Also this week... lots of stuff that I haven't read yet.  But they include...

X-FACTOR #33 - Not only is this the first issue in the new Detroit setting, it's also the first part of a Secret Invasion tie-in, and a crossover with She-Hulk.  That's an awful lot to cover in one issue, but Peter David keeps his head and makes sure to focus on the important bit: the direction of the ongoing title.  X-Factor are still private investigators, but now they're in a normal city, and unknown to most of the team, they're also in the pocket of Valerie Cooper.  (Um... isn't M telepathic?  Wouldn't she know?)  Continuing his occasional programme of dusting off underused characters, David then brings in Darwin from Ed Brubaker's X-Men run - accompanied by the Skrull Longshot.    Larry Stroman takes over on art, thus reuniting the creative team from the early nineties X-Factor.  It's slightly rougher than his old work, and there's a bit of random posing, but he's still an interesting artist for the most part.  As for the story - okay, there's slightly too much going on here, and bits of have been shoehorned in.  But once again, David manages to get an entertaining comic out of a challenging remit.  B+

There's more from me at If Destroyed, and apparently the Ninth Art archive is going to back online at some point...

Next week, Uncanny X-Men reaches its 500th issue.  (Okay, some of them were reprints.  Shhh.)  Ultimate X-Men #96 has the X-Men fighting each other.  Wolverine: First Class #5 guest stars Alpha Flight.  Angel: Revelations #3 continues Warren's new origin story.  And X-Men: Legacy #214 has Mr Sinister scheming as usual.

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