Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 10/11/23

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 is up Wednesday Warriors? Small week with some good books, Halloween season is kicking in high gear with comic books however. Here is what is on tap:

New #1’s
Army Of Darkness Forever #1 – Ash and the Army of Darkness return in a new series, a direct sequel to the movie.

Batman City Of Madness #1 – New Black Label Batman series. Christian Ward unleashes his cosmic-horror take on Batman’s world, in a tribute to disturbing Dark Knight classics like Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Gothic! You’ll never look at Batman’s villains the same way again…you simply won’t have the stomach for it! Introduces a twisted version of the Dark Knight

Capwolf And The Howling Commandos #1 – Capwolf returns in time for Halloween.

A Haunted Girl #1 – New Image series. Cleo, an adopted 16-year-old Japanese-American whose depression drove her to near-suicide, is trying unsuccessfully to reintegrate back into her old life. But her struggles are just beginning as she encounters an increasingly terrifying succession of ghosts. Is she losing her grip on reality…or is the explanation much worse?

Midlife (Or How To Be A Hero At Fifty) #1 – Image – story of a middle-aged dad who’s about to find out that his new powers have major strings attached.

Nights #1 – Image – Urabn Gothic Horror. Supernatural creatures exist among the common folk, and America is comprised of just 31 states. It’s 2003, and Vince Okonma has lost his parents and moved in with his secret mercenary cousin and his video game-making roommate when he befriends “the greatest vampire who’s ever lived.” And that’s just the first 20 pages. Welcome to Florida.

Operation Sunshine #1 – all-new humorous, horror, and action-packed comic book series that’s Near Dark meets Ocean’s Eleven. A group of young, alienated vampires known as “bugs” plot to steal a magical object from ancient monstrous vampires to turn themselves back to human. Along the way they uncover a sprawling monster underground, a top-secret plot run by the elder creatures, elite militant vampire slayers, and madness beyond imagining blocking their path to humanity.

Wesley Dodds The Sandman #1 – New series for the Golden Age Sandman.

One and Done
Space Usagi Yokai Hunter #1 – New Usagi Japanese Monster one shot just in time for halloween. Usagi’s daughter makes her first appearance in the book.

Chilling Adventures Presents Welcome To Riverdale – More Archie Horror-verse. Explore toxic positivity gone horror in this one-shot that’s equal parts Pleasantville and The Stepford Wives.

Notable Reprints
Daredevil #183 Facsimile Edition – Iconic Frank Miller DD vs Punisher issue gets the facsimile treatment.

For the Cover

Amazing Spider-Man #35 Elena Casagrande Stormbreakers Variant – Recent issues have been decent with Peter absorbing the sins of Norman Osborn, anyway, love this zombified Spider-Man, like an undead version of the Nuack headshot covers.

One to Watch
Batman And Robin #2 – Shush (maybe it stands for She-Hush?) makes her appearance. Hokey, sure, but worth looking out for.

Small Press Gem
American Psycho #1 – See Patrick Bateman’s infamous New York City killing spree from a brand new perspective as a familiar character from the film is revealed to be much more than they appeared. Witness the greatest hits of Patrick’s murderous rampage while exploring new revelations in the world of American Psycho, in this story that’ll make fans see Patrick’s bloody story through a whole new lens.

Halloween Picks
Boris Karloffs Gold Key Mysteries #1 – Witness the dawn of new era in horror! When a gothic mansion infested with arcane power appears from the mist, Boris Karloff is the world’s last hope against dark forces led by a malevolent government agent bent on harnessing the house’s power. Boris Karloff is back with a new ongoing horror anthology.

Signal 29 #1 – Blood Moon Comics – Two New Orleans medics respond to a seedy motel to pronounce a dead body, which isn’t quite as dead as it seems. Signal 29 is a one-shot that takes a unique, and more intimate, approach to the zombie genre where the reader joins a pair of first responders as they encounter Patient Zero as the dead begin to rise.

Simon Sayz #1 – Blood Moon Comics – Symon is a mental patient that struggles with voices telling him to kill, to be evil, and to embrace what he is. If that weren’t bad enough, there’s a deeper war brewing being he’s a descendant of Kain.

Small Press Pick of the Week
Night Of The Living Dead Kin #1 – New story set in the original Romero-verse zombie storyline.

Pick of the Week
Venom #26 – Yeah its a hokey mashup of Venom and Black Widow, but this has had buzz on it. Picking one up and stashing away for later.