The dedicated and hard-working comic fans here at Word of the Nerd have sorted through this week’s new releases to bring you in no particular order, 5 comics not to miss this week!
EXPANSE #1
A new limited series event set between Season 4 and Season 5 of Amazon’s hit series The Expanse from Corinna Bechko (Green Lantern: Earth One) and Alejandro Aragon (Resonant). Chrisjen Avasarala, the former longtime Secretary-General of the United Nations, has found herself relegated to Luna after losing the latest elections…and she doesn’t plan on going down without a fight. So when Bobbie Draper – a former Martian marine – brings her intel on an intergalactic black market weapons ring, Avasarala sees a chance to reclaim her former political position of power through a clandestine operation. But as Draper digs deeper into this secret cabal, she soon realizes the threat they pose is far larger – and closer to home – than either of them ever imagined…
THE CAT IN BLACK IS BACK!
Feeling lucky? Knull’s attack on Earth interrupts the Black Cat’s latest heist, and if you know Felicia, you know that’s a problem. So the Cat and her crew aim to steal something of greatest value to both Knull and Earth’s hope of survival. You’ll have to pick up this issue to find out what! This issue guest-stars the X-Men! Captain America! And Doctor Strange! DO NOT MISS IT!!!
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The “Wild Frontiers” explode in Dan Abnett’s and Juan José Ryp thrilling climax to the sci-fi epic of 2020! The final standoff against Fusion and the denizens of New Ur with our post-apocalyptic cyborg samurai. A mysterious power rises from the era before New Japan, but is the reemergence of this force for good, or something a shade darker?
The final showdown between Malik and Richter has begun on the surface of the God they’ve discovered. But will Malik survive long enough to find a living God – or has he doomed his crew to an unimaginable fate?
The first comic to tell original, in-canon stories set in the Blade Runner universe returns! It is 2029 and Blade Runner Ash continues to hunt the streets of the rain-soaked dystopian world of Los Angeles for renegade Replicants, but this time she’s trying to protect as many as she can find. Written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter MICHAEL GREEN (Blade Runner 2049) and co-writer MIKE JOHNSON (Supergirl)!
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