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REVIEW: 'Justice Warriors' #1 by Matt Bors, Ben Clarkson, and Felipe Sobreiro

  JUSTICE WARRIORS #1  Writer: Matt Bors Artist: Ben Clarkson, Felipe Sobreiro Publisher: Ahoy Comics Release Date: June 8, 2022 Cover Price: $4.99 The first issue of a new dystopian satire, written and co-created by cartoonist, publisher, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Matt Bors! Outside the walls of prosperous Bubble City, two tense cops patrol the Uninhabited Zone, a vast slum where most of the population lives, many of them mutants. After his partner is killed by a self-driving bus, traumatized veteran Swamp Cop must teach naive rookie Schitt that the UZ can only be policed by breaking every rule! Score: ★★★★☆ (4/5) When the real world is in such disarray both politically and culturally, satire is the perfect mirror to hold up to society to expose the absurdity of it all with an even more absurd depiction. Nowadays though, it takes a lot to overcome the bizarro version we live in but Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors do their very best to give us the outlandish satirical dystopia...

PREVIEW: 'The Best Archie Comic Ever' #1 (One-Shot) by Fred Van Lente, Tim Seeley, Matt Herms, et al.

THE BEST ARCHIE COMIC EVER one-shot comic book is a "summer blockbuster"-style action/adventure anthology with stories by Fred Van Lente, Aubrey Sitterson, Tim Seeley, and more, all contributing their stylized takes on the Archie characters in unexpected settings.  THE BLOCKBUSTER OF THE SUMMER IS HERE featuring Superheroes! Barbarians! Spies! All this plus Archie’s trademark mix of romance, humor, and adventure in an all-new anthology! In the first of three all-new stories, Pureheart the Powerful encounters a superhero that looks a lot like himself! Is this other hero an imposter, or is it a case of imposter syndrome? Next up, the reluctantly heroic barbarian Jughead Jones is scaling a tower, hell-bent on saving the day and waging war against a menacing wizard in a tale that action & adventure fans will love! Finally, intrigue and espionage take hold as the world’s most dangerous woman Veronica Lodge teams with spy extraordinaire Betty Cooper on a top-secret case! THE...

PREVIEW: 'Archer & Armstrong Forever' #2 by Steve Foxe, Marcio Fiorito, and Alex Guimaraes

 ARCHER & ARMSTRONG leave no stone unturned in the search for restoring ARMSTRONG'S immortality! From the Fountain of Youth to the rolling hills of Silicon Valley, ARCHER is determined to find out if at least one of THE SECT'S leads on immortality will pan out. Their adventure spans the globe but hot on their heels is the mysterious (and super creepy) villain, THE MAW! ARCHER & ARMSTRONG FOREVER #2 is written by STEVE FOXE, features art by MARCIO FIORITO, colors by ALEX GUIMARAES, letters by HASSAN OTSMANE-ELHAOU, and covers by BERNARD CHANG (Cover A), CHRIS WILDGOOSE (Cover B), and RO STEIN/TED BRANDT (PreOrder Cover). ARCHER & ARMSTRONG FOREVER #2 Written by STEVE FOXE Art by MARCIO FIORITO Colors by ALEX GUIMARAES Letters by HASSAN OTSMANE-ELHAOU Cover A by BERNARD CHANG Cover B by CHRIS WILDGOOSE Pre-order Cover by RO STEIN/TED BRANDT The triumphant return of Valiant’s best besties! With Armstrong more mortal than ever, it’s up to Archer to find the secrets o...

The Dog Days Of Summer Are Here in BUSH LEAGUERS from Scout Comics

  The Brooklyn Bridegrooms are the worst baseball team in turn-of-the-century New York. The cranks hate them, the team owner wants to shut them down, and the police want to lock them up. Can they rally, or are they history?   Creative Team Writers: Robert McKeon, Sam Fletcher Artist: Joe Flood Cover Art: Denny Minonne Editor: Andrea Lorenzo Molinari Available July 6, 2022 LUNAR ORDER CODE: 0522SC216 PREVIEWS ORDER CODE - MAY221724 Summary The Brooklyn Bridegrooms baseball team is the shame of turn-of-the-century New York, and they’ve embarrassed the team’s owner, Cornelius Vanderklam, for the last time. Fed up with the failure, embarrassment, and threats from the police, Van Der Klam hatches a plan to burn down the stadium, collect an insurance check, and be done with the team once-and-for-all. Most of the team are oblivious to Van Der Klam’s plan, but one, player, Skip Lapwhistle is determined to save the team. For Skip, a young, former seamstress, who escaped life in the...

SNEAK PEEK: 'Until My Knuckles Bleed: One Deadly Shot' One-Shot by Victor Santos

  UNTIL MY KNUCKLES BLEED ONE DEADLY SHOT #1 (W) Victor Santos (A/CA) Victor Santos Victor Santos, creator of Polar (now a Netflix motion picture) brings us a new story of crime and capes in the line of THE BOYS, WATCHMEN, and SIN CITY set in the world of his new hit series Until My Knuckles Bleed , a one-deadly-shot about war, violence, consequences, and redemption. Gabin Hart, a former 90s superhero, is serving a sentence for the events of the "Extremely Damaged" arc. If he wants some kind of mercy, he should tell something about one of the darkest stories of the most extreme of superhero ages. A story that involves his old team, the CIA, and a buried creature in the heart of Europe. In Shops: Aug 31, 2022 Publisher: Behemoth Comics SRP: $3.99 "Intrigued? I hope so! This new one-shot is a self-contained story about Gabin’s turbulent past during the 90s, but at the same time it will serve as a prologue of an upcoming new miniseries I’m working on right now. I think t...

PREVIEW: 'G.I.L.T.' #3 by Alisa Kwitney and Mauricet

  GILT #3 (W) Alisa Kwitney (A) Mauricet COVER: Mauricet The witty urban fantasy continues. When a passenger jet in mid-flight inexplicably vanishes from 1973, Hildy’s breach of the rules of time travel place her in danger of being evicted from her apartment—and from the past! June 15, 2022 $4.99  Courtesy of Ahoy Comics

PREVIEW: 'The Panic' #2 by Neil Kleid and Andrea Mutti

  The Panic is a dark psychological thriller. Stir-crazy and desperate for help, Annie and the others survey the crash site to see if anyone else survived. But the away team isn’t prepared for the horrors that await them in the ruins of the broken PATH train. Also, meet Tim DiMarca. He hates doors.  The Panic #2 (The collection arrives in PBK on November 8 from Dark Horse Books) Written by Neil Kleid Art by Andrea Mutti Courtesy of Comixology