My Pull List for Week 19 of 2020

This is an interesting week as publishers work on getting their comics distributed in the middle of this pandemic and I’m not really sure what the deal is, but DC Comics is releasing issues on Tuesday. So now I’ve gotta attend to new releases on both Tuesday and Wednesday and with so many titles continuing to be held back during the shutdown, it’s becoming a bit confusing.

Regardless of wether it was yesterday or today I’ve found a few new issues that I pulled and will add to my backlog for reading.

New Weekly Releases

• Hawkman #23
  by Robert Venditti, Fernando Pasarin, Marcia Tamara, and Oclair Albert.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  Cloaked in black and wearing the eerie mask of a hawk, the mysterious Plague Doctor roams 17th century Europe in an attempt to ease the suffering of those who fall victim to the Black Death. But how is the Doctor supposed to help anyone when he’s hated and feared for his unique immunity to the disease? It’s mind versus body as Carter Hall relives his most tragic past life in a last stand to fight off Sky Tyrant’s control over his body for good!
• Batman and the Outsiders #12
  by Bryan Edward Hill and Dexter Soy.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  Batman goes over the edge! With everything that’s happened in Gotham City and Ra’s al Ghul’s personal attacks on the Dark Knight and his team of Outsiders, Batman lashes out and uses his all his anger and skills to take down Ra’s and his new League of Assassins on his own. Will the Outsiders be able to pull him back from his rage-or will they find themselves on the receiving end of it?
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1
  by Alyssa Wong and Marina Cresta.
  Published by Marvel Comics, 2020.
  NEW CREW, NEW MISSION! With the Rebel Alliance back on the run after their defeat at the Battle of Hoth, it’s never been a more dangerous time for outlaws, scoundrels and the errant rogue archaeologist to make their way in the galaxy. But after a string of bad luck and near escapes, DOCTOR APHRA is back on the job! She’s been keeping a low profile – jobs are scarce and credits scarcer. But the promise of the score of a lifetime is a chance too good for her to pass up. And to find the cursed RINGS OF VAALE, Aphra will need a crew of treasure hunters the likes of which the galaxy has never seen before! But RONEN TAGGE, heir to the powerful Tagge family, also has his eyes on the prize. Do Aphra and her team stand a chance at fortune and glory?
• Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #4
  by Kami Garcia, Jason Badower, and Mico Sulaymaniyah.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  When murder is your art, it’s not enough to leave behind a body-the only true satisfaction lies in creating a display worthy of your genius. But elaborate crime scenes also lend themselves to analysis. While the GCPD might not find all the clues, forensic psychiatrist and profiler Harley Quinn is getting closer to the truth…and the killer.
• The Machine Never Blinks: A Graphic History of Spying and Surveillance
  by Ivan Greenberg, Joe Canlas, and Everett Patterson.
  Published by Fantagraphics, 2020.
  This graphic history traces spying and surveillance from legends to the present. In The Machine Never Blinks, the story of surveillance is presented from its earliest days, to help you more fully understand today’s headlines about every-increasing, constant, and unrelenting monitoring and global data collection. It’s a threat to your rights, privacy, dignity, and sanity. This book spans surveillance from the Trojan Horse, through 9/11 and to the so-called War on Terror, which enabled the exponential growth of government and corporate intercepts and databases. It also explains spying as entertainment (reality TV) and convenience (smart speakers). Take a look around… Who’s watching you right now?

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