Batman #17 Showdown in Arkham Asylum! Are Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo going to show what I think they’re going to show? Who will survive the Joker’s bizarre plot? The sadistic and shocking finale of Death of the Family! (This week watch for Batgirl #17 and Batman and Robin #17. These tie-ins to the storyline.)
Fatale #12 The addictive supernatural/crime noir series goes way back in time! Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips take us to the Dark Ages in a stand-alone chapter of Josephine and Fatale curse!
Manhattan Projects #9 Jonathan Hickman’s tale of weird science and twisted history launches a new arc! The scientists of the super secret government think tank made their bid to control the world.
Zanadu Comics Seattle First Round Table Group 1/11/12
My Seattle hood comic book shop invited me to share my most anticipated comic books for 2013! Here are the new books, events and trends to look out for this year! Here is a special Zanadu Comics Videoblog:
Thanks to Perry, Howard, Casey, Morgan and Erin for a great experience every book comic Wednesday and for inviting me to share my geeky knowledge and excitement. Visit ZanaduComics.com for Casey and Morgan’s weekly picks!
Fatale Flashbacks Standalone stories starring the Femme Fatale of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s epic horror/crime noir series. Those genres get a twist of spaghetti western in Fatale #13 in a tale of Josephine and the Fatale curse in the old wild west. (Image)
Manhattan Projects Jonathan Hickman’s stange tale of twisted history and weird science evolves in a frightening way when the scientists behind the MP now control the earth! (Image)
Sex #1 Joe Casey (Image, March) A former superhero obsessed with having as much sex as he can? Is this like Shame but with capes?
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by Gerard Way and Becky Cloonan. The front man of My Chemical Romance who made The Umbrella Academy is back with a new series spinning out of his band’s 2010 album. (Dark Horse Comics)
All-New X-Men #5 A blast from the past to save the future of the mutant race! Professor Xavier’s original five students have been brought into the Marvel Now. The young Jean Grey’s telepathic powers are flooding her mind – can she take the terrible truth of how her life turned out? Will the Beast survive his severe mutating mutation? The first arc comes to an end – will it be The End for an original X-Man?
Batman Incorporated #6 Man-Bats! Bat-Robots! Gotham City is ground zero for the showdown between Batman and Talia’s Leviathan. Will this issue be the end of Batman and Damian? Will Bruce let Talia win?
Fatale #11 Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s gritty supernatural noir series exposes dark chapters of Josephine’s past in the first of four stand-alone issues. The first Fatale Flashback takes us to the 1930’s in a revealing tale of the cursed heroine on the run.
Manhattan Projects #8 Jonathan Hickman’s epic of twisted history and weird science takes another dark turn as the secret leaders that run this world turn on the scientists of the Manhattan Projects.
New Avengers #1 Jonathan Hickman assembles a brand new Illuminati! Black Panther gathers Marvel’s most brilliant minds to prevent a cosmic collision of universes.
Think you’re old to read superhero comics? You want something else out of literary escapes besides or instead of costumed heroes? Here are 5 of my favorite non-superhero genre series that gripped me in 2012 and wouldn’t let go.
The Walking Dead #100 courtesy Image/Skybound Comics
The Walking Dead This year it was time to stop just surviving and start living. One beloved survivor is on longer living in the larger world. The Walking Dead #100 ended with one of the most gripping, sick and painful moments of the year as “Lucielle” changed the survivors forever. I almost hope the television series doesn’t last long enough for me to have to watch that moment again. 100 issues and this series is just as provacative and powerful as ever.
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 courtesy IDW Publishing
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 The Time Lord (along with Amy and Rory) beamed aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise at a time when Federation worlds are under attack from Cybermen working with the Borg. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Doctor must find a way to work together to save the Federation. The creative team captures the spirit of each franchise and demonstrates how each character would react, relate, bond and clash with each other.
The Massive #6 courtesy Dark Horse Comics
The Massive How do you remain a conversationist when you world you hoped to save has gone to hell? How do you remain a pacifist when you must dodge ruthless pirates to get food and supplies you must have to survive. Welcome to a new world where cities have sank, economies have tanked and civilization is crumbling. The crew of the Kapital sail the oceans in search of their friends on their sister ship, the Massive, and for necessary supplies in order to stay alive. Brian Wood has created a thrilling morality tale while building a dangerous new world that serves a a cautionary tale for humanity.
Manhattan Projects Jonathan Hickman’s gripping story of twisted history and weird science shocked and challenged me with every new issue. Building the atomic bomb was nothing compared to the staggering creations of this government think tank.
Fatale #1 cover courtesy Image Comics
Fatale Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s mixed crime noir with supernatural horror in two tales of a woman who may be immortal and the men who die for her. The second arc just wrapped. An actor crosses Josephine’s path and all hell runs wild in 1970’s Hollywood with killer cults.
Teen romance, horror, crime, western? Visit your local comic book shop in 2013 and ask for a book to fit your genre tastes!
A+X #1 Let the healing begin! A brand new team-up series in the post-Avengers vs. X-Men world! Wolverine teams up with the Hulk. Captain America and Cable? Did Nathan recently tried to take out the Avengers?
Batgirl Annual #1 The first meeting of Barbara Gordon and Catwoman in the New 52! Will they clash when they cross paths? Plus, the Talon from Night of the Owls is stalking Barbara and wants a rematch!
Doctor Who #2An evil force is stealing time from anyone it touches. Can the Doctor save the next victim? It looks like this new Time Lord tale could be a sequel of sorts to one of my favorite Tom Baker serials The Pyramids of Mars. All the visual clues are there! We’ll see.
Fatale #9Get ready for one HELL of a showdown as Jo confronts the demonic force that’s been stalking her through the decades. Sex, death, and cults in seedy 1970’s Hollywood. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips wrap their latest arc of horror noir that’s not like anything else in the comic shop!
Wolverine and the X-Men #19 After last issue’s shocking murder how will Logan pull the students and staff of the Jean Grey School together? What does the Hellfire Club have planned next?
Avengers vs. X-Men #12 The final chapter! Who can stop a Cyclops possessed by Dark Phoenix? How will Hope and Scarlet Witch factor in the final battle?
Daredevil: End of Days #1 How does it end for The Man Without Fear? An all-star creative team in a story decades in the making. Reporter Ben Urich tells one last story – the final fate of Matt Murdock.
Doctor Who #1 A brand new series starring the Eleventh Time Lord? Who will be joining the Doctor in the Tardis for his first adventure?
Fatale #8It’s Hell in 1970’s Hollywood as the crime noir/horror series takes a huge turn. Will Josephine’s lost years on the year from the 1950’s to the 70’s be revealed. How will the seemingly immortal mystery woman escape the demonic man that’s been stalking her through the decades?
Uncanny X-Force #32 Claws will rip! Wolverine’s covert team vs. the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants as Rick Remender’s Final Execution continues.
