Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays.
Ari’s Pick: The Me You Love in the Dark #1: The team behind Image’s Middlewest, writer Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona, spin a new tale about an artist who moves to an old house in a small town to find inspiration only to find herself doing a gothic horror instead. ($3.99) Check out the latest from Ari.
Dan’s Pick: Not All Robots #1: In a future where humans have wrecked the environment and live in sealed-off urban bubbles, robots do most of the jobs and provide for human families. And because it’s a Mark Russell comic, they’re all experiencing existential crises. Mike Deodato (The Resistance) draws this new series for AWA. ($3.99) Check out the latest from Dan.
Nola’s Pick: Barbarella #1: Sci-fi and fantasy novelist Sarah A. Hoyt, author of Uncharted, Darkship Thieves and more, takes on the classic erotic sci-fi property with artist Madibek Musabekov for Dynamite. ($3.99) Check out the latest from Nola.
Zack’s Pick: X-Men #2: The corrupt alien denizens of Gameworld continue to throw space monsters at the heroes of Krakoa. Also, Gambit uses the Treehouse to host poker night. Written by Gerry Duggan and drawn by Pepe Larraz. ($3.99) Previously, in X-Men …
Vishal’s Pick: Nice House on the Lake #3: Walter’s rules for their getaway strongly suggested the residents not leave the property lines of the House, but how far do they go? It’s not like Sam, the Reporter, to leave a question like that unanswered. That’ll probably have consequences, though. Written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Alvaro Martinez Bueno. ($3.99) Check out the latest from Vishal.
Cori’s Pick: The Dreaming: Waking Hours #12: The future of the realm of Faerie lands in Heather After’s hands. If she doesn’t use her power wisely, she could call down the wrath of the Dream Lord himself, and send her closest confidant, the escaped nightmare Ruin, back into eternal imprisonment. G. Willow Wilson and Nick Robles wrap their DC Black Label Sandman Universe series. ($3.99) Check out the latest from Cori.
Tony’s Pick: Immortal Hulk #49: Prose and panels mix in the penultimate issue of Al Ewing and Joe Bennett’s master statement on good, evil, gamma energy and superheroes. ($3.99) Check out a preview.
Matt’s Pick: Batman #111: Mayor Nakano announces a crackdown on masked vigilantes just as the Magistrate moves against the Unsanity Collective, and none of these characters existed before 2020. Written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Jorge Jimenez. Oh, and there’s a Ghost-Maker backup. ($4.99) Previously, in Batman …
Chris’ Pick: Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1: Hercules gets in a fight with some himbo calling himself the Prince of Power wielding an Infinity Stone. Written by Al Ewing and drawn by Flaviano (New Mutants). ($4.99) Previously, in Guardians …
Mark’s Pick: Steeple Vol. 2: John Allison’s Dark Horse series about a sleepy coastal English town and its dueling Christian and Satanic churches returns for a new volume of heavenly hijinks in graphic novel form. ($19.99) Check out the latest from Mark.
Austin’s Pick: New Mutants Epic Collection: Sudden Death: Collecting the run of New Mutants where Doug Ramsey dies, so it’s got that one really sad issue where Warlock tries to reanimate his body, and also Bird-Brain’s there. Featuring the work of Louise Simonson, Bret Blevins, June Brigman and more, and collecting New Mutants #55-70 and Annual #4. ($39.99) Check out the latest from Austin.
Andrea’s Pick: Artemisia: This graphic novel biography recounts the story of the Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, a painter of passions who centered women and women’s experiences. Written by Nathalie Ferlut and drawn by Tamia Baudouin for Beehive Books. ($25) Check out the latest from Andrea.
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.
