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? Welcome to the dreaded fifth week edition. The dreaded fifth week is just that, the fifth Wednesday of the month, where publishers push out one shots, annuals, and specials to not throw off their publishing schedule. With that being said, there are some cool new indy, and a couple of new characters of interest. Check out what is on tap:
New Series
Expatriate X-Men #1 – X YEARS LATER, like the fallen and reassembled United States, the new team of MS. MARVEL, BRONZE, MELEE and RIFT rises! They have seized control of the Mississippi River waters that divide mutantkind from the rest of humanity. Feared and powerful, their guerrilla tactics keep them in control – until a high-stakes mission to extract a valuable asset threatens to tear them apart.
Return To Sleepy Hollow #1 – Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999) continues in Return to Sleepy Hollow!
Supernatural #1 – THE BROTHERS WINCHESTER RETURN! Get ready to hit the road again with Dean and Sam as they prowl the highways and byways of small-town America in search of demonic wrongdoing to put right! Set between the foundational first and second seasons of the landmark television series.
Synthetics #1 – On a dying Earth filled with expanding dead zones, humans form rage gangs to vent their anger at futures lost or escape into the cyber-void to avoid thinking about what’s coming. Our only hope of survival rests with a new kind of human. Will their appearance in a desperate world be met with acceptance—or destruction? Are they angels, devils, or the latest iteration of a Frankenstein’s monster?
Undeadpool #1 – X YEARS LATER, and the virus ravaging the REVELATION TERRITORIES has finally made WADE WILSON into what he always wanted to be – a mutant! But not like this – NOT LIKE THIS! Deadpool’s healing factor is on overdrive, his mind a passenger in a body that hungers…and cannot be sated, unless he devours the life force of mutants! His next targets are the new blood known as FEARLESS, MAGNI, KID MAN-THING and FANTASTICA. It’s Deadpool like you’ve never seen him!
X-Vengers #1 – X YEARS LATER, Earth still needs the Avengers…but what happens when those who are left have transformed into mutants?! Dani Moonstar leads a new team of Avengers (Hawkeye, Vision, Water Widow, Shang-Chi, Variable Man and Cannonball) to protect the planet! But can these “X-Vengers” protect all of Earth, including the Revelation Territories?!
Interesting Note
Battleworld #2 – Crossgen Universe returns in Marvel Comics…. Now if we could get Malibu back.
Death Of The Silver Surfer #5 – New Silver Surfer introduced last issue takes center stages
Notable Reprints
Marvel DC Deadpool Batman #1 2nd Ptg – First cover appearance of Logo.
Archie Facsimile #8 Betty & Veronica 40 – Classic Archie cover.
For the Cover
Black Cat #3 – Hughes just killing it on this book.
Cloak Or Dagger #1 – The Ivan Talavera Cover is pretty rad. Can’t think of many banger Dagger covers. X YEARS LATER, and Tandy and Tyrone have tied the knot – but their bond has come with a terrible cost. Now they can no longer exist on the same plane at the same time.
Small Press Pick of the Week
Beauty #1 – Just in time for the TV show, Beauty returns. Set in a world not unlike our own, The Beauty chronicles what happens when a new sexually transmitted disease begins to spread. Only, this is a disease that people actually want, as those who contract it are literally changed into more beautiful versions of themselves. The only hitch is a slight fever and, eventually, death. But isn’;t that an easy price to pay to be gorgeous? This new series follows several characters as they deal with the Beauty and how it has changed society around them. A thief for hire on a dangerous job, a meteorologist with plummeting ratings, and special agents specializing in Beauty-related crimes will all find their lives converging in unexpected ways. And some fan favorite characters from the original series will return, as well.