New Comic Book Day - 12/02/2017 - Warren Ellis Wildstorming Once More!

New Comic Book Day - 12/02/2017 - Warren Ellis Wildstorming Once More!

Big excitement for comics readers this week Warren Ellis' return to Wildstorm hits the shelves Wednesday!

The lovable curmudgeon that brought us such works as Transmetropolitan (which given our current political climate may never have been more relevant), Planetary and Injection (which both take you on a walk on the weird side), Iron Man Extremis (which brought Tony Stark properly into the 21st century and served as inspiration for Iron Man 3 (book is better than the movie folks)), the Authority (which brought us Apollo and Midnighter and served as a nice reflection to the whiter than white Justice league), the excellent James Bond, and my personal favourite Global Frequency (what happens if Thunderbirds were a bunch of spies saving us from our own nightmarish creations rather than a wealthy family on a jolly saving the world) is directing the Wildstorm universe for the next 4 years and it's looking like it's going to be awesome. I am really really excited.

In a more sombre note Joe Haldeman's the Forever War kicks off in comic form. This is space opera as written by a Vietnam vet inspired by his time in Vietnam. The books they are based on are not for the faint of heart, so expect some brutal storytelling and art. It's likely that this isn't a series you're going to easily forget.

On a considerably lighter note, this week brings us the DC Rebirth of The Super Sons! Superboy and Robin take a break from the Super Dads and Super Mom (amusingly Batman is a single parent working two jobs) to carve out a little piece of history for themselves taking on an villain who's also growing in power. Will the boys cope with going it alone? Will they have to run to their parents for help? What does Batman put in Robin's packed lunch?

Have a great week! See you on Wednesday!

Tom & Owen

PS For those other Warren Ellis fanboy's out there, he's written an animated Castlevania TV show for Netflix, should be out this year!

PPS What does Batman put in Robin's lunchbox? Best answer in the comments gets a copy of Wildstorm #1 on me!

NEW #1 COMICS & ONE-SHOTS

BATWOMAN REBIRTH #1

BATWOMAN REBIRTH #1

DEC160238
(W) Marguerite Bennett, James TynionIV (A) Ben Oliver (A/CA) Steve Epting
The newest chapter of Batwoman's life begins here! Monster Venom is the hottest new bioweapon on the market...and to break up the syndicate spreading it around the world, Batwoman's going to have to return to the place where she spent some of her darkest hours! Learn where Batwoman comes from, and where she's going, in this one-shot prologue to the first big Batwoman epic, "The Many Arms Of Death"!
RATED T+
BATWOMAN REBIRTH #1 VAR ED

BATWOMAN REBIRTH #1 VAR ED

DOCTOR STRANGE #1.MU

DOCTOR STRANGE #1.MU

DEC160898
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Julian Lopez (CA) Chip Zdarsky
A MONSTERS UNLEASHED TIE-IN!
•  Doctor Strange gets sucked into the monster event of the year!
•  Too bad for the Marvel Universe that Strange is at his lowest power levels.
•  What's a Sorcerer Supreme to do?
Rated T+

DOCTOR STRANGE #1.MU GWENSTER UNLEASHED VAR

DOCTOR STRANGE #1.MU GWENSTER UNLEASHED VAR

FOREVER WAR #1

FOREVER WAR #1

DEC161903
(W) Joe Haldeman (A/CA) Marvano
The visionary Hugo and Nebula Award-winning SF tale by Joe Haldeman is beautifully realised in full color by the legendary artist Marvano.   An epic SF war story spanning space and time, The Forever War explores one soldier's experience caught up in the brutal machinery of a war that reaches across the stars.
FOREVER WAR #1

FOREVER WAR #1

FOREVER WAR #1

FOREVER WAR #1

SUPER SONS #1

SUPER SONS #1

DEC160240
(W) Peter J. Tomasi (A/CA) Jorge Jimenez
"When I grow up" part one! The sons of Batman and Superman have graduated to their own monthly comic-but if they want to survive, they're going to have to share it! Writer Peter J. Tomasi (BATMAN & ROBIN, SUPERMAN) teams with rising-star artist Jorge Jimenez (EARTH 2) to bring you the adventures of the World's Smallest. This debut issue looks at the lives of Robin and Superboy and their destiny to follow in their fathers' footsteps, while we meet a new villain whose ascension parallels the boys' own understanding of their powers-except that he believes it's his right to rule over every being on the planet!
RATED T
SUPER SONS #1 VAR ED

SUPER SONS #1 VAR ED

TRUE BELIEVERS WOLVERINE X-23 #1

TRUE BELIEVERS WOLVERINE X-23 #1

DEC161052
Reprinting X-23 (2005) #1.
PARENTAL ADVISORY
SRP: $1.00

WILD STORM #1

WILD STORM #1

DEC160229
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Jon Davis-Hunt
A troubled woman, barred by her employer from continuing her research, walks miserably through New York City. It takes her a moment to notice that everybody else is looking up. A man has been thrown from the upper floor of the Halo skyscraper.
And that woman-Angela Spica, sick from the transhuman implants she's buried in her own body-is the only person who can save him.
What she doesn't know is that the act of saving that one man will tip over a vast and secret house of cards that encloses the entire world, if not the inner solar system. This is how the Wild Storm begins, and it may destroy covert power structures, secret space programs and even all of human history.
New York Times best-selling writer Warren Ellis (TRANSMETROPOLITAN, RED, PLANETARY) returns to DC to curate Jim Lee's WildStorm world, with this debut issue resetting the WildStorm universe with new iterations of Grifter, Voodoo, the Engineer, Jenny Sparks and others.
"I couldn't be more excited to see these characters that are so near and dear to me reintroduced under the guiding hand of Warren Ellis. WildStorm represents an incredibly fun and exciting period in my career, and I can't wait to see what Warren and Jon have in store for fans in February."-Jim Lee, DC Comics Co-Publisher
RATED T+
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WILD STORM #1 JIM LEE VAR ED

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WILD STORM #1 LOTAY VAR ED

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MIGHTY THOR #16

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MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #37

MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #37

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BLACK SCIENCE TP VOL 01 HOW TO FALL FOREVER

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FLIGHT OF THE RAVEN TP

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MERCHANDISE

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MARVEL GRAPHIC COMIC BOX MONSTERS UNLEASHED (BUNDLE OF 5)

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TOPPS 2016 STAR WARS MASTERWORK T/C BOX

TOPPS 2016 STAR WARS MASTERWORK T/C BOX
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2 comments

Barman would put knuckle sandwiches/anabolic steroids and penguin chocolat bars

joe

Batman would clearly leave a penguin in robins lunchbox ;)

Marc Burrage

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