Some weeks are DC-heavy, some weeks there are several amazing independent titles, but HOLY SMOKES, Marvel is PACKING A PUNCH. We’ve got some serious heavy-hitter comics releasing this week! Hold onto your butts, folks, this is going to be an epic New-Release-Wednesday.
House of X #1 (OF 6)
Marvel Comics
(Wr) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Pepe Larraz
OF COURSE this has to be on my list this week: X-MEN (soft) REBOOT. Uncanny X-Men and X-Force have ended and the next chapter of X-Men begins with Hickman’s House of X and Powers of X, the mini series that will bring Mutants “out of the shadows and into the light.”
There has been an astronomical amount of hype around this mini-series and his additional series Powers of X, (which will allegedly change the way we see the past, present and future of mutants) and my hope is that this series can make itself worthy of all of this hype. House of X and Powers of X seem to be all anyone wants to talk about for the past two months and although I do not typically get excited over modern X-Men stories, I am SUPER intrigued about this — and if it will really be as revolutionary as the Marvel / Diamond descriptions and solicitations are making it seem!
Fearless #1 (of 4) Frison Connecting Variant
Marvel Comics
(Wr) Seanan McGuire & Various (A) Claire Roe, Carmen Nunez Carnero (CA) Jenny Frison
A celebration of the women of Marvel, this mini-series showcases an amazing collection of female characters who have fought, overcome, loved, and have been an inspiration to so many. From an all-female creative team, it’s so powerful to see women celebrating women and I am HERE for this series!
Valkyrie: Jane Foster #1
Marvel Comics
(Wr) Jason Aaron, Al Ewing (A) CAFU (CA) Mahmud A. Asrar
First, she was Dr. Jane Foster, then she became Thor, the Goddess of Thunder, and spinning from the pages of War of the Realms, she is now VALKYRIE. Jane Foster is one bad-B and I am so pumped to see Jason Aaron’s story of Jane Foster as Valkyrie, guide and ferry-woman to the dead.
Web of Venom: Funeral Pyre #1
Marvel Comics
(Wr) Cullen Bunn (A) Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, Joshua Cassara (CA) Declan Shalvey
An “Absolute Carnage” tie-in/prequel, Carnage has been hunting all former symbiote hosts and killing them off. This one-shot story tells the tale of the hunting down of his next victim, Andi Benton, formerly Mania (living in Philadelphia) without a symbiote to save her from the destruction of Carnage.
Batman: Curse of the White Knight #1 (of 8)
DC Comics
(Wr/A/CA) Sean Murphy
In this sequel to Batman White Knight series (retroactively part of DC’s Black Label), Joker recruits Azreal to run Gotham into the ground by revealing a shocking secret about the Wayne family. While fighting to save his city, Bruce deals with how the secret begins to unravel and exposes the true history of his ancestry. This sequel series promises “new villains,” (which hooks me in), and the success of the first series is setting this series up to be a must-have!
Star Pig #1 (of 4) Cvr A Richard
IDW Publishing
(Wr) Delilah S Dawson (A) Francesco Gaston (CA) Sara Richard
“Perfect for fans of Saga and Guardians of the Galaxy,” this is the story of a 16-year-old girl, going to Space Camp (in space), who is rescued by a space-faring Water-Bear after a shuttle accident sets her flying through space. This trippy yet adorable story looks like it will be a lot of fun, and I’m excited for this adventure to begin!
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