Top 5 Comic Book Picks 9/26/12

Astonishing X-Men #54 courtesy Marvel

Astonishing X-Men #54 Susan Hatchi reveals her mutant connection. The new villainess has already blown up Wolverine and the rest of the team is infected with her nanobombs in their blood. Can former New Mutant Karma escaped Hatchi’s control to save her team.

Batman Incorporated #0 You need an international army to fight a global terror network like Leviathan. See how Bruce Wayne recruited his worldwide team of crimefighters in this origin issue.

Happy #1 A hit man’s world of murder, sex and corruption – not your usual Christmas tale. Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson team up for this new Image mini-series of an unjured assassin on the run from the cops, the mob and connected to a killer Santa.

Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 # 5 Captain Picard is faced with an impossible choice that could save or damn the universe. Only Doctor Who may be able to convince the Captain to team up with his greatest enemies.

Talon #0 A new hero in a new series spinning out of the Batman: Court of Owls epic! Calvin Rose is the only man to escape the Court of Owls. Can this former assassin live a normal life and become a hero? The Court is back and they’re after their prize killer.

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New Grant Morrison Project at Image

 

Happy teaser art courtesy Image Comics

  The Image Expo kicked off with a huge announcement. Grant Morrison (Action Comics, Batman Incorporated) is bringing a new project called Happy! to Image Comics this year. Publisher Eric Stephenson made the announcement in his keynote address. Darick Robertson will illustrate the series.

  IFanboy has the exclusive story, teaser image and an extended interview with Morrison.

 Morrison did tell IFanboy the series is “in a genre he’s never really tackled before…but with a bizarre twist, of course.” 

  Let the speculation begin!

  Morrison did say he will continue writing Superman and Batman titles and Seaguy for Vertigo.