Not a lot to say about the new comics I've read thus far...

*Although I will note that the structural idea behind the new Punisher War Journal storyline -- the 'Frank becomes Captain America' plot -- actually comes off a lot better in this second issue than it did in the first. I think the repetition of the future-tense bits as a framing device is each issue works pretty well, but it only really works through, er, repetition. So it led to a rough first issue, but I've got a much better handle on it now. It's a rather silly Punisher that Fraction writes, one even more prone to antics (and slightly less straight-faced antics) than Garth Ennis' run on the non-MAX Punisher book - still, I enjoyed pretty much every bit of the title character dressing as an outrageous stars 'n bars The South Will Rise Again type, and Fraction seems ready to treat the character's career as Captain America, however short it may be, on mostly symbolic terms. As in, Frank's aware of the Captain America symbolism, and wants to use it for good (well, his idea of good).

Also, nice joke about superhero costumes at the end; very interesting in that it's almost a direct inversion of the sort of joke Ennis would crack...