IT’S NEW COMIC BOOK DAY! #NCBD
The best day of the week just got a lot better with a new round of awesome comics arriving in stores this week. Before you head to your local comic shop, check out this list of five book you must read this week!
ACTION COMICS #977
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Ian Churchill
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
SOLICITATION: “Superman Reborn Aftermath” part one! Following the epic struggle against [REDACTED], Superman examines his entire history—the birth of Jon, the marriage of Lois and Clark, their lives at the Daily Planet—to discover who tried to destroy his life. Who is waiting in the shadows? Who is Mr. Oz? All questions the Man of Steel cannot answer alone. It is time for him to unite the entire Superman-Family!
STEPHEN: Yes, it is a soft reboot in the middle of the Rebirth universe. but the new history of Superman is finally here! We get to see Krypton for the very first time… AGAIN! Plus, a baby is rocketed from a dying planet like you’ve never seen before! And, evil forces are beginning to conspire. If you have stepped away from Action Comics since Rebirth, now might be a good time to get back on the wagon and ride this to the big Rebirth reveal!
ATOMIC ROBO AND THE TEMPLE OF OD TPB
Writer: Brian Clevinger
Artist: Scott Wegener
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Cover Price: $19.99
SOLICITATION: Occupied Manchuria, 1938. Atomic Robo is volunteered for a new secret mission to track down China’s top quantum physicist, who has been captured by the Imperial Japanese Army to develop a super weapon powered by the theoretically unlimited “zero-point” energy source. Robo can’t catch a break with these would-be conquerors and their bizarre energy sources, can he? Luckily, he’s got some help from an unexpected but familiar face.
STEPHEN: This is your regular reminder that Atomic Robo is the best comic series you will ever read. Today you can begin your fabulous journey into the world of Action Scientists and robots that punch every manner of baddie in the face.
You are welcome.
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FROST GIANTS FURY #2
Writer: Jim Zub
Artist: Netho Diaz
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: The town of Fireshear is a safe haven for our adventurers, or, it would be if it wasn’t under attack by a frost giant raiding party! Get your hamsters ready, it’s time for battle!
STEPHEN: It has dungeons and it has dragons, and it ties into the Frost Giant’s Fury event going on in the Dungeons and Dragons universe right now at Wizards of the Coast. If you are looking for tales set in your current campaign world, then give this issue a shot and see if it does anything for you.
HELLBOY AND BPRD 1954 GHOST MOON #2
Writers: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson
Artist: Brian Churilla
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: Hellboy squares off against a pair of Chinese demons while Sue psychically hunts down the source of the supernatural trouble in Hong Kong.
STEPHEN: You had me at Hellboy… I have a feeling by the time Mignola finally retires, ever single day from Hellboy’s birth until his final adventure will have been told in exacting detail. Ghost Moon #1 was a great hook, and now we get a pair of Chinese demons causing even more problems for Hellboy and the crew of the BPRD. Definitely a must buy this week!
NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS: THE BIG LIE #2
Writer: Anthony Del Col
Artist: Werther Dell’Edera
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: Nancy Drew has a killer plan. In order to clear their names from accusations of their father’s murder, she and the Hardy Boys will have to infiltrate a family of petty thieves — by beating them at their own (card) games!
The classic characters dive deeper into the seedy underbelly of a tourist-town — and they begin to find out if they’re really able to go bad in order to do good.
STEPHEN: The first two issues have been really interesting reads. It is clear that Anthony Del Col has done his research as characters and book titles from the publishing line pop up left and right as casually as if you were saying hello to your aunt Jean. When you hear that a publisher is creating a “noir version of classic characters,” it really sends up a warning flag, but in this case, take the flag down, and dive deep into this mystery.
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