Convergence marches on, Marvel strikes while the Star Wars iron is hot, and a Kickstarter indie hits the bigtime. All that this week plus a major comic book hero is outed as gay — and it'll probably be as much of a surprise to you as it is to him. Check out what you need to pick up this week:
Convergence #3
Death comes calling as an injured Telos takes out his rage on the people of Kandor, while the Earth-2 team endures another brutal casualty. And major plans are set in motion as Green Lantern and the others follow Deimos into the lost city of Skartaris to find Rip Hunter and the missing Time Masters, who could be their only hope of escape from this apocalypse for Infinite Earths!
Why Should You Care? One Earth-2 character bites the dust this week.
Convergence: Swamp Thing #1
STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! The dome has cut off all the heroes from their powers - but what happens when Swamp Thing is cut off from his life source in The Green?
Why Should You Care? Two words: Len. Wein. The man who co-created Swamp Thing is back to write this issue with the inimitable Kelley Jones on art duties.
Convergence: Wonder Woman #1
STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! Diana Prince is in the grip of a Domesday cult when Steve Trevor leaps into the fray! But can he save Etta Candy from vampires of Red Rain?
Why Should You Care? Because vampires. We are so in.
Star Wars #4
THE GREATEST SPACE ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME CONTINUES! Luke Skywalker is NOT a Jedi - not yet, at least. He's only ever met one Jedi in his life... and he died. So, Luke's quest leads him back to Obi-Wan's hut... on Tatooine.
Why Should You Care? It's Star Wars. You need a reason?
All-New X-Men #40
Who are the Utopians? And what secret do they hold that pertains to the future of mutant kind? The All-New X-Men may regret finding out!
Why Should You Care? So you can stay up on the zeitgeist, 'cause there's some big watercooler stuff happening that's not mentioned in the solicit. One of the original X-Men is outed as gay while his older, modern self (they coexist at the same time now; it's a long, confusing story) is straight. Um, what?
Black Vortex: Omega #1
THE BLACK VORTEX ENDS HERE! When an entire planet, and potentially the entire galaxy, is caught in the crosshairs of Knife's cosmically empowered forces, the Guardians and the X-Men face their final test. With billions of lives at stake, our heroes are forced to make the ultimate sacrifice. But in gaining the power to potentially defeat Knife, by submitting to the Black Vortex, could they have given up their humanity forever?
Why Should You Care? We feel like we shouldn't miss it even though it's unlikely anything it "changes forever" will be undone in a few weeks by Secret War.
The Infinite Loop #1
A dynamically graphic, science-fictiony, poetical, paradoxical wunderkind of a sexy, time-traveling, adventure-packed comic series begins here!
Why Should You Care? It's a genuine Kickstarter success story. And by all indications, it's amazing.
Velvet #10
The second arc of BRUBAKER and EPTING's best-selling spy comic concludes with a bang! Velvet finds some of the answers she's been hunting, and a knife in the back!
Why Should You Care? Ed Brubaker can do no wrong.
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