New Comics Picks August 12, 2015

Batman #43 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #43 courtesy DC Comics

A new bad guy for the new Batman; Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman and Doctor Doom in a cosmic triangle and a Doctor Who comics crossover are among this week’s top new comics picks:

Batman #43

A brand new villain is striking Gotham City. Can the all-new Batman stop the spread of Mister Bloom? And the mystery of Bruce Wayne continues – dead, missing or hiding in plain sight?

Beauty #1

What is the price of beauty? A brand new comic that’s a morality tale for an appearance obsessed age and a sci-fi mystery/thriller by Jeremy Haun. What if beauty was a sexually transmitted disease? Detectives uncover the terrible price of perfect looks in a society who will pay anything for it.

Doctor Who: Four Doctors #1 courtesy Titan Comics
Doctor Who: Four Doctors #1 courtesy Titan Comics

Doctor Who: Four Doctors #1

A ghost from the past unites the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors in a major crossover from Titan Comics. Paul Cornell (Wolverine and Doctor Who series writer: Human Nature/Family of Blood) unites the Time Lords and their companions in a tale that even resurrects the War Doctor. See a preview here and the trailer here.

Secret Wars #5

Doctor Doom rebuilt the dead Marvel multiverse into a Battleworld where he rules as a God but another classic villain paid the price for this new planet. Is the Molecule Man dead or is it payback time for Doom? Plus, how will Reed Richards and the survivors of the Marvel 616 save Susan and dethrone Doom? If the new Fantastic Four movie left you defeated then marvel at Reed and Sue in war with their classic foe at his most powerful as Jonathan Hickman keeps shocking with his Marvel swan song.

Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde #2

Love and war in Battleworld as Peter Quill crosses paths with the Age of Apocalypse Kitty Pryde. Sam Humphries brought the X-Man and Guardian of the Galaxy together, Secret Wars tore them apart, now this Kitty may rip Quill to shreds.

By Editor