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Basketful of Heads #1

Hope everyone had a nice Halloween! Any cool comic related costumes this year? Sound off in the comments below. Check out some comic reviews from around the web in our morning roundup!

Monkeys Fighting Robots – Basketful of Heads #1
CBR – Basketful of Heads #1
Geek Dad – Black Canary: Ignite
Monkeys Fighting Robots – Conan #10
Laughing Place – Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Allegiance #4
ICv2 – Smedley
AIPT! – Spider-Gwen: Gwen Stacy
AIPT! – Thor Vol. 3
AIPT! – What If? Classic the Complete Collection Vol. 2

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated #1

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.

Batman’s Grave #1 (DC Comics) – Warren Ellis takes on Batman with Bryan Hitch and Kevin Nowland on art.

Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1 (IDW Publishing) – The original Karate Kid is told from Johnny’s perspective. Sounds entertaining to us as we’re fans of the film series.

Dead Legends Premier Edition #1 (A Wave Blue World) – The publisher is putting out premier editions of their comics which then switch to digital releases or a trade after. We’re intrigued if this new release method works and if this first issue would get us interested in continuing with that sort of release.

Ginseng Roots #1 (Uncivilized Books) – Craig Thompson recounts his life of harvesting ginseng from ages 10 to 20.

Hellmouth #1 (BOOM! Studios) – Angel and Buffy crossover in an event that already is selling out!

Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1 (DC Comics) – The latest DC Black Label comics is another Joker/Harley Quinn story and we’re intrigued how, and if, this one will be original to stand out.

RWBY #1 (DC Comics) – The popular anime gets a series from DC. How this will differ from the manga already released will be interesting.

Powers of X #6 (Marvel) – Jonathan Hickman’s new direction for the X-Universe wraps up.

Shoplifters Will Be Liquidated #1 (AfterShock) – The largest retailer in the world requires the best loss prevention staff and they defend things at any and all costs.

Smedley (Dead Reckoning) – The graphic novel is a solid introduction to the military hero and his rather interesting life of service and advocacy.

Spawn #301 (Image Comics) – The comic breaks a record for ongoing superhero series with this issue and that history-making fact is why it’s on our list.

Dead Reckoning Announces Once Upon a Time in France and Smedley

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Dead Reckoning is the graphic novel imprint of Naval Institute Press. Focused on the military genre, the publisher has announced two new graphic novels to be released this fall.

Once Upon a Time in France

Based on a true story, Once Upon a Time in France, written by Fabien Nury and drawn by Sylvain Valleé, follows the life of Joseph Joanovici. Joanovici was a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. During the German occupation of France, Joanovici worked for the Nazis and financed the resistance—all while lining his own pockets. Playing both sides, for some, he was a villain. For others, a hero.

The French graphic novel is an international bestseller winning numerous awards and selling over 1 million copies

Smedley

Jeff McComsey takes a look at the life of Smedley Butler in Smedley. Smedly, is one of the most decorated Marines of all time. Through conflicts like the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Banana Wars, and the War to End All Wars, he helped define what the Marine Corps is today.

The graphic novel begins in 1932 with Butler retured from the Marines and having lost his bid for Senator of Pennsylvania. The graphic novel has him recount his stories to a group of World War I veterans before he’s to speak before the Bonus Army encampment in Washington DC.

U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler is Getting a Graphic Bio from Dead Reckoning and Jeff McComsey

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Dead Reckoning launches in September and is already announcing new graphic novels being added to its line-up. Writer Jeff McComsey will be telling the story of U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler who was twice awarded the Medal of Honor and had a storied career participating in the Boxer Rebellion as well as actions in Vera Cruz, Haiti. After service, Butler became a veterans activist. The graphic novel is set against the backdrop of the Bonus Army protests that took place in Washington, DC. The protest took place July 28, 1932 and featured 43,000 marchers of which 17,000 were U.S. World War I veterans.

Dead Reckoning is an imprint of the U.S. Naval Institute focused on graphic novels with a military focus. The initial launch includes Machete Squad, The Best of Don Winslow of the Navy, The ‘Stan, and Trench Dogs.