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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Monarch #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.

A Home Without (Northwest Press) – An autobiographical graphic novel about a boy growing up in the Bible Belt of the 1980s.

Bishop: War College #1 (Marvel) – Bishop is leading and teaching a new team!

The Exiled #1 (WhatNot Publishing) – Wesley Snipes doing a comic. Nuff said.

Harrower #1 (BOOM! Studios) – A new horror series from Justin Jordan and Brahm Revel that sounds like a nice throwback to slasher/horror films of the 70s and 80s.

How I Became a Shoplifter #1 (Sumerian Comics) – A year by year look at the final generation of juvenile delinquents before technology took over. The concept sounds really intriguing.

I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future (Rebellion/2000AD) – Blending comic book history with contemporary radical theories on policing, I Am The Law takes key Dredd stories from the last 45 years and demonstrates how they provide a unique wake up call about our gradual, and not so gradual, slide towards authoritarian policing.

Marry Me a Little (Graphic Mundi) – Recounting same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges made gay marriage the law of the land.

Monarch #1 (Image Comics) – Growing up in the city of Compton is tough enough as it is, but as Travon has learned all too well, growing up as an orphan in the city of Compton with gang members hunting you down every day is even tougher. But all of that is about to change, because today is the day that aliens make first contact with Earth-and it only spells doom for life as we know it! Read our glowing review here!

Red Goblin #1 (Marvel) – Normie Osborn gets his own symbiote. We’re hoping this isn’t the expansion of too many symbiotes again but it’s clearly leading somewhere.

Saga of a Doomed Universe #3 (CEX Publishing) – In 1984, the unlikeliest heroes emerge at the world’s end: a memory-powered loser named Super-Sleuth and the often-held-hostage heroine, Psionica. Reality itself is now threatened!

The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero (Silver Sprocket) – An illustrated roll-call for punk, post-punk, hardcore, no wave, and experimental bands from ground zero until now.

Space Job #1 (Dark Horse Comics) – After five long years of soul-crushing servitude as a chef’s assistant, Danny Sheridan is getting his dream job in space as First Officer aboard the SS George H.W. Bush. But on his first day he finds himself crashing back to reality. Nothing seems right. We’re intrigued by this one.

Spy Superb #2 (Dark Horse Comics) – Matt Kindt alone sells this one for us but the first issue was amazing. The series is about spies so perfect, they don’t realize they’re spies!

Static: Shadows of Dakota #1 (DC Comics/Milestone) – Static is back! The second season kicks off here as a new threat lurks in the shadows!

Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1 (Marvel) – A “Sins of Sinister” series. The debut was solid and Storm leading a resistance against Sinister sounds too awesome.

Under the Banner of King Death (Beacon Press) – Set at the pinnacle of the “Golden Age” of Atlantic piracy, this novel follows three unlikely companions, who are sold into servitude on a merchant ship and unwittingly thrust into a voyage of rebellion.

Preview: Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1

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Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1

(W) Al Ewing (A) Paco Medina (CA) Leinil Yu
Rated T+
In Shops: Feb 08, 2023
SRP: $3.99

Ten years from now, Mars has been destroyed – and now STORM wants revenge! To get it, the New Brotherhood will battle their way through Hell to seek the greatest secret of the Sinister Age… but are they fighting to save the world – or end it? And who is the man called IRONFIRE?

Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1

Scarlet Witch, Storm, and more spotlight Marvel’s Women’s History Variant Covers

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This March, Marvel continues its tradition of celebrating Women’s History Month with a stunning collection of variant covers that depict its greatest women super heroes! This year’s covers come from a variety of artists who are currently lighting up the industry with their unique and exciting styles: Peach Momoko, Carmen Carnero, Ema Luppachino, Rickie Yagawa, and Aka.

The five featured heroines range from A-List superstars to newly introduced favorites, and they’re each currently headlining their own solo adventures, which the Women’s History Month covers will adorn throughout the month:

  • Bloodline, the daughter of Blade who debuted in last year’s Free Comic Book Day: Avengers/X-Men #1 and will star in her own limited series launching next week by her co-creators Danny Lore and Karen S. Darboe! 
  • Captain Marvel, whose current solo run by Kelly Thompson will soon be approaching its milestone 50th issue!
  • Scarlet Witch, who recently embarked on a breathtaking new journey in the pages of Steve Orlando and Carmen Carnero’s Scarlet Witch series.
  • Storm, whose story as one of mutantkind’s last defenders will be told in the pages of Al Ewing’s Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants, part of the X-Men’s Sins of Sinister crossover. The iconic X-Men leader will also star in a brand-new limited series by Ann Nocenti and Sid Kotian this April, set in her “punk” era.
  • And Wolverine, whose violet days as mutant assassin X-23 will be revisited in the upcoming X-23: Deadly Regenesis series by writer Erica Schultz and artist Edgar Salazar.
  • BLOODLINE: DAUGHTER OF BLADE #2 WOMEN’S HISTORY VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO – 75960609771500241
  • SCARLET WITCH #3 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY CARMEN CARNERO – 75960620235500361
  • X-23: DEADLY REGENESIS #1 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY AKA – 75960620401400161
  • CAPTAIN MARVEL #47 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY EMA LUPPACHINO – 75960609268004751
  • STORM & THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #2 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960620533200251

Mister Sinister begs for Mutantkind’s Forgiveness in Sins of Sinister: Dominion

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In just a few weeks, the entire Marvel Universe will be twisted beyond the limits of your imagination by the Sins of Sinister! 

The highly-anticipated X-Men crossover saga will kick off on January 25 in Sins of Sinister #1 before unfolding across three limited series that will replace Immortal X-Men, X-Men Red, and Legion of X starting next month: Immoral X-Men, Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants, and Nightcrawlers. Current X-Men writers Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, and Si Spurrier will pen their respective new titles, joined by artists Paco Medina, Andrea Di Vito, and Alessandro Vitti. Tackling three separate time periods, each superstar artist will draw an issue of all three titles as consecutive issues propel the Marvel Universe further and further into a dark future, dramatically escalating the stakes with each startling time jump. 10 Years… 100 Years… 1000 Years…

Right now, fans can dare to peek at the horrors that await in the final chapters of Sins of Sinister. On sale in April, these thrilling installments will reveal what happens 1000 years down the line as all the major players of this thrilling, inter-connected story begin their endgame! Readers will witness galaxy-spanning conflicts between the last remnants of mutantkind, a defining turning point for newly introduced X-Men villain Mother Righteous, and the glorious return of Storm as she was before she joined the X-Men! All this plus the universe-melting conclusion in the finale one-shot, Sins of Sinister: Dominion!

Rasputin makes a bold attempt to reverse the Marvel Universe’s cruel fate in Immoral X-Men #3. Year 1 was the start of the experiment. By Year 10, it was filling a petri dish. By Year 100, it had cracked the glass and spread across the desk. Now it’s been 1000 years, and the lab is filled by the writhing, pulsing sins of sinister and all the lab staff have been devoured. Everyone is in hell. The upside: this includes Sinister.

Mutantkind makes its last stand in Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants #3! One thousand years in the future, the Empire of the Red Diamond has located Fortress Arakko – the burning Last Castle at the heart of the Storm System! The only hope for the universe lies in bringing a long-lost legend back to life… Ororo of the Storm returns to the Sinister Age for the final battle!

Mother knows best in Nightcrawlers #3! Now that we know her true goals, it’s time to taste the horrific ambitions lurking in the heart of Mother Righteous… The galaxy burns… The pieces are in place… The Storm System rages… The Nightkin make a last, lethal leap…and the great devourer hungers only for vengeance. The experiment is over. The cosmic laboratory is on fire. At last, the Sinister Galaxy will feel the wrath of one seriously baaaad mother…

And finally, see the insane outcome of seven trillion deadly sins in Sins of Sinister: Dominion #1! A thousand years of hell and damnation comes to end with the loudest scream in history and for the truly guilty, there is no escape. Can the future change the present, or will we just make all the same mistakes again? Either way, the present will have to live with the future’s sins.

Check out the final covers now and be there on January 25 when mutantkind is forced to pay the heavy price for Mister Sinister’s crimes! 

Elena Casagrande celebrates the Women of Marvel all Year Long with New Connecting Covers

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In 2023, a new variant cover program will celebrate Marvel’s greatest heroines each and every month! Eisner-winning artist and 2023 Marvel Stormbreaker Elena Casagrande, known for her acclaimed work on titles such as Black Widow, has crafted a stunning connecting piece spotlighting some of comic book’s greatest heroes including Storm, Scarlet Witch, Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, and more. First seen as an San Diego Comic-Con exclusive cover for Women of Marvel #1, this beautiful piece will be expanded into 13 covers that will run on some of Marvel’s most popular female-led titles throughout next year including series that have yet to be announced!

Right now, fans can check out the first two covers hitting stands January and February as well a sneak peek at the full connected piece! 

  • SCARLET WITCH #1 WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT COVER BY ELENA CASAGRANDE – 75960620235500131
  • STORM & THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #1 WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT COVER BY ELENA CASAGRANDE – 75960620533200141
  • SPIDER-GWEN: SHADOW CLONES #1 WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT COVER BY ELENA CASAGRANDE – 75960620536300141

The Marvel Universe is Twisted in Mister Sinister’s Image in the Sins of Sinister Trailer

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On January 25, the Marvel Universe will descend into utter madness thanks to the machinations of one of the X-Men’s most devious villains: Mister of Sinister! Enter this terrifying new age in “Sins of Sinister“!

This all-new mutant epic will begin in Sins of Sinister #1, a giant-sized one-shot by the visionary Immortal X-Men creative team, writer Kieron Gillen and artist Lucas Werneck. After that, the current Krakoan era will crumble and Immortal X-Men, X-Men Red, and Legion of X will be washed away, transformed into three limited series: Immoral X-Men, Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants, and Nightcrawlers! Series writers Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, and Si Spurrier will pen their respective new titles, joined by artists Paco Medina, Andrea Di Vito, and Alessandro Vitti. Tackling three separate time periods, each superstar artist will draw an issue of all three titles as consecutive issues propel the Marvel Universe further and further into a dark future, dramatically escalating the stakes with each startling time jump. 10 Years… 100 Years… 1000 Years… The Powers of Essex will seek to stretch beyond the limits of time and space until it comes crashing down in the X-Universe shattering finale one-shot, Sins of Sinister: Dominion #1! Infamous for his long-term meticulous manipulating, Mister Sinister’s scheming will yield unpredictable results in this overarching saga that pays off plot threads that have been haunting fans since Jonathan Hickman’s House of X and Powers of X!

Fans can get their first look at this universe-melting X-event right now in the highly-anticipated Sins of Sinister Trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork! The trailer opens with Sinister finally paying for his monstrous crimes, but it’s far too late… Even as mutantkind’s leaders sentence him to the pit, Sinister’s dangerous game bears fruit. Watch in horror earth’s greatest heroes fall and armies of mutant Chimera rise. The trailer teases Storm’s brave struggles as leader of the last surviving mutant stronghold in Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants, the vicious plotting between the remaining members of the Quiet Council and the return of fan-favorite character Rasputin in Immoral X-Men, and the deadly attacks committed by a cult-like group of vicious Nightcrawler hybrids in Nightcrawlers.

Sinister has been planning all this since the beginning, and now he’ll be forced to see it through to the bitter end. Dare to see what unfolds in a world cursed by Sinister when Sins of Sinister #1 arrives on January 25! 

Sins of Sinister takes the Marvel Age 100 Years into a Twisted Future

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Next month, Mister Sinister wins! “Sins of Sinister” will see the iconic X-Men villain’s long-term plotting finally pay off as his influence washes over not only Krakoa but the entire Marvel Universe!

The saga will kick off in Sins of Sinister Alpha #1 before unfolding across three limited series that will replace Immortal X-Men, X-Men Red, and Legion of X starting in February: Immoral X-Men, Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants, and Nightcrawlers. Current X-Men writers Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, and Si Spurrier will pen their respective new titles, joined by artists Paco Medina, Andrea Di Vito, and Alessandro Vitti. Tackling three separate time periods, each superstar artist will draw an issue of all three titles as consecutive issues propel the Marvel Universe further and further into a dark future, dramatically escalating the stakes with each startling time jump. 10 Years… 100 Years… 1000 Years…

Right now, fans can learn about what’s to come in March’s SINS OF SINISTER installments. These thrilling and heavily inter-connected middle chapters reveal what happens 100 years down the line as an army of Nightcrawlers scavenge the greatest artifacts of the fallen Marvel Universe, Storm channels Professor X as she remains the last surviving defender of mutantkind against Sinister’s forces, and a major player returns with the power to bring down Sinister’s reign or make it never-ending… 

Wagnerine and her gene-spliced assassins are holy thieves, servants to a cosmic cult in Nightcrawlers #2! Let the HEIST LITURGY be spoken! Loot the ashes of Asgard! Raid the tombs of Otherworld! Pick the pockets of the Marvel Universe and build the sacred weapon! And let us bear witness to the final fate of the First…the fallen fiend who was once known as NIGHTCRAWLER.

Behold the battle of the X-Planets in Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants #2 as the Empire of the Red Diamond battles the Cosmic Coalition to decide the fate of a universe. One is the twisted creation of Nathaniel Essex. So is the other one. But between the two… there are rebels. Ororo lives, and her Brotherhood fights on – in an epic space battle that means life or death for everything that exists!

And Immoral X-Men #2 will put the “Die” in Diamond Age! Hail the Pax Krakoa! Or perish! But to this hell age is born a hero. Say hello (again) to Rasputin IV…but what can one good chimera do in a universe of sin? The first century of Sinister’s plan has come to an end…and whether it’s better or worse may depend on the symbol on your forehead.

Check out the covers from Leinil Francis Yu!

Marvel’s February Variant Covers feature the Wonderful World of Pym Particles

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Marvel‘s Stormbreakers Class of 2023 are here and bringing their incredible talents to your favorite comic series and characters! This year’s class features a diverse line-up of illustrators who are constantly breaking the mold, and each month, they’ll have a chance to flex their skills with an exciting themed variant cover collection. In February, your pupils will grow to goliath proportions when you view their new size-shifting super hero Stormbreakers variant covers. These pieces portray some of Marvel’s most popular heroes including Storm, Deadpool, and Scarlet Witch with the power of Hank Pym’s eponymous particles. See them shrink down to just a few inches or tower to the heights of an NYC skyscraper on the covers of Marvel’s hottest titles all month long!

The new group of tremendous talents includes Elena Casagrande, Nic Klein, Jan Bazaldua, Chris Allen, Martin Coccolo, Lucas Werneck, Federico Vicentini, and C.F. Villa. Check out their latest covers now and stay tuned for more Stormbreakers Variant Covers to be revealed in the coming months! 

  • SCARLET WITCH #2 STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY C.F. VILLA
  • VENOM #16 STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY MARTIN COCCOLO
  • DAREDEVIL #8 STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY ELENA CASAGRANDE
  • STORM & THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #1 STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK
  • FANTASTIC FOUR #4 STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS ALLEN
  • WOLVERINE #30 STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY FEDERICO VICENTINI
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #20 STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY JAN BAZALDUA
  • DEADPOOL #4 STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY NIC KLEIN

See how a world controlled by Mister Sinister influences Storm, Captain America, and more in the Sins of Sinister designs!

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What happens when the most twisted mastermind in the Marvel Universe finally achieves his greatest ambition? Find out this January in Sins of Sinister!

The upcoming X-MEN saga will purge readers into a terrifying new Marvel age brought about by Mister Sinister’s recent machinations and today, fans can see what’s to become of their favorite characters in this universe-melting X-event! Unfolding in three limited series—Immoral X-Men, Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants, and Nightcrawlers—the story will be told across three time periods. Artists Paco Medina, Andrea Di Vito, and Alessandro Vitti will each tackle a different era taking us 10 years, 100 years, and 1000 years into this dark future!

Among the YEAR 10 designs are Storm as she adopts Magneto’s signature style to defend what’s left of Arakko from Sinister’s reach, Captain America after he falls victim to Sinister’s corruption, and a mutant chimera that melds Nightcrawler and Wolverine. The YEAR 100 designs reveal a mysterious new replacement for Cable’s trademark techno-organic arm, a cruel fate for Nightcrawler, and a new look for Sinister himself. Lastly, the YEAR 1000 designs introduce two new characters who will play pivotal roles in the event, Ironfire and Auntie Fortune, and the long-awaited return of Rasputin from Jonathan Hickman’s House of X/Powers of X!

Sins of Sinister will be written by three of mutantkind’s current architects: Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, and Si Spurrier. The trio of writers have put their current X-Men titles on hold as they join forces to create a horrifying timeline that promises to make the Age of Apocalypse look like the X-Men Swimsuit Special!

Check out the designs now and stay tuned for more! 

NYCC 2022: A Twisted Fate Awaits Mutantkind in Sins of Sinister

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After months of teases, Sins of Sinister, an all-new X-Men epic, was announced at the Marvel Comics: Next Big Thing Panel at New York Comic Con! The crossover will begin in January’s Sins of Sinister #1, a giant-sized one-shot by the Immortal X-Men creative team, writer Kieron Gillen and artist Lucas Werneck. After that, witness the current Krakoan era crumble and enter a new Marvel Comics age brought about by Sinister’s corrupt machinations!

Immortal X-Men, X-Men Red, and Legion of X will be washed away, transformed into three limited series: Immoral X-Men, Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants, and Nightcrawlers! Series writers Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, and Si Spurrier will pen their respective new titles, joined by artists Paco Medina, Patch Zircher, and Alessandro Vitti. Tackling three separate time periods, each superstar artist will draw an issue of all three titles as consecutive issues propel the Marvel Universe further and further into a dark future, dramatically escalating the stakes with each startling time jump. 10 Years… 100 Years… 1000 Years… The Powers of Essex will seek to stretch beyond the limits of time and space! All three writers will continue their current story plans after the X-Universe shattering finale one-shot, Sins of Sinister: Dominion #1!

This universe-melting X-event will introduce a horrifying timeline that makes the Age of Apocalypse look like the X-Men Swimsuit Special as Mister Sinister’s repulsive plans come to fruition. Currently playing a dangerous game with the very timestream of the Marvel Universe in the pages of Immortal X-Men, Sinister’s uncontrollable lust for domination will finally be satisfied but at what cost? It’s the end of the world as we know it, but at least Sinister feels fine. For now. Can that last? Especially when we discover that he really is his own worst enemy…

Infamous for his long-term meticulous manipulating, Mister Sinister’s scheming will yield unpredictable results in an overarching saga that pays off plot threads that have been haunting fans since Jonathan Hickman’s House of X and Powers of X! Sinister has been planning all this since the beginning…and is going to have to see through to the bitter end.             

In Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants, face the wrath of Arakko! Mars has been destroyed – and now Storm wants revenge! To get it, the New Brotherhood of Arakko will battle their way through hell to seek the greatest secret of the Sinister Age…but are they fighting to save the world — or end it? And who is the new mutant hero called IRONFIRE?

Deadly powerful mutant chimeras are spliced and diced in Nightcrawlers! Mister Sinister unleashes his private army of assassins: THE LEGION OF THE NIGHT. Meet WAGNERINE, commanding this killer-crew of brainwashed hybrids, each one a genetic mix of Nightcrawler and one other of marvel’s most murderous mutants! Mysterious forces seek to break Sinister’s control over these fatal fanatics – to turn them AGAINST HIM. But who are they? And what are their true motives…? Enter MOTHER RIGHTEOUS… and a meeting of the most powerful players in the Universe…

The leaders of mutantkind have gone bad in Immoral X-Men! They said the mutants were humanity’s future. In 10 years’ time, they’re proven right. The X-Men are sworn to crush a world that adores and respects them…but Emma can take a few minutes out to crush Mister Sinister first. The Quiet Council have been at each other’s throats since Krakoa was founded. Sinister may think he’s finally come out on top but he’ll wish he was more careful about what he wished for as his maneuvering backfires and a vicious conflict erupts with galactic-sized repercussions! Plus, the long-awaited return of a fan-favorite character from the early days of the Krakoa era—RASPUTIN!

Mister Sinister’s crimes have been wicked beyond imagining and now, the entire Marvel Universe will pay! Check out the covers of all the debut issues by X-Men extraordinaire Leinil Francis Yu, a complete event checklist, and descend into the Sins of Sinister this January!

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