My Pull List for Week 43 of 2020

This week I add 12 new issues to my backlog and am looking forward to reading these.


 

New Weekly Releases

  • Batman #101
    by James Tynion IV and Guillemot March.
    Published by DC Comics, 2020.
    A new day dawns in Gotham and the horrors of “The Joker War” are just being realized. A bold new direction for Batman begins as Bruce Wayne’s circumstances are forever changed. How did the Joker’s rampage affected the citizens of the city? And why does Cole Cash-a.k.a.-Grifter, now work for Lucius Fox?!
  • Shadow Service #3
    by Cavan Scott and Corbin Howell.
    Published by Vault Comics, 2020.
    The net tightens as Gina realises her closest ally works for the demonic forces that threaten her way of life. The time for running has passed, but can she trust her new teammates? And what will she risk to save the life of an innocent man?
  • The Scumbag #1
    by Rick Remender and Lewis Larosa.
    Published by Image Comics, 2020.
    “JAZZ APPLE ARMAGEDDON,” Part One: The fate of the world rests in the hands of the worst person on it! NEW ONGOING SERIES from the writer of DEADLY CLASS! RICK REMENDER launches an all-new comedy espionage series, THE SCUMBAG-the story of Ernie Ray Clementine, a profane, illiterate, drug-addicted biker with a fifth-grade education. He’s the only thing standing between us and total Armageddon because this dummy accidentally received a power-imbuing serum, making him the world’s most powerful super spy. This new ongoing series will feature a murderers’ row of all-star artistic talent rotating each issue. The first issue showcases the stunning work of LEWIS LaROSA, with subsequent chapters and covers by brilliant talents such as ANDREW ROBINSON, ERIC POWELL, TULA LOTAY, WES CRAIG, ROLAND BOSCHI, SIMONE DI MEO, MARGUERITE SAUVAGE, DUNCAN FEGREDO, YANICK PAQUETTE, MIKE McKONE, DAVE JOHNSON, MORENO DINISIO, and many more!
  • Stillwater #2
    by Chip Zdarsky and Ramon K. Perez.
    Published by Image Comics, 2020.
    Daniel West has returned to Stillwater, but his homecoming is anything but happy! What secret is the town hiding from the outside world? And can Daniel save his mother from meeting her fate within The Park? Find out in Skybound’s newest horror sensation!
  • Rick and Morty: Go to Hell #5
    by Ryan Ferrier and Constanta Oroza.
    Published by Oni Press, 2020.
    Rick and Morty are finally face to face with ol’ Lucifer himself, but the hordes of Hell want to cut in line. Can Rick and Morty successfully appeal their case, or are they doomed to suffer for all eternity? The shocking conclusion to Rick and Morty Go To Hell!
  • Rai #8
    by Dan Abnett and Juan Jose Ryp.
    Published by Valiant Comics, 2020.
    Sci-fi masterminds Dan Abnett and Juan Jose Ryp pull you further into their futuristic landscape! Rai and Raijin’s quest leads them to a Positronic utopia! Except peace is never as peaceful as it looks. Will the pair persevere or perish?
  • Miles to Go #2
    by B. Clay Moore and Stephen Molnar.
    Published by AfterShock Comics, 2020.
    For the first time since childhood, Amara Bishop has taken a life. Now she and her daughter Alea find themselves on the run with an aging former assassin named Moses Graves. As the trio works to figure out who is stalking them and why, Amara and Moses reflect on their pasts as killers, and begin to wonder if their unsuspecting loved ones might be in danger as well. An unlikely assassin in a deadly game of cat and mouse, brought to you by B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick, Battle Hymn) and Stephen Molnar (Imaginary Fiends, Star Trek).
  • Tales from the Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death #2
    by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and I. N. J. Culbard.
    Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2020.
    When Klaus channels the ghost of a renowned actor at a Hollywood party, his retired paramour realizes he might be exactly what she needs to regain the limelight-and gives him a taste of real magic. Meanwhile, the vampire-chimp drug-lord takes a red-eye to Hollywood to search for the Umbrella-brat who stole his stash . . . Séance gets his own miniseries!
  • Crayta #1
    by Dan Abnett and a bunch of artists.
    Published by Unit 2 Games, 2020.
    Crayta #1: Sunset
    In a near future world perfectly run by a supreme artificial intelligence, doubts are beginning to arise regarding the AI’s benevolence. Is it really looking out for mankind the way it should? And what dangers await those who question its decisions? A tense and provocative SF thriller from writer Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy, Warhammer, 2000AD) and a world class team of artists including Gustaffo Vargas and Mark Harrison, Crayta is a gripping exploration of artificial sentience and human identity, and brilliantly expands the universe of Unit 2 Games’ ground-breaking new online game.
  • Dune: House Atreides #1
    by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik.
    Published by BOOM! Studios, 2020.
    Set in the years leading up the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Dune-which inspired the upcoming feature film from Legendary Pictures- DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES transports readers to the far future on the desert planet Arrakis where Pardot Kynes seeks its secrets. Meanwhile, a violent coup is planned by the son of Emperor Elrood; an eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho seeks to escape his cruel masters; and a young man named Leto Atreides begins a fateful journey. These unlikely souls are drawn together first as renegades and then as something more, as they discover their true fate – to change the very shape of history!
  • Something is Killing the Children #11
    by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’edera.
    Published by BOOM! Studios, 2020.
    Erica’s gambit to save Archer’s Peak has failed. Now, the town is under the full control of the Order of St. George. And if the spread of the monsters can’t be contained, then the Order might move to eradicate the entire area…
  • Devil’s Highway #4
    by Ben Percy and Brent Schoonover.
    Published by AWA Studios, 2020.
    Benjamin Percy (Wolverine) and Brent Schoonover (Batman ’66) present a chilling crime thriller, loosely based on real events, that examines murder in the dark underbelly of America’s heartland. Sharon Harrow, an elite military veteran with skeletons in her closet and a dark family secret, embarks on a quest to hunt down the serial killer that brutally murdered her father – only to discover that he is just one piece of a national network of evil that snakes across the country and hides in plain sight. To catch the Devil, Harrow must first embrace and unleash the darkness within.

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