No Time to chat this week as we are too busy getting our FCBD preparations done - Many comics to get stickered! -For example I have no time to mention that Punisher Fans get a double dose of new books, no time to mention the first non League work by Moore and O'Neil in years, no time to mention Si Spurrier's new series Weavers that enabled the horrendous pun at this top of this post, no time to mention that those needing their Bucky fix after seeing Civil War should pick up Thunderbolts #1 and finally no time to mention the Vikings and Penny Dreadful comics/TV tie-ins starting this week...
Back to stickering the FCBD comics
NEW RELEASES AND ONE SHOTS
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CINEMA PURGATORIO #1 (MICHAEL DIPASCALE REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: AVATAR PRESS INC
(W) Alan Moore & Various (A) Kevin O'Neil & Various (CA) Michael DiPascale
Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill invite you, and some of the finest creators in comics, in to join them in a different kind of dark: Cinema Purgatorio! This ongoing monthly series will feature Alan and Kevin in every issue and is their first major new project together since League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! Anthology has become a dirty word, so far be it from us to clean it up. Instead we'll shine our light onto the cutting edge of sequential art, with black and white artwork to allow illustrator's pure visions, and the greatest assembly of writing talent ever gathered on one series. Every issue is perfect-bound, with no ads, and all of the works are very long-form, there are no collections planned before 2018. Jump in now and embrace the new future of comics. The one of which Alan Moore has always dreamed. It's here, now. Hiding in the dark corner. Welcome to Cinema Purgatorio.
DAREDEVIL PUNISHER #1 (OF 4)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Charles Soule (A) Szymon Kudranski (CA) Reilly Brown
A simple change of venues for one of Matt Murdock's cases becomes more complicated when THE PUNISHER attempts to send the defendant away...permanently! If DAREDEVIL and BLINDSPOT want to get this mobster his day in court, it will take every ounce of wit and wile they have. All Frank needs to get what he wants is a bullet. The race is on!
DEADPOOL MASACRE #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Brian Posehn (CA) Scott Koblish
Months ago, we were proud to bring you DEADPOOL TRES PUNTO UNO - a tale told all in Spanish, revealing MASACRE, the Deadpool of Mexico! Due to popular demand (because apparently you were too lazy to translate it for yourself) Marvel has taken to an unspecified Internet translation site and is re-presenting the comic in POORLY TRANSLATED ENGLISH! Just in time for the "Fifth of May!"
GWENPOOL #0 (DANILO BEYRUTH REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Christopher Hastings (A) Danillo Beyruth, Gurihiru (CA) Danillo Beyruth
• "Who is Gwenpool, and where did she come from?" Ever since she made a splash in her first cover appearance, those have been the questions on everyone's lips as they lounge about, sipping from a tropical beverage!
• Now, get all three of the original Gwenpool backup stories from HOWARD THE DUCK #1-3 featuring Ms. Poole's first appearance and her battle alongside our favorite private duck in one convenient package!
• Plus: See Gwen's first Xmas in the Marvel Universe, and the guy she killed to mark the occasion!
LADY MECHANIKA THE LOST BOYS OF WEST ABBEY #1 (OF 2) (COVER A JOE BENITEZ & PETER STEIGERWALD)
Publisher: BENITEZ PRODUCTIONS
(W) M. M. Chen (A/CA) Joe Benitez, Peter Steigerwald
The best-selling steampunk comic is back with a brand new story by the original art team! Lady Mechanika returns home from her adventures in the Dark Continent only to find a killer on the loose in Mechanika City. What connection does he have to Lady Mechanika's past?
PENNY DREADFUL #1 (OF 5)
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
(W) Krysty Wilson-Cairns & Various (A) Louie De (CA) Guillem March
The hit Showtime television series Penny Dreadful is presented in comics for the first time! This prequel reveals the terrifying events that led Vanessa to attempt to find her missing childhood friend, Mina Harker, and exposes the true nature of the vampiric monsters infesting Victorian London. Beautifully realized by Louie De Martinis, and written by the scriptwriters of the series!
PUNISHER #1 (DECLAN SHALVEY REGULAR COVER)
PUNISHER #1 (SKOTTIE YOUNG VARIANT COVER)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Becky Cloonan (A) Steve Dillon
FRANK CASTLE LOSES CONTROL!
A by-the-numbers drug bust is about to take Frank Castle by surprise...and he HATES surprises. The horrible fallout threatens to send The Punisher into the heart of darkness, but Castle won't make that journey alone: A DEA agent is on his trail and attempting to get into his head...but what horrors will she find there, and will she survive the experience? First-time Punisher writer Becky Cloonan and quintessential Punisher artist Steve Dillon are forcing Frank Castle out of his comfort zone and taking him to the edge of the world he thought he knew!
RENATO JONES THE ONE PERCENT #1
Publisher: IMAGE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Kaare Andrews
Special double-sized first issue!
The One% own more than half the world's wealth. They've crashed economies, bought governments, and have amassed more power than any other group in history. And they still don't have enough. With this kind of power how can anyone make them pay? WHO will make them pay? Enter Renato Jones, a mysterious vigilante, out to even the score. And when he enters the fray THE SUPER-RICH ARE SUPER F***ED.
From acclaimed creator KAARE KYLE ANDREWS (Iron Fist: The Living Weapon, Spider-Man: Reign) comes a supercharged capitalist action thriller for a post-Great Recession world.
SPACE BATTLE LUNCHTIME #1 (OF 8) (COVER A NATALIE RIESS)
Publisher: ONI PRESS INC.
(W/A/CA) Natalie Riess
Space Battle Lunchtime is a hit show broadcast all over the universe, and the new season is about to start! When one of the competing chefs drops out at the last minute, an aspiring baker from earth, Peony, gets the opportunity of a lifetime (and a chance at a 20,000 Solarbuck prize!). But is she ready for the cutthroat world of intergalactic cooking?
THUNDERBOLTS #1 (JON MALIN REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jim Zub (A/CA) Jon Malin
FROM THE ASHES OF AVENGERS: STANDOFF!
They're a renegade team rampaging across the Marvel Universe under the direction of the Winter Soldier! But are the Thunderbolts heroes or villains-and do even they know for sure?
VIKINGS #1
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
(W) Cavan Scott (A) Staz Johnson, Richard Elson (CA) Shane Pierce
From the chronicles of the History Channel's truly epic series Vikings comes a new saga of glory and plunder! Ragnar, Lagertha, Rollo, and their legendary kin sail once more for England and run straight into a shield wall of politics, intrigue, betrayal and, of course, axe-wielding, blood-spraying, sword-swinging combat!
WEAVERS #1 (COVER A DYLAN BURNETT)
WEAVERS #1 (COVER B DYLAN BURNETT)
Publisher: BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Simon Spurrier (A/CA) Dylan Burnett
What's to Love: From The Godfather to The Sopranos, organized crime stories have always fascinated us. Weavers is a macabre story with a twist on the familiar drama of dons, capos, and made men, mixing in supernatural elements that only writer Simon Spurrier (The Spire, Cry Havoc) can think up. It's perfect for fans of Day Men or Scalped!
What It Is: Sid, a young man with nothing going for himself, becomes an unlikely new addition to The Weavers, a brutal, East Coast crime family whose members are bound to loyalty thanks to the supernatural spider inside each one of them, granting them powerful-and often grotesque-abilities. Once he realizes what he's capable of, Sid sets out to pursue his own secret agenda, counter to the group's objectives. But he doesn't have much time-the longer the spider is inside him, the more loyal he becomes to The Weavers...
COMICS
2000 AD PROG #1979
A-FORCE #5 (BEN CALDWELL REGULAR COVER)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12 (ALEX ROSS REGULAR COVER)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN AND SILK THE SPIDER FLY EFFECT #3 (OF 4)
BALTIMORE EMPTY GRAVES #2 (OF 5)
BATMAN BEYOND #12
BATMAN SUPERMAN #32
BLACK WIDOW #3 (CHRIS SAMNEE REGULAR COVER)
BLOODLINES #2 (OF 6)
CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON #9 AVENGERS STANDOFF
CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #8 (PACO MEDINA REGULAR COVER)
DEVOLUTION #4 (OF 5) (COVER A JAE LEE)
DEUS EX #3
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS #1
EMPRESS #2 (OF 7) (STUART IMMONEN REGULAR COVER)
FLASH #51 (IVAN REIS & JOE PRADO REGULAR COVER)
FLASH #51 (JOHN ROMITA JR. & DANNY MIKI VARIANT COVER)
GOLD KEY ALLIANCE #2 (OF 5) (COVER A FELIPE MASSAFERA)
GREEN ARROW #52 (PATRICK ZIRCHER REGULAR COVER)
GREEN ARROW #52 (SZYMON KUDRANSKI VARIANT COVER)
GREEN LANTERN #52 (BILLY TAN & MARK IRWIN REGULAR COVER)
GREEN LANTERN #52 (BILLY TAN VARIANT COVER)
HELLBOY IN HELL #9
INDEPENDENCE DAY #2 (OF 5) CVR A FILM ART (MR)
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FIVE #9
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #9 ROAD TO CIVIL WAR II (MIKE DEODATO REGULAR COVER)
LEGEND OF WONDER WOMAN #5 (OF 9)
MADAGASCAR #2
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE CIVIL WAR #3
MOON KNIGHT #2 (GREG SMALLWOOD REGULAR COVER)
NEW AVENGERS #11 AVENGERS STANDOFF
PREDATOR LIFE AND DEATH #3 (OF 4)
RAT QUEENS #16
ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT #5
ROUGH RIDERS #2
SCARLET WITCH #6
SHERIFF OF BABYLON #6 (OF 12)
SPIDER-GWEN #8 SPIDER-WOMEN (YASMINE PUTRI REGULAR COVER)
SPIDER-MAN 2099 #10
STAR TREK MANIFEST DESTINY #2 (OF 4)
STAR WARS POE DAMERON #2 (PHIL NOTO REGULAR COVER)
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE #1
SUPERMAN THE COMING OF THE SUPERMEN #4 (OF 6)
UNCANNY X-MEN #7 APOCALYPSE WARS (GREG LAND REGULAR COVER)
UNFOLLOW #7
VAMPIRELLA VOLUME 3 #3 (COVER A CHRISSIE ZULLO)
VAMPIRELLA VOLUME 3 #3 (COVER B SERGIO DAVILA)
VIOLENT #4
WALKING DEAD #154
WICKED + THE DIVINE #19 (COVER A JAMIE MCKELVIE & MATT WILSON)
WICKED + THE DIVINE #19 (COVER B KRIS ANKA)
X-MEN '92 #3 (DAVID NAKAYAMA REGULAR COVER)