Book of Doom:
X-Men/Spider-Man #1

Man this does not look like a good week for comics. Not a whole lot to get excited about and even less that is an easy jumping-on point. So who wins when the comic readers lose?

Marvel, apparently.

X-Men/Spider-Man is a mini-series that I was considering investing in. The art I’ve seen looks pretty damn good, and the last time I bought a “Spider-Man through the decades” mini-series I was very pleasantly surprised (2005’s Spider-Man/Human Torch). Odds are that due to budget restrictions I wouldn’t have bought it on a big Wednesday. But with my stack as small as it’ll be this Wednesday, it’s a lot more likely to happen.

Here’s what Marvel has to say about the issue:

X-MEN/SPIDER-MAN #1
COVER BY: MARIO ALBERTI
WRITER: CHRISTOS N. GAGE
PENCILS: MARIO ALBERTI
THE STORY:
Christos Gage (THUNDERBOLTS, HOUSE OF M: AVENGERS) is joined by international superstar-tist Mario Alberti (Redhand) to bring you the most misunderstood team of all time meeting the most misunderstood super hero of all time in a 4-part mystery that starts in the early days of the Marvel Age and winds it’s way through to today!
In Part One, Kraven the Hunter and the Blob attack the world’s strangest teens while deep in the background an even greater threat watches…and waits.