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? Not a massive winner week. Lsat week we had great sales with the virgin variant of Denver. This was a book we pointed out back in the catalog highlights. This week we have some great covers, some cool reprints, and a new character or two. Here is what is on tap:
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New Series
Crowbound #1 – (Ashcans are still out there for this series) All is dark. But all is not lost… Rose isn’t special. She works in the Factory just like everyone else—a dark, sprawling monolithic structure that runs along the coast and cuts the world in two. All that’s left now are desolate settlements that exist in its shadow, made up of submerged villages, derelict woods, and deadly swamps. No one knows what’s left of the world on the other side… But when Rose’s young daughter Ava is violently taken from their shanty town home a year before she is meant to join the work force, Rose will come face-to-face with the surreal, harrowing forces outside the Factory’s walls—including a terrifying figure called the Scarecrow Queen, who has an offer: one last chance to save her daughter, in exchange for her soul. Part post-apocalyptic neo-Western, part southern gothic, part dark fantasy, CROWBOUND spins a heart-wrenching and violent story about mortality, holding onto hope in the darkest of worlds and the bonds that make us human. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road with echoes of Kill Bill and Pan’s Labyrinth when a noncompliant mother makes a dark pact with an ancient, violent Scarecrow Queen to stop a totalitarian government from taking her daughter.
Doom Patrol #1 – The Doom Patrol is broke. Adopting a heroes-for-hire business model to stave off financial and emotional ruin, the team finds itself responding to a simple case—a missing cat. But when this case proves to be far from simple, the world’s strangest heroes find themselves pulled into a truly out-of-this-world situation! And elsewhere, beyond the view of Robotman, Elasti-Girl, and Negative Man—and perhaps even beyond the veil of our reality—a ghost of the team’s past is preparing to cross into their world.
Legion Of Super-Heroes #1 – One thousand years after the Last Son Of Krypton’s rocket crashed on the Kent Farm comes a new future inspired by the Man of Steel! But this new future is in danger! Superheroes are outlawed! Deadly enforcers known as the Persuaders keep the populace of the United Planets in check! Worlds are at war! And this dark tomorrow’s last glimmer of hope, R.J. Brande, has been brutally murdered. Can the mysterious Brainiac 1 of 5 solve Brande’s murder? To restore hope to the universe, he must assemble a legion of gifted young rebels from across the cosmos! But they are scattered across the universe!
Marvel Zombies War Zone #1 – A ZOMBIE outbreak has hit Manhattan and the whole city is rapidly overrun! As EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES succumb to the virus, a barrier is hastily erected to protect the world — but inside the barrier, a war zone hes broken out as survivors fight for their lives against the ever-growing horde. However, one man isn’t looking for survival — he’s after answers as he carves a bloody swathe of his own through the ravaged city. And if any zombies get in his way? Well, the PUNISHER has plenty of lead that they can eat!
Tales Of Wonder #1 – Superstar creator STEVE SKROCE debuts an all-new action-packed series for fans of GHOST PEPPER and The Ultimates. Stu and Jake’s friendship was forged in WW II, but the one thing it couldn’t survive was the comic book industry. As their Wonder Comics creations grew from four-color sensations to a global phenomenon, everything changed… Now, these two legendary comic creators have reunited to launch the America’s Freedom Force cinematic universe, only to discover the make-believe superheroes and monsters from their stories are very, very real. Can Stu and Jake overcome decades of bad blood and stolen credit? They better if they’re going to help save our world!
Teen Titans #1 – When one of their own vanishes after attending a rally for Ascend—a fast-growing youth movement training kids to survive in a world shaped by superhuman conflict—Fairplay, Cheshire Cat, Proxy, and Wildcard will do whatever it takes to find their friend, including teaming up with Red Hood! Jason thinks they’re soft and reckless. They don’t understand how he can still kill people. Now they have to work together—whether they like it or not!
Notable Reprints
Absolute Batman #1 12th Ptg – I am still selling 10th prints, have some 11th prints to loa up when the 10th sell. So will grab a couple 12th prints to hold in reserve. This book continues to sell.
Batman #11 Facsimile Edition – The Joker challenges Batman and Robin to thwart his next crimes by leaving cryptic clues in the local want ads, but these funny pages could end up meaning death for the Boy Wonder! Then the Penguin returns (along with some fowl felonious friends) to give Bruce Wayne a run for his money, but a crack shot and a killer hurricane may cause the Caped Crusader to cash in his chips! Plus, two more tales of crime and comeuppance courtesy of the Dynamic Duo!
One and Done
Batman Superman Weird Al Worlds Weirdest #1 – The fifth dimension is being hit with an affliction that turns everything dull and ordinary, but as Mr. Mxyzptlk reaches out to Superman and Batman for help, the same plague has hit Earth! There’s only one person to call: “Weird Al”! Get ready for a wild one-shot where the one and only “Weird Al” Yankovic joins the World’s Finest team!
Marvel Mangaverse Web Of Blood #1 – Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of MARVEL MANGAVERSE, father-son duo JOE and JACK KELLY are teaming up with acclaimed artist KENNY RUIZ (STAR WARS: PATH OF THE LIGHTSABER) to revisit the Mangaverse as readers have never seen it before! In a world where technology no longer works and magic reigns supreme, a looming apocalypse threatens to end the world in a sea of flames — that is, unless SPIDER-MAN (MILES MORALES), WEAPON X-TREMIS (LAURA KINNEY) and MAGIK (ILLYANA RASPUTIN) have something to say about it! But as each attempt to stave off Armageddon leads each further down the road of forbidden magic, these friends turned enemies must confront the question of if their choices really will save the world — or doom it entirely!
For the Cover
Venom #261 Ito Cover – Ito is gaining steam, this is a worth watching.
Small Press Pick of the Week
Clive Barkers Hellraiser Resurrections New Wounds #1 – A new era of ecstasy and agony begins here for Hellraiser! The long-awaited return of Hellraiser to comics is finally upon us, starting with Hellraiser: Resurrections, a series of five one-shots setting up the launch of a new Hellraiser ongoing series coming to shelves this winter! From the darkest corners of Rio de Janeiro’s criminals to the underbelly of the untouchable elites in Europe, this Alpha issue twists and turns its way through a story that teases and delights right up to its surprising finish. If you want the earliest glimpse of what’s to come in the new Hellraiser series, then get your hands on this comic and see if you can unlock all its secrets!
Pick of the Week
Absolute Superman #23 – First appearance of Absolute version of Toyman, said to be the most terrifying villain Superman has faced yet. Superman has lagged behind Batman and Wonder Woman, even Martian Manhunter, but still a first appearance of an Absolute character is worth grabbing.