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DC COMICS
HARLEEN #1
written by STJEPAN ŠEJIC
art and cover by STJEPAN ŠEJIC
variant cover by STJEPAN ŠEJIC
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions. On that road I saw a pale man, and he smiled at me…”
Dr. Harleen Quinzel has discovered a revolutionary cure for the madness of Gotham City—she just needs to prove it actually works. But with the criminal justice and mental health establishments united against her, the brilliant young psychologist must take drastic measures to save Gotham from itself. Witness Harleen’s first steps on a doomed quest that will give birth to the legendary super-villain Harley Quinn in this stunning reimagining of Harley and The Joker’s twisted and tragic love affair by visionary storyteller Stjepan Šejic (AQUAMAN: UNDERWORLD, SUICIDE SQUAD, Sunstone).
ON SALE 09.25.18
$7.99 US | 1 of 3 | 64 PAGES | BIMONTHLY
FC | APPROX. 8.5” x 10.875”
MATURE READERS
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: En ny originstory till Harley Quinn, författad och tecknad av Stjepan Šejic och utgiven på DC:s vuxenetikett Black Label låter spännande.
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: MILLENNIUM #1
written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
art by JIM LEE, DUSTIN NGUYEN, ANDREA SORRENTINO, ANDRE ARAUJO and others
cover by RYAN SOOK
variant cover by TBA
Brought to you by some of comics’ greatest talents, this epic story spans the course of 1,000 years and, for the very first time, connects all of DC’s future timelines! Starring the unlikeliest of DC heroes as she learns to cope with newfound immortality and roams through the disparate societies of Batman Beyond, Kamandi and Tommy Tomorrow, wrestling with her own inner demons and desperately trying to find her purpose in an ever-changing world. Do not miss this truly unique take on tomorrow’s DC Universe, all leading up to a special launch on the millennium!
ON SALE 09.04.19
$4.99 US | 1 OF 2 | 40 PAGES
FC | RATED T
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Bendis och Ryan Sook kommer inom en snar framtid publicera en ny Legion of Super-Heroes-titel men innan dess måste det städas upp bland tidslinjerna. Med hjälp av den tvådelade miniserien Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium och en mystisk kvinnlig hjältinna som gör en tidsresa genom ett årtusende ska detta bli verklighet och miniserien kommer att bjuda på möten med Supergirl (tecknad av Jim Lee), Batman Beyond (tecknad av Dustin Nguyen), Kamandi (tecknad av Andrea Sorrentino) samt Tommy Tomorrow (tecknad av André Lima Araújo) och andra numret kommer att bjuda på bidrag av Nicola Scott, Jim Cheung och Jeff Dekal.
MARVEL COMICS
SPIDER-MAN #1 (of 5)
J.J. ABRAMS & HENRY ABRAMS (W) • SARA PICHELLI (A)
Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
VARIANT COVER BY SARA PICHELLI
VARIANT COVER BY CHIP KIDD
VARIANT COVER BY ED MCGUINNESS
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY OLIVIER COIPEL
PREMIERE VARIANT COVER BY OLIVIER COIPEL
PARTY VARIANT COVER BY TBA
VARIANT COVER BY JASON POLAN
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
WHO IS CADAVEROUS?!
The most shocking and incredible comic of 2019 is here as J.J. ABRAMS (STAR WARS, STAR TREK, SUPER 8) and his son HENRY ABRAMS are joined by superstar artist SARA PICHELLI (MILES MORALES, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) team up for SPIDER-MAN! What do they have planned for Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson?! Who is Cadaverous?! The Modern Master of Mystery Makes His Marvel this September!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Far och son Abrams presenterar en Spider-Man-miniserie med en ny skurk kallad Cadaverous.
STRIKEFORCE #1
TINI HOWARD (W) • Germán Peralta (A) • Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO
IMMORTAL WRAPAROUND variant cover by TBA
Variant cover by MIKE DEODATO JR.
VARIANT COVER BY JOE BENNETT
VARIANT COVER BY RYAN BENJAMIN
VAN VARIANT COVER BY GREG HORN
HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY TBA
NO COMPROMISE. NO MERCY.
ALL NEW, ONGOING SERIES!
From the dark minds of rising stars Tini Howard and Germán Peralta comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet — and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can’t bring the Avengers in on this — not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness — a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Intresse: 2
Kommentar: En udda konstellation av hjältar med Blade i spetsen tar sig an ett mystiskt hot. Låter som den typ av berättelser som Marvels gamla trotjänare Defenders brukade figurera i men eftersom det teamet inte haft en serie på länge så är det dags för nya förmågor.
CRAZY #1
GERRY DUGAN, FRANK TIERI, JON ADAMS AND MORE (W)
DON SIMPSON, SCOTT KOBLISH, JON ADAMS AND MORE (A)
COVER BY JOHN McCREA
VARIANT by DAVID NAKAYAMA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
MARVEL’S GREATEST…ER…MOST DEMENTED COMIC MAGAZINE
OBNOXIO THE CLOWN is back and so is one of MARVEL’S most hilarious titles thanks to a momentary lapse in sanity on the part of a few over-worked editors and a gang of writers and artists ready to take advantage of it. No super hero is safe! No comic book event is sacred! Will the Marvel Universe ever be the same? Will we want it to?
40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T …$4.99
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Mellan 1973 och 1983 publicerade Marvel ett eget MAD-liknande magasin med titeln Crazy som sedan 1980 hade haft den vulgäre och cigarrpuffande clownen Obnoxio som maskot. Nu återkommer clownen och titeln och det ska bli spännande att se om förlaget lyckas leverera ett gammaldags humormagasin.
KING THOR #1 (of 4)
Jason Aaron (W) • ESAD RIBIC (A/C)
Variant cover by ADAM KUBERT
Variant cover by GERARDO ZAFFINO
IMMORTAL WRAPAROUND VARIANT COVER BY TBA
SUPERSTARS JASON AARON & ESAD RIBIC CONCLUDE THEIR EPIC THOR STORY!
• The creators of the legendary THOR: GOD OF THUNDER series that kicked off one of the most epic runs in Marvel history are back together for one last ride with the almighty Lord of Asgard! Seven years ago, Jason and Esad introduced the Thor of the far future, All-Father of a broken realm and a dying universe, as he stood in battle against the Butcher of Gods, wielder of All-Black the Necrosword. Now that nefarious blade has returned, in the hands of Thor’s all-time greatest enemy – his brother, Loki – for one final, cataclysmic showdown. Behold the book no comics fan should miss – the celebration of the end of a truly Marvelous era.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: Jason Aaron och Esad Ribics fabulösa arc God Butcher från 2013 slog mig med häpnad och blev början på Aarons mycket långa run med åskguden. Nu närmar sig hans sejour sitt slut och den avrundas med King Thor och Ribic som tecknare så det här kan inte bli annat än bra.
NEW MUTANTS: WAR CHILDREN #1
CHRIS CLAREMONT (W) • BILL SIENKIEWICZ (A/C)
Variant cover by Martin Simmonds
VARIANT COVER BY BOB MCLEOD
STRONG AND FREE!
Don’t miss this momentous event as legendary creators CHRIS CLAREMONT and BILL SIENKIEWICZ reunite with Magik, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Cypher, Mirage, Karma, and Sunspot to share this never before told story of the New Mutants’ past! When Warlock experiences a nightmare, he begins going haywire, and it’s up to his friends to save him! But as Warlock grows more frenzied, they should be worrying about being able to save themselves…and doubly so when Magik’s inner demon, Darkchylde, threatens to break free! Also, a special guest appearance by none other than Kitty Pryde!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: En one-shot med New Mutants författad av Chris Claremont och tecknad av Bill Sienkiewicz låter som en gudagåva och måste utforskas.
IMAGE COMICS
Battlepug #1
WRITER: Mike Norton
ARTIST: Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua
COVER A: Allen Passalaqua, Mike Norton
COVER B: Chris Samnee, Matt Wilson
SEPTEMBER 04 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
The hit fan-favorite webcomic created by the Eisner Award-winning duo of MIKE NORTON and ALLEN PASSALAQUA is now a NEW COMIC SERIES! It’s been a few years since the last Kinmundian saved the world with the help of his faithful Battlepug, but a new threat arises. The epic tale returns as our favorite barbarian and his trusty overgrown dog renew their quest for insane adventure! Same dog. NEW TRICKS!
Intresse: 4
Kommentar: Mike Nortons Eisnerbelönade webbserie Battlepug blir en pågående serie hos Image Comics och jag är både glatt överraskad och förväntansfull.
Curse Words #25
WRITER: Charles Soule
ARTIST / COVER A / COVER B: Ryan Browne
SEPTEMBER 25 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Friends, it’s been a hell of a ride, just a hell of a ride… and now it’s time to see how CURSE WORDS brings this ungainly wizard ship in for a landing. Will it be better than the finales for Game of Thrones, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and M*A*S*H combined? Without a doubt. Thank you for all your support for this series over the years… we’ll see you on the next one!
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Curse Words började bra men jag tappade tyvärr sugen under läsningen av andra volymen, så pass mycket att jag till och med slutade läsa den vilket inte hör till vanligheterna. Jag har däremot hört att den är värd att utforska och nu när jag också vet att den avslutas med #25 så tänker jag göra ett nytt försök.
November, Book One (of Three) HC
WRITER: Matt Fraction
ARTIST / COVER A: Elsa Charretier
NOVEMBER 06 / 80 pages / FC/ M / $16.99
The lives of three women intersect in a dark criminal underground. As fire and violence tears through their city over the course of a single day and night, they find that their lives are bound together by one man—who seems to be the cause of it all. One night. One city. Three women. NOVEMBER: the first in a sequence of three graphic novellas by MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, Hawkeye) and ELSA CHARRETIER (Star Wars, Infinite Loop), with colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and exquisitely crafted lettering by cartoonist KURT ANKENY.
Intresse: 4
Kommentar: Matt Fraction verkar vara på g igen med nya serier. Förutom Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen och kommande Adventureman så bjuder han även på tre serieböcker tecknade av Elsa Charretier där den första både heter och kommer ut i november men går att beställa redan nu.
Paper Girls, Vol. 6 TP
WRITER: Brian K. Vaughan
ARTIST: Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson
COVER A: Cliff Chiang
SEPTEMBER 25 / 144 pages / FC/ T+ / $14.99
THE END IS HERE! After surviving adventures in their past, present, and future, the Paper Girls of 1988 embark on one last journey—a five-part epic that includes the emotional double-sized series finale. Featuring a new wraparound cover from Eisner Award-winning co-creator CLIFF CHIANG, which can be combined with the covers of all five previous volumes to form one complete mega-image! Collects PAPER GIRLS #26-30
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: Sista traden av en av 10-talets bästa serier är ett måste för alla serieälskare.
Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1 (of 5)
WRITER: Kelly Sue DeConnick
ARTIST / COVER A: Emma Ríos
SEPTEMBER 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (BITCH PLANET, Captain Marvel) and EMMA RÍOS (MIRROR, I.D.) begin a new chapter in the dark and deadly golden era of Hollywood. Select praise for PRETTY DEADLY: ”Pretty Deadly going to old Hollywood is the best turn this dark fable has taken yet.
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Pretty Deadly är tillbaka med en ny arc och även om jag inte är helt såld på denna poetiska och våldsamma serie av Kelly Sue DeConnick så är jag desto mer förtjust i Emma Ríos illustrationer så det blir att vänta in traden.
SFSX (Safe Sex) #1
WRITER: Tina Horn
ARTIST: Michael Dowling
COVER A: Tula Lotay
SEPTEMBER 25 / 24 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Notorious kink writer TINA HORN teams up with artist MICHAEL DOWLING (Unfollow, Death Sentence) for SFSX, a social thriller about sex, love, and torture that reads like SEX CRIMINALS in Gilead crossed with Oceans 8—with a SUNSTONE twist! In a draconian America where sexuality is bureaucratized and policed, a group of queer sex workers keep the magic alive in an underground club called the Dirty Mind. Using their unique bondage skills, they resolve to infiltrate the mysterious government Pleasure Center, free their friends, and fight the power!
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: SFSX skulle ha blivit den sista titeln i Vertigos nysatsning men som de flesta hört vid det här laget har DC Comics beslutade sig för att lägga ner detta legendariska imprint. Det är glädjande att serien fått ett nytt hem hos Image Comics och att Vertigos anda lever vidare hos flera av dagens förlag.
Trees: Three Fates #1 (of 5)
WRITER: Warren Ellis
ARTIST / COVER A: Jason Howard
SEPTEMBER 11 / 24 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
“A uniquely exciting read.” —IGN The acclaimed series from WARREN ELLIS and JASON HOWARD—which is currently being adapted for television—returns with a brand-new story of murder and ghosts! In the remote Russian village of Toska, there’s a dead body by the leg of the Tree that landed eleven years ago. Police sergeant Klara Voranova, still haunted by that day, has no idea how this murder will change everything—nor what awaits her in the Tree’s shadow.
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: Injection och Trees är mina favoritserier av Warren Ellis just nu och nu när den senare återvänder till seriehyllorna hoppas jag att väntan på fortsättningen på den förra inte dröjer allt för länge.
DARK HORSE COMICS
Ether: The Disappearance of Violet Bell #1 (of 5)
Matt Kindt (W), David Rubín (A/Cover), and Paul Azaceta (Variant Cover)
On sale Sept 18
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Miniseries
From New York Times–bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Black Hammer’s David Rubín comes the third installment of this fantasy adventure that’s Sherlock Holmes meets Dr. Seuss.
The Faerie King’s daughter is missing, and only portal jumper Boone Dias can track her down. Jumping from one magical crime scene to another, he uncovers a bizarre plot featuring assassin eggs, weird pirates, ice deserts, and more noir absurdities.
– Pinups by Gabriel Walta, Kevin Nowlan, Paul Azaceta, and more!
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: Matt Kindt och David Rubíns mycket läsvärda följetong om den dimensionshoppande Boone Dias är en riktig höjdare och det är mycket glädjande att väntan på sista volymen inte blev så lång.
EVERYTHING #1
Christopher Cantwell (W) and I.N.J. Culbard (W/A/C/Cover)
On sale Sept 4
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Ongoing
EVERYTHING is a gleaming new mega-department store which arrives to extraordinary thrill—and rapidly escalates to inexplicable mania in the small town of Holland, Michigan.
When random hellish fires and unshakable psychic disturbances start to overtake the community, a few—like depressive out-of-towner Lori and a suspicious local named Rick—begin to suspect EVERYTHING and its catalog-perfect manger, Shirley.
Who—or what—exactly is in charge here . . . and what insidious plans are in store?
From Christopher Cantwell, acclaimed writer of She Could Fly and co-creator of AMC;s Halt and Catch Fire, and celebrated artist I.N.J. Culbard (The New Deadwardians, Brink) comes a new monthly ongoing series. Everything: a truly bizarre story about the most horrifying pursuit of happiness you’ve ever read.
Intresse: 4
Kommentar: Christopher Cantwell imponerade stort med förra årets hit She Could Fly från Berger Books och det ska bli kul att se vad han kokat ihop i denna nya titel tillsammans med I.N.J. Culbard (böckerna om Sherlock Holmes på Apart Förlag samt den läsvärda Wild’s End från BOOM! Studios som kommer att recenseras inom kort).
Steeple #1 (of 5)
John Allison (W/A/Cover), Sarah Stern (C), and Max Sarin (Variant Cover)
On sale Sept 18
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Miniseries
A supernatural tale of friendship, the devil, and moral gray areas.
Two women with wildly different worldviews become unlikely friends as they navigate the supernatural happenings in a sleepy coastal parish—and soon find themselves forced to choose sides in the war between good and evil, facing demons, curses, and a miniature Rapture!
– New series from John Allison, author of Giant Days.
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: John Allisons Eisnerbelönade slice-of-life-serie Giant Days rekommenderas varmt och jag tänker definitivt även utforska hans nya serie Steeple.
VAULT COMICS
THE PLOT #1
(W) Michael Moreci, Tim Daniel (A/CA) Josh Hixson
In order to receive… First you must give. When Chase Blaine’s estranged brother and sister-in-law are murdered, he becomes guardian to McKenzie and Zach, the niece and nephew he hardly knows. Seeking stability for the children, Chase moves his newly formed family to his ancestral home in Cape Augusta… which overlooks a deep, black bogland teeming with family secrets.
In Shops: Sep 25, 2019
$3.99
Intresse: 2
Kommentar: Från och med i år satsar förlaget Vault Comics på en egen skräcketikett vid namn Nightfall som kommer att dyka upp årligen mellan september och december och först ut är The Plot som utlovar dysfunktionellt familjedrama i skräckmiljö.
RELICS OF YOUTH #1
(W) Matt Nicholas, Chad Rebmann (A/CA) Skylar Patridge (Variant) Tim Daniel, Nathan Gooden
Nat Rodrigues keeps dreaming of an island. Soon, the dreams become waking visions. Alone and concerned, Nat manages to locate other teenagers across the globe who share her intense obsession with the unmapped enclave. And then, the strangest part: Every one of them wakes one morning with a mysterious tattoo. A tattoo only the six of them can see. Now, each of them knows-no matter the obstacles in their way… they must discover this unknown paradise.
In Shops: Sep 25, 2019
$3.99
Intresse: 2
Kommentar: Ungdomsäventyr med mystisk touch som verkar lovande.
ÖVRIGA FÖRLAG
SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #1 (OF 5) (BOOM! STUDIOS)
Price: $3.99
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Werther Dell’Edera
Cover Artists:
Main Cover: Werther Dell’Edera
Variant Cover: Jae Lee and June Chung
Synopsis:
– GLAAD Award-winning writer James Tynion IV ( Memetic, Batman: Detective Comics ) teams with artist Werther Dell’Edera ( Briggs Land ) for an all-new limited series about staring into the abyss to find your worst fears staring back.
– When the children of Archer’s Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows.
– Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see.
– Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it MUST be done.
Intresse: 2
HARD TOMORROW HC (MR) (DRAWN & QUARTERLY)
(W) Eleanor Davis (A/CA) Eleanor Davis
Hannah is a thirty-something wife, home-health worker, and antiwar activist. Her husband, Johnny, is a stay-at-home pothead working-or ”working”-on building them a house before the winter chill sets in. They’re currently living and screwing in the back of a truck, hoping for a pregnancy, which seems like it will never come. Told with tenderness and care in an undefined near future, Eleanor Davis’s The Hard Tomorrow blazes unrestrained, as moments of human connection are doused in fear and threats.
In Shops: Oct 09, 2019
$22.95
Intresse: 5
Kommentar: Enda sedan jag läste Eleanor Davis You & a Bike & a Road har jag hållit ögonen öppna efter fler av hennes verk och jag blev fullständigt golvad av hennes senaste verk Why Art? I början på oktober kommer hennes nya seriebok Hard Tomorrow som berättar en sammanhängande fiktiv historia om utanförskap och längtan efter ett barn.
MAE TP VOL 02 (LION FORGE)
(W) Gene Ha (A/CA) Gene Ha
Mae has followed her long-lost sister Abbie through a gate and into another world: Cimrterén, a world full of dangerous creatures, strange science, and warring nobles. Their father has gone missing at the hands of these malicious dukes, and Mae and Abbie must fight their way to the heart of Ebenhrad to find their father. Along their journey, they’ll come across old friends, plus some new adversaries determined to stand in their way.
In the second volume of the series, Mae and Abbie face some of their biggest challenges yet.
Even fantasy-locked sisters can have their differences. After a big blow-up fight, Mae sets out on her own, leaving Abbie behind. When Mae learns that navigating her own way through Cimrterén isn’t as easy as she thought, she calls on her old friend Dahlia for backup.
Together they begin to uncover sinister secrets and piece together a much darker history to the Fortell family than they’d ever thought possible.
In Shops: Sep 18, 2019
$14.99
Intresse: 3
Kommentar: Lion Forge har imponerat under året med sin underetikett Magnetic där de ger ut engelska utgåvor av mestadels europeiska serier, såsom A Sea of Love, Watersnakes och Herakles. Gene Has ungdomsäventyr Mae, tidigare utgiven av Dark Horse Comics, har även fått en ny hemvist på förlagets tonårsetikett Roar och nu är det dags för andra samlingsvolymen. Även om serien var lite ojämn så är jag sugen på att se hur det går för Mae och hennes syster Abbie i fantasivärlden Cimrterén och om de lyckas hitta sin försvunne far.
MÅNADENS TIPS
Valet står mellan Ether: The Disappearance of Violet Bell och Trees: Three Fates och även om jag gillar bägge två mycket så är jag extra svag för Matt Kindts porträtt av Boone Dias och David Rubíns fenomenala illustrationer.
