Comic Book Previews for June 15, 2011

Well how do you do, comic book readers!Hope you’re getting ready for the full summertime fun that’s to be had!The beach, the mountains, the city, picnics, baseball, and of COURSE comic books!What else makes summer reading better than a big stack of your favorite heroes, villains and amazing story lines? Let’s start things off this week with a look at Marvel and the return of a super-team that just keeps coming back for more!Writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente bring Canada’s Alpha Flight back in Alpha Flight #1, the first issue in a new maxi-series that ties in to Fear Itself!Be there as the original team returns!Several big X-Men books arrive this week, with X-Men #13 bringing us the next parts of the “First to Last” story arc.X-Men: Prelude to Schism #3 keeps building to the big X-Men event of the year, as readers get more into the heads of Cyclops and Wolverine!Marvel brings other Fear Itself tie-ins, with this week’s release of both Invincible Iron Man #505, where Tony Stark will have to decide if he can avoid a meltdown that paralyzes him from action, and Avengers #14, which promises a major shakeup to the Avengers roster, the likes of which haven’t been seen since “Avengers Disassembled”! Captain America Corps #1 brings together Captain America, U.S. Agent, American Dream and another Captain America for this new series, promising patriotic exploits! Not to be outshone, Hulk #35 sees Big Red taking on a mission from none other than Steve Rogers himself!