This week I bring you Shadowman #5 from Valiant Comics. Valiant was big back in the day (I still have my copy of the first Valiant book ever published, Super Mario Brothers #1), and while they had some problems a while ago, they are back with a vengeance now after a 13 year absence from the comic book scene.

This should be a good place to jump on board, as this is the first issue of an all-new arc by acclaimed creators Justin Jordan and Patrick Zircher with Lee Garbett (X-O Manowar) and Roberto De La Torre (Age of Apocalypse)! Start reading here as the new Shadowman dives headlong into the dark side of the Valiant Universe – only to find himself caught in the crossfire of a demonic turf war engineered by the unspeakable evil of Master Darque!

See the full preview after the jump!

We as Americans tend to be jaded and assume that our TV shows are the best and only thing out there. When in fact, the entertainment industries in a lot of non-US countries is really kicking our ass and making awesome shows that Americans would never dream of showing. You may need to search them out, but they are well worth the effort.

Welcome to a new weekly column here at InsufficientScotty, the Tuesday Preview, wherein we bring you short previews of some comic book coming out this week.

For our first entry, we bring you issue 13 of Kaboom Studio’s ongoing Adventure Time series. No pancakes in this issue unfortunately. But in this issue, Finn and Jake do have to work together to save BMO from a magical computer virus . . . by going INSIDE THE GAME.

See the full preview after the jump!

So yesterday was Valentine’s Day, so I guess today would be a good day to put my vast knowledge of Chick Flicks to good use. I’m comfortable enough in my masculinity to say that yes, I love me a good Romantic Comedy. So what? Wanna fight about it?

Alot of these ended up on my Desert Island Movie list or I’ve mentioned them before, but screw it, I’m gonna use them again. Also, I’m not using my first choice of The Terminator, though it’s totally a time crossed romance when you think about it.

I was a little busy this week, so I didn’t get the chance to read a whole lot of new stuff this week. but what I did manage to get through (Ame-Comi Girls #5, Secret Avengers #1, and Uncanny X-Men #1) was all quite enjoyable and well above my expectations, which for this set of books was pretty low. I was pleasantly surprised however at the quality of everything this week, which is out of character for me, as I’m usually a cynical old man who hates change, and everything I picked is some type of reboot or re-imagining.

You’ve probably noticed my output has been a little low of late. Well, I’m here to explain at least some of that. You see, a few weeks ago I stumbled across this incredibly addicting Facebook game, Avengers Alliance. And if my Raptr profile is to be believed, I’ve been playing it nearly 30 hours a week since then, and for that I apologize. But if you can control yourself (which I obviously cannot), and are looking for a fun little casual game to play on Facebook, I highly recommend you check this game out.

There are plenty of good media franchises, but it’s hard to find one where more than 75% of them are all good. So there were some choices I didn’t make because too many films in the series I didn’t like or just don’t hold up to the original. I tried to pick series where almost all of them were good.

It’s a pretty light week here at the Take It or Leave It. I only picked up two Avengers books, Avengers #5 and New Avengers #3.

It’s been four long months, but the day we’ve been waiting for is nearly here. Community is finally returning to the “We (Peacock) Comedy” channel, NBC, this Thursday at 8/7 Central. Check out the epic trailer for Season 4 after the jump!.

This one is a tough one for me, as I’ve never really played many games besides Super Dodge Ball, Bad News Baseball, and Star Trek Online.