Liz’s Comic Picks For The Week

Stitched #4 by Garth Ennis. Avatar Press

Garth Ennis’ shocking tale of the supernatural behind enemy lines continues! Struggling to survive and stay one step ahead of Taliban forces and the horrific creatures they’ve dubbed “The Stitched,” six American and British soldiers face certain death in the Afghanistan desert. Through information revealed by a captured combatant, the team begins to learn the mechanics of the shambling, corpse-like terrors which pursue them, but should they save their own skins or fight against the Stitched, who are tearing apart not only soldiers, but innocent civilians?

Dark Horse Presents #11. Dark Horse Comics

Don’t miss the continuing exploits of cunning assassin Amala, Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder, Evan Dorkin’s House of Fun, and Steve Niles’s Criminal Macabre.

This issue is also packed with the exciting premiere of Francesco Francavilla’s pulp-noir hero the Black Beetle, the return of John Arcudi’s The Creep, and a new story by Andrew Vachss with illustrations by Geof Darrow!

And in an exciting feature by Frank Barbiere and Luke Radl, meet the killers known as the White Suits, who have left their bloody fingerprints throughout modern history. When a young girl encounters one of the Suits during a mob deal gone wrong, she is forced to make a decision that will change her life forever–or end it!

B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth: The Long Death issue #3. Dark Horse Comics.

In a frozen camp full of slaughtered agents, two monstrous, long-running characters go head to head in a life-and-death battle!

* From the pages of Hellboy!

* The Wendigo vs. the Jaguar God!

 

 

Ragemoor issue #2 by Jan Strnad. Art by Richard Corben. Dark Horse Comics.

Ragemoor’s mad owner gets caught in a deadly battle between a horrible race of worm men and the vicious apes that guard his castle!

 

 

 

 

Rocketeer Adventures 2 issue #2. IDW Publishing.

The second star-studded issue of Rocketeer Adventures streaks into the skies with three high-flying tales of derring do! We start with a story on a grim battle field and race to save a soldiers life. Next up Is a jealous Cliff keeping an eye on Betty in his own inimitable way. Last is a run-in with a Hollywood icon in danger!

Danger Girl and the Army of Darkness issue #5. Dynamite Entertainment.

Abbey and Ash dig deep into the jungle to unearth a new ally. But when Ash mistakenly – and literally – disarms their new friend, will he still agree to join them in their quest for the Necronomicon? Find out as the year’s most death-defying crossover event continues!

 

Fathom Kiani Volume 2 issue #1. Aspen Comics.

The Blue’s fiercest warrior returns as FATHOM: KIANI vol 2 begins!

In Volume One, she discovered her true identity. Later, she was labeled a dissident by her own people. Finally, she was killed by Aspen Matthews…

Now, Kiani is back-and she’s pissed!

 

Ghostbusters issue #8. IDW Publishing.

The spotlight is on Egon Spengler as he tracks down a paranormal entity-one that has ties to his past-to discover the true source of the city’s abnormally high PKE levels! The grand finale to the second arc of the hit ongoing series!

 

 

Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Masterpieces issue #12. BOOM! Studios.

Clive Barker’s visions of Hell’s vilest creations come to life in Parts 13 and 14 of The Devil’s Brigade. Ron Wolfe and Kieron Dwyer deliver “Breakdown in Red,” with Nicholas Vince and Andrew Paquette teaming up on “Echoes, Dreams, and Revelations.” No man or corner of Earth is safe from the reach of the Cenobites in another thrilling and gruesome month of HELLRAISER MASTERPIECES.

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye issue #4. IDW Publishing.

DANGER IN SPACE! Investigating the abandoned AUTOBOT facility on DELPHI—one-time home of fan-favorites THE WRECKERS—RATCHET uncovers a danger greater than he’s ever faced… and the return of a character long thought lost! Will this bring them closer to their goal of finding the Knights of Cyberton—or kill them?!

The Shadow issue #1. Dynamire Entertainment.

1938: The Shadow returns in a tale of blazing action and deadly intrigue, as a night of carnage on the New York waterfront plunges the mysterious vigilante into a conspiracy involving the fate of the world itself. As storm clouds gather across the globe, American Military Intelligence meets with a certain Lamont Cranston, determined to beat a host of spies and assassins to the greatest prize of all… but what that might be, only the Shadow knows.

Dungeons & Dragons: Eberron Annual 2012. IDW Publishing.

They call Sharn the ‘City of Towers’… but it’s what’s below the surface that interests Abraxis Wren, the most notorious inquisitive in the land. As Wren and his assistant Torin begin an investigation that pulls at the strings that bind the city together, it’s their own lives that might unravel! Writer Paul Crilley continues spinning tales in the exciting world of Eberron, following up last month’s Infestation 2 crossover–joined by hot artist Paco Diaz (Wolverine)–in this double-sized, all-new annual!

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