Ah, Wednesday. It's time for those freshly stapled funnybooks to hit the shelves once again. Aside from the slew of new issues, trades and normal geeky fare, comic shops will see the debut of four series: Judge Dredd Classics and TMNT New Animated Adventures from IDW, and Ghosted and Sheltered from Image Comics.
Judge Dredd Classics brings back older tales of everyone's favorite futuristic magistrate with new colors, courtesy of artist Charlie Kirchoff. TMNT brings us some of the latest tales from the Nickelodeon series featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Image's Ghosted and Sheltered provide wildly different narratives. One sees a career thief whose life gets paranormal, and the latter brings readers to Safe Haven, a fortified place where things seem to be going awry before the apocalypse ever arrives.
This week's Title You Can't Miss is none other than East of West, an ongoing series penned by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Nick Dragotta. The book may still be taking its baby steps, but its combination of western gun-slinging and a futuristic/sci-fi take on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse should not be passed up. My thanks to the fine folks of Heroes Aren't Hard to Find's Saturday crew for the suggestion.
Enough of all that, though - check out this week's list of new releases, after the jump.
DC Comics
ABSOLUTE BLACKEST NIGHT HC
ASTRO CITY #2
BATGIRL #22
BATMAN #22
BATMAN #22 COMBO PACK
BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #16
BATMAN LIL GOTHAM #4
BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN RORSCHACH DLX HC
BEFORE WATCHMEN NITE OWL DR MANHATTAN DLX HC
DEMON KNIGHTS #22
DIABLO SWORD OF JUSTICE TP
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #22
GREEN LANTERN THE ANIMATED SERIES #14
HARLAN ELLISONS 7 AGAINST CHAOS HC
HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE TP VOL 01
JUSTICE LEAGUE #22
JUSTICE LEAGUE #22 COMBO PACK
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK TP VOL 02 BOOKS OF MAGIC
KATANA #6
NIGHTWING #22
SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING TP BOOK 04
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #15
SUICIDE SQUAD #22
SUPERGIRL TP VOL 02 GIRL IN THE WORLD
SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #2
SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #2 COMBO PACK
THRESHOLD #7
WORLDS FINEST #14
Marvel Comics
ASTONISHING X-MEN #64
AVENGERS ARENA #12 NOW
AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 02 LAST WHITE EVENT NOW
DAREDEVIL #28
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER TP WAY STATION
ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 07
FEARLESS DEFENDERS #6 NOW
FF TP VOL 01 FANTASTIC FAUX NOW
GAMBIT TP VOL 02 TOMBSTONE BLUES
HAWKEYE #12
HAWKEYE TP VOL 02 LITTLE HITS NOW
INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #10 NOW
MARVELS THOR DARK WORLD PRELUDE #2
SECRET AVENGERS #6 NOW
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #13 NOW
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TP SUPERIORITY COMPLEX
THOR GODS AND GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TP
ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #27
UNCANNY X-MEN #8 NOW
WOLVERINE #6 NOW
YOUNG AVENGERS #7 NOW
Dark Horse Comics
AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 05 SEARCH PART 2
BREATH OF BONES A TALE O/T GOLEM #2
BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #23
EERIE COMICS #3
SKY ART OF FINAL FANTASY SLIPCASE ED
STAR WARS #7
STAR WARS PURGE TP
TOKYO BABYLON GN VOL 02
TRUE LIVES O/T FABULOUS KILLJOYS #2
X #3
IDW Publishing
BEST OF EC ARTIST ED HC
GHOSTBUSTERS TP VOL 05 NEW GHOSTBUSTERS
GODZILLA ONGOING #13
JUDGE DREDD CLASSICS #1
LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 05 CLOCKWORKS
MY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES #1 TWILIGHT SPARKLE COMICFOLIO
MY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES #2 RAINBOW DASH COMICFOLIO
MY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES #6 APPLEJACK
TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #1
TMNT ULTIMATE COLLECTION HC VOL 02 RED LABEL ED
X-FILES CLASSICS HC VOL 01
Image Comics
68 JUNGLE JIM #4 CVR A ZORNOW & FOTOS
68 JUNGLE JIM #4 CVR B JONES & FOTOS
AMERICAS GOT POWERS #6
CHEW #35
DARKNESS #114
DAWN SWORDMASTERS DAUGHTER
EAST OF WEST #3 2ND PTG
EAST OF WEST #4
GHOSTED #1
GREAT PACIFIC #8
PETER PANZERFAUST #12
PROPHET TP VOL 02 BROTHERS
SAVAGE DRAGON #189
SAVAGE DRAGON ON TRIAL TP
SHELTERED #1
SKULLKICKERS TP VOL 04 EIGHTY EYES ON AN EVIL ISLAND
STORM DOGS #6
WALKING DEAD #112