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In Dallas, the roads are frozen over.  But because of one shop owner’s (who shall remain nameless) constant twitching over his commute to the dock workers, we all got our comics yesterday. 

Here are Barry’s picks for today.  You know they’re god ones because even after he was able to read these comic yesterday evening, he did not change his mind.

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #50
Well, here we go again. Another final issue, another wave goodbye at another iteration of one of DC’s most beloved but puzzlingly lowest selling group titles. This one surely had its ups and downs, and not even the scripting skills of Jim Shooter and some truly fantastic art from Francis Manapul and John Livesay could save this baby. And while we still have several issues of Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds to look forward to, who knows what the future will bring for the heroes of the 31st century? For now, just sit back and enjoy the finale, as a Legionnaire returns, another one bites the dust, and the Legion find themselves in all-out war to save the universe!

CAPTAIN AMERICA #46
James “Bucky” Barnes is the new Captain America. Deal with it, alright? Steve Rogers is dead, and he’s never coming back! Well, not until Ed Brubaker or the next writer says so, anyway. Where were we? Yeah, so Bucky is the new Cap, and with the world in turmoil after the events of Secret Invasion, he’s really got his work cut out for him. His latest adventure sees him either fighting or teaming up with Prince Namor. Our bet’s on “both”.

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #130
Okay, let’s face it—-Ultimatum is a big fat mess. Just because you could conceivably kill everyone in the Ultimate Marvel Universe and it not affect much else doesn’t mean you should. But if there’s one good thing that could come out of this nightmare of bad writing and ill-conceived death and destruction, it’s that writer Brian Michael Bendis gets to put his favorite little wallcrawler through his paces, pitting him against a threat that he can scarcely conceive let alone fight. And of course, it wouldn’t be an issue of Ultimate Spider-Man without the fantastic drawing skills of Stuart Immonen.

FINAL CRISIS #7
That last issue was quite a firecracker, so one’s mind can only brim with wonder at the sheer madness this last chapter in Grant Morrison’s epic tale of New Gods and multiversal disaster will bring. Superman has returned from his own wild adventure in the pages of Final Crisis: Superman Beyond, only to find the earth in ruins and little hope left in the fight against the Evil Gods. But if history has taught us anything, it’s that Morrison always makes good use of the brilliance of Batman to pull out a crazy scheme and save the day. So no worries, the earth will be saved! Oh, perhaps we spoke too soon. Anyway, expect surprises, shocks, and thrills as Superman and the heroes from across the multiverse unite to defeat the lingering threat of cosmic collapse!