Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘Absolute Green Lantern’ arrives, Venom’s identity revealed + more in this week’s comics

Check out new comics arriving by Al Ewing, Jahnoy Lindsay, Carlos Gomez, Phil Hester, Ram V, Anand RK, Charles Soule, Steve McNiven, Melissa Chan 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 brings a new edition to DC’s Absolute Comics line as well as the resurrection of a cult classic under the Black Label line. The new Venom stands revealed this week, plus Moon Girl celebrates an anniversary and IDW kicks off a Lore War.

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. With Diamond going through bankruptcy proceedings, distribution has become even more questionable, with deliveries and arrival dates changing. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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Ram V + Anand RK resurrect a cult classic DC character

‘Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma’ brings Mitch Shelley back to life for a six-issue Black Label series.

Ram V, Anand RK and Butch Guice are bringing Resurrection Man back to life in a Black Label series coming from DC in April. They’ll be joined by colorist Mike Spicer and letterer Aditya Bidikar for Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma.

This six-issue prestige series brings back Mitch Shelley, the Resurrection Man. Originally created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Guice, Shelley debuted in 1997 in an ongoing series that lasted 27 issues. Abnett and Lanning later resurrected the character as a part of DC’s New 52 initiative, but that series only lasted 13 issues. The Resurrection Man has lived thousands of lives throughout history, mingling with Vandal Savage and the Immortal Man along the way, and each time he’s resurrected he gains a new super power based on his cause of death.

“This is a story I’ve wanted to tell since I first started writing for DC,” said Ram V. “It’s lingered and stayed and got its hooks into my mind and my love and excitement for the character and story has only grown. Part of the joy of writing comics for me, is getting to reinvent, reimagine characters in a way that speaks to my own preoccupations and joys; with Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma, I hope readers will share in my excitement as Anand, Mike and Aditya and I tell a story of endless lifetimes, saving universes and falling in love, spanning the length of all existence.”

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