Hey Towelites, it’s Wednesday once again! AND that means we get a whole new slew of comics to pick up and get our geek on! Two, yes I said TWO major events take off in both Marvel and DC Comics! An X-book for the ages! Check out the all new original trade graphic novel, No More Humans! So let’s find out what’s going on over at Marvel, DC, IDW, Dark Horse, Zenoscope, Image, Dynamite, and more!! Check out TFAW for the latest titles, popular back-books, preorders and more!
Featured Book of the Week
Original Sin <#1 of 8>: Marvel Comics: WHO SHOT THE WATCHER? The Watcher, the mysterious space-god who’s been watching us from the moon for as long as we can remember . . . is dead. Thus begins the greatest murder mystery in Marvel Comics history. As Nick Fury leads the heroes of the Marvel Universe in an investigation, other forces are marshaling as well and other questions are arising. Why is Black Panther gathering a secret team of his own, including Emma Frost, the Punisher and Dr. Strange? Who is the Unseen? What was the Original Sin? What was stolen from the Watcher’s lair? And most importantly, who now holds the Marvel Universe’s darkest secrets in the palm of their hand?
Amazing Spider-Man #1.1: Marvel Comics: YEAR ONE: LEARNING TO CRAWL! He sought revenge . . . and found responsibility. From that night on, a new life began. Join Peter Parker as he takes his first steps towards finding his way in the world as Spider-Man. The chapter you never knew about the story you know by heart.
Batman Eternal #5: DC Comics: As the Dark Knight’s weekly series continues, Red Robin takes center stage in a major Gotham City mystery that has Harper and Cullen Row caught in the crosshairs!
Batman Superman #10 : DC Comics: In this stand-alone story, a microscopic threat invades the body of The Dark Knight, and it’s up to The Man of Steel and Dr. Ray Palmer to shrink down and eliminate the danger. But what they find will shock you! Get ready for big sci-fi thrills and high-adventure fun as only Batman/Superman can present!
BlackDynamite <#2 of 4>: IDW Publishing: FROM BAD TO SUPER BAD. Exiled from the Community and on his own-can the most not-to-be-trifled-with man of international ass-kicking survive Guantanamo Bay? You can bet your sweet ass he can! And if The Man is going to force him back into the game then it’s time for BLACK DYNAMITE to show them how its played.
Magneto #3: Marvel Comics: MAGNETO CUTS LOOSE! At the source of the newest Sentinel threat, Magneto puts what’s left of his magnetic powers to good use. This may very well be the first step in Magneto becoming the VILLAIN he once was . . .
Maxx Maxximized #7: : Guest starring Dale Keown’s THE PITT! While a doctor discovers a secret about an old Maxx acquaintance, Maxx and Julie take a trip to the Outback together.. where they discover, among other things-The Pitt! And while Maxx and Pitt defend themselves in the outback, they shift into miniature versions of themselves in Julie’s apartment, fighting off a GIANT ISZ… who threatens to devour them!
New 52 Futures End #1: DC Comics: Five years from now, the DC Universe is reeling from a war with another Earth, leaving the world unprepared for an approaching evil that threatens to destroy the future. Can a time-traveling Batman Beyond help a massive cast of the DCU’s finest avert the impending apocalypse? Find out in this new weekly series that will forever alter the direction of The New 52! In this debut issue of The New 52’s weekly series, Batman Beyond arrives five years later! Grifter turns against humanity! And a Justice League member DIES!
Sinister Dexter <#6 of 7>: IDW Publishing:
Wake <#8 of 10>: They say don’t go in the ocean. There are monsters out there. Terrible secrets in the deep. But Leeward isn’t scared of any of that, because the thing she’s running from on land is much, much worse…
X-Men No More Humans Ogn HC: Marvel Comics:
Best-selling author and classic X-Men scribe Mike Carey (X-Men) and superstar artist Salvador Larroca (X-Men, Invincible Iron Man) join forces for X-MEN: NO MORE HUMANS, the first X-MEN Original Graphic Novel since the classic X-MEN: GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS!
Following the shattering events of the ‘Battle of the Atom’ the X-Men awaken to find all the world’s humans gone. From normal everyday folks to the Avengers and Fantastic Four, all Homo sapiens have disappeared.
It’s up to the disparate sides of the X-Men to come together, get to the bottom of this mystery, and find a way to get the humans back. But do all of the mutants want their human brethren to return?
X-MEN: NO MORE HUMANS will also include a code for a free digital copy of the graphic novel and a free digital copy of X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 on the Marvel Comics app for iOS and Android devices.
~CynicNerd