If Ernest can do it, I don’t know why Krampus, the legendary
child-terrorizing European Christmas demon can’t — but will he? You’ll have to pick
up Image’s Krampus #1 to find out. Meanwhile
Iron Fist, Doc Savage Parker and many others return in this week’s comic
releases!
New Issues
Dark Horse:
Brain Boy #0: An
early adventure of the U.S. Secret Service’s greatest telepath.
Halo: Escalation
#1: The Infinity is task with protecting a diplomatic meeting between the
Arbiter and the Brutes when the Covenant attacks.
Other releases: Abe
Sapien #8, Clown Fatale #2, Conan: People of the Black Circle #3, Eerie Comics #4, Shaolin Cowboy #3, Star Wars
#12, X #8.
DC:
Justice League 3000
#1: The Justice League of the year 3000 assemble for the first time.
Legends of the Dark
Night 100-page Super Spectacular #1: Batman searches for the murderer of a
dead priest and Harley Quinn makes an ultimatum.
Smallville Season
11: Alien #1: Superman reveals his alien heritage to the world, and Lex
Luthor doesn’t take it well.
Other releases: Astro
City #7, Batgirl #26, Batman: Black & White #4, Batman: Lil’ Gotham #9, Coffin Hill #3, Constantine #9, Federal
Bureau of Physics #6, Forever Evil:
Arkham War #3, Green Lantern Corps
#26, Justice League #25, Justice League of America #10, Katana #10, Suicide Squad #26, Superboy
#26, Superman/Wonder Woman #3, World’s Finest #18.
IDW:
Danger Girl: The
Chase #4: The girls close in on their target in the finale.
Indestructible
#1: An indestructible superhero enjoys his fame, hiding the secret that he’s
neither indestructible nor even slightly heroic.
Other releases: GI
Joe #11, GI Joe: Special Missions
#8, Magic: The Gathering: Theros #2, The Maxx Maxximized #2, Memory Collectors #2, The Other Dead #4, Powerpuff Girls #4, The Rocketeer/The
Spirit: Pulp Friction #4, Star Trek
Annual 2013, TMNT Color Classics #2, Transformers
Prime: Beast Hunters #8, Wraith:
Welcome to Christmasland #2, The
X-Files Season 10 #7.
Image:
Krampus #1: When
the Christmas spirits of the world have their power stolen, they must seek the
help of the demon who uses the day to punish children.
Dead Body Road
#1: One man is determined to kill his wife’s murderers at any cost.
Other releases: Alex
+ Ada #2, Chew #38, The Darkness #116, Drumhellar #2, Godland
Finale, Invincible #107, Lazarus
#5, Manifest Destiny #2, Protectors Inc #2, Satellite Sam #5, Three
#3, The Walking Dead #118.
Marvel:
Marvel Knights Hulk
#1: An amnesiac Hulk wakes up in Paris, and then his day goes downhill.
Inhumanity:
Awakening #1: As Inhumans appear all over the world, the Avengers Academy
and the Jean Grey School try to deal with the chaos.
Thunderbolts
#19: The Thunderbolts take a road trip in the Punisher’s van.
Other releases: A
Plus X #15, Amazing Spider-Man
#700.2 and #700.3, Avengers AI #7, Cable and X-Force #17, Captain America #14, Captain America: Living Legend #4, Captain America: The First Avenger
Adaptation #2, Cataclysm: Ultimate
Spider-Man #2, Cataclysm: Ultimates
#2, Emerald City of Oz #5, Mighty Avengers #4, Nova #11, Superior Foes of
Spider-Man #6, Uncanny X-Men #15,
Wolverine #12, Wolverine and the X-Men #39, Wolverine
Max #14.
Other:
Doc Savage #1:
The Man of Bronze returns to the modern day thanks to writer Chris Roberson.
Grimm: The Warlock
#1: Nick and Hank must stop a Wesen from rigging a high school basketball game.
I’m serious.
Honey West and
T.H.E. Cat #1: The master thief and the female private eye team up for an
adventure titled “Death in the Desert.”
Other releases: 12
Reasons to Die #5, 3 Guns #5, Adventure Time: Candy Caper #6, Archer & Armstrong #16, Army of Darkness Vs. Hack/Slash #4, Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck #2, Critter #17, Day Men #2, Death Sentence
#3, Deathmatch #12, Farlaine the Goblin #3, Femforce #165, George R.R. Martin’s Skin Trade #4, Grimm Fairy Tales: Code Red #1, Gold
Digger Christmas #1, Harbinger
#19, The In Crowd #4, Kings Watch #3, Life with Archie #33, Lunita
#1, Mega Man #32, Night of the ’80s Undead #3, Pathfinder #12, Penny for Your Soul: Death #4, Protocol
Orphans #2, Regular Show Skips
#2, Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives
#1, Sixth Gun #36, Sons of Anarchy #4, Standard #4, Steampunk
Cinderella, Uber #8, Uncanny #5, Unity #2, Ursa Minor #2, Victorian
Secret Masquerade 2013, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #33, Watson and Holmes #8, WWE #1.
Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers
Dark Horse:
Abe Sapien Vol. 3:
Dark and Terrible and the New Race of Man: The mutated Abe goes on the run
from the BRPD.
Other releases: Vampire
Hunter D Vol. 20, Victories Vol. 2: Transhuman.
DC:
Just Imagine: Stan
Lee Creates the DC Universe: Marvel’s Stan Lee reboots all the main DC
heroes in this weird, wild 2001 series.
Other releases: DC
New 52 Villains Omnibus, Action Comics Vol. 3: End of Days, Young Justice Vol.
4: Invasion.
IDW:
Richard Stark’s
Parker: Slayground: After a heist, Parker escapes through an abandoned
amusement park, and enters a whole new game of cat-and-mouse.
Thumbprint: An
Abu Ghraib prison worker returns to the U.S., but brings more back with her
than her guilt.
Other releases: Doctor
Who: The Girl Who Waited and the Boy Who Lived, Ghostbusters Vol. 6, GI Joe:
IDW Collection Vol. 3, Judge Dredd: The Complete Carlos Ezquerra Vol. 1,
Powerpuff Girls Classics Vol. 2: Power Up, Thunder Agents Classics Vol. 2, TMNT
25th Anniversary, TMNT Ultimate Collection Vol. 5, Transformers:
Monstrosity.
Image:
Sheltered Vol. 1:
A town of doomsday preppers discovers the one thing they didn’t plan for was
their own children.
Other releases: Happy
DLX, Morning Glories Vol. 6, Snapshot.
Marvel:
Immortal Iron Fist:
Complete Collection Vol. 1: The acclaimed Brubaker/Fraction run finally
returns to store shelves! Danny Rand enters a martial arts contest for the fate
of basically everything.
Mini Marvels:
Complete Collection: wolverine hunts cereal and othert adorable,
kid-friendly Marvel tales.
Other releases: Avengers:
Epic Collection: Final Threat, Daredevil by Mark Waid Vol. 6, Deadpool by
Daniel Way Vol. 2, Thanos: Infinity Abyss.
Other:
Arata
the Legend Vol. 16, Buzz, Crawling Sky, Crossed Vol. 7, Deathmatch Vol. 2,
Domino Lady: Sex as a Weapon, Girl Genius Vol. 2: Agatha and the Airship City, Judge
Dredd: Mutants in Mega-City One, Knights of Sidonia Vol. 2, The Last Zombie
Vol. 5: The End, Magi Vol. 3, Polarity Vol. 1, Real Vol. 3, Sixth Gun: Sons of
the Gun. Sunday Night Movies, Tiger & Bunny Vol. 2, Watsion & Holmes
Vol. 1: A Study in Black.
