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With a huge plan for a heist that could literally change the fate of the world, in Black Cat #2, Felicia Hardy has her signature bravado and relentless

In Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1, Superman is missing, but elements are at play that could set everything right. If only Mongul doesn't find out! 

In Iron Fist: Heart Of The Dragon #, Larry Hama brings the Immortal Weapons back as a threat from some of Marvel's best fighters goes interdimensional.

Secrets are revealed (oh no), sacrifices are made (not them), and the brilliant Boom! Studios Seven Secrets #6 escalates to unexpected levels. 

Wow. This innovative, heady, thoughtful issue is unlike any other superhero comic around. A team of five very specific heroes from disparate worlds makes

Future State: Green Lantern #1 is a book that takes the term "future state" very seriously; things have gone outrageously wrong for the 7,200 members of

There is a long-honored trope in fiction about "the man on the wall," one charged with the defense of all that matters who has to make impossible choices

One of the challenges with the newly canonical comic books is the need to balance the menace and mastery of Darth Vader against the desire to deepen his

Shows like The Blacklist or movies like Silence of the Lambs have played with the tropes of "using a monster to catch monsters." Future State: Harley

With a number of wonderful twists and turns to its intricate post-apocalyptic plot, this thrilling opening salvo posits a harrowing question of identity.

Strap in because it gets very real, very fast in Big Girls #6, closing down the initial story arc and making a big shift for the cast members here. Jason

With an irreverent approach, a team of unlikely extrahuman entities must be quickly assembled to overcome a threat that could wipe out the whole world.

With the power of myth being juggled between existing continuity and new questions, one of the Marvel universe's most enigmatic properties returns to

Much like the worry faced by Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi, this issue posits the idea that the legacy of the Batman is hubris and failure. Much like

With a neatly tied up done-in-one, the heroic scion of a problematic property updates the wild west aesthetic with modern sensibilities and some of the

In a creative effort that is both insultingly bad and morbidly humorous, King In Black: Iron Man/Doom #1 is a crossover fueled one-shot that teams up two

Set just before the opening shots of the Cybertronian Civil War, stalwart warrior Ultra Magnus has a laser focus on rescuing his mentor Alpha Trion. Once

In the second issue of this new regulated era, the four Power siblings struggle with the law, getting so much more room to talk than Ms. Marvel,

We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #4 is still high-grade sci-fi that, collected certainly, will be remarkable.

Whenever you have a large cast and a huge fictional continuity, there are always tales between the tales we know. These small frame moments provide

In the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin, just after the events of the first Star Wars movie, Princess Leia convinces Han Solo to take on a dangerous

Literally starting off with a bang, Red Hood #52 steeps itself in a vibe that is unlike any other in Gotham and gives Jason Todd a crash course in the

There have been many books with Hyperion in them, but few make the visual spectacle of his threat so apparent, like Taskmaster #2.

So it all comes down to this. At least sixty four skyscraper-sized kaiju called Jacks, all little boys who grew and mutated, face down with three

This has to be some kind of hat trick because this series continues to dazzle with intimate, innovative superhero storytelling by pivoting a third time.

Rorschach #3, like a post-election article in a major newspaper of record, to humanize people who are threats not only to others but to themselves as well.

Strap in because you're in for a deep dive sci fi ride Far Sector #9 is not like anything else on the stands. Jo Muellin is a military veteran and

Literally, nothing happened in The Flash #767. Given that this is the second installment of an apparently grandiose crossover, one might expect perhaps

S.W.O.R.D. #1 is a new exercise in scene-setting that shines with character moments but falls short on clarity.

By introducing a less sturdy character for Cain Marko to feel responsible for, this series and Juggernaut #4 is trying to pull at the same heartstrings