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First Impression: BAD LUCK CHUCK [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
BAD LUCK CHUCK [2019] #1

Hey, this is a really cool-looking mini-series from Dark Horse about a woman who hires out her bad luck. That should work out just fine, right? “She’ll need more than a rabbit’s foot to get through this. Cursed at birth, Charlene ‘Chuck’ Manchester hires out her own bad luck, providing disaster where someone else can profit. She can get you that insurance payout fortune-for a price. But bad luck doesn’t always go as planned, and when Chuck gets stuck between a dissatisfied crime boss client, a cult leader, and a dogged insurance-fraud investigator, things get… explosive. Everything that could go wrong does-and only about half of it by accident.” Pre-Order Now

First Impression: SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH [2019] #1

If you loved the Netflix show, I’m sure you’ll love this little mini-series starring Sabrina the teenage witch. “BRAND NEW SERIES. Sabrina is a teen witch who’s struggling with balancing the double life of high school and her burgeoning powers. Newly relocated to Greendale with her aunts Hilda and Zelda (also witches), Sabrina is trying to make the best of being the new girl in town which so far includes two intriguing love interests, an instant rivalry, a couple of misfits that could turn into BFFs, and trying to save the high school (and maybe the world) from crazy supernatural events. NBD.” Pre-Order Now Related shopping tags: ARCHIE FAMILY TITLES, SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH

First Impression: JESSICA JONES: PURPLE DAUGHTER [2019-SC]

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
JESSICA JONES: PURPLE DAUGHTER [2019-SC]

Here’s another original Jessica Jones graphic novel, and this one looks really good! The title says it all! “FIRST TIME IN PRINT. The critically acclaimed team that brought you JESSICA JONES: BLIND SPOT is back. When her daughter, Danielle, comes home with purple skin, Jessica Jones is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her time with the Purple Man and her marriage to Luke Cage. As Jessica digs deeper than ever before into the darkness at the center of her life, will she find relief – or yet another nightmare? Brace yourself for another thrilling, chilling tale that will challenge everything you think you know about Marvel’s top P.I. Parental Advisory.” Pre-Order Now Interested in Getting Started […]

First Impression: WAR OF THE REALMS [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
WAR OF THE REALMS [2019] #1

A mega Marvel event storyline cross-over is set to begin in Apr 2019. This first issues is advanced solicited. The rest of the books in the catalog that look like tie-ins are part of the prelude to the event. Should be epic. By definition. “CLASSIFIED.” Pre-Order Now Related shopping tags: THOR, WAR OF THE REALMS [2019]

First Impression: INVISIBLE KINGDOM [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
INVISIBLE KINGDOM [2019] #1

An intriguing and colorful-looking new ongoing science fiction series from Dark Horse’s Berger Books line. “Set in a in a far-flung star system, this new epic sci-fi monthly saga tells the tale of two women-a young religious acolyte and a hard-bitten freighter pilot-who separately uncover a vast conspiracy between the leader of the system’s dominant religion and the mega-corporation that controls society. On the run from reprisals on both sides, this unlikely pair of rebels risk plunging the world into anarchy if they reveal the truth. But when your beliefs betray you, what choice is there left? By Hugo Award-winning writer G. Willow Wilson (Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel) and Eisner Award-winning artist Christian Ward (Black Bolt, ODY-C).” Pre-Order Now Related […]

First Impression: GOON [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
GOON [2019] #1

A new #1 just in time for the 20th anniversary! Where has the time gone? “The next era in the legacy of The Goon starts here. This all new series marks The Goon’s return to Albatross Funnybooks and is just in time to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the book. Eric Powell takes the series to its humor-based roots as Goon and Franky return from strange adventures abroad to find a horde of unsavory characters have filled the void left in his absence from Lonely Street.” Pre-Order Now Related shopping tags: ERIC POWELL (W)

Cool Cover Alert: FANTASTIC FOUR [2018] #8 SIENKIEWICZ VAR

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
FANTASTIC FOUR [2018] #8 SIENKIEWICZ VAR

Get this one before it completely disappears! “‘HERALD OF DOOM’ continues with ‘FIRST-WORLD POWER’. Latveria is about to take its rightful place on the world stage. Thanks to the benevolence and ingenuity of your beloved leader, Victor Von Doom, Latverians will soon know a new age of peace and prosperity. All of this shall come to pass – as long as we can repel these four nefarious foreign invaders who have illegally entered our beloved country. Death to the Fantastic Four. Rated T.” Pre-Order Now Related shopping tags: BILL SIENKIEWICZ (CA), FANTASTIC FOUR, FANTASTIC FOUR FAMILY TITLES

First Impression: GOOSEBUMPS: HORRORS OF THE WITCH HOUSE [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
GOOSEBUMPS: HORRORS OF THE WITCH HOUSE [2019] #1

Here’s a new, cool-looking GOOSEBUMPS mini-series from IDW. Apparently, Goosebumps is the second-best-selling book series ever! I’m sure there’s some fans out there that need this… “When young tech entrepreneur Veruca Curry buys the old Whaley House, the kids in town are worried the ghosts who haunt it will get her. But when they discover Veruca’s horrible secret, it will turn their world upside-down.” Pre-Order Now Related shopping tags: GOOSEBUMPS

First Impression: ASSASSIN NATION [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
ASSASSIN NATION [2019] #1

I’m intrigued with the look of this new comedy series from Image about an assassin who hires 20 other assassins as bodyguards. “SERIES PREMIERE. Hot off her breakout success at Marvel, two-time Eisner award winner ERICA HENDERSON (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jughead) teams up with KYLE STARKS (writer of sales beast Rick and Morty) for a hilarious twist on the hitman trope that will have readers laughing in the aisles over ASSASSIN NATION. The World’s Former Greatest Hitman hires the 20 best assassins in the world to be his bodyguards. These mean-as-hell hired guns and murderers must work together to keep the new crime boss safe while attempting to solve the mystery of who’s trying to off him. With the […]

First Impression: COLD BLOOD SAMURAI [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
COLD BLOOD SAMURAI [2019] #1

Here’s something different… “‘We are the last warriors, the last pacifists of that school, and I leave her inheritance in your hands… you are a Gaijin.’ A feudal Japan with anthropomorphic and samurai animals inspired by Homer’s poem on ‘War of Mice and Frogs,’ Batrachomyomachia. As in the classic poem, one tells of the futility of war and the desire for peace by Gaijin, a foreign salamander in a Japan of frogs invaded by lizards.” Pre-Order Now Related shopping tags: SAMURAI