Comic Book Previews for August 24th, 2011

Time to get those back to school clothes out, get your notebooks ready and sharpen those pencils, as school is just around the corner for many!With the kids going back to school, what will you do with all that time?Read more comics, of course!Your good friends at Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse and more have you covered this week, as several big books arrive and provide enough entertainment to distract you from the kids being out of the house all day!Let’s start things off over at Marvel, which has a VERY interesting team-up in store in the pages of X-Men #16. The X-Men and the FF have certainly crossed paths and worked together over the years, but with Doctor Doom AND Magneto on their side?You’ve got to pick this one up to believe it!Also, Astonishing X-Men #41 wraps up the team’s interaction with the Marvel monsters, and over in X-Men Legacy #254, Rogue and her team begin a search for Marvel Girl in the middle of an intergalactic battle!Lots of mutant action to keep you occupied this week!Let’s not forget Wolverine #14 as well!Captain America and Bucky #621 arrives this week, as the origin of one of Marvel’s classic partnerships continues, but with Bucky’s side highlighted.FF #8 sees the War of Four Cities continue to climb and build tension, and just what does Marvel’s first family fear?You’ll get the answers in this book!Need another team book to add to your list this week?Then check out Secret Avengers #16, as Marvel’s secret team continue to work their way through the most dangerous missions in the Marvel U!Guess what else is back this week?Kick-Ass 2 #3! Yes, it HAS been awhile since we last saw Dave Lizewski’s misadventures in heroing, but he’s back this week, and with a team of fellow heroes to boot!Did you think we’d not tell you about a Fear Itself tie-in?Shame!Check out New Mutants #30 for your hammer-wielding baddies fix!