My Pull List for Week 36 of 2020

With more comics coming out each week I’m glad to see some good ones to choose from as well.

This week I picked out a whole bunch but I selected 15 issues to highlight.

New Weekly Releases

• Batman #98
  by James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  ”The Joker War” part four of six! Batman is at his most vulnerable following a massive dose of an experimental new Joker toxin. With the Dark Knight haunted by demons and visions, it’s up to Harley Quinn to protect him while he recovers-because Punchline is on her way!
• Bitter Root #10
  by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene.
  Published by Image Comics, 2020.
  END OF STORY ARC! “RAGE & REDEMPTION,” Part Five-Adro is on the cusp of destroying the world as we know it. In order to stop him, a member of the family may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
• Spy Island #1
  by Chelsea Cain and Elise McCall.
  Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2020.
  Super spy Nora Freud (no relation) has a plum assignment.  She’s stationed on a tropical island. Her mission? Keep an eye on things. Her problem?  The island is on the lip of the Bermuda Triangle, where anything can happen.  Her other problem? This particular island is a den of intrigue, populated by spies, tourists, and evil villains set on global domination. Spy Island is a four-issue special limited series by the creative team that brought you Man-Eaters. New comics series from New York Times best-selling author Chelsea Cain!
• Alien: The Original Screenplay
  by Christianity Seixas and Guilherme Balbi.
  Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2020.
  The intercepted voice transmission has been interpreted-a dire warning . . . but is it too late? As the crew continues to survey the massive pyramid structure, they find an entrance. Who goes in, won’t come out alone . . . Adapted from the original 1976 screenplay by Dan O’Bannon (author of Moebius’s The Long Tomorrow, cowriter of Total Recall, writer/director of The Return of the Living Dead).
• Horizon Zero Dawn #2
  by Ann Toole and Ann Maulina.
  Published by Titan Comics, 2020.
  Alloy and Talanah return in a new story set after the events of the game!
• Sea of Stars #6
  by Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum , Stephen Green, and Rico Renzi.
  Published by Image Comics, 2020.
  The hit science fiction series returns! Even as space trucker Gil and his lost son Kaydn are about to be reunited, the evil forces of the Zzaztek seek to intervene. And when Kadyn finally unleashes his new god-like powers, then god help anyone in the blast radius!
• Inkblot #1
  by Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd.
  Published by Image Comics, 2020.
  SERIES PREMIERE! Third-generation comic artist EMMA KUBERT partners with up-and-coming creator RUSTY GLADD to deliver a high-fantasy epic! This new ONGOING SERIES follows a powerful sorceress attempting to correct her greatest mistake-the creation of a magical cat that can travel through time, space, and reality. The cat threatens to unravel the fabric of the universe, doesn’t care, and just won’t listen!
• Coffin Bound #6
  by Dan Watters and DaNi.
  Published by Image Comics, 2020.
  LOVE HEARTS! FIST FIGHTS! ROTTEN FRUIT! Having put a price on her own head, Taqa has proven somewhat death-wish-ish. Now the city’s assassins are coming for her-killers of every shape and size with every philosophical delusion under the sun.
• Die #13
  by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans.
  Published by Image Comics, 2020.
  “THE GREAT GAME,” Part Three “War isn’t a game” seems obvious. Let one of DIE’s most aggressive masters explain:
  i) why that isn’t true
  ii) that war being a game only makes it worse. Can our heroes save the world? Can they save anything?
• ArkWorld #1
  by Josh Blaylock and Travis Hymel.
  Published by Devil’s Due Comics, 2020.
  Launching an all new “Archeopunk” genre! When a discovery turns our understanding of history upside down, we meet a couple who abruptly find themselves swept-up in a deep state conspiracy that threatens their world. Only, the year is 11,000 BCE, and their advanced world was nothing like we have been told. Nor does our couple know the role they will play in the survival of society’s knowledge in the years to come.
• Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew #4
  by Anthony Del Col and Joe Eisma.
  Published by Dynamite Entertainment, 2020.
  Who tried to kill Nancy Drew? As Nancy dives deeper into the underbelly of her hometown she discovers skeletons she never expected to find, and an enemy in the least likely of places. Check out the fourth issue of this much talked-about series already profiled by the NY Times, CNN and more!
• We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1
  by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo.
  Published by BOOM! Studios, 2020.
  For fans of Decorum and Something is Killing the Children comes a new sci-fi epic from Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk) and Simone Di Meo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) on the edge of space where humanity is harvesting the corpses of giant alien gods to survive. No one has ever seen a living god, but Captain Malik is obsessed with being the first. Captain Malik and the crew of the Vihaan II harvest the only resources that matter from the giant corpses of alien gods found on the edge of human space. While other autopsy ships race to salvage the meat, minerals, and metals that sustain the human race, Malik sees an opportunity to finally break free from this system. But Malik’s obsession with the gods will push his crew into the darkest reaches of space, bringing them face to face with a threat unlike anything they’ve ever imagined – unless the rogue agent on their trail can stop them first…
• Stargazer #1
  by Anthony Cleveland and Antonio Fuso.
  Published by Mad Cave Sudios, 2020.
  Years ago Shae, her brother Kenny, and two childhood friends experienced a traumatic, unexplainable event that left Kenny scarred for life. Kenny commits himself to the belief that what they experienced was an alien abduction. Twenty years later and the friends have since drifted apart, but the sudden, mysterious disappearance of Kenny leads the group to reunite and discover the truth of what took place all those years ago.
• Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1
  by Tom Taylor and Darick Robertson.
  Published by Vertigo Comics, 2020.
  A billionaire falls out of the sky and is gruesomely skewered on a church spire. Bizarrely, Angel Wings are attached to his back. More follow until, hallelujah, it’s raining businessmen. Detective Aisha Bukhari is stumped by this, until she’s visited by her childhood friend, occult investigator John Constantine. DC’s Hellblazer discovers a link between the falling elite and a shocking moment in his and Aisha’s misspent youth. How do these killings tie to the first death on John’s hands? How does this involve heaven and hell? Even if this is kind of John’s fault, will Constantine be happy to let a few more rich bastards fall from the sky, like a vindictive Robin Hood? It’s an all-new DC Black Label mystery starring John Constantine in his very first tale spun by acclaimed writer Tom Taylor (DCeased) and artist Darick Robertson (The Boys)!
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer #17
  by Jordie Bellaire and David Lopez.
  Published by BOOM! Studios, 2020.
  Fan favorite character Wesley Wyndam-Pryce makes his first appearance in this stand-alone issue that will change everything you know about the Watchers! After the devastating effects of Hellmouth, the Watcher’s Council convenes to make sure it never happens again. But when recent Watcher initiate Wesley Wyndam-Pryce stumbles across a dark secret, he learns of a conspiracy decades in the making – one that binds Robin, Giles and the Slayer Before together, and shows just how far the Watchers will go to protect the earth.

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