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Bonus pick: DC Versus Marvel Omnibus: Featuring Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #1, Marvel Treasury Edition #28, DC Special Series #27, Marvel and DC Comics Presents Featuring the Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1, Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire #1, Punisher/Batman: Deadly Knights #1, Darkseid Vs. Galactus: The Hunger #1, Spider-Man and Batman #1, Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances #1, Silver Surfer/Superman #1, Batman & Captain America #1, Daredevil and Batman #1, Batman & Spider-Man #1, Superman/Fantastic Four #1, The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman #1 and Batman/Daredevil: King of New York #1. ($150) Buy it here.
Scott’s pick: Power Rangers: Across the Morphin Grid #1: What’s better than an anthology featuring a character of each main Power Ranger color? One where each corresponding actor writes their character’s story. Featuring Yellow Zeo Ranger Tanya Sloan, Black Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Zack Taylor, Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Billy Cranston, the second Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Rocky DeSantos, and Pink Hyperforce Ranger Chloe Ashford. Published by BOOM Studios. ($7.99) Buy it here.
Matt’s pick: Dwellings All Hallow’s Eve Special: Return to the terrifyingly tranquil streets of Elwich as seen through the eyes of visitor Wolfgang LeGant. But Wolfgang is no ordinary tourist: He’s convinced he’s actually a seasoned vampire hunter, and this delusion has drawn him to Elwich to drive a stake through the once-unassuming town’s thriving “Saguinarian” goth subculture. But when Wolfgang meets Emmaline Momenta, a young woman similarly possessed by the idea that she’s a real vampire, irrational faith may be the only thing capable of stopping a mass murder in the making. By Jay Stephens for Oni Press. ($5.99) Listen to Stephens talk about Dwellings on The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
Adam’s pick: NYX #4: Genius. Student. New Mutant. Young Avenger. X-man. As Prodigy, David Alleyne has been all these things and more, but now he faces his most difficult challenge yet. Facing down his past and looking his present in the eye, Prodigy must fight to understand what mutant culture really means to those left behind by Krakoa, and how far he’ll go to protect the mutants of New York City from a devastating, and dangerous, conspiracy of their own. Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Enid Balam. ($3.99) Previously, in NYX … | Buy it here.
Austin’s pick: X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda Omnibus: When the island nation of Genosha strikes at the X-Men, the mutants mount a rescue mission that leads to disaster. With old foe Cameron Hodge pulling the strings, the X-teams are captured, brainwashed, stripped of their powers and forced into combat — and at least one among them will die. Collecting Uncanny X-Men (1981) #270-272, New Mutants (1983) #95-97, X-Factor (1986) #60-62, X-Men Annual (1970) #14-15 and X-Men: Spotlight on the Starjammers #1-2, plus material from Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #23; New Mutants Annual #6-7; X-Factor Annual #5-6; New Warriors Annual #1; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #10-17, #24-32, #41, #43 and #48-49; Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #2 and #6-8; Marvel Holiday Special (1991) #1; and Marvel Tales (1964) #262. ($125) See where “X-Tinction Agenda” sits on Battle of the Atom’s Big Ol’ List. | Buy it here.
Rasmus’ pick: We Called Them Giants: Lori wakes to find the streets empty. Everyone has gone. Or at least, nearly everyone. She’s thrown into a world where she has to scrape by in the ruins of civilization, nearly starving, hiding from gangs when … they arrive. By Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans for Image Comics. ($19.99) Listen to Gillen on the Battle of the Atom New York Comic Con Super Special. | Buy it here.
Mark’s pick: Acme Novelty Datebook Vol. 3: After over 15 years’ deferral, delay and dawdling, the ink-and-paper cheerleader F.C. Ware finally succumbs to imaginary public pressure by concluding his tiresome experiment in reader trust with the third and final volume of secret notebooks and sketches spanning over 37 years of bus rides, airport delays and telephone hold music. All three Acme Novelty Datebooks are also available in a compacted and easily recyclable slipcase, the spine of which is punched through with a training timepiece for those caregivers who would like to adjust its miniature metal hands as a teaching aid to suit their own pedagogical exercise, private nostalgia or personal anxiety. ($49.95, $149.95 for all three) Buy it here.
Dan’s pick: Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface: Since its accidental creation at Microsoft in the mid-1990s, Comic Sans has become one of the most used and talked-about typefaces of the digital age. The subject of April Fools’ pranks and endless internet discourse, Comic Sans has spawned a movement to ban it, inspired revivals and spinoffs, and continues to be promoted widely by educators. In this history, author Simon Garfield tells the story of how Comic Sans emerged from speech bubbles on educational software to become one of the most recognized, and reviled, typefaces on Earth. Published by WW Norton ($22.99) Buy it here.
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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.
