Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Batman + Deadpool’s second date

New comics and graphic novels arrive this week by Dan Mora, Grant Morrison, Jed MacKay, Álvaro López, Robert Kirkman, Mark Englert, Tyler Kirkham, Matt Kindt, Ibrahim Moustafa, Rainbow Rowell, Emma Rios, Garth Stein, Matt Southworth and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week. This week brings DC’s half of their first crossover with Marvel in decades, as Grant Morrison and Dan Mora (and a whole lot more) give us their take on Batman meeting Deadpool.

I’ve pulled out some of the 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 check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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SDCC | Tyler Kirkham levels up to ‘Final Boss’ in November

Kirkham will write and draw the new series, which debuts at Image Comics this November.

Tyler Kirkham started his career at Top Cow, and has since done work for DC and Marvel — enough to get his own The Marvel Art of Tyler Kirkham book from Clover Press — but hasn’t done any creator-owned work at Image, until now. In the lead up to this week’s San Diego Comic-Con, Image has announced Final Boss, a new ongoing series written and drawn by Kirkham that will debut in November.

Final Boss is a culmination of everything I loved growing up as an ’80s and ’90s kid,” said Kirkham. “From the fan-favorite action heroes and beat ’em up arcade games to the groundbreaking energy of early Image comics. It’s a no-holds-barred nostalgic action adventure!”

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