Spiral Comics Blog

Assassination? Yeah, there’s an app for that in this one. Luckily there’s an app to defend yourself from assassination too. Should work out with equanimity. “SERIES PREMIERE. Ten minutes in the future, the world runs on an economy of job shares and apps, including Reapr: a crowdfunding platform to fund assassinations. Charlie Ellison leads a quiet, normal life until she’s suddenly targeted by a million-dollar Reapr campaign. Hunted by all of Los Angeles, Charlie hires Vita, the lowest-rated bodyguard on the Dfend app. As the campaign picks up speed, they’ll have to figure out who wants Charlie dead before the campaign’s 30 days-or their lives-are over. From Eisner-nominated writer CHRISTOPHER SEBELA (Heartthrob, We(l)come Back, Harley Quinn), RO STEIN and TED […]

Adorbz! OEL manga with an all-ages appeal from Antarctic Press. “Carrie, a crafty plushie maker and artist, has lost a great deal in her life, but she’s coping with the help of her late mother’s gift, a special cat plush that suddenly comes to life one night to help. Yet not everything seems right. Is this truly magic? Or is it all in her head?.” Buy It Now

Need more second-tier Avengers team action? Ta-da!! “A NEW ERA DAWNS…AVENGERS ASSEMBLE. HAWKEYE (KATE BISHOP). HAWKEYE (CLINT BARTON). A guy named FUSE. Never have they ever been called ‘the big three’ of…anything. And now here they are, reunited for, okay, well, it’s only the second time ever. Thank god they also brought AMERICA CHAVEZ, GWENPOOL and KID OMEGA. Wait. What? That’s right, it’s the new West Coast Avengers, son. And you better hope they can figure out how to save the world because BIG things are headed for the West Coast. Rated T+” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In AVENGERS comic books? Check out our guide here. Related shopping tags: AVENGERS FAMILY TITLES

You can definitely start your high-end graphic novel bookshelf collection with this volume! “DC introduces DC Modern Classics, collecting groundbreaking, genre-defining works in new hardcover editions, presented in a beautifully designed slipcase. In these tales from THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #1-4, it is 10 years after an aging Batman retired, and Gotham City has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. Now, as his city needs him most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory. Joined by the new Robin, Carrie Kelly, Batman takes to the streets to face the mutant gangs that have overrun his city.” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In BATMAN comic books? Check out our guide here. Related shopping tags: BATMAN, BATMAN FAMILY […]

Popular anime with a Netflix live-action series gets a manga treatment from Dark Horse! “From the creator of One-Punch Man. Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen’s your guy. What’s his secret to busting ghosts while keeping prices low? Well, first, he’s a fraud, and second, he pays the guy who’s got the real psychic power-his student assistant Shigeo-less than minimum wage. Shigeo is an awkward but kind boy whose urge to help others and get along with them is bound up with the mental safety locks he’s placed on his own emotions. Reigen knows he needs to exploit Shigeo to stay in business, yet for better or worse he’s also his mentor and […]

A new supernatural horror from Cullen Bunn. I can’t help thinking about that 2004 catastrophe movie, The Day After Tomorrow. I guess it’s like that, except with ghosts too. “MINISERIES PREMIERE. Psychological terror, the undead, and a supernaturally bitter cold come together in this spine-tingling new series from CULLEN BUNN (REGRESSION, Harrow County) and MARK TORRES (Zombies vs. Robots: Undercity). 10 years ago, Dan Kerr turned his back on his wife and unborn daughter. Now, both mother and child have gone missing, and Dan must face cosmic terrors to find them again. He soon finds that ghosts stir when his estranged daughter is near. And as the dead grow restless, the cold deepens…” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: CULLEN […]

I’m always on the lookout for interesting science fiction, and this new mini-series from Alterna qualifies. “Seeking refuge on Earth after their planet has been destroyed, an advanced alien race struggles to settle alongside humanity. Unknowingly leading their oppressors straight to Earth, humanity must quickly form an uneasy alliance with the planet’s new inhabitants or all will be lost.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: SCI-FI

Enough counting down…let the wars begin! Requiem looks cool! “As the Infinity Stones come to Earth, so too comes the war for control over them. But none who wield the stones know the truth about the power they contain…or what it would take to bring them to their END. The nature of the universe itself hangs in the balance as we learn the answer to the question on everyone’s lips since ‘Infinity Wars Prime’: WHO IS REQUIEM? Gerry Duggan (DEADPOOL, INFINITY COUNTDOWN) and Mike Deodato Jr. (ORIGINAL SIN, OLD MAN LOGAN) look into the Infinite and bring the truth to light. Rated T+.” Buy It Now

Oh, this looks interesting. A twist on the original movie. What if a second T800 was sent back to 1984 with a completely different target? “Two Terminators went back in time to 1984, one to kill Sarah Conner, and another targeting NYPD Officer Lucy Castro, a rookie cop assigned to one of the worst sections of the city. Isolated and unable to call for backup, Castro faces off against the relentless T800, relying on unlikely allies to see her through to dawn. Brian Wood delves into the world of Terminator.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: TERMINATOR, BRIAN WOOD (W)