New Comics Picks for January 20, 2016

Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company
Captain Marvel courtesy Marvel via Fast Company

The women behind Agent Carter take Captain Marvel into orbit and Poison Ivy gets her own book! These two women take the lead in our new comic picks of the week.

Captain Marvel #1 Carol Danvers leads Alpha Flight?! The fan-favorite Avenger is the new head of S.W.O.R.D. with her own team and satellite headquarters. Danvers is Earth’s first of defense against alien threats in a new series by the team behind Marvel’s Agent Carter and Uncanny X-Men artist Kris Anka.

Poison Ivy: The Cycle of Life and Death #1 The Batman femme fatale in her own limited series. Dr. Isley gets a new start but when a fellow scientist is killed, all evidence points to Ivy. Writer Amy Chu and artist Clay Mann get the bad girl entangled in a new Gotham conspiracy.

Robin: Son of Batman #8 In the aftermath of Robin War, Damian is back in Gotham but reunited with his murderous mother? After declaring “I am Robin” is Damian claiming his al Ghul roots?

Silver Surfer #1 Norrin Radd takes Dawn back to Earth. Fantastic Planet is a new “down to Earth” adventure for Marvel’s cosmic wanderer in a new volume by Dan Slott and Mike Allred.

Star Wars #15 Why did Owen Lars keep young Luke away from Ben Kenobi all those years on Tattoine? In the aftermath of Vader Down, Jason Aaron reveals a lost chapter from the Journals of Obi-Wan.

By Editor