Have you ever wondered, out of the vast array of superhero babes that exist across comic book reality, who would be your ideal love? Or do you just delude yourself and insist it's someone like Elektra? Now you can find out via a handy survey on the web. Since the last survey I did told me my rpg play-style, I figured there was nothing wrong with checking out the superhero babe I'm most likely to find that essential attraction with.

Apparently my perfect match is Kitty Pride. I'm no comics expert, but I suspect she's a nice enough girl, while being gorgeous, but not too out there. She's not insane, for instance. She is ranked 16th on the Attractive Female rankings. I have no idea who Arana is, but having Mary Jane as a close third is pretty cool. Yeah, there is a nice girl thing going on, so sue me. I'll just log Rogue (ranked 2nd on the Babe scale) as my illicit affair.

And don't cheat to get someone edgy and cool, just because you know you can doesn't mean you should. One piece of advice, be honest about those hair colours.

A few years back, if my memory serves, there was an excellent comic called Danger Girl. High production values, excellent art work, and a brilliant piece of over the top, pulp spy, action and adventure storytelling, complete with a team of sexy, female super spies as the main characters. It was sort of like James Bond meets Charlie's Angels with a dose of GI Joe and Tomb Raider. It was really good, and would have been better if it wasn't for the guy behind it feeling like he could do an issue whenever he felt like it rather than on a publishing schedule.

In the end, Danger Girl ended up being more a short-run series than a regular monthly comic, for one reason or another, despite its success. As a result, it's interesting to see this inspired group of women going all out for some fancy Danger Girl costumes. They've done an excellent job, though I have to admit I'm not fully sure who the left most character is supposed to be.

While I was on holiday I discovered more than theme parks, panic stricken Americans and Cheerleaders. I also discovered the brilliance of the new Marvel Ultimate comic books. I was aware of the new books, but I'd not really looked into the specifics, but two things resulted in me checking them out: (1) I saw the shiny Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Spiderman hardbacks in numerous stores (and since I was on holiday and flush with cash I bought them) and (2) in the future I'm going to playing in a Mutants and Masterminds game using an Ultimate style universe as its inspiration (in terms of style and content).

I consider myself a fan of comics (who else would have their picture taken with the X-Men? Though Rogue had a fine ass), in the sense that I think they are a good thing, I like to read them and I'll defend them against detractors, etc. The strange thing is, this does not extend to actually reading them that often. You see, while I think they are a valid form of literature, I cannot be bothered to put the time and effort it takes to get on board with the continuity, and I hate the fact I'd be reading from issue 100+ (and probably later) should I start reading a major title like the X-Men (which was spread across numerous books anyway last time I checked, something else I dislike). This explains why I've only read two comics for any length of time, one was a UK digest of four Spiderman titles which I read in my early teens, and the other was the Spawn comic which I was able to collect from issue one. I did collect it, until it started going the way of all comics and fragmenting the story across mini-series and other books.

As a result, the Ultimate books are a great idea, as they make it possible for people like me to start at the beginning, without any continuity, while putting the characters and stories in a modern framework as well.

I intend to collect the hardback books that collect 12 issues together, if anyone knows if they are going to continue with these hardbacks for Ultimate Spiderman, Ultimate X-Men and the The Ultimates (which does not have one yet) then zap me a mail, as I'd love to know.