Hey CHU Nation. It’s another Sunday and that means its FOC time once again! Running late, so dive in!
Reads / Covers
This issue is so shocking and troubling we can’t even show you the cover!
The cover has been spoiled. Enter The-Spider-Man-Who-Cackles…? 
Dirty D Cover-Of-The-Week
The most explosive SHE-HULK story in HISTORY starts here! Something is brewing that is going to have effects felt beyond just SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK. You cannot afford to miss it!
Another “mystery” solicitation. Has me intrigued. If it’s a dud at least there’s a Adam Hughes cover.
Reprints & Facsimiles
Normally I’d rank this higher being a first appearance (The Assembly) with the characters on the cover…But (1) they’ve all already had cover appearances, and (2) there’s a 1:25 incentive. So maybe a long term hold
If you’re collecting these, here’s the next issue in the black suit saga. Next month is issue 258 which I’m still holding out for a foil…
Speaking of foil faxes….next month is the big one!
Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (of 12) (Facsimile Edition – Foil Variant)
And for those collecting Crisis foils.
New Ones
Venomverse is reborn, with stories of symbiotes from all across the Multiverse! First, Benjamin Percy and Brian Level spin a tale of the murder of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes by one of their own…but who? Then Christos Gage drags Venom from Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 across the Venomverse to take on Knull!
Not exactly sure if there will be new characters, but could be a good read.
“Fat” Charlie Nancy leads a boring life as a boring Londoner, until he discovers two things: That his recently deceased father was, in fact, Anansi the Spider, the trickster god of African folklore, and that he has a twin brother he’s never met. Which kicks off a reality-spanning odyssey of sibling rivalry, jealous deities, and one poor soul who’ll realize what it means to be a god.
Adaptation of Gaiman’s Locus and British Fantasy Award-winning novel as a comic book series for the first time-and soon to be a television show on Amazon Prime!
Dirty D’s Pick of the Week
When a mysterious meteor falls on the wide-open plains of the Midwest, it will unleash a chain of events that find Gotham’s bizarre Batman contending with not just the twin threats of the Catwoman and a mysterious international assassin but also the emergence of superhuman beings beyond all comprehension!
Think Marvel’s 1602…but 19th century and DC. This limited series will expand upon the Universe from which Gotham by Gaslight was set in, introducing new versions of popular DC characters beyond the confines of Gotham City, and some new ones as well.
Long term spec at best, but Gotham by Gaslight is a classic. So I’m hoping for a great read if anything here. And that makes this the pick of the week.
There also a Jock foil variant of which a new villain or character may be on the cover (see below). Which is odd because the 1:25 is the same cover, just card stock.
Parting Thoughts
Once again, getting this out a little late. One of these weeks I’ll get back into the groove! Have a great week, CHU.