Here at Kaboooooom we live and breathe comic books, but if you’re new to the game or just don’t frequent the local comic shop it can be hard to know where to start. For that, we’re here to help. Every week we’ll share with you our recommendations for what you should checking out and what you need to know before you crack that cover – it’s Kabooooom’s Pull List!
Marcus Hammond, Writer
Pull List: Black Science #7, The Sandman: Overture #3, Wake #10
This Week’s Must Read: Fatale #24
There’s so much going on this week that it’s hard to pick a must read. When I got back into comics a few years ago, it was mostly superhero stories. Fatale was one of the first non-superhero stories that I picked up, and I have loved every mysterious, weird moment of it. With issue #24, Ed Brubaker brings Josephine’s story to an end. I can’t wait to see how this series concludes.
Matt Morrison, Writer
Pull List: Red Sonja #0, The Sandman: Overture #3
This Week’s Must Read: King Conan: The Conqueror #6
For many years, Tim Truman and Tomas Giorello collaborated and spawned a legendary run on the monthly Conan title. Since that time, they have created a number of these regular mini-series, based on the original Robert E. Howard stories detailing Conan’s life as King of Aquilonia. This final chapter in their adaptation of The Hour of the Dragon – the only Conan novel by the original author – promises to be a fitting capstone to the series.
Erik Radvon, Writer
Pull List: Sandman Overture #3, Vertigo Quarterly Magenta, Black Science #7, Uncanny Avengers #22, X-O Manowar #27
This Week’s Must Read: Prophet #45
Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, and a who’s who of indie comic creators have taken Rob Liefeld’s long-dormant Prophet to new heights over the last two years. Their epic remix of the ‘90s Image action hero comes to an end this week in Prophet #45. Blending elements of Japanese and European comics with a hard sci-fi edge and some plain old weirdness, each entry in the Prophet relaunch era has brought artistic surprises and unexpected shifts in time, space, and genre to readers. While Graham brings his “War in Space” storyline and the regular monthly series to a close with this issue, the previously announced miniseries Prophet: Earth War looks to continue the expansion of this strange and multi-layered Prophet universe.
Buy these comics at your local comic book store (Don’t know where that is? Here you go.) or digitally via Comixology.com.
Everyone is reading The Sandman but nobody made it their pick of the week? Did we all just decide to pick something else to promote because we already know The Sandman is going to be great because it’s Neil Gaiman writing it?
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