Welcome to What To Look Forward To!
New This Week:
Hellboy Winter Special 2016 – An all-star cast of creators tell tales of Hellboy in winter, including Tim Sale, Chris Roberson, Chelsea Cain, Michael Avon Oeming, and Mignola himself. Sale’s story also serves as a prelude to the upcoming Hellboy and The B.P.R.D.: 1953 series, so this is one you’ll want to get for future reading.
Vertigo Quarterly SFX #4 – Another great group of creators tell one-off stories in this continuation of Vertigo’s popular quarterly series. This being the last issue, it’s sure to go out with a BANG! (see what I did there? Pick up the issue and you will!) See previous quarterly special CMYK for more collaborative greatness.
Southern Bastards #13 – The big game we’ve been waiting for!
Island #6 – A big week for collaborative books! Island continues to be a pleasure for the mind and the eyes, more than worth the $7.99.
Suicide Squad Most Wanted: Deadshot and Katara #1 – This over-sized-issued mini-series focuses on two members of the Squad between their own stories!
Cry Havoc #1 – Simon Spurrier, Ryan Kelly, and a team of colorists, each with their own section of story, tell a tale of what’s been described as “Jarhead meets Pan’s Labyrinth”. Not a mix you’d think would work, but this series already has folks talking so you may not want to miss this one.
A few other issues to look forward to:
Deadly Class #18, East of West #24, Justice League of America #7, ODY-C #9, Old Man Logan #1, Outcast #15, Prophet: Earth War #1, Saga #33, Superman #48
Collected Editions:
Batman by Ed Brubaker Vol. 1 TP – Fresh out of No Man’s Land, the city of Gotham needed a revitalization and they found it with Brubaker, along with several others, paving the way for stories to come like Jeph Loeb & Jim Lee’s Hush and Brian Azzarello & Ed Risso’s Broken City.
Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga Vol. 3 – I appreciate that DC is digging through the archives to find older stories to share with new fans. I hope this pattern continues (psst, DC, more 70’s to early 80’s please!)
Curb Stomp TPB
Invader Zim Vol. 1 TPB – Just as much fun as the show, mostly because it’s being run by the series creators!
Groot HC
What If: Infinity TPB
Supergirl Vol. 1 The Girl of Steel TPB – A year after Jeph Loeb reintroduced Kara Zor-El to DC continuity in Superman/Batman, she got her own series starting here! While I highly recommend checking out her Supes/Bats reintroduction, this should be a fine jumping-on point for new readers.
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That’s it for now, happy reading everyone! See you next week.
