JUNE 8, 2016
FIRST ISSUE ALERT
4001 A.D.: BLOODSHOT #1
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover A by RYAN LEE
Cover B by CAFU
Character Design Variant by RYAN LEE
Interlocking Mega-Cover Variant by RYAN LEE
$3.9
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Warren Ellis, writer; Jason Howard, artist
Image Comics, 2016
The second collection opens with the sole survivor of the disaster that befell the research team in the first volume. The British government has kept the existence of the
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Matt Fraction, writer; Howard Chaykin, artist
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Ray Fawkes, writer; Jeremy Haun, artist; Richard Horie & Tany Horie, colorists
DC Comics, 2015
Finally catching up with the final collection of the New 52 version of John Constantine, and I'm glad I did. It's
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Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
Writer: STEVE NILES
Art: BREEHN BURNS
Cover: SAM SHEARON
$17.99
Aleister Green loves playing late night TV horror host Aleister Arcane in his hometown of Jackson, OK... at least, until Jackson's establi
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by GERRY CONWAY
Art & Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
Variant by JOHN ROMITA SR.
Variant by ADAM KUBERT
Action Figure Variant by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
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Jonathan Hickman, writer; Nick Pitarra, artist
Image Comics, 2016
Manhattan Projects returned from hiatus with a fresh approach: a series of miniseries, each with its own focus. The series had become increasingly compl
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Rick Remender, writer; Greg Tocchini, artist
Image Comics, 2015
Before their current collaboration on the series Low, Remender and Tocchini co-created this three-issue noir miniseries (full of lowlife characters, se
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It's getting to where the entire DC line has been Rebirthed. There are still the odd New 52 titles here and there (collections, Doctor Fate this week, etc.), but they're getting fewer and farther between. We're getting close to 10
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Jason Aaron, writer; Jason Latour, artist
Image Comics, 2016
The cover image is a bit of a tease, because the "homecoming" that drives most of the action in this arc is the annual Homecoming game in the high
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GENERATION ZERO #4
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover A by STEPHEN MOONEY
Cover B by TOM MULLER
Character Design Variant by ANDRÉS GUINALDO
Variant Cover by JEFFREY VEREGGE
$3.99 • 32 pgs.
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Brian Wood (Writer), Danijel Žeželj (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Colorist)
Image Comics, 2016
Brian Wood returns with another dystopian story about a celebrity chef pulled back into the world after going into self-imposed exile. Tu
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Rick Remender, writer; Greg Tocchini, artist; Dave McCaig, colorist
Image Comics, 2015
Only four issues in this second collection, but they still cover a lot of ground. No doubt it helps that the major world
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ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS #14
There are only three CWII tie-ins this week, but that's no reason for excitement or alarm (depending on whether you're enjoying it or not). This thing isn't winding down any time soon.
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Paper Girls Vol. 1
Brian K. Vaughan, writer; Cliff Chiang, artist; Matt Wilson, colorist
Image Comics, 2016
It's 1988, so newspapers and neighborhood delivery are still a thing. Delivery in this particular neighborhood is handled by paper girls in
Read more…MIND MGMT Volume Five: The Eraser
Created, Written & Illustrated by Matt Kindt
Dark Horse Books, 2015
The penultimate collection of the series, this arc finds Meru relentlessly going after The Eraser, who is trying to reestablish MIND MGMT. She's con
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10 you-count-'em CWII tie-ins this week; 11 if you count Gwenpool. That's a lot! At least some of the miniseries are coming to an end this week, so the count ought to go down from here on in. Who can afford all this, anyway?
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CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE #1
Publisher: DC COMICS
Writers: GERARD WAY, JON RIVERA
Art/Cover: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Variant cover: MATT WAGNER
Variant cover: BILL SIENKIEWIC
40 pg • FC • $3.99 U.S. • MATURE READER
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Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
Writer: JORGE ZENTNER
Art/Cover: RUBEN PELLEJERO
TPB • FC • $49.99 • 264 pages • 8.5” x 11”
The first English translation of the entire "Adventures of Dieter Lumpen" series, the most famous wo
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