Can’t Wait for Comics | Batman steps into a ‘City of Madness’

Check out new comics arriving in stores this week by Christian Ward, Ethan and Naomi Sacks, Marco Lorenzana, Riley Rossmo, Robert Venditti, Mark Russell, Peter Snejbjerg, Grace Ellis, Penelope Rivera Gaylord and more.

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

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights 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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‘Superior Spider-Man’ will return as an ongoing series

Dan Slott and Mark Bagley will plot a new course for the character following the 10th anniversary one-shot.

Following the news from earlier in the week that Marvel would celebrate the 10th anniversary of Superior Spider-Man with a one-shot, the publisher announced in San Diego this weekend plans for a new Superior Spider-Man ongoing series.

Dan Slott and Mark Bagley will chart a new path for Doctor Octopus and Peter Parker, springing from their recent work on Spider-Man.

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Marvel celebrates the 10th anniversary of ‘Superior Spider-Man’ in a one-shot this October

Dan Slott, Ryan Stegman and more will reveal an untold ‘Superior’ tale.

It was 10 years ago that Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman kicked off one of the most controversial — and eventually acclaimed — runs on Spider-Man with Superior Spider-Man, which saw the dying Doctor Octopus switch his mind, Freaky Friday style, with Peter Parker.

Now Slott, Stegman and a host of artists will pay tribute to that anniversary in Superior Spider-Man Returns, a one-shot coming in October.

“The challenge Marvel gave me was: for the 10th anniversary, how can we revisit Superior, without repeating ourselves, and while telling a story that impacts Spider-Man’s world today?” Slott said. “Superior Spider-Man Returns is going to take an untold Superior tale, and drag it kicking, screaming, and violently exploding into the present. It’s going to give you everything you liked about Superior but in new surprising ways. No time travel. No clones. And no way we’re telling you how. Read the book!”

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