Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.
I’ve pulled out some of the other highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:
- Penguin Random House (Marvel + IDW + Dark Horse + more)
- Lunar Distribution (DC + Image + more)
- Diamond’s PreviewsWorld (BOOM! + Dynamite + more)
- ComicList (Pretty much all of the above)
- Amazon/Kindle new releases (digital comics)
As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.
Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (DC, $4.99): DC’s Absolute Universe gets a second title, as a reimagined Wonder Woman stars in this new series by Eisner winner Kelly Thompson and Dark Spaces: Dungeon artist Hayden Sherman. “Without the island paradise…without the sisterhood that shaped her…without a mission of peace…what’s left is the Absolute Amazon!” What she does have is a big, badass sword — let’s not forget that.
Iron Man #1 (Marvel, $4.99): Journalist and Waller vs. Wildstorm writer Spencer Ackerman and Hellverine artist Julius Ohta present a brand new era for Tony Stark and his suit of armor, which will fail him in this first issue. He’ll have to put together an “improvised” set that he’ll upgrade throughout the series, as he battles old foes like Roxxon and AIM .
Hack/Slash: Body Bags #1 (Image, $3.99): The original Hack/Slash creative team of Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli get the band back together for this four-issue crossover series that brings together Cassie Hack and Jason Pearson’s Body Bags characters, Clownface and his daughter Panda.
Godzilla Monsterpiece Theatre #1 (IDW, $6.99): Tom Scioli, creator of American Barbarian, Fantastic Four: Grand Design and more, brings his unique style and perspective to Godzilla and … The Great Gatsby?
Headless Horseman Halloween Annual (Dark Horse, $7.99): David Dastmalchian, Lukas Ketner, Matt Smith and more present an anthology of horror stories, just in time for Halloween.
Alien: Romulus Annual #1 (Marvel, $4.99): Alien: Romulus may have already came and went from theaters, but this annual serves as a prequel to the story, as Zac Thompson and Daniel Picciotto shine a light on how the Xenomorphs found Rain, Andy and their scavenger crew
Green Lantern Dark #1 (DC, $6.99): As part of their rebooted Elseworlds line, DC returns to the Tangent Universe for this story by writer Tate Brombal and artist Werther Dell’Edera and , who have been working in James Tynion IV’s Something Is Killing the Children universe for awhile. In this story, they present a post-apocalyptic Earth overrun by monsters where Green Lantern’s light might be humanity’s only hope.
Nullhunter #1 (Image, $3.99): Michael Walsh, creator of the recent Frankenstein miniseries for Skybound, teams with artist Gustaffo Vargas for this retelling of the labors of Hercules with a cyberpunk twist.
Avengers #19 (Marvel, $3.99): Earth’s new sorcerer supreme — that’s Doctor Doom — puts the Avengers through their paces as he makes them face their respective pasts in this story by Jed MacKay and Farid Karami.
DC Horror Presents #1 (DC, $3.99): This horror anthology features stories set in the Dc Universe by The Boulet Brothers, David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, Cat Staggs, Butch Mapa and more.
Space Usagi: White Star Rising #1 (Dark Horse, $4.99): This series reprints the second miniseries Stan Sakai created featuring the future ancestor of his famous anthropomorphic samurai, but with added color by Emi Fujii.
Detective Comics #1090 (DC, $4.99): One of DC’s oldest titles gets a new creative team as Tom Taylor and Mikel Janín come on board for a new story arc called “Mercy of the Father.” This story promises “major changes for the Dark Knight, and things may never be the same again.”
Medusa (Dark Horse, $19.99): Tony Parker writes and draws this new take on the classic mythological monster Medusa, as he presents her as a hero protecting mankind throughout history from the horrors of legend. This tale picks up in Scotland in the present day, where she may have met her match.
My Time Machine (Fantagraphics, $24.99): Carol Lay embarks on a time-travel odyssey in this graphic novel about a woman who discovers the blueprints to a time machine and enlists her ex-husband to build it for her. Once he’s done, she sets off into the timestream to fix some of history’s biggest mistakes.
The Sweetness Between Us (First Second, $17.99): Sarah Winifred Searle writes and draws this story about a friendship-turned-romance between a girl with diabetes and a recently turned vampire.
Science Comics: Human Spaceflight (First Second, $13.99): Andy Hirsch writes and draws this graphic novel that offers a historical look at the space race between the U.S. and the USSR, as well as the science behind traveling at 17,500 mph, taking a shower with no water, going to the bathroom when there’s no gravity and more.
History Comics: The Prohibition Era (First Second, $13.99): Science Comics mainstay Jason Viola teams with the wonderful Roger Langridge for this historical look at the time in American history when booze was illegal, but not unavailable.
Dog Days (Drawn and Quarterly, $24.95): D+Q present an English language verison of South Korean creator Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s story of a couple who adopt a dog and the changes it bring to their life.