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I have a confession to make. I've been reading comic books again.

Now, I can't remember the last comic book I read. I turned my back on the "hobby" at 14, far too cool (or at least far too committed to trying to be cool) to continue on. At that point, I worked at my dad's comic book store. (Yes, my dad owned a friggin' comic book store!) I was paid in new issues and trading cards. It was my life. And then, I hit high school, and one day, I just quit comics, cold turkey. And, sadly, my dad's shop closed within a few months, too.

I supposed in the last ten years, I've picked up a stray issue of my dad or brother's and read through it. But I haven't bought comics or paid any attention to the industry in years and years.

I recently discovered that you can download comics off of Limewire and read them with a handy-dandy OSX program unpretentiously called Comic Book Viewer.

I write this post because I just read (and then re-read) the lastest issue of Astonishing X-Men (Issue #6). And it friggin rocked my world. It's the conclusion to "Gifted," the first storyarc in the new series created by and for Buffy mastermind Joss Whedon. There's a cool team, new costumes, and an engaging plot -- featuring aliens, the return of a dead friend, and a "cure" for the mutant gene.

If you've ever read a comic, or you used to watch the old 90s X-Men cartoon, or you enjoyed the movies, or you like Buffy, or whatever -- I think you should read this comic book.

Plus: Emma Frost is hott.

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I download, read, and therefore recommend:
Astonishing X-Men
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate Spider-Man