Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays.
Vishal’s pick: Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1: It’s the end of the world as we know it, and the Parliaments of the Green, the Red and the Rot agree to wipe the slate clean. There’s only one man who can stop them, but Alec Holland has been dead for decades. OR HAS HE? Find out in this three-issue Black Label series by writer Jeff Lemire (Robin and Batman) and artist Doug Mahnke. ($6.99) Check out the latest from Vishal.
Austin’s pick: Timeless #1: Kang the Conqueror plays Ghost of Christmas Future and gives us all a peek into the future of the Marvel Universe in a story written by Jed MacKay and drawn by Kev Walker and others. ($5.99) Check out the latest from Austin.
Dan’s pick: Human Target #3: Christopher Chance has 10 days left to figure out who poisoned him before he dies. He’s fallen for one of his lead suspects, and now he’s got a Green Lantern on his ass. The worst one. Well, the other worst one. No, not G’nort. Don’t you dare say an unkind word about that very good boy, you inSUFFERABLE WHELP! … Sorry, went somewhere for a moment. Written by Tom King and drawn by Greg Smallwood. ($4.99) Previously, in Human Target …
Zack’s pick: The Blue Flame #6: Sam Brausam’s journalist girlfriend is selling him out, while in space, the prosecutor has done his homework on the rest of the heroes in the Night Brigade. Written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Adam Gorham for Vault. ($3.99) Check out the latest from Zack.
Armaan’s pick: Harley Quinn #10: You know those real cheesy rom-coms where two unlikely lovebirds lean in for the same book and knock heads in the poetry section of the school library and fall madly in love? Well, this story is nothing like that. Written by Stephanie Phillips and drawn by Laura Braga. ($3.99) Previously, in Harley Quinn …
Mark’s pick: Once & Future #23: What must Nimue do to save her son? Strike up a deal with the last person she’d ever team up with … Bridgette, her mother. Meanwhile, Duncan must find another living legend. But are they an ally, or another monster to defeat? Written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Dan Mora for BOOM Studios. ($3.99) Check out the latest from Mark.
Ari’s Pick: Ice Cream Man #27: Umm … something with Kafka’s The Metamorphosis? I think? There’s a bug with a dude’s head on the cover. I’m sure it will be depressing AF. Written by W. Maxwell Prince and drawn by Martin Morazzo. ($3.99) Previously, in Ice Cream Man …
Cori’s pick: Action Comics #1,038: In the lower catacombs of Warworld, Superman finds another survivor of the lost Phaelosian race of Krypton, a scientist turned enslaved gladiator with much to teach Superman of his new home, including how to survive, and maybe, in time, how to escape. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and drawn by Daniel Sampere, with a Martian Manhunter backup by Shawn Aldridge and Adriana Melo. ($4.99) Previously, in Superman stuff …
Matt’s pick: Detective Comics #1,046: Bloody, broken and beaten, Batman had a mission after the Joker War. He would no longer look over Gotham City from Wayne Manor; he would move to the heart of the city, get closer to its people and its problems. But after Fear State he finds himself disillusioned. Batman’s last night in Gotham before his international sojourn is here. Written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Dan Mora, with an Arkham backup by Stephanie Phillips and David Lapham. ($4.99) Previously, in Batman stuff …
Adam’s pick: Daredevil Epic Collection: Dead Man’s Hand: Travel back to the 1990s, when criminals vied to fill the vacuum left by the Kingpin, in this collection featuring Daredevil Vol. 1 #301-311 and a crossover with … checks notes … Punisher War Journal and Nomad. With stories by D.G. Chichester, Fabian Nicieza, M.C. Wyman, Scott McDaniel and more. ($44.99) Previously, in Daredevil stuff …
Dan’s bonus pick: Spider-Man: Life Story HC: Watch Peter Parker get old and die in this six-issue sad-boy series written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Mark Bagley. Collects issues #1-6 plus the annual starring J. Jonah Jameson. ($34.99) Previously, in Spider-Man stuff …
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.
