Dark Agnes #1: You Will Remember Me
Dark Agnes #1
Dark Agnes #1 (Cloonan, Pizzari, Ramos): I was immediately and unabashedly in love with this comic. The setting, the dialog, the story, the characters, the whole shebang.
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Crowded #11: Unrequited Love and Unsafe Sects
Crowded #11
Crowded #11 (Sebela, Stein, Brandt, Farrell, Rae) is a masterclass in space. With walls closing in and everything getting worse, Crowded only gets better.
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Captain America: The End #1: One Last Battle
Captain America: The End
Captain America: The End #1 (Larsen, Sanchez-Almara, Caramagna) is a full-force Kirby homage and a heckuva good time – assuming readers are down with that Kirby magic. Otherwise, modern readers might feel it’s a bit dated.
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Peter Porker: The Spectacular Spider-Ham #2: Please, No Pig Jokes
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #2
Peter Porker: The Spectacular Spider-Ham (Wells, Robson, Arciniega) #2 takes readers somewhere that everyone wants to go….a better place.
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Suicide Squad #2: Wet Work
Suicide Squad #2
Suicide Squad #2 (Taylor, Redondo, Lucas, Abbott) delivers a fresh new Squad that feels more like a classic Suicide Squad story than anything in recent history.
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Darth Vader #1: I Hate Sand, Memoir of a Dark Lord
Darth Vader #1: Dark Heart of the Sith Part I
In the new Darth Vader series, (Pak, Ienco, Menon) readers find the terrifying Lord of the Sith in deep contemplation after his confrontation with his son. Star Wars writer Greg Pak takes on weaving new tales of the armored ex-Jedi. Set in the wake of the events of The Empire Strikes Back, this is an attempt to provide audiences with similar high level storytelling the previous Vader series was known for. This time however, the series takes place in a new chapter that runs parallel to the Star Wars and upcoming Doctor Aphra ongoing series.
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Vampirella #7: The Host Awakens
Vampirella #7
Vampirella #7 (Priest, Timpano, Gunduz, Schubert) is a great example of the opportunities this intricate and long form approach to storytelling affords, capitalizing on an exciting guest artist appearance for another must read issue.
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Ant-Man #1: Buzzing with Energy
Ant-Man #1
Funny and fast-paced, Ant-Man #1 (Wells, Burnett, Spicer, Petit) may be small but it still packs a punch.
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Detective Comics #1019: Holiday Fear
Detective Comics #1019
Detective Comics #1019 (Tomasi, Godlewski): I love the idea of Batman having a Norse themed villain, but substituting that for a monster of indescribable horror is an even better choice!
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Sex Criminals #26: The Beast With Two Backs is Back!
The End, Part 1
Sex Criminals #26 (Fraction, Zdarsky) sees the long-dormant indie darling return, and in fine form. If you’ve never given this book a shot, go back and get caught up ASAP! And if you’re a lapsed reader, frustrated with its many delays in shipping – now’s the time to come home.
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ANCIENT HISTORY #20: Many Deaths of the Battyman
Batman 433-435
IT’S TIME ONCE AGAIN TO PEER BACK INTO THE ANNALS OF HISTORY (HEH… ANNALS) FOR IT’S ANCIENT HISTORY, THIS WEEK A BATMAN WILL DIE!!!!!
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Hawkeye: Freefall #2: You Wouldn’t Believe Me If I Told You
Hawkeye: Freefall #2
Hawkeye: Freefall #2 (Rosenberg,Schmidt, Sabino) is a tour de force that will absolutely be the best book you read in January.
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