X-Men #1 by Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel
Highlights This Week: After a brief delay due to a death in the family, writer Brian Wood and artist Olivier Coipel finally debut their all-female team led by Storm in X-Men #1 . In the first issue, an old enemy shows up at the front door, seeking asylum from an ancient evil come back to earth. Meanwhile, Jubilee has come home, and she’s brought with her an orphaned baby who might hold the key to the earth’s survival – or its destruction;
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Green Lantern #20
Highlights This Week: After nearly a decade of expanding the Green Lantern universe, writer Geoff Johns will depart the title this week with Green Lantern #20! It’s the final battle against the First Lantern and the Guardians in this extra-sized, 66-page spectacular featuring art from Doug Mahnke and special guest appearances by artists Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Cully Hammer, Aaron Kuder, Jerry Ordway and more.
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Boom Studios’ The Regular Show #1
Highlights This Week: Boom Studios’ all-ages line, Kaboom!, is hoping that lightning strikes twice when they release The Regular Show #1 as a companion to their hit comic series based on that other hit Cartoon Network show, Adventure Time;
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Based on the Hit NBC Show! Grimm #1
Highlights This Week: Based on the hit NBC series, Dynamite’s Grimm #1 follows Homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt of the Portland Police Bureau when he learns he is descended from a line of guardians known as Grimms, charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures called Wesen. In the first issue, Kelly (Nick’s mom) begins her quest to destroy the Coins of Zakynthos;
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J. Michael Straczynski and Ben Templesmith’s Ten Grand #1
Highlights This Week: J. Michael Straczynski and Ben Templesmith team-up for the return of the Joe’s Comics line at Image with Ten Grand #1. Joe Fitzgerald is a mob enforcer trying to get out of the game when he’s asked to commit one more hit, but isn’t told that the victim is deeply involved in demonlogy;
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Millar and Quitely’s Jupiter’s Legacy #1
Highlights This Week: Mark Millar and Frank Quitely finally release their new creator-owned Image comic Jupiter’s Legacy #1 about the troubled offspring of the world’s first super heroes;
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All-New, Ongoing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1
Highlights This Week: Due to the positive response to their recent releases of the He-Man mini-series and one-shots, DC is releasing the all-new, ongoing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1. In this first new issue, creators Keith Giffen and Pop Mhan have Hordak infiltrating Eternia with the help of She-Ra, now known only as Despara;
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Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist Edition
Highlights This Week: After many delays, IDW is finally releasing their Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition. Shot from the original art, the massive 15 x 22 inch book collects Spirit stories from Eisner’s well regarded post World War II period;
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Thanos Rising #1 (of 5)
Highlights This Week: The Mad God of Titan finally gets his origin told in Thanos Rising #1 (of 5). His profile went way up when he showed up during the end credits of The Avengers Movie, and now we can all find out more about him, including where his obsession with Death came from and basically what made him one of the biggest badasses in the Marvel Universe;
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Marvel Now’s Guardians of the Galaxy #1
Highlights This Week: Yep, we know that we already spotlighted the #0.1 issue last month, but you can’t deny that Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is the biggest book of the week! Iron Man joins the motley crew of Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora, Groot and, of course, Rocket Raccoon to discover why the Earth has become the most important planet in the Galaxy. The creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven set the stage for Marvel’s upcoming cosmic crossover and whet your appetite for the Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Movie coming in August of 2014!;
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