It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d you all enjoy? What’d you all dislike? Sound off in the comments and let us know! While you think about that, here’s some reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.
Geek Dad – Batman Universe #5
Monkeys Fighting Robots – The Immortal Hulk #26
Monkeys Fighting Robots – The Infected: King Shazam #1
Monkeys Fighting Robots – Nomen Omen #2
Talking Comics – Ruby Falls #2
Monkeys Fighting Robots – Wasted Space #11
Wednesdays 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 Wednesday.
Are You Listening? (First Second) – Tillie Walden’s latest is an intimate and emotional story about friendship, grief, and healing.
Black Terror #1 (Dynamite Entertainment) – Max Bemis takes on the classic character taking readers for a ride through the life of superhero and all the weirdness along the way.
Bury the Lede (BOOM! Studios) – A young reporter gets tied up in a murder mystery.
Catalyst Prime: Seven Days #1 (Lion Forge) – Announced over a year ago, the Catalyst Prime universe comes together for its first event.
Copra #1 (Image Comics) – The indie superhero comic gets a new start. Think an off the rails Suicide Squad where anything can happen.
Dead Eyes #1 (Image Comics) – An old school gangster is back out of retirement. This issue has been a long time coming and we’re intrigued.
House of X #6 (Marvel) – Jonathan Hickman’s reworking of the X Universe begins to wrap up and we want to see how this ends!
Mezo Premier Edition #1 (A Wave Blue World) – This publisher is trying something different with their single issues in that they’re releasing a premium first then you can buy the rest in trade or digitally. The concept is intriguing and we want to see if this has that extra something to hook readers to go along with this new distribution plan.
Nomen Omen #1 (Image Comics) – A new urban fantasy tale of witchcraft is perfectly timed for the Halloween season.
Strange Skies Over East Berlin #1 (BOOM! Studios) – It’s the Cold War and the Soviets have a secret weapon, an alien monster they don’t understand and can’t control.
Thanos: Infinity Ending (Marvel) – The conclusion to Jim Starlin and Alan Davis’ trilogy!
Vampire State Building #1 (Ablaze) – Artist Charlie Adlard goes from zombies to vampires! A group is caught in the Empire State Building as a legion of vampires attacks. It’s a battle to stop them from escaping and getting out of the building alive!
The highly anticipated, suspense-filled urban fantasy series Nomen Omen by writer and RPG creator Marco B. Bucci and artist Jacopo Camagni is being fast-tracked by Image Comics for a second printing ahead of launch in order to keep up with increased rate of order growth.
Perfect for fans of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s The Wicked + The Divine and Mirka Andolfo’s Unnatural featuring a similarly suspenseful story filled with secrets and witchcraft to Sam Humphries and Jen Bartel’s Blackbird, the European hit Nomen Omen, first published by Panini Comics to acclaim, is poised to breakout as one of the standout launches of the year.
The 15-issue maxiseries follows Becky Kumar, a geeky twenty-year-old from New York City who is about to cross the veil between our reality and a realm of otherworldly truths. But no matter how fast or far she runs, the past will always catch up with her…
Nomen Omen #1 is on Wednesday, October 2.
Nomen Omen #1 second printing (Diamond Code AUG198311) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 30.
Nomen Omen #2 (Diamond Code SEP190203) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 6.
Writer and RPG creator Marco B. Bucci and artist Jacopo Camagni introduce readers to—Nomen Omen—a tale filled with witchcraft and secrets that will rewire the rules of urban fantasy. The 15-issue maxiseries will launch from Image Comics this October and feature alternative covers by Olivier Coipel and Becky Cloonan.
In Nomen Omen, no matter how fast you run, sooner or later your past will catch up with you. Enter Becky Kumar, a geeky twenty-year-old from New York City who is about to cross the veil between our reality and a realm of otherworldly truths.
Nomen Omen #1 Cover A by Camagni, Cover B by Coipel, Cover C by Cloonan, and Cover D (blank) will hit stores on Wednesday, October 2.
