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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Earthdivers #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.

3Keys #1 (Image Comics) – Inhabitants from another dimension fled into ours to save themselves from the Great Old Ones. Or are they helping us prepare for a final devastating invasion?

A.X.E.: Starfox #1 (Marvel) – This event tie-in focuses on Starfox, obviously, and we want to see where this character thrust in the spotlight goes.

A.X.E.: X-Men #1 (Marvel) – The X-Men get their one-shot turn as judgement is given to those of Earth.

By the Horns: Dark Earth #5 (Scout Comics) – The series has been consistently a favorite of ours with its mix of fantasy and tech and its heroes quest to try to restore magic and save their land.

Dark Ride #1 (Image Comics) – We got a tease of this in Skybound X and we’re excited to find out more about this twisted theme park.

Earthdivers #1 (IDW Publishing) – A group of outcast Indigenous survivors who have discovered a time travel portal and set off to kill Christopher Columbus before he reaches the “New World”.

Golden Rage #3 (Image Comics) – It’s a Battle Royale meets Lord of the Flies type series involving older women and it’s so good.

Gotham City: Year One #1 (DC Comics) – The origin of Gotham City!

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 (DC Comics) – We were surprised by the first Joker series and we want to see where this one goes.

Kaya #1 (Image Comics) – After the destruction of their village, a young girl with a magic arm and a fighting spirit is tasked with delivering her little brother to a faraway safe haven.

Mind MGMT: Bootleg #4 (Dark Horse) – The series has been the mind twist we expected and wanted and love the fact it’s expanding it’s reach beyond comics.

Miracleman #0 (Marvel) – After a lot of false starts, it looks like we’re finally getting Miracleman from Marvel?

Revolvers #1 (Image Comics) – Hampton Wales, a Detroit homicide detective, finds himself trapped in a mysterious and violent reality, only to find himself dead while attempting to solve a seemingly average and routine homicide.

Savage Avengers #6 (Marvel) – This team book is one of the most fun Marvel has been putting out and will leave you guessing as to where it’s taking readers with each issue.

Spider-Man #1 (Marvel) – A big story for the “Spider-Verse” kicks off here and we’re expecting some big things out of this.

Victory Stand: Raising My Fist for Justice (Norton Young Readers) – Olympic medalist Tommie Smith looks back through his life to the iconic moment of protest during the Mexico City Olympics.

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Survival Street #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.

007 #1 (Dynamite Entertainment) – A new volume and James Bond story, we’re of course excited for that.

The Closet #3 (Image Comics) – If you’re a fan of horror, this is one that’s well worth checking out. It wraps up here so make sure to pick up the first two issues if you missed out!

Dark Crisis #3 (DC Comics) – DC’s event has been interesting to start so far and with the clear Crisis on Infinite Earths tie-in, we want to see if things really start rolling now.

DC vs. Vampires #8 (DC Comics) – The series has been amazing so far. It has kept readers guessing who gets turned, who’s a vampire, and who’s not going to make it. Anything can happen!

The Dead Lucky #1 (Image Comics) – A new entry in the Massive-verse. It’s a new superhero that’s one to keep an eye on if you enjoy the genre.

Edge of Spider-Verse #1 (Marvel) – Marvel’s about to do something big with the Spider-Verse and things get rolling here!

Golden Rage #1 (Image Comics) – In this world, older women are abandoned on an island. Watch as they make friends, bake dessert, and fight to the death.

Metal Society #4 (Image Comics) – The battle between humankind and robot is getting more and more tense as the societies begin to polarize.

Mind MGMT: Bootleg #2 (Dark Horse) – The series returned with the awesome mindtwisting visuals and story we expected. A welcome return and we hope to launch this property even further out there.

Sacrament #1 (AWA Studios) – Pitched as The Exorcist meets Alien. Yeah, we’re in for that.

Survival Street #1 (Dark Horse) – The country has been deregulated and carved up by corporations. A group of former public broadcasting edutainers have banded together as a type of A-Team to help children and fighting for them in the war zone of New Best America.

Sword of Azrael #1 (DC Comics) – Jean-Paul Valley does not want to be Azrael ever again. But he’ll need to don his mantle once more to stop deadly assassins.

X-Men Red #5 (Marvel) – After A.X.E.: Judgement Day‘s opening, don’t you want to see what happens!?

Preview: Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1

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Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1

(W) Matt Kindt (A/CA) Farel Dalrymple (VCA) Daniel Brereton, Marguerite Sauvage
In Shops: Jul 06, 2022
SRP: $3.99

MIND MGMT is: weird, mind-blowing, paranoid storytelling. It is the first ever comic book from Flux House, Matt Kindt’s all-new imprint which features crime, science fiction, and humor stories, all told in startling and untraditional ways. Upcoming publications will take many forms, and the polybagged variant versions of MIND MGMT will contain a card that is playable as a playing card or as part of a new Flux House game. Previously in MIND MGMT: a covert government agency of psychic superspies fell into oblivion after one of their top agents went rogue. What looked like the end was only the beginning as a former leader of MIND MGMT explores the darkest parts of the world and recruits a team of forgotten agents to rebuild the organization, bend reality, and go to war with a competing agency.

Cover C variant is a special polybagged cover, drawn by Marguerite Sauvage, and contains a special Mind MGMT playing card!

Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1

Review: Mind MGMT Bootleg #1

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Mind MGMT Bootleg #1

Mind MGMT is back in multiple ways. The organization that “protects” freedom is being rebuilt after the events of the previous volume and recruiting new individuals for their mission. Mind MGMT Bootleg #1 kicks things off with a story that builds off of what has come before while also setting out with its own style and narrative.

Set in a world filled with telepathic/telekinetic/superpowered spies, Mind MGMT Bootleg #1 picks up after the destruction of Zanzibar and a young man sucked into being recruited by a new Mind MGMT. What’s this new organization about and are they on the side of good? Writer Matt Kindt delivers enough teases and doubt to know this series isn’t going to be as straightforward as one might hope.

It’s not until much later in the comic does this debut tie itself more into the first volume delivering a richer reader for those who experienced it. While you don’t need to read it, the world of Mind MGMT is so much more for those that experience it all, that includes a board game. Kindt has crafted a world where every small detail builds and one has to spend time examining every clue and comment.

That includes with Mind MGMT Bootleg #1. Farel Dalrymple continues Kindt’s tradition of layered art. Not only do we get the main story but panels and even pages are filled with text that add depth to the world and speak directly to the reader at times making them part of the story. Dalrymple forgoes the rather deep material in the margins for this use of panels making a more playful read that is more like an interactive comic than the previous volume’s puzzle. Though Dalrymple’s style differs from Kindt’s first volume, the art still feels very much of this world in its dreamlike state.

Mind MGMT Bootleg #1 is a welcome return of the property to comics. It continues the layered fun that was the first volume and does so in a way that new readers can dive in and longtime fans can get excited for what comes next. Mind MGMT Bootleg #1 isn’t just a comic, it’s an interactive experience.

Story: Matt Kindt Art: Farel Dalrymple Letterer: Farel Dalrymple
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Batman #125

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.

Absolution #1 (AWA Studios) – A hired killer has a month to prove she can change before the bomb implanted in her head explodes.

The Ballad of Gordon Barleycorn #1 (Black Caravan/Scout Comics) – Gordon and his manager Giuseppe are hunted down by a religious debt collector who’s come to make him pay for his past. Yeah, this sounds like the weird we enjoy.

Batman #125 (DC Comics) – The new creative team of Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez begin their run here!

Behemoth #1 (Black Caravan/Scout Comics) – Theresa wakes up have turned into a monster, then thrown into a detention camp where the government wants to turn her into a weapon.

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #2 (Marvel) – The two Captain America series are interesting in how they’re similar and differ. This one focuses on Steve and Bucky as they begin their missions.

The Closet #2 (Image Comics) – The series follows a family as they move across the country and a creature from the closet follows them along the way.

DC vs. Vampires #7 (DC Comics) – The second half of the miniseries begins here as the world has been taken over by superpowered vampires. Will anyone be able to stop them?

Mega Centurions #1 (Scout Comics) – Former heroes lives are turned upside down when a face from the past comes crashing back into their lives.

Metal Society #3 (Image Comics) – A really intriguing sci-fi series that sees humans fighting for their rights through combat to overthrow their robot overlords.

Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1 (Dark Horse) – Matt Kindt’s mindbending superspy series returns with Farel Dalrymple on art!

Prodigy: Icarus Society #1 (Image Comics) – A new series from Mark Millar is always on the radar.

Promethee 1313 #1 (Ablaze) – What if you knew the world was about to end? What would you be willing to do to save the people you love?

Starhenge: Dragon & Boar #1 (Image Comics) – Liam Sharp launches a creator owned series! A future Merlin travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling killer robots from robbing the universe of magic.

There’s Something Wrong with Patrick Todd #1 (AfterShock) – A fifteen year old is on the run and using his telepathic abilities to force people to rob backs then turn themselves in.

Tiger’s Tongue #1 (Mad Cave Studios) – Twin princesses hold the future of their people in their hands as they face the brink of war.

Preview: Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1

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Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1

(W) Matt Kindt (A/CA) Farel Dalrymple (VCA) Daniel Brereton, Marguerite Sauvage
In Shops: Jul 06, 2022
SRP: $3.99

MIND MGMT is: weird, mind-blowing, paranoid storytelling. It is the first ever comic book from Flux House, Matt Kindt’s all-new imprint which features crime, science fiction, and humor stories, all told in startling and untraditional ways. Upcoming publications will take many forms, and the polybagged variant versions of MIND MGMT will contain a card that is playable as a playing card or as part of a new Flux House game. Previously in MIND MGMT: a covert government agency of psychic superspies fell into oblivion after one of their top agents went rogue. What looked like the end was only the beginning as a former leader of MIND MGMT explores the darkest parts of the world and recruits a team of forgotten agents to rebuild the organization, bend reality, and go to war with a competing agency.

Cover C variant is a special polybagged cover, drawn by Marguerite Sauvage, and contains a special Mind MGMT playing card!

Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1