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Rasmus’ pick: Ultimate Spider-Man #24: It’s (allegedly) over! Written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Marco Checchetto and David Messina. ($6.99) Previously, in Ultimate stuff … | Buy it here.
End of Life #1: Professional hitman Eddie Stallion has accidentally robbed the Raven, a high-ranking crime boss. Now with a price on his head, Eddie chooses to hide in the one place everyone knows he’d never go, the small midwestern town of Pluto, home of his estranged father and known hard-ass George Stallion. Looking for safe harbor, Eddie instead finds his resentful father dying of cancer, old friends looking to collect that bounty, assassins who have wandered into town, a canceled newspaper comic-strip creator turned local crime lord, and oh yeah, his childhood first love. By Kyle Starks and Steve Pugh for Vertigo. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Matt’s pick: The Muppets Noir #1: The show is about to begin at the famous Muppet Theatre, and the regular pre-curtain chaos has Kermit the Frog coming apart at the seams. In an attempt to de-stress, he settles down to read a few pages of an old detective novel, only to get kayoed by an errant brick to the bean, leaving him laid out backstage. But unbeknownst to his co-stars, Kermit has taken up the hard-boiled mantle of his fictional hero to walk the darkened streets of Dreamland, righting wrongs and cracking cases under the concealing cover of night. By Roger Langridge for Dynamite. ($4.99) Listen to Langridge talk about the series on The ComicsXF Interview Podcast. | Buy it here.
Adam’s pick: SMILE for the Camera #1: It’s Fashion Month 2005. Five young models have just landed in New York City, ready to tackle four grueling weeks of runways, press and cameras as they try to make it big. The girls become fast friends, until one seems to crack under the pressure. Little does everyone know she is afflicted by the entity. Written by Hannah Rose May and drawn by Miriana Puglia for IDW. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Dan’s pick: The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #1: Disco Hippo Wonderland is the No. 1 amusement park in Flamingo City. But few realize its owner, Jans M’jor Discau, is about to release the most potent drug ever created: Coke45. Fortunately for humanity, Agent Clarke Nebraska is on the case. But before she can rescue an undercover agent captured by Discau’s men, Miquel — the agent’s sexy loose cannon of an older brother — beats her to the punch, storming into the park with bullets flying. Discau panics, dumping the Coke45 into the hippo enclosure and letting them loose on the park. Uh-oh. By Fred Kennedy and James Edward Clark for Mad Cave Studios. ($4.99) Listen to Kennedy talk about the series on The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
Austin’s pick: Star Wars #10: As the fate of the Fenril Sector hangs in the balance, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Rynn Zenat and the Nagai must face off against Reyna Oskure and her twisted followers. The New Republic forces stand on the brink of war. Will the brief peace be lost forever? Written by Alex Segura and drawn by Luke Ross. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Absolute Batman #17: Dr. Pamela Isley has been unleashed from the Ark-M facility with an unending hate and burning fire for revenge on Gotham City, and those who put her in the belly of the beast. When Batman hunts her down, he must survive a labyrinth of leveled horrors, one more gruesome than the next, as he tries to save the city from a monster it created. Written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Eric Canete. ($4.99) Previously, in Absolute Batman … | Buy it here.
Tony’s pick: GI Joe #19: When Duke discovers that Clutch has been hiding the Autobot Hound from the Joes, can anyone stop him from putting down Hound permanently? Written by Joshua Williamson and drawn by Andrea Milana for Image/Skybound. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Uncanny X-Men #24: The Louisiana X-Men are the only force standing in front of a murderers’ row of monsters, killers and creatures, and Jubilee may fall off the vampire wagon, just for a start. Written by Gail Simone and drawn by David Marquez. ($4.99) Check out a preview. | Buy it here.
X-Men #25: Cyclops returns from the Age of Revelation with a dire warning for all X-Men everywhere. But there’s trouble on more than one front — who is the mutant newly put in charge of O*N*E, and what danger does that spell for the X-Men? Written by Jed MacKay and drawn by Tony Daniel. ($5.99) Previously, in X-Men … | 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. Follow him @danielpgrote.bsky.social.
