New Comics for Wednesday, December 13, 2023
/Get ready for an exhilarating week in the comic book realm, with a diverse lineup of releases hitting the shelves on Wednesday, December 13th, 2023.
Zack Kaplan's "Beyond Real #1" invites readers into a mind-bending journey where artist June discovers the unsettling truth of our existence within a computer simulation. "Magic Knight Rayearth Vol. 01" by Clamp promises a magical isekai adventure as three Tokyo teenagers become champions in the parallel world of Cefiro. For Spidey fans, "Spider-Man Freshman Year TP" collects issues #1-12, offering a hilarious and action-packed exploration of Peter Parker's early days as Spider-Man. And from the DC vault, "Batman #428 Robin Lives (One Shot)" unveils the unpublished alternate ending to a Death in the Family, where Jason Todd survives his encounter with the Joker. It's a week packed with metaphysical mysteries, magical realms, superhero hilarity, and an alternate history twist for Batman aficionados!
BEYOND REAL #1
(W) Zack Kaplan (A) Jorge Corona & Various (CA) John Pearson
An artist's discovery. When struggling artist June is injured in a severe car accident that leaves her boyfriend in a coma, she begins to experience strange visual phenomena. Soon, she's able to see that we are all actually living in a computer simulation. June must set out on a journey of possibility and peril into the metaphysical layers of the simulation to reach the world's creator and save her true love from death.
MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH VOL 01
(W) Clamp
Fans of Sailor Moon, She-Ra, and Miraculous: Dive into the original girl-power isekai adventure! The tale of three Tokyo teenagers who cross through a magical portal and become the champions of another world is a modern manga classic! Three girls who couldn't be more different meet on a school trip to Tokyo Tower-and find themselves beamed into a parallel world called Cefiro, where the mysterious Pillar has recruited them to avert a calamity! With the help of a motley troop of rogues and wizards, they will unlock the power of three transforming giant dragons known as Rune Gods and rush to the Pillar's aid... but there's more going on at the heart of Cefiro than they know! This new paperback release features the updated translation and lettering created for the 25th-anniversary release, in a portable and affordable package.
SPIDER-MAN FRESHMAN YEAR TP
(W) Robbie Thompson (A) Nick Bradshaw & Various (CA) Humberto Ramos
Collects Spidey #1-12. It's action, adventure and hilarity in equal measure as we head back to high school to explore Peter Parker's early days as Spider-Man! Navigating your teen years is tough enough, but Peter also has to contend with a never-ending merry-go-round of Spider-Man madness courtesy of the best rogues' gallery in comics! We're talking Doctor Octopus, Sandman, the Vulture, Electro, Kraven, the Scorpion?and believe it or not, Doctor Doom! But could our young hero ever be ready for an archnemesis like the Green Goblin? Black Panther and Captain America guest-star as Spidey learns the ropes of heroism - but fun time is over when the Sinister Six strikes! Can a lone Spidey defeat his most powerful foes all at the same time? Return to a classic era, and discover what made Spider-Man the world's greatest super hero!
Rated T
BATMAN #428 ROBIN LIVES (ONE SHOT)
(W) Jim Starlin (A) Jim Aparo, Mike Decarlo (CA) Mike Mignola
FINALLY REVEALED! FROM THE DC VAULT: THE UNPUBLISHED ALTERNATE ENDING TO A DEATH IN THE FAMILY IN WHICH JASON TODD SURVIVES HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE JOKER! What if one of the darkest hours in Batman's crime-fighting career never happened? Thirty-five years ago, fans voted on Jason Todd's fate after his brutal encounter with The Joker, which set Jason on the path to becoming the gun-toting vigilante Red Hood. But suppose fans had voted differently... DC Comics transports you back in time with this special faux-simile edition of Batman #428 in which Robin lives! Featuring pages reconstructed from artist Jim Aparo's alternate art boards--which have been plucked from the DC vault and fully restored and remastered--this reedited version of A Death in the Family, Book Three turns the Dark Knight's greatest tragedy into a moment of triumph. Adding to the immersive authenticity of this alternate-history comic book, this version includes all the ads from the original 1988 edition plus a rewritten letters column.
SCIENCE / FICTION
BEYOND REAL #1 $3.99
BLOODY DOZEN A TALE OF THE SHROUDED COLLEGE #1 (OF 6) $3.99
EARTHDIVERS #13 $3.99
GODZILLA BEST OF GIGAN $7.99
RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS RICK IN A BOX (ONE SHOT) $5.99
TRANSFORMERS #1 3RD PTG $4.99
ULTRAMAN: THE MYSTERY OF ULTRASEVEN $17.99
VOID RIVALS #2 4TH PTG $3.99
VOID RIVALS #3 3RD PTG $3.99
VOID RIVALS #4 2ND PTG $3.99
VOID RIVALS #5 2ND PTG $3.99
FANTASY / ADVENTURE
SPACE USAGI DEATH AND HONOR #1 $4.99
ZAWA #2 (OF 5) $4.99
INDY SUPER / HEROES
QUICK STOPS 2 #1 $3.99
ROGUE SUN #17 $3.99
SAINT SEIYA KNIGHTS OF ZODIAC TIME ODYSSEY #3 $3.99
SPAWN SCORCHED #24 $2.99
WRONG EARTH WE COULD BE HEROES #2 (OF 2) $3.99
DC UNIVERSE
BATMAN AND ROBIN #4 $4.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #1079 $4.99
BATMAN #405 FACSIMILE EDITION $3.99
BATMAN #428 ROBIN LIVES (ONE SHOT) $4.99
BATMAN CITY OF MADNESS #2 (OF 3) $6.99
BATMAN GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM #1 2ND PTG $6.99
BATMAN GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM #2 (OF 4) $6.99
BATMAN GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM NOIR EDITION #2 (MR) $6.99
BATMAN SANTA CLAUS SILENT KNIGHT #2 (OF 4) $3.99
BIRDS OF PREY UNCOVERED (ONE SHOT) $5.99
DANGER STREET #12 (OF 12) $4.99
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL VOL. 2 $24.99
DCS TWAS THE MITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (ONE SHOT) $9.99
GREEN LANTERN #6 $4.99
OUTSIDERS #2 (OF 12) $4.99
SPEED FORCE #2 (OF 6) $3.99
ACTION COMICS #1060 $4.99
SUPERMAN LOST #9 (OF 10) $4.99
TITANS BEAST WORLD #2 (OF 6) $4.99
TITANS BEAST WORLD TOUR GOTHAM (ONE SHOT) $5.99
WALLER VS WILDSTORM #4 (OF 4) $5.99
WESLEY DODDS THE SANDMAN #1 2ND PTG $3.99
WESLEY DODDS THE SANDMAN #3 (OF 6) $3.99
WORLDS FINEST TEEN TITANS #6 (OF 6) $3.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE
BLADE #6 $3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 $4.99
CAPWOLF & THE HOWLING COMMANDOS #1 2ND PTG $4.99
DAREDEVIL: GANG WAR #1 [GW] $4.99
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #9 $3.99
IMMORTAL THOR #5 $4.99
LUKE CAGE: GANG WAR #2 [GW] $3.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #3 $5.99
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #13 [GW] $3.99
MOON KNIGHT #30 $4.99
PUNISHER #2 $4.99
SILVER SURFER REBIRTH: LEGACY #4 $3.99
SPIDER-BOY #1 2ND PTG $5.99
SPIDER-GWEN: SMASH #1 $4.99
SPIDER-MAN: FRESHMAN YEAR TP $34.99
WHITE WIDOW #2 $3.99
PREDATOR VS. WOLVERINE #2 2ND PTG $5.99
DARK X-MEN #5 [FALL] $3.99
X-MEN RED #18 [FALL] $3.99
STAR WARS UNIVERSE
STAR WARS HYPERSPACE STORIES #12 $3.99
STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #41 [DD] $4.99
STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC - SHADOWS OF STARLIGHT #3 $4.99
YOUNG READER GRAPHIC NOVELS
JOHNNY BOO (BOOK 14) IS BORED BORED BORED $11.99
MIDDLE GRADE GRAPHIC NOVELS
MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH GN VOL 1 $12.99
ONE PIECE 3IN1 GN VOL 33 $14.99
PASS THE MONSTER MEAT MILADY! GN VOL 1 $12.99
POKEMON SWORD & SHIELD GN VOL 08 $4.99
CRIME / ESPIONAGE
AMERICAN PSYCHO #2 (OF 5) $4.99
BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES #2 $3.99
ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE #5 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
MASTERPIECE #1 $3.99
MS TREE HEROINE WITHDRAWAL GN $34.99
OPERATION SUNSHINE #3 $3.99
SCARLETT COUTURE MUNICH FILE #5 (OF 5) $3.99
UNDERHEIST #1 (OF 5) $4.99
WHERE THE BODY WAS HC $24.99
ACTION / ADVENTURE
ARCADE KINGS TP VOL 01 $19.99
BLOOD RUN #1 $5.99
DARK SPACES DUNGEON #2 $4.99
SHEENA QUEEN OF JUNGLE #4 $4.99
HORROR / SUSPENSE
ADDAMS FAMILY CHARLATAN'S WEB #1 $5.99
CALL TO CTHULHU HC VOL 01 $12.99
GUMAA BEGINNING OF HER #1 (OF 7) $4.99
MACBETH A TALE OF HORROR $19.99
PHANTOM ROAD #7 $3.99
SABRINA TEENAGE WITCH HOLIDAY SPECIAL $3.99
SEASONS HAVE TEETH TP $17.99
SKEETERS #1 (OF 4) $4.99
VAMPIRELLA DRACULA RAGE #4 $3.99
CLASSIC COMIC / STRIP ARCHIVES
CREEPY ARCHIVES VOLUME 4 $24.99
ART BOOKS
ART OF ARTHUR ADAMS SC $39.95
ILLUSTRATORS #41 $30.00
EUROPEAN GRAPHIC ALBUMS
DOCTOR MOEBIUS AND MISTER GIR $29.99
MICHAEL MOORCOCK LIBRARY MULTIVERSE HC VOL 01 $29.99
TRIBUTE HC (MR) $29.99
ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVELS
PILL HILL HC $34.95
SPEAK GN SQUARE FISH ED $17.99
UNENDED GN (MR) $24.95
WORM A CUBAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY GN $29.99
NEW COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2023
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