ACTION COMICS #8
Plotted by KC
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gurihiru
EMPEROR OF MIDVALE!- Part 2
For trying to stage a revolution against him, Mister Mxyzptlk has taken control of Kara’s parents and will only release them if she swears loyalty to him forever. But Kara has a cunning plan to free them and the town.
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
BAT-WING #10
Written By Malcolm Jones
Art By Ben Oliver
Plot By Marvell2100
THOSE WHO HUNT HEROES: Part 6! Family Matters.
Kia, Dakota and Steve come face-to-face with the super-hero serial killer known as Massacre who is responsible for the brutal deaths of more than 30 people! Realizing their guns are having no effect on the killer, they look for a way to escape! They frantically run down the darkened corridors of the Zivambe Institute only to turn into a dead end! They turn to see Massacre right behind them, blood-stained blade in his hand ready to add three more victims to his list! Suddenly comes a loud crash through the skylight, a full moon cast behind him as he lands between massacre and his victims! Bat-Wing has come to save his friends and confront the man responsible for so much death, his brother! Next Issue: We Were Soldiers!
32 PGS./rated T+...$3.99
CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #3 of 4
Miniseries
Plot by EXCITER
Written by R. A. SALVATORE
Art by JAE LEE
“A MOUNTAIN OF MADNESS”
The unparalleled warrior Claw the Unconquered, aided by the beautiful Graxosian Elf ranger Narilla Rrab, has hacked and slashed his way through a long march. His quest: to find the only wizard capable of permanently removing the accursed demon hand of Belial from his wrist! At long last, he is closing in on the fabled Arion of Atlantis! Though several challenges yet lay before him...
After the Great Upheaval, the sorcerer Arion formed an Atlantean colony in a strange subterranean realm. He called it... Skartaris. Entrance to Skartaris, according to elven lore, is through the mouth of the dormant volcano Mount Ba’al, in the far north. It is this volcano that Claw and Rrab now look upon. Yet, in their way:
I. An outpost of the Kingdom of Pytharia, filled with armed knights sworn to serve the immortal King Vandar Adg (Vandal Savage), who has declared Claw an enemy of the crown to be slain on sight.
II. A clan of orcs, green-skinned berserkers said to have devolved from shape-shifting and mind-reading gods from the sky.
III. A bizarre druid, capable of communicating with the beasts of the world, both large and small, and mimicking their abilities.
The only advantage Claw has is that these forces are also at odds with one another. Can he overcome them all? And even if he can, there’s still a more infernal danger: the young demon Etrigan will finally come face-to-face with the mortal he’s been pursuing for weeks! He seeks to end his own hellish quest, and to prove himself by reclaiming his father’s hand!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #10
Plotter: Marvell2100
Writer: Jeff Lemire
Artist: Andrea Sorrentino
Life's Been Good To Me So Far!
For weeks now Connor's life has been good of late. He's got a job and a place to stay. He's been working with Avila at the flower shop and they've gotten closer over the past few days. Even her friends are starting to like him. Yes, life's been very good. So what a perfect time for Naomi and Jax to show up at the shop asking for his help! Did they forget that they abandoned him when Kilroy and Komodo attacked(see issue #7)? All they want is a few bucks to last them thru the week and they'll be gone. Suddenly, he stops listening to them as they continue to babble on. Someone has entered the shop and he bears the markings of The Guild. He stares at the stranger, studying him, preparing to counter whatever move he makes. Conner is shocked when the stranger extends his hand in friendship. He calls himself The Magus and he was sent to protect Connor. A skeptical Connor asks who sent him and is stunned when the stranger replies, "Your father."!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #8
Plotted by KC
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Michael Lark
The Scarecrow: A True Story- Part 2
The Scarecrow has already killed the writer of the book about him and the publisher is next on the list. He is using a version of his fear toxin that is more powerful than ever but Batman and the Black Bat are on his tail. Will they stop his mad killing spree?
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
THE FLASH #10
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
“UNTIMELY”
Iris West is getting rrreal tired of Booster Gold. Her on-again-off-again fiancé Barry Allen is lost in time, and Booster had a solid rep as a time-traveling hero. Yet the “agent” she was negotiating with to acquire his services turned out to be a weird floating roomba named Skeets (ew?) and, despite several temporal jumps, they still haven’t found Barry. To top it off, Booster is totally annoying and can’t stop talking about how the 2020 quarantine is a sham because in his time they’re up to like Covid-3467 and the viruses didn’t really get bad until after someone ate Man-Bat Beyond. She’s starting to suspect the guy is just some dudebro who stole a super-suit in the future... and now they’re trapped between the French and Mexican armies in the 1862 Battle of Puebla! Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Flash Fact: In The Song of Hiawatha, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote:
Swift of foot was Hiawatha
He could shoot an arrow from him
And run forward with such fleetness,
That the arrow fell behind him!
Proving to be even more amateur a time traveler than Booster, after butting heads with his maternal grandfather in the 1970s, Flash attempts to run back home... and totally overshoots the mark... in the wrong direction! In the year 1550, he meets another speedster: Hiawatha, Chief of the Onondaga, who is attempting to unite the five Iroquois tribes against a deadly threat...
Meanwhile, in the present, the forces of Gorilla City have prevailed in Africa. Grodd now wears the skull of General Abioye Ezekwesili around his neck. This means the Light will need a new L36 - and that both sides of this war are about to escalate matters!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
GREEN LANTERN #10
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
“NON THE ESSENTIAL”
Travel Advisory: Level 4. Do not travel. Circadia.
The strength of Non, a Kryptonian grunt, made him very popular among the insectoid women of Circadia. He fathered numerous clutches of half-bug super-boys... then abandoned them. But Hal Jordan’s lecture about the responsibilities of fatherhood (see GREEN LANTERN #8), might have been more effective than he intended... because Non’s back in their lives and assembling his unruly nuclear family into a conquering army! All hail King Non the Essential, ruler of Circadia, and his thousands of invincible heirs to the throne!
Kryptonians have certain weaknesses... among them, red light causes them to lose their powers. So if John Stewart wants to liberate Circadia, he’ll need units capable of wielding red light. That means he has no choice but to call upon his old partner, now a leader among the Red Lantern Corps, the rage-filled Guy Gardner! But Guy didn’t exactly leave the Green Lantern Corps on the best of terms... Will John’s solution turn out to be worse than the problem?
Meanwhile, Hal went undercover into the Galaxy-spanning Starro swarm to discover why it hasn’t advanced on Oa yet... but discovers that it already has! Starro weakens those in its path by sending spores to gain mental control over powerful defenders. So who on Oa is already infected?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99