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Rasmus’ pick: Absolute Batman #21: Friends become enemies. Enemies become friends. Final forms are revealed, and Scarecrow’s reign of terror threatens to upend everything. Written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Nick Dragotta. ($4.99) Previously, in Absolute Batman … | Buy it here.
Matt’s pick: Absolute Green Arrow #2: Still reeling from the disturbing discoveries of last issue’s final pages, Black Canary investigates one suspect on her list of archers — Mia Dearden — and stumbles on a secret from Oliver Queen’s past that will change everything. Written by Pornsak Pichetshote and drawn by Rafael Albuquerque. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Tony’s pick: Amazing Spider-Man #31: Sit down, Peter. It’s time we had The Talk. Y’see, son, one time your Aunt May was in a series called Trouble… Written by Joe Kelly and drawn by Patrick Gleason. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Austin’s pick: Magik & Colossus #5: Magik and Colossus are at odds, but can they set aside their differences to defeat Koschei the Immortal for good? And when all is said and done, where do the Rasputin siblings go from here? Written by Ashley Allen and drawn by German Peralta. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Dan’s pick: If Destruction Be Our Lot #2: After the robot cops finally nab him, animatronic Abe Lincoln gets hauled to the factory for a little “maintenance.” But if he keeps yapping about humans, there ain’t gonna be enough of him left to fix. By Matthew and Mark Elijah Rosenberg and Andy MacDonald for Image Comics. ($4.99) Listen to Matthew Rosenberg talk about the series on The ComicsXF Interview Podcast. | Buy it here.
Adam’s pick: Concrete — Stars Over Sand #1: Concrete has entered the desert and not come back. Reports come that he is wandering the nearby arid mountains, covered with blood, attacking people. Concrete, lightning-struck, confused, roams a frightening world he can’t understand. His body is sheathed in stone. He thinks he is being hunted. His journey back to life, and his friends’ dire search against a looming deadline, is as strange and tense as any Concrete story ever told. By Paul Chadwick for Dark Horse. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Scott’s pick: Dead Teenagers #4: Brandy, JT and Claire narrowly escape from their mortal enemy’s brutal rampage, taking refuge in JT’s trash heap of an apartment in the year 2026. Brandy must reckon with the realization that life is NOT, in fact, a party in the USA, and Claire must reckon with the truth of what passes for a non-celebrity’s trash heap of an apartment in the year 2026. Meanwhile, JT struggles with a decade-old secret. By Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Caitlin Yarsky for Oni Press. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Also out this week
Absolute Flash #16: As Wally West races to learn about the mysterious S.T.A.R. Labs founders, the Rogues have resurfaced with a new mission: secure Grodd and his father before they take over Colorado. Written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Haining. ($4.99) Buy it here.
Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #10: At long last, it’s the fight this solicit text says everyone has always wanted: Battle Beast vs. Conquest. Written by Robert Kirkman and drawn by Ryan Ottley for Image/Skybound. ($3.99) Buy it here.
Uncanny X-Men #30: Panic breaks out in Louisiana as it becomes Ground Zero for an alien invasion force. But are they really what they seem? And are they a known species or some new terror altogether? Can even the X-Men resist the technological terror when Mars needs mutants? … BUT WAIT, MARS IS ARAKKO. Written by Gail Simone and drawn by Roge Antonio. ($4.99) Check out a preview, and our previous coverage. | 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.
