Welcome back to our weekly comic pull list! We pick the new comics of the week, every Wednesday, that should find a way on to your pull list. Brand new series or the tried and true, there will be something here for you!
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MARVEL
Age vs. Youth, East vs. West, Car vs. Motorcycle! Can All-New Ghost Rider stand up to the Spirit of Vengeance or will Robbie lose his soul in the battle?! Guest starring the ORIGINAL Ghost Rider, JOHNNY BLAZE!!!
CELEBRATING THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HUMAN TORCH AND SUB-MARINER WITH AN EPIC BATTLE! JIM HAMMOND, THE ORIGINAL HUMAN TORCH has been driven mad by the events of Issue #10. Now it’s up to NAMOR to stop his rampage! Plus the return of RADIANCE and the ALL-NEW IRON CROSS! And in England, SPITFIRE and UNION JACK must face a different kind of INVADER…
Step over the EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE! MC2 Spider-Girl finds herself and her family under attack from the mysterious forces behind Spider-Verse! Ms. Marvel gets Spider-Man out of a jam.
ACT I: THE RED SUPREMACY: With the heroes lost, the world’s fate lies in the hands of the vilest syndicate known to man. Scarlet Witch is forced to join Dr. Doom, the man who unleashed her power to cause M-Day, or she will watch those she loves most die. The return of one of the Marvel Universe’s great villains! An Avenger quits, a heart is broken, and the world as we know it is gone.
AXIS TIE-IN! Roderick Kingsley, the one and only Original Hobgoblin is back in the suit (for real this time! We swear!) and back in New York with a brand new mission. Robot Chicken writer Kevin Shinick (Superior Carnage, Superior Spider-Man Team Up) and fan favorite artist Javier Rodriguez (Daredevil) team up to bring you a Hobgoblin book unlike any you’ve ever seen!
Get ready as new series artist Javier Garron makes his Marvel debut! RESCUED! But by who? And is it really a rescue…or does this put Scott at greater risk than before? And what bounty are they hunting? Lots of shooting and things blowing up!
DC
When catastrophe strikes Arkham Asylum, where will Gotham City house the world’s most dangerous criminals, and when inmates are found murdered, what is Batman prepared to do in search of justice? Arkham’s madness comes home in ARKHAM MANOR! A bold new series brought to you by the mad minds of Gerry Duggan (Deadpool, Nova) and Shawn Crystal (Deadpool, Wolverine and the X-Men).
The DCU’s deadliest assassin stars in his own ongoing series by writer/artist Tony S. Daniel! See him as never before in this explosive new series, with one surprise after another as we see Slade Wilson in the fight of his life!
Time is broken – and so is the Justice League Dark! The team may have welcomed Andrew Bennett, Frankenstein, and its others back into the fold, but the reunion will be short-lived when the JLD finds itself scattered across the timestream! They’re lost in a blasted, apocalyptic wasteland at the end of time… an incomprehensible dimension beyond all existence…and at the dawn of a dark civilization lost to recorded history – the place where magic was first harnessed! They can barely work together under the best of circumstances…how will they ever find their way home from this?
The hit SUPERMAN run by Geoff Johns and John Romita Jr. continues with “THE MEN OF TOMORROW” Chapter four! Superman and Ulysses are still dealing with the traumatic revelations of last issue, but the hunt for The Machinist must continue before his would-be-victims fall into his hands. But what happens when the two heroes learn the truth behind The Machinist and the cost to stopping his mad plan?
It’s The Flash vs. Future Flash as these two super-speedsters battle for the fate of Wally West! Will a Flash die?
When they last collaborated, Grant Morrison joined artist Ben Oliver (LOBO, BATMAN/SUPERMAN) for the acclaimed ACTION COMICS #0. For their next team-up, the two superstars take a spin around the self-obsessed Earth-16 – a.k.a. Earth-Me!
With all of the world’s threats having been handled long ago by their parents, the next generation of supers – including Chris Kent, Damien Wayne, Alexis Luthor, Offspring, Megamorpho, Donna Troy and more – find themselves labeled as superstars more often than super heroes. But with that fame comes complacency, and when a massive threat unlike anything they’ve ever seen surfaces, this pampered crew finds themselves in way over their head. What secret is Damien keeping from Chris that could tear the world’s finest friends apart? Who is the mysterious killer lurking behind the scenes among these spoiled super-children? And what chance do they stand against the monstrous villain that’s murdering its way cross the Multiverse? All that and more in this exciting stand-alone issue which also acts as chapter three of the MULTIVERSITY saga. Join us, if your dare, for THE MULTIVERSITY!
VERTIGO
A night in the pub winds up in two very sticky ends for Whiteman and Edmond, while in 2050 Maplewood and Bounce go up on the roof to wait for the big parade. In the present day, what should be a walk in the park for Shahara leads her straight to the morgue.
IMAGE
From the colonization of Roanoke to the Cold War, the world famous Latimer Family has been humanity’s lone defense against paranormal horrors for centuries…until tonight. A deadly assault on the lineage forces an unprepared brother and sister to solve their parents’ murder while trying to escape the grim landscape of horrors that stalk the children themselves.
Duke, Space-Boy, and their rebel friends face off in their final, defining battle against the Brotean regime. But there’s been a traitor in their midst, and their plans aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. It’s not only their lives in the balance, but the future of the entire planet Tantalus. MILLAR and PARLOV’S space epic concludes here!
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DARK HORSE
Life goes on for Declan Thomas after his deadly encounter with the psychotic Nimble Jack, but Declan’s strange powers continue to develop, offering him a profound connection with the nature of insanity. Little does he know that the malevolent Swivel wishes to pick up where Nimble Jack left off!
As the Perses begins her long journey home, a deadly stowaway forces the crew into a savage conflict! While the crew defend themselves against this unseen predator, the hunter itself stalks a much more substantial game!
DYNAMITE
In “Spaceship of Death,” Solar – powerless and light-years from earth – has no choice but to stow away on a random cargo ship headed in the general direction of the Milky Way. But she’s quick to discover that she’s not the only dangerous cosmic-powered being on board…
The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow #6
The doomsday clock tolls for mankind–and only one man can save both nuclear powers from Armageddon in the breathless final chapter of what may be the SHADOW’S final adventure. “With The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow, Chaykin returns to the character that made his career in grand style, displaying that underneath the icon, there is still just an artist who wants to tell an entertaining story. It’s an amazing time to be a Chaykin fan.” – Newsarama
VALIANT
As the road trip from hell enters its penultimate pit stop, our curious cuatro must make a choice that will FOREVER CHANGE THE WORLD…or at least change the course of HOBO HISTORY as we know it! With only a mysterious ass-map (yes, we said ass-map!) to guide them, Archer and Armstrong and Quantum and Woody are about out to discover the HOLE of America…uncover the secrets of their mysterious benefactor…and take down corporate America while they’re at it! It’s independent comics, we can do whatever we want, baby!
BOOM STUDIOS
A Meme is an idea that starts with an individual, and then spreads throughout multiple persons and potentially entire societies. Richard Dawkins suggests a meme’s success comes from its effectiveness to the host. But history shows that destructive memes can spread just as rapidly through society. MEMETIC shows the progression of a weaponized meme that leads to the utter annihilation of the human race within 72 hours. The root of this apocalypse is a single image on the internet, a “meme” in the popular sense. A meme that changes everything.
Boone must learn what it means to be a god of man and a god of beast. In Annastajia’s search for beauty, a monster will be born from her imperfections. Lude, the demon of a god long past, will live a lifetime of jest in the face of an eternity of chaos. All creatures of the night must learn that life is a fickle thing. Midian calls to us all.
IDW
The dead rose, we fell. The zombie apocalypse happened fifteen years ago, when Benny Imura was just a baby. Now he and his friends are witnessing the horrors of what happened to the world after doomsday. NY Times best-selling author and multiple Bram Stoker award-winner, Jonathan Maberry, continues an all-new tale set in the world of the Rot & Ruin!
After far too little time together, Cray and his Students part ways-the latter setting off to storm the warlord Kavanaugh’s sandship, the former having booked passage back to Earth. But along the way, the reluctant warrior is faced with a choice. Will he follow the path before him, or follow the code he has lived by… to almost certain death?
ARCHIE
Afterlife with Archie Magazine #1
This is how the end of the world begins… Harvey Award-winning writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Stephen King’s The Stand, Archie Meets Glee) and Eisner-winning artist Francesco Francavilla (Black Beetle, Guardians of the Galaxy) take Archie and the gang where they’ve never been before — to the grave and back! A horrific accident sets off a series of grim events and Sabrina the Teenage Witch must try to repair the unspeakable evil her spell has unleashed. Gasp in horror as Riverdale faces an impending zombie Arch-pocalypse in the first issue of the magazine-size edition of the hugely successful, award-winning Afterlife with Archie series, featuring all new special features.
AVATAR
Justin Jordan locks us in our nightmares as this Special takes us to Federal Prison! Jesse Bullock is not a good man, but a very hard man. Down for armed robbery and assault, the only crimes they were able to prove, he has but one good quality: he loves his cousin Otis. When they end up imprisoned at the same jail, Jesse intentionally gets himself denied parole to make sure he’s there to protect Otis, who isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. But that job gets much harder when the Crossed spread inside those escape-proof walls! Jordan and artist Fernando (Stitched, Crossed) Heinz unleashes this new oversized horror tale that will scar your fragile mind with depraved misery.
ZENESCOPE
Grimm Fairy Tales: Dark Shaman #1
Sela Mathers visits a campus as a guest speaker but little does she know that the campus is built upon an ancient American Indian burial ground. And a local Shaman will make sure that those who have desecrated his land will pay the ultimate price. A brand new horror series from Zenescope Entertainment has arrived!
Grimm Fairy Tales vs. Wonderland #4
The battle between Sela and Calie has come to a halt… because something bigger and badder has made its presence known in Wonderland. The Ace of Spades, under the control of the Dark One himself, invades Wonderland with the intention of claiming it for his own. When this nightmarish warrior throws down the gauntlet, will Sela or Calie be left standing?
ONI PRESS
President Blades reflects on his mounting cycle of mistakes as the Chief Executive, and visits an old friend for advice. On the Clarke, a crew member’s suspicious behavior gets him locked in the brig, but a medical emergency involving infant Astra might see him released no matter the consequences.
TITAN
From Eisner award winning artist, Simon Bisley, and the screenwriters of Hitman: Absolution, comes the story of a new superhero… The story of John Pozner, a tormented ex-con on a quest for vengeance, when he discovers that he is descended from angels, and is the living key to Earth’s future, or Heaven’s fall.
We’ll be back next week with more weekly comic picks. Enjoy New Comic Wednesday and be sure to support your LCS!
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