Superman: Space Age – The Pull List 27th July

The Geeky Brummie Pull List with Superman: Space Age

It’s a more modest selection of comics on the Pull List this week. The first issue of Superman: Space Age from DC Comics is our Comic Of The Week, with the latest issues of Good Boy, I Hate This Place, Image!, Radiant Red, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead and The Amazing Spider-Man, and the debut issue of Book Of Shadows making up the rest of the list. In our On The Radar selection, we have 4 more comics from Marvel and Image Comics. And MEANWHILE… we take a look at the best of last weekends SDCC.

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Now on with the comics…

Superman: Space Age
Issue 1
DC Comics

Writer – Mark Russell
Artist – Michael Allred
Colourist – Laura Allred
Letterer – Dave Sharpe

Buy from Comixology – Superman: Space Age #1 (Link)

After years of standing idle, the young man from Krypton defies the wishes of his fathers to come out to the world as the first superhero of the Space Age. As each decade passes and each new danger emerges, he wonders if this is the one that will kill him and everyone he loves. Superman realizes that even good intentions are not without their backlash as the world around him transforms into a place as determined to destroy itself as he is to save it.

Mark Russell and the Allred’s together on a Superman book – how could I resist. This prestige format book looks worth every penny as some of my favourite creators come together to tell a Man of Steel story like no other. I’m so excited for this book.

Good Boy
Issue 3
Source Point Press

Writers – Christina Blanch and Garrett Gunn
Artist – Kit Wallis
Letterer – Dave Lentz

Buy from Forbidden Planet – Good Boy #3 (Link)

Flint and the Demon Dogs head “Home” to confront Tucker. With hopes of catching their former colleague off-guard on his home turf, Abraham calls in a favor to the greatest tracker in the business.

A comic about dogs. This is the comic I need this week. RIP Jack.

I Hate This Place
Issue 3
Image Comics

Writer – Kyle Starks
Artist – Artyom Topilin
Colourist – Lee Loughridge
Letterer – Pat Brosseau

Buy on Comixology – I Hate This Place #3 (Link)

At their wits’ end, Gabby and Trudy have called on the help of famous ghost hunter Dante Howitzer. But can he actually help with the mysterious and terrifying phenomena occupying this land? Or will he find out exactly why the woods are off limits?

This is a great book. The set up and characters are perfect and the art is superb. Don’t miss this one folks.

Image!
Issue 4
Image Comics

Writers – Kyle Higgins, Geoff Johns, Patrick Kindlon, Brenden Fletcher, Sean Lewis, Skottie Young, Wes Craig, Maria Llovet, Mirka Andolfo and Dean Haspiel
Artists – Skottie Young, Dean Haspiel, Mirka Andolfo, Maria Llovet, Wes Craig, Andrea Mutti, Maurizio Rosenzweig, Erica Henderson, Benjamin Mackey and Daniele Di Nicuolo

Buy on Comixology – Image! #4 (Link)

Our year-long celebration of Image Comics’ 30th anniversary continues! This issue features the latest installments of “The Blizzard” by GEOFF JOHNS & ANDREA MUTTI, “Red Stitches” by BRENDEN FLETCHER & ERICA HENDERSON, “Gehenna” by PATRICK KINDLON & MAURIZIO ROSENZWEIG, and the final chapters of WES CRAIG’s “Kaya”, KYLE HIGGINS & DANIELE DI NICUOLO’s “Shift” and MIRKA ANDOLFO’S “Hopeless.” Plus: The beginning of MARIA LLOVET’s three-part serial “All the Things We Didn’t Do Last Night,” “Makeshift Patriot” by SEAN LEWIS & BENJAMIN MACKEY, and the continuation of “Billy Dogma” by DEAN HASPIEL and “Stupid Fresh Mess” by SKOTTIE YOUNG!

I love this anthology format with some regular strips and new stuff. This really showcases the kind of comics images put out and the wealth of really great comic creators that are out there.

Radiant Red
Issue 5
Image Comics

Writer- Cherish Chen
Artist – Darko Lafuente
Colourist – Miquel Muerto
Letterer – Diego Sanches

Buy on Comixology – Radiant Red #5 (Link)

With the job done, it’s time to get out-but as the plan crumbles around her and her worlds collide, Satomi will be forced to make a final impossible choice: Her old life? Or her new one?

Well, here we are at the end of this Radiant Red tale. It’s been a fun trip into the wider Radiant world and I’m now very likely to check out the sister titles.

We Only Find Them When They’re Dead
Issue 12
BOOM! Studios

Writer – Al Ewing
Artist – Simone Di Meo

Buy on Comixology – We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #12 (Link)

The third and final arc of this monumental sci-fi series continues with a flashback to a fateful death and new revelations about Honorhim Bristow and Dane Kahoe.
But things go awry in the DMZ, and their capture by a looming figure seems imminent…

More mind-blowing cosmic shenanigans with Ewing and Di Meo. We not head into the final arc of the story and I just can’t imagine where that is going to lead us.

Book Of Shadows
Issue 1
Valiant Comics

Writer – Cullen Bunn
Artist – Vicente Cifuentes

Buy on Comixology – Book Of Shadows #1 (Link)

Shadowman. Punk Mambo. Eternal Warrior. Doctor Mirage. The supernatural protectors of the Valiant Universe unite for the very first time to stand against a terrifying ancient threat. No one is safe as Exarch Fane has his cold hands on the Book of Shadows.

Horror comics seem to be my jam at the moment, so it’s great to have Shadowman back in this team book. Valiant have assembled all their premier horror heroes to deal with a reality shaking threat. I expect great things from this book.

The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue 6
Marvel Comics

Writer – Zeb Wells
Artist – Ed McGuinness
Inkers – Cliff Rathburn, Wade Von Grawbadger and Mark Morales
Colourists – Erick Arciniega, Dijjo Lima and Marcio Menyz
Letterer – Joe Caramagna

Buy on Comixology – The Amazing Spider-Man #6 (Link)

LANDMARK ISSUE #900! The nine-hundredth issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN comes out the month of Spider-Man’s 60th Anniversary, and we are pulling out ALL THE STOPS! Someone from Spider-Man’s past has captured the Sinister Six and used them to create the truly terrifying SINISTER ADAPTOID, a being equipped with the abilities of Spidey’s greatest foes: Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, Electro, Mysterio, and Sandman. This is one of the biggest adventures in Spider-History and you will not believe the ending!
LEGACY #900

Wow, 900 issues of ASM and it’s Spidey’s 60th Anniversary too. This issue looks to celebrate this major milestone in epic fashion.

On the radar this week some other comics not on the Pull List but well worth checking out:

Ant-Man #1

Marvel Comics

Writer – Al Ewing
Artist – Tom Reilly
Colourist – Jordie Bellaire
Letterer – Cory Petit

Buy on Comixology – Ant-Man #1 (Link)

ALONE AGAINS THE ANT-AGONSITS
Flash back to the early days of Hank Pym’s career as the astonishing Ant-Man! It’s date night for Hank and his girlfriend Janet Van Dyne, but nobody told that to Ant-Man’s enemies! Watch as Hank’s ant-agonists band together to finally take down the scientific adventurer! But will anyone come to his rescue? And who is the mysterious stranger who stalks him? Join Al Ewing (IMMORTAL HULK) and Tom Reilly (THE THING) as they explore the history of every hero (past, present and future!) called Ant-Man!

The Variants #2

Marvel Comics

Writer – Gail Simone
Artists – Betsy Cola and Phil Noto
Letterer – Cory Petit

Buy on Comixology – The Variants #2 (Link)

Jessica Jones is experiencing terrifying blackouts and leaving chaos and pain in her wake. But will the latest effects of her missing time leave her on the wrong side of the law AND her own family? Meanwhile, the mysterious VARIANTS arrive, and Jessica fears for her own sanity!

Beware The Eye Of Odin #2

Image Comics

Writer – Doug Wagner
Artist – Tim Odland
Colourist – Michelle Madsen

Buy on Comixology – Beware The Eye Of Odin #2 (Link)

Helgi, Stigr, Kadlin, and a mouse are being hunted by a troll witch doctor and his mutated minions through the shadows of Shiverwood forest. Their only hope of escaping the troll’s dark magic? Find the Earthen Smiths of lore.

Public Domain #2

Image Comics

Writer and Artist – Chip Zdarsky

Buy on Comixology – Public Domain #2 (Link)

After last issue’s bombshell revelation, the Dallas brothers turn to the one person who can save them: SAMMY SOCKEM! Note to speculators: this is the first appearance of “Sammy Sockem.” The (presumably) hit series by CHIP ZDARSKY (SEX CRIMINALS, Batman) continues!

SDCC: Roundup

Last weekend San Diego Comic Con held its first live event since 2019. Unfortunately for fans unable to attend, this meant we didn’t get to see some of the major highlights online. But fear not Pull List readers for I have scoured the internet (well, just YouTube really) to bring you some of the best comic related trailers and panels. These have come from all kinds of sources, some official, some not, so don’t let the varying quality put you off. So sit back and enjoy the best of SDCC 2022.

Your Local Comics Shops

Your local comic shops are now open and you can pop in for your geek fix. Listed below are some of the best shops across the county with links to check the very latest information including opening time and covid safety measures. Therefore, when visiting these shops please be patient and respectful to all the staff who are doing an incredible job.

FORBIDDEN PLANET INTERNATIONAL (VARIOUS) – includes Worlds Apart Birmingham

Please check with stores for any changes to opening times and services.

Follow the stores social media pages for updates!

FORBIDDEN PLANET (VARIOUS) – includes Birmingham Megastore

Check their website for more information –

https://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/

GOSH! COMICS (LONDON)

Check their website for more information –

https://goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blog/the-gosh-authority-130620-reopening-news/ and https://twitter.com/GoshComics

OK COMICS (LEEDS)

Follow the stores social media pages and website for updates!

http://www.okcomics.co.uk/ and https://twitter.com/OKComics