The Geeky Brummie Pull List – Comics of 2021

The Geeky Brummie Pull List – Comics of 2021

With no new comics in UK shops this week, I’m taking the opportunity to look back on some of my favourite comics from 2021. Most are available now in collected editions and would be the perfect thing to spend some of your Christmas money on.

If you want to send any comics or comic related events we should feature, feel free to reach out to me at keith@geekybrummie.com.

Now on with the comics…

Title: Star Trek: Year Five

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Written by Jody Houser, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Jim McCann : Art by Silvia Califano, Angel Hernandez, J.K. Woodward and Stephen Thompson

Join the crew of the original Starship Enterprise in these all-new adventures as they near the conclusion of their five-year mission. Finally returning to Federation space, the Enterprise and her crew find the Federation isn’t quite the same as the one they left behind! Kirk grapples with a very personal Klingon threat, even as the Enterprise begins its homecoming victory tour, and the Federation’s upcoming presidential election is upended when Harry Mudd enters the race! All this against the backdrop of a sinister malaise threatening to rot the Federation from within. Terrible secrets are revealed, among them the origin of Gary Seven and the grand designs of the shadowy AEGIS organization. Can Kirk and the Enterprise crew excise this corruption, or will the five-year mission end in failure?

 

Title: Once and Future

Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Written by Kieron Gillen : Art by Dan Mora : Coloured by Tamra Bonvillain

When a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring a villain from Arthurian myth back from the dead to gain power, ex-monster hunter Bridgette McGuire escapes her retirement home and pulls her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, a museum curator, into a world of magic and mysticism to defeat a legendary threat. Bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars) and Russ Manning Award-winning artist Dan Mora (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Klaus) explore the mysteries of the past, the complicated truths of our history and the power of family to save the day… especially if that family has secret bunkers of ancient weapons and decades of experience hunting the greatest monsters in Britain’s history!

 

Title: 2000AD

Publisher: 2000AD/Rebellion

Written by Various : Art by Various

2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine. As a comics anthology, it serialises stories in each issue (known as “progs”) and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary, which was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1987 and then to Egmont UK in 1991. Fleetway continued to produce the title until 2000 when it was bought by Rebellion Developments.

2000 AD is most noted for its Judge Dredd stories and has been contributed to by a number of artists and writers who became renowned in the field internationally, such as Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland and Mike McMahon. Other characters in 2000 AD include Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog and the ABC Warriors.

2000 AD has been a successful launchpad for getting British talent into the larger American comics market.

 

Title: The Dreaming: Waking Hours

Publisher: DC Black Label

Written by G. Willow Wilson : Art by M.K. Perker, Nick Robles, Javier Rodriguez : Colored by Mat Lopes, Javier Rodriguez, Chris Sotomayor

When Dream unleashed his latest nightmare, Ruin, he could not have expected that his creation would fall in love with the very first dreamer he met-sending him on a wild quest and drawing into his orbit both a fallen angel and a sorcerer with a startling connection to Dream himself!

 

Title: Shadowman

Publisher: Valiant Comics

Written by Cullen Bunn : Art by Jon Davis-Hunt

The forces of darkness are awakening and they are hungry for life.

Jack Boniface, a.k.a. Shadowman, faces the terrors that tear at the fabric of humanity’s world. As the forces of darkness pry open doorways across the nation, the Shadowman will make a cross-country descent into horror… as something far more sinister emerges from the shadows.

From the bestselling master of horror Cullen Bunn (Venom) and bone-chilling artist Jon Davis-Hunt (Clean Room) comes a shocking supernatural odyssey!

 

Title: Stray Dogs

Publisher: Image Comics

Written by Tony Fleecs : Art by Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson

It’s scary being the new dog.

In this suspenseful new series, readers meet Sophie, a dog who can’t remember what happened. She doesn’t know how she ended up in this house. She doesn’t recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just…can’t…recall…Wait! Where’s her lady? Now Sophie has to figure out where she is, what’s happening, and how she’s going to survive this.

They say there’s no such thing as a bad dog—just bad owners.

STRAY DOGS is a heartbreakingly adorable suspense thriller by My Little Pony comic artists TONY FLEECS and TRISH FORSTNER. It’s Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs.

 

Title: Kane and Able

Publisher: Image Comics

Written and Illustrated by Krent Able and Shaky Kane

Comic book wise guys, KANE and ABLE, serve up a summer dump cake of genre-busting mischief and masked mayhem in this oversized anthology of never-before-published strips.
Slip in and out of subconsciousness with the Astonishing Shield Bug!
Surf the Fleshwave with Black Fur in “Who Fears The Deathroach?”!
Journey into the sub-basement in the gasoline-tinged “Dustmites”!
Ride into the Creepzone with Nightmare and Sleepy in the aptly named “Creepzone”!

 

Title: Skybound X

Publisher: Image/Skybound Comics

Written by Various : Art by Various

Celebrate a sensational 10 years of Skybound with a cavalcade of your favorite creators and all-new stories of your favorite series past, present, and future! Each issue of this oversized, weekly series will kick off with a new chapter of a serialized THE WALKING DEAD story—RICK GRIMES 2000—by ROBERT KIRKMAN & RYAN OTTLEY! In addition, we’ll be debuting all-new series and characters every issue, starting with the first appearance of the most requested WALKING DEAD character of all-time: Clementine, star of the bestselling Telltale’s The Walking Dead video game series! Did we mention new ULTRAMEGA and MANIFEST DESTINY stories?! If you want to know what to expect in Skybound’s next 10 years, it all starts here!

Title: Fight Girls

Publisher: AWA/Upshot Studios

Written and Illustrated by Frank Cho : Coloured by Sabine Rich

Ten hard-as-nails women face off in an ancient contest of champions where the winner truly takes all: the title of “Queen of the Galaxy.” To win the challenge each contestant must survive the hazards of the planet’s harsh landscape, the ferocious predators on and below its surface, and their fellow contestants. This edition of the contest has a twist: one of the contestants is an infiltrator who has her eye on something bigger than the prize. Who is she and what does she really want?

 

Title: Batman ’89

Publisher: DC Comics

Written by Sam Hamm : Art by Joe Quinones : Coloured by Leonardo Ito

Step back into the Gotham of Tim Burton’s seminal classic Batman movies! Batman ’89 brings in screenwriter Sam Hamm (Batman, Batman Returns) and artist Joe Quinones (Dial H for Hero) to pull on a number of threads left dangling by the prolific director. Gotham becomes torn in two as citizens dressed as Batman and The Joker duke it out in the streets. As D.A. Harvey Dent tries to keep the city together, he targets the one problem tearing it apart: BATMAN! And he’ll get Bruce Wayne’s help in taking down the Dark Knight!

 

Title: Locke and Key/Sandman Universe

Publisher: IDW Publishing/DC Black Label

Written by Joe Hill : Art by Gabriel Rodriguez

If you think you can unlock the gates of Hell and just invite yourself in, you must be Dreaming! The epic crossover between two of the most beloved fantasy universes in comics begins here. John “Jack” Locke is ten years dead, but that hasn’t stopped him from posting the occasional letter home… from Hell. Now, Mary Locke will do anything to save her brother’s soul. Her quest to rescue him from The Pit will require her to outsmart Roderick Burgess (the most evil man in England), puzzle her way through the House of Mystery, and risk the walking nightmare known as The Corinthian in a disintegrating Kingdom of Dreams!

 

Title: Adventureman

Publisher: Image Comics

Written by Matt Fraction : Art by Clayton Cowles, Rachel Dodson, Terry Dodson

WHERE HIS STORY ENDED…HER STORY BEGINS! Everyone knows the story of how ADVENTUREMAN, the greatest pulp hero of all time, ended in a heartbreaking CLIFFHANGER with our hero facing his very execution…now, learn the startling truth about how, 80 years after his seeming demise, single mother Claire and her Adventurefan son Tommy light the spark of RESURRECTION! Can these inheritors of the Adventureman legacy rise up to face down the evil that bested the original?

 

Title: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

Publisher: DC Comics

Written by Tom King : Art by Bilquis Evely : Coloured by Mat Lopes

Kara Zor-El has seen some epic adventures over the years, but finds her life without meaning or purpose. Here she is, a young woman who saw her planet destroyed and was sent to Earth to protect a baby cousin who ended up not needing her. What was it all for? Wherever she goes, people only see her through the lens of Superman’s fame. Just when Supergirl thinks she’s had enough, everything changes. An alien girl seeks her out for a vicious mission. Her world has been destroyed, and the bad guys responsible are still out there. She wants revenge, and if Supergirl doesn’t help her, she’ll do it herself, whatever the cost. Now a Kryptonian, a dog, and an angry, heartbroken child head out into space on a journey that will shake them to their very core.

 

Title: The Immortal Hulk

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Written by Al Ewing: Art by Joe Bennett

The gamma monsters are back – converging, one by one, on New York City. Who can stop them now? Who can save us…from the immortal Hulk? The Avengers will give it their best shot – but last time, they destroyed an entire town while fighting the Hulk. Now they’re in the middle of New York, about to take on a very different kind of monster…and it’s become personal. In the wake of this earth-shattering confrontation, a shaken Hulk will turn to the one person who always understood him. It’s finally time for truths to be told, but will it be Betty Banner who tells them…or the Red Harpy? And how will they affect the eternal life of the immortal Hulk?! Al Ewing and Joe Bennett’s acclaimed run reaches its horrific end! Abandon hope, all ye who enter here!

 

Title: Bermuda

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Written by John Layman : Art by Nick Bradshaw

There’s a region in the Atlantic Ocean where planes disappear, ships are lost, and traveling souls go missing… never to be heard from again. And there’s an island within this place, mysterious and uncharted, an island untouched by time and civilization, where all who are lost end up. Bermuda lives here. She’s 16, scrappy, and a survivor, and this has been the only life she has ever known… until today. She’s discovered something on her Island that will either open a doorway between her world and ours… or destroy it!