My Pull List for Week 16 of 2021
I think I pulled too many again as I grabbed 15 this week. There are just too many titles that interest me – I could have easily picked a few more even. I’m gonna try to cut back to 10 again next week but we’ll see.
New Weekly Releases
- Alien #2
by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larroca.
Published by Marvel Comics, 2021.
THE RETURN TO EPSILON!
Cruz has only one chance to save his son from the horrific fate he barely escaped.
The clock toward total collapse is ticking.
The aliens are loose. - Blade Runner Origins #3
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Published by Titan Comics, 2021.
Enter the world of Blade Runner: 2009 and Discover the untold origins of the Blade Runners!
A Tyrell Corporation scientist is DEAD – the victim of an apparent suicide.
But when LAPD Detective Cal is called in to investigate, he uncovers secret documents revealing a new kind of replicant and a conspiracy that could change the world.
FEATURES AN ALL-STAR CREATIVE TEAM including K. PERKINS (Supergirl), MELLOW BROWN (American Gods) plus Titan’s bestselling Blade Runner 2019 co-writer MIKE JOHNSON. - Cojacaru the Skinner #1
by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Peter Bergting.
Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2021.
Cojacaru the Skinner, the strange and enigmatic bane of Eastern European witches, has been dead many years. But from a bloodied French town in the throes of World War II, a plea for help carries across the winds of time. A desperate band of resistance soldiers and their white witch allies rest their fate in the hands of Cojacaru’s ghost. And when she answers their call, it will be heard near and far.
Celebrated horror writers Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden return to tell the story of Cojacaru the Skinner, once a small girl named Crina who befriended a witch-hunting golem. Rejoined by artist Peter Bergting (Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective) and colorist Michelle Madsen, the tale they spin will be one of horror, desperation, and ultimately hope. - Crimson Flower #4
by Matt Kindt and Matt Lesniewski.
Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2021.
From New York Times-bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Matt Lesniewski (The Freak) comes a brand-new, mind-altering journey through Russian folk tales, trained assassins, and government conspiracies.
As Rodion uncovers a secret Russian program that raised children into brainwashed super assassins she finds herself trapped in in her father’s killer’s murder room in which there is no escape! - Firefly: Brand New ‘Verse #2
by Josh Lee Gordon and Fabiana Mascolo.
Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
It’s been 20 years since the events of Firefly, but Serenity can’t seem to keep out of trouble — which means Zoe and her daughter Emma are in for a world of hurt!
With the Blue Sun on their tail, they turn to the only people they can trust — Kaylee and Simon.
But what happened to Mal… and what does it mean for the new crew of Serenity? - Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors #1
by Erik Burnham and Dan Schoening.
Published by IDW Publishing, 2021.
Godzilla roars back into comics!
“Rise Up!” Part 1: When a coldly single-minded businessman uses an untested element to create clean energy for a profit, he inadvertently awakens the beast from the deep–Godzilla! Sensing the harm the new energy poses to the planet, Godzilla attacks the heart of the problem–humankind! It will be up to three intrepid middle-school students–with a little magic help from Infant Island–to show Godzilla that not all humans are bad… and that there is still hope for Planet Earth. Reuniting the blockbuster creative team of writer Erik Burnham, artist Dan Schoening, and colorist Luis Antonio Delgado (Ghostbusters), Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors promises to romp and stomp fans–old and new–of the greatest kaiju ever like never before! - Haha #4
by W. Maxwell Price and Patrick Horvath.
Published by Image Comics, 2021.
“GUSTAV IN THE WORLD OF FLOATING OBJECTS”
A wise clown once said that everything floats… and he was right.
The comic book with a literally laughable title drifts into the big, blue sky with an issue hand-painted by watercolorist PATRICK HORVATH. - The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1
by V. Ram and Filipe Andrade.
Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
A powerful new series for fans of The Wicked + The Divine and The Dreaming from Ram V (Justice League Dark) and Filipe Andrade (Captain Marvel) that explores the fine line between living and dying in Mumbai through the lens of magical realism.
With humanity on the verge of discovering immortality, the avatar of Death is fired and relegated to the world below to live out her now-finite days in the body of twenty-something Laila Starr in Mumbai.
Struggling with her new-found mortality, Laila has found a way to be placed in the time and place where the creator of immortality will be born…
But will Laila take her chance to permanently reverse the course of (future) history…or does a more shocking fate await her? less - The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #1
by Greg Rucka, Andrew Wheeler, and Leandro Fernandez.
Published by Image Comics, 2021.
A STAR-STUDDED ANTHOLOGY EVENT!
The bestselling, critically acclaimed THE OLD GUARD, now a hit Netflix movie starring Charlize Theron, returns with all-new stories by writers GREG RUCKA, VITA AYALA, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, KELLY SUE DeCONNICK, MATT FRACTION, DAVID F. WALKER, and more, and artists LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ, HORACIO ALTUNA, RICK BURCHETT, VALENTINE DE LANDRO, JUSTIN GREENWOOD, KANO, NICOLA SCOTT, and more!
Andromache the Scythian-a warrior over six thousand years old, who has fought more battles than she cares to remember-has kept one constant companion through her long lifetime of combat…her labrys. Andy’s battle axe takes many forms, and many lives, in its centuries at her side, a story told by THE OLD GUARD creators GREG RUCKA & LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ.
Meanwhile, Nicolo “Nicky” di Genova and Yusuf “Joe” al-Kaysani, lovers since they tried (and failed) to kill each other in the First Crusade, spend an evening at Berlin’s famed Eldorado nightclub in the twilight era of 1932, sharing drinks with drag queens and fistfighting Nazis in an all-new story by writer ANDREW WHEELER (Another Castle: Grimoire) and JACOPO CAMAGNI (NOMEN OMEN)! - Orcs!
by Christine Larsen
Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
Bog, Pez, Zep, Utzu and Gurh are off on their own, out in the Known World, and fending for themselves for the first time, which is GREAT!
After all, what numbskull would mess with a pack of Orcs?!
Well, hunger might. Or enchanted mushrooms.
And, of course, there are folks out in the Eerieasallhel forest who are even bigger, stronger, and more bloodthirsty than Orcs are… like Trolls?
Luckily, Orcs aren’t exactly known for fighting fair! - Orphan and the Five Beasts #2
by James Stokoe
Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2021.
A brave warrior, following her master’s final wish, finds the dreaded bandit leader that used to be a hero-but is now a force of destruction that threatens all life in the valley with his indestructible legs and “Two Trees Bearing Heaven” fighting style. - Post Americana #5
by Steve Skroce.
Published by Image Comics, 2021.
Carolyn and Mike take a ride with NIGHT TERROR to the lost coast of California where Mike finally meets his secret ally, Marcy, in person. Everything she told him was a lie, and the truth is a death sentence for them and everyone else left on the planet. - Rain Like Hammers #4
by Brandon Graham.
Published by Image Comics, 2021.
Supercriminal Brik Blok plans to steal a high-ranking aristocrat’s fingers and use them as keys to access the palace-world’s deepest sub-levels.
Elsewhere, a detective working for the Immortals, and his sexy-sex robot assistant, are traveling across the solar system to investigate the strange happenings on Skycradle. - Specter Inspectors #3
byBowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto.
Published by BOOM! Box, 2021.
The Specter Inspectors dive deeper into the history of the most haunted town in America by agreeing to be locked-in overnight in the museum.
Let’s be honest, it wasn’t their best idea.
Now it’s just the gang and the ghosts… in an old house that doesn’t give up its secrets easily.
But who are the mysterious watchers who’ve been tailing the gang… and what’s their connection to Astrid? - Stray Dogs #3
by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner.
Published by Image Comics, 2021.
Under the farmhouse, something rots. And no matter how well they’re trained, dogs will be dogs. Now they’ve uncovered something that can’t just be buried again.
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