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Dan’s pick: One World Under Doom #1: Six months ago, Victor Von Doom became Sorcerer Supreme, then disappeared behind Latveria’s closed borders. Only a few recognized it for what it truly was — the calm before the storm. It is a storm that has now arrived. The world has woken up to a new reality: Doctor Doom, Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, has magically taken over every broadcast medium on the planet and declared himself emperor of the world. Written by Ryan North and drawn by R.B. Silva. ($5.99) Listen to North talk about the event on this week’s ComicsXF Interview Podcast. | Buy it here.
Armaan’s pick: Green Lantern Corps #1: Join the newly formed Green Lantern Corps — John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz, Guy Gardner, Jo Mullein and the rest — as they head out into the galaxy to stop Sorrow and his master from creating a power battery. Written by Jeremy Adams and Morgan Hampton and drawn by Fernando Pasarin. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Tony’s pick: Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents #1: Their mission: to hunt down the mysterious separatist ghost agent who executed a daring heist on Coruscant. The thief’s trail leads Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair and Tech to the seediest corners of the galaxy, where kingpins and thugs threaten the clones’ mission, and their lives. Have the Bad Batch met their match? Written by Michael Moreci and drawn by Ruairi Coleman for Dark Horse. ($3.99) Previously, in Star Wars stuff … | Buy it here.
Jake’s pick: Bug Wars #1: Slade Slaymaker is a kid from Alabama lost in a vicious world beyond his imagining, a world of marauding ant armies, spellcasting spider witches and beetle-riding barbarians. A kingdom of tiny but deadly warriors hidden in his own backyard. The same world that saw his father eaten alive by insects now plunges young Slade into the middle of a brutal bug war to decide the fate of his family. By Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar for Image Comics. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Austin’s pick: Magik #2: Magik’s hunt for the Liminal Seals takes her and Cal deep into the Tokyo underground. But who is watching Illyana from backstage? And has Cal teamed up with Earth’s best chance against the demon invasion or its prophesied leader? Written by Ashley Allen and drawn by German Peralta. ($3.99) Previously, in Magik … | Buy it here.
Mark’s pick: The Lucky Devils #2: We’ve descended to the Second Circle, where, according to Dante, they kept sinners consumed by lust. Will our punk-rock anarchist devils Collar and Rake keep that in mind as they work to transform two ordinary, good-hearted humans into the most powerful people on Earth? Well, they wouldn’t be devils if they weren’t at least a little horny. By Charles Soule and Ryan Browne for Image. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Scott’s pick: Batman: Dark Patterns #3: Batman is in the dark now, amid the accumulated devastation and suffering at the root of Wound Man’s grotesque reign of terror. Can the Dark Knight bring it all to an end before the twisted killer claims another life? Written by Dan Watters and drawn by Hayden Sherman. ($4.99) Previously, in Batman: Dark Patterns … | Buy it here.
Rasmus’ pick: All-New Venom #3: At last, the all-new Venom comes face to face with Dylan Brock. How will symbiote and son react? Meanwhile, Madame Masque is making her move against A.I.M., but is she doing it from inside a black-and-gold symbiote? As another suspect is eliminated, the answers are closer than ever. Written by Al Ewing and drawn by Carlos E. Gomez. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Matt’s pick: Absolute Batman #5: With his friends’ lives at stake, will a broken, beaten and ultimately defeated Bruce Wayne finally compromise and give up both himself and his morals to Black Mask? Or does he have something even bigger than himself to help? And what does this have to do with Mayor James Gordon and his relationship with a young Bruce Wayne? Written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Nick Dragotta. ($4.99) Previously, in Absolute Batman … | Buy it here.
Adam’s pick: Transformers #17: As the titanic clash from last issue rages on, a covert group of Autobots continues their search for the ally who could turn the tide on Earth, Ultra Magnus. Written by Daniel Warren Johnson and drawn by Jorge Corona for Image/Skybound. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Holly’s pick: DC Finest: Doom Patrol: The World’s Strangest Heroes: Regarded by society as misfits and outcasts, these individuals have experienced personal tragedies that granted them extraordinary abilities. Once they were outsiders, but together they are the Doom Patrol! This first DC Finest volume collects My Greatest Adventure #80-85, Doom Patrol #86-102, The Brave and the Bold #65, Challengers of the Unknown #48 and Teen Titans #6. ($39.99) Buy it here.
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Dan Grote is the editor and publisher 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 Paul Winston Wisdom.
