Aquaman #53: Giant Mecha Black Manta, GO!
Aquaman #53 (DeConnick, Rocha, Pansica) dives further into the murky depths of Amnesty Bay’s history – just in time for Mera AND Mecha Manta to show up!
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Action Comics #1016: Hi Mom, I’m Batman
Action Comics #1016
Action Comics #1016 (Bendis, Kudranski, Anderson) hits a sweet spot of action and fun. Concurrent with Event Leviathan, Action Comics is the much needed break from the bleak seriousness of the event. Readers will be pleased to see that Bendis is having fun while still being at the top of his game. Who doesn’t love a funny Batman?
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Year of the Villain Black Adam #1: Da Nile is a River in Egypt
Year of the Villain Black Adam #1
Not the best of the Year of the Villain specials, but it’s not all bad. If you’re a hardcore Shazam fan, you’ll enjoy this book. (Jenkins, Miranda)
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Teen Titans #35: Fox in the Henhouse
Put Out the Light!
Teen Titans #35 (Glass, Chang, Maiolo) brings the thunder as the team’s traitor is revealed! Will they ever be the same?!
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Flash Forward #2: King of the Impossible
Flash Forward #2
‘Flash Forward #2’ (Lobdell, Booth, Rapmund, Guerrero) dives further into the Multiverse but provides very little in terms of answers to Wally’s importance or a sense of direction.
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Superman #16: Back in the Saddle
Superman #16
Witness the strange reunion and prompt separation of the Super Sons in Superman #16 (Bendis, LaFuente, Mounts, Sharpe).
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Justice League #34: Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
Justice League #34
“Justice/Doom War” continues in Justice League #34 (Snyder, Tynion IV, Redondo, Porter, HI FI, Napolitano) as the past and the future missions conclude, refocusing the story on the present.
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Detective Comics #1013: He’s the Firestarter, Batman Firestarter
Detective Comics #1013
Detective Comics #1013 (Tomasi, Mahnke, Champagne, Alamy, Baron): I still have high hopes for the story, but this issue is best bought for the art alone.
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Superman Smashes the Klan #1 (of 3): It’s Always Okay To Smash Racists
Superman Smashes the Klan
Superman Smashes the Klan #1 (Yang, Gurihiru) builds a credible world where outsiders and nationalists collide – with the Man of Steel in the middle!
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Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #2: Curiouser and Curiouser
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #2
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #2 (Houser, Melo, Morales, Hi-Fi) may not be reinventing the wheel, but not every book has to. This is a super fun issue with solid artwork that is well worth your money!
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Metal Men #1: Misadventures of the Mechanical Maestro
Metal Men #1
Metal Men #1 (DiDio, Davis, Delecki) proves the title characters aren’t just fluffy goof characters, bringing real humanity and pathos to these oddball robots!
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Flash #80: Race Toward Extinction
Flash #80 (Williamson, Kolins) brings “Death and the Speed Force” to its penultimate chapter, as Zoom kidnaps Steadfast, the Black Flash moves in for the kill, and Kid Flash and Avery make a possibly fatal move against the Rogues!
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