dissapointed. Hopefully next issue.