just got through my reads and fuck yes dude Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum is superb, hearkening back to those classic silver age adventures... this was so needed. the homoerotic superbat implications in the first issue alone have me very excited to see where they go with this one. also the next one is superman gets really big? that's exactly the type of dumb as fuck shenanigans we need to see happening.

next on my read was giant size x-men #2, sometimes all you can do is laugh. internally. at a later date.

i also caught the 2 ultimates books, Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion aka around the world in 180 days. usm:i is suffering from the ultimate lines month between each book mandate both internally and out. miles has been bouncing around the 6160 for coming up on 3 months now and he has not really done much other than show us a peak at everyone else's books, nothing thaaaat special outside of the hank/jan reveal in the 2nd issue. it mostly feels like they're saying "hello spider-man fan*, you may enjoy these other books!"
*miles will probably not be involved with the conclusion of this story

idk. i guess i don't see this as being any more interesting then those Timeless books they used to promo future story beats to middling effect.

on the flip side still loving Ultimates glory to the great Deniz Camp, i hope she-hulk makes it through this, also just a cool shang chi story.

related tangentially (forgive me for discussing books that didnt actually come out this week.) but i got caught up with Assorted Crisis Events and holy fuck dude. somehow he's the only one making books that have me thinking i need to head to the comic shop and pick up some physicals.

what else was on the docket, oh the Eddie Brock: Carnage book and i can't believe i'm saying this but i like it? i'm enjoying it? on the surface it's kind of similar to the 2022 carnage book about the serial killer + detective on the edge of losing himself but it has the benefit of not being the buildup to some bullshit symbiote event (inb4 bullshit symbiote event is announced) so it can stay a more low to the ground, street level story that Charles Soule thrives in! you can definitely feel the "this guy wrote daredevil" behind this book and i'm saying that as a positive.