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Celebrate Freedom! Marc Andreyko talks with José Villarrubia about what’s next after the runaway hit anthology Love Is Love and the censorship of LGBTQ comics. Gene Luen Yang discusses reinventing Superman and Reading Without Walls! Plus a closer look at recent attempts to ban comics and a top-ten list of banned books for summer reading!
WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1
The world of the Amazing Amazon expands in a collection of short stories that take Wonder Woman around the globe! In the days after “Year One,” Diana comes face-to-face with Superman and Batman for the first time, as illustrated by “Year One” artist Nicola Scott…and years later, Liam Sharp brings you the story of how their friendship has evolved!
CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE #7
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s…Superman?! After a gnarly battle between Team Carson and the Whisperer and his cult, Cave finds a quiet moment to reminisce about his long-ago adventures with the Big Red S. But are these just fond memories, or is there a deeper mystery afoot?
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It’s time for our Favorite Cover of the Week!
Slim and Lou have a new segment on The comiXologist podcast – Favorite Cover of the Week, in which they have to guess the other’s pick.
In episode 542, “Monster Venom,” Lou guesses that Slim’s favorite cover of the week was Sebastian Fiumara and Dave Stewart’s Superman #17, because Dad-feels, but Slim couldn’t resist the beautifully painted Gabriele Dell’Otto cover for The Clone Conspiracy #5.
Slim’s guess for Lou’s favorite cover this week was pretty close! While she did appreciate the gesture insinuated in Jason Howard’s cityscape for the cover of Horizon #8, the art history nerd in her had to go with Postal #18, featuring Isaac Goodhart’s homage to Northern Renaissance paintings of Adam and Eve.
Share with us your pick for Favorite Cover of the Week, or guess Slim and Lou’s picks for next week! You can reblog this post and add your thoughts, send us an ask, or tweet @slim and @PortraitofMmeX using the hashtag #CMXCoveroftheWeek.
The 5 graphic novels out this week you’ll want to spend your weekend with
SUPERMAN Vol. 1: SON OF SUPERMAN
When the Man of Steel died defending his adopted home, it seemed that the spirit of truth and justice he represented was extinguished forever. But watching from the sidelines was another Superman - older, wiser, more experienced - with his wife, Lois Lane, and their son, Jonathan Kent.
Now this refugee from a vanished universe is stepping out of the shadows, ready to assume the mantle of his fallen counterpart and take to the skies once more as Earth’s greatest hero.
But he is not the only survivor of Krypton to make the journey to this reality.
TRANSFORMERS: TILL ALL ARE ONE
Starscream rules Cybertron. He and Windblade vie for control of the Council of Worlds, each aligning themselves with as many long-lost colonies as they can. But Starscream’s secret police keep increasing the tension, destabilizing the fragile peace that has been established.
Collects issues #1–4.
RENATO JONES: THE ONE% Vol. 1
The One% own more than half the world’s wealth. They’ve crashed economies, bought governments, and have amassed more power than any other group in history. And they still don’t have enough. With this kind of power, how can anyone make them pay? WHO will make them pay? Enter Renato Jones, a mysterious vigilante, out to even the score. And when he enters the fray THE SUPER-RICH ARE SUPER F***ED. From acclaimed creator KAARE KYLE ANDREWS (Iron Fist The Living Weapon, Spider Man Reign) comes the first season of the critically acclaimed, supercharged capitalistic action revenge thriller for a post-Great Recession world. Collects SEASON of RENATO JONES THE ONE% #1-5.
X-O MANOWAR Vol. 13: SUCCESSION AND OTHER TALES
New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH, Green Lantern) and Valiant-exclusive sensations Pere Perez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and Clayton Henry (HARBINGER WARS) lead off a centuries-spanning look at X-O Manowar’s past, present? and future! From the outcome of a bloodstained battle on the frontier of the Roman Empire that continues to be felt to this day, to the last days of Aric of Dacia and the future of the X-O Manowar armor all the way to the year 4001 A.D.! Then: The life and times of the unstoppable X-O Manowar loom large as a massive cast of rising stars and superstar talents - including Amy Chu (Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death), Adam Gorham (DEAD DROP), Jody Houser (FAITH), Mike McKone (Teen Titans) and more - come together for tales of Valiant’s most powerful hero?and his allies and foes alike! Collecting X-O MANOWAR 2016 ANNUAL #1, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF X-O MANOWAR #1, and 4001 A.D.: X-O MANOWAR #1
BLACK PANTHER: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET Vol. 2
Collects Black Panther (2016) #5-8, Jungle Action #6-7.
Counting down the final days of the kingdom of Wakanda! As Zenzi and The People poison Wakanda’s citizens against the Black Panther, a cabal of nation-breakers is assembled. And Ayo and Aneka, the Midnight Angels, are courted to raise their land to new glory! His allies dwindling, T'Challa must rely on his elite secret police, the Hatut Zeraze, and fellow Avenger Eden Fesi, a.k.a. Manifold! And with T'Challa’s back truly against the wall, some old friends lend a hand: Luke Cage, Misty Knight and Storm! But Wakanda may be too far gone for this all-new, all-different crew — and there’s one job the Panther must handle alone. Only he can voyage into the Djalia! Getting there is hard enough, but can he even find his sister Shuri inside Wakanda’s collective memory?