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.
BLACK MAGICK #11
Writer: Greg Rucka
Artist: Nicola Scott
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: “AWAKENINGS II,” Part Six Conclusion. Strands come together, the Hand of Glory has been lit, Alex has made a deal with the witch hunters, and the face of Rowan’s enemy is revealed, with damning consequences.
STEPHEN: This series was completely off my radar, but knowing what Greg Rucka does with storytelling, I am picking up this issue and all the back issues, too.
THE CROW: MEMENTO MORI #1
Writer: Roberto Recchioni, Matteo Scalera
Artist: Matteo Scalera
Publisher: Young Animal/DC Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: James O’Barr’s iconic character returns in an original story developed by Edizioni BD in collaboration with IDW! Follow David, the new Crow, through the streets of Rome, as he seeks holy vengeance against the terrorists that murdered him and his girlfriend.
MATTHEW: The 90s are back with a vengeance, and I’m interested in seeing how a new incarnation of the Crow will (you should excuse the expression) fly…
DARK NIGHTS METAL #6
Writer: Scott Snyder
Artist: Greg Capullo
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $49.99
SOLICITATION: All roads lead…to darkness. In the devastating and epic conclusion to DC’s cataclysmic event series, heroes from across the universe make their final charge into the unknown to battle the forces of the Dark Multiverse! Space and time, dreams and nightmares, all will collide—and what is left at the end will leave the DC Universe irrevocably changed!
STEPHEN: This is it! Everything going forward is going to be changed by this series. Right? Riiiiigh? Regardless, this was an incredibly fun run, and I’ve enjoyed every installment. If you like fun in comics, you need to pick this issue up.
GI JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #250
Writer: Larry Hama
Artist: Netho Diaz
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: “Dawn of the Arashikage,” Part 5! Here it is – the conclusion to the latest explosive chapter in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero lore! Dawn Moreno has battled dangerous enemies and her own inner demons as the ghost of the dead Snake-Eyes threatens to possess her mind and her very soul. Will she survive the psychic onslaught, or be lost to the dark memories of the mysterious ninja for all time? Find out in this special oversized milestone issue!
MATTHEW: All about the retro for me this week, as the comic that originally got me into comics, hits a milestone and a new Snake-Eyes is born to protect the next… Wait, no… That’s ‘Heavy Metal.’ Regardless, I’m in for this one.
MIGHTY MORPHIN’ POWER RANGERS #25
Writer: Kyle Higgins, Ryan Ferrier
Artist: Daniele Di Nicuolo, Bachan
Publisher: BOOM! STUDIOS
Cover Price: $4.99
SOLICITATION: Drakkon returns and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will never be the same. The “SHATTERED GRID” event begins here!
MATTHEW: Big giant multi-season crossover madness anniversary event featuring many Ranger teams?
Is it my birthday already?
TMNT ONGOING #80
Writers: Tom Waltz & Kevin Eastman
Artist: Brahm Revel
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: “Invasion of the Triceratons,” Part 5 of 5. Lines have been crossed, and New York teeters on the brink of complete destruction! When the times comes, will the Turtles be able to defeat the enemy they dread to fight?
STEPHEN: Everyone I talk to on a regular basis has simply fallen in love with this TMNT series. I don’t know if this is the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles run ever, but I’m picking up a copy, and you should, too.
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