BOOM! STUDIOS
ALICE EVER AFTER #5
FIREFLY 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1
Story: Jorge Corona, Josh Gordon | Art: Jordi Perez, Fabiana Mascolo | Cover: Marc Aspinall
In this commemorative 20th Anniversary Special, discover two never-before-told stories from the Serenity's past and future.
First, writer Jorge Corona (The Me You Love In The Dark) teams with artist Jordi Pérez (All-New Firefly) on a journey through the past like a leaf on the wind, alongside the original crew of the ship.
Then, Josh Gordon and Fabina Mascolo, the team behind Brand New Verse, force the future crew to keep a deadly weapon hidden at all costs ... but those that originally hid it away are more familiar than they realize!
HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #8
POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED: THE DEATH RANGER #1
Story: Paul Allor | Art: Katherine Lobo | Covers: Keyla Valerio, Goñi Montes, Derrick Chew, more | $7.99
BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), a global play and entertainment company, today revealed a first look at POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED: THE DEATH RANGER #1, an exciting new one-shot special issue by fan favorite writer Paul Allor (Power Rangers: The Psycho Path), with art by rising star artists Katherine Lobo (Magic) and Kekovsky “Anna” Chandra (Power Rangers Unlimited: Countdown to Ruin #1), colors by Fabi Marques (Batman: The World), Sara Antonellini (Power Rangers), and Sharon Marino (Mighty Morphin, Power Rangers), and letters by Eisner Award-nominated Ed Dukeshire, presenting a brand new story about a mysterious and deadly Ranger whose unearthly secret might spell doom for everyone in the Morphin Grid ...
The LEGENDARY OMEGA RANGERS defended the universe from evil thousands of years ago, the six of them using their elemental powers to protect others from sinister forces. But that all changed when one key member became obsessed with death-defying powers from a terrifying source. How does this Ranger connect to what’s locked in the mysterious Omega Vault in Safehaven so many millennia later, as everything converges in the milestone comic book event CHARGE TO 100?
Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 29 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest-running kids’ live-action series in television history, with over 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the series launched its 29th overall season in Spring 2022, with season two of “Power Rangers Dino Fury,” which airs exclusively on Netflix in the U.S.
VAMPIRE SLAYER (BUFFY) #5
WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY'RE DEAD #13
DARK HORSE COMICS
BREAK OUT #3
SIN CITY DLX VOL 6: BOOZE BROADS & BULLETS HC (4TH ED)
SIN CITY VOL 6: BOOZE BROADS & BULLETS TP (4TH ED)
- Only one to go!
VAMPIRE HUNTER D OMNIBUS VOL 2
DC COMICS
BATMAN ‘89 HC
BATMAN MYSTERY CASEBOOK TP
BRIGHTEST DAY OMNIBUS HC
DC’S SAVED BY THE BELLE REVE ONE-SHOT
THE FLASH 2022 ANNUAL
HARLEY QUINN 2022 ANNUAL
HARLEY QUINN: THE REAL SIDEKICKS OF NEW GOTHAM CITY SPECIAL ONE-SHOT
HARLEY QUINN: THE ANIMATED SERIES VOL 1: THE EAT, BANG! KILL TOUR
JOKER VOL 1 HC
SANDMAN UNIVERSE: NIGHTMARE COUNTRY #5
SUPERMAN: WARWORLD APOCALYPSE #1 ONE-SHOT
WONDER GIRL 2022 ANNUAL
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
JOHN CARTER OF MARS #5
RED SONJA (2021) #12
VAMPIRELLA YEAR ONE #2
IDW PUBLISHING
D & D RAVENLOFT: ORPHAN OF AGONY ISLE #3
GI JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #297
STAR TREK PICARD: STARGAZER #1
Story: Mike Johnson | Art/Cover: Angel Hernandez | $4.99
Embark on a never-before-seen journey set between seasons two and three of the Paramount+ hit series Star Trek: Picard! When the U.S.S. Stargazer goes missing near a planet from his past, Admiral Jean Luc-Picard enlists Seven's help to unravel the mystery and save the Stargazer crew!
- Have they ever explained how Picard and Seven became acquainted? They weren't on the same TV show!
TMNT: BEST OF BAXTER STOCKMAN
TRANSFORMERS: LAST BOT STANDING #4
TRANSFORMERS: SHATTERED GLASS II #1 (OF 5)
Story: Danny Lore | Art: Marcelo Matere | Covers: Marcelo Matere, Red Powell, Nick Brokenshire | $3.99
By popular demand, the dark reflection of the Transformers universe returns!
Following the overwhelming success of 2021’s original Shattered Glass series, writer Danny Lore, artists Daniel Khanna and Guido Guidi, and colorist John-Paul Bove are back to tell more harrowing tales from this twisted alternate reality, with the new addition of artist Marcelo Matere rounding out the creative roster.
In a world where the virtuous icons you once knew are monstrously evil, Optimus Prime is a ruthless tyrant and Megatron is a compassionate peacekeeper. Cybertron sits on the brink of war as Autobots and Decepticons race to gain control of a Titan juggernaut whose raw power could decide the ultimate victor. However, while seemingly everyone is laser-focused on the Titan, the powerful shadow broker Ultra Magnus puts a sinister plan into action!
“When we ended the first series, I was overjoyed at the fan reaction to our version of Shattered Glass. It was a world full of passionate revolutionaries, terrifying warlords, and lots of big things going boom. The chance to revisit Shattered Glass, giving you even more of all that, really feels like coming home — a very explosive home with a lot of really tall folk, but home nonetheless!” says Lore.
“It’s great to return to the Shattered Glass universe where we continue to flesh out this whole new twisted mirror take on the normal Transformers universe. I think fans will really enjoy this latest chapter from this alternate reality,” says Khanna.
“Once again it’s great to be back on this series! In the first miniseries, I really loved depicting Blurr as a bad guy and Jetfire’s struggle for Starscream, playing with their facial expressions and their body language, yet keeping their basic traits from their original counterparts. But I can say that I’m having fun with any of the characters at this point. It’s a really refreshing challenge to draw them as their opposite, yet make them convincing and natural in their new roles, for both new readers and older fans,” says Guidi.
“What excites me more about the premise of Shattered Glass is the chance to play around with things you usually don’t do. For example, after reading the script, one line helped to guide my art style for this book: a description of the Wreckers in a gangster or mobster scenario, calling for lots of shadows and black silhouettes of the characters. It’s been great experimentation moving my art to this new level,” says Matere.
Editor Riley Farmer says, “It’s so exciting to be bringing even more Shattered Glass characters to life. We always want to give the fans what they want, and when we can give them an awesome comic book series and provide backstory for amazing toys through our partnership with Hasbro … well, what could be better?”
IMAGE COMICS
ANT #5
ASTRO CITY METROBOOK VOL 2 TP
HELLCOP #10
LOADED BIBLE: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD #6
MAGIC ORDER 3 #2
SCUMBAG VOL 3 TP
MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING FANTASY #1000
Story: Neil Gaiman, Armando Iannucci, Jonathan Hickman, Dan Slott, Ho Che Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Anthony Falcone, Rainbow Rowell, more | Art: Jim Cheung, Olivier Coipel, Michael Cho, Terry Dodson, more | Covers: John Romita Jr., J. Scott Campbell, Joe Quesada | Teen | $7.99
This year marks 60 years of one of comic books’ greatest icons — SPIDER-MAN! In addition to an exciting relaunch of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, a stunning variant cover program, and more, Marvel Comics will also celebrate this milestone anniversary with a special issue honoring the comic that started it all, AMAZING FANTASY. Arriving in August, AMAZING FANTASY #1000 will be a giant-sized one-shot brought together by some of the industry’s most acclaimed creators. The collection of stories will explores the past and future of Amazing Spider-Man storytelling in tales that leave a profound impact on the Spider-Man mythos and showcase why Spidey is one of the most beloved heroes in history!
Here’s just some of what fans can expect from this landmark issue:
- Visionary writer Neil Gaiman’s grand return to the Marvel Universe
- Emmy Award winning creator behind Veep and Avenue 5 Armando Ianucci’s Marvel Comics debut
- Spider-Man mastermind Dan Slott and superstar artist Jim Cheung team up to explore the enduring love between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson in a story set in the far future
- Acclaimed artist Michael Cho and novelist Anthony Falcone introduce a new Spider-Man villain
- Ho Che Anderson crafts a horror-fueled Spidey adventure that cuts to Peter Parker’s core
- Plus stories by Rainbow Rowell, Jonathan Hickman, and many more!
“It’s Spider-Man’s 60th and we wanted to celebrate in style by inviting some of the greatest creative minds in the world to celebrate it!” Editor Nick Lowe said.
OK, 1,000 issues seems like a lot. But there have been plenty of Amazing Fantasy comics! Here, I'll start us off:
- Amazing Adult Fantasy #7-14 (which is really close, 1961-1962)
- Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)
- Marvel Milestone Edition: Amazing Fantasy #15 (1992)
- Amazing Adult Fantasy #13 [JC Penney Marvel Vintage Pack] (1994)
- Amazing Fantasy #16-18 (1995–1996)
- Amazing Fantasy #15 [Birth of the Amazing Spider-Man Edition] (1997)
- Amazing Fantasy Vol. 1 No. 15 [Spider-Man Classics Reprint] (2001)
- Amazing Fantasy #15 (2002)
- Amazing Fantasy #1-20 (2004 – 2006)
- Spider-Man: Amazing Fantasy (2005)
- Amazing Fantasy No. 15 (2005)
- Spider-Man: Amazing Fantasy [Family Dollar Edition] (2005)
- Amazing Fantasy No. 15 [MGA Die-Cast Car] (2007)
- Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (2007)
- USPS Marvel Comics Limited Edition Comic Book and Stamps Set (2007)
- Amazing Fantasy [Old Navy Edition] (2009)
- Amazing Fantasy #15: Spider-Man! (2012)
- True Believers: Amazing Fantasy Starring Spider-Man (2017)
- Amazing Fantasy #15 Facsimile Edition (2019)
- Amazing Fantasy #1-5 (2021 – 2022)
- Amazing Fantasy Treasury Edition (2022)
- Amazing Fantasy #1000 (2022)
See? There's 53 right there! Now we just have to come up with 947 more.
ANT-MAN #2 (OF 4)
DEADPOOL: BAD BLOOD #4
DEVIL'S REIGN: VILLAINS FOR HIRE TP
DEVIL'S REIGN: X-MEN TP
FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR #4 (OF 5)
Story: Christos Gage & Donald Mustard | Art: Sergio Dávila | Covers: Leinil Francis Yu, Stephanie Hans | Teen+ | $4.99
In FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR #4, the threat to the Marvel Universe will become so great that Marvel’s most iconic villain will have no choice but to intervene … ENTER DOCTOR DOOM! Doom has thrown in with some of the most dangerous people in the Fortnite universe, but what does Doom really want? And how far will he go to get it?
Each first print issue of FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR contains a redeemable code to unlock a bonus digital cosmetic in Fortnite! Here are the in-game items Marvel and Fortnite fans can look forward to unlocking in the coming months:
- FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR #4 – New FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR Spray - Exclusive to comic buyers!
- FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR #5 – New FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR Loading Screen - Exclusive to comic buyers!
- Plus any fan who redeems all five codes (physical copies only) will receive a new bonus FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR Outfit!
Marvel is really pushing this, as DC did with its own Fortnite crossover. The game must be pretty popular.
GAMBIT #2 (OF 5)
IRON FIST #5 (OF 5)
KNIGHTS OF X #5
MECH STRIKE: MONSTER HUNTERS #3 (OF 5)
MOON KNIGHT: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #4 (OF 4)
SILK VOL 2: AGE OF THE WITCH TP
STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI #4 (OF 5)
THUNDERBOLTS #1 (OF 5)
Story: Jim Zub | Art: Sean Izaakse | Covers: David Nakayama, Sean Izaakse & Chris O'Halloran, Paulo Siqueira & Rachelle Rosenberg, Stefano Caselli & Federico Blee, Todd Nauck | Teen | $4.99
Super-powered crooks have taken hostages in Staten Island? A dimensional rift tears open in Chinatown? Monsters running amok at the Met? Call in the THUNDER!
This May, New York City will have its own authorized team of super heroes in THUNDERBOLTS #1! Rising out of the destruction of DEVIL’S REIGN, this all-new lineup of Thunderbolts will star in a limited series by superstar creative team, writer Jim Zub and artist Sean Izaakse. Zub previously penned an action-packed run of the series in 2016 and now returns to tell the adventures of a new Hawkeye-led Thunderbolts that includes favorites like Spectrum, America Chavez, Power Man, and Persuasion plus the exciting debut of Gutsen Glory, an experienced cyber-soldier seeking new glory!
In the aftermath of Devil’s Reign, the Big Apple has big problems, and it’s up to a new group of Thunderbolts to turn things around. But when Clint Barton gets tasked with heading up this team and proving they can go toe-to-toe with anything the Marvel Universe can throw at them, the first opponent he’s going to have to face is himself.
“Writing Thunderbolts was my first in-universe work for Marvel and Sean Izaakse's first Marvel project as well, so getting to launch a new version of the team here with him on the team's 25th anniversary year is an absolute honor,” Zub said. “I am so pumped to put Clint Barton, Monica Rambeau, America Chavez and a host of others through trials and tribulations aplenty as New York's only official super hero team. A lot of the ideas being unleashed in this series are things I've been wanting to do for years. Big action and big fun, drama, comedy and, of course, a few twists befitting the team that always keeps readers on their toes. Sean's artwork has never looked better and he's bringing his incredible skills to bear on stunning comic pages and eye-catching designs for new characters we're adding to the mighty Marvel Universe. Our creative team is firing on all cylinders, so get ready for 'Justice, Like Lightning' to strike every single issue!”
“A lot of times people will look at a cast of characters and say, ‘This team lineup is different so this isn't the team I want,’ but, it's like you said, the Thunderbolts have gone through so many iterations. There have been incarnations where they're purely criminal, others where they're criminals trying to be heroes, and everything in between, but I've always felt like, at their heart, the Thunderbolts are a team struggling for redemption,” Zub said about the new roster in an interview with CBR. “Individual members and the team as a whole struggled to dig themselves out of their worst selves or resist the natural pull of who they've been in the past. So, for me, redemption is the heart of the Thunderbolts concept.”
- So, I recognized Hawkeye, Photon, America Chavez, Power Man II and Purple Girl Persuasion. I had to look up the last guy, who has the punny name Gutsen Glory. He must be new.
THUNDERBOLTS MARVEL TALES #1
- The reveal on the last page is still one of the best in all the history of comics. Probably not possible in the Internet age.
VARIANTS #3 (OF 5)
WASTELANDERS TP
WILD CARDS: DRAWING OF CARDS #2 (OF 4)
X-FORCE #31
X-MEN #14
MORE COMICS
AGENT OF WORLDE #2 (OF 4
BELIT & VALERIA #4
- How ‘bout that: an X-Men #137 homage.
BLINK #2
CIH PRESENTS KURTZ VS KURTZ ONE SHOT
- Dave Sim
CRADLE OF FILTH #2
DEVIL’S HIGHWAY VOL 2 #4 (OF 5)
DOCTOR WHO ORIGINS #4 (OF 4)
DOGS OF LONDON #4
FLORIDA MAN #2
Story: Mike Baron | Art: Elias Martins, Todd Mulrooney | Covers: Elias Martins, Barry McClain Jr | American Mythology | Teen+ | 32 pages | $3.99
After Gary gets out of jail, his luck begins to change. His lottery numbers come in and he can finally give his gal Krystal a big wedding. The happy couple buy a mansion, luxury SUV, state of the art flamethrowers, and much, MUCH more. But the honeymoon is interrupted by the po-po, causing Krystal to go berserk. Luckily her friend gets it all on a viral video launching Krystal's wrestling career. The hilarious tales continue in this second stupefying issue of Eisner-winner Mike Baron's Florida Man!
- Because we all need a cautionary tale now and then.
FOREVER FORWARD #1 (OF 5)
Story: Zack Kaplan | Art: Arjuna Susini | Covers: Jacob Phillips, Jahnoy Lindsay, Stefano Simeone, Brad Simpson, Jim Campbell
A sci-fi adventure that imagines time traveling through “the future” as an Odyssey-style mythic journey home. When brilliant young scientist Dr. Lewis Moody accidentally launches himself, his secret longtime crush and three best friends 33 years into the future with his unproven quantum time machine, they find a mysterious message from their future selves: THE ONLY WAY BACK IS FORWARD. Now, as they jump again and again through strange future times, will they one day find the technology to time-travel back, or are they doomed to hopelessly travel forward … forever?
“I used to believe that our world was getting better each day, and some time in the future, we might live in a perfect resolution of our challenges. I don’t believe that anymore. Time seems to be a never-ending series of fleeting ups and heart-breaking downs, and the truth is that we don’t know what the future holds,” said Zack Kaplan. "FOREVER FORWARD is a epic sci-fi adventure with action and thrills that takes us into a cascade of future eras from a Russian invasion of America to fascist robots to post-apocalyptic steampunk wars, as times go from bad to worse, and ultimately remind us of the importance of cherishing the present and those we love.”
“As a science fiction enthusiast, I was thrilled to collaborate with Zack on Forever Forward, and I could not have been more fortunate than to have the chance to contribute to a story which, in addition to revisiting the concept of time travel in a creative and dynamic way, inserts engaging and innovative elements about the vision of human nature in both small manners (in its individual relationships, friendship, love, etc.) and in the large ways, as culture and society (how we evolve and involve in a chaotic and dynamic way). It’s very fun!” said Arjuna Susini.
Zack Kaplan added “I’m thrilled to partner with Scout Comics, who has been a rising force in comics and so passionate and supportive on this book. We have an all-star creative team with artist Arjuna Susini’s Moebius-level detail and fantastic world-building, colorist Brad Simpson’s sizzling and dynamic palette, Jim Campbell’s crisp and smooth letters and Tim Daniel’s beautiful design on the series. Not to mention, we have some fantastic covers coming, including Eisner-nominated Jacob Phillips, DC Round Robin winner Jahnoy Lindsay and new Last Days of Black Hammer artist Stefano Simeone. We’re all bringing a ton of passion to this series and we can’t wait to take you on this ride into the future.”
FRANK FRAZETTA DEATH DEALER #4
- Not an homage, but Frazetta’s actual “Wolf Girl” painting.
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #63
JOHN CARPENTER’S TALES OF SCIFI INTERFERENCE PATTERN #2
JONESES #5 (OF 5)
KNIGHTS OF THE FIFTH DIMENSION #3 (OF 4)
MAD CAVE STUDIOS LEGACY BATTLECATS #1
MAD CAVE STUDIOS LEGACY NOTTINGHAM
MECHANIX #2
MEGA CENTURIONS #2 (OF 5)
MYTHS & LEGENDS QUARTERLY WONDERLAND
NINJA KAIDAN #2
NOA: NOT OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED #1
Story: Mikael Bergkvist | Art/Cover: Mikael Bergkvist | Source Point Press | Mature | $3.99
The N.O.A agency is authorized for one target only, the international master
criminal Nimrod. A simple task given to a team of agents who all embarrassed
their superiors one way or another. Except with Nimrod, nothing is simple. Soon, the fate of New York hangs in the balance. And then, maybe the world
NOTTINGHAM #10 (OF 10)
OBLIVION TRIALS #3 (OF 4)
OCEAN WILL TAKE US #5
PENTAGRAM OF HORROR #4
REDMAN #3 (OF 5)
ROBONIC STOOGES STOOGE WARS #1
- As the Baron insightfully put it, the appeal of the Stooges is that they’re human cartoons. If they’re not human any more, what’s the point?
SULFUR WELLS #2
ULTRAMAX #4 (OF 4)
VAMPIRE MACABRE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ONE-SHOT
WEST OF SUNDOWN #5
MORE GNs
ALLEY OOP IN WONDERLAND GN
- For all you Oopers.
BEST SHOT IN THE WEST: ADVENTURES OF NAT LOVE GN
Story: Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. | Art/Cover: Randy Duburke | Chronicle Books | $9.99
The thrilling graphic biography of an unforgettable man, from acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack Jr., is now in paperback! Born into slavery in 1854, Nat Love, also known as Deadwood Dick, grew up to become the most famous African American cowboy in the Old West. A contemporary and acquaintance of Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, Nat was widely known as an expert roper and driver, a crack shot, and a real Wild West character. Featuring lively full-color artwork by Randy DuBurke, Best Shot in the West is an exhilarating mix of high-interest historical fiction and nonstop adventure.
- All those Westerns in my youth, and none of them mentioned this guy. Tells you all you need to know about institutionalized racism.
CLASSIFIED BLACK BOX
Story: Fabrice Sapolsky Art: Seb Lamirand | Art/Cover: Tom Lyle | Fairsquare Comics | Mature | $12.99
Uli Troy is a historian working at the secret White House Storage facility, somewhere in Maryland. He never thought he'd stumble upon one of the most explosive secrets American Presidents have managed to keep under wraps: a music box, which stayed in the Oval Office for 200 years and recorded every conversation in the room, unbeknownst to any soul! The Black Box was produced in 2011 and similarly remained hidden for over a decade. Fabrice Sapolsky had just finished co-writing a Spider-Man Noir mini-series for Marvel and Tom Lyle (Scarlet Spider, Robin) was looking to re-enter the comic book game after a five year hiatus. Unfortunately, Tom passed away in November 2019. Prior to his untimely passing, he and Fabrice made plans to bring The Black Box back with this original tale, plus new ones that they would co-write. In 2022, this story finally sees light.
- Do I really want to know what Millard Fillmore said to Abigail in private? No, I do not.
CONCRETE WORLD TP VOL 01
Story: Gavin Hignight | Art: Jettila Lewis, James Emmett (CA) Jenny Moore | Rebel Sidekick Studios | $25.00
In a dark future Felix, Paulie, and Sera form an unlikely friendship, brought together by their addiction to the illegal virtual reality technology known as DREAMtech. Their use of the mind-altering device leads the three on a quest for the ultimate high: a mythical virtual reality program nicknamed BLACK IVORY, which is rumored to be digital nirvana. Without money to acquire the elusive software, the three turn to a crime spree that puts them on a collision course with authoritarian law enforcement, technology-dealing gangsters and ultimately themselves. The Concrete World explores friendship, addiction, loss, obsession, love and the consequences of humanity pushing forward with new technologies. A story of three lost souls, so disillusioned with the real world, they'll do everything possible to escape into virtual one.
DREAMS FACTORY HC
Story: Jerome Hamon | Art/Cover: Suheb Zako | Magnetic Press | $24.99
London, 1892. Like most children in the working-class town where she lives, Indira works the coal mines every day without protest. But when her little brother Eliott disappears, nothing matters anymore. ... She embarks on a desperate quest to find him and discovers that he is not the only child to have mysteriously disappeared. All clues seem to point to the same person: Cathleen Sachs, the wealthy owner of the coal mines. But why would she kidnap these children?
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN HC
Story: Sal Canzonieri | Art: VARIOUS (CA) Johnny Ace, Kali Verra | Clover Press | $74.99
Hard Punk Rock band Electric Frankenstein, Yoe Books and Clover Press mash together to bring EF lyrics ALIVE as comics, in this beautiful hardcover edition!
Electric Frankenstein asked over 100 artists to create short comics based on the lyrics of their songs. What was born was sometimes beautiful and poetic, but other times just downright disturbing and raw! Judgment will not be passed on what you gravitate towards! All lay between the covers of this book.
Releasing over 100 records all over the world since 1992, Electric Frankenstein is where AC/DC meets The Dead Boys! EF's high energy punk rock and roll combines the raw and energetic sounds of Punk Rock and Garage Punk (Dead Boys, Ramones, Damned, Misfits, Sabbath etc.) with elements of hard rock played by bands like MC5, Stooges, AC/DC, Kiss, Mott the Hoople, Alice Cooper, and so on.
Electric Frankenstein has proved to be highly influential, helping to spark a rock revival among the youth of the time throughout the world from the US to Europe to Scandinavia to Japan, known as the New Rock Revolution.
- If that cover image looks familiar, then you’re as old as I am.
ESSENTIAL DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR SC NEW PTG
Story: Alison Bechdel | Art/Cover: Alison Bechdel | Mariner Books | Mature | $18.99
Settle in to this wittily illustrated soap opera of the lives, loves, and politics of Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and the rest of the cast of cult-fav characters. Most of them are lesbians, living in a midsize American city that may or may not be Minneapolis. Bechdel's brilliantly imagined countercultural band of friends-academics, social workers, bookstore clerks-fall in and out of love, negotiate friendships, raise children, switch careers, and cope with aging parents. Bechdel fuses high and low culture-from foreign policy to domestic routine, hot sex to postmodern theory-in a serial graphic narrative "suitable for humanists of all persuasions."
- As a cisgender male, I'm guessing this isn't aimed at me.
FANTASTIC FOUR: FULL CIRCLE GN
Story/Art: Alex Ross | Abrams ComicArts | $40 (slipcase), $24.99 (HC)
It's a rainy night in Manhattan, and not a creature is stirring except for... Ben Grimm. When an intruder suddenly appears inside the Baxter Building, the Fantastic Four - Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards), the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), and The Thing (Ben Grimm) - find themselves surrounded by a swarm of invading parasites. These carrion creatures composed of Negative-Energy come to Earth using a human host as a delivery system. But for what purpose? And who si behind this untimely invasion?
The Fantastic Four have no choice but to journey into the Negative Zone, an alien universe composed entirely of anti-matter, risking not just their own lives but the fate of the cosmos!
Fantastic Four: Full Circle is the first longform work written and illustrated by acclaimed artist Alex Ross, who revisits a classic Stan Lee-Jack Kirby story from the 1960s and introduces the storyline for a new generation of readers. With bold, vivid colors and his trademark visual storytelling, Ross takes Marvel's first team of super heroes to places only he can illustrate.
Welcome to the Negative Zone. And introducing Marvel Arts - an exciting new graphic novel collaboration between Marvel Comics and Abrams ComicArts - where nothing is impossible and anything can happen!
This PREVIEWS exclusive limited run of 3,000 copies includes a bonus removable Alex Ross Fantastic Four: Full Circle print in a special slipcase. Please see the June PREVIEWS for the regular edition, scheduled for an August on sale date.
- Abrams sent me a review copy, and since it wasn't published by Marvel, I didn't know what it was and put it on the to-read pile. Now that I know what it is and that it's coming out soon, it will rise to the top!
FIVE LIVES OF HILMA AF KLINT GN
Story: Philipp Deines, Julia Voss | Art: Philipp Deines, Hilma af Klint | David Zwirner Books | $35.00
Artist Philipp Deines traces the story of now world-famous af Klint's unique life and groundbreaking oeuvre through five chapters featuring her development as an artist, her family background, and her relationship to the spiritual. Highlighting how she came to her distinctive paintings, her spiritual quest, and the friends who helped her, this is a story of the strength it took af Klint to continue as an artist against all odds.
Beautifully drawn, brightly colored, and well researched, this graphic novel is a new way of looking at the story of an artist. Biography, art history, and contemporary narrative style merge and complement each other in this magnificent visual world.
THIS IS WHERE WE FALL TP
Story: Chris Miskiewicz | Art/Cover: Vincent Kings | Z2 Comics | Mature | $19.99
Mission Operative Code-Name: Space-Man, equipped in a highly sophisticated Marine-Astronaut reactive armor, sneaks aboard the International Space Station to download an illegal payload of information for an unknown party within the U.S. Government. After everything goes wrong, Space-Man is forced to engage in an orbital-skydive, crash-landing on Earth only to discover that he's trapped on a world inhabited by people who have died from falling...
VERY FINAL LAST GIRLS GN
Story: Josh Eiserike | Art: Z Crockett, Andres Barrero (CA) Siya Oum | Darby Pop | $24.99
After outlasting a zombie attack, a teenage girl (Megan) finds herself in a secret government rehabilitation program for survivors of horrific anomalies (i.e. summer camp slashers, nightmare weavers, pod people, etc.). But when something - or someone - starts the slaughter anew, our heroine and her emotionally damaged cohorts must fight back - or die trying.
- Man, these girls can’t catch a break, can they?
WORLD OF BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #18
WRASSLE CASTLE BOOK 3 GN
MAGAZINES
COMIC REVUE PRESENTS AUG 2022
MUTINY #3
VAMPIRESS CARMILLA MAGAZINE #11
MORE MANGA
ARIFURETA I HEART ISEKAI VOL 4 GN
BLACKGUARD VOL 4
BLUE LOCK VOL 2 GN
BOTTOM TIER BUREAUCRAT FOR 1500 YEARS VOL 2 GN
CELLS AT WORK CODE BLACK VOL 8 GN
DEADLOCK VOL 3 GN
DEATH MAGE VOL 1 SC
HAGANAI I DON'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS VOL 19 GN
JUN221375 BROKEN SOULS BALLAD #3 HELL IS FOR KIDS
LOST LAD LONDON VOL 2 GN
LOVE OF KILL VOL 9 GN
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If you'll forgive a stupid question, are there no DC books out this week?
"As a cisgender male, I'm guessing this isn't aimed at me."
I enjoy Bechdel's work a lot, myself.
I’ll be darned. Left DC off. Fixed.
"Have they ever explained how Picard and Seven became acquainted?"
Not yet (unless it was explained in season two of Picard which I have not seen). There's a couple of decades to cover between where ST:TNG/Voyager left off and Picard picked up. I'm sure they'll get around to it one of these days.
EDIT: I just read what I had to say about The Last Best Hope but there's no mention of it there.
"OK, 1,000 issues seems like a lot."
Don't even get me started.
"The game must be pretty popular."
Even SHAM! Comics did a "Fortnight" thing last week.
"I had to look up the last guy, who has the punny name Gutsen Glory."
Who names their kid "Gutsen"? then again, I just learned today that the guy who wrote the Swamp Thing movie novelization is named Houston Force Lumpkin III. (His pseudonym is David Houston.)
"The reveal on the last page [of Thunderbolts #1] is still one of the best in all the history of comics."
You know, it didn't make all that much of an impression on me. I didn't even find out until weeks later that it was supposed to have been some big "mystery."
"If that cover image looks familiar, then you’re as old as I am."
It's familiar to me and I'm not as old as you are! ;)
Over the years I have read a scattering of these strips in newspapers that post official notices. Dykes To Watch Out For is always amusing and has real people, who happen to be lesbians, and their gay and straight friends dealing with mundane annoyances, etc. I'm tempted to buy this.
The Baron said:
"As a cisgender male, I'm guessing this isn't aimed at me."
I enjoy Bechdel's work a lot, myself.
I really like Dykes to Watch Out For, too, though I haven't read it in years. You're right that it's not aimed at you, Cap, but that doesn't mean you won't enjoy it.
Who names their kid "Gutsen"?
I guess somebody whose last name is "Glory" and has a cruel streak.
It's familiar to me and I'm not as old as you are! ;)
Not yet. I plan to stop aging (checks watch) now.
You're right that it's not aimed at you, Cap, but that doesn't mean you won't enjoy it.
You're right, that sometimes happens. And the Legionnaires have spoken: This will likely be one of those times.