Thursday 7 May 2015

Comic Shop Corner: May 2015

With me ignoring DC comics during the Convergence event there is only 25 books this month. On to the countdown...

25. Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #8
Last ranking: 29.

ALES KOT (W)
MARCO RUDY (A)
Cover by MICHAEL DEL MUNDO
“A NIGHT FLIGHT OVER YOUR HEART”
• Bucky One. Bucky Two. It’s time for a talk.
• Astral travel across dimensions! Daisy Johnson flies!
• The mastermind -- uncovered!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

24. C.O.W.L. #10
Last ranking: 28

story: KYLE HIGGINS & ALEC SIEGEL
art / cover: ROD REIS

MARCH 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

After weeks of vicious attacks by Camden Stone and Geoffrey Warner's villains, C.O.W.L. finally has a new contract with the city. Now, will Geoffrey be able to reign in the fabricated villains? Plus, Detective Evelyn Thompson confronts John Pierce's killer.

23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #23
Last ranking: 26.

story: KYLE HIGGINS & ALEC SIEGEL
art / cover: ROD REIS

MARCH 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

After weeks of vicious attacks by Camden Stone and Geoffrey Warner's villains, C.O.W.L. finally has a new contract with the city. Now, will Geoffrey be able to reign in the fabricated villains? Plus, Detective Evelyn Thompson confronts John Pierce's killer.

22. Inhuman Annual
Last ranking: 25.

CHARLES SOULE (w) • RYAN STEGMAN (a/C)
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID NAKAYAMA
• All the threads of the first year come to a head in this epic oversized Annual!
• Medusa! Lash! Ennilux! Reader! Lineage!
• What will be left standing before Secret Wars pulls it all crashing to the floor?!?!?
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

21. The Chilling Adeventures Of Sabrina #3
Last ranking: 22.

It’s the night before Halloween, the night before Sabrina’s sixteenth birthday, the night of the blood-moon and the lunar eclipse, and Sabrina has made her decision: She will go into the woods of Greendale as a half-witch and emerge…on the other side of a frightful ritual…as a fully baptized member of the Church of Night. But there will be a cost, and his name is Harvey. And unbeknownst to Sabrina and her aunts, there is a serpent in the garden, their great enemy Madam Satan, who is conspiring against them...
For TEEN+ readers.

Script: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Art: Robert Hack, Jack Morelli
Cover: Robert Hack
To Hell and Back Variant Cover: Robert Hack
On Sale Date: 5/20
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

20. Postal #4
Last ranking: 24.

story: BRYAN HILL & MATT HAWKINS
art: ISAAC GOODHART
cover: LINDA SEJIC
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Mark, having barely survived capture, suffers emotional and physical scars. With the mayor and the sheriff afraid to confront the threats to the town, Mark chooses to confront the town’s enemies on his own, but the price of vengeance may change him and the town forever.Cullen Bunn (W) and Tyler Crook (A/Cover)

19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Color Classics
Last ranking: 21.

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w) • Jim Lawson (a) • A.C. Farley (c)
The TMNT Color Classics line continues! In "City at War, Part Three," the TMNT have been reduced to playing street vigilantes as a full-scale war is brewing in the criminal underworld. Will they be ready when the Foot Clan finally launch their attack?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• Originally printed as Mirage TMNT #52, Volume 1.

18. Harrow County #1
Last ranking: NEW!

On sale May 13
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Ongoing

Emmy always knew that the deep, dark woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts, goblins, and zombies. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures—and to the land itself—in a way she never imagined. Don’t miss the first issue of this southern gothic fairy tale from the creator of smash hit The Sixth Gun, beautifully and hauntingly realized by B.P.R.D.’s Tyler Crook!

• Featuring two backup stories exclusive to the single issues!
• Drawn by Eisner-winning B.P.R.D. artist Tyler Crook!

17. Return Of The Living Deadpool #4
Last ranking: 17.

CULLEN BUNN (w) • NICOLE VIRELLA (a)
Cover by JAY SHAW
• Oh man—there’s a zillion Deadpools and a zillion zombies!
• I have no idea how this is going to end.
• I hope Cullen does. You do, right Cullen?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

16. Edward Scissorhands #8
Last ranking: 18.

Kate Leth (w) • Drew Rausch (a) • George Caltsoldas (c)
The eyes of the world begin to turn towards Edward as a famed and fanatical surgeon sets her sights on "fixing" him.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

15. Past Aways #3
Last ranking: 16.

Matt Kindt (W), Scott Kolins (A/Cover), and Bill Crabtree (C)
On sale May 27
FC, 40 pages
$3.99
Ongoing

As the PastAways grapple with the mystery of a gargantuan robot from beyond time, a shocking revelation threatens to fracture the group!
• The first arc comes to a thrilling conclusion!
• Every issue contains bonus backup material!

14. Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash-Up #5
Last ranking: 13.

Derek Charm, Mariah Huehner (w) • Charm, Cat Farris (a) • Charm (c)
The Powerpuff Girls enlist Mojo Jojo to help them catch Dee Dee before the entire multiverse falls apart! What could possibly go wrong?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

13. Silver Surfer #12
Last ranking: 12.

DAN SLOTT (W) • MIKE ALLRED (A/C)
“The New Life of Norrin Radd”
• No surfboard. No trace of the Power Cosmic. No hint of silver. It’s an all-new life for Norrin Radd on an all-new world.
• And heralding a strange, new chapter in Dawn Greenwood’s story as well...
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals #4
Last ranking: 15.

Paul Allor (w) • Andy Kuhn (a & c)
The climactic showdown between the Mutanimals and Null! Surprises await both sides of the conflict!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

11. Magneto #18
Last ranking: 8.

CULLEN BUNN (w) • PAUL DAVIDSON (a)
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
• Earth is on a collision course with oblivion…and Magneto’s just learned time is running out.
• With everything he’s fought for being brought to an unescapable end, how will the Master of Magnetism spend his LAST DAYS on Earth?
• Will Magneto celebrate his legacy…or be tortured by it?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

10. Fight Club 2 #1
Last ranking: NEW!

Chuck Palahniuk (W), Cameron Stewart (A/Variant cover), Dave Stewart (C), David Mack (Cover), and Lee Bermejo (Variant cover)
On sale May 27
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Ongoing

Some imaginary friends never go away . . . Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, he lives a mundane life. A kid, a wife, pills to keep his destiny at bay. But it won’t last long; the wife has seen to that. The time has come . . . Rize or Die.
• Chuck Palahniuk writes the sequel to Fight Club!
• One of the most anticipated comics of the year.
Named to ComicBook.com’s Top 10 Comic Events We Can’t Wait For in 2015!

9. Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars #1
Last ranking: NEW!

CULLEN BUNN (w) • MATTEO LOLLI & JACOPO CAMAGNI (a)
Cover by TONY HARRIS
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
YOUNG VARIANT BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
ALBUM ARTIST VARIANT BY NICK GANZIN
BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
• NOT A SECRET WARS TIE-IN!
• Well...it is...but not THAT Secret Wars.
• Remember the original Secret Wars from 1984? And remember how Deadpool played a huge important role in it? Wait...you DON’T? Then you need to read this series immediately and be educated! From the team that brought you DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED comes the most Secretest War of all!
• Plus: a bonus Deadpool Contest of Champions tale!
40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

8. The Red Ten #7
Last ranking: NEW!

And then there were four… The surviving members of the Alliance turn on each other, as secrets of horrifying MAGNITUDE come to light. And  finally, the killer shows his face… or is it a her? Find out in the most terrifying and bloodiest chapter of THE RED TEN series yet!

Author(s): Tyler James
Artist(s): Cesar Feliciano
Cover Artist(s): Charles Paul Wilson, III

7. Howard The Duck #3
Last ranking: 10.

CHIP ZDARSKY (w)
JOE QUINONES (a/C)
Variant cover by JASON LATOUR
NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• Howard’s big first case goes off the rails as he’s pulled into investigating a NYC crime spree!
• But this spree features a Very Special Guest Star!
• We’ll only give you one hint: they’re a Marvel Comics character who has “died” before! Hope that narrows it down for you, True Believer!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

6. Nailbiter #12
Last ranking: 5.

story: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art / cover: MIKE HENDERSON
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

The dreaded media has arrived!

5. All-New Hawkeye #3
Last ranking: 6.

JEFF LEMIRE (w) • RAMON PEREZ (a)
Cover by Ramon Perez
NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• What makes a hero and what breaks a hero? Hawkeye and Hawkeye experience both. In ONE GLORIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL ISSUE!
• Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez bring you the hotly anticipated series of the season.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

4. Afterlife With Archie #8
Last ranking: NEW!

“A Ghost Story.” Contrary to popular belief, the current zombie outbreak is not the first time a shadow fell across Riverdale and its citizens. As the survivors hunker down in a hotel to wait out a snowstorm, Hiram Lodge and Mary Andrews relive the darkest chapter of their town’s history. Ten years ago, the adults of Riverdale struck a terrible bargain with the witches of Greendale, setting the stage for the present-day apocalypse.
Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Artist: Francesco Francavilla, Jack Morelli
Cover: Francesco Francavilla
Here’s Juggy Variant Cover: Francesco Francavilla

3./2. Secret Wars #1 & #2
Last ranking: NEW!

JONATHAN HICKMAN (w) • ESAD RIBIC (a)
• THE FINAL INCURSION IS HAPPENING!• THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS COLLIDING WITH THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE!
• AND NEITHER WILL SURVIVE!
• WHEN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS GONE, ALL THAT REMAINS IS BATTLEWORLD!
• LEARN THE SECRETS OF THIS BRAVE NEW REALM IN THIS SPECIAL OVERSIZED ISSUE!

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #46
Last ranking: 2.

Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Mateus Santolouco (a) • Santolouco, Eastman (c)
Casey prepares for a final showdown with Hun as the Purple Dragons run amok. Meanwhile the TMNT struggle to reunite as a family while a greater threat looms… what is THE STOCKMAN SWARM?

Drops: None

Finished: Batman Eternal, The New 52: The Future's End, Earth 2: World's End, Deadpool, Fantastic Four, Arkham Manor.

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