We've got a handful of Newsarama Sneak Reviews. First up is Mighty Avengers #8, written by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. Find out why the guys compare it to Dawson's Creek. Then, we check out Avengers: The Initiative #9 by Dan Slott, which Justin compares to the Silmarillion because it's bringing in lots of elements from many other titles. In the third Newsarama Sneak Review, we check out The New Avengers Annual #2. Nonstop action and a huge story make for a great book. Definitely worth picking up. Then in our speed round, we cover The Authority Prime, Legion of Super-Heroes #38, Blue Beetle #23, The Living Corpse #1, and Johnny Hiro #3, a solid indie. In our viewer mail, Grayson2006 asks how the three of us met and wound up hosting The Stack together. Yet again Pete LePage is so wrong and typically moronic, Avengers the Initiative is one of Marvel's best titles, it's chock full of story and action in every issue. Not only that it is one of the only Marvel titles that truely makes use of continuity without feeling labored or happered by it. While crap like Mighty Avengers can't even stay on schedule and depicts the characters in 'Bendized' style. About mainstream vs. indy, i really like both genre. I think the big 2 should get 40% of the time and the indies the rest. And you know what i would really like, if they could one TPB per week. There is so much good stuff out there that new readers don't know about. More indy books! I already know what I like and don't like in DC/Marvel. Titles that I know I'm taking a risk to spend money on; give me the skinny on them. You don't have to ignore DC/Marvel, just mention the stand-outs (Whedon's X-Men, for instance). Among those established titles, I'd like to know books that are at a good starting point to pick it up without too much back-story confusion. Tags: funny comics comic books reviews news new avengers legion super-heroes blue beetle living corpse johnny hiro authority