PREVIEWSworld’s Featured This Week Comics and Graphic Novels for 7/29
Jul 26, 2015
Every week we call attention to those books and graphic novels which stand out from all the rest. These titles from Premier Vendors and independent publishers should be at the top of your list, and can be found at your local comic shop on July 29.
Conan The Avenger #16 (W) Fred Van Lente A new arc of Conan the Avenger by Fred Van Lente begins! A mysterious oasis with a massive inland lighthouse beckons to Conan amidst the scorching sands. Answering a call for help, he offers assistance, only to realize too late all is not what it seems-he's stumbled into a trap! Item Code: MAY150071 |
Batgirl #42 (W) Cameron Stewart, Brendan Fletcher Batgirl can barely hold her own in combat against the new Batman... so what happens when Livewire joins the fight with the intention of taking them both out? Item Code: MAY150194 |
Superman #42 (W) Gene Luen Yang The Superman epic you never expected - "TRUTH" continues! Has Lois Lane betrayed Superman with the truth? Item Code: MAY150181 |
Jem & The Holograms #5 (W) Kelly Thompson A disaster at the Holograms' first live show nearly ends Jem's music career before it starts! Now Kimber learns who's behind the dangerous "accident"... and she's out for revenge. Item Code: MAY150399 |
Spawn #254 (W) Paul Jenkins Reality has been undone, and Spawn's job is to fix it-beginning with the repair of a historical tragedy that has been undone by cynical, self-interested forces. Spawn must journey to another time and place to battle angels and demons both, and oversee the sinking of the unsinkable ship, RMS Titanic, which now sits in dry dock in New York harbor as a floating museum! Item Code: APR150675 |
Star Wars #7 (W) Jason Aaron A special one-off tale of Ben Kenobi! Injustice reigns on Tatooine as villainous scum run rampant. Will Ben risk revealing himself to do what's right? Guest Artist Simone Bianchi (Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men) joins writer Jason Aaron for this special tale! |
Thors #2 (W) Jason Aaron The saga of the Battleworld police force continues! More murders. More mystery. More Thors! And maybe even a break in the case, as a surprising suspect is brought in for questioning. Item Code: MAY150655 |
Sabrina #4 (W) Roberto Aguirre Sacasa It's Sabrina in the underworld as she and her companions risk everything - including their immortal souls - to rescue Harvey's consciousness, trapped in the Dark Pit. Meanwhile, with Greendale's most powerful witch missing in action, Madame Satan launches an attack on the Spellman household. For TEEN+ readers. Item Code: FEB150967 |
Conan/Red Sonja HC (W) Gail Simone, Jim Zub Gail Simone and Jim Zub team up to bring together two legendary warriors: Conan and Red Sonja! This volume collects issues #1-#4 of the smash-hit crossover! In a tale spanning three eras in the lives of these classic characters, Conan and Red Sonja become comrades to take down a sorcerer-priest hell bent on creating a new age in Hyborian warfare! |
Swamp Thing: The Root Of All Evil TP (W) Grant Morrison, Mark Millar A lost epic from issues #140-150 is collected at last! The rug is pulled out from under Alec Holland as he awakens from a coma in a South African hospital. But are his visions of a shambling swamp creature the result of a hallucinogen he ingested during his experiments on plants? Mature Readers. Item Code: APR150325 |
Hawkeye Volume 4: Rio Bravo TP (W) Matt Fraction Reeling from recent events, even Hawkeye wants to know his new status quo. Who's with him? Who's against him? Who's trying to kill him, and why? And just when Clint's rock bottom couldn't arrive fast enough, his brother shows up. After a lifetime of bad decisions, Clint and Barney Barton have to realize that they are brothers - and, ultimately, they're the only ones who can save one another. If they don't kill each other first. Item Code: OCT140937 |
Imperium Volume 1 Collecting Monsters TP (W) Joshua Dysart A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad scientist, a murderous alien, and a superpowered terrorist are about to try and take over the world...and you're going to be rooting for them every step of the way! Toyo Harada is the most dangerous human being on the planet. Imbued with incredible powers of the mind, he has spent his life guiding humanity from the shadows. But today he is a wanted man. Collecting Imperium #1-4. Item Code: MAY151624 |
Check out all of the New Releases available July 29 at your local comic shop!