Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays.
Bonus pick: Batman: Dark Age #1: Meet Bruce Wayne, Gotham’s favorite delinquent son. Witness the boy become a dark knight shaped by a city in turmoil as it marches toward its prophesied doom. By the Superman: The Space Age team of writer Mark Russell and artist Mike Allred. ($5.99) Previously, in BatChat … | Buy it here.
Jake’s pick: The Six Fingers #2: As the One Hand murders escalate, Johannes Vale’s life is falling apart. But as he attempts to seize control of what’s happening to him, he begins to fear an outside force at play. What is this invisible power wreaking havoc with his life? And what does it want? Written by Dan Watters and drawn by Sumit Kumar for Image. ($3.99) Previously, in The Six Fingers … | Buy it here.
Rasmus’ pick: Rise of the Powers of X #3: The past, present and future of Krakoa all rest in a trigger finger. The scenario you prayed would never happen plays out as two series that are one move toward a crash that will reverberate outside the universe. Written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by R.B. Silva. ($4.99) Check out a preview. | Buy it here.
Mark’s pick: Ultimate Spider-Man #3: As Spider-Man and new hero Green Goblin team up to fight a new super villain, secrets about the corporations running North America are revealed. And you’ll never guess who discovers Spider-Man’s secret identity. Written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Marco Checchetto. ($4.99) Previously, in Ultimate Spider-Man … | Buy it here.
Austin’s pick: Duke #4: Duke is close to discovering the truth about the alien robots that have landed on Earth. Written by Joshua Williamson and drawn by Tom Reilly for Image/Skybound. ($3.99) Previously, in the Energon Universe … | Buy it here.
Scott’s pick: Miles Morales Spider-Man #18/300: Rabble has stepped from the shadows of “Gang War” for a rematch, and she’s sworn bloody revenge against Brooklyn’s wall-crawler. But this time, Rabble’s out-of-control powers and desperation have her poised to obliterate far more than just Spider-Man’s life. Celebrate 300 issues of Miles over more than a decade, multiple volumes and two universes with Cody Ziglar, Sara Pichelli, David Marquez, Luciano Vecchio, Juann Cabal, Federico Vicentini, Matt Horak and more. ($8.99) Previously, in Miles stuff … | Buy it here.
Tony’s pick: X-Force #50: X-Force confronts Beast with their secret weapon. A final reckoning. Not a dry eye in the house. Written by Benjamin Percy and drawn by Robert Gill. ($3.99) Previously, in X-Chat … | Buy it here.
Matt’s pick: Back Issue #150: An oversized 100-page sesquicentennial spectacular, featuring the Batman artists of the 1970s — Bob Brown, Dick Giordano, Irv Novick, Frank Robbins, Walter Simonson, Alex Toth and Bernie Wrightson. Plus: Revisit Frank Miller’s first Batman story. Published by Twomorrows. ($12.95) Previously, in BatChat …
Dan’s pick: Con & On TP: A gripping comedy-drama that follows a fictional cast of fans and professionals through the decades as they attend America’s biggest comic book convention. Meet close friends Eddie and Deja, aspiring young talents whose ambitions threaten to tear them apart; Anthony, Don & Finn, brilliant, boozy and bombastic British creators; and all of the crusty veteran editors, forgotten TV stars and enthusiastic fans who make the convention experience something to revisit year after year. Written by Paul Cornell and drawn by Marika Cresta for AHOY Comics. ($17.99) Listen to Cornell talk about the series on WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
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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 WMQ&A: 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.
