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Matt’s pick: Batman & Robin Year One #1: While Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? And will he offer me a great deal on car insurance? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out for answers, but it’ll take everything they have to navigate both sides of their relationship as father and son and dynamic duo. By the old Daredevil team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. ($3.99) Previously, in Batman stuff … | Buy it here.
Rasmus’ pick: Mystique #1: How do you track a subject with a history that contradicts itself? How do you stop a force whose motives change like quicksilver? How do you stop a target that can be anyone? That’s the question that confronts Nick Fury as he stumbles upon a web of lies and espionage leading back to Mystique. By Declan Shalvey. ($4.99) Previously, in Mystique stuff … | Buy it here.
Dan’s pick: Where Monsters Lie: Cull de Sac #1: It’s time to visit another gated community for slashers and meet a new cast of horrible monsters. Connor Hayes, final girl turned apex monster hunter, has been brought to Site B and expected to be a good little killer, but will he cooperate? And what sort of bone-tingling secrets inhabit this new horror hamlet? Written by Kyle Starks and drawn by Piotr Kowalski for Dark Horse. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Adam’s pick: Exorcism at 1600 Penn #1: Kelly Doyle has just been elected the first woman president of the United States of America, and boiling political tension could spill over at any second. Having to balance being a mother to two teenagers and navigating the shifting media landscape, all while preventing World War III, has Kelly spread thin, but she could never predict that the nation’s hallowed halls would soon become a demonic battleground for good versus evil. Written by Hannah Rose May and drawn by Vanesa Del Rey for IDW. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Jake’s pick: Destro #5: Destro. Cobra Commander. The Crimson Twins. The most dangerous powers in the Energon Universe are at war, but only one can win. The road to G.I. Joe #1 ends here. Written by Dan Watters and drawn by Andrei Bressan for Image/Skybound. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Scott’s pick: Star Trek #25: The android Lore has done the unthinkable: He has detonated the Orb of Destruction, unmaking the universe. After an extra-galactic tumble on the ensuing shockwave, the Theseus sinks into fluidic space. There, the crew melds in and out of a manifold of realities. Benjamin Sisko is against a godkiller once again, but this time it’s up to him alone to save reality itself. Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Liana Kangas for IDW. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Mark’s pick: Department of Truth #26: Huck was the first hunter the Department of Truth ever recruited, tasked with tracking and killing the strange creatures known as Wild Fictions. But in 1962, among the sun-baked backlots of Hollywood, Huck came face to face with the strangest creature of them all — Marilyn Monroe. Written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Alison Sampson for Image. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Austin’s pick: Joe Jusko’s Art of the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces: This celebratory book includes all 104 of the paintings Joe Jusko produced for the original set of Marvel Masterpieces cards, as well as the 20 additional paintings created for the four-issue comic collection published the following year. It will also detail the history of the series. And being published for the first time are Joe’s original pencil sketches for each of the 104 trading card paintings. ($59) Previously, in art books about trading cards …
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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 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.
