• The Incredible Hulk #49
It looks like the slow burn of Bruce Jones’ Hulk has erupted into a barnburner. Fans have been complaining for months that Jones focuses too much on Bruce Banner and not enough on the scientist’s giant, green alter ego. But most readers found the return to a focus on the man and not the monster was a huge improvement for the series. Of course, the writer’s take on the series has increased sales and this issue is a perfect example why—readers can be scared for the Hulk or Bruce Banner.

• Hulk/Wolverine: Six Hours #1
Teaming regular Hulk writer Bruce Jones with Flash penciler Scott Kolins was a masterful idea. Much like Jones’ Hulk run, this series sets up a slow burn as the Hulk and Wolverine never see each other in the first issue, but you can feel the confrontation coming. Well written and beautifully penciled this could be the best Wolverine/Hulk teaming since Hulk #181.

• The Legion #15
Timber Wolf is back and that’s all you really needed to do to make this issue one of the best of an amazing run by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and new penciler Kev Walker. Like the previous issues this issue of Legion perfectly merges old Legion continuity with the new stories the team is telling month after month. And while Olivier Coipel may be gone, Walker’s gorgeously rendered characters don’t make you stop missing him, but they do relieve any worries that the art quality on the book would suffer with his departure.

• Superman: The 10-cent Adventure
Hey, this book is 10 cents—so give it a chance. Superman’s one of the most recognizable characters in comic book history and by kicking off 2003 with a 10-cent Superman comic, DC Comics is making a statement—’03 will be Superman’s year. Scott McDaniel’s pencils are as dark and glorious as ever and Steven Seagel’s story reminds everyone who’s ever read a Superman comic or watched a “Superman” film just why they loved the character so much.