The Geeky Brummie Pull List with Unstoppable Doom Patrol #5
This week we have 10 new comics for you on the Pull List. It’s been a difficult choice this week, with so many great comics available, but in the end our Comic of the Week title is Unstoppable Doom Patrol #5 from DC Comics. The other 4 comics on the List come from IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics. Our On The Radar selection includes 5 comics from Image Comics and IDW Publishing. In MEANWHILE… 2000AD announces something special for the 35th Anniversary of Sláine: The Horned God in 2024. .
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Now on with the comics…
Unstoppable Doom Patrol
Issue 5
DC Comics
Script – Dennis Culver
Art – Chris Burnham
Colours – Brian Reber
Letters – Pat Brosseau
Buy digitally on Comixology – Unstoppable Doom Patrol #5 (Link)
WHO IS METAWOMAN? The World’s Strangest Superheroes versus Anytown, USA! Just as everyone feared, the Doom Patrol have lost control and are now attacking the idyllic small town of New Poplar, Illinois. As these unstoppable monsters rampage, a new superhero must rise to stop them…enter Metawoman! But who is she, and what is her terrible secret? Only one person has the answers: the team’s former chief, Dr. Niles Caulder!
I had a hard time picking the comic of the week this week. In the end it came down to my love of the characters and the desire to see their series do well enough that we might see more from them. Unstoppable Doom Patrol, whilst in the main DC universe this time, has still managed to bring it’s signature weirdness with it. This series has been a great addition to their legacy and I hope DC have plans to bring the team back for more soon.
Teenage. Mutant Ninja Turtles x Stranger Things
Issue 2
IDW Publishing/Dark Horse Comics
Script – Cameron Chittock
Art – Fero Peniche
Colours – Sophie Dodgson
Letters – Rus Wooton
Buy digitally on Comixology – TMNT x Stranger Things #2 (Link)
Escape from TCRI! With Eleven in the grasp of Baxter Stockman, it’s up to Raphael and Donatello to devise a plan to bust her out before her powers can be used by the evil genius. Meanwhile, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Will, Lucas, and Dustin brave the depths of the NYC subway system, getting closer to a portal to the Upside Down that’s been unleashing Demogorgons into the tunnels. And what they’ll find on the other side is something not even NYC has seen before.
Somehow they made it work, the worlds of Hawkings and the Turtles have merged seamlessly. The first issue was a blast and the way the two sets of characters have interacted has been spot on. I really love the Secret of the Ooze homage on this cover.
Star Trek
Issue 11
IDW Publishing
Script – Jackson Lanzing and Colin Kelly
Art – Angel Unzueta
Buy digitally on Comixology – Star Trek #11 (Link)
“Day of Blood,” Chapter Three! Only emissary Sisko and his crew of Starfleet’s finest and disgraced ambassador Worf and his band of insurgents can save the universe. But they are divided in every sense of the word… In space, Lieutenants Paris and Torres fight over control of the Defiant while Spock and Scotty do everything they can to keep the Theseus from being cleaved in two. On the ground, Ro and Sela have given up hope, and siblings Data and Lore can’t see eye to eye-all while their captains resist the urge to tear each other apart. Can they defeat Kahless and his Red Path when they cannot overcome their own differences?
This crossover has really raised the stakes. This and Defiant are some of the best Trek comics we’ve had in a long time. I can’t recommend these books enough.
Planet of the Apes
Issue 5
Marvel Comics
Script – David F. Walker
Art – Dave Wachter
Colours – Bryan Valenza
Letters – Joe Caramagna
Buy digitally on Comixology – Planet of the Apes #5 (Link)
WHO WILL SURVIVE THE REVOLUTION? A revolution is brewing in the UK. As Pug’s traveling army of apes gains momentum, they set their sights on England. What results will be an explosive battle that will change the trajectory of the world as we know it! Meanwhile, Juliana and Omatete’s voyage to guide the apes to the CDC has hit a speed bump. Now separated into two groups, it’s anyone’s guess whether the apes will survive long enough to be humanity’s salvation.
I’ve enjoyed this first foray in to the world of POTA. I’d love to see Marvel explore the wider Apes history and maybe even do stories based round the original films.
The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue 32
Marvel Comics
Script – Zeb Wells with Jonathn Hickman
Art – Patrick Gleason
Colours – Marcio Menyz and Erick Arciniega
Letters – Joe Caramagna
Buy digitally on Comixology – The Amazing Spider-Man #32 (Link)
Two of Spider-Man’s villains are forming the deadliest team-up he’s ever had to face. But are they after Spidey? Or is he just in the way of something bigger? Patrick Gleason rejoins the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN crew for the darkest arc of ASM yet!
LEGACY #926
I knon, I know. I’m still hanging on in here. Patrick Gleason takes over art duties for this next story arc. so I thought I’d see what happens over the next few issues.
On the radar, some other comics not on the Pull List but well worth checking out:
Big Game #2
Image Comics/MillarWorld
Script – Mark Millar
Art – Pepe Larraz
Colours – Giovanna Niro
Letters – Clem Robins
Buy digitally from Comixology – Big Game #2 (Link)
It’s Nemesis versus the Ambassadors, the Night Club, the Magic Order, Kingsman, and every single Millarworld creation you have ever known and loved over the years. This book is a BLOODBATH drawn by the biggest artist working in comics right now that continues the comic book event of 2023 with over twenty Millarworld franchises SMASHED together.
Klik Klik Boom #3
Image Comics
Script – Doug Wagner
Art – Douglas Dabbs
Colours – Matt Wilson
Letters – Ed Dukeshire
Buy digitally on Comixology – Klik Klik Boom #3 (Link)
Sprout continues to bait Dillinger and his high-priced thugs into one death trap after another throughout New York City. But when the bedlam spills into Sprout’s warehouse bunker, will she, Serena, and their new best bunny companion Beatrix survive the chaos of gunfire, booby traps, and grenade launchers?
The Rocketeer: In The Den of Thieves #2
IDW Publishing
Script – Stephen Mooney
Art – David Messina
Letters – Shawn Lee
Buy digitally on Comixology – The Rocketeer: In The Den of Thieves #2 (Link)
Cliff is frantic when he discovers that his mentor and close friend, Peevy, has been snatched by Nazis. The goose-steppers are hell-bent on creating an army of Rocketeers! But with his jet pack out of commission, there is no hope for him to rescue his friend… until the mysterious inventor of the pack steps in to help!
Scrapper #2
Image Comics
Script – Alex de Campi and Cliff Bleszinksi
Art – Ryan Kelly
Colours – Jordie Bellaire
Buy digitally on Comixology – Scrapper #2 (Link)
Reeling from the loss of his home and with dozens of SMITE stormtroopers on his tail, Scrapper has to flee across town. Tank recruits the city’s other critters to give him a paw (or wing). The second action-packed issue from games legend CLIFF BLESZINSKI is here, now with art by the great RYAN KELLY (Saucer County, Funrama), JORDIE BELLAIRE (REDLANDS, PHANTOM ROAD), and co-writing by ALEX DE CAMPI (PARASOCIAL, DRACULA, MOTHERF*CKER!). If you’ve ever wanted to pet the dog in a video game, this is the book for you.
Immortal Sergeant #8
Image Comics
Script – Joe Kelly
Art – J.M. Ken Niimura
Buy digitally on Comixology – Immortal Sergeant #8 (Link)
Michael’s questionable motorcycle skills land him and Sarge in the hospital. As one Sargent fights head trauma, the other suffers a dark night alone with the ghosts of his past. Also…Crusher is found.
Sláine Gets Hard(Cover) for 35th Anniversary
Sláine: The Horned God Anniversary Edition announced – oversized & with new scans!
A new edition of one of the most influential graphic novels ever – in incredible detail and at a scale never before seen! Sláine: The Horned God Anniversary Edition is coming in 2024.
Timed to coincide with the 35th anniversary of its first publication in 2000 AD in 1989, this new edition of Pat Mills and Simon Bisley’s groundbreaking and best-selling collection will feature brand new scans – meaning readers will be able to see its fully-painted art in unprecedented new detail.
Measuring 355mm by 270mm, the 208-page paperback Sláine: The Horned God Anniversary Edition will arrive in stores in May 2024.
Rebellion is also delighted to announce the Sláine: The Horned God Anniversary Edition Slipcase. Available exclusively through the 2000 AD webshop and also measuring 355mm by 270mm, this boxset will feature the three books of ‘The Horned God’ in separate hardcovers, housed in a stunning slipcase covered with Celtic motifs and the ’S’ from the original Sláine logo that featured in Pat Mills and artist Angie Kincaid’s first story in 1983.
This promises to be a unique collection: both editions will be produced using pages scanned from the original film, housed in the 2000 AD archive, and will also be printed at a size that more closely matches Bisley’s original artwork – giving readers the opportunity to see the greatest Sláine epic in unmatched detail.
Sláine at 40
‘The Horned God’ is the definitive Sláine storyline, its appearance in the pages of 2000 AD in three instalments between 1989 and 1990 marked a creative high-point for the comic, and the work inspired artists for generations with its incredible painted scenes of epic battles evoking the work of Frank Frazetta but in the medium of comic art.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this summer, this heady mix of Celtic mythology, barbed anti-authoritarian politics, and extreme violence combined Mills’ fascinating characters and saga-like storytelling with Bisley’s incredible artwork. It sparked a revolution in sequential comic books and spawned a multitude of imitators – yet even after three and a half decades, their masterpiece is as fresh and startling as it was when it was first published as a weekly serial.
Sláine is a wandering warrior cast out from his tribe and wandering the mist-wreathed realm of Tír na nÓg, the ‘Land of the Young’, with his duplicitous dwarf, Ukko. This deluxe collector’s edition returns us to this ancient land, suffering under the dominion of the Drunes; strange druids who have poisoned the land with their magic. Sláine has had enough of their tyranny and, through the Earth Goddess, he learns some shocking truths about the priesthood and his own future. Now Sláine must unite the four kings of Tír na nÓg and use their mystical weapons as he and the Sessair tribe prepare for all-out war!
With brand new scans and in its oversized format, Sláine: The Horned God Anniversary Edition promises to bring one of comics’ greatest sagas to live in a way never before seen!
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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