Every week, tons of new books 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 the picks of the week for delivery this Wednesday
What’s up Wednesday Warriors. Great week for comics, especially horror books. TFAW is wiped out this week so a lot of links go to Mycomicshop, make sure to check around 6 PM Eastern Tuesday Night for some of the books if you are looking for copies.
New #1’s
Abolition Of Man #1 – world’s first (and only) entirely-computer generated comic book, Abolition gives a chilling peek into the world of the future, where humans and their most treasured passions have lost all purpose. Check Mycomicshop Tuesday night.
Alpha Betas #1 – WhatNot’s first foray into publishing. Rick and Morty meets Tron and based on the new animated series.
Brooding Muse #1 – Grit-filled Lovecraftian anthology series, another one to check Mycomicshop for tomorrow.
Dead Kingdom #1 – Dead Kingdom is a five-part, multi layered saga that will explore a world where sorcery, brotherhood, and love collide with the rising nightmare of the living dead.
Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1 – a dark take on Spider-Man. Return of the Demon Bear.
Eve Children Of The Moon #1 – Boom’s Eve returns. Looking forward to this. Eve, Eve’s sister, and Wexler face new challenges, and a darkness from the past, in this exciting sequel series
GCPD The Blue Wall #1 – Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley pens the story of Renee Montoya who sets out to rebuild her department and restore public faith in the historically troubled PD during some of the worst conditions it’s ever seen
Harley Quinn The Animated Series Legion Of Bats #1 – Picks up after the 3rd season of the animated show.
Miracleman The Silver Age #1 – Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham’s unfinished storyline beings. Reprints Miracleman #23.
One and Done
Hyper Aware #1 – After three astronauts are stranded in deep space, they learn that only two of them will be able to enter hypersleep for the long return home. One of the crew members makes the difficult decision to remain awake and live the rest of his life alone with only the spacecraft’s onboard A.I. for company. But when the other two astronauts wake up, they discover something horrible has happened while they were unconscious!
Notable Reprints
Marvel Family #1 Facsimile Edition – In advance of the hotly anticipated Black Adam film, DC offers the Marvel Family #1 Facsimile Edition—a re-creation, including the original advertisements, of Black Adams 1945 debut by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck!
For the Cover
Catwoman #48 Sozomaika Cover – an’t go wrong with grabbing a cover prices Sozomaika cover.
Moon Knight #16 Joshua Cassara Cover – Just a fantastic looking, very dark, Moon Knight cover.
X-Force #33 NetEase Games Cover – Pretty sweet Deadpool cover in X-Force costume.
Halloween Picks
Fear The Funhouse #1 – Archie Horror is always welcome.
Flesh-Eating Cheerleaders From Outer Space #1 – When a meteor crashes in the middle of campus, the students at Pullman University don’t realize they’re being invaded by a cadre of body-snatching aliens. But when a group of cheerleaders are the first to stumble upon the wreckage, they’re transformed from normal students into flesh-eating cannibals. Soon, the problem isn’t going to be the creatures, it’s going to be the monsters that these cheerleaders become! Hearkening back to the classic horror B-Movies from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Flesh-Eating Cheerleaders will set your hair on end with its horrifying action and its cannibalistic co-eds.
One to Watch
Flashpoint Beyond #6 – anywhere from four to 13 new characters make a first appearance (cameo or full not sure yet) in this issue. Worth watching.
Small Press Pick of the Week
Night Of The Living Dead Revenance #1 – explores the lost tales of how our group of wayward travelers, Tom, Judy, Ben, Barbra, Johnny, and the Cooper family, came to find each other at the same fateful farmhouse on one dark and ghoul-filled night!
Pick of the Week
Crypt Of Shadows #1 – Blade’s Daughter takes center stage in this halloween special. (Horror book for the win) Cover A features her first cover appearance. This is her first appearance since she showed up in the Avengers FCBD book.