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.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #63
Writer: Nick Spencer
Artist: Federico Vicentini
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
SOLICITATION:
• We all the know the romantic story of R&J! Star-crossed lovers, deep-seeded family enmity, tragic ending…
• Wait, who are Romeo and Juliet? We’re talking about Randy and Janice! Yep, Peter Parker’s roommate and The Beetle have been dating and that information finally gets out to their fathers…
• The Tombstone/Robbie Robertson beef has been brewing since 1988 and is back, big time!
STEPHEN: You had me at Spider-Man…
BEASTS OF BURDEN: OCCUPIED TERRITORY #1
Writer: Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
Artist: Benjamin Dewey
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: “For pet lovers and enthusiasts of supernatural mysteries, the series is an absolute must… ” – USA Today The eight-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor returns in a historical adventure blending Japanese and Western occult! An elder member of the occult-battling pack of Wise Dogs recalls a harrowing mission—in U.S-occupied Japan after World War II, a mysterious curse creates an army of crawling, disembodied heads which threatens to overwhelm the region. Emrys and a team of canine companions attempt to solve the mystery, bringing them into conflict with shape-changing tanuki, evil oni, and a horde of vengeful demons.
INGRID: As if the central concept of intelligent, magic using dogs who solve supernatural mysteries wasn’t awesome enough, this story arc takes us back to post-WW2 Japan and whole new kinds of terror. I am over the moon about this book!
JAMES BOND: AGENT OF SPECTRE #2
Writer: Christos Gage
Artist: Luca Casalanguida
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: James Bond is in the USA…but NOT as part of Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Shockingly, he’s there as an Agent of SPECTRE, sent to eliminate an upstart rival SPECTRE boss at the bidding of Ernst Blofeld himself! The leverage Blofeld has against Bond is a threat to the life of one of the few people in the world Bond can trust… but that friend may have the interests of Bond’starget as the higher priority!
STEPHEN: AGENT OF SPECTRE!? The first issue was pretty good, so I think I’m going to pick this up today. The James Bond stuff from Dynamite has been pretty good over the years.
THE LAST WITCH #4
Writer: Conor McCreery
Artist: V. V. Glass
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: Saoirse, Brahm, and Nan are on the trail of the third sister and wind witch, Badb.
* But a chance encounter with a mischievous and charming boy named Hugh is about to change their lives forever.
* And Saoirse may be more powerful than anyone imagined…
INGRID: A grand fantasy adventure still has a heart centered on family as Saoirse looks to defeat various witches accompanied by her brother and grandmother. The heroine is likeable and full of heart, but also stubborn, and it is a delight following her as she learns more and more about her own powers.
THE SILVER COIN #1
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Michael Walsh
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
SOLICITATION: Eisner-winning artist MICHAEL WALSH (Star Wars, Black Hammer/Justice League) teams with an all-star lineup of collaborators—CHIP ZDARSKY (STILLWATER), KELLY THOMPSON (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), ED BRISSON (Old Man Logan), and JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS)—on a new horror anthology miniseries for mature readers. Each issue will tell a tale of terror in a shared supernatural world. The story starts in 1978 with a failing rock band whose fortune suddenly changes when they find the mysterious Silver Coin. Little do they know that fame comes with a cost, and a curse is always hungry.
STEPHEN: A lot of buzz surrounding this book. I don’t know if we have enough horror comics, or too many, but I’m going to see what The Silver Coin offers up.
ROBOT OVERLORD: You know where you are going and how to get there.
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