Weird Work – Pull List 5th July

The Geeky Brummie Pull List with Weird Work

We have a fabulous selection of 10 new comic releases on the Pull List for you this week. The Comic of the Week title goes to Weird Work from Image Comics. The other 4 comics come from Marvel Comics, Image Comics and IDW Publishing. Our On The Radar selection includes 5 comics from Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Dynamite and DC Black Label. This week MEANWHILE… takes a look at the latest 2000AD/HiYA Toys release. Also be sure to check out our updated and expanded list of UK Comic Book Shops.

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

Now on with the comics…

Weird Work
Issue 1
Image Comics

Script – Jordan Thomas
Art – Shaky Kane

Buy digitally on Comixology – Weird Work #1 (Link)

MINISERIES PREMIERE

Legendary British artist SHAKY KANE (THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN) and writer JORDAN THOMAS (Frank At Home On The Farm) are your guides through the corrupt, seedy streets of Stellar City in their new MINISERIES! The hard-boiled noir of LA Confidential mixes with the bright, alien-filled worlds of Futurama in this crime epic. Following months of gang shootings, Detective Ovra Sawce is paired with a new partner on a triple homicide. But what were a billionaire’s assistant, a hood-turned-cult leader and Sawce’s former partner doing in that warehouse?

Weird Work first appeared a few years back at Burnt Barn Comics, via a Kickstarter campaign, but now Image are bringing Thomas’ and Kane’s series to a wider audience with this new four issue miniseries. I’ve been a huge fan of Shaky’s art for many years and I’m looking forward to more off-kilter hard-boiled future detective stories.

I Hate This Place
Issue 10
Image Comics

Script – Kyle Starks
Art – Artyom Topilin
Colours -Lee Loughridge

Buy digitally on Comixology – I Hate This Place #10 (Link)

SERIES FINALE

BURST: “This continues to be a must-read horror series.” -Sequential Planet

Witness the thrilling, action-packed final issue of I HATE THIS PLACE to see if it concludes with the literal end of the world and massive amounts of death…or a “happy” ending for our beloved heroines.

(If we’re being honest, it could really go either way.)

I’ve really loved this series, and admittedly I was initially attracted by the explicit variant cover, but this has grown to be a wonderful, horrific book, grounded by two hugely likeable central characters. Part of me wants the story to end on it’s own terms but I wouldn’t be adverse to Trudy and Gabby returning at some point in the future.

Star Trek: Defiant
Issue 5
IDW Publishing

Script – Christopher Cantwell
Art – Angel Unzueta
Colours – Marissa Louise

Buy digitally on Comixology – Star Trek: Defiant #5 (Link)

Captain Worf struggles to maintain order among the Defiant’s crew with the addition of two new reluctant recruits causing all kinds of friction on board the stolen vessel. And with Klingon adrenaline surging through the Red Path’s veins, the need to find—and stop—Kahless has never seemed so dire.

The road to Day of Blood continues as things get tough for Captain Worf.

Clobberin’ Time
Issue 5
Marvel Comics

Script and Art -Steve Skroce
Colours – Bryan Valenza
Letters – Joe Sabino

Buy digitally on Comixology – Clobberin’ Time #5 (Link)

OGDU FRAIZE’s plan is almost complete, he has reverse engineered every item of power across the Marvel Universe’s timestream to create the PSYCHOPOMP machine, a device that will steal the creation energy of the nascent GALACTUS and the SENTIENCE of the UNIVERSE at the moment of the BIG BANG. The THING, DOCTOR DOOM and TUVAH TU are an unwilling audience to the universe’s re-making. That is, unless they can get free…

We’re at the end of this fabulous little series. Skroce has done sterling work with Mr Grimm and although the chances of this book continuing are slim, I hope Marvel are savvy enough to allow him to pay with more characters.

X-Men
Issue 24
Marvel Comics

Script – Gerry Duggan
Art – Joshua Cassara
Colours – Frank Martin
Letters – Clayton Cowles

Buy digitally on Comixology – X-Men #24 (Link)

ONCE AN X-MAN…

POGG UR-POGG FOR HIRE! Hired for the dirtiest of jobs, a deadly mercenary comes crashing into the X-Men right at their most vulnerable moment! But not just any mercenary—finally, the breakout fan-favorite from X OF SWORDS, Pogg Ur-Pogg, returns!

Pogg Ur-Pogg is back, and not a moment too soon. This is just the kind of thing I want to happen in my X-Men comics.

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

Fantastic Four #9
Marvel Comics

Script – Ryan North
Art – Ivan Fiorelli
Colours – Jesus Aburtov
Letters – Joe Caramagna

Buy digitally from Comixology – Fantastic Four #9 (Link)

ART IS LONG — AND LIFE IS SHORT

Alicia, Sue and Johnny face off against Ben and Reed—as they battle for the survival of their minds themselves against an alien that can wipe their memories clean! But can they survive this brutal onslaught from their friends and lovers, the very people who know them—and their powers—better than anyone else in the universe? We’ll all find out together in this Alicia-narrated issue! Plus: A meditation on the nature of art itself! And cool fights too!

LEGACY #702

Phantom Road #5
Image Comics

Script – Jeff Lemire
Art – Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Colours – Jordie Bellaire
Letters – Steve Wands

Buy digitally on Comixology – Phantom Road #5 (Link)

Everything heats up when Dom and Birdie find themselves trapped in the truck by another unending mass of monsters. But a sudden revelation changes the nature of their mission and poses more questions about their cargo than answers.

Peacemaker Tries Hard! #3
DC Black Label

Script – Kyle Starks
Art – Steve Pugh
Colours – Jordie Bellaire

Buy digitally on Comixology – Peacemaker Tries Hard! #3 (Link)

Betrayed, bleeding, and broken, Peacemaker drags his finely toned body to a local watering hole where he can existentially question his violent pursuit of peace from the safety of a barstool. But his wallowing is short-lived. He’s going to get his dog back…but he’s going to need some help. Lucky for Peacemaker, his parole officer, Richard, has a colorful costumed past…

Gargoyles #7
Dynamite

Script – Greg Weisman
Art – George Kambadais

Buy digitally on Comixology – Gargoyles #7 (Link)

Demona is back!! Launching a new and exciting storyline, Gargoyles #7 is the perfect jumping-on point for new readers. Goliath is in prison!  Dino Dracon is on the rampage! And Demona returns to Manhattan, determined to gather the three new keys to power! Do Brooklyn and the Clan have a prayer of stopping her without Goliath?! Um…probably not.

Love Everlasting #9
Image Comics

Script – Tom King
Art – Elsa Charretier
Colours – Matt Hollingsworth
Letters – Clayton Cowles

Buy digitally on Comixology – Love Everlasting #9 (Link)

“TOO HIP FOR LOVE,” Part Four

Joan is done running and must now confront who she is, what she is, what her world is. And in this penultimate issue of the second arc, Joan comes face to face with a death that changes her forever. What does the end of everything mean to the woman whose life and loves are seemingly eternal?

The Crime is Collecting Figures, the sentence is DEATH

You cannot kill what doesss not live – but you can put it on your shelf! A six-inch articulated action figure of Judge Death is coming in 2024 from Hiya Toys.

The undead superfiend will be the second in the new line of six-inch articulated figures based on the world of Judge Dredd, from the pages of the bestselling comic British comic, 2000 AD.

Following the announcement of a 1/12 scale Judge Dredd figure, and their acclaimed 1/18 four-inch range of articulated figures based on classic Judge Dredd characters, the HIYA EXQUISITE SUPER Series 1/12 Scale Six Inch Judge Death will retail at $89.99 (USD).

Pre-order for the Judge Death 1/12 scale figure launches on 30 June, with figures expected to reach retailers in the last quarter of 2023.

Hailing from another dimension, Judge Death is the undead mass murderer who has declared that as crime is committed by the living then life itself is a crime! Judge Death and his fellow Dark Judges are Judge Dredd and Anderson’s greatest nemeses, undead zombie Judges hellbent on extinguishing all life!

An Iconic Design

This figure is based on the iconic character design and art by co-creator Brian Bolland, as well as the work of artists Cliff Robinson and Garry Leach.

These hyper-detailed figures feature all-new accessories and materials, including interchangeable heads and hands, and fabric clothing. With 18 points of articulation, he comes with a host of extras, including five pairs of alternate hands, three alternate faces, two alternate necks, a replacement head, a sinister hourglass, a skull, a human heart, two dimension jump globes and a trail of ectoplasm from when Death is in his ‘spirit’ form.

Retailing at $89.99 (USD), pre-order for the Judge Death 1/12 scale figure launches on 30 June, with figures expected to reach retailers in the last quarter of 2023.

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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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