Well comic book movie season is in full swing! Both Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel have been hits, so how will this play out for the comic book industry in the near future? DC Comics is hitting stands hard with both a Batman origin “re imagining” with Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo‘s Zero Year. While Superman is getting a new ongoing, also by Snyder but Jim Lee draws this one! Check out Superman Unchained! Over in the Marvel U we see the end of the Age of Ultron, and now comes Infinity! Thanos makes a triumphant return! Here are some highlights from this week’s releases! You can always check out TFAW.com for great pre-order deals and subscriptions!
Captain Midnight #0: Dark Horse Comics: Piloting a World War II dive-bomber, Captain Midnight-fighter pilot extraordinaire and expert inventor-hurtles out of a freak storm in the Bermuda Triangle and into the twenty-first century, where he’s in for more than one surprise as he enters the modern era!
Godzilla Rulers Of The Earth #1: IDW Publsihing: Dozens of new monsters have risen from the depth and are staking out their own territory, regardless of humanity’s political borders! A war of dominance beings. . . will Godzilla end up on top? First he’ll have to beat a new upstart. . . Zilla!
Justice League #21: DC Comics: This is it! Shazam’s origin story concludes in a extrasized extravaganza! As Black Adam threatens to gain control of all magic, Billy Batson learns that in order to stop him, he’ll need help from the unlikeliest of people. But what greater role awaits Shazam in the larger DC universe? And what does the Justice League have to do with it?
Star Trek Ongoing #22: IDW Publishing: The fallout from this summer’s blockbuster movie STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS continues here, in the fan-favorite ongoing series overseen by TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci! Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise face a dire new threat rising in the wake of the movie’s momentous events!
Star Wars Legacy II: Prisoner of the Floating World #4: Dark Horse Comics: A vanishing planet and an impostor revealed . . . a deadly trap and a dangerous escape. When Ania Solo set out in search of adventure, little did she know trouble, peril, and the Sith would be along for the ride!
Trinity Of Sin Pandora #1: DC Comics: A prequel to the upcoming ‘Trinity War’! The mysterious woman connected to the creation of the New 52 gets her own series! Pandora is on an action-packed, blood-soaked mission to hunt down the horrors she inadvertently unleashed upon the world. Can she save the DCU-and redeem herself in the process?
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