Week In Review : Daredevil #12 + Earth 2 #1 + Teen Titans Annual #1 + World's Finest #1 + X-O Manowar #1

Welcome back for more new issues! Read the feedback from our crack staff as they review the books fresh off the racks!
Today is a bit DC-heavy, but given the huge number of titles they put out every week and a bunch of hotly anticipated new titles - so more books tomorrow, but for now, enjoy!

Daredevil #12 (Marvel)

Story : Mark Waid

Art : Chris Samnee

(Reviewed by Anupam Sarkar)

First of all, the cover is extremely awesome and sexy. Man, I just love Paolo Rivera!

The issue starts with a date between Matt Murdock and Kristen McDuffie, the Assistant DA, where she, (in a sexy pose) asks Matt to tie a scarf around her head as a blindfold. The reason for her to use a blindfold is to experience how a blind guy like Matt “enjoys” the world.

Within the issue, Matt tells Kristen about how he and Foggy became friends and also about their 'mock trial' against a professor at the university who had accused Foggy of cheating.

Mark Waid is a brilliant writer and storyteller and has brought something new with each issue. Daredevil #12 is not one of the action packed comics but more like knowing 'bout the guy behind the Daredevil Mask. In fact, there are only two glimpses of Daredevil in this issue (including a shadow).

Chris Samnee's art is pretty awesome and he provides with some jaw dropping visuals.

Week-in-Review: Avengers - Childrens Crusade #8 / Kick-Ass v2 #6 / Teen Titans #4 / Extinction Seed #1

Welcome back folks to another round of picks from the releases in the week starting 29^th December, from us here at Comic Addicts! We're sure you're all excited to see whats on the menu so lets just dig right in!

Avengers : Children's Crusade #8 (of 9) (Marvel Comics)

Story: Allan Heinberg

Art: Jim Cheung, Mark Morales

Hold no doubt, this is probably the most important book in the Marvel Universe right now. Leading into Avengers vs. X-Men, and more importantly, dealing with three or four different ongoing plot points in Universe-616 (the main Marvel-U). It also contains Allan Heinberg’s and Jim Cheung’s much awaited return to the fan-favourite Young Avengers and this series has so far failed to disappoint. With this issue, we see the collective power of the Avengers, X-Men, X-Factor and the Young Avengers take on an omnipresent Doctor Doom. The individual motivations and agendas of every character who gets even a line in the book are well explored. Particularly well written is the Scarlet Witch, with the pain and guilt of her earlier actions (Disassembled, House of M, Decimation, etc...) reflected well in pretty much everything she says. Jim Cheung’s work is excellent as usual, with some big, bold widescreen action working in tandem with some beautiful visuals. There is also the possible death of one character, which is handled beautifully and will leave you surprised.

SCORE : 8.8/10