Every week, hundreds of new comics hit the stands, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 11/25/20:
Big week this week, mostly due to the number of Local Comic Shop Day variants added to the list.
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Other History Of The DC Universe #1 LCSD Variant – Silver Foil variant for new series
Ice Cream Man #20 Cover E LCSD 2020 Variant – Another Seuss Homage cover.
Dune House Atreides #2 LCSD 2020 Foil Variant – Dune is on people’s minds again with the new movie coming.
Invincible #1 Cover D LCSD 2020 Gold Foil Logo Variant – First prints are getting harder to come by, especially with the animated TV show coming out.
Monstress Talk-Stories #1 LCSD 2020 Gold Foil Cover – New Monsters spin off, this series was optioned a while ago and I really hope it makes it to screen.
Spawn #312 Cover E LCSD 2020 – McFarlane skyline variant with local comic shop names on it.
Mighty Morphin #1 LCSD 2020 Foil Variant – Foil cover for the new Ranger series. Kinda irks me it is the same art as the ratio variants
Power Rangers #1 LCSD 2020 Peach Momoko Foil Variant– same as above, wish they didn’t use the ratio variant cover art, but still, foil Momoko.
Something Is Killing The Children #1 LCSD 2020 Variant – Super hot series sees a foil reprint for the smoking first issue.
Reprints of the Week
True Believers King In Black Black Cat #1 – First appearance of Black Cat for a buck.
New #1’s
Witcher Fading Memories #1 – Witcher series gets a new #1. Netflix show has helped interest in this book.
Assassin & Son #1 – New Scout series retelling the classic Lone Wolf and Cub story. Featuring the comic writing debuts of former WWE wrestlers, Shad Gaspard (member of Cryme Tyme) and Marc Copani (Muhammad Hassan)! Assassin and Son is a gritty urban-western set in present-day New York. Donovan Braddock is a one-man killing unit who works with a team of covert assassins known as ‘The Horsemen,’ When Braddock attempts to live a normal life and leave his old violent life behind he discovers that violence still follows him as his wife is cold-heartedly murdered in front of both him and his young son. Now with nothing to live for, this tragic event sends father and son on an epic journey of revenge and consequence that becomes their ‘Path of Vengeance.’
I Make Boys Cry #1 – IMBC is a group of black ops assassins who use the latest in high-tech weapons, combined with a martial prowess that begins from the time they’re little girls. Will White Widow be tough enough to join them, or die trying?
I Walk With Monsters #1 – New Vault book that looks interesting. In Jacey’s past is the Important Man who took away her brother. Now Jacey has David, who sometimes transforms into a terrifying beast. Together, they’ve found a way to live to hunt, sniffing out men who prey on the vulnerable. But Jacey and David are about to run into the Important Man again. From Paul Cornell (Wolverine, Doctor Who, Elementary) and Sally Cantirino (Last Song, We Have To Go Back) comes a haunting story about the monsters that walk beside us all, and sometimes lurk within.
DC Ones to Watch
Batman White Knight Presents Harley Quinn #2 – First appearance of new character Starlet.
Suicide Squad #11 – Suicide Squad no more. Last issue of the current series launching into a new team.
One to Watch
Marvel Action Chillers #2 – Elsa Bloodstone has been a hot character. This one features a teenage Elsa in an all-ages story. Keep an eye out for the 1:10 Ratio cover as well.
For the Cover
Vampirella #15 Butcher Billy Cover – Dynamite has done a good job with covers on this book. This one a spoof of Faster Pussycat Kill Kill movie poster.
Usagi Yojimbo Wanderers Road #1 – Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo gets covered by Peach Momoko, and actually a good match for her style.
Killadelphia #10 J Scott Campbell Cover – Killadelphia has had some great B artist covers. This one by fan fave J Scott Campbell.
Variant of the Week
Dark Nights Death Metal Multiverse Who Laughs One Shot Simone Bianchi 1:25 Variant – Just a really cool looking Batman Who Laughs cover.
Pick of the Week
Kaiju Score #1 – already optioned before release makes this an easy one, sold out at some of the bigger shops. Grab one of the 1:15 ratio variant if you can find it.
I read advanced preview of I Walk With Monsters and I was not impressed with it.. I can’t see it doing well to be honest but that could just be me. I had zero desire to read the next issue and could barely make it through the first one.