Comics Picks for February 25, 2015

Spider-Verse #1 courtesy Marvel
Spider-Verse #1 courtesy Marvel

A Spider-Verse superstar swings into her own series, Batman turns to the bad guys to beat the Joker and a hit sci-fi show spawns a new comic book. All that and more in this week’s top 5 comic books picks of the week:

 

All-New X-Men #38

The cosmic crossover co-starring Guardians of the Galaxy continues. Heroes have given in the the Black Vortex’s temptation. Heroes have been captured by Mr. Knife. Can they be saved? Who will Star-Lord recruit to stop Mr. Knife and the son of Thanos

 

Batman #39

The Joker’s most horrific joke on Gotham uncovers a new twisted origin for the Clown Prince of Crime? A Dark Knight so desperate for answers…he turns to sworn enemies. It’s the penultimate chapter of Endgame as Scott Snyder’s epic mind game builds to a finale.

 

Orphan Black #1

Sarah learned she’s one of many clones. Rival agencies are out to capture all of them.  Based on the BBC America sci-fi series, Co-creator John Fawcett expands the conspiracy in this limited series from IDW. The #CloneClub hits comics.

 

Spider-Gwen #1

The breakout star of Spider-Verse in her own series. Meet the allies and enemies of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Woman! Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez spin all-new adventures in the Spider-Verse aftermath.

 

The Wicked & The Divine #8

Ancient deities reborn as rock and pop gods who only live two years in their human bodies. A new god enters the conspiracy and war among the egomaniacs by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie.

By Editor