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New Avengers: Hawkeye stuck with a bunch of goof characters? And an AIM tie-in? Sign me up!

Ultimates: Thrilled to see both Captain Marvels on the team, and they have hinted that somehow Galactus will be a regular. Yeah, I'm curious.

Captain Marvel: Pretty much my favorite characters in the main Marvel universe. New creative team, as DeConnick ran her course.

Captain America: Sam Wilson is awesome. I'm in.

Ms. Marvel: The best new character in a decade. Her book is so much fun and I'm not quitting it now.

Spider-Man: I'll follow Bendis. Morales is a neat inversion of the Spidey mythos, but really, I just like Bendis as a writer.

Guardians of the Galaxy: See above.

Spider-Woman: Man, talk about blowback for the sexy butt cover.

Daredevil: Oh, look. Murdock again has an amazing writer on his book.

Howard the Duck: frick, yes!

Uncanny Inhumans: I'll admit, I'm intrigued by Beast and Human Torch with the Inhumans.

Karnak: Warren f'n Ellis.

Squadron Supreme: OK, this is intriguing. SS is Mark Gruewald's greatest work, and it even predates Watchmen as a deconstruction of the comic genre. Gru died almost 25 years ago, and his creations have largely been untouchable. I'm very curious what they do with his alt reality heroes, and it better be a fitting legacy to Gru.

Star Brand: You've got to be kidding me. Jim Shooter's infamous New Universe is coming back? Are they bringing back the Pitt? Star Brand is one of the most underrated titles in Maevel history, and I'm psyched for this.

Squirrel Girl: Because I like hats.

Sam Wilson is awesome, but this to me, screams cheap trick. If Ike is as cheap as we are led to believe, raising Sam's profile and making a Captain America black means they don't have to produce more merch (Falcon merch) to raise the sales of Cap merch. Iron Man (who has his black guy) and Spider-Man (as does he) sells well(IN PART) because of the mask conceals color. Hulk is green, so color is irrelevant. Cap is white, Aryan race white(the play on the Super Soldier defeating the Red Skull) so race does play a factor with sales (although full disclosure, I saw a 3-5 year old black kid wearing a Captain America t-shirt the other day, naturally I was surprised)....I'd like Cap back on the board in his normal state, but the Marvel Universe kind of goes haywire when Cap is off the table. I also didn't buy that Sam was somehow an authority figure(to other Avengers like Hulk and Hawkeye) now that he changed clothes.

Guardians with Ben Grimm and no Star Lord is interesting.

Did you not like the Waid run on DD? I thought it was a breath of fresh air...

I'm a big fan of most Superman riffs Marvel does(Blue Marvel,Hyperion) so I'm excited for StarBrand as well.

Remember Hickman brought StarBrand back in his MARVEL NOW! Avenger run..

This post was edited on 9/2/15 at 11:35 am