| I've been surprised at the consistent quality of 52. Although I do not like what they did to the question one bit, some of the storylines (the Black Adam and Booster Gold storylines in particular) are quite a good read and I recommend 52.
Fables is quite an excellent read. While Willingham sucks cock at cape books, this series has been consistently very good with only a few poor issues (cough Bigby Wolf World War 2). Greatly recommended.
The Book of Lost Souls (for when it starts up again) by JMS is also going in an interesting direction. Reads like a blend of Midnight Nation and Sandman.
The Ultimates... Is an amazing book. Incredibly slow to come out (owing to Mark Millar being incredibly ill), it reads like a well written summer blockbuster movie, and I cannot possibly more highly recommend it.
Civil War is proving to be pretty good. I don't get the hard-on most people seem to, and the writers are really pushing the anti-registration side rather than making it a balanced equation, but it's an okay read.
Hulk is pretty good right now, not awesome but quite a solid read, and a good take on Hulk's character.
Ex Machina (politics with super powers!) is consistently interesting, with fairly good dialogue and action (what little there is) that keeps you interested when the politics bores you.
Squadron Supreme is progressing very nicely. For a little while I thought JMS had lost it when it changed from the Supreme Power title to Squadron Supreme and it started reading like any other cape book, but now it's coming along well. Still a bit more of a formulaic cape book than it once was, but nevertheless an awesome read.
Blue Beetle is proving a surprisingly interesting read, given the sometimes-shitty premises used for characters.
Eternals still needs to prove itself, started out interesting but otherwise hasn't grabbed my imagination yet. Lift your game Gaiman, I expect more.
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