SOMETHING NEW

NEW COMICS

16 JULY 2014

So many fantastic comics this week, starting with the highly anticipated new Bat-family title ROBIN RISES and return of last month's sell out pop culture-meets-modern myth series WICKED + DIVINE! Everyone's favourite chaotic superstar wants to make her own comic debut in HARLEY QUINN INVADES SAN DIEGO COMIC CON, Archie sacrifices himself to save his friend's life (!) in LIFE WITH ARCHIE, MS MARVEL teams up with Wolverine,  the characters of ADVENTURE TIME write their own comic, UMBRAL is back with a new storyline, the TEEN TITANS have a new series, and Charles Xavier's will is found in an Original Sin tie-in UNCANNY X-MEN. There's debut series BLACK MARKET, where they discover a cure for cancer in superhero DNA, 30 Days of Night artist Ben Templesmith gets Chthonic in SQUIDDER, explore the afterlife in LIFE AFTER, bloody epic fantasy in DARK ENGINE, and discover the history of the X-Files in the miniseries YEAR ZERO. Also arriving in store: HULK VS IRON MAN, RAT QUEENS, SILVER SURFER, BPRD, SHE-HULK, FABLES, and ORIGINAL SIN. 
What are you excited for this week? Talk to us @DavesComics!

ARCHIE
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #252
LIFE WITH ARCHIE COMIC #36

History is in the making in this epic finale to the acclaimed series LIFE WITH ARCHIE, as America's most beloved character makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a friend. The unthinkable happens: Archie Andrews dies! Fans will experience an epic tale of Archie's future sure to make headlines, generate discussion and stand as one of the most-talked about Archie stories of all time. Do not miss this game-changing tale of love, friendship and true heroism. 

MEGA MAN #39
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #262

BOOM
ADVENTURE TIME #30 

It's a rad stand-alone ZINE Special! Enjoy this crazy special as the citizens of Ooo create their own zines to share. Marceline has a lot to say about her music, Peppermint Butler has a few life tips for anyone who will listen (and everyone should listen), and Finn creates his very first journal comic. A sick homage to DIY and mini-comics culture printed on uncoated paper and made to look like a zine from the ADVENTURE TIME gang! 

BLACK MARKET #1 (OF 4)

WHY WE LOVE IT: Here at BOOM!, we've never shied away from exploring the dark crevices of the superhero genre that other publishers can't. From Mark Waid's IRREDEEMABLE to Mike Carey's SUICIDE RISK, we love finding new ways to push the boundaries of our medium's favorite genre.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: BLACK MARKET mixes the visceral noir/pulp sensibilities of Frank J. Barbiere's FIVE GHOSTS and Victor Santos' FILTHY RICH with a truly modern take on superhero mythos. If you love Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' work on Sleeper like we do, this series is for you.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT: Ray Willis is a broken man, a disgraced medical examiner making ends meet by preparing corpses at a funeral parlor. His scientific genius is being wasted...that is, until his estranged criminal brother Denny shows up on his doorstep, supposedly cleanedup and proposing a onceinalifetime partnership to cure not just cancer, but all disease. The catch? It exists within the DNA of superheroes. 

CLIVE BARKER NEXT TESTAMENT #11 (OF 12)

DARK HORSE
BPRD HELL ON EARTH #121
EYE OF NEWT #2

Inimitable illustrator Michael Hague creates a marvelous tale of high fantasy! Newt, a young wizard's apprentice, begins the trials to become a full-fledged wizard! His adventure leads him through the Netherworld, a magical realm filled with creatures both wondrous and frightful!
GHOST #6
STAR WARS DARTH MAUL SON OF DATHOMIR #3 

Darth Maul has captured Darth Sidious's new apprentice! Mother Talzin and Maul attempt to sway Count Dooku to their cause, revealing surprising facts about Maul's past. But an attack by an elite Jedi strike force throws everyone's plans into chaos!

WITCHFINDER MYSTERIES OF UNLAND #2

DC
BATMAN ETERNAL #15

Who is behind the hell beneath Arkham Asylum? Can Batwing and Jim Corrigan hope to stop it before it breaks out and consumes all of Gotham City? 

BATWOMAN #33
FABLES #142
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #33
HARLEY QUINN INVADES COMIC CON INTL SAN DIEGO #1

The title says it all! Our favourite little troublemaker, Harley Quinn, takes on Comic-Con International: San Diego in this over the top issue! She'll have to battle long lines, crazy crowds and the dread con crud, all in the quest to get her own comic book published!  

 INFINITE CRISIS FIGHT FOR THE MULTIVERSE #1

In the tradition of INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, a new videogame sensation makes its comics debut. Developed by Turbine and WBIE Games, INFINITE CRISIS brings together unique versions of DC Universe heroes from across the multiverse to head off a crisis that threatens to destroy all of their worlds! Heroes and villains from Gaslight, Atomic, Arcane, Mecha and other worlds battle and join forces with Prime Earth Batman in this rapidly escalating conflict! 

NEW 52 FUTURES END #11 (WEEKLY)
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #33
ROBIN RISES OMEGA #1

The hunt for Robin is over, and the battle joined! But Batman's family feud with Ra's al Ghul is about to erupt into something bigger when it's interrupted by the forces of Apokolips! This epic story continues in this month's BATMAN AND ROBIN #33!

  SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED CRISIS OF IMAGINATION #7
SUPERGIRL #33
TEEN TITANS #1 

Red Robin, Wonder Girl, Raven, Bunker and Beast Boy step out of the shadows of the adult heroes of the DC Universe to offer bold, exciting and sometime dangerous ideas on how to protect a world full of superpowered teenagers - any one of whom could be the next heroic figure or major villain! 

DYNAMITE
ARMY OF DARKNESS HITCHED #1 (OF 4)

Ash and Sheila are reunited and Ash vows they will never be separated again. Can evil stop evil? This will be the question Ash will have to answer now that he has unleashed the Faceless Man on the land.

DICKS END OF TIME #2
DOODLE JUMP #2 (OF 6)
LADY ZORRO #1 (OF 4)
LEGENDERRY A STEAMPUNK ADV #5 (OF 7)
THE DEVILERS #1 (OF 7)

When the world is under siege from the pits of hell, it's up to the DEVILERS to set things right. Seven of the world's greatest exorcists pit themselves against Satan's army, and all of creation hangs in the balance.  From the writer of THE BUNKER, THE ULTIMATES, and I, VAMPIRE comes a horror fueled adventure through hell itself.   

THE SHADOW #0

Secrets of the Shadow's past are revealed as he meets Houdini! The Shadow infiltrates sanctum of an esoteric society of murderous magicians who are hellbent on escaping the ultimate trap--death itself! In order to thwart their plans, though, he must evade twisted traps and solve spellbinding puzzles. A good - or evil - magician never reveals his secrets... but the Shadow knows.
 

IDW
24 #4
BORDERLANDS FALL OF FYRESTONE #1
DOBERMAN #1
JUDGE DREDD #21

LAST FALL #1 (OF 5)

 Marcus Fall is a battle-hardened soldier in a long-running inter-planetary war. After multiple combat tours, Fall is finally able to leave the military and return to his beloved wife and son. But his happy homecoming comes to a tragic end when a suicide bomber murders his family. Devastated, Fall returns to the war with one bloody mission in mind: revenge against the enemy... every last one of them.
LITTLEST PET SHOP #3 (OF 5)
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #21
SONS OF ANARCHY #11
SQUIDDER #1

This all-new four-issue series finds an old soldier from a forgotten war in a post-apocalyptic world that has left him behind. He was one of the last of the legendary Squidder Legions. Can a discarded relic with a death wish and a rebellious Squid priestess overthrow humanity's tentacled alien overlords? Ben Templesmith returns to his roots to finally do the tentacle/Cthulhu-orientated book he's always promised! The Squidder mixes action, horror, science fiction, and fantasy elements with a touch of Squidly destruction.

STAR TREK SPECIAL FLESH & STONE #1

The Six Doctors

When a Starfleet medical conference is crashed by a deadly metamorphic virus, Doctors Beverly Crusher, Julian Bashir and Katherine Pulaski have to race against time...to find a cure.  The answers lie in the distant past, deep within the files of Dr. Leonard McCoy! All of Star Trek's medical officers team up for the first time ever! 

TMNT ONGOING #36
X-FILES YEAR ZERO #1 (OF 5)

When a blue-collar worker from New Jersey passes prophetic messages to the FBI from a mysterious "Mr. Zero," Mulder is convinced it is the same otherworldly entity that contacted the FBI through a suburban housewife in the 1940s. This similarly named "Mr. Xero" pointed the FBI toward many unusual cases, leading to the establishment of "the X-Files"!

IMAGE
APHRODITE IX CYBER FORCE #1
CAP'N DINOSAUR ONE SHOT

COMPLETE, ALL NEW CAP'N DINOSAUR TALE IN THIS ISSUE!
When a mysterious drowned man falls out of the clear blue sky, The Cap'n and Honey Moon follow a trail which leads them to a deserted Amusement park.
Writer KEK-W (2000 AD, Ruddy Rucker's FLURB) and THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN's SHAKY KANE take the law into their own hands in this two-fisted tale of Murder, Muscle Marys, and Mail-order Mystery.
WARNING: Contains Pop Culture references and Impact wounds. 

 DARK ENGINE #1 

With ribsword in hand, with gore in her curling locks, Sym has been sent to the distant past to murder her creators' enemies. But the twisted alchemists who made Sym do not know that the engine that powers her is sentient, that it is the seed of their destruction. By blood and by fury, Sym will carve out her destiny in this new ongoing series. 

MANIFEST DESTINY #8
RAT QUEENS #7
STRAY BULLETS THE KILLERS #5
UMBRAL #7

"KILLING THE SUNRISE"
BOOK TWO STARTS HERE!
Rascal has escaped the Umbral in the city (uh, spoilers?) and now she heads for the mountainous Sunrise homestead. But even here not everyone is who they seem, and before the dawn a blade will flash in the dark... 

WICKED & DIVINE #2 

Diabolically divine pop-god Lucifer is in trouble. She offers superfan Laura an unprecedented deal if she helps. It's a bargain. A Faustian bargain, and they always turn out so well. Who knows who Laura will turn to fulfill it? We do. Clearly. It's our comic. You can know too if you buy this fine pictorial narrative with your human money coins. 

WILDFIRE #2

INDIE
AUTEUR #5
CROSSED BADLANDS #57
GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #100
GOD IS DEAD #16

JONATHAN HICKMAN's vision for a world on the brink of destruction under the whim of the divine continues.  MIKE COSTA has increased the insanity as the Son of God returns to deliver an unexpected message.  For centuries man has prayed for the Christian Savior to return... but in a world of divine conflict that prayer may be the undoing of the human race.

HARBINGER #25
LIFE AFTER #1 

In an infinite city built on infinite sadness, there is one man capable of breaking free.  He will go through Heaven and Hell to save us all. Literally. A fantastical coming of age journey through the afterlife and beyond from Joshua Hale Fialkov (THE BUNKER, THE ULTIMATES) and breakout artist Gabo, with covers by Nick Pitarra (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, THE RED WING).
PRINCESS UGG #2

The new series from Courtney Crumrin's Ted Naifeh continues! Princess Ülga's difficulty with Princess Academy earns her the nickname "Ugg" from her peers. But are these finely-dressed, mean-spirited princesses really her peers? And what happens when Ülga tries to fight back? It could be the Academy is no place for Ülga at all... 

RITUAL THREE VILE DECAY
SIMPSONS COMICS #213
TRANSLUCID #4 (OF 6)
UNITY #9

MARVEL
100TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 X-MEN

Have the X-Men of 2061 achieved Xavier's dream of mutants and humans living in harmony? Or will there always be a need for the X-Men? 

ALL NEW X-FACTOR #11
AVENGERS WORLD #9
DEADPOOL DRACULA'S GAUNTLET #2 (OF 7)

ELEKTRA #4

After escaping the ruins of Shicheng, Elektra corners the elusive Cape Crow at the edge of the world where she must finally decide his fate. Will the deadliest assassin in the Marvel Universe defeat Cape Crow and collect the biggest bounty of her career, or help the hardened killer and his son escape the psychotic assassin Bloody Lips? 

MAGNETO #7
MS MARVEL #6

 On the run from the Inventor, Kamala needs all the help she can get. Did someone say Wolverine? 

NOVA #19 SIN
ORIGINAL SIN #6 (OF 8)
ORIGINAL SIN #3.2

HULK VS IRON MAN PART 2

EVERYBODY HAS ONE...

SAVAGE HULK #2
SAVAGE WOLVERINE #21
SECRET AVENGERS #5

"THE DROP"
Death on the Helicarrier. The killer is at large. Hill leads the investigation.
Another incident on board. No-one expects a proper acid bath.  Coulson goes rogue. Hawkeye wonders. Spider-Woman talks with a new friend. 

SHE-HULK #6
SILVER SURFER #4

In order to return alien abductee Dawn Greenwood home, the Surfer must travel to the one place in the galaxy he dreads the most... Planet Earth!
  And what should be a quick drop off turns into turns into one very... strange adventure.
Featuring: DOCTOR STRANGE, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, and some surprise guest stars. Including those movie stars on the cover!  

THUNDERBOLTS #28
ULTIMATE FF #4
UNCANNY X-MEN #23 SIN

ORIGINAL SIN tie-in!
Charles Xavier's last will and testament is discovered.
But is something concealed within the pages that might be the X-Men's ultimate undoing?  
 X-MEN #16