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? Kind of quiet week but some cool covers and some cool books. Check out what is on tap:
New Series
Green Lantern Corps #1 – The corps is back! And just in time for the deadly new fractured spectrum saga to kick into full gear! Join the newly formed Green Lantern Corps as they head out into the galaxy in order to stop Sorrow and his master from creating a power battery. John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz, Guy Gardner, Jo Mullein, and all your favorite Lanterns are back in the most incredible ensemble cast this side of the cosmos!
The Hive #1 – Mason Shaw is no one. A worker bee. All that changes when he crosses paths with a few stragglers trying to stay one step ahead of a queen with immense powers who is determined to control her hive no matter who she has to kill. Welcome to THE HIVE.
Lenore The Time War #1 – Roman Dirge’s Lenore returns to comics.
Mine Is A Long Lonesome Grave #1 – a brass-knuckled gut punch of revenge-horror torn from the forgotten corners of Appalachia, where magic and murder go hand in hand . . .Harley Creed is a bad man. He used to be worse. A violent ex-con with a string of brutal crimes in his past, he only wanted one thing when he finally walked free from prison: to leave Briar Falls, WV, behind and disappear forever. But Harley’s hometown has a strange way of swallowing people whole-call it a consequence of the low-level folk magic that has permeated its darker corners for generations. And now that Harley has returned, pent-up vengeance for his past crimes is about to come roaring back. Somebody has put a hex on him-and Harley has seven days before he dies in twisted, screaming agony. To reverse it, Harley must find and kill his unseen enemy before their curse can reap its terrible end. But in Briar Falls, there’s no shortage of suspects-and Harley is coming for them all. If can’t have peace, at least he can have revenge.
One World Under Doom #1 – Six months ago, Doctor Victor Von Doom became Sorcerer Supreme – then disappeared behind Latveria’s closed borders. For most, there’s enough going on in the world that Doom’s absence is not a priority, and some time without him feels like a blessing. Only a few recognize it for what it truly was…the calm before the storm. It is a storm that has now arrived. The world has woken up to a new reality: Doctor Doom, Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, has magically taken over every broadcast medium on the planet and declared himself Emperor of the World – the ruler of a new United Latveria! And shockingly, impossibly, all of Earth’s leaders seem to be going along with this. Luckily, whether it’s mind control or Doombots, whatever’s affecting them hasn’t affected Earth’s heroes – and so they quickly form a strike team to stop Doom’s machinations. But will they succeed? And what happens when some begin to welcome their new Emperor with open arms, clamoring for One World Under Doom?
Star Wars Hyperspace Stories the Bad Batch Ghost Agents #1 – The Bad Batch is back for another high-octane adventure set during the Clone Wars! Their mission: to hunt down the mysterious Separatist ghost agent who executed a daring heist on Coruscant! The thief’s trail leads Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, and Tech to the seediest corners of the galaxy where kingpins and thugs threaten the clones’ mission-and their lives! Have the Bad Batch met their match?
For the Cover
Feral #10 Homage Cover – First up, this book totally eclipses Stray. It is a zombie story at heart, and a pretty good one at that. Second, this homage kicks total butt and is a throw back to Fangoria covers.
Magik #2 Pablo Villalobos Cover – Damn. Great Magick Cover.
X-Men #11 Joshua Sway Swaby Magik Cover – Speaking of cool Magick covers……
Notable Reprints
Amazing Spider-Man #129 Facsimile Edition – First appearance of the Punisher gets the facsimile treatment again. This time with a foil cover.
Fantastic Four #2 Facsimile Edition – Re-presenting the second history-making issue of the World’s Greatest Comics Magazine, featuring the first appearance of the Skrulls.
Its Jeff #1 (One Shot) 4th Ptg Gurihiru Variant Cover – Its Jeff in his own series reprinted for the fourth time.
Its Jeff The Jeff-Verse #1 (One Shot) 2nd Ptg Gurihiru Variant Cover – And this one too!
One to Watch
Eddie Brock Carnage #1 – Eddie Brock as Carnage. He has been many things, he’s been VENOM, he’s been ANTI-VENOM, he’s been THE KING IN BLACK! Now Eddie Brock has made his darkest bond yet as he joins with the one and only CARNAGE!
Small Press Pick of the Week
Bug Wars #1 – Slade Slaymaker is a kid from Alabama suddenly lost in a vicious world beyond his imagining, a world of marauding ant armies, spellcasting spider witches, and beetle-riding barbarians. A kingdom of tiny but deadly warriors hidden in his own backyard. The same world that saw his father eaten alive by insects now plunges young Slade into the middle of a brutal Bug War to decide the fate of his family. From the superstar team of writer Jason Aaron and artist Mahmud Asrar comes the over-sized debut of a dark fantasy epic for the ages.
Pick of the Week
New Champions #2 – Several new firsts appearing in the book, most notably Magentrix. Could be well worth the pick up.