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? Flips have been great lately, let’s hope it keeps up. Some interesting new stuff. Check out what is on tap:
New Series
Age of Revelation Kicks off at Marvel this week
Amazing X-Men #1 – X YEARS LATER, on the run after a deadly clash with Revelation’s chief assassin, the shattered X-Men desperately gamble everything on one last mission. With help from an unexpected ally, they venture into the haunted ruins of Graymalkin. What they find there may change everything…if they survive.
Binary #1 – X YEARS LATER, in the ashes of the old world, to survive she is reborn – a cosmic force channeling the Phoenix itself. With the universe crumbling, BINARY returns to save what’s left. But power this great always comes with a price…and the end of everything might begin with her.
Laura Kinney Sabretooth #1 – As the title suggests, X-23 becomes Sabretooth.
Longshots #1 – X YEARS LATER, and Mojo’s got a new game for Wonder Man, Hellcat, Bishop, Rhino and Kraven to play. There are no rules. One survivor wins. The others die
World Of Revelation #1 – X YEARS LATER, what happened to the Fantastic Four? And what horrors plague the East Coast? How does the rest of the world survive the rise of Revelation? And far above, on Arakko, what does Apocalypse think of his heir’s new empire?
Amazing Spider-Man Torn #1 – One of the most important Spider-Man writers returns to the webbed wonder!
That’s right, J. Michael Straczynski is back, but this time, he’s digging into a very different part of Spidey history! Jump back with us to Peter’s college days at EMPIRE STATE UNIVERSITY with Gwen, Harry, MJ and Flash! But not everything is rosy and happy as a new evil rears its head in a way that’s sure to impact Peter’s future! Introduces New Character Evangeline
DC K.O. #1 – 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! Has a celeb cover, the Dan Mora Hangman Adam Page AEW Cameo Card Stock Cover, worth possibly looking at.
Deluge #1 – A hard rain is falling on Sieverville Correctional Prison for Women. As the river rises and its banks overflow, the same walls that are keeping the prisoners inside the fortress-like structure are failing to keep the water out. With that water comes something else. Something deadly. What was once outside is now inside, and the prisoners and guards will have to find a way free, because if the water doesn’t get them, the monsters will. In this terrifying new horror series from Cullen Bunn and Marika Cresta readers will follow a group of inmates as they attempt to traverse the flood waters while also avoiding both the very real monsters that are swimming beneath the surface and the proverbial monsters from their lives before incarceration that lurk inside themselves. Featuring main covers by superstar artist Riley Rossmo!
Disavowed #1 – Brought to you by the creative mind of Josh Blaylock (G.I.Joe, Mercy Sparx) and series artist Pop Mhan (He-Man, Nightwing), this thrilling debut issue features a stellar lineup of comic talent including contributions from Michael Golden, Tim Seeley, Steve Kurth, Dave Johnson, Adam Riches, Travis Hymel, Carlos Badilla, Shawn Depasquale, Brian Sauer and Sveta Shubina! Brace yourself for a thrill ride of action and antics that’s being hailed as G.I. JOE meets THE BOYS as the legends of yesteryear collide with the realities of today in THE DISAVOWED!THE STORY:Matthew Howzer never knew his father—a decorated soldier who died in combat. But family stories say he wasn’t part of any ordinary unit. He served in The United Five, a poorly kept government secret and the stuff of mid-’90s internet conspiracy lore. Their mission: stop Komodo, a grandiose cult turned terrorist faction claiming to wield knowledge from another realm—power capable of reshaping the world. That secret war ended in 1989, with heavy losses on both sides, including Matthew’s father.Driven by a relentless obsession to learn more about his father’s fate, Matthew enlists in the military and uncovers a truth far more brutal, bizarre, and debaucherous than any conspiracy theory could have imagined. Now, after decades in the shadows, The United Five have returned—not as the world’s hidden protectors, but to stop the very heroes it once called its own.Because the greatest threat isn’t Komodo anymore. It’s The Disavowed.
Marian Heretic #1 – Sister Marian is a witch hunter, a Mother Superior and a heretic—guided by a Goddess the Church refuses to acknowledge. When the Holy Father Church brands her order blasphemers, Marian strikes a dark bargain to become their personal enforcer. As she delivers murderous judgment night after night in the city of Vespers, she can feel her soul fracture…but what can she do with the lives of her sisters at stake?
Marvel Black White & Blood And Guts #1 – It’s October! You know what that means…it’s the season for ghouls, goblins and other horrifying haunts – and unfortunately for your favorite heroes and villains (but frightfully fortunate for you readers out there in Mighty Marveldom), the Marvel U is far from immune to the effects of this time of year!
Marvel Knights Punisher #1 – a second new Punisher series kicks off, with another changed logo. Follow up to THE WORLD TO COME appearance.
Red Book I #1 – Russia, 1961. Nine students die tragically under mysterious circumstances that will come to be known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. To this day, the true cause of their deaths remains unknown, although some theorize the blame lies with visitors from beyond the stars… The New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning co-creators of Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake, The Department of Truth, and Powers follow up their acclaimed work on Blue Book with an all-new volume of “true” tales capturing the strange world of alien encounters—this time focusing on the uncanny extraterrestrial stories of Russia and China. Each issue will feature “True Weird” backup stories by guest creators.
Strange Tales #1 – It’s Halloween, and Nico Minoru joins her girlfriend Karolina Dean, and friends Teddy Altman and Billy Kaplan for a rousing round of RPG Hoosegows and Hydras. But when a dice roll leads to goblins materializing in real life and her friends all disappearing, Nico Minoru is soon left running through NYC’s streets with a very real dragon hot on her tail. Desperate for help, she finds herself at the Scarlet Witch’s Last Door.
The Guy In The Chair #1 – In the blood-soaked world of assassins and spies love has no place. Unfortunately for Abhi, a tactical analyst at a private military company, love is all he can think about. Against his employer’;s strict policy, he’s fallen head over heels for Merlin, the field operative whose missions he supports as her “Guy in the Chair.” When Merlin shows up at his apartment bloody, beaten, and pleading for help, Abhi is yanked from behind the safety of his computer screens, and now the two must prevent their former employer and a cabal of corporate overlords from a hostile global takeover that threatens all of humanity.
For the Cover
Harley Quinn x Elvira #1 Mark Spears Cover – Mark Spears doing an Elvira Cover. (Not caring as much about Harley being on it) but love the Elvira.
Notable Reprint
Fantastic Four #10 – Continuing a facsimile collection of the foundational adventures of Marvel’s First Family! Doctor Doom was lost in space, but now he’s back – in the hallowed halls of Marvel Comics! But you won’t believe what he has planned for his accursed rival, Reed Richards! Whatever it is, suddenly the FF’s leader is not quite so Fantastic. Can the rest of the team figure it out before Doom claims his ultimate revenge? It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all!
Limited Collectors Edition #23 House Of Mystery Facsimile Edition – All star crew of creators. There are nearly as many weary souls who’ve taken rooms at the House of Mystery as there are reasons for them to seek its sullen sanctuary, and its humble caretaker is always happy to accommodate. Join Cain as he welcomes a certain haunted sculptor on the run from his own creations, a dangerous sorcerer whose treasured pet cat is far more than it seems–and even comics legend Gil Kane as the artist truly throws himself into his work!
One to Watch
Transformers #25 – Robert Kirkman and Dan Mora take over the Transformers series.
Small Press Pick of the Week
High Strangeness #1 1967 – SpectreVision, the genre-distorting production company co-founded by Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah, joins forces with Oni Press and a rotating cast of premier comics talents for an unprecedented excursion into HIGH STRANGENESS—a brand-new series influenced by real, documented cases of paranormal phenomena, to reveal the liminal spaces where reality and hallucination and science and mythology give way to cosmic wonder and existential terror . . . In the first double-sized, prestige format chapter: Writer, producer, and real-life experiencer Daniel Noah joins acclaimed writer Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine, That Texas Blood) and Ringo Awardûwinning artist Dave Chisholm (Plague House) for an unexpected encounter with the Men in Black . . . Chicago, 1967. Magazine writer Harry Kean is dispatched to rural Indiana to investigate the sudden disappearance of Becky Plume, a local teenager who stepped into the national spotlight with staggering photographic evidence of a recent UFO sighting. Frustrated to leave his developing stories in Chicago—and the wife he’s hoping to win back—Harry sets off to expose a hoax but instead finds himself in a labyrinth of high strangeness involving a missing girl, her boyfriend, a UFO, and some mysterious black-clad visitors circling at the perimeter of a mystery more vast than Harry could possibly imagine. Told across five interconnected, prestige-format issues that will interlock to reveal an ambitious, dimension-spanning finale, each chapter of HIGH STRANGENESS also includes a feature-length essay by podcaster and researcher Jim Perry (Euphomet) on the historical facts and documentary evidence underpinning the phenomena detailed in each issue.
Pick of the Week
Absolute Batman #13 – First cover and first full appearance of Absolute Catwoman. Plus, Absolute Harley Quinn. Ton of great covers featuring Catwoman, pick the one you like or be like us and always bet on cover A.