Comic Shop Corner: April 2015

Welcome everyone to the all new Comic Shop Corner. I'll be counting down my Top 30 books of this month so let's get going...

30. Harley Quinn #16
Written by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by CHAD HARDIN
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
On sale APRIL 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Not a dream! Not a hoax! Not a...whattaya call it? An imaginary story! This is where everything changes for Harley Quinn for more than forever! Introducing…The Gang of Harleys!

29. Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #7
ALES KOT (W)
MARCO RUDY & LANGDON FOSS (A)
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
“IMAGINE PEACE”
• Who sent Crossbones to kill Bucky Barnes? Who benefits from erasing their steps the most?
• There is a planet that is a gun and that gun is now aimed at Mer-z-Bow.
• Two hundred years in the future, Bucky Barnes helped establish peace. Now you will find out how.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

28. C.O.W.L. #11
STORY: KYLE HIGGINS & ALEC SIEGEL
ART / COVER: ROD REIS
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Arc two comes to a close with a monster issue. All of Geoffrey's lies, secrets, and rationalizations have led to this. Plus, Radia's public stand against C.O.W.L. -- will she win the independence she wants? And does Arclight have a future with C.O.W.L.? Or at all?

27. Batman/Superman Annual #2
Written by GREG PAK
Art and cover by ARDIAN SYAF and JONATHAN GLAPION
Advance solicit • On sale APRIL 1 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
Superman and Batman have defeated the menace that was targeting the Man of Steel for months, but not before he set something deadly in motion – their greatest foes have been given the means to kill Clark Kent. And for Clark, time is running out.

26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #22
Paul Allor (w) • Dario Brizuela, Chad Thomas (a) • Brizuela (c)
"Natural Enemies" Part 2: Stockman-Fly and Spider Bytez have teamed up! Will the Turtles be able to escape this web of villainy?!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

T25. Inhuman Special
JEFF LOVENESS (w) • RYAN LEE (a)
Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
Connecting VARIANT B COVER BY ADAM KUBERT
INHUMAN ERROR CONTINUES!
• The story linking AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, INHUMAN and ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA hits a fever pitch as a character who’s been around for more than 75 years returns to threaten the Marvel Universe.
• You haven’t seen all the effects of the Terrigen Cloud yet and this one is about to destroy New York City!
40 PGS./ One-Shot /Rated T+ …$4.99

T25. Inhuman #14
CHARLES SOULE (w) • ANDRE LIMA ARAUJO (a)
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
• Lineage has been lurking in the background since the beginning; it’s time for him to show his hand.
• The climax of year one of INHUMAN is here-- don’t miss it!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

24. Postal #3
STORY: BRYAN HILL & MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVER B: ISAAC GOODHART
COVER A: LINDA SEJIC
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
As the murder continues to fray the fragile peace of the town and Maggie's relationship with the FBI takes a darker turn, Mark decides to come face-to-face with the men responsible for the woman's murder and learns the truth of his own past.

23. Arkham Manor: Endgame
Written by FRANK TIERI
Art by FELIX RUIZ
Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
One-shot • On sale APRIL 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
What do Batman’s villains do on the craziest night in Gotham City? And who will survive when the madness of Arkham Manor spills into the streets?

22. The Chilling Adeventures Of Sabrina #2
[No Solicitation]

21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Colour Classics #4
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson (w) • Lawson (a) • A.C. Farley (c)
The TMNT Color Classics line continues, presenting another classic Mirage storyline in all-new full color!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
•The classic 13-issue City at War arc continues here in all-new full color!

20. Amazing X-Men #19
CHRIS YOST (W)
JORGE FORNES (a/C)
• Has the Juggernaut returned?
• Is this the last stand of Colossus?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

19. American Vampire: The Second Cycle #8
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
RESOLICIT • On sale APRIL 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Retailers: This issue is resolicited. All previous orders are canceled.
With Skinner and Calvin leading the space race, back on Earth it’s time to face the most guarded stronghold in the country: Area 51! Felicia and Pearl go behind the fence to expose the nation’s extraterrestrial secrets. What do they encounter floating in the test tubes? You’ll find out here!

18. Edward Scissorhands #7
Kate Leth (w) • Drew Rausch (a) • CP Wilson III (c)
As the town rallies around Edward to try and win him a chance to meet with a famed TV surgeon, Megs has serious misgivings.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

17. Return Of The Living Deadpool #3
CULLEN BUNN (w) • NICOLE VIRELLA (a)
Cover by JOHN SHAW
• A planet overrun by Deadpools what could the danger be?
• Tummy sore from laughing? Overdose of awesomesauce?
• Could it be you can have too much of a good thing???
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

16. PastAways #2
Matt Kindt (W), Scott Kolins (A/Cover), and Bill Crabtree (C)
On sale Apr 29
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Ongoing
As the grim realities of immortality become too much to bear, the team is called together to investigate a mysterious piece of monolithic technology that has fallen out of time! Plus, the PastAways’ lives in the distant future are revealed!
• Even more brilliance from MIND MGMT’s Matt Kindt!
•  Scott Kolins (The Flash) as you’ve never seen him before!
•  Every issue contains bonus backup material!

15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals #3
Paul Allor (w) • Andy Kuhn (a & c)
The Mutanimals' ranks have swelled, and they are ready to rumble! Null has a couple of surprises in store though!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

14. Fantastic Four #645
JAMES ROBINSON (W) • LEONARD KIRK (A/C)
AND MANY MORE!!!
Connecting COVER BY MICHAEL GOLDEN
SPOTLIGHT VARIANT BY MICHAEL KOMARCK
AVENGERS VARIANT COVER BY TBA
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FANTASTIC FOUR STORY CONCLUDES IN AN EXTRA-SIZED SPECIAL!
• Will the Fantastic Four defeat The Quiet Man and the corrupted forces of the Heroes Reborn universe?
• Will the Johnny get his powers back? Will Reed and Sue be a family again?
• Will this be the end or will this be 4ever?!
68 PGS./Rated T …$5.99

13. The Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash-Up #3
Derek Charm, Ivan Cohen (w) • Charm, Nneka Myers (a) • Charm (c)
The Girls have tracked the mutated Dee Dee to Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends! Too bad it's right in the middle of Ultimate Hide n Seek!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

12. Silver Surfer #11
DAN SLOTT (W) • MIKE ALLRED (A/C)
“Never After” – SPECIAL OVERSIZED ISSUE!
• Trapped in time, lost in space, with alien threats forever on the attack, and Paradise just outside his reach...
• ...what terrible price will the Surfer pay to fulfill his most selfless promise?
• A twist on a Sci-Fi classic that could only be told through sequential art. Forget “sideways issues” and “silent issues”, Slott & Allred are bringing you a modern-day Marvel comic you’ll be talking about for years to come.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

11. Earth 2: The World's End #26
Written by DANIEL H. WILSON, MARGUERITE BENNETT and MIKE JOHNSON
Art by EDDY BARROWS, TYLER KIRKHAM, JORGE JIMENEZ, R.B. SILVA, ROBSON ROCHA and PAULO SIQUEIRA
Cover by ANDY KUBERT
1:50 Variant cover by ARDIAN SYAF
Advance solicit • On sale APRIL 1 • 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US RATED T • FINAL ISSUE
Darkseid wins. All hail Darkseid!

10. Howard The Duck #2
CHIP ZDARSKY (W) • JOE QUINONES (a)
Cover by JOE QUINONES
VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS SAMNEE
“Vote Howard” Variant Cover by CHIP ZDARSKY
“Run the Jewels” Variant Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
• Howard’s first big case has taken him across the universe and landed him in the clutches of THE COLLECTOR! • But he’s not alone as the very popular ROCKET RACOON is a prisoner as well! Have you ever seen a comic book sequel to a post-credits scene in a movie?
• Well, you will now! Join comics legend STAN LEE in reading this issue (I’m assuming he’ll read it. Hi Stan!)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

9. Hero Cats Of Stellar City #5
Writer(s): Kyle Puttkammer
Artist Name(s): Marcus Williams
Cover Artist(s): Tracy Yardley (reg) Marcus Williams (var)
Everything has been building to this! Secrets are revealed as the masks come off. The Hero Cats must defend the home front as Galaxy Man unwittingly returns to his observatory with an infestation of space bugs. Cover by Tracy Yardley (Sonic the Hedgehog) with a variant cover by Marcus Williams, limited to 1,500 copies.
32 pgs./ All Ages/ FC $3.99

8. Magneto #17
CULLEN BUNN (W)
GABRIEL HERNANDEZ WALTA (a)
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
• In the wake of AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXIS, Magneto has taken a group of wayward mutants into his care on the abandoned island of Genosha.
• But now someone is hunting and killing those mutants one by one, right under his nose.
• And that someone happens to be the one man Magneto fears most…
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

7. Epic #3
Story: Tyler James
Art / Cover: Fico Ossio
May 7 / 32 Pages / FC / T / $3.99
The only thing worse than getting bullied at school is seeing that bully transform into the chemically fueled, ten-foot engine of destruction know as ROID RAGE! And the only thing more shocking than that golden goliath’s origin…is that Eric gets a girlfriend! This one has it all, kids! But beware…there’s poop on the cover.

6. All-New Hawkeye #2
ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #2
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • RAMON PEREZ (a)
Cover by Ramon Perez WTD
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
WTD VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• Arrows over Bed-Stuy! Intrigue at the circus! The past and present merge as Hawkeyes Barton and Bishop race against time to save a group of innocent kids, with devastating powers.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

5. Nailbiter #11
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER A: MIKE HENDERSON
COVER B: DUSTIN NGUYEN
COVER C: RILEY ROSSMO
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
NEW STORY ARC
Does the Nailbiter know why sixteen of the world's worst serial killers all came from the same small town? Does he know the truth? Find out as the Nailbiter...confesses!

4. Deadpool Number 250!!! (AKA Issue #45)
GERRY DUGGAN, BRIAN POSEHN, BEN ACKER, BEN BLACKER, NICK GIOVANETTI, PAUL SCHEER, JASON MANTZOUKAS, MIKE DRUCKER, & MORE (W)
MIKE HAWTHORNE, SCOTT KOBLISH, & MORE (a)
Cover by SCOTT KOBLISH
RUN THE JEWELS VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
DEATH OF DEADPOOL VARIANT COVER BY TBA
AVENGERS VARIANT COVER BY TBA
WTD VARIANT COVER BY TBA
FINAL ISSUE!
That’s right—if you add together all the Deadpool series (creatively) issue 45 is the big 250th issue of Deadpool! What better way to celebrate than to end the series? In our over-sized main story, ULTIMATUM comes at Deadpool for revenge, so he has no choice but to take them on—ALL OF THEM. Then, in an Infinity Gauntlet crossover, what would Deadpool do if he got the six gems from Thanos? Plus: a slew of stories showcasing Deadpool’s closest friends and allies by special guest writers! Also, SPOILER: Deadpool dies at the end of the issue.
96 PGS./Parental Advisory …$9.99

3. The Future's End #48
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, JEFF LEMIRE, DAN JURGENS and KEITH GIFFEN
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by RYAN SOOK
1:50 Variant cover by RYAN SOOK
Advance solicit • On sale APRIL 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • FINAL ISSUE
“EYE AM YOUR FUTURE!”

2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45
Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Mateus Santolouco (a) • Santolouco, Eastman (c)
The Turtles return from Burnow Island to find unimaginable tragedy. As the family struggles to cope, an enraged Foot Clan prepares its revenge. It's all been building to this...the start of the final storyline leading to #50!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
•Devastating consequences to "Attack on Technodrome"!
•Mateus Santolouco returns!

1. Batman Eternal #52
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, RAY FAWKES, KYLE HIGGINS and TIM SEELEY
Art by PAULO SIQUEIRA and others
Cover by JASON FABOK
1:50 Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
Advance solicit • On sale APRIL 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US RATED T • FINAL ISSUE
This month in BATMAN ETERNAL: The epic Bat-story over a year in the making comes to a stunning end! Gotham City is in flames! Villains are running wild in the streets! Bat-tech has been corrupted! And the mastermind behind it all has put a knife in Batman’s ribs! How will the Dark Knight put an end to this nightmare…and how will it shape the face of Gotham City to come?