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It's that time of the week again, and so it's time to take a look at all the new comics on the rack here in Harrogate. As ever you can click on our cover of the week to go to browse the full rack online, or scroll on down to check out our highlights.
We confess we almost flipped a coin to decide between the stunning image of Elektra from the cover of Black White & Blood #2 and the cover of Black Widow #14, also by Adam Hughes.
We went for Elektra because in the end we thought it was more striking and made better use of what we think is called "negative space" but we'll leave you to make up your own mind about which is best.
Adam Hughes is one of the most consistently excellent cover artists in comics - his grasp of form and composition is always brilliant and as you see here, he can do a lot with a very limited palette.
Anyway - here are our highlights for the week, including great Sci-Fi, horror, martial arts and superheroics. Truly, we continue to live in a golden age of comics.
(W) David M. Booher (A) Jordi Perez (CA) Mona Finden
The new creative team of rising star writer David M. Booher (Canto) and artist Jordi Pérez (Queen of Bad Dreams) kickoff an all-new, shiny direction for the crew of the Serenity!
Captain Kaylee leads the crew on a heist that proves too much for their moral code, but when mercenaries steal the relics anyway, it turns into a recovery mission.
Meanwhile, unexpected revelations about Jayne's family and past further complicate things.
But how will Jayne's past collide with the crew's desperate present, especially when it leads them to steal from... not the thieves den they had in mind...
(W) Brandon Thomas, Chuck Brown (A) Sami Basri (CA) Travis Moore
Dive deeper following the thrilling conclusions of Aquaman: The Becoming and Black Manta!
When a terrorist in Middle America is revealed as an Atlantean sleeper agent seemingly gone rogue, the Aquamen-Arthur Curry and Jackson Hyde-are on the case. But it soon becomes clear that the tragedy was not just a single bad actor, but the beginnings of a much larger and more dangerous chain reaction...and the heart of an explosive Atlantean conspiracy!
If Arthur's not careful, the secrets he's keeping-from Mera, Tula, Tempest, Atlantis, the surface, and even Jackson-could cause a rift from which the Aquamen might never recover!
(W) Philip Kennedy Johnson (A) Edgar Salazar (CA) Kendrick Lim
A KILLER CELEBRATION!
Cletus Kasady is the most notorious serial killer in the Marvel Universe - and it's been thirty years since his first introduction!
Thirty years of monsters, mayhem and murder - AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET!
With an awesome assembly of creators, this issue will HAVE IT ALL! A look back on Carnage's past, his present and, just maybe, the first hints you'll ever get of his visceral and violent FUTURE!
Rated T+
(W) Ben Percy (A) Smith, Cory (CA) Kael Ngu
JOHNNY BLAZE!!!
Johnny Blaze has the perfect life: a wife and two kids, a job at an auto repair shop and a small-town community that supports him...
But Johnny isn't doing well. He has nightmares of monsters when he sleeps - and he sees bloody visions when he's awake. This life is beginning to feel like a prison - and there's a spirit in him that's begging to break out!
Benjamin Percy (WOLVERINE, X-FORCE) and Cory Smith (CONAN THE BARBARIAN, CAPTAIN MARVEL) are going back to basics with the Spirit of Vengeance in this extra-sized first issue!
Rated T+
(W) Rodney Barnes (A/CA) Jason Shawn Alexander
"THE END OF ALL," Part One
The perfect jumping-on point for new readers and a pivotal turning point for the series!
The sold-out, Eisner Award-nominated horror series returns with the first issue of a brand new arc from RODNEY BARNES, the writer behind such hit shows as Marvel's Runaways and STARZ's American Gods, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefined SPAWN.
Undead detective James Sangster Sr. and his werewolf allies are about to make their final stand against vampire queen Abigail Adams and necromancer Thomas Jefferson! But shocking new revelations come to light as demons unearthed from America's past threaten the very world as we know it!
(W) Matz (A/CA) Luc Jacamon
The Eisner-nominated series returns ahead of the upcoming David Fincher Netflix film!
Caught and put to work as an on-call assassin for the French government, Killer has to adjust to working with a handler, a partner, and living life as a civilian.
An underhanded target, a City Hall employee, leads Killer and his partner, Nicolas, toward a sinister web of city-wide corruption.
But while Nicolas assures Killer that it's all for the greater good, will Killer ever be able to get back to his nihilistic lifestyle, free from debt and government associations?
Discover the Eisner Award-nominated series by artist Luc Jacamon and writer Matz (The Black Dahlia) ahead of the upcoming Netflix film directed by David Fincher (The Social Network), written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en), and starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class).
(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Marcus To (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
NEW ARC STARTS HERE!
For months, a mysterious mastermind has been operating behind the scenes to take down Shang-Chi and his family. Now, he is stepping out of the shadows to make his final strike.
His objective?
To destroy everyone in Shang-Chi's bloodline! Join writer Gene Luen Yang and new ongoing artist, Marcus To (EXCALIBUR), as they embark on the next new phase of Shang-Chi's legend!
Rated T+
(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Matheus Lopes (A/CA) Matias Bergara
An armored giant and a helpless child. Together they cross an astonishing world brimming with beasts, bandits, and-deadliest by far-civilizations...
If they stop walking, the earth itself forces them onwards. WHY? The child can't ask. She and her guardian have no language, no memory, nothing-except each other.
Multiple-Eisner nominees SI SPURRIER (X-Men), MATIAS BERGARA (Coda), and MATHEUS LOPES (Supergirl) present a watershed moment in modern comics: four double-length chapters of a bittersweet fantasy opus, completely text free.
Let's take a walk....
"STEP BY BLOODY STEP may be my new favorite comic. SPURRIER, BERGARA, and LOPES have created something that celebrates everything comics can be: mysterious, inventive, bursting with imagination and also incredibly heartfelt without ever saying a word." -JEFF LEMIRE
(W) Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom (A/CA) Francesco Manna, Igor Monti
THE SUPERHERO CROSSOVER EVENT OF 2022!
2021's hottest new superhero RADIANT BLACK launches into his first ever crossover event with the Image Comics debut of INFERNO GIRL RED and the first appearance of ROGUE SUN!
The future of Image's superhero universe is here!
Power Rangers: Shattered Grid architects KYLE HIGGINS & RYAN PARROTT, MAT GROOM & FRANCESCO MANNA from Marvel's Ultraman, and colourist extraordinaire IGOR MONTI unite for a one-shot, extra-length crossover event so big it can only be called-SUPERMASSIVE.