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Comic List Highlights: 4×4 (12/10/2014)

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Dec 052014

Spider-Man and the X-Men #1

-With Wolverine dead, someone has to take over the day-to-day operations at the Jean Grey School.

-A relaunch of the previous Wolverine and the X-Men series, Spider-Man and the X-Men continues with all the same, fan favorite characters.

-Take a chance on a new Marvel writer, as Elliott Kalan takes over authorial duties.

-Peter desperately tries to keep his students alive while the school is attacked by Sauron!

Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1

-Part of DC‘s plan to have a Harley Quinn for every season!

-The writers of the ongoing Harley Quinn series, Amanda Connor and Jimmy Palmiotti, deliver another oversized special, like they did with the scratch-n-sniff annual.

-Similar to Harley Quinn #0, this Holiday Special is full of astounding comic artists, each lending their interpretation of the mad maiden!

-As is common with the series, this special issue comes with two different covers, both at the same price!

Bitch Planet #1

-Fan favorite writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel, Pretty Deadly) delivers another Image series!

-Bitch Planet, if you can’t tell, blends together Sci-Fi and prison exploitation genres for a raunchy, violent, and unreal ongoing series!

-When one prisoner gets framed for murder, she has to enter into a deadly prison-on-prison sport to survive!

-Jamie McKelvie (Young Avengers, Phonogram, X-Men Season One) also provides an afro-tastic, seventies influenced variant cover for issue one!

The Valiant #1 (of 4)

-Over the last few years, Valiant has been gaining a reputation as one of the most inventive, original comic publishers around. If you haven’t read any Valiant comics, THIS IS THE ONE TO PICK UP!

-Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT, Rai) and Jeff Lemire (Green Arrow, Animal Man, Trillium) combine their writing talents for this prestige format miniseries with the intention of making this the Watchmen of Valiant!

-Starring a line-up of Valiant‘s most popular characters, The Valiant‘s four oversized issues will follow the The Eternal Warrior, an immortal being who protects the Earth, in his battle against an everlasting evil. Problem is, The Eternal Warrior has lost three times before, each time slipping the world into a dark age. Will he and his team of Valiant mainstays win this round?

-Exceptional artist Paolo Rivera (Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man, Batman: Black and White) raises the bar with the series, as his smooth line and rich characters make this an epic not to be missed.

Comic List Highlights: 4×4 (12/28/2014)

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Nov 282014

Wolf Moon #1 (of 6)

-Two Missouri comic creators join forces for this new horror miniseries from DC!

-St. Louis’ Cullen Bunn, writer of Sixth Gun, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Sinestro, and Helheim, authors the miniseries!

-Kansas City’s own Jeremy Haun lends his moody pencils to the comic’s interior pages!

-Bunn and Haun blend together a werewolf and revenge stories for a uniquely violent and vengeful tale.

Secret Six #1

-Gail Simone returns to the series that helped to make her name in the industry!

-Similar to the Suicide Squad, the Secret Six are a covert, underground team of lower rent supervillains who deal in the weird, mysterious corners of the DC Universe.

-Joining Simone is comic artist veteran Ken Lashley, who has previously lent his pencils to the New 52 Superman: Doomed and Batman/Superman series.

-Catman returns to the DC Universe!

Crossed + 100 #1 (of 6)

-Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell) returns to Avatar for a new Crossed miniseries event!

-The legendary comic book writer enters into the twisted post-apocalyptic world created by Garth Ennis for the first time!

-Set one hundred years into the future of the Crossed outbreak, Crossed +100 follows a young girl who is researching the original disease (as it has long been wiped out) only discover a pack of Crossed still alive!

-No previous knowledge of the Crossed storyline is necessary to read this miniseries!

Angela Asgard’s Assassin #1

-Revealed as Thor‘s sister, Neil Gaiman’s Angela is on a mission to discover her origins!

-Raised in Heaven, the tenth realm, Angela has hated Asgard her entire life, but now it has become her home. She travels across the tens realms at the behest of Odin, slaying he needs slayed.

-Kieron Gillen (Journey into Mystery, Wicked and Divine, Young Avengers) and Marguerite Bennett (Lois Lane, Earth 2 World’s End, Batman) team up for writing duties on the series!

-The art for the series is also a dual effort, featuring the combined talents of Phil Jimenez and Stephanie Hans!

Comic List Highlights: 4×4 (10/22/2014)

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Oct 172014

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters #1 (of 4)

-Who you going to call? Heroes in a half-shell!

-With the ongoing Ghostbusters series recently wrapping up, the writer, Erik Burnham, authors this epic crossover.

-Along with Burnham, Dan Schoening, the vibrant, fun artist of the previous Ghostbuster series, also joins in.

-How will the Ghostbusters and Turtles react to each other when the latter is transported into another dimension? Will they be able to defeat the terrifying ghost that followed them?

D&D Legends of Baldur’s Gate #1

-IDW continues its tradition of publishing quality roleplaying game tie-in comics with this new Dungeons & Dragons series.

-Jim Zub, writer of the Pathfinder comic series, Skullkickers, and Wayward, helms this epic ongoing!

-Decades after the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, a new party of adventurers brave the infamous city!

-MINSC also joins the fray!

Deathstroke #1

-Originally launched at the start of the New 52, another ongoing Deathstroke series attempts to do what the previous series couldn’t!

-In it’s favor are the artistic and writing talents of Tony Daniel (Detective Comics, Superman/Wonder Woman), handling both duties on this title.

-Slade Wilson, the legendary assassin known as Deathstroke, has had his memories of a particular kill erased. With only fragments, Deathstroke must retrace his steps and find out who took his memory.

-If you loved him or loved to hate him on Arrow, check out this new ongoing series.

Arkham Manor #1

-Spins out of the events chronicled in Batman Eternal!

-With Arkham Asylum destroyed, Bruce Wayne is forced to provide his estate as a temporary holding facility for all of Gotham’s psychopaths.

-In order to solve a string of mysterious murders, Batman must go undercover in the new Arkham Manor. Will he go insane trying to solve the case?

-Written by Gerry Duggan (Deadpool, Hulk, Nova), who just delivered a great, creepy one-shot story in the pages of Batman #34.

Comic List Highlights: 4×4 (10/1/2014)

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Sep 262014

Men of Wrath #1 (of 5)

-Who ever is reading Southern Bastards knows that Jason Aaron understands the South, violence, and family conflict. And that’s exactly what Men of Wrath is.

-From Marvel’s MAX imprint, this miniseries is written for adult readers and filled with adult content.

-The Rath family of Alabama has been quarreling and fighting with their neighbors and anyone that gets on their bad side for centuries. Now, Ira Rath, a professional hitman, has to perform a job that’ll settle the family’s reputation forever.

-And if you’ve read Southern Bastards #4, you know one other thing about Jason Aaron’s writing: the man knows how to surprise. So, don’t miss out on his next hit series!

Guardians 3000 #1

-Marvel travels to the future and the past simultaneously in this new, ongoing series!

-Meet the original Guardians of the Galaxy, the band of misfits that blazed the trail for Star Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and the rest.

-Dan Abnett, one of the writers behind the Guardians revival of the early 2000s (which lead to the movie getting made), returns to writer about Vance Astro, Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk, and Charlie-27.

-Thrust into the future, these scoundrels must save the entire universe or watch the destruction of all time and space.

Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier #1

-The ending of Original Sin left Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier in a very unique position: the universe’s secret assassin.

-Ales Kot, the Hunter S. Thompson of the comic book industry, has been churning out some truly psychedelic, thought-provoking comic series, like Zero, Secret Avengers, Wild Children, and Change, and now he’s unleashed on the Marvel galaxy.

-Along with Kot, Marco Rudy (Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Swamp Thing), whose variable art style shifts between painted, sketchy, and all sorts of other aesthetics, will bring the author’s crazy ideas to fruition.

-Follow The Winter Soldier has he jumps around the galaxy, solving mysteries and dealing out justice wherever he’s needed.

Gotham Academy #1

-One of the freshest, most original new series to be released at DC Comics since the beginning of the New 52!

-Enter into Gotham City’s notable prep school, funded by Wayne Enterprises. But what hides behind the lockers, classrooms, and cafeterias of this mysterious school? The students are about to find out.

-DC, finally, continues to diversify their writing staff by giving Becky Cloonan (writer on the American Vampire Anthology, X-Men, and Buffy Tales, artist on Batman #12, True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and Harley Quinn #0) her own ongoing title!

-Karl Kerschl (Teen Titans Year One, Wednesday Comics), whose expressive, cartoony artwork is gorgeous to look at, will be handling interiors on this series, again setting it apart from every other Batman title out there.

BONUS ROUND (Because this Wednesday is HUGE!!!!)

-Captain America #25 immediately becomes a collector’s issue by featuring the first appearance of Falcon as Captain America!

-Jason Aaron’s new female Thor #1 also drops!

-Dropping on the same day as the first episode, the Flash TV show tie-in comic arrives Wednesday!

Comic List Highlights: 4×4 (9/10/2014)

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Sep 052014

Annihilator #1 (of 6)

-One of comics’ most unusual minds, Grant Morrison, crafts this six issue, prestige miniseries!

-Joining Morrison on art duties is the incomparable Frazer Irving (of Batman and Robin, Xombi, and Uncanny X-Men)

-A down-on-his-luck screenwriter is at the end of his rope with nowhere to turn but the fictional characters he’s created.

-Working alongside his most famous creation, Max Nomax, Ray Spass ventures around the universe, attempting to save the whole dang thing!

Edge of Spider-Verse #1 (0f 5)

-The lead-up to the most incredible Spider-Man event of the last ten years!

-Each issue will feature a different writer/artist team, as well as a different, alternate reality Spider-Man.

-This first issue features the cult favorite Spider-Man Noir in his crime-infested home planet.

-Other issues will feature a Gwen Stacy Spider-Woman, a giant, robot Spider-Man, and more!

Prometheus Fire and Stone #1

-The beginning of Dark Horse‘s epic Alien crossover event!

-This series follows directly after the conclusion of the film!

-Paul Tobin, writer of Colder, knows a thing or two about crafting horror on the comic page, so this series should be rather chilling.

-An Alien, Aliens, and Predator series will follow shortly!

Copperhead #1

-A cop procedural…that’s a Western…set in space!

-A single mother cop gets assigned as the new sheriff of a backwater, mining town, Copperhead.

-Another Image Comics first issue that is sure to generate great reviews and after-market value!

-Issue #1 is oversized!

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