My Pull List for Week 33 of 2021

This week we see the end of a great series…Ascender. It was actually tied in to Descender which was a good coming itself but now it looks like the story is finally coming to a close which is kinda cool but also kind sad. I’m looking forward to rereading the whole thing together and seeing if I get a different perspective now that the whole story is out there.

We also get a couple of new series to start off and a couple of story arcs are coming to a close. On the whole, it’s a pretty exciting week.

Anyway, here are the issues I pulled this week…

New Weekly Releases

• Ascender #18
  by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen.
  Published by Image Comics, 2021.
  SERIES FINALE! “STAR SEED,” Part Four-Concluding the sci-fi/fantasy epic that began in the pages of DESCENDER, JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN present the final account of one young robot’s struggle to keep his friends alive as the forces of magic and science meet in a climactic fashion.
• Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors #5
  by Erik Burnham and Dan Schoening.
  Published by IDW Publishing, 2021.
  Rise Up, Part 5! The time has come to see if the world is worthy of saving! Can our heroes-with a little help from the Shobijin-show Godzilla that mankind is capable of hope? Or will the Priestesses’ frightening vision of the future come to pass?
• Second Chances #1
  by Ricky Mammone and Mex Bertolucci.
  Published by Image Comics, 2021.
  Second Chances Hotline – call now and get a new identity! All you need is some cash, a proper referral, and a very good reason to start over. When Leblanc, the man behind the hotline, is approached by a shady figure from his past, he’s forced to accept a new client who doesn’t meet any of the requirements – a client with chemically induced amnesia in desperate need of protection. Up-and-coming writer RICKY MAMMONE and artist MAX BERTOLINI (The Witcher, Nathan Never) explode onto the scene with this psychedelic, action-packed, bizarre noir that feels like John Wick punching through an existential French New Wave fever dream.
• Radiant Black #7
  by Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa.
  Published by Image Comics, 2021.
  NEW STORY ARC! Picking up from the shocking ending of issue five, Radiant Black’s life just got a whole lot more complicated. Pursued by a new enemy and not sure who to trust, will our hero escape with his life? Or is this the beginning of the end for RADIANT BLACK?
• Home Sick Pilots #8
  by Dan Waters and Caspar Wijngaard.
  Published by Image Comics, 2021.
  As its horrors emanate across America, the Home Sick Pilots must return to the Old James House. Which could be difficult, as they did leave it at the bottom of the ocean.
• Black Hammer: Visions #7
  by Cecil Castellucci and Melissa Duffy.
  Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2021.
  Exiled in a world of forgotten heroes and villains known as Limbo Land, Ms. Moonbeam hopes one day to be released and put back into a main story of her own-all of that gets thrown into a major existential crisis with the arrival of Colonel Weird into her world, leading her on a quest to find her way out of Limbo Land.
• Killer Queens #1
  by David M. Booger and Claudia Balboni.
  Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2021.
  Meet Max and Alex. Reformed intergalactic assassins for hire. On the run. Also super gay. Their former boss-a fluffy monkey with a jetpack-is hot on their tail to take back his stolen ship. They gotta eat, so they take a mission from Alex’s old flame. Your standard no-kill, casualty-free kidnapping recovery from a nearby moon. Only complication? Half the moon is ruled by a fascist dictator hostile to foreigners. They’re the Killer Queens, so what could possibly go wrong? Join rising star David M. Booher (Canto, Alien Bounty Hunter) and an all-LGBTQ creative team as they tackle issues of love, xenophobia, and the terror of fascist dictatorships in this hilarious sci-fi epic.
• Beyond the Breach #2
  by Ed Brisson and Damian Couceiro.
  Published by AfterShock Comics, 2021.
  The Breach has hit California. Thousands of interdimensional creatures now trapped in our world have begun to wreak havoc, leaving a trail of bodies up and down the coast. Vanessa is fighting to save those in her care when she encounters a strange man and his traveling com-panion. A man who may hold the secret to what the Breach is and how it can be stopped. But is he a friend or foe? Is he here to help her…or kill her?
• Eat The Rich #1
  by Sarah Gailey and Prius Bak.
  Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
  What unspeakable horror eats away at the heart of Crestfall Bluffs? With law school and her whole life ahead of her, Joey plans to summer with her boyfriend Astor in his seemingly perfect hometown of Crestfall Bluffs. It’s a chance to finally meet Astor’s family and childhood friends, all while enjoying a vacation with every need attended to by servants. But beneath the affluent perfection lies a dark, deadly rot… will Joey discover the truth before it’s too late, and if she does, can she survive to tell the tale? The bold, horrifying psychological thriller from Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Gailey (The Echo Wife, Magic For Liars) with artist Pius Bak (Firefly, The Magicians), perfect for fans of Stillwater and Nailbiter!
• Time Before Time #4
  by Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville, Joe Palmer, and Chris O’Halloran
  Published by Image Comics, 2021.
  A startling discovery threatens Tatsuo and Nadia’s fragile alliance, while a deadly trap begins to close around them.
• Noctera #6
  by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, and Tomeu Morley.
  Published by Image Comics, 2021.
  END OF STORY ARC! “FULL THROTTLE DARK,” Part Six-You’ve seen the calm… now it’s time for the storm. Having unearthed a shocking revelation, Val must prepare for battle before she loses the paradise that she’s risked so much to find.
• Blade Runner Origins #5
  by K. Perkins, Mike Johnson, Mellow Brown, and Fernando Dagnino.
  Published by Titan Books, 2021.
  Enter the world of Blade Runner: 2009 and discover the untold origins of the Blade Runners! LAPD detective CAL MOREAUX has teamed up with an escaped experimental REPLICANT, who has been uploaded with the memories of a dead Tyrell Corporation scientist, whose suicide he was sent to investigate. FEATURES AN ALL-STAR CREATIVE TEAM including K. PERKINS (Supergirl), MELLOW BROWN (American Gods)

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