J. Michael Straczynski’s first full-time job writing in TV
was on the 1980s Twilight Zone reboot. Now
his newest comic job is writing the Twilight Zone comic reboot. Wacky! Plus, dead kids solving crimes, a very
unique vampire hunter and the Defenders of the Earth go steampunk in the last
comics of 2013!
New Issues
Dark Horse:
The Star Wars
#0: Behind the scenes and the designs of Dark Horse’s adaptation of George
Lucas’ vastly different first draft of Star
Wars.
Baltimore: Chapel of
Bones #1: Mike Mignola’s Baltimore finally squares off against the man that
destroyed his life.
Bad Blood #1: A
man discovers is blood is poison to vampires, and uses his gift to become a
vampire hunter.
Other releases: Catalyst
Comix #7, Grindhouse: Doors Open at
Midnight #4, Juice Squeezers #1, The Occultist #4, Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #2, The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #6, Victories #8.
DC:
Dead Boy Detectives
#1: The undead lads of Sandman return
to St. Hilarion’s private school to protect a young girl and perhaps even solve
their own murders.
Forever Evil: Argus
#3: Wonder Woman’s lasso may be the key to the Justice League’s return, but
Cheetah has it.
The Flash #26:
The Flash tries to figure out how to catch a criminal in a plane.
Other releases: Adventures
of Superman #8, All Star Western
#26, Aquaman #26, Batman: The Dark Knight #26, Batwoman #26, Beware the Batman #3, Catwoman
#26, Damian: Son of Batman #3, Fables #136, The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires #9, Injustice: Gods Among Us #12, Justice
League Dark #26, Larfleeze #6, Red Lanterns #26, Superman Unchained #5, Talon
#14, Teen Titans #26, Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #6.
IDW:
GI Joe #12: The
Baroness reveals the secret history of COBRA and its many commanders.
Other releases: Deadworld:
Restoration #2, Judge Dredd Classics
#7, Sinister Dexter #2, Thunder Agents #5.
Image:
Sin Boldly: Dawn’s Joseph Michael Lisner returns for
two tales about very bad girls.
Other releases: Artifacts
#12, Clone #13, Manhattan Projects #17, Rocket
Girl #3, Todd The Ugliest Kid on
Earth #8.
Marvel:
Guardians of the
Galaxy #10: Gamora and Angela spend some quality time together by hunting
bad guys.
Other releases: New
Avengers #13.1, Savage Wolverine
#13, The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #7.
Other:
Legenderry: A
Steampunk Adventure #1: Vampirella, the Green Hornet, The Phantom and Flash
Gordon all meet in this new “elseworlds” story written by Fables’ Bill
Willingham.
The Twilight Zone
#1: A Wall Street investor who destroyed the economy uses his wealth to get a
new life, but the mysterious company who helps him disappear may want more than
his money.
Revelations #1:
A London detective must battle conspiracy and corruption to investigate the
murder of a prominent priest in Rome.
Other releases: Atomic
Robo: Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur #4, Death
Sentence #4, Executive Assistant
Assassins #17, Grimm Fairy Tales
#92, Grimm Fairy Tales: Oz #5, Grimm Fairy Tales: Quest #2, Hawken: Melee #3, Honey West and T.H.E. Cat #2, Jennifer
Blood #34, Knights of the Dinner
Table #204, Lil’ Ernie #1, Mercy Sparx #3, Soulfire #2, Tarot: Witch of
the Black Rose #83, Vampirella:
Southern Gothic #4.
Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers
Dark Horse:
Pariah: A group
of living superweapons are branded terrorists and marooned on a satellite; now
they must work together to return home.
Other releases: Star
Wars Omnibus: Dark Times Vol. 1.
DC:
Batman/Judge Dredd:
The protectors of Gotham City and Mega-City One fight alien gladiators,
Batman’s rogues gallery, and each other.
Other releases:
Batman: Arkham Unhinged Vols. 2-3, Hellblazer Vol. 7: Tainted Love, Superboy
Vol. 3: Lost, Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 8.
IDW:
Doctor Who:
Prisoners of Time: Eleven incarnations of the Doctor, but one epic
adventure.
My Little Pony:
Friendship Is Magic Vol. 3: ” The
secret history of Shining Armor and Princess Cadence’s love!”
Other releases: Doctor
Who Vol. 3: Dead Man’s Hand, Judge Dredd Vol. 3, Star Trek: Where No Man Has
Gone Before, TMNT Animated Vol. 3, Transformers: Regeneration One Vol. 3,
Zombies Vs. Robots: This Means War.
Marvel:
Avengers AI Vol. 1:
Human After All: Hank Pym leads a group of the Marvel universe’s most
heroic robots to save the future.
Other releases: West
Coast Avengers: Sins of the Past, Deadpool by Joe Kelly Omnibus, Iron Man:
Extremis Novel, New Avengers Vol. 2: Infinity.
Other:
ABC Warriors Return
to Earth, Antares Vol. 4: Episode 4, Celebrated Summer, Crusade Vol. 3: Master
of Machines, District 14: Season 2, Doctor Who: Chains of Olympus, Doctor Who:
Hunter of the Burning Stone, Fifth Essence Part 2: Planet Difool, Graphic Canon
Vols. 1-3 Box Set, Lady S Vol. 2, Largo Winch Vols. 10-11, The Lone Ranger
Chronicles, Lucky Luke Vol. 41: Daily Star, Samson the Nazirite, Shadowman Vol.
3: Deadside Blues, The Pack, Thorgal Vol. 14: Giants, X-O Manowar Vol. 4:
Homecoming.
