The Geeky Brummie Pull List with Absolute Batman
We have 12 comics on the Pull List this week. Our Comic of the Week is Absolute Batman from DC Comics. The other comics on the main pull list come from Image Comics, Dynamite, IDW Publishing and Marvel Comics. Our On The Radar selection includes 5 new comics from Dynamite, IDW Publishing, Marvel Comics and Image Comics. And MEANWHILE… sits out a week.
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Now on with the comics…
Absolute Batman
Issue 1
DC Comics
Script – Scott Snyder
Art – Nick Dragotta
Colours – Frank Martin
Letters – Clayton Cowles
Buy digitally from Comixology/Kindle – Absolute Batman #1 (Link)
BATMAN LEGEND SCOTT SNYDER AND ICONIC ARTIST NICK DRAGOTTA TRANSFORM THE DARK KNIGHT’S TALE FOR THE MODERN AGE! Without the mansion… without the money… without the butler… what’s left is the Absolute Dark Knight!
DC Comics reimagines the Dark Knight for the modern age. Written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Nick Dragotta, this issue strips Bruce Wayne of his wealth, mansion, and even Alfred. Left with nothing but his wits and determination, this Batman must navigate Gotham’s underworld as a common citizen. The story promises a gritty, raw take on the Caped Crusader, exploring how he adapts to his new reality without the resources he’s always relied on.
Transformers
Issue 13
Image Comics/Skybound
Script – Daniel Warren Johnson
Art – Jason Howard
Colours – Mike Spicer
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – Transformers #13 (Link)
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF STARSCREAM
After the stunning events of his battle with the Decepticons, Starscream has been left for dead. Now the secret to surviving the future may be revisiting his shocking past…
In this issue the spotlight shifts to Starscream in a gripping new two issue story arc. After a brutal battle with the Decepticons, Starscream is left for dead. This issue delves into his secret origin, revealing pivotal moments from his past that could hold the key to his survival. Written by Daniel Warren Johnson and illustrated by Jason Howard, this installment promises intense action and deep character exploration.
Space Ghost
Issue 6
Dynamite
Script – David Pepose
Art – Jonathan Lau
Colours – Andrew Dalhouse
Letters – Taylor Esposito
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – Space Ghost #6 (Link)
After the shattering events of issue #5, Robo-Corp is working hard to keep the forces of the Galactic Federation busy and distracted. To that end, they’re bringing in their heaviest hitter to aid in their evil scheme – MOLTAR!
Award-winning writer DAVID PEPOSE (Punisher) and superstar artist JONATHAN LAU (Vampirella Strikes) ratchet up the tension in Space Ghost #6 – aided and abetted by arresting covers from FRANCESCO MATTINA, JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG, BJORN BARENDS, and the debut of ANTHONY MARQUES and J. BONE!
Following the dramatic events of issue 5, Robo-Corp is determined to keep the Galactic Federation occupied. To achieve this, they enlist their most formidable ally, Moltar. Written by David Pepose and illustrated by Jonathan Lau, this issue promises intense action and escalating tension. As Space Ghost faces off against Moltar, we can expect explosive battles and surprising twists.
The Rocketeer: Breaks Free
Issue 3
IDW Publishing
Script – Stephen Mooney
Art – Staz Johnson
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – The Rocketeer: Breaks Free #3 (Link)
Peevy and Rose narrowly survived the U-boat attack on San Francisco, but as witnesses to the danger, they are now targets! For Cliff to protect his friends, he’s going to need to rely on special allies, including a mysterious figure from his past who previously had designs of his own for the rocket pack. Defeating the enemy will require some desperate measures, including the previously unthinkable — breaking into Alcatraz!
This issue is packed with high-stakes action as Cliff and his allies face off against formidable foes. Stan’s artwork is so vibrant and dynamic, it perfectly captures the essence of the Rocketeer universe. This series is a must-read for Rocketeer fans, offering a perfect blend of high adventure, suspense, and nostalgia.
Exceptional X-Men
Issue 2
Marvel Comics
Script – Eve L. Ewing
Art – Carmen Carnero
Colours – Nolan Woodard
Letters – VC’s Travis Lanham
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – Exceptional X-Men #2 (Link)
Kate Pryde’s continued attempts at living a normal, non-mutant life go laughably wrong as she finds herself in the middle of a brawl started by a couple of headstrong teens with remarkable abilities – which, of course, they’re terrible at controlling. She’s sworn off being anybody’s teacher, mentor, professor, sensei or anything that reminds her of her old life. But will the White Queen force her hand?
This series continues to deliver on the promise of its debut. Kitty’s journey into normalcy is both relatable and heart-wrenching, as she grapples with the weight of her past and the uncertainty of her future.
X-Force
Issue 4
Marvel Comics
Script – Geoffrey Thorne
Art – Marcus To
Colours – Erick Arciniega
Letters – Joe Caramagna
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – X-Force #4 (Link)
MAN-THING STRIKES AS THE NEXUS OF ALL REALITIES IS AT STAKE! The Nexus of All Realities is in danger – meaning if X-FORCE can’t seal this Fracture Node, they’ve got more to worry about than just one ol’ Earth! What extradimensional forces stand ready to take down FORGE’s team? And the Nexus’ guardian, the MAN-THING – is he friend or foe? The all-new X-FORCE series continues to turn up the heat… and wait’ll you see what we’re cooking!
LEGACY #294
The team faces a critical mission as the Nexus of All Realities is under threat. With the Fracture Node destabilizing, X-Force must act swiftly to prevent catastrophic consequences across multiple dimensions. The enigmatic Man-Thing emerges as a key player in this issue, but his true intentions remain unclear—will he be an ally or a formidable foe?
The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue 59
Marvel Comics
Script – Zeb Wells
Art – John Romita Jr. and Scott Hanna
Colours – Marcio Menyz
Letters – Joe Caramagna
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – The Amazing Spider-Man #59 (Link)
The mano a mano fight that started last issue is so huge it took over the cover to here! Come see John Romita Jr. do what he does best with the most brutal fight in Spider-Man history — SPIDEY VS. TOMBSTONE!
LEGACY #953
The epic showdown between Spider-Man and Tombstone reaches its climax. Picking up from the previous issue, the battle spills out onto the streets, with both combatants pushed to their limits.
On the Radar, these are comics I’ve not got on my physical Pull List, but are books I’ll pick up digitally or in trades:
Fantastic Four #26
Marvel Comics
Script – Ryan North
Art – Ivan Fiorelli
Colours – Brian Reber
Letters – Joe Caramagna
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – Fantastic Four #26 (Link)
The World’s Smartest Man (Reed Richards, universally acknowledged) and the World’s Hottest Man (Johnny Storm, self-proclaimed) are home alone. Their only job is to make sure nothing untoward happens to the farmhouse while everyone else is away. But when Reed develops a magic detector that goes haywire when pointed at a specific spot in their basement — and Johnny convinces him that they should absolutely start digging up any and all cursed objects they find — things quickly spiral out of control. Will Reed and Johnny accidentally open a hellmouth underneath dear old Aunt Petunia’s farmhouse? (Yes.) Will they be able to close it and fix everything before the rest of the FF return? (That’s much less certain.) Ghosts and demons star in this special Halloween issue, narrated by both Johnny AND Reed!
LEGACY #719
Public Domain #9
Image Comics
Script and Art – Chip Zdarsky
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – Public Domain #9 (Link)
It’s that magical time of year: SAN DIEGO COMIC EXPO! The gang at Dallas Comics have to navigate the crowds, the panels, and the machinations of Singular Comics as they announce their new series… THE DOMAIN! But there’s a huge bomb waiting to go off that could destroy everything before they even begin!
The Terminator #1
Dynamite
Script – Declan Shalvey
Art – Luke Sparrow
Buy digitally from Comixology/Kindle – The Terminator #1 (Link)
The plans to kill Sarah Connor and her son John have failed, but the genocidal Skynet isn’t out of options yet. There are still a few more avenues into the past that will allow it to destroy the human resistance that is poised to smash its processors into silicon shrapnel — it just needs to expand its theater of operations.
Opening a new front in the war, Terminators are dispatched across the globe and throughout time to target current resistance fighters, their ancestors, and anyone else unlucky enough to be in the strike zones. And while none of these secondary assignments are as straightforward as the missions of the first T-800 and T-1000, time is literally on the machines’ side. When all of history becomes a war zone, nowhere — and nowhen — is safe!
Acclaimed creator DECLAN SHALVEY (THUNDERCATS, OLD DOG) returns to the present for another blockbuster Dynamite series, joining rising star artist LUKE SPARROW (STAR TREK) for all-new tales of Skynet and its nigh-unstoppable mechanical assassins — all supported by algorithmically perfect covers from SHALVEY, EDWIN GALMON, SWAY, and DAVID COUSENS!
Jonny Quest #3
Dynamite
Script – Joe Casey
Art – Sebastián Piriz
Colours – Lorenzo Scaramella
Letters – Taylor Esposito
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – Jonny Quest #3 (Link)
Jonny and the rest of Team Quest find themselves in the far east as they continue their search for a way back home, but death and danger are still hot on their heels – luckily, help is about to arrive in the form of a (sort of) familiar face!
The international dream team of writer JOE CASEY and artist SEBASTIÁN PIRIZ continue to chart their globe-spanning adventure with Jonny Quest #3, buoyed by bracing covers from CHAD HARDIN, JAE LEE, TOM RANEY, and RICHARD PACE!
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II – Sons of Giants #4
IDW Publishing
Script – Frank Tieri
Art – Inaki Miranda
Buy digitally on Comixology/Kindle – Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II – Sons of Giants #4 (Link)
In issues past, we’ve learned of the ancient kaiju cult and met some of its more famous members. But now it’s time to finally reveal the reason they have reconvened. What threat is so fearsome, so earth-shattering, that it’s not only brought together the most powerful men in the world but the most powerful monsters?
Also in this issue, an ancient Mesoamerican myth is discovered, detailing a clash between Rodan and Spanish conquistadors attempting to conquer the Aztecs.
Your Local Comics Shops
Britain has some of the best comics shops in the world. This updated lists features just a few of the shops you can pop in to for your geek fix. Check out you own local shops and if they don’t appear on this list let me know and we can add them.
WORLDS APART BIRMINGHAM (part of FPI)
Birmingham’s premier comic book store and Pokestop.
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 09:30 – 17:00
Wednesday, Friday: 09:30 – 18:00
Saturday: 09:30 – 18:00
Sunday: 11:00 – 17:00
14-16 Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham B5 4EN Tel: 0121 643 0143
Website: Forbidden Planet International and Twitter: @WorldsApart_Bir
FORBIDDEN PLANET (BIRMINGHAM)
Graphic novel/comic store with merchandise & T-shirts, plus character figures & toys.
Monday to Saturday: 09:30 – 17:30
Sunday: 11:00 – 17:00
74 Bull St, Birmingham B4 6AD Tel: 0121 236 3026
Website: Forbidden Planet and Twitter: @ForbiddenPlanet
GOSH! COMICS (LONDON)
A mean little comics shop in the heart of London.
Open Daily: 10:30 – 19.00
1 Berwick St, London W1F 0DR Tel: 0207 437 0187
Website: Gosh! Comics and Twitter: @GoshComics
OK COMICS (LEEDS)
Twenty Year Old, Eisner Award Nominated Comic Book Shop in the beating heart of Leeds City Centre, UK.
Open Monday to Saturday: 11.00 – 17.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 15.00
19 Thornton’s Arcade, Briggate, Leeds LS1 6LQ Tel: 0113 246 9366
Website: OK Comics and Twitter: @OKComics
PAGE 45 (NOTTINGHAM)
UK Comic Shop created & curated since 1994 by Stephen Holland, Comics Laureate 2021-23.
Open Monday to Saturday: 09.00 – 18.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 16.00
Closed on Bank Holiday Mondays, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
9 Market St, Nottingham NG1 6HY Tel: (0115) 9508045
Website: Page 45 and Twitter: @PageFortyFive
TRAVELLING MAN (VARIOUS)
Travelling Man Is The UK’s Friendliest Comic & Games Shop Since 1991. Shop Online Now! Explore The Rich Genres & Worlds That Games, Comics & Independent Press Have To Offer. Since 1991.
Open Monday to Saturday: 10.00 – 18.00
Sunday: 11.00 -17.00
LEEDS
32 Central Road, Leeds LS1 6DE Tel: 0113 245 0822
YORK
74 Goodramgate, York YO1 7LF Tel: 01904628787
NEWCASTLE
43 Grainger Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 5JE Tel: 0191 261 4993
MANCHESTER
4 Dale Street, Manchester M1 1JW Tel: 0161 237 1877
Website: Travelling Man and Twitter: @TravellingManUK
MEGA CITY COMICS (LONDON)
Mega City Comics, was established in 1981, initially as a mail-order business, supplying comics, graphic novels, and collecting supplies. After 6 years of mail-order and trading through the comic marts, we opened our shop in Camden Town in 1987.
Open Monday to Friday: 11.00 -18.00
Saturday: 10.30 – 18.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 18.00
18 Inverness Street, Camden Town, London NW1 7HJ Tel: 020 7485 9320
Website: Mega City Comics and Twitter: @MegaCityComics
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS (VARIOUS)
A trio of comic shops in Bedford, Northampton and Peterborough.
BEDFORD
20 Allhallows, Bedford MK40 1LJ Tel: 01234 270777
Open Monday to Friday: 10:00 – 17.30
Saturday: 09:30 – 17:30
Sunday: 11:00 – 16:00
NORTHAMPTON
29 Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE Tel: 01604 602311
Monday: CLOSED
Open Tuesday: 10:00 – 17:30
Wednesday: 10:00 – 19.00
Thursday to Friday: 10:00 – 17:30
Saturday: 09:30 – 17:30
Sunday: 11:00 – 16:00
PETERBOROUGH
25 Broadway, Peterborough PE1 1SQ Tel: 01733 892827
Monday: CLOSED
Open Tuesday: 10:30 – 17:30
Wednesday: 10:30 – 18:00
Thursday to Friday : 10:30 – 17:30
Saturday: 09:30 – 17:30
Sunday: CLOSED
Website: Close Encounters and Twitter: @CEncountersUK
THAT COMIC SHOP (PRESTON)
Retailers of new Comics weekly, Magic the Gathering Card Games, Board Games, Toys, T-Shirts plus loads more.
Monday: CLOSED
Open Tuesday to Thursday: 10:00 – 17:00
Friday: 10:00 – 21:00
Saturday: 10:00 – 16:00
Sunday: CLOSED
116 Friargate, Preston PR1 2EE Tel: 01772 204287
Website: That Comic Shop and Twitter: @ThatComicShop
PARADOX COMICS (DORSET)
Comic book shop in Dorset, dealing in graphic novels, statues, action figures, card games, limited edition comics and more
Monday: Closed
Open Tuesday to Friday: 10:30 – 17:00
Saturday: 10:00 – 17:00
Sunday: 11:00 – 16:00
19 High Street, Poole, Dorset BH15 1AB Tel: 01202 661346
Website: Paradox Comics and Twitter: @ParadoxComicsUK
WAKEFIELD COMICS 616 (WAKEFIELD)
Comic Book Shop in the centre of Wakefield. Stocking the latest comics direct from the US.
Open Monday: 9:00 – 17:00
Tuesday: 9:00 – 16:30
Wednesday to Saturday: 9:00 – 17:00
Sunday: CLOSED
3 The Springs, Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 1PU Tel: 01924 375234
Website: Wakefield Comics 616 and Twitter: @wakeycomics616
COMIC BOOK GUYS (BELFAST)
Comic Book Guys – Northern Ireland’s newest independent comic book store also stocking movie memorabilia, toys & other collectibles… excelsior!
Open Monday to Saturday: 10.00 to 17.00
Sunday: CLOSED
130 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7BG Tel: 02890 080169
Website: Comic Book Guys and Twitter: @comicbookguysni
RAYGUN COMICS (RICHMOND)
A welcoming and friendly comic book shop. Comics, toys, books, games and merchandise for all ages.
Open Monday to Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00
Sunday: 11:00 – 17:00
26 Red Lion Street, Richmond TW9 1RW Tel: 0208 948 8476
Website: Raygun Comics and Twitter: @Raygun_comics
DAVE’S COMCIS (BRIGHTON)
Dave’s Comics, The Graphic Novel Shop.
Open Monday to Friday: 10:00 – 18:00
Saturday: 09:30 – 18:00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17:00
5 Sydney St, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4EN Tel: 01273 691012
Website: Dave’s Comics and Twitter: @DavesComics
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