Can’t Wait for Wednesday | DC’s Absolute Universe arrives

New comics and graphic novels arrive this week by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Mark Waid, Clayton Henry, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Javier Fernandez, Matt Bors, Fred Harper, AJ Mendez, Aimee Garcia, Belén Culebras, Eric Drooker, Roman Dirge, Steve Orlando and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.

This week DC goes “all in” not just with the launch of the Absolute Universe, but also with the release of several titles featuring new creative teams and stories. Returning to comics this week are Blade (fresh off his heel turn in Blood Hunt), the Toxic Avenger and the Terminator. Also, in case you forgot this was October, there’s plenty of new horror titles kicking off this week.

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:

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.

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Nova 2099’s story will continue in October in ‘Conquest 2099’

Spinning out of ‘Annihilation 2099,’ the new miniseries will feature Dracula 2099, Spider-Man 2099 and more.

Marvel introduced — or, actually, re-introduced; sorry, it’s complicated — Nova 2099 this past week in the pages of Annihilation 2099, another miniseries penned by Steve Orlando and set in Marvel’s futuristic cyberpunk universe. But this new character wasn’t so new — the first issue revealed that under the helmet, Nova 2099 is actually …

(I should add a SPOILERS WARNING and a jump here …)

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