BASKETFUL OF HEADS #1 (OF 7) (MR)
DC COMICS
(W) Joe Hill (A) Leomacs (CA) Reiko Murakami
The rain lashes the grassy dunes of Brody Island, and seagulls scream above the bay. A slender figure in a raincoat carries a large wicker basket, which looks like it might be full of melons... covered by a bloodstained scrap of the American flag.
This is the story of June Branch, a young woman trapped with four cunning criminals who have snatched her boyfriend for deranged reasons of their own. Now she must fight for her life with the help of an impossible 8th-century Viking axe that can pass through a man's neck in a single swipe-and leave the severed head still conscious and capable of supernatural speech.
Each disembodied head has a malevolent story of its own to tell, and it isn't long before June finds herself in a desperate struggle to hack through their lies and manipulations... racing to save the man she loves before time runs out.
Plus, in the premiere chapter of the backup story "Sea Dogs," which sails across all the Hill House Comics titles!
JOKER KILLER SMILE #1 (OF 3) (MR)
DC COMICS
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Andrea Sorrentino
Everyone knows The Joker doesn't have the most promising history with psychotherapists. In fact, no one's even been able to diagnose him. But that doesn't matter to the confident, world-beating Dr. Ben Arnell; he's going to be the one to unravel this unknowable mind. There's no way The Joker could ever get through the therapeutic walls Ben has built around himself. Right? There's no way The Joker's been entering his house at night...right? There's no way The Joker has stood over his son's bed, and put that book in his hands, the one with the, the, the...
The Eisner-nominated creative team of Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (GREEN ARROW, Gideon Falls) reunite for a psychological horror story where nothing is as it seems, your eyes can't be trusted and Mr. Smiles is waiting behind the basement door.
Wait, who's Mr. Smiles? Prestige Format Size 81/2 x 10.875
EXCALIBUR #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Tini Howard (A) Marcus To (CA) Mahmud Asrar
A NEW DAWN IS FORGED!
The Otherworld is rocked by war! It is a new era for mutantkind as a new Captain Britain holds the amulet, fighting for the Kingdom of Avalon with her Excalibur at her side - Rogue, Gambit, Rictor, Jubilee...and Apocalypse.
Rated T+
MARVEL ZOMBIES RESURRECTION #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Leonard Kirk (CA) In-Hyuk Lee
THE HORROR SMASH-HIT LIVES AGAIN!
When Galactus' corpse appears at the edge of Earth's solar system, the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four investigate. Too late, they discover that Galactus' body is now the vessel of an interstellar terror, which one-by-one transforms Earth's Mightiest Heroes into the universe's most terrifying predators! As our heroes try to escape the superpowered, cannibalistic aberrations that were once their friends and family, will any survive? And even if they do, can they hope to protect Earth from the infestation that has already claimed half of the known universe?
Don't miss the FIRST ISSUE of this terrifying new vision of the classic Marvel tale!
Rated T+
RED GOBLIN RED DEATH #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Patrick Gleason & Various (A) Pete Woods (CA) Philip Tan
DEAD IS THE NEW RED!
In order to finally destroy Spider-Man once and for all Norman Osborn joined himself with the Carnage symbiote, becoming the Red Goblin! Here at last are the untold stories of the Red Goblin's rein of madness and mayhem! So grab your greatest goblin gear and rend your raiments red, for the Red Goblin rides again!
Parental Advisory
ALL 4 ISSUE - ONE DAY
CHRONONAUTS FUTURESHOCK #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Mark Millar (A) Eric Canete (CA) Pasqual Ferry
MINISERIES PREMIERE
THE BOYS ARE BACK.
CHRONONAUTS returns with FUTURESHOCK, as time-traveling physicists Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly attempt to conquer the future with their new machine-The Timehawk. A little older but none the wiser, the best friends return for their biggest mission yet!
CHRONONAUTS FUTURESHOCK #2
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Mark Millar (A) Eric Canete (CA) Pasqual Ferry
Someone's sabotaging Danny and Corbin's missions, and they've finally figured out who. A face from the past presents them with an explosive new mission-the boys must go back into the past to protect the future.
CHRONONAUTS FUTURESHOCK #3
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Mark Millar (A) Eric Canete (CA) Pasqual Ferry
If one little girl with big, fascist ideas is allowed to live, the world as we know it will be destroyed. Will Danny and Corbin do what needs to be done, or defy orders and risk destroying all human civilisation?
CHRONONAUTS FUTURESHOCK #4 (OF 4)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Mark Millar (A) Eric Canete (CA) Pasqual Ferry
MINISERIES FINALE
The high-octane double-sized climax of the CHRONONAUTS sequel sees Danny and Corbin battle against their old Professor and classmate Bronwyn. The utopian future will collapse if they mess with the Professor's plans, but it's a price the boys are willing to pay.