New comic book day is here! Time to strap on your capes and fly down to your local comic book shop...
Dark Horse Comics
Skyman #1
After an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Captain Midnight, a drunken Skyman accidentally kills an innocent man! Needing a new face for their initiative ASAP, the Skyman Program turns to US Air Force Sgt. Eric Reid: a wounded veteran on the ropes, looking for a new lease on life. Coming from the pen of Marvel's Ultimates writer Joshua Hale Fialkov looks to expand his roster with a new exciting superhero series!
Also available: Star Wars: Dawn Of The Jedi Force War #3, B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth #115, Strain The Fall #7, Kiss Me Satan #5, X #9, Star Wars: Darth Vader And The Cry Of Shadows #2, S.H.O.O.T. First #4, Clown Fatale #3, and many more!
DC Comics
Constantine #10
Ray Fawkes continues his run on everyone's favourite anti-hero! Brought low by the evil of Blight, Constantine struggles to rally his mystical allies and turn the tide of battle. Only one thing stands in his path: the righteous wrath of The Spectre! Continued in Trinity Of Sin: Pandora #7!
Also available: Justice League Of America #11, Nightwing #27, Injustice: Year Two #1, Batgirl #27, Justice League 3000 #2, Astro City #8, Superman/Wonder Woman #4, Green Lantern Corps #27, Coffin Hill #4, Suicide Squad #27, World's Finest #19, Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #4, Superboy #27, Batman: L'il Gotham #10, DC Universe Vs. Masters Of The Universe #4, Scooby Doo: Where Are You #41, and many more!
IDW Publishing
The X-Files: Conspiracy #1
I teased this last week but the event of the year begins here! When The Lone Gunmen discover Internet files from future, they learn that a plague will soon wipe out most of humanity. With Agents Mulder and Scully working one lead, the Gunmen must spring into action and investigate several urban legends: a group of ghost-hunters, mutant turtles that live in the sewers, shape-changing alien robots, and a vengeful spirit from beyond the grave!
Also available: Black Dynamite #1, Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #25, Illegitimates #2, G.I. Joe: Special Missions #11, Mr. Peabody And Sherman #3, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #15, Gate-Way #1, Powerpuff Girls #5, Maxx Maxximized #3, Popeye Classics #18, Ben 10 #3, and many more!
Image Comics
Prophet #42
The thing I'm told the most about my Comic Shop Corner's is that I don't talk about sci-fi books enough. Granted I'm not much of a science fiction kind of guy but this isn't about me, it's about you and one of the hottest Sci-Fi books out the last couple years, Saga not included, is Prophet, the most unlikeliest of super heroes. In this issue the Prophets learn more of the mysterious creatures that threaten them while Troll bonds with one of the greatest forces in the universe.
Also available: Alex + Ada #3, Egos #1, Velvet #3, Rat Queens #4, Protectors Inc. #3, Ghosted #6, Velvet #3, Peter Panzerfaust #16, Carbon Grey #2, and many more!
Marvel Comics
Wolverine MAX #15
Although new series are beginning we are also seeing the end for some. Wolverine MAX included... In this series finale we see if Logan will get the answers he's looking for, or just more questions? And at the end of everything, he makes a decision that will change his life forever.
Also available: Miracleman #1, All-New X-Men #21, Night Of The Living Deadpool #1, Superior Spider-Man #25, Disney Kingdoms: Seekers Of The Weird #1, Fantastic Four #16, Cataclysm: The Ultimates #3, Secret Avengers #14, Inhumanity: Superior Spider-Man #1, Thunderbolts #20, Amazing X-Men #3, Daredevil #35, Revolutionary War: Dark Angel #1, X-Men Legacy #22, Marvel Knights: Hulk #2, Thor: God Of Thunder #17, Uncanny X-Force #16, Nova #12, and many more!
Spotlight
Action Lab's Princeless Encore Edition #2
If you missed out on reading the adventure the first time, you're in luck. Action Lab is re-releasing it's award winning Princeless in a new encore edition perfect for you collectors out there, or simply those of you that missed this great adventure the first time around. That's right now's your chance to experience Adrienne's Eisner-nominated first adventure again or for the first time. Adrienne is determined to save her youngest sister Appalonia, but to do so she's going to have to raid her own family's castle and face the scariest guardian of all - her father!
FCBD Spotlight
Valiant Comics' Valiant Universe Handbook #1
Not much has changed in comics in the last decade, DC and Marvel are still the big two. Some of the 2nd tier players are higher up now (Image) than others (Dark Horse, IDW) but it's the 3rd tier that has become interesting. It's pretty much been Dynamite and Archie alone with no one even close, but that has changed a lot. Boom Studios is getting huge thanks to their successful licenses (Adventure Time, Regular Show) but consider Valiant, the Image to Boom's IDW. Valiant is making it's own universe and it is doing it amazingly. What beter way to jump in to the next hottest publisher than picking up their handbook? The Valiant Universe from A to Z! Discover for the very first time the untold origins and secrets of Valiant's heroes and villains, all in one place! Everything you need to know about the Valiant Universe in 2014 and beyond can be found right here in the first official Valiant Handbook release... ever! Featuring artwork from a "murderer's row" of comics brightest talents: Doug Braithwaite, Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Esad Ribic, Clayton Crain, Clayton Henry, and more!
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Image Comics
Marvel Comics
10. Batman & Robin
9. Amazing X-Men
8. Double Jumpers
7. Earth 2
6. Afterlife With Archie
5. The Red Ten
4. Sex Criminals
3. Deadpool
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1. Batman
Dark Horse Comics
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5. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones: The Paranormal Activity franchise lost it's luster with me somewhere around ten minutes in to the second installment. And I really didn't think the first was that good anyways. Although I continued to watch, I remained unimpressed. They're telling us this 5th installment will be different... But I remain skeptical. Here's hoping I get surprised, the early reviews seem to be favourable, though at this writing a whopping 4 have been entered, 5 if you count my girlfriend's aunt telling me it was terrible, and 3 have been positive. If it wants to continue though, the series needs a win at the box office.
4. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit: Though action movies aren't typically January fare... In fact most times you see this type of movie in January you know that the movie is a stinker that the studio had to release sometime to try to recoup at least some of the budget. Though I'm still hoping that Chris Pine's turn as Jack Ryan is more in the vein of Taken then say Man On A Ledge.
3. Cold Comes The Night: So this is a crime thriller... But that isn't the selling point. No, at this point it should be expected that if you throw Bryan Cranston in a movie there will always be an audience wanting to see it, now make him a villain or even an Anti-Hero and you get all the breaking bad-ers(?) super hard, throw in the sexy Alice Eve (Star Trek: Into Darkness, She's Out Of My League) and you may very well have a theatre masturbating. And ladies don't worry... The hunk from Prometheus is there and ribbed for your pleasure. Now remember if you hear about a circle jerk happening in your local cinema just remember I predicted it first. 
1. I, Frankenstein: In case you didn't already know... I love comic books. I especially love ones with dark undertones and that is exactly what I, Frankenstein was. Toss in one of my favourite actors in Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking, The Dark Knight Rises) and visuals that give it an Underworld-esque feeling (Donny's Note: Underworld is my 2nd favourite movie of all time) ensures that I, Frankenstein has the possibility of being the best movie of the year... Though I'll reserve judgment until after I see the new Captain America.