Augusti månad är lite fattigare innehållsmässigt jämfört med juli men Dark Horse Comics och BOOM! Studios levererar med några av årets mest lovande titlar. Som vanligt följer jag Pärs femgradiga skala och Månadens tips hittar ni längst ner i inlägget.
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DC COMICS
BATMAN/SUPERMAN #1
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art by DAVID MARQUEZ
Batman cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
Superman cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
variant cover by LEINIL YU
blank variant cover
Up in the sky, in the dark of the night, trust no one—for the Secret Six walk among us. Spinning out of the devastating events of the Batman Who Laughs, Superman and Batman are together once more in an all-new monthly series—and they’re facing a terrifying new threat that could strike from anywhere. The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel must journey into the depths of Gotham City to learn which of their fellow heroes has been transformed into the horrifying horseman of their most dangerous and deranged foe ever. Our heroes will need to fight to survive, but an even more dangerous question lurks in the shadows: Can Superman and Batman even trust each other?
ON SALE 08.14.19
$3.99 US
32 PAGES | FC
RATED T
Intresse: 2
BATMAN VS. RA’S AL GHUL #1
written by NEAL ADAMS
art and cover by NEAL ADAMS
black-and-white variant cover by NEAL ADAMS
Gotham City is under siege by terrorists, and Batman is determined to find the source. But when Boston Brand tries to intervene, he discovers an even more
disturbing and deadly truth: the terrorists are led by an inhuman monster. Ra’s al Ghul has volunteered his own private security force to aid the GCPD, and now they are the only thing standing between nuclear terror and the townspeople!
But al Ghul’s true goal is hidden from everyone’s eyes. He will destroy the city and kill Batman—this time for good. Watching in horror is…Bruce Wayne?
ON SALE 08.21.19
$3.99 US | 1 OF 6 | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
Intresse: 2
WILDCATS #1
written by WARREN ELLIS
art by RAMON VILLALOBOS
cover by JIM CHEUNG
variant cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
They have one job: to save the human race from the human race. And it’s going to kill them.
From the pages of THE WILD STORM, the piratical covert team made up of rogue specialists, extraterrestrial soldiers and a mad astronaut, run by a tech mogul and disguised alien king, all here to stop us from destroying ourselves. Case in point: the secret space program Skywatch has been performing medical experiments on abducted innocents for decades. One of those experiments is about to explode—revealing whole new worlds in the battle for sanity that the wild CAT has been fighting. WILDCATS thought their world was strange, but they’re about to find out how strange…and how high the stakes really are.
ON SALE 08.28.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Efter The Wild Storm är det dags för Wildcats av Warren Ellis och den nya versionen av det klassiska WildStorm-universat (som Ellis själv var med och skapade) fortsätter sitt segertåg. Jon Davis-Hunt illustrationer är en stor bidragande orsak till detta och det ska bli kul att se Ramon Villalobos (Border Town) alster till nya Wildcats.
MARVEL COMICS
MARVEL COMICS #1000
JASON AARON, KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, DANIEL ACUÑA, SALADIN AHMED, MICHAEL ALLRED, KRIS ANKA, KIA ASAMIYA, JEN BARTEL, JOE BENNETT, NICK BRADSHAW, DOUG BRAITHWAITE, MARK BRIGHT, ED BRISSON, MARK BUCKINGHAM, KURT BUSIEK, JUANN CABAL, CAFU, JOHN CASSADAY, JOSHUA CASSARA, DONNY CATES, JIM CHEUNG, CHRIS CLAREMONT, GERRY CONWAY, PETER DAVID, ALAN DAVIS, KELLY SUE DECONNICK, TOM DEFALCO, MATTIA DE IULIS, MIKE DEODATO, GERRY DUGGAN, STEVE EPTING, AL EWING, EVE L. EWING, JORGE FORNÉS, RON FRENZ, NEIL GAIMAN, RON GARNEY, KIERON GILLEN, PATRICK GLEASON, GLEN DAVID GOLD, ADAM F. GOLDBERG, BUTCH GUICE, GABRIEL HARDMAN, JAMES HARREN, ALLAN HEINBERG, JONATHAN HICKMAN, JOE HILL, TINI HOWARD, JAMES MONROE IGLEHART, KATHRYN IMMONEN, STUART IMMONEN, J.J. KIRBY, LEONARD KIRK, IRENE KOH, ADAM KUBERT, DEREK LANDY, PEPE LARRAZ, SALVADOR LARROCA, ERIK LARSEN, JASON LATOUR, JEFF LEMIRE, ROB LIEFELD, JEPH LOEB, DAVID LOPEZ, PHIL LORD, DAVID MANDEL, MARCOS MARTIN, OSCAR MARTIN, ED MCGUINNESS, STEVE MCNIVEN, PACO MEDINA, BRAD MELTZER, CHRISTOPHER MILLER, TAKESHI MIYAZAWA, CHRIS MOONEYHAM, RYAN NORTH, PHIL NOTO, RAYMOND OBSTFELD, CARLOS PACHECO, GREG PAK, GORAN PARLOV, GEORGE PÉREZ, PRIEST, JOE QUESADA, ROD REIS, JASON REYNOLDS, ADAM RICHES, EDUARDO RISSO, JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ, LEONARDO ROMERO, MATTHEW ROSENBERG, ALEX ROSS, RAINBOW ROWELL, STEVE RUDE, JESÚS SAIZ, TIM SALE, CHRIS SAMNEE, GEOFF SHAW, GAIL SIMONE, WALTER SIMONSON, DAN SLOTT, CORY SMITH, CHARLES SOULE, CAMERON STEWART, J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI, TABOO, TOM TAYLOR, JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO, ROY THOMAS, KELLY THOMPSON, JEFFREY VEREGGE, MARK WAID, DAVID F. WALKER, CHRISTIAN WARD, DUSTIN WEAVER, CHRIS WESTON, TOBY WHITHOUSE, JEREMY WHITLEY, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, CHIP ZDARSKY, PATCH ZIRCHER, JIM ZUB • & MANY MORE!
WRAPAROUND VARIANT COVER BY JOE QUESADA
WRAPAROUND BLACK-AND-WHITE VARIANT
COVER BY JOE QUESADA
VARIANT COVER BY GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE
VARIANT COVER BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
VARIANT COVER BY ED MCGUINNESS
COLLAGE VARIANT BY MR. GARCIN
40s VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
60s VARIANT COVER BY MIKE ALLRED
70s VARIANT COVER BY GREG SMALLWOOD
80s VARIANT COVER BY JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
90s VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
00s VARIANT BY MARK BAGLEY
DECADE VARIANT BY KAARE ANDREWS
VARIANT COVER BY CLAYTON CRAIN
VARIANT COVER BY JEN BARTEL
VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
VARIANT COVER BY GREG HILDEBRANDT
HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY GEORGE PEREZ
HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY STEVE DITKO
BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
THE GREATEST TALENT EVER ASSEMBLED FOR ONE STORY!
THIS IS THE BIG ONE! In celebration of Marvel’s 80th Anniversary, we have gathered together the greatest array of talent ever to be assembled between the covers of a single comic book! Names from the past, from the present, and even the future! Every page is filled with all-new work from this cavalcade of comic book luminaries!
There is a mystery that threads throughout the Marvel Universe — one that has its origins in MARVEL COMICS #1 and which unites a disparate array of heroes and villains throughout the decades! What is the Eternity Mask, and who is responsible for the conspiracy to keep it hidden? And what new player will make their startling debut as these secrets are peeled away?
Featuring the entirety of the Marvel Universe of characters!
96 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T …$9.99
PERFECTBOUND FORMAT!
Intresse: 4
Kommentar: Marvel slår på stortrumman under sitt 80-årsjubileum med ett specialnummer som involverar några av de bästa serieskaparna just nu.
MARVEL MONSTERS #1
CULLEN BUNN (W) • SCOTT HEPBURN, SUPERLOG, Becky Cloonan, Gerardo Zaffino & MORE! (A)
Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Variant Cover by TBA
THE MONSTERS ARE COMING!!!
Someone is doing terrible things to the Marvel Monsters, and only Kid Kaiju can stop it! But that’s not all! A murderers’ row of artists like Becky Cloonan, Gerardo Zaffino and others are on hand to provide awesome monster splash pages, accompanied by cross sections from superstar artist Superlog! It’s the big, bold, beautiful celebration of all things Monstrously Marvel that you won’t want to miss!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Parental Advisory …$4.99
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Cullen Bunn får återigen nytt förtroende att leverera monstermys med Marvels imponerande bestiarium-katalog.
FUTURE FOUNDATION #1
JEREMY WHITLEY (W) • WILL ROBSON (A) • Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
Variant cover by Takeshi Miyazawa
VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW
Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
A BRAND-NEW SERIES STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF FANTASTIC FOUR!
When the Richards family is called back to Earth to be the Fantastic Four again, they left behind the Future Foundation — a think tank of the most brilliant young minds in the universe — with one mission: to find the pieces of and rebuild their friend Molecule Man. But that’s proved harder than imagined as this crew of young geniuses, Atlanteans, Mutants, Moloids and androids have run into every problem in the Multiverse. Now, with the leadership of Alex and Julie Power and a little extra firepower from guest professor Yondu Udonta, the team will undergo their most dangerous mission yet — a PRISON BREAK! Jeremy Whitley (UNSTOPPABLE WASP) and Will Robson (GREAT LAKES AVENGERS; Spawn) take the Future Foundation on a heart-pounding journey across time and space!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
Intresse: 2
Kommentar: Jag gillade Hickmans tanke med Future Foundation men har inga större förhoppningar om att denna serie ska leva upp till Hickmans lysande serie.
POWER PACK: GROW UP! #1
LOUISE SIMONSON (W) • JUNE BRIGMAN & Gurihuri (A)
COVER BY June Brigman
Variant Cover by ELSA CHARRETIER
VARIANT COVER BY LOGAN LUBERA
BELOVED POWER PACK CREATORS LOUISE SIMONSON AND JUNE BRIGMAN GET THE GANG BACK TOGETHER FOR A SPECIAL 80TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!
For more than 60 issues, Louise Simonson and June Brigman brought a light and youthfulness to Marvel Comics that had rarely been seen before — or since. Alex, Julie, Katie and Jack Power — four ordinary children granted incredible alien abilities — soared into our hearts with amazing adventures from the Morlocks’ sewers to the depths of space. Now Louise and June return for a blast into the past — with a bonus helping of Wolverine and Kitty Pryde! When the Brood crash a Lila Cheney concert, Power Pack jumps into action. But can they fight past their own anxieties — and each other — fast enough to drive off the invasion? Plus: Fan-favorite artist Gurihuri teams up with Louise Simonson for the first time in a special short story!
40 PGS./ one-shot/Rated T …$4.99
Intresse: 2
Kommentar: Louise Simonson och June Brigman återvänder till serien de skapade 1984 och det ser ut som en mysig vandring längs minnenas boulevard.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: EXODUS #1
ESAD RIBIC (W) • ESAD RIBIC (A/C)
Van Variant cover by GREG HORN
Bring on the Bad Guys variant cover by TBD
MAN VS. NATURE IN THE NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD STORY OF CONAN’S FIRST JOURNEY FROM CIMMERIA!
Long have the stories told of CONAN, who came from the frozen hills of his homeland, Cimmeria, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth in the Hyborian Age – but now you will witness the epic tale of the young barbarian’s first journey from home from visionary creator Esad Ribic!
Fifteen winters in Cimmeria have toughened the young Conan, but his greatest challenge lies ahead. Braving the elements, without food, without shelter, without weapons, Conan must learn to survive even as nature itself conspires to stop him. The snow freezes his bones. The wolves smell his blood. But if he can reach civilization, will his wounds heal…or will his troubles just begin?
With a majestic scope underscored by the completely visual narrative, don’t miss this truly special moment in Conan’s story and an unprecedented issue in Marvel Comics publication history!
32 PGS./one-shot/Parental Advisory …$3.99
Intresse: 4
Kommentar: Esad Ribic är en fenomenal serieskapare och det ska bli spännande att se en Conan-serie helt i hans egen regi.
IMAGE COMICS
COFFIN BOUND #1
WRITER: DAN WATTERS
ARTIST / COVER: DANI
AUGUST 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
SERIES PREMIERE
Cars! Guns! Entropy!
Chased by an unstoppable killer, Izzy Tyburn has decided that if the world won’t have her in it, it can have nothing of her at all. She’s re-treading her life, leaving nothing but burned rubber, ash, and the sun-scorched bones of those who get in her way.
Join writer DAN WATTERS (Sandman Universe: Lucifer, LIMBO), artist DANI (2000AD, Girl with No Name), and colorist BRAD SIMPSON (JESUSFREAK, MCMLXXV) on a road trip through a blood-splattered life.
Intresse: 1
PRETTY VIOLENT #1
WRITER: DEREK HUNTER & JASON YOUNG
ARTIST / COVER A: DEREK HUNTER
COVER B: RYAN OTTLEY
AUGUST 21 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
SERIES PREMIERE
Gamma Rae wants to be a superhero, and why shouldn’t she!? She’s been strong since she was a baby. The only problem is, all her siblings are notorious hero-murdering criminals!
Join artist DEREK HUNTER (DuckTales, Adventure Time), and writer JASON YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND) for this all-new ongoing, gore-filled, laugh-out-loud comedy for mature readers that explores one girl’s journey through the rift between personal and family identity.
Intresse: 1
Kommentar: Det här ser bara ut som att man stulit våldspremissen från I Hate Fairyland fast utan dess charmiga karaktärsmord på sagogenren. Ingenting för mig.
SIMON SAYS: NAZI HUNTER, VOL. 1 OGN TP
WRITER: ANDRE R. FRATTINO
ARTIST / COVER: JESSE LEE
SEPTEMBER 18 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99
ADVANCE SOLICIT
An artist, forced to paint swastikas on train cars for the Nazis during the Holocaust, has become an unlikely vigilante in pre-Cold War Europe. Alongside his army companion, Bruno, he hunts down the criminals responsible for murdering his wife, his family, and his people. SIMON SAYS is one part action-adventure, one part crime-noir and all high-stakes drama!
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: En vigilante som söker upp och mördar nazister strax efter Andra världskriget låter däremot som en bok helt i min smak.
THE WHITE TREES #1 (OF 2)
WRITER: CHIP ZDARSKY
ARTIST / COVER: KRIS ANKA
AUGUST 14 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99
MINISERIES PREMIERE
Acclaimed Daredevil writer CHIP ZDARSKY teams up with superstar Runaways artists KRIS ANKA and MATT WILSON for this spectacular OVERSIZED TWO-ISSUE MINISERIES!
In the fantastical world of Blacksand, peace was hard-won, and three unbending warriors carry the scars to prove it. Now, almost twenty years later, their children are missing and war is on the horizon. Can they put aside their memories of the war—and each other—for one last adventure?
Intresse: 4
Kommentar: Det verkar som att Image Comics brände krutet när det gäller nya serier i juli månad men The White Trees av Chip Zdarsky OCH Kris Anka låter som ett lysande samarbete och fantasygenren ligger mig varmt om hjärtat.
DARK HORSE COMICS
Berserker Unbound #1 (of 4)
Jeff Lemire (W), Mike Deodato Jr. (A/Cover), Frank Martin (C), and Mike Mignola (Variant Cover) with Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Aug 7
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Miniseries
A merciless sword and sorcery warrior finds himself blasted through a wormhole to a modern-day metropolis where he must protect those around him from an evil wizard determined to send him to hell.
From the Eisner Award-winning team of Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato Jr., and Frank Martin comes this urban warrior fantasy series!
Jeff Lemire! Mike Deodato Jr.!
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: Förtrollad möter Conan, författad av Jeff Lemire och tecknad av Mike Deodato. Take my money!!!
Rain HC
Mary M. Talbot (W) and Bryan Talbot (A/C/Cover)
On sale Oct 11
FC, 168 pages
$24.99
HC, 9 3/4″ x 6 1/2″
Set against the backdrop of the disastrous 2017 floods in northern England, Rain chronicles the relationship between two young women, one an environmental activist. Their wild moorland is being criminally mismanaged, crops are being poisoned, and animals are being slaughtered. The characters are fictional: the tragedy is shockingly real.
– Writer Mary M. Talbot is a scholar of international acclaim who has published widely on language, gender, and power, particularly in relation to media and consumer culture.
– Artist Bryan Talbot is one of the pioneers of the graphic novel, whose works include The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat, Alice in Sunderland, and the Grandville series.
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Makarna Talbot bjuder på en seriebok i klimatkrisens anda som definitivt ska utforskas.
Strayed #1 (of 5)
Most cats have nine lives, but the fates of billions rest on this feline.
Carlos Giffoni (W), Juan Doe (A/C/Cover), and Dustin Nguyen (Variant Cover)
On sale Aug 14
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Miniseries
In the far future, a military-industrial complex reigns over all humanity and actively destroys distant alien worlds. The galaxy’s only hope can be found through an unlikely pair: an astral-projecting cat named Lou and his loving owner Kiara. Trading nine lives for the well-being of billions, their revolt is a battle for love, friendship, compassion, and the soul of humanity.
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Galaxens sista hopp står till en övernaturlig kissekatt och dess matte. Måste utforskas.
Tommy Gun Wizards #1 (of 4)
Mobsters, magic, and mayhem in the Prohibition era!
Christian Ward (W/A/Cover), Sami Kivelä (A), Dee Cunnife (C), and Declan Shalvey (Variant Cover)
On sale Aug 28
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Miniseries
Eliot Ness and his team of Untouchables work overtime taking on dangerous criminals that hide in the seedy underbelly of 1930s Chicago. Except in this world, Al Capone isn’t dealing in alcohol, but in magic. With Lick, a drug that grants magical powers to anyone who ingests it, mobsters become wizards, ordinary men become monsters, and darker secrets than Ness can imagine lie at the heart of it all.
A new genre-bending comic series from Christian Ward, artist of the acclaimed sci-fi epic Invisible Kingdom. Drawn by Sami Kivelä (Abbott).
– Variant cover by Declan Shalvey!
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: Ockulta gangsters i förbudstidens USA, författad av tecknaren Christian Ward (Ody-C, Black Bolt, Invisible Kingdom) och tecknad av Sami Kivelä (Abbott). Mycket lovande och högintressant.
BOOM! STUDIOS
ONCE & FUTURE #1
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Price: $3.99
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Artist: Dan Mora
Cover Artist: Dan Mora
Synopsis:
– When a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring a villain from Arthurian myth back from the dead to gain power, ex-monster hunter Bridgette McGuire escapes her retirement home and pulls her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, a museum curator, into a world of magic and mysticism to defeat a legendary threat.
– Bestselling writer Kieron Gillen ( The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars ) and Russ Manning Award-winning artist Dan Mora ( Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Klaus ) explore the mysteries of the past, the complicated truths of our history and the power of family to save the day…especially if that family has secret bunkers of ancient weapons and decades of experience hunting the greatest monsters in Britain’s history!
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: Kieron Gillen är en favorit med serier som Phonogram, Young Avengers, The Wicked+The Divine och Die och när han nu samarbetar med en annan favorit, Dan Mora, som bland annat tecknat Hexed, Klaus och Buffy the Vampire Slayer, i en serie som doftar Indiana Jones och legenden om riddarna kring runda bordet så hamnar den direkt på prenumerationslistan.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: CHOSEN ONES #1
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Price: $7.99
Writer: Mairghread Scott, Celia Lowenthal, & more
Artist: Celia Lowenthal & more
Cover Artists:
Main Cover: Evan Cagle
Preorder Cover: Helen Yoon
Incentive Cover (1:25) : Celia Lowenthal
Synopsis:
– The First Appearance of The Greatest Slayers in History!
– Journey back in time and witness the stories of some of the Slayers from all over the globe. Watch the birth of the Sunnydale Hellmouth—an event that will lead to repercussions across the globe… and into the present day. A can’t miss for current Buffy readers and new fans alike!
– The Slayers first seen on variant covers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1-4 make their first full length debuts right here!
Intresse: 4
Kommentar: Redan när jag såg variantomslagen med tidigare ”slayers” till BOOM! Studios nystart med Buffy the Vampire Slayer blev jag eld och lågor och nu kommer alltså en hel serie där vi får möta några av dessa. Författaren Mairghread Scott har tidigare gjort miniserien Toil and Trouble som involverar häxorna från Shakespeares Macbeth och Celia Lowenthal är en briljant serieskapare med en underbar känsla för fantastik.
MÅNADENS TIPS:
Valet mellan Berserker Unbound, Tommy Gun Wizards och Once & Future är mycket svårt men om jag måste välja bara en så får det bli Jeff Lemire och Mike Deodatos lovande miniserie.
