Thoughts on Comic-Con

The 2010 Comic-Con finished up this weekend in San Diego, and like always I watch the daily reports roll in to see what new and exciting I could look forward to in the comic months.

These were the three that stood out for me:

1) Grant Morrison is launching another Batman comic. Sounds like Batman Inc. will debut shortly after Bruce Wayne returns to the present time after his journey through history.

Based on what Morrison has done with the Batman titles over the last four years, I am included to continue to trust him to turn out another fantastic book.

The struggles going to be deciding which Batman books to pick up. Morrison's Batman Inc. is a lock for me to read, but the new team on Batman & Robin sounds interesting (Pete Tomasi and Patrick Gleason), as does the new team on Detective Comics (Scott Snyder writer). And I'm curious to at least take a look at David Finch's new book: The Dark Knight.

2) I'm not much of a Marvel fan and less of an Avengers fan, but even I can't help but be impressed (and a little jazzed) about the cast Marvel Studios has put together for The Avengers.

Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) , Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Hemsworth (Thor) , Chris Evans (Captain America) , Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) , Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) , Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk)

Marvel Studios have their main people from their other stand alone films, plus new quality actors to fill out the Avengers team. I'm really impressed. I hope the studio is able to pull off a great film.

Just not sure if Joss Whedon is up to the directing task. What has he done on the silver screen?

3) My favorite news, however, might be the sneak peak at the new animated series coming to Cartoon Network this fall: Young Justice.



The animation in the sneak peak looks great, as do the character designs. I really dig the lineup of heroes they have chosen as their core team. And having the JLA floating in the wings as mentors is just great.

Plus, Peter David, who wrote the original Young Justice comic series that I absolutely loved, announced that he will be scripting some episodes of this new animated series.

This show I am excited about seeing this fall.