Looking to the new year

The latest issue of Wizard is devoted to a preview of 2007; my next Comics Fan column, meanwhile, is on Marvel's plans for the new year.

So what are you looking forward to most in 2007? For me, it's the end of Marvel's "Civil War" and DC's weekly "52" series. My guess on "Civil War" is that the pro-registration side wins, more or less, with the anti-registration heroes going further underground but with the other-dimension prison created by Reed Richards destroyed. But what do I know? "52" is even more of a mystery, but it will be fun to see how all the varied storylines come together.

I'm also looking forward to the new "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" series from Dark Horse, in which Joss Whedon brings us an eighth season of the TV show in comic-book form; Marvel's "World War Hulk"; and IDW's launching of its "Star Trek" line. And then, of course, there's "Spider-Man 3" hitting theaters in May.