BLACK PANTHER: WORLD OF WAKANDA #2
TRAINING DAY! Ayo and Aneka are given their first assignments as Dora Milaje: protect Queen Shuri at all costs! Meanwhile, T'Challa the former king lies with bedfellows so dark, disgrace is inevitable. See a major plot point from Hickman’s NEW AVENGERS run from a completely new point of view: one that changes everything…
SLAM! #2
Now that best friends Knockout and CanCan are on separate derby teams, their paths go in different directions, with the pressure putting a strain on their relationship both on and off the track.
THE BLACK HOOD: Season 2 #2
“The Nobody Murders, Part 2”
Greg Hettinger, a.k.a. The Black Hood thought he could run from the violence. But now he finds himself running across the country from a merciless assassin who calls himself The Nobody. Greg not only has to figure out the identity of his would-be killer, but also his connection to the original Black Hood – which means going to the one place Greg vowed he never visit again: home. Don’t miss the high-octane action and high-stakes suspense that is season 2 of THE BLACK HOOD!
HARBINGER RENEGADE #2
They’re in your towns. In your schools. And inside your head? Kris Hathaway, Peter Stanchek, Faith Herbert, and John Torkelson thought they could go underground. They thought they could get their old lives back. They were wrong. As four psionically powered “psiots” that can defy the laws of physics with a thought alone, this extraordinarily dangerous team of renegades won’t be able to escape the fight that society has brought to their door. As a violent, new superpower movement spreads across the suburbs, America’s only hope will be the teenagers it wished it could forget. Chaos is coming home as Harvey Award nominee Rafer Roberts (A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and superstar artist Darick Robertson (The Boys, Wolverine) continue the most subversive, most fearless new superhero series of the fall!
ETHER #2
Boone Dias believes that there’s a scientific explanation for everything—even the impossible murder of the Blaze, protector of the magical realm known as the Ether. But as he gets closer to solving the mystery, he’s realizing just how much he doesn’t understand about the Ether. And the more time he spends in another dimension, the more his life on Earth falls apart.
Michael Crowe recommends: The Black Hood #1
Black Hood #1 tells such a story. Following an incident, Officer Gregory Hettinger is quickly thrust into the spotlight. Hailed as a hero for stopping a possible school shooting, he is showered with praise. But this label does not sit well; leaving Officer Hettinger terribly conflicted. The “heroic” encounter left him scared, both physically and mentally and left another man dead. With blood on his hands and an addiction to painkillers, Hettinger feels the furthest thing from a hero. As his life spirals out of control he grasps for anything solid in his life besides pills. What he finds will change his life forever and set him on a course to truly earning the title that was give to him: hero.
This book is like nothing you’ve ever seen from Archie Comics. Part of their new Dark Circle Comics imprint, Black Hood #1 delivers a deep, hard hitting story about crime, law and order in a rough and tumble Philadelphia. Writer Duane Swierczynski does a marvelous job of getting into the head of the officer, showing us what it’s like to be a so-called hero when you feel anything but. This also gives him a chance to fill in backstory essential to figuring out how a man goes from being a cop to a vigilante. The art by Michael Gaydos and colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick support and compliment this gritty take on the birth of a superhero. Their work gives this book a modern noir feeling. This teams collaboration is flawless and it has given us one an amazing take on a modern street level hero. I look forward to seeing what they churn out in the weeks to come.
If you enjoyed this title be sure to check out some other Dark Circle Comic offerings: The Black Hood Classic, The Fox: Freak Magnet, and New Crusaders: Rise of the Heroes.
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Michael Crowe is a member of the digital assets/launch team. In his free time he enjoys reading, watching and writing science fiction and horror.