Major Spoilers Staff Picks for May 03, 2017 #NCBD

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. Staff members at Major Spoilers are here to help you with your comic book selection this week, with their roundup of comics they recommend.

BALTIMORE THE RED KINGDOM #4
Writer: Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden
Artist: Peter Bergting
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: The allied armies battle their way through the Vatican on Coronation Day and lose lives along the way, but defeating the Red King will not be as simple as they suspected.

STEPHEN: With the end of the world quickly approaching, Lord Baltimore and his team are our only hope. While it took a while for me to get hooked on the Baltimore series as a whole, I’ve really enjoyed the last couple arcs, and can’t wait to see how it all comes together.

BANE CONQUEST #1
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Graham Nolan

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: The co-creators of Bane make a triumphant return to the character, with a twelve-issue series that will push him to the limit! Bane is seeking to create a global criminal empire with the help of his original gang, Bird, Trogg, and Zombie. The Man Who Broke The Bat moves beyond Gotham to find new cities to conquer and new enemies to crush. He won’t stop until he stands at the top of the world of crime! For Bane, it’s all about CONQUEST.

WAYNE: Bane continues to be one of the most underestimated villains in the Batman universe. Can’t wait to see what his creators have in mind for him!

BATMAN #22
Writer: Tom King
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Artist: Jason Fabok
Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $2.99
SOLICITATION: THE BUTTON” part three! The cataclysmic events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1 continue here! The Dark Knight and The Fastest Man Alive, the two greatest detectives on any world, unite to explore the mystery behind a certain blood-stained smiley button embedded in the Batcave wall. What starts as a simple investigation turns deadly when the secrets of the button prove irresistible to an unwelcome third party-and it’s not who anyone suspects! It’s a mystery woven through time, and the ticking clock starts here!

STEPHEN: Button, the button, who has the button!? Have really enjoyed the series thus far, and like the rest of the DC reading world, I want to know who is pulling the strings.

Is it you?

WAYNE: This miniseries could be the story of the year! If you can find any copies of Batman #21 or Flash #21, I recommend you buy them! Oh, and be sure to read these issues, too!

DOCTOR WHO: GHOST STORIES #2
Writer: George Mann
Artist: Pasquale Qualano
Publisher: Titan Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: All-new series featuring The Doctor, Lucy and the super-powered Grant! What part of Grant’s secret past is coming back to threaten the universe? Featuring the characters of the stunning Doctor Who 2016 Holiday Special on a brand-new adventure!

MATTHEW: Superheroes in Doctor Who comics seems like a no-brainer for Titan Comics, glad to see them pick it up so quickly. Here’s hoping they can make the whole thing work…

INJUSTICE 2 #1
Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Bruno Redondo, Juan Albarran
Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $2.99
SOLICITATION: The all-new prequel to the highly anticipated Injustice 2 video game begins here! Original INJUSTICE writer Tom Taylor continues the story from the hit series INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US. Superman is imprisoned, and it’s up to Batman to put the world back together. But with Superman’s iron-fisted regime eliminated, other forces rise up to fill the void. And Batman doesn’t have a lot of allies left to help stop them.

WAYNE: I have never played the games, but I love the comics! It’s a great jumping-on place for folks who have been curious about this series, so I recommend it!

JEAN GREY #1
Writer: Dennis Hopeless
Artist: Victor Ibanez
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: When a teenage JEAN GREY traveled through time and arrived in the present, she learned the terrible fate that befell her predecessor: Possessed by a cosmic entity called the Phoenix, Jean was trapped in an endless cycle of life and death. Determined to escape that future, Jean set out to write her own destiny. But now, she’s visited by a premonition that the Phoenix is coming for her…and in this new ongoing series by DENNIS HOPELESS (ALL-NEW X-MEN, SPIDER-WOMAN, X-MEN: SEASON ONE) and VICTOR IBANEZ (EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN, STORM), she’s going to fight tooth and nail to escape becoming its next victim!

MATTHEW: If my calculations are correct, she is the last of the X-Men to get their own solo book, so congratulations time-traveling teenage Jean!

PREDATOR HUNTERS #1
Writer: Chris Warner
Artist: Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: Space aliens have been coming to Earth for centuries-but not with any message of brotherhood or peace. They’re here to hunt the toughest, most dangerous humans they can find. Only now their former prey have teamed up against them. Predators, watch your backs!
o Written by Predator comic series veteran Chris Warner!
o Art by Francisco Ruiz Velasco.
o Covers feature special metallic ink!

CHRIS: Dark Horse has always captured my interest with anything they do in the Alien and Predator universe. The last event, Life and Death, that attempted to tie both franchises as well as Prometheus all together in one big story didn’t sit well with me. I’m glad to see that they’re breaking off individually again and will be checking this one out.

SECRET EMPIRE #1
Writer: Nick Spender
Artist: Steve McNiven
Publisher: Marvel
Cover Price: $4.99
SOLICITATION: It’s been building for months, across a bevy of titles! But now, the moment has arrived for Steve Rogers to step into the light and declare his allegiance to Hydra! How can the heroes of the Marvel Universe cope with this shattering betrayal by the most trusted figure among them? And what will this mean for the world? The map of the Marvel Universe changes in ways nobody will expect – TRUST THE SECRET EMPIRE!

CHRIS: I’ve read this and it’ pretty damn good. Don’t believe what people are telling you about Captain America being a Nazi. Anyone who says that clearly hasn’t been reading the Steve Rogers Captain America series. Nick Spencer is sparing no time in ramping things up and I can’t wait to see how this plays out, as well as some of the backlash.

UNDERDOG #1
Writer: Batton Lash
Artist: Batton Lash
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: There’s no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here! American Mythology is proud to bring back another nostalgic kids classic to a brand new audience. Underdog is an incredible animated series that chronicled the adventures of Shoeshine, who when danger was afoot would turn into a powerful superhero! With an incredible rogues’ gallery of villains like Simon Bar Sinister, Cad Lackey, Riff Raff, Battyman, and Overcat on the loose, the world needs Underdog more than ever!

MATTHEW: No apologies here, Faithful Spoilerites. It’s a favorite of my youth, and I’m soooo looking forward to some REAL Underdog, especially given that awful live-action adaptation with Brodie from ‘Mallrats.’

ROBOT OVERLORD: WHAT WILL YOU BE BUYING THIS WEEK? USE THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW!

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