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First Impression: CALAMITY KATE [2019] #1

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

Here’s a sweet, cool-looking mini-series from Dark Horse with plenty of monsters and mayhem. “Kate Strand reboots her destructive life and moves to LA to be the superhero she always wanted to be-Calamity Kate: gun-toting monster killer. With her latest career change, she faces new challenges, relationships, and competition; desperate to show she’s worth a damn in a world overrun by zombies, vampires, demons, goblins, and the ultimate monster bounty: the Seven Fabled Beasts of Yore. From the Eisner and GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer of the breakout hit Kim and Kim and DC Comics’ Eternity Girl with Gerard Way and artist on IDW’s Ghostbusters and X-Files comes this modern day, adventure of heroes and monsters.” Pre-Order Now

First Impression: LAB RAIDER [2019] #1

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

This looks very, very cool if you’re looking for something different this month! “A pair of young vigilantes break into a black market laboratory where illegal tests are being run on animals. What at first seems like a simple rescue mission becomes more dangerous when they stumble on secret military experiments, discovering to their horror that the animals they sought to help have been turned into something different, something monstrous… and, once the cages are opened, the rescuers quickly become the prey of these weaponized beasts. This high-octane action comic blends vigilante heroics with sci-fi horror for a brutal new adventure.” Pre-Order Now

First Impression: STAR WARS: VADER–DARK VISIONS [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
STAR WARS: VADER--DARK VISIONS [2019] #1

It’s de ja vader all over again… This. Looks. Super. Awesome! An anthology of stories about the impressions and reputation of Darth Vader seen through others POV. Can’t wait! Again. (We’ll probably never know if this is just the same series that Wendig was canned from with a new writer.) “WHO IS DARTH VADER? He has been many things: a SITH warrior, a commander, a destroyer. DARTH VADER is to many throughout the GALACTIC EMPIRE a symbol of fear and mysterious, otherworldly power. But there are some who have seen the DARK LORD in a different light. There are some corners of the galaxy so dark and desperate that even Vader can be a knight in shining armor. The first […]

First Impression: SPIDER-MAN: LIFE STORY [2019] #1

by Glenn Snow | January 13th, 2019
SPIDER-MAN: LIFE STORY [2019] #1

This is a super-cool mini-series concept and is sure to make a lasting impression on Spider-Man’s vast story landscape. “In 1962, in AMAZING FANTASY #15, 15-year-old Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and became the Amazing Spider-Man. Fifty-seven years have passed in the real world since that event – so what would have happened if the same amount of time passed for Peter as well? A special high-end limited series that’s a part of the celebration of Marvel’s 80th anniversary, SPIDER-MAN: LIFE STORY combines the talents of Chip Zdarsky (SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, MARVEL 2-IN-ONE) and Mark Bagley (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN) to tell the entire history of Spider-Man from beginning to end, set against the key events of the […]

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)