This week, the X-Men choose sides, Rage Against the Machine's guitarist pens a mutant dystopia, and teenage superheroes go on nicotine benders. It's Comics We Crave, massaging your temples over the internet.

In Daniel Clowes' 2004 comic book The Death-Ray, a totally average 1970s high-schooler named Andy discovers that he gains super-strength whenever he puffs a cigarette.

Fall is right around the corner, and so is a veritable slew of intriguing new comics. What's in store for you? A new Spider-Man, new Buffy tales from Joss Whedon, and an absolute deluge of DC titles. Let's take a peek.