Hello CHU-bies!
Standing in line at Terrificon this morning. Yesterday was quite the adventure (I have a thread going documenting the experience if you’d like to have a glimpse). But with 49 minutes before the line starts to move, I figured I’d squeeze in a little F.O.C. Article.
Another slow week. We seem to be in a summer doldrum or sorts. But that just means more money to blow on cons!
So let’s see what might be worth throwing money at before FOC closes…
COVERS
THE DEAD RISE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME! It was the most important space flight in the history of the Marvel Universe – four intrepid heroes took off into the unknown and returned changed, gifted with great abilities‚ and hungering for human flesh! Travel back to the birth of a Marvel Universe parallel to our own but chock-full of horror since its very inception! Which heroes will rise to become the champions we know and love? Which will be torn limb from limb? And which will devour the scraps? Find out in this blood-soaked series!
New Marvel Zombies book, but this time it’s red banded. Which means more red ink.
REPRINTS & FACSIMILES
One of my favorite modern books and covers. I have a few copies…how can I pass up the foil?!
Oh, Jason Howard got me good this week. I can’t pass up these 2nd print covers…
NEW ONES
DC’S MAJOR 2025 EVENT IS HERE! SCOTT SNYDER AND JAVIER FERNANDEZ WELCOME YOU TO THE SLUGFEST OF THE CENTURY! The Heart of Apokolips has transformed Earth into a hellscape in preparation for the return of Darkseid! The end of the DC Universe is here! The Justice League’s only chance to defeat Darkseid is to enter a deadly tournament, an epic and over-the-top battle royale that will surprise you! The World’s Greatest Heroes fight to become the champion to enter the ring against Darkseid, but there’s a catch…the closer you get to the Heart of Apokolips, the more it corrupts you, changes you into something dangerous. Which DC character has what it takes to make it to the end? Who is willing to do what it takes to win it all, even if it means taking down their friends and family? You want to get nuts? Let’s get nuts!
This is listed on FOC this week. May be a late edition. Midtown Comics seems to be offering it, but I can’t find another well known shop.
Adventures of Superman: Book of El (1 of 12
Superman returns! Fan-favorite Future State: Superman: House of El creators Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Godlewski reunite for Adventures of Superman: Book of El! As the Super-Family settles into a well-earned time of peace, a powerful ally-turned-enemy invades Earth with an army at his back and a god-aspect of Olgrun, mad god of the First World. When even the Super-Family lacks the power to stop him, Superman is sent against his will to a place even he’s never been…where he’ll find allies he could never have expected. Concluding the events of Future State and Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Action Comics, the next epic adventure begins here!
THE BATTLEWORLD FROM SECRET WARS RETURNS! “SLAY YOUR ENEMIES, PROVE YOUR WORTH AND ALL YOU DESIRE SHALL BE YOURS IN THE WORLD TO COME!” Heroes from across the Multiverse are thrown together on a patchwork world to engage in their own Secret Wars for the survival of their timelines! Who or what has created this Battleworld, and for what nefarious purpose? Enter Maestro. Is he friend, or foe?
Isn’t there already a Maestro? That Old Man Hulk guy…What if it’s Maestro Bob…?
DEATH TO THE VENOMVERSE! Return to the Venomverse! Where anyone can be the host of their favorite alien life-form! However, Carnage is on the loose, and he’s tearing these symbiotic relationships apart left and right! Who will be strong enough to end the red menace before he kills all the Venoms in the multiverse? Collecting the digital DEATH OF THE VENOMVERSE tie-in in print for the very first time!
What Venomverse seriews are we up to now…?
ULTIMATE HAWKEYE STARS IN THEIR OWN SOLO ADVENTURE! Spinning out of THE ULTIMATES, breakout hit character HAWKEYE goes on a covert solo op that will have a massive impact on the future of the Ultimate Universe!
He breaks out so fast, he’s one and done.
THE IRON FIST RISES! The Book of the Iron Fist declares that every IRON FIST will die by the age of 33…but who wrote this false prophecy? DANNY RAND was killed…but can you truly kill an IMMORTAL IRON FIST? Learn the TRUTH about the legacy of the Iron Fist as Danny Rand rises once more to snuff out those that threaten that legacy…before Danny’s time run out.
I loved the Immortal Iron First…Not sure what the difference is between immortal and undead…might be interesting to learn. Is he a zombie?
INDY SPOTLIGHT
MINISERIES PREMIERE Jack Chandler is the sole survivor of the zombie apocalypse in his rural farming community, but rather than eliminate them, he has chosen to continue living alongside the undead—including the husband and adopted daughter he fought so hard to have. But when his town is discovered by outsiders, Jack suddenly becomes the one thing standing in the way of those who hope to kill his family for good. Eisner Award-nominated creators TATE BROMBAL (Barbalien, Batgirl) and** JACOB PHILLIPS** (THAT TEXAS BLOOD, NEWBURN) team up for a haunting rural character piece set during a zombie outbreak, best described as THE WALKING DEAD meets Essex County.
Sort of like a different kind of twist on Walking Dead.
Adapting the hit French graphic novel, author Romuald Giulivo and artist Jakub Rebelka come together to give us the dreamlike story of the very last day of H.P. Lovecraft. See the final journey of a complex and tortured man, facing his choices, his writings, and his mistakes at the very last moment of his life. Designed as a strange Gothic cathedral, The Last Days of H.P. Lovecraft is an extraordinary story that explores the end of a man and the beginning of a myth.
Parting Thoughts
Not much else to say this week. A lot of #1s, but not any true “spec” books. Enjoy the covers and reads!