3 Sept 2019

On The Pull 04/09/2019

New comics are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday so here’s a look ahead at some of the books we’ll be picking up this week along with a full list of titles that will be available from Paradox Comics.

Jo S: I’m not sure what it says about me that a title like Something Is Killing The Children immediately snags my attention but a little further investigation of this new BOOM! Studios series doesn’t disappoint, as James Tynion IV is writing a horror story which looks delightfully unafraid to delve into the topic of child-stealing monsters, and features some lovely nominative determinism embodied in hero monster-killer Erica Slaughter. I’m not familiar with artist Werther Dell'Edera but the sample art looks suitably shadowy and gory, so I’ll give it a punt.

Breaking my only-one-new-start rule (c’mon, you all know my cavalier attitude to rules at this stage!), I’m also going to give Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy a little try: never having read either character previously, and having only just watched Suicide Squad this week (which was not worth the time spent but did explain why approximately 50% of all cosplayers at the first comic con I went to were sporting Daddy’s Little Monster shirts), I feel disposed to giving poor tortured Harley a little of my time - plus it’s only a six-parter so the relationship doesn’t have to go stale.

I’ll also try Dark Horse’s new start Everything; writer Christopher Cantwell is familiar from She Could Fly and Dark Horse have been trailing this new book in other series recently, suggesting one of those shiny happy Midtown America with a horrifically dark underside stories - a big appeal for me.

A set of slam-dunks to wrap up then: House Of X, Lois Lane and Superman: Up In The Sky have all raised the calibre of conversation at our monthly meets to a new level, and there might have been competition among these mighty heavyweights for the read-last-and-savour spot on my list but the Doomsday Clock finally strikes eleven this week, BONG! It is undeniably hard work keeping up with the complexities of Geoff Johns’ masterfully crafted saga with such large gaps between the issues but I’m not grumbling! I’m on tenterhooks to see how the story comes together ready for the denouement.

DARK HORSE:
Beserker Unbound #2 (of 4) £3.30
Everything #1 £3.30
Triage #1 (of 5) £3.30
Wyrd #4 £3.30

DC COMICS:
Batman #181 Facsimile Edition £3.30
Batman / TMNT III #5 (of 6) £3.30
Batman vs. Ras al Ghul #1 (of 6) £3.30
DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1 (of 1) £4.10
Deathstroke #47 £3.30
Dollar Comics Detective Comics #854 £0.90
Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #3 £3.30
Doomsday Clock #11 (of 12) £4.10
Green Lantern #11 £3.30
Harley Quinn #65 £3.30
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #1 (of 6) £4.10
Justice League #31 £3.30
Legion of Super Heroes: Millennium #1 (of 2) £4.10
Lois Lane #3 (of 12) £3.30
Supergirl #33 £3.30
Superman: Up in the Sky #3 (of 6) £4.10

DC / VERTIGO:
Dreaming #13 £3.30

IMAGE:
Battlepug #1 £3.30
Birthright #39 £3.30
Die #7 £3.30
Redneck #23 £3.30
Sea of Stars #3 £3.30
Section Zero #6 (of 6) £3.30
Space Bandits #3 (of 5) £3.30
Spawn #300 £6.50
Wicked & Divine #45 £3.30

MARVEL:
Absolute Carnage: Scream #2 (of 3) £3.30
Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man #1 £4.10
Agents of Atlas #2 (of 5) £3.30
Alpha Flight: True North #1 £4.10
Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big #1 £4.10
Champions #9 £3.30
Conan the Barbarian #9 £3.30
Fantastic Four #14 £3.30
Future Foundation #2 £3.30
Ghost Spider Annual #1 £4.10
House of X #4 (of 6) £4.10
Immortal Hulk #23 £3.30
Old Man Quill #9 (of 12) £3.30
Punisher #15 £3.30
Savage Avengers #5 £3.30
Spider-Woman #1 Facsimile Edition £3.30
Star Wars #71 £3.30
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Dark Temple #1 £3.30
True Believers Hulk: Head of Banner #1 £0.90
True Believers Hulk: Intelligent Hulk #1 £0.90
Web of Black Widow #1 (of 5) £3.30

MORE:
2000AD #2147 £2.85
Animosity #23 £3.30
Archie #707 £3.30
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8 £3.30
Charlies Angels vs Bionic Woman #3 £3.30
Dark Red #6 £3.30
Descendent #5 £3.30
Fallen World #5 (of 5) £3.30
Giant Days #54 £3.30
Goon #6 £3.30
Marvel Action Spider-Man #8 £3.30
Mystere #1 £3.30
Oz: Heart of Magic #5 (of 5) £3.30
Rick & Morty Presents Flesh Curtains #1 £4.10
Something is Killing the Children #1 £3.30
Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper #2 £3.30
Star Trek Discovery: Aftermath #1 (of 3) £3.30
Transformers vs Ghostbusters #4 (of 5) £3.30
Turok #5 £3.30
Usagi Yojimbo #4 £3.30
Vamirella & Red Sonja #1 £3.30

GRAPHIC NOVELS:
Adventure Time: Jake £8.99
Batman Damned HC £24.99
Black Badge Vol.2 HC £22.50
Catwoman Vol.2: Far From Gotham Tp £16.99
Hellboy & BPRD 1956 Tp £17.99
Immortal Hulk Vol.4: Abomintaion Tp £14.50
Scooby Doo Greatest Adventures Tp £12.99

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