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Tony’s pick: Ultimate Wolverine #1: To maintain control of their corner of the Maker’s world, three members of his council — Magik, Colossus and Omega Red — deploy their most lethal asset: the Winter Soldier. But who is the weapon behind the mask? Written by Chris Condon and drawn by Alessandro Cappuccio. ($5.99) Listen to Condon talk about the series on The ComicsXF Interview Podcast. | Buy it here.
Dan’s pick: The Horizon Experiment: Finders//Keepers: A Puerto Rican reverse Indiana Jones steals from museums to return artifacts to their native cultures in this Image one-shot by Vita Ayala and Skylar Patridge. ($3.99) Listen to Ayala and Patridge talk about the book on The ComicsXF Interview Podcast. | Buy it here.
Adam’s pick: You Won’t Feel a Thing #1: Years ago, John Reader was an accomplished homicide detective. So accomplished that it cost him everything else in his life. Now, John finds himself alone, trapped in a retirement home with a brain tumor that’s slowly sapping his once-keen mind of all memories. But when an ice cold serial killer case from his past rears its head, John must call on all his remaining memories to stop a killer that only he still believes exists. By Scott Snyder and Jock for DSTLRY. ($8.99)
Armaan’s pick: New Gods #2: Mister Miracle has found himself at a crossroads. Presented with a terrible choice by his brother Orion, he must decide between venturing out to save a child he has never met or stay home to raise a child of his own. Meanwhile, an evil awakens, driven mad by an obsession with a dead god, and sets its sights on this same child. And while these dramas play out on Earth, the forces of an intergalactic inquisition march ever closer. By Ram V and Evan Cagle. ($3.99) Previously, in New Gods … | Buy it here.
Jake’s pick: Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale #2: Madeleine’s adolescence is in full swing: boys, horror movies, gore sites and dangers lurking around every corner. But Mad’s a big girl now. She knows how to handle herself. Right? By Luana Vecchio for Image. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Austin’s pick: G.I. Joe #3: As tensions rise within G.I. Joe, Cobra hunts a venomous new ally. Written by Joshua Williamson and drawn by Tom Reilly for Image/Skybound. ($3.99) Previously, in G.I. Joe … | Buy it here.
Rasmus’ pick: Batman and Robin Year One #4: Things are heating up in Gotham as the General works to tighten his grip on the criminal underbelly of the city. But when he and Batman come face to face, will the Dark Knight strike fear in this new threat’s heart, or is this the end of Batman’s fight for Gotham City? By Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. ($3.99) Previously, in Batman and Robin Year One … | Buy it here.
Matt’s pick: Billi 99 HC: Set in 1999, Billi 99 embodies a cautionary tale in which corporate greed and corrupt government affected an America very much like our own today. With that, they pose the question, what is power when everything has been taken away? Collecting the early story by Tim Sale and Sarah Byam via Clover Press. ($45) Previously, on an all-Tim Sale episode of BatChat … | Buy it here.
Also out this week
Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2: Wolverine is back in New York City. And what crosses her claws but the sais of Daredevil. Fear and hatred of mutants is at an all-time high, and if Laura can’t sniff out a terrorist plot before its unveiling, humans will die and mutants will be to blame! Can Laura solve the mystery in time? Written by Erica Schultz and drawn by Giada Belviso. ($3.99) Check out a preview. | Buy it here.
The Moon Is Following Us #5: The final battle is at hand, or at least the final issue of the first half of this Image series by Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo. ($3.99) 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.
