Don’t dismiss DC’s Injustice:
Gods Among Us as a simple tie-in to the fighting videogame. It’s an
excellent Elseworlds tale about the Joker tricking Superman into murdering Lois
Lane, and the grief-stricken Superman killing the Joker in vengeance — which
leads Superman to decide he can no longer afford to be merciful, which in turn
tears the DC universe apart
Injustice is a shockingly thoughtful look at justice, the uneasy
balance between freedom and safety, and where the lines of right and wrong
should be drawn. It makes a great companion piece to the Man of steel DVD, if
nothing else. Plus, the Valiant universe goes to war, sexy clowns go on the
run, Chris Claremont returns to the X-Men and more, all in this week’s comics!
New Issues
Dark Horse:
• Clown Fatale #1:
“Sexy female clowns are mistaken for contract killers and
abandon their shabby traveling circus for a world of violence and cruelty-with
clown makeup. * Uh-huh.
• SHOOT First #2: The SHOOT team heads to Egypt to take on a terrorist group and the
Egyptian divinity working for them.
• Other releases: Abe
Sapien #7, Bloodhound: Crowbar
Medicine #2, Resident Alien: Suicide
Blonde #3, Shaolin Cowboy #2, Star Wars #11, X #7.
DC:
• Injustice: Gods
Among Us Annual #1: Busy saving the world from itself, Superman asks Lobo
to hunt down the super-powered Harley Quinn.
• Forever Evil: Arkham
War #2: As the war between Arkham’s ex-inmates and Blackgate’s former
prisoners rages on, Bane decides to take control of Gotham for himself.
• Suicide Squad
#25: Meet the Reverse Suicide Squad!
• Other releases: Astro
City #6, Batgirl #25, Batman #25, Batman: Arkham Unhinged #20, Batman:
Lil’ Gotham #8, Coffin Hill #2, Constantine #8, Federal Bureau of Physics #5, Green
Lantern Corps #25, Justice League of
America #9. Katana #9, Nightwing #25, Smallville Season 11 #19,
Superboy #25, Superman/Wonder Woman #2, Vibe
#9, World’s Finest #17.
IDW:
• The Wraith: Welcome
to Christmasland #1: Joe Hill returns to the nightmarish world of
Christmasland, and the madman who rules there.
• TMNT Color Classics
#1: A picnic suddenly turns into a race to stop World War III.
• Other releases: Doctor
Who: Prisoners of Time #11, GI Joe
#10, GI Joe: A Real American Hero
#196, Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #3, My Little Pony Art Gallery, My Little Pony:
Spike #9, The Other Dead #3, Popeye Classics #16, The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction
#3, Star Trek: Khan #2, Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #7, Triple Helix #2.
Image:
• Manifest Destiny
#1: During their expedition of the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark discover
the monsters roaming the North American frontier.
• Umbral #1: A
thief witnesses the fantastic murder of a royal family, only to discover
ancient legends are true — but he’s the only one who realizes it.
• Other releases: Bounce
#7, Manhattan Projects #16, Rocket Girl #2, Three #2, The Walking Dead
#116.
Marvel:
• X-Men Gold #1:
Chris Claremont returns to the X-Men for an epic tale to commemorate the mutants’
50th anniversary.
• Cataclysm: Ultimate
Spider-Man #1: Miles Morales has accomplished a lot, but what can he
possibly do against Galactus?
• Marvel Knights:
X-Men #1: Wolverine, Rogiue and Kitty Pryde try to rescue mutants from a
small town serial killer — but the killer’s secret lies somewhere in their
past.
• Other releases: All-New
X-Men #18, Avengers Arena #17, Captain America: Living Legend #3, Deadpool #19, Fearless Defenders #11, Marvel
Universe: Avengers Assemble #2, Savage
Wolverine #11, Superior Foes of
Spider-Man #5, Superior Spider-Man
#21, Thor: God of Thunder #15, Wolverine #11.
Other:
• Unity #1: The heroes
of the resurrected Valiant universe come together to stop X-O Manowar before
civilization is destroyed.
• Other releases: 4
Guns #4, 12 Reasons Not to Die
#4, A1 #6, Adventure Time: Candy Capers #5, All New Soulfire #1, Archer
& Armstrong #15, Battlestar
Galactica #5, Bettie Page in Danger
#10, Bodie Troll #4, Chronos Commandoes: Dawn Patrol #5, Codename: Action #3, Crossed Badlands #41, Deathmatch #11, Garth Ennis’ Red Team #6, Genie
the Genius #2, Grimm Fairy Tales
#91, Grimm Fairy Tales: Oz #4, Harbinger #18, Herobear & the Kid: Inheritance #4, It Came #4, The Legend of
Molly Doves #1, Miss Fury #7, The Mocking Dead #3, Noir #1, Pathfinder #11, Protocol
Orphans #1, The Shadow/Green Hornet:
Dark Nights #5, Sons of Anarchy
#3, Watson and Holmes #5.
Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers
• Dark Horse:
• Bandette Vol. 1:
Presto: A fun-loving teen thief discovers someone in the criminal
underworld wants her dead.
• Akaneiro:
American McGee’s reimagining of Red Riding Hood has her traveling through
medieval Japan as a demon slayer.
• Other releases: The
Colossal Conan, Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus Vol. 3, Sabertooth: Swordsman,
Terminator: The Burning Earth.
DC:
• Injustice: Gods
Amongst Us Vol. 1: One cruel trick by the Joker sets off a chain of reaction that will pit DC’s greatest heroes against each other..
• Swamp Thing Vol. 3:
The Green Kingdom. The “Rotworld” saga comes to a close, as Swamp Thing
enlists Batman, Deadman and Poison Ivy to combat the Rot.
• Other releases: Aquaman
Vol. 2: The Others, Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis, Joe Kubert Presents,
Red Lanterns Vol. 3: The Second Prophecy, Silver Age Teen Titans Archives Vol.
2.
IDW:
• GI Joe: Future Noir:
In the near future, five Joes are sent to Japan to battle Cobra in this scifi
manga reinterpretation of the franchise.
• Star Trek Vol. 6:
After Darkness: Kirk and his crew face a new foe immediately after the
events of the recent movie.
• Other releases: Haunted
Horror, Star Trek: Stardate Collection Vol. 1, TMNT Villains Vol. 1,
Transformers: IDW Collection Vol. 2: Red Label Edition, Transformers: More Than
Meets the Eye Vol. 5.
Image:
• Son of Merlin Vol. 1:
A professor at MIT has everything he thinks he knows shalen when he discovers
he’s Merlin the wizard’s bastard.
• Other releases: Bomb
Queen Deluxe Edition Vol. 4, Chew Smorgasbord Edition Vol. 1.
Marvel:
• Thor: Sunlight and
Shadows: When Yggdrasil decides Asgard no longer deserves to be one of the
nine realms, three Thors and two Loki fight for the fate of their home.
• Wolverine:
Sabretooth Reborn: Sabretooth gets, uh… reborn.
• Other releases: Essential
Daredevil Vol. 6, Hulk by Jeph Loeb Vol 1, Marvel MasterWorks Marvel Two-in-One
Vol. 1, Marvel Universe Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Digest Vol. 4, Thor:
The Warriors Three Complete Collection, X-Men: Legacy Vol. 3: Revenants.
Other:
• Anything That Loves:
A collection of indie comics about being gay, straight, and everything
in-between.
• Solid State Tank
Girl: Tank Girl enters her kangaroo man lover’s bloodstream Fantastic
Journey-style to destroy his illness, but finds Anti-Tank Girl waiting in his
scrotum.
• Other releases: 07
Ghosts Vol. 7, A Centaur’s Life Vol. 1, Adventure Time: Sugary Shorts Vol. 1,
Army of Darkness Vol. 2: The King Is Dead Long Live the Queen, Atomic Sheep,
The Bionic Woman Vol. : Mission Control. Blue Morning Vol. 3, Dead Reckoning
vol. 1: Contagion, Delusional, First Kingdom Vol. 2, Grimm Fairy Tales:
Hunters: Shadowlands, Gold Pollen and Other Stories, Golden Age Glamour Vol. 1,
Hip Hop Family Tree, Largo Winch Vol. 5: See Venice, Lavender Menace: Tales of
Queer Villainy, Lies Are a Gentleman’s Manners, Mayo Chicki Vol. 4, Moon &
Blood Vol. 4, Old City Blues Vol. 2, Other Stories and the Horse You Rode In
On, Red Sonja Omnibus Vol. 4, Red Sonja Vol. 12: Swords Against the Jade
Kingdom, Rin-Ne Vol. 13, Senran Kagura: Skirting Shadows Vol. 1, Sherlock
Holmes Vol. 2: Liverpool Demon, Shifter Vol. 1, Showa History of Japan
1926-1939, Snoopy Cowabunga, Spiritual Police Vol. 1, The Gloom, Triton of the
Sea Vol. 2, Vampirella Vol. 4: Inquisition, Vinland Saga Vol. 1, World War Blue
Vol. 3, Zombo: You Smell of Crime.
