FOC PICKS FOR 10/12/26
It is assistant editor week as the D-Meister was at NYCC and tired himself out. Anyway, Anthony here to cover this week’s FOC highlights. Another great week of sales wrapped up with ASM #1000 continuing to sell. This week we have some great books on tap:
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New Series
A QUIET PLACE: RISING TIDES #1
When a young woman named Grace tracks her estranged father to a run-down houseboat in the Florida Keys, she expects disappointment, resentment, maybe even closure. Instead, the entire world ends. Now stranded in the aftermath of the invasion that shattered civilization, she and her sick, aging father cling to survival on the open waters, the only space safe from the creatures who attack at the sound of a single breath. But his oxygen is running low, supplies are disappearing quickly, and the deadly predators circling the shoreline are learning fast.And on top of it all, a hurricane is coming. A tense, new emotional story begins within the world of the acclaimed A Quiet Place franchise. What would you do when stuck between the choice of sudden death or rising tides?
EVERMIND features brilliant, overlooked scientist Lucas Zhang who has spent his life chasing one breakthrough: the Neurolink, a technology that can transfer the human mind into a machine. It could mean the end of death itself. It could also mean the end of what makes us human. When Zhang’s obsession collides with the paramilitary corporations who want his work weaponized, he and his activist daughter are driven to opposite sides of a war over the future, then forced back together to survive it.Brilliant scientist Lucas Zhang has invented a way to transfer human consciousness into advanced machines. Now, he and his activist daughter must save the world from paramilitary corporations intent on exploiting his work… while trapped in the bodies of a theme park mecha-gorilla and a pleasure-bot. Set in a near-future world of mecha gorillas, android operatives, and runaway ambition, EVERMIND is a 6-Issue sci-fi epic about a father, a daughter, and the price of living forever.
CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL AND MIKE HENDERSON TAKE ON GOTHAM CITY IN THE AFTERMATH OF BATMAN: BAD SEEDS! Anarky rules! Anarky has been given an ultimatum by the Torus: Unify the 100 low-level street gangs not currently under Torus control–or die. If Lonnie Machin succeeds, he’ll get a seat at the table. But if he fails, it’s lights out for Anarky. His first stop? Gotham’s East End–a complete free-for-all for some of Gotham’s nastiest and most uncontrollable individuals. Should be simple enough…right? Spiraling out of the pages of Batman: Bad Seeds and Batman comes Gangs of Gotham, a thrilling, action-packed, street-level criminal saga from Christopher Cantwell and Mike Henderson!
X-ORCISTS #1
When a demon escapes Limbo and begins terrorizing humans and mutants alike, MAGIK and JUGGERNAUT of the X-Men team up with MADELYNE PRYOR, the Queen of Limbo herself, to take it down. But this demon is unlike anything they’ve ever seen before, and they’re going to need help to stop its ruinous rampage.
Now an ongoing series.
For the Cover
CANTO: THE CLOCKWORK CHRONICLES #1 (CVR D)
Sweet Nintendo Power homage
Notable Reprints
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #32 FACSIMILE EDITION
First appearance of Spider-Woman gets the facsimile treatment.
WORLDS FINEST COMICS #153 FACSIMILE EDITION
SUPERMAN AND BATMAN: ENEMIES! Batman, the Caped Crusader. Superman, the Man of Steel. Together, they have ever been the World’s Finest team! But what if circumstances had conspired to make them…the world’s deadliest enemies? See the tragic circumstances that might have unfolded in this classic imaginary tale set in a world where a determined Bruce Wayne dedicates his life as Batman toward bringing to justice the one man responsible for his father’s death–Superman?!
Cover of the Week
SUPERGIRL #18 CVR E DAN QUINTANA HALLOWEEN GLOW-IN-THE-DARK CARD STOCK VAR
No Spicy Pumpkin variants this year, but we are getting Dan Quintana Glow in the Dark covers for Halloween! Dan Quintana is very popular and his work has been jumping on the aftermarket. Worth grabbing a copy or two.
Pick of the Week
HALLOWEEN THE GAME COMIC #1
On the night before Halloween 1978, Michael Myers orchestrates a brutal escape from Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. As Dr. Loomis realizes pure evil is loose, Michael begins his relentless journey home toward Haddonfield, slaughtering anyone unfortunate enough to cross his path.
HALLOWEEN THE GAME COMIC #1 (OF 5) CVR B JONATHAN WAYSHAK VAR
HALLOWEEN THE GAME COMIC #1 (OF 5) CVR C EAMON WINKLE SEAN OTOOL VAR
So excited Halloween returns to comics for the first time since 2008!