12 Nov 2019

On The Pull 13/11/2019

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: My list is truly a deluge of goodness this week, swamped with delights both familiar and new. Starting off with the new, my one-issue-#1 rule is conclusively swept away with three new starts I can't resist. I talked about Far Sector in the Shipping Forecast: I am unfamiliar with writer N K Jemisin but a sci-fi theme always floats my boat, and with art from Jamal Campbell, who lit up the Naomi series this year, this one looks like it's worth a try. Family Tree is new from Jeff Lemire: an intriguing, if Kafkaesque, premise about a girl slowly transforming into a tree, with early glimpses suggesting some really stellar art from Phil Hester. So far this all feels a little serious, so I'm also taking Mirka Andolfos UnSacred: Andolfos released some sample pages on Twitter and they looked cute and intriguing - in a grown up kind of way!

I really enjoyed the first issue of The Batman's Grave, and discussion of this at a recent PCG meet raised a couple of theories I'm interested to have in mind while reading further issues: even if my sceptical musings don't come to fruition, the heft and raw strength of Hitch's art gives Ellis' return of Batman to his detective roots a weight and substance I really enjoyed.

Staying with DC, it's bliss to have Joëlle Jones back on art for Catwoman - she rules supreme as my favourite artist for drawing the Cat, in fact for drawing women full stop. I adore her work.

Finally, the time has come to start making decisions on which of the new Hickman generation of X-books I'm going to stick with. I've been thoroughly overwhelmed with the HOX and POX series and flood of connected issue #1s, and need to choose a port (or two, possibly three) in which to weather the storm - I enjoyed the slower pace and relative calmness of the first of the new main X-Men title, and so I think I'll drop anchor there - well, at least for this week.

DARK HORSE:
Black Hammer / Justice League #5 (of 5) £3.45
Elfquest: Stargazers Hunt #1 (of 6) £3.45
Triage #3 (of 5) £3.45

DC COMICS:
Batman and the Outsiders #7 £3.45
Batmans Grave #2 (of 12) £3.45
Catwoman #17 £3.45
Collapser #5 (of 6) £3.45
DC Super-Hero Girls Giant #1 £4.25
Detective Comics #1015 £3.45
Dollar Comics: Blackest Night #1 £1.00
Dollhouse Family #1 (of 6) £3.45
Event Leviathan #6 (of 6) £3.45
Far Sector #1 (of 12) £3.45
Flash #82 £3.45
Gotham City Monsters #3 (of 6) £3.45
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #3 (of 6) £3.45
Hawkman #18 £3.45
House of Whispers #15 £3.45
Justice League Odyssey #15 £3.45
RWBY #2 (of 7) £3.45
Superman #17 £3.45
Tales from the Dark Multiverse - Blackest Night #1 £5.15
Wonder Woman #82 £3.45

IMAGE:
Battlepug #3 £3.45
Gideon Falls #18 £3.45
Hit-Girl: Season 2 #10 £3.45
Moonshine #13 £3.45
Oblivion Song #21 £3.45
Reaver #5 £3.45
Sea of Stars #5 £3.45
Trees: Three Fates #3 (of 5) £3.45

MARVEL:
Age of Conan: Valeria #4 (of 5) £3.45
Agents of Atlas #4 (of 5) £3.45
Black Cat Annual #1 £4.25
Black Panther and Agents of Wakanda #3 £3.45
Fallen Angels #1 £4.25
Future Foundation #4 £3.45
Guardians of the Galaxy #11 £4.25
History of the Marvel Universe #5 (of 6) £4.25
Invaders #11 £3.45
Marvel Tales: Doctor Strange #1 £6.75
Morbius #1 £3.45
Punisher: Soviet #1 (of 6) £3.45
Runaways #27 £3.45
Savage Sword of Conan #11 £3.45
Star Wars #74 £3.45
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Dark Temple #4 £3.45
Star Wars: Target Vader #5 (of 6) £3.45
Tomb of Dracula #10: Facsimile Edition £3.45
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #50 £3.45
X-Men #2 £3.45

MORE:
2000AD #2157 £2.99
Buffy TVS / Angel: Hellmouth #2 £3.45
Catalyst Prime: Seven Days #2 (of 7) £3.45
Doctor Mirage #4 (of 5) £3.45
Doctor Who: 13th Doctor Holiday Spec. #1 £3.45
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #10 £3.45
Folklords #1 (of 5) £3.45
Ghosted in LA #5 £3.45
GI Joe: A Real American Hero #268 £3.45
Go Go Power Rangers #25 £3.45
Lady Mechanika: Sangre #4 (of 5) £3.45
Life is Strange #10 £3.45
Marvel Action: Spider-Man #11 £3.45
Mirka Andolfos Unsacred #1 £3.45
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #84 £3.45
Psi-Lords #6 £3.45
Robotech Remix #2 £3.45
Robyn Hood: Vigilante #1 £3.45
Ronin Island #8 £3.45
Uncle Scrooge #50 £5.15
Usagi Yojimbo #6 £3.45
Vampirella / Red Sonja #3 £3.45

GRAPHIC NOVELS:
Firefly: Sting OGN HC £14.99
Star Wars: Age of Resistance – Heroes Tp £15.99
X-Factor Epic Collection: X-Aminations Tp £35.99

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