My Pull List for Week 3 of 2021

This third week of 2021 has a bunch of comics I’m interested in but I’m holding myself to 10 so I don’t overload my read pile.

New Weekly Releases

• Once & Future #15
  by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora.
  Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
  Bridgette and Duncan return to a familiar place to pick up Lancelot’s trail, while Rose comes face to face with another member of the McGuire family she was not expecting to see…
• I Breathed a Body #1
  by Zac Thompson and Andy MacDonald.
  Published by Aftershock Comics, 2021.
  A science fiction horror series about social media, big tech, and influencer culture.
  It’s The Social Network meets Hellraiser. When the world’s biggest influencer posts something irredeemably horrific online, the world changes in an instant. Now it’s up to his social media manager, Anne Stewart, to fan the flames of outrage and create a sensationalist campaign that rewrites the rules of “banned content.” Thus begins a carnival of lust, revulsion, desire, and disgust – all for viral videos.
  Written by Zac Thompson (LONELY RECEIVER, UNDONE BY BLOOD, X-Men) and illustrated by Andy MacDonald (Multiple Man, Rogue Planet), I BREATHED A BODY is a horror series about the voyeurism of violence and the Big Tech companies who
  engineer patterns of fear in society.
• Rorschach #4
  by Tom King and Jorge Forns.
  Published by , 2021.
  At last, it’s time for Laura’s story.
  The detective following Rorschach’s trail turns his eyes toward the vigilante’s female companion. Who is behind that domino mask, and what led her to team up with an old comic book creator to try to assassinate a controversial presidential candidate? These are the threads the detective must unravel-and they lead him to a circus side show and the strong man she once convinced to kill for her.
• Abbott: 1973 #1
  by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivela.
  Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
  In a new series for  fans of Something is Killing the Children and Bitter Root, Saladin Ahmed, the visionary writer behind Miles Morales: Spider-Man, and Sami Kivelä, the acclaimed artist behind Tommy Gun Wizards, reunite for this Must Read supernatural thriller.
  Detroit’s hardest hitting journalist, Elena Abbott, is trying to make a fresh start at a new newspaper…but her deadly past isn’t ready to let go.
  The city is days away from the historic election of a Black candidate as their new Mayor, but a vicious new group has emerged to destroy him, targeting anyone who supports his campaign or the change he represents.
  That means Abbott, who discovers the group’s connection to a dangerous dark magic, has been targeted for certain death – unless she embraces her true power as the Lightbringer to save her city.
• Barbalien: Red Planet #3
  by Tate Brombal and Gabriel Hernandez Walta.
  Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2021.
  Barbalien continues to flee the Martian bounty hunter Boa Boaz-and continues to develop a relationship with a young activist under an assumed identity. But past and present collide when Boa begins targeting people in Barbalien’s life.
• Byte-Sized #2
  by Cullen Bunn and Nelson Blake Lii
  Published by AWA Studios, 2021.
  When two young siblings excitedly unwrap their final Christmas presents, they discover toy robots unlike anything they have ever seen. And with good reason. What the kids and their parents don’t know is that their quaint suburban home just became the beachhead for these self-aware ‘bots that have begun to explore the outside world. And when one of the ‘bots breaks bad, it’s going to take a Christmas miracle to stop him.
• Crimson Flower #1
  by Matt Kindt and Matt Lesniewski.
  Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2021.
  From New York Times-bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Matt Lesniewski (The Freak) comes a brand-new, mind-altering journey through Russian folk tales, trained assassins, and government conspiracies.
  After losing her family in a violent home invasion, a woman uses folk tales to cope. In a blood-soaked journey toward revenge, she tracks down the man responsible for her family’s deaths, only to discover a startling government plot-to weaponize folk tales and use them to raise children into super assassins.
• The Expanse #2
  by Corinna Bechko and Alejandro Aragon.
  Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
  Avasarala is approached by the cabal behind the black market Martian weapons dealings, who offer to help her reclaim the thing she wants most – her former political power.
  Trapped between a return to glory and a chance to do the right thing, Avasarala’s ultimate decision will lead to fatal consequences.
  Meanwhile, Bobbie has made a breakthrough in her investigation – but every victory comes with a price…
• Killadelphia #12
  by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander.
  Published by , 2021.
  END OF STORY ARC!
  “BURN BABY BURN,” Conclusion-The smash-hit series from RODNEY BARNES, the writer behind such hit shows as Marvel’s Runaways and STARZ’s American Gods, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefined SPAWN, reaches its shocking second-arc conclusion!
  Jupiter and Abigail have decimated the city of brotherly love, and as their reign of terror reaches its climax, things look bleak for our heroes. If Philadelphia stands any chance of survival, James Sangster Sr. and son will have to reach out to the one person they’d never ally themselves with, or else no one will survive the night. But will that be enough to save them, or will the casualties continue?
  Also includes part six of the horrifying werewolf back-up story “ELYSIUM GARDENS”!
• Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1
  by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, L.L. McKinney, Jen Bartel, and Alita Martinez.
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  The Undoing are coming. Long past the Age of Heroes, few of Diana Prince’s friends survive, and most of her sisters have passed as well. As an immortal goddess, this is her lot. But then, a threat appears that even the mighty Darkseid can’t handle-and it’s up to Wonder Woman to take on the battle! It’s big action and high fantasy at the end of time, courtesy of Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Becky Cloonan (By Chance or Providence, Gotham Academy) and her Doom Patrol co-writer Michael W. Conrad, with the popular artist Jen Bartel (Blackbird) making her interior art debut for DC.
  Then, peer into a closer future as the original champion of Themyscira strikes out on her own. Things have not been stable on Paradise Island for some time, and Nubia has found a new home in Man’s World. Now, she is tasked with protecting it from the dangers of the world of myths and magic. The writer of DC’s Nubia: Real One, L.L. McKinney, takes this powerful Amazon to a whole new level.

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