Geek Summer Obsessions! When we revealed our most anticipated movies and comic books of 2013 in January how could we have known the amazing new projects now on the horizon! We know what’s going to drive us to cinemas but these are the books that will make us race to the comic shops this summer:
Daredevil: Dark Nights (June) Acclaimed writer Mark Waid just celebrated the 25th issue of his run with a brand new villain. An all-star team of creators contribute stories to this eight part special series devoted to The Man Without Fear! Artist Lee Weeks (Last Rites) kicks off the event with a story he wrote and drew.
Green Lantern (July) All-new creative teams on all the books starring the heroes and villains of the Green Lantern Corps with Robert Venditti and Billy Tan taking over the lead book in Green Lantern #21.
X-O Manowar #15 (July) Aric vs. The Eternal Warrior! Robert Venditti sets the stage for Valiant’s upcoming event, The Road to Unity with epic clash of titans.
The Wake (TBD) Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy explore the depths of fear in a new Vertigo series mixing monsters, sci-fi and horror. Snyder and Murphy last teamed up on American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest.
Batman Year Zero (June) After unleash the Court of Owls and the Joker, powerhouse team Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo takes us back to Bruce Wayne’s first year as Batman in The New 52.
Superman Unchained (June) Scott Snyder. Jim Lee. That’s enough for me.
Infinity (June) Earth’s Mightiest Heroes assemble all of Marvel’s heroes in a cosmic showdown with Thanos! Avengers fighting with Skulls? A critical role for the Inhumans. Brand new alien threats. Jonathan Hickman and Jim Cheung unleash Marvel universal war!
X-Men: Battle of the Atom (September) The 50th Anniversary of the mutants is a clash of X-Men from past, present and future! As a direct result of the original teen X-Men coming into the present – a strange team of future X-Men have arrived to make them go back – by any means necessary! Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho unleash the epic in a one-shot that will move through the core X-books.
What’s on your summer reading list? Have a safe and happy summer and enjoy!
By Editor