The first example of this: Assault on New Olympus and Incredible Hercules #138 (Pak/Van Lente/Buchemi). I was thinking of getting into Herc a while ago, but put it off as there was a lot of other stuff I was getting anyway. November however seems to be the time to get started, with the big event and the added bonus of Agents of Atlas back-ups, another series I was going to start but put off. Therefore, I'm quite likely to get these two issues, though not finally decided yet.
Mighty Avengers #31 (Slott/Gage/Chen) might be on my list, though it depends on whether I decide to get into the Unspoken arc now (including catching up with last issue) and while I'm really into the Inhumans, I'm not sure I have space for this series.
Now, the cosmic titles are must buys for me, so firstly: Guardians of the Galaxy #20 (Abnett/Lanning/Walker) which I'm sure won't disappoint. Brad Walker has provided some good art on recent issues, though hopefully he can sort out his depiction of Rocket Raccoon again.
Nova #31 (Abnett/Lanning/DiVito) sees Richard Rider having to track down Darkhawk, who is believed to be assassin of Lilandra. I thought that Darkhawk reappearing in Nova was one possibility after WofK and I think this makes more sense than giving him an ongoing series at this point. DiVito has been brilliant as regular Nova artist and I hope he's in it for the long run.
The Realm of Kings kicks off with a one shot (Abnett/Lanning/Manco) then leads into Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1(Abnett/Lanning/Walker) and Realm of Kings: Inhumans #1 (Abnett/Lanning/Raimondi). 
The political intrigue angle of the Inhumans mini sounds very appealing, while the Imperial Guard are finally getting some development. I'm not familiar with Leonardo Manco, but Kev Walker was good on Annihilation: Nova, and I liked Pablo Raimondi's work on Madrox and the Books of Doom.
The X-Books next: I'm not sure about Astonishing X-Men #32 (Ellis/Jimenez). I want to read Astonishing, but I don't know whether I'll pick it up in singles or wait for the trade. It partly depends on whether I get Ghost Box in hardcover or wait for the trade. I may hold off for now, as there are so many other books to follow.
X-Force #21 (Kyle/Yost/Crain) and New Mutants #7 (Wells/Neves).
The Necrosha crossover actually has my interest, I like how it doesn't hop between books but has parallel stories and I was already following or planning to start with each series. Crain can produce very good art that should suit the story, though hopefully he's improved his fuzzy faces problem. I'm also really enjoying Neves' art on New Mutants so far.
Dark X-Men #1 (Cornell/Kirk): Though this is by one of my favourite creative teams I'm unlikely to buy it for several reasons. First, I haven't been reading the Utopia crossover; second, I have very little interest in the characters, as they include two alternate reality analogues of main universe characters (Dark Beast/Beast and Nate Grey/Cable), along with Mimic and Weapon Omega who I'm not really aware of; and finally the higher price for a miniseries makes me rank this as less important than all the other announcements that were made at the same time.
On the other hand, S.W.O.R.D. #1 (Gillen/Sanders) definitely appeals. The concept of Earth's planetary border agency really interests me, and I became a fan of Agent Brand during Joss Whedon's run on AXM. I also quite like Beast, and Gillen's description in interviews of Lockheed as the team's Wolverine sounds good. Plus, covers by John Cassaday!
Wolverine: Weapon X #7 (Aaron/Paquette). I've enjoyed this series so far, and I'm sure Aaron can make this second arc great. Haven't seen much of Paquette's art, but his Uncanny issue was well received so I'm sure it will be good.
I'm probably going to get X-Men Legacy #229 (Carey/Roberson?/Acuna) as I'm interested in seeing Rogue's new role. I hope Gambit isn't being pushed away from the X-Men again, my idea is that maybe he will be using his skills as a thief (and possible as a saboteur) for the benefit of the X-Men.
I mentioned trying to get into Agents of Atlas earlier, so X-Men vs Agents of Atlas #2 (Parker/Pagulayan) will probably be where I start, before it becomes a back-up in iHerc and hopefully gets relaunched again later.
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