A Batman Team-Up, the Avengers Come Narc-ing and More Staff Picks for 4/14

Cover by Dario Brizuela

Matt’s Pick: Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1: When the Dark Knight’s original purple gloves go missing, the Scooby gang travels back in time to find them in a new all-ages, digital-first series written by Ivan Cohen and drawn by Dario Brizuela. ($2.99) Check out the latest from Matt.

Cover by Bernard Chang

Liz’s Pick: Children of the Atom #2: Everyone’s favorite X-Men villains, the Avengers, come calling concerned about this latest team of mu- … wait, who are these kids supposed to be? Written by Vita Ayala and drawn by Bernard Chang. ($3.99) Check out a preview, and our coverage of issue #1.

Cover by Guillem March

Will’s Pick: Joker #2: Jim Gordon continues his hunt for the Clown Prince of Crime in the main story by writer James Tynion IV and artist Guillem March. Meanwhile, Punchline runs afoul of the Royal Flush Gang in the backup by Sam Johns and Mirka Andolfo. ($5.99) Previously, in Joker …

Cover by Hicham Habchi

Zoe’s Pick: Batman: Urban Legends #2: Take another spin around the Bat-verse with a Red Hood story by Chip Zdarsky and Eddy Barrows, a Grifter story by Matthew Rosenberg and Ryan Benjamin, and an Outsiders story by Brandon Thomas and Max Dunbar. ($7.99) Check out the latest from Zoe.

Cover by Naomi Franquiz

Vishal’s Pick: Proctor Valley Road #2: August, Rylee, Cora and Jennie are the prime suspects in the disappearance of the missing boys, but the authorities have no idea what monsters roam Proctor Valley Road. Written by Grant Morrison and Alex Child and drawn by Naomi Franquiz. ($3.99) Previously, in Proctor Valley Road

Cover by Pepe Larraz

Christi’s Pick: Black Cat #5: The Black Fox has sent Felicia and her crew to steal all kinds of items from all the ends of the Marvel U. But why? Find out maybe in this issue by writer Jed MacKay and artist Michael Dowling. ($3.99) Listen to MacKay on WMQ&A, and check out our coverage of the previous issue.

Cover by Caspar Wijngaard

Dan’s Pick: Home Sick Pilots #5: A whole-ass house fights a monster in the end of the first arc of Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard’s Image series. ($3.99) Previously, in Home Sick Pilots

Cover by Alex Ross

Justin’s Pick: Iron Man #8: Remember when Hellcat was in the Defenders and Moondragon trained her to do psychic stuff? Good times. Written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Angel Unzueta. ($3.99) Previously, in Iron Man …

Cover by Brett Booth

Karen’s Pick: Guardians of the Galaxy #13: The Guardians expand to include ALL YOUR FAVORITE SPACE GAYS in a bold new era still written by Al Ewing but drawn by Juan Frigeri. ($4.99) Previously, in Guardians

Cover by Marco Checchetto

Adam’s Pick: Daredevil #29: THE TRUTH IS FINALLY OUT: ELEKTRA IS DAREDEVIL! Wait, didn’t we already know that, solicit text? Didn’t we find that out four issues ago? Is this the issue where Stilt-Man finds out or something? Or is it just that whoever dons the horns is really bad at keeping their identity a secret? Written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Marco Checchetto. ($3.99) Previously, in Daredevil

Cover by Jen Hickman

Zack’s Pick: Lonely Receiver TP: Sex is great, but have you ever tried becoming obsessed with your AI partner to the point where she leaves and you fall into a deep depression and then into an even deeper cycle of tech addiction and depravity to the point where you live in your VR sex swing increasingly unsatisfied by the orgies inside? Man, this series was messed up. Written by Zac Thompson (I Breathed a Body) and drawn by Jen Hickman for AfterShock. ($16.99). Check out the latest from Zack.

Cover by George Perez

Cori’s Pick: Who’s Who in the DC Universe Omnibus Vol. 1: DC’s OHOTMU gets the omnibus treatment, ranking every character from Atom to Zsasz. ($150) Check out the latest from Cori.

Dan Grote is the editor-in-chief of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Winston Wisdom.