Amazing Spider-Man #544 - So let me get this straight, basically the whole "Back In Black" arc was completely useless??? We are back to were we started and the premise of "One More Day" seems to be very similar, except instead of looking for revenge, Spidey is looking for a way to save his dying Aunt (who's been on verge of death at the end of each issue it seems). This issue had a lot of problems, but not as many as the last arc and despite these problems, I found myself enjoying parts (mainly the scene between Tony and Peter, everything else felt like shit we have seen MANY times before). I was looking forward to Quesada art in this issue but it also disappointed me, many scenes looked like they were seen through a fish eye lens, characters looked distorted and you could tell were Q was using photo reference and were he was free hand (the Doctor VS Peter), he also failed on more than one occasion to convey the character's emotion from the dialogue in the art (just look at the scenes between Peter and Tony, Peter is stoic). Again JMS picks and chooses elements that fit his story. Iron Man can take down uber powerful supervillains, but he can't get out of spider-webbing? His repulsors time out, how does Peter know so much about the Iron Man armour?
It frustrating to see Marvel's premier hero written this way, but I did enjoy one scene in this book and I truly do want to see where this story is going, plus hey, it's only four issues.... I'll stick with it. D+

Y The Last Man #58 - Oh....My.....God....The ending truly shocked me. Maybe some of you guys saw this coming, but I had no clue. I'm wary to even write it here just in case someone might accidently see it but.....355 get shot in the frickin' head! I miss this series... I both hate and love the fact that they are dragging out the final few issues over the next few months. On one hand, I hate having to wait, but on the other it helps postpone the inevitable, the end of this series. This issue basically has Yorick reveal his love for 355, though this is probably one of the biggest clichés out there and came as no surprise, BKV still manages to keep it fresh and uses story beats to keep it original. The final few pages of this book is so jam packed with emotion that I even got all misty eyed a bit. Great frickin' book! A

Countdown 34 - The Rogues are finally back (one week without the two of them in this book feels like an eternity) and not only are they spotlighted on the cover but, surprise surprise, their storyline is the best of the bunch. I just love how the two characters are written and while the way some of the heroes were written felt a bit off and the direction their storyline is going doesn't have me completely stoked, without the two of them I would not be reading this book.
Jimmy's story feels like it's just going in circles. Nothing is coming from it. Yes we get it, he has powers that don't always work and we don't know where they come from, show us something else. I hate Jimmy Olsen and yes Dan Didio, he MUST die.
The Donna Troy/Jason Todd story still feels like an ad for the Atom and little really happened. We basically got what boils down to less than a minute interaction between them and the Queen. I don't care about this.
Holly's story also went nowhere, I thought we covered all this last issue. Nothing new here.
I'm glad the Mary Marvel story feature Klarion the Witchboy. While he wasn't my favorite 7 Soldiers character, I always like it when they show up in the DC U.
Karate Kid's story is getting more interesting if only because it now seems tied with the Darkseid stuff we saw in Countdown 52. Again little happened in this story though.
The Lex Luthor backup was interesting if only because it cemented the fact that yes, Superman: Birthright is indeed in continuity.
I think DC really needs to rethink the format of this series, it would REALLY benefit from the formula of 52. They should devote almost entire issues to a storyline instead of merely a few pages because there are three storylines here that went nowhere this week, what a waste. C-

Wolverine #57 - It's okay guys, Marc Guggenheim is back, we can put the mess that was Jeph Loeb's run behind us. Guggenheim slips back into his role as Wolverine writer with ease as he brings back elements he introduced in his original run. But more importantly, he brings back the action. Anyone who read his Wolverine: Civil War, whether they liked it or not, will admit it was action packed, and really what more do you want from Wolverine's solo title. Is it a deep and engaging story? Nope. Does it make sense if you sit back and think about it? Not really, but the seen where Wolverine jumped from the Blackbird onto a Shield Helicarrier was badass. This isn't a spectacular book but it is Wolverine back to form. B

Infinity Inc. #1 - I was never a big fan of the Steel storyline in 52 but I have been so impressed with every 52 spinoff book that DC has put out that I figured I'd give this series a try for at least the first issue. Again DC didn't disappoint me. Although this is by far the weakest of the spinoff books (I'm not counting Countdown To Adventure because I think it's a Countdown spinoff) it's still extremely interesting. Basically this book is following the 3 heroes leftover from Luthor's Infinity Inc. team and they each seem to be suffering psychologically from their loss of powers, some worse than others. One other mysterious character, suffering the same psychological issues, is dealing with it in an entirely different manner. I really don't have any idea where they are going with this book but the concept is interesting enough to keep me on. The real negative in this book is the art, I really don't like Max Fiumara style, it feels very inconsistant and suffers from a poor inking job. Chalk up one more sucessful 52 spinoff. B

Uncanny X-Men #490 - The main reason I was excited for this story arc was that Brubaker was teasing the return of Magneto and while he does show up very briefly in this issue, I have a feeling that we aren't going to be seeing Mags in full force until the next story arc. While I'm really disappointed with that, this Morlock arc have proven to be rather solid. It's not the best X-Men I've ever read but it's keeping me entertained, I'm glad that all the x-books seem to have gotten their shit together. This pre-cog mutant thing feels like it's been covered before in previous x-books but the action scene with Warpath and Hepzebah (I still can't believe she's an X-Man) was cool, albeit poorly drawn (I'm still hating Larocca's art).
The Endangered Species backup was lame as Beast is still going from useless lead to useless lead. How many more parts of this are there? I just want it to end (prediction- it will end with the return of Nate Grey, the X-Man). B

Alright guys, I think that's all the reviews I can cover for now. I've still got Detective Comics, The Boys, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America: The Chosen. Hopefully I can post my thoughts on those books as I go along.