The next wave of Rebirth releases hit this week (and they have been VERY popular with you all so far!) Rucka's Wonder-woman is Owen's most anticipated Rebirth release.
Civil War II's influence expands to Amazing Spider-man and Hercules
We have a novel new take on the Robin Hood mythos and Lumberjanes meet Gotham academy in their eagerly awaited mash up.
Speaking of mash-ups we have Wacky Races meets Mad Max with Wacky Raceland - will Dick Dastardly cause trouble for Penelope? Yes.... I would think so!
NEW RELEASES AND ONE-SHOTS
ACTION COMICS #957 (IVAN REIS & JOE PRADO REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: DC COMICS
(W) Dan Jurgens (A) Patrick Zircher (CA) Mikel Janin
"PATH TO DOOM" chapter one
Superman returns to Metropolis just in time to meet the city of tomorrow's newest protector: Lex Luthor. But it's not long before these dueling titans meet someone unexpected - the new Clark Kent!
DON'T MISS: ACTION COMICS returns to its original numbering with this issue!
AQUAMAN REBIRTH #1 (BRAD WALKER & DREW HENNESSEY REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: DC COMICS
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Oscar Jimenez (CA) Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy
Born to both the surface and the sea, Arthur Curry walks in two worlds but can find a home in neither. The king of Atlantis looks to reconcile his split heritage as he embarks on a new mission that may finally make him choose between his two paths.
POLITICAL PLAYER: "As the leader of a world power," writer Dan Abnett says, "Arthur believes it's time Atlantis became part of the global community. Atlantis has been on the outside for too long: feared, mysterious and misunderstood. But that means getting the world used to Atlantis...and vice versa.
CIVIL WAR II AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 4) (KHARY RANDOLPH REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Christos N. Gage (A) Travel Foreman (CA) Khary Randolph
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN GETS CAUGHT UP IN CIVIL WAR II! There's a new Inhuman with the ability to seemingly predict the future, and as the heroes of the Marvel Universe continue to grapple with their feelings about his very existence one thing almost everyone can agree on is that he bears a tremendous responsibility to use his powers safely. Peter Parker, aka THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, knows a thing or two about that -- too bad he's also got the ol' Parker luck working against him.
CIVIL WAR II GODS OF WAR #1 (OF 4) (JAY ANACLETO REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Emilio Laiso (CA) Jay Anacleto
The world is on the brink of chaos, with heroes on all sides of the war... but when only the best are called into action, where will the world's first super hero land? Join us for an all-new epic Civil War II series that takes Hercules right to the front lines! As a God, is he responsible for a larger roll in the potential destruction of the Marvel Universe? Or does he have the power to alter fate?!
DETECTIVE COMICS #934 (EDDY BARROWS & EBER FERREIRA REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: DC COMICS
(W) James TynionIV (A/CA) Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira
"RISE OF THE BATMEN" chapter one
An unknown predator begins outdoing Batman, taking down dangerous threats with military precision. It's up to the Dark Knight and series costar Batwoman to rally and train the young heroes of Gotham City to end this mysterious threat!
WHAT NOW: Batman and Batwoman begin training Spoiler, Red Robin and Cassandra Cain, but is the villainous Clayface ready for redemption?
FLASH REBIRTH #1 (KARL KERSCHL REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: DC COMICS
(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Carmine Di (CA) Karl Kerschl
Spinning directly out of the epic events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1, the fastest man alive finds himself at the center of a DC Universe at a crossroads.
WARNING: Do NOT read this issue until after you read DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1!
LUMBERJANES GOTHAM ACADEMY #1 (OF 6) (COVER A MINGJUE CHEN)
Publisher: BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Chynna Clugston-Flores (A) Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (CA) Mingjue Helen Chen
What's to Love: We adore DC's Gotham Academy and it's been on our wish list to have them somehow meet the Lumberjanes. From the great characters to the fun stories, we saw a world in which these two groups could coexist. Fast forward and here we are-the crossover event we've dreamed about and can't wait to bring to you!
What It Is: Something sinister is happening at a mysterious building deep in the woods, drawing the Lumberjanes and the Gotham Academy kids separately to investigate. Is it a weird cabin? An abandoned asylum? The two groups band together to find out what exactly is going on
MERRY MEN #1 (OF 5) (COVER A JACKIE LEWIS)
MERRY MEN #1 (OF 5) (COVER B ED LUCE)
Publisher: ONI PRESS INC.
(W) Robert Rodi (A) Jackie Lewis (CA) Ed Luce
13th century England. Robert Godwinson, former lover of King Richard, lives with his band of Merry Men in Sherwood Forest, away from the watchful eye of Prince John, who has outlawed homosexuality. Though isolated, the men live in peace-that is, until a stranger approaches their camp asking for aid to a nearby town under siege by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Robert-nicknamed Robin-is reluctant to help, but equally eager to get rid of this perplexing stranger... and to put his formidable bow-and-arrow to use. It's Robin Hood like you've never seen him before, based on scholarly speculation about what's really behind the outlaw's legend.
MIDNIGHT OF THE SOUL #1 (OF 5)
Publisher: IMAGE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Howard Chaykin
It's 1950, and Joel Breakstone, former GI and liberator of Auschwitz, is seriously damaged goods. He hasn't exhaled a sober breath in five years-until the sheltered life he's created for himself unravels and he begins the long night that will change his life forever.
NORMAN #1 (OF 5) (COVER A STAN SILAS)
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
(W/A) Stan Silas (CA) Roman Dirge
Norman is a blue-eyed, blond-haired psychopath. He's also a little kid. And he really likes to kill people. Queen Bee of the Schoolyard, Grace, seems to have a knack for it, too. But she's nothing like Norman! He's a sicko. Grace is just... enacting a little vengeance. That's all.
PINK PANTHER #1 (BILL GALVAN REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
(W) S.A. Check, Adrian Ropp (A) Bill Galvan, Adrian Ropp (CA) Bill Galvan
The cool cat is back! Generations of kids grew up loving the Pink Panther's unique style and wit on Saturday morning cartoons. And now today's best writers and artists are delivering original comic book stories that bring the trademark Pink Panther flair for confounding The Inspector and The Little Man to legions of new fans! Each issue is packed full-a pink with several new stories, original shorts, and even a few classic comic tales! We're cramming in 28 pages of comic goodness here so you get more pink for your green with American Mythology's new Pink Panther series! Join the Pink Panther, The Ant and the Aardvark, The Inspector, and a host of other favourite cartoons for the all-ages comic book event of the year!
PROMETHEUS LIFE AND DEATH #1 (OF 4) (COVER A DAVID PALUMBO)
Publisher: DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Andrea Mutti (CA) David Palumbo
Colonial Marines have commandeered a mysterious alien ship-wresting it from the savage Predators who also wanted it. But now the owner of the vessel has awakened, and the marines find themselves trapped in space with an angry god!
SHERLOCK A STUDY IN PINK #1 (OF 6) (COVER A JAY)
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
(W) Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss (A/CA) Jay
The Japanese Sherlock manga comes to the USA and UK for the first time ever! Adapting the episodes of the smash-hit Hartswood Films/Masterpiece television series that sees Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) tackling brain-teasing crimes in modern-day London, this stunning manga is presented in its original right-to-left reading order, and in the full chapters as originally serialised. Each oversized issue comes with a selection of brand-new covers by some of the best Sherlock artists around! #1 kicks things off with a 52-page special. Meet Sherlock and Watson for the first time, all over again!
WACKY RACELAND #1 (LEONARDO MANCO REGULAR COVER)
WACKY RACELAND #1 (DAVE JOHNSON DICK DASTARDLY VARIANT COVER)
Publisher: DC COMICS
(W) Ken Pontac (A/CA) Leonardo Manco
The world has ended, but the race has just begun! Penelope Pitstop, Peter Perfect and the rest of the Wacky Racers vie for the finish line in a contest where the winner takes all and second place is death. Today's trial: the shattered maze of freeways known as the Überpass, where they're beset by giant sand beasts, mutated insects, and worst of all, Dick Dastardly's murderously poor sportsmanship. The last thing they need after surviving the race is a brutal bar fight in a local dive, but that's just what they get!
WONDER WOMAN REBIRTH #1 (LIAM SHARP REGULAR COVER)
Publisher: DC COMICS
(W) Greg Rucka (A) Paulo Siqueira, Liam Sharp (CA) Liam Sharp
After suffering an unimaginable loss, Wonder Woman must rebuild her mission as Earth's ultimate protector and champion.
DON'T MISS: New York Times best selling writer Greg Rucka returns to Wonder Woman with a tale that will forever alter the DC icon.
ALL THE WEEK'S OTHER COMICS
2000 AD PROG #1984
ABE SAPIEN #34
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #6
ALL-NEW X-MEN #10 APOCALYPSE WARS
BAKER STREET PECULIARS #4 (OF 4) (COVER A ANDY HIRSCH)
BLACK CANARY #12
DAREDEVIL #8
DARK AND BLOODY #5 (OF 6)
DARK TOWER THE DRAWING OF THE THREE BITTER MEDICINE #3 (OF 5)
DARTH VADER #21 (SALVADOR LARROCA REGULAR COVER)
DEADPOOL AND THE MERCS FOR MONEY #5 (OF 5) (DECLAN SHALVEY REGULAR COVER)
EARTH 2 SOCIETY #13
EMPRESS #3 (OF 7) (STUART IMMONEN REGULAR COVER)
FIX #3
GODZILLA OBLIVION #3 (OF 5) (COVER B JAMES STOKOE)
GOLDIE VANCE #3 (OF 4) (COVER A BRITTNEY WILSON
GREEN LANTERN CORPS EDGE OF OBLIVION #6 (OF 6)
GRIZZLY SHARK #3 (OF 3) (GRIZZLY SHARK VS SEA BEAR)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #9
HARLEY QUINN AND HER GANG OF HARLEYS #3 (OF 6) (AMANDA CONNER REGULAR COVER)
HEAD LOPPER #4 (COVER A ANDREW MACLEAN)
HOUSE OF PENANCE #3 (OF 6)
HOWARD THE DUCK #8 (JOE QUINONES REGULAR COVER)
INJECTION #10 (COVER A DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE)
INJECTION #10 (COVER B DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE)
LEGENDS OF TOMORROW #4
MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #9
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #29 (COVER A TONY FLEECS)
NEW AVENGERS #12 CIVIL WAR II (JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO REGULAR COVER)
RENATO JONES THE ONE PERCENT #2
SECOND SIGHT #5 (COVER A ALBERTO PONTICELLI)
SHERIFF OF BABYLON #7 (OF 12)
STAR WARS POE DAMERON #3 (PHIL NOTO REGULAR COVER)
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES BEBOP AND ROCKSTEADY DESTROY EVERYTHING #2 (COVER A NICK PITARRA)
THUNDERBOLTS #2 (JON MALIN REGULAR COVER)
VAMPIRELLA VOLUME 3 #4 (COVER A CHRISSIE ZULLO)
VAMPIRELLA VOLUME 3 #4 (COVER B SERGIO DAVILA)
WEAVERS #2 (OF 6) (COVER A DYLAN BURNETT)
WICKED + THE DIVINE #20 (COVER A JAMIE MCKELVIE & MATT WILSON)
WICKED + THE DIVINE #20 (COVER B JENNY FRISON)
XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS #3 (COVER A JENNY FRISON)