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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

PREVIEW: Flash #44

Written by: Joshua Williamson
Art by: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia, and Steve Wands
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date: April 11, 2018

“PERFECT STORM” part six! Grodd rains lightning down on Central City to burn it to the ground. The Flash is as fast as a bolt of lightning, but is he as fast as a thousand?

Written By: Julie Benson, Shawna Benson

Art By: Roge Antonio, Marcelo Maiolo, Saida Temofonte

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: April 11, 2018

“Full Circle” part three! The Calculator has broken Blackbird and Fenice out of Arkham Asylum, putting targets on Batgirl’s and Huntress’s backs. And while our heroes are out of the picture, Calculator holds Gotham City hostage in exchange for Oracle’s identity. The team will have to risk setting a trap for Calculator—a dangerous move that could expose Barbara Gordon’s deepest secrets!

Written by: James Robinson
Art by: Patch Zircher, Tyler Kirkham, Gabe Eltaeb and Josh Reed
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 11, 2018

“MAN DOWN” part two! Deimos and his armies have besieged the Trinity—so why is Steve Trevor helping the enemy?! Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman fight their way through one monstrous magical menace after another as Dark Strike’s stolen Skartaran weaponry is unleashed!

Written By: James Robinson

Art By: Emanuela Lupacchino, Ray McCarthy, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Saida Temofonte

Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date: April 11, 2018

“AMAZONS ATTACKED” part four! When last they met, Wonder Woman was robbed of a chance to meet Darkseid in single combat—and she’s certain she’d be able to take him down. At last, she’s going to get her wish—but with Darkseid at full power, is she still sure she’ll survive?

Written by: Steve Orlando and Jody Houser
Art by: Robson Rocha, Daniel Henriques, Michael Atiyeh and Steve Wands
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 11, 2018

Supergirl must fight both Mokkari and the out-of-dimension Viking Judge to save Director Bones from the fury of the Viking’s magical ax! Meanwhile, with Director Bones out of the picture, Cameron Chase and Lar-On must break into the D.E.O. to save Veritas before the clock counts down to zero and the psycho-redactor erases her memories forever!

Written by: James Tynion IV
Art by: Javier Fernandez, John Lalisz, and Sal Cipriano
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date: April 10, 2018

“Batmen Eternal” part three! Congratulations, Batwoman—you have an entire army at your command. So how are you going to use it?

Go Big or Go Home

Script: Magdalene Visaggio

Pencils, Inks, Cover: Sonny Liew

Colors: Chris Chuckry

Letters: Todd Klein

Cover Price: $3.99

On Sale Date: April 11, 2018

-->Far beyond the farthest any mortal has ever traveled is a nameless world nested in the very heart of existence. On that planet is a structure that extends infinitely into the heavens. It is the Shining Tower, the axis of life and death. And to end her suffering, Eternity Girl must destroy it. The catch? Everyone else will die, too.

Aw getting wiped from existence isn't as bad as getting killed--we won't even feel it! Have a look at some preview pages, right here!

I See a Dark Star Rising

Writer: Robert Vendetti

Artist: Ethan Van Sciver

Colorist: Jason Wright

Letterer: Dave Sharpe

Cover: Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Tomeu Morey

Variant Cover: Tyler Kirkham and Morey

Cover Price: $2.99

On Sale Date: April 11, 2018

-->“DARKSTARS RISING” part one! Hal Jordan is the paragon of a Green Lantern: Courageous and unrelenting. But even a hero can sometimes doubt the methods they’re known to use. And in those moments, something dark creeps in and it can create an evil the universe isn’t ready to face!

Hey, this continues the story from the arc before the most recent one! That's swell, Check out some preview pages right here!

Follow the Flag

Writer: Rob Williams

Artist: Neil Edwards

Colors: Elises Arreola

Letters: Pat Brosseau

Cover: Andy Kubert and Brad Anderson

Variant Cover: Andrea Sorrentino

Cover Price: $2.99

On Sale Date: April 11, 2018

-->“BREAK THROUGH THE WALL” part two! The government loses control of its new military weapon, the Wall, and he’s rampaging through Washington, D.C. with his sights set on the Capitol building! Rick Flag is forced to turn back to the Suicide Squad to stop the Wall before Washington is in ruins!

Hey, looks like the U.S. Government needs the Suicide Squad after all! Have a look at some preview pages, right here!

PREVIEW: New Super-Man and the Justice League of China #22

Defective Defector

Writer: Gene Luen Yang

Pencils: Brent Peeples

Inks: Matt Santorelli

Colors: Hi-Fi

Letters: Dave Sharpe

Cover: Philip Tan with Rain Beredo

Variant Cover: Bernard Chang

Cover Price: $3.99

On Sale Date: April 11, 2018

-->“SEAS OF CHANGE” part three! The saga of the Aqua-Man of North Korea crashes to a close! As the Justice League of China heads off an international incident on their shores, our heroes discover that sometimes villainy is only a matter of perspective—and reasoning with North Korea’s most menacing metahuman and his marine militia may be the only hope both countries have of survival!

I have been loving this story arc so far, so let's hope Gene can keep the music going! Have a gander at some preview pages, just below!

It's another shorter podcast since there just weren't a ton of books out this week. If you need more, however, check out our review of two books this week and then go and check out our Patreon. For as little as $1 a month, you can help support the podcast! This Week's Patreon Spotlight: The Curse of Brimstone #1 & Batman: White Knight #7

Astonishing X-Men #10 Review - Marvel Monday

X-Rated

Written by: Charles Soule
Pencils by: ACO
Inks by: David Lorenzo
Colors by: Rachelle Rosenberg
Letters by: VC's Clayton Cowles

The Astonishing X-Men monthly series is the book that is directly responsible for me getting back into the X-Men books for the first time since the late 1990s. Issue 1 reeled me in, and sent me back through the back catalog of recent years, and diving into the new series as they came on board. I'm now up to date in my X titles but has my love endured for the series that sparked it all off 10 months ago?

Anniversary Special

Written by: Jess Harrold
Art by: Various
Publisher: Marvel Star Wars
Reviewed by: Andrew McAvoy

Well. 40 years on. It certainly is an achievement that 40 years on the original Star Wars film is still as vibrant, fun and world building as it always was. The perfect film as far as this viewer is concerned. Sometimes its easy to become jaded with the sheer size of the edifice that has been stood on the shoulders of this giant of entertainment. Anyway, you better believe that Star Wars Marvel is going to capitalize on it. Let's see if this is worth the whopping $19.99 price tag.

Ashes to Ashes

Written by: Kieron Gillen
Art by: Salvador Larocca
Colors: Guru-eFX
Letters: VC's Joe Caramanga
Publisher: Marvel
Reviewed by: Andrew McAvoy

Hmmm. Enjoy Rogue One? If so you might be interested in what happened to the desert moon of Jedha. If not, you probably won't care. Either way, under the new Disney canon Jedha is central to the opening crawl of A New Hope (I know, who knew that we needed all that back-story to a classic film we all enjoyed before the back-story?). This book details the aftermath to the major astronomical mass that was hit by the Death Star before Alderaan...and didn't disintegrate completely.

I'm back with a couple more books that I featured on Patreon show (this week's show is HERE). This week we got the return of Sonic the Hedgehog and a great debut comic from Image. Sounds like an awesome week, so here we go...