Hello Chu Family! It’s time again for another Dirty D FOC picks! And I have to say it’s slim pickings this week! Not much for reads…not a lot of #1. Even JSC has toned it down a bit. Is this like a 5th Wednesday kinda week? Lets get this over with, and maybe next week will be better.
COVERS
Just a cool subtle cover…almost like a “do you see what I see” or “where’s waldo” type cover. I like the creativity. Cover of the week.
JSC OVERLOAD
JSC is 2 for 3 with getting cover art in pre-FOC this week.
Gimmick Covers
Best to pre-orders these books with playing cards to save a little $$.
NEW NUMBER ONES
Frank Castle is BACK. With no memories, a full clip and a thirst for wrathful vengeance, his violent search for answers could only be chronicled in a Red Band series! Bullets will fly, blood will flow, and the citizens and criminals of New York City alike will fear the name THE PUNISHER! From the superstar HELLVERINE creative team of Benjamin Percy and Julius Ohta!
He’s back. And he’s got the red band polybag…so Punisher can unleash.
The Justice League has a new spec-ops team so covert, the founders can’t know it exists. And its leader is the only hero who could keep JLR off its radar…because he is the radar. Red Tornado is the heart and mind of the Watchtower–watching, projecting into the future, and his projections point to apocalypse as a direct result of the concentrated power of the JLU. When your Justice League ID card lights up red, Reddy needs you.
INDY SPOTLIGHT
A few Indy #1’s for ya.
The year is 1901 and our heroine Lumen is a precocious 13-year-old with many questions about her life. Why has her father been gone for years? Why must she learn so many languages and fighting techniques and what’s with all the lessons in seafaring? Then an attack on her home by a horde of steam-punk assassins delivers the first glimmer of an answer, when Lumen’s savior reveals himself as her grandfather, the legendary Captain Nemo, one of the greatest characters in Victorian science fiction literature. A brand-new world of steam-punk adventure and thrills is about to open up for Lumen as she connects with the grandfather she never knew while together they take on a cabal of evil masterminds, intent on world domination . . . a world full of heroes and villains from Victorian adventure and fantasy fiction.
From the creative team of New York Times bestselling author RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, Uncanny X-Force) and powerhouse DANIEL ACUÑA (Captain America, Black Panther)—the duo behind Marvel’s Uncanny Avengers—comes a savage, full-throttle wartime thriller where survival isn’t given…it’s taken. Milton Shaw is a battle-hardened bomber pilot, flying missions over a war-torn world ruled by a ruthless empire. But when his plane is shot out of the sky, Milton wakes up behind enemy lines—in the smoldering ruins of a city he helped burn. And in less than 24 hours, his own side is dropping the big one to finish the job. Now, injured, unarmed, and being hunted through enemy streets, Milton’s only shot at escape comes from the unlikeliest place: a grieving father and his son—civilians shattered by the same fascist regime that rules this land with an iron claw. Enemies by blood. Allies by circumstance. Together, they’ll have to fight their way out before the bomb drops and erases everything…and everyone. Set in a brutal, fully painted world of anthropomorphic animals—think Inglourious Basterds meets Blacksad—ESCAPE is a gritty, bullet-riddled journey through war’s scorched aftermath. It’s about the violence we inflict, the souls we try to save, and the courage it takes to crawl out of fire.
PICK OF THE WEEK
INARI and WHITE CAT, two super-thieves with everything to lose, are running wild in Brooklyn – and with SPIDER-MAN still reeling from GOD WAR, the battle against these new foes might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. MISTY KNIGHT’s leading the investigation, but she needs an extra hand. Someone with cat burglary experience perhaps? Don’t miss the comic debuts of INARI and New Champion, WHITE CAT!
There’s a Momoko first appearance variant of Inari, but I like Cover A for it’s dynamics. White Cat did already have a cover appearances in ASM #36 (New Champions variant). In a light week with no other first appearances of note, going with Miles.
Parting Thoughts.
Yeah. That’s it. Sorry for the meh week. Later!