Start Here: Five New Comics For May 3rd

by Andrea Purcell

If you’re looking for a fresh new series or a jumping-on point to an ongoing comic, you can Start Here. This week fight Hydra in Secret Empire, drop a quarter into Swordquest, meet your destiny in Eternal Empire, and more!

Every week we’ll collect five titles with new number ones or fresh story arcs perfect for readers looking to jump into new series. These new releases are available at your local comic shop and feature comics from any genre or publisher.

Don’t hesitate, these series are ready for new readers to enjoy - all you have to do is Start Here.

Secret Empire #1

It’s all been leading up to this, Marvel’s latest event is starting and you won’t want to miss the first issue! Nick Spencer and Steve McNiven are teaming up to bring Secret Empire #1 (MAR170901) to life, and nothing will ever be the same for the Marvel Universe again. It’s time for Steve Rogers to step up and claim his allegiance to Hydra, but how will the heroes he’s trained and stood by for years react to this ultimate betrayal? This event is set to tear the Marvel Universe apart - and this time it may not recover.

Justice League #20

The Justice League is trapped in a time loop and no one is coming to save them as “Endless” begins in Justice League #20 (MAR170308). Bryan Hitch is taking the League to its limits after they’re attacked by a strange man wielding a mysterious alien weapon. With one member presumed dead and the surrounding civilians obliterated, the League must band together and find a way to escape this endless time loop. Is this the end for the Justice League, or an endless beginning?

Eternal Empire #1

Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn are teaming up again for the fantastical new Image series Eternal Empire #1 (MAR170672). The critically acclaimed duo behind Alex + Ada are taking on high fantasy as they travel to the world of Saia, trapped under the tyrannical rule of the Eternal Empress for over one hundred years. But a young woman, part of the brutal empire’s labor force, begins to receive strange visions that instill her with the courage to escape the life that fate has dealt her. Will she run away from her destiny, or is she running straight towards it?

Predator Hunters #1

Predators have been hunting humans for centuries, but now the tables are turning as the hunters find themselves to be the hunted in Predator Hunters #1 (MAR170015). This all new Dark Horse series from veteran Predator writer Chris Warner turns the Predator mythos on its head as humans begin to fight back again this interstellar warriors. Once considered the most formidable hunters in the galaxy, now the Predators are getting a taste of their own medicine when their human prey rises up and fights back.

Swordquest #0

Atari returns to comics with the all new Swordquest #0 (MAR171590) from Dynamite Entertainment featuring the hit writing team of Chris Sims and Scott Kowalchuk. In 1984 Peter Case was on top of the world and on his way to becoming the Swordquest champion and claim a golden sword worth fifty thousand dollars. But when the game was suddenly discontinuted, Peter was without a way to finish his grandest achievement. Now, thirty years later, Peter has a chance to reclaim his lost glory and the golden sword when it goes on display at the World Arcade Museum in the ultimate heist.

Find more of this week's new releases here!

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Andrea Purcell is a Web Content Writer for PREVIEWSworld.com and a part-time assistant to busy comic creators. Her favorite past times are singing karaoke at comic conventions and memorizing obscure trivia about random pop culture.