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As usual, our Westfield comics order for January, with occasional comments:

Aquaman 2 -- I'm giving Rick Veitch four issues to prove himself to me. If he has Aquaman meet Jesus, he gets bonus points.
Birds of Prey 51 -- Beto Hernandez. Bizarre.
Green Arrow 21 -- I've really liked Brad Meltzer's run on this so far. His comics writing may be better than his "straight" prose.
Powerpuff Girls 34 --For Elayna, of course. :-)
Supergirl 78 -- The best of Peter David's books, imho.
Young Justice 53 --The least of them. Although it's still bullshit that it's being cancelled.
Codename: Knockout 20
Fables 9
Sandman Presents: Bast 1
War Story: Condors
Global Frequency 4 -- Issue one was damned good. I'm assuming that Warren has a policy of writing his crap for Avatar, and his good stuff for DC. It's working nicely.
Amazing Spider-Man 49
Captain Marvel 5 -- Issue two had one of the most amazing uses of the Punisher I've seen. It's on the stands now. Read it.
Daredevil 41 -- Only $.25!
Daredevil 42
Exiles 21
Fantastic Four 65
Incredible Hulk 49
Mekanix 4
X-Statix 7
Crossovers 1 -- I know, I know. My policy isn't to throw mony at Crossgen unless it's a TPB. But this is Robert Rodi. It doesn't count.
Grendel: God & the Devil 0 -- DId I mention that I once had a Champions character based on Hunter Rose?
Powers 28
Powers Vol. 4: Supergroup (hc)
Strangers in Paradise Vol. III 56
Girl Genius 9
Soulsearchers 58
Nodwick 19
Snapdragons 3 -- I haven't been overwhelmed with this title so far, but this has a guest appearance by Gilly!
Storylines 1 -- Indy anthologies are rare enough that this one seemed worth trying.
Jane's World 1 -- as hyped in SiP.
Ms. Tree Grab Bag (5) -- Five issues of the second best detective series of all time, for $5. Gotta love it. (Maze Agency is the best, by the way).
Finder 30
Boneyard 9
Courtney Crumrin & the Coven of Mystics
Chobits Vol. 4 (tpb)
Shonen Jump Vol. 1 (Mar 2003) 3
Wizard (Ultimate Babes cover) 137
Wizard Edge 2003
Bondage Fairies Extreme 14 -- So I asked Shadesong if this was the same as Bondage Fairies. And she explained that there was "regular" Bondage Fairie, Extreme Bondage Fairies, New Bondage Faires, and Fetish Bondage Fairies. My question: "So, it's just like the X-Men?"
Small Favors 7
Hellshock (DFE Special Limited Edition) -- It's free. Westfield throws in freebies. You couldn't get me to pay for this one.
Boneyard 6
Boneyard 7 -- We're still grabbing some back-issues.
Ultimate Spider-Man Set (#34 & 35)
Alias Set (#18 & 19)
Image Super-Hero Set (8) --We were going to get a bunch of them, anyway, and Westfield's offereing a nice discount on the whole package.