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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Lazaraus Planet Alpha #1

Wednesdays (and Tuesdays) are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

Avengers: War Across Time #1 (Marvel) – Paul Levitz and Alan Davis give us a bit of a retro Avengers story!

Black Cloak #1 (Image Comics) – Two Black Cloaks try to solve the murder of a beloved prince before a civil war breaks out. The sci-fi/fantasy mix meets murder mystery has us excited.

Coming Home #1 (Re Live) – A new anthology sharing true stories of UK military veterans’ mental health journeys.

Dark Ride #4 (Image Comics) – The series has been really intriguing horror so far and we’re excited as it looks like we’re about to get some real details as to what’s going on.

Helck Vol. 1 (VIZ Media) – An intense tournament gathering powerful fighters who hope to be crowned the next Demon Lord draws in the unlikeliest of contestants-Helck, who claims to hate humans but is a human himself!

Lazaraus Planet Alpha #1 (DC Comics) – The Lazarus Volcano has erupted causing Lazarus clouds to rain down causing people to develop new abilities. It kind of sounds like DC’s version of the terrigen cloud…

Nemesis Reloaded #1 (Image Comics) – What if Batman was evil? It’s been a long time since we read the original series but we’re intrigued by Mark Millar’s plan for a big crossover this year.

WildC.A.T.s #3 (DC Comics) – The series has a been a lot of fun finally really folding in the Wildstorm characters into the DC Universe.

Coming Home highlights the mental health issues faced by military veterans after their service

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Having established themselves firmly in the theatrical arts space, Welsh Arts in Health charity Re-Live are turning their attention to the world of comics as a fresh way to share stories of military veterans in a new anthology comic entitled Coming Home.

Established in 2006, Re-Live have built a reputation in their native Cardiff for translating under-represented people’s stories into award-winning theatre projects. During the pandemic, Re-Live launched a new online Life Story group for veterans, with the aim of exploring their experiences of mental health. The participants expressed their love of the comics medium, and so Re-Live began developing a Life Story comic with the group.

Coming Home appeals to fans of traditional war comics, but promises to give readers a deeper insight into military life than the traditional heroic tales. Through presenting true stories, Coming Home crosses over into the popular autobiographical comics genre, and also sits within the emerging literature of Graphic Medicine combining comics and healthcare.

Among the incredible British comics talent involved in the project is the legendary Ian Kennedy, whose wraparound cover painting for Coming Home was the last thing he completed before passing away in early 2022, aged 89.

Also working with veterans on the title are a host of classic and contemporary British cartoonists; including Keith Page, Emma Vieceli, Mike Donaldson, and Clark Bint. Logo designer Richard Starkings created the Coming Home logo.

Coming Home will be available via all good comic stores in November.