Welcome back to the Villains’ Month edition of CynicNerd’s Comic Cravings, where everything is more evil! Ready for round 3 of the Villains’ Month books from DC Comics? Or are you on an epic space trip with Marvel’s Infinity? What’s going on over at 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:
Action Comics #23.3 Lex Luthor: DC Comics: Evil genius, sadistic businessman, sociopathic inmate–Lex Luthor is all this and more. Now released from prison, there is nothing to stop Luthor from getting his way . . . not even Superman!
Batman And Robin #23.3 Ras Al Ghul: DC Comics: The origin of Ra’s al Ghul in The New 52!For centuries Ra’s has had a plan for this world, and now he is faced with an offer from the Secret Society that could help him achieve what he wants . . . or undo everything he has worked for. Which path will the Demon’s Head choose?
Batman Beyond Universe #2: DC Comics: Batman is stretched thin when a breakout at the new Arkham Institute puts his greatest foes back on the streets! Plus: One of Superman’s greatest foes returns! You do NOT want to miss this!
Battlestar Galactica #4: Dynamite Entertainment: Marooned in a reality where the Battlestar Galactica never existed and the Cylon’s rule supreme; Apollo joins a very different version of his father in his relentless resistance against the Cylon domination. Meanwhile, imprisoned in the holding cells of a Cylon Basestar, Starbuck discovers an unexpected and startling new ally!
Doctor Who Vol. 3 #13: IDW Publishing: The Doctor and Clara cross paths with Oscar Wilde and Calamity Jane in the frontier town of Deadwood as they pay their respects to the recently passed Wild Bill Hickok. But soon they discover the grave is empty and that the town is being plagued by a masked gunman who shoots his victims with nothing but a finger! Join us for the four-part ‘Dead Man’s Hand’!
Flash #23.3 Rogues: DC Comics: The Rogues have their rules and their ways of doing business–so what do they think of the Secret Society’s claims that the Justice League is dead, and that the world’s villains need to unite? It’s a culture clash that won’t end quietly!
Ghostbusters #7: IDW Publishing: While Egon Spengler and Roger Baugh are on their journey into the mind of Melnitz, we pick up with Venkman, Stantz, and Kylie Griffin off the eastern coast of Long Island, where they seek out a spectral ship that first sank sometime in the 1860s! And where is Winston in all this? VEGAS, BABY!
Infinity <#3 of 6>: Marvel Comics: Prison break.Stealing a worldkiller. The fall of Attilan.
New Avengers #10: Marvel Comics: Inhuman secrets reveal the desires of Thanos. The machinations of Maximus the Mad. The battle for Earth continues . . . what an awful time for an incursion.
Teen Titans #23.2 Deathstroke: DC Comics: One of the deadliest men in the world has a secret: his family. Slade Wilson lives to kill, but can even Deathstroke the Terminator balance his home life with a complicated hit? Don’t miss this amazing issue written by Corey Mays and Dooma Wendschuh, writers of the video games Assassin’s Creed and Batman: Arkham Origins.
Wonder Woman #23.1 Cheetah: DC Comics: The Cheetah has clawed her way out of Belle Reve, and is hungry for blood-but before she steps up as one of the Secret Society’s most powerful generals, she has a personal score to settle! Learn the truth about the cult of Hippolyta, her vendetta against Wonder Woman, and just how far she’ll go to prove that she’s the most dangerous predator on Earth!
X-Files Season 10 #4: IDW Publishing: ‘Believers,’ Part 4 of 5: A new government conspiracy comes to light that involves weather control and alien invasion. But what role does the Deacon and the Acolytes play in these mechanations? And what happened to Scully’s missing child? Mystery upon mystery sets the stage for the next phase of Mulder and Scully’s lives! Ask your retailer about the variant cover by The Sharp Brothers that depicts Mulder and Scully in the style of ‘Scooby Doo’!
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~CynicNerd
