New releases are here! This week includes epic crossovers, dark destinies for a mother and daughter, post-apocalypse canine heroes, an interactive murder mystery, female demi-gods with divine technology, combat tactics for RPG game masters and players, and more! Check out the highlights below.
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COMICS
BIG GAME #1 (OF 5)
(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Pepe Larraz
The comics event of the summer is here!
It’s the Millarworld event that Mark Millar’s been building towards for all these years!
Is this one of the biggest crossovers ever? Yes, it is!
Big Game pulls together Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl, Kingsman, Nemesis, The Magic Order, Wanted, Jupiter’s Legacy, The Ambassadors, the Night Club and more – all in one special event!
WHAT IF DARK SPIDER-GWEN #1
(W) Gerry Conway, Jody Houser (A) Ramon Bachs (CA) Greg Land
Spider-Legend Gerry Conway returns to his most famous Spider-Story for this WHAT IF along with co-writer Jody Houser!
WHAT IF Gwen Stacy didn’t die on the bridge that day, but Spider-Man DID?!
‘Nuff said!
Rated T
PURR EVIL #1 (OF 6)
(W) Mirka Andolfo (A/CA) Laura Braga
Rita loves her daughter Deb, but a dark evil from her past threatens the lives of anyone who gets too close to it. Can the bond between two women overcome a life built on blood and lies? And what secret is lurking in the Morando family’s apartment?
Written by Harvey Award-winning superstar Mirka Andolfo (Sweet Paprika, Mercy, Unnatural, Punchline) and illustrated by fan-favorite Laura Braga (Witchblade, Future State: The Next Batman, Harley Quinn, DC Bombshells), Purr Evil is a stand-out story about the relationship between a mother who gave everything for her daughter and a daughter who needs to figure out her role in a world that she’s about to doom!
SCRAPPER #1 (OF 6)
(W) Cliff Bleszinksi, Alex De Campi (A) Sandy Jarrell (CA/VCA) Juan Ferreyra
Blade Runner-style action mixes with big emotions as stray dog Scrapper and his buddy Tank fight for justice against the totalitarian forces of a post-apocalyptic domed city. But when the fight comes to his home, Scrapper will face losing what’s most important to him-and gain a terrifying truth in the process. (Don’t worry, Mom. The dog doesn’t die.)
Game design genius Cliff Bleszinski (Gears of War, Fortnite) makes his comics debut with critically acclaimed writer Alex De Campi (Dracula, Motherf**Ker!, Parasocial) and fan-favourite artist Sandy Jarrell (Bombshells, Lynx)!
SUPERMAN THE LAST DAYS OF LEX LUTHOR #1 (OF 3)
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Bryan Hitch
Superman learns Lex Luthor is dying, and he wants the Man of Steel to help him find the cure for whatever is causing his rapid decline. While the world wants to say good riddance to Luthor, Superman will go to the ends of the universe, through different dimensions, and across time to save his foe. But just why does he want to save the person who’s spent his life trying to destroy him? And will he even be able to find the solution?
Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch reunite to tell a tale centred on their favourite superhero.
KNIGHT TERRORS ANGEL BREAKER #1 (OF 2)
(W) Tim Seeley (A) Acky Bright (CA) Matteo Lolli
STARRING THE BREAKOUT NEW CHARACTER!
Deep in an abandoned Kobra safe house is a device able to access the dream powers of John Dee, a.k.a. Doctor Destiny. As heroes across the world succumb to nightmares, Angel Breaker wants it. Now, to infiltrate a hall of horrors, she’ll need the help of a professional thief–the man known as Raptor. But Angel Breaker and Raptor aren’t exactly friends. Can the mysterious merc trust a man who feels nothing but grudges as the strange pair encounter a horror as old as the Coda Sisterhood and even more dangerous? While the world sleeps, Angel Breaker might be the final girl still awake!
KNIGHT TERRORS HARLEY QUINN #1 (OF 2)
KNIGHT TERRORS ACTION COMICS #1 (OF 2)
KNIGHT TERRORS TITANS #1 (OF 2)
KNIGHT TERRORS DETECTIVE COMICS #1 (OF 2)
MURDER BY MAIL #1
(W) Joshua Werner (A/CA) Joshua Werner
You’re a Private Investigator in Cleaver County, and your first client just brought you a case you’ll never forget…
In Murder By Mail, a fully interactive role-playing experience, you are presented with evidence from an unsolved murder case, and through the favours you call in, the interviews you conduct, and your own wits and attention to detail, you can discover the identity of the killer and put the case to rest.
Annie Donovan’s father has been brutally murdered in a hit-and-run, mere months after the unsolved murder of her mother. Has a killer marked her family for death? Will she be next? Can you navigate the twists and turns of this case and find the true killer?
THE RIBBON QUEEN #1 (OF 8)
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows, Guillermo Ortego (CA) Declan Shalvey
There is something ancient and terrible loose in the world of men. Something that hates them with burning passion, that bears a grudge born of ten thousand years. Something that wants its revenge.
NYPD Detective Amy Sun has a problem: Three years ago, a young woman was rescued from a serial killer by a police tactical unit. Now she’s dead, and Amy has a bad feeling that the SWAT team leader is responsible.
As she investigates the existence of a corrupt cabal within her own precinct, Detective Sun soon discovers that there is something else on their trail – a force of vengeance older than the human race itself has awoken, invoked by the tormented murder victim in the weeks before she died, and is out for the blood of the guilty, who soon find themselves suffering a fate more gruesome than anything they could have dreamed of. The Ribbon Queen has come to New York City…and when she learns the truth, Amy is not at all certain that it should be stopped.
JACIN AND THE OLYMPIANS #1
(W) Shane Berryhill, Alex Ogle (A) Mattia Monaco (CA) Alex Ogle, Maja Opac
Zeus and his Pantheon have been wiped out by the Titans of Myth! Humanity’s last hope is Jacin and the Olympians!
Jacin Mukai and her genetically-engineered demigoddess friends use divine technology to protect the remnants of humanity aboard the Starship Olympia as they quest to find the legendary Colossi.
This is an all audiences, woman-led sci-fi action adventure double issue that mixes Giant Mechs in a space opera epic with fast paced manga influenced comics.
Sensational second issues!
BATTLE CHASERS #11
INCREDIBLE HULK #2
SPIDER-MAN INDIA #2 (OF 4)
ULTIMATE INVASION #2 (OF 4)
Also released this week…
- Alice Never After #1 (Of 5)
- Amazing Spider-Man #30
- Avengers #3
- Avengers Beyond #5 (Of 5)
- Batman Beyond Neo-Gothic #1
- Brzrkr Poetry Of Madness #1
- Daredevil And Echo #3 (Of 4)
- Deadpool #9
- I Hate Fairyland #7
- Invincible Iron Man #8
- Knight Terrors #2 (of 4)
- Monstress #46
- Nocterra Nemesis Special (one-shot)
- Predator #5
- She-Hulk #15
- Star Wars Darth Vader Black White and Red #4
- W0rldtr33 #4
- Walking Dead Dlx #67
- Wolverine #35
- X-Men Hellfire Gala 2023 #1
BOOKS
STRANGE ACADEMY FINALS TP
(W) Skottie Young (A/CA) Humberto Ramos
The spellcasting students are ready to face their final exams! From day one, people have been wondering: Who is the savior of Strange Academy, and who can bring it all down? Prepare to find out as the students who have chosen to remain at the Academy must meet their biggest challenge yet! They’ve finally got a lead on Gaslamp and their missing friend – now all they have to do is fight and defeat the most terrifying villain they’ve ever known! The endgame is here, the future of Marvel magic is about to be decided, and students past and present will face a battle for their very souls!
Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos reunite for the spellbinding climax of their Eisner Award-nominated saga!
Collecting STRANGE ACADEMY: FINALS #1-6.
GAMES
THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING: COMBAT TACTICS FOR DUNGEON MASTERS
Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monsters’ abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don’t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they’re already under fire, a DM shouldn’t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat.
LIVE TO TELL THE TALE: COMBAT TACTICS FOR PLAYER CHARACTERS
An introduction to combat tactics for fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons players, Live to Tell the Tale evens the score. It examines the fundamentals of D&D battles: combat roles, party composition, attacking combos, advantage and disadvantage, Stealth and Perception, and more… including the ever-important consideration of how to run away! Don’t worry about creating a mathematically perfect character from square one. Survival isn’t about stats – it’s about behavior! With four turn-by-turn, roll-by-roll, blow-by-blow sample battles, Live to Tell the Tale breaks down how to make the best choices for your cherished characters so that they can survive their adventures, retire upon their accumulated riches, and tell stories about the old days that nobody will ever believe.
FOLDED SPACE COLOUR INSERT: FROSTHAVEN
COLLECTABLES
TRANSFORMERS STUDIO SERIES RISE OF THE BEASTS VOYAGER OPTIMUS PRIME AF (BUZZWORTHY BUMBLEBEE)
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