New year; new comics. And though this is a lighter load than usual, there's plenty to consider picking up this week. New issues of Aquaman, Superman, and Flash are out, but there's one new DC series that has caught our eye.
Dead Boy Detectives #1 takes the ghostly duo co-created by Neil Gaiman and pits them against new challenges. The two former boarding school students were first handled by Gaiman, Matt Wagner and Malcolm Jones III in The Sandman #25. Now with their own series, the creative team is Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham and Gary Erskine, and the duo faces the challenge of investigating their own deaths.
With the rumor mill for the Sandman film running again, we may be seeing more offshoots from the classic comic series.
In the meantime, check out what else this week has for us.
DC Comics
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #8
ALL STAR WESTERN #26
AQUAMAN #26
BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED HC VOL 03
BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED TP VOL 02
BATMAN JUDGE DREDD TP
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #26
BATWOMAN #26
BEWARE THE BATMAN #3
CATWOMAN #26
DAMIAN SON OF BATMAN #3
DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #1
FABLES #136
FLASH #26
FOREVER EVIL ARGUS #3
GREEN TEAM TEEN TRILLIONAIRES #7
HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #9
HELLBLAZER TP VOL 07 TAINTED LOVE
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US #12
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #26 (EVIL)
LARFLEEZE #6
MAD MAGAZINE #525
RED LANTERNS #26
SUPERBOY TP VOL 03 LOST (N52)
SUPERMAN #26
SUPERMAN THE MAN OF STEEL TP VOL 08
SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #5
TALON #14
TEEN TITANS #26
TOM STRONG AND THE PLANET OF PERIL #6
VERTIGO ESSENTIALS AMERICAN VAMPIRE #1
Marvel Comics
AVENGERS AI TP VOL 01 HUMAN AFTER ALL
AVENGERS WEST COAST AVENGERS TP SINS OF PAST
DEADPOOL BY JOE KELLY OMNIBUS HC
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10
IRON MAN EXTREMIS PROSE NOVEL MASS MARKET TP
NEW AVENGERS #13.INH
NEW AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 02 INFINITY
SAVAGE WOLVERINE #13
SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN #7
Dark Horse Comics
1 FOR $1 CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1
1 FOR $1 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1
1 FOR $1 X #1
BAD BLOOD #1
BALTIMORE CHAPEL OF BONES #1
CATALYST COMIX #7
GRINDHOUSE DOORS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT #4
JUICE SQUEEZERS #1
MICHAEL AVON OEMINGS VICTORIES #8
OCCULTIST #4
PARIAH TP
POWERS FIGURE SET FULL CASE W/ SGN CHASE SET
STAR WARS #0 LUCAS DRAFT
STAR WARS OMNIBUS DARK TIMES TP VOL 01
TERMINATOR SALVATION FINAL BATTLE #2
TRUE LIVES O/T FABULOUS KILLJOYS #6
IDW Publishing
DEADWORLD RESTORATION #2
DOCTOR WHO 3 TP VOL 04 DEAD MANS HAND
DOCTOR WHO PRISONERS OF TIME DLX HC
GI JOE #12
JUDGE DREDD (IDW) TP VOL 03
JUDGE DREDD CLASSICS #7
MY LITTLE PONY DIGEST TP VOL 02
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC TP VOL 03
SAMURAI JACK #1 2ND PTG
SINISTER DEXTER #2
STAR TREK NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE HC BLACK LABEL ED
THUNDER AGENTS #5
TMNT ANIMATED TP VOL 03 SHOWDOWN
TMNT ULTIMATE COLLECTION HC VOL 03 RED LABEL ED
TRANSFORMERS REGENERATION ONE TP VOL 03
WALTER SIMONSON MIGHTY THOR ARTIST ED HC NEW PTG
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS THIS MEANS WAR LTD HC PROSE
Image Comics
ARTIFACTS #33
BLACK SCIENCE #1 2ND PTG
CLONE #13
MANHATTAN PROJECTS #17
ROCKET GIRL #3
SIN BOLDLY ONE SHOT
TODD THE UGLIEST KID ON EARTH #8