Andrea’s Umbrella of Picks for 06.11.25

Hello Comic Shop Friends!

This month’s Late Nite Comics falls on Thursday, the 19th! Happy Juneteenth!

Here’s the details from John: “This month’s Late Nite Comics will be a big one! 8pm to midnight on Thursday, June 19th. We’re looking to have at least 20 NEW long boxes of small press dollar stock out! (Small press being anything other than Marvel and DC.) This will be stuff from the late 80s, early 90s too, not just modern stuff. We’re also cranking out a new collection, so expect some new Marvel and DC dollar stock as well. (In order, too!) You wanted fresh dollar stock, and you got it! As always, all back issues will be 50% off, including the wall. We’ll also be celebrating Ben’s 15th Anniversary (Ben-a-versary?) with the shop, so refreshments will be provided! Excelsior!”

Come out to the Grog Shop on Wednesday, the 18th to watch a terrible movie with Ben and John Dudas co-hosting! It’s the monthly Midnight Rental Secret screening, so stop by to celebrate Ben’s 15 years working at the shop! Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm, and it’s only $10!

MARVEL COMICS

Will this be the Silver Surfer’s final voyage? Returning to a war-ravaged Earth, Norrin Radd finds his help puts a target on his back. Eaglestar is running the Bureau of Alien Neutralization, and their new expansion plan is to exploit an alien for their nefarious purposes. They’re sending a top agent, Kelly Koh, after the biggest alien around. Will one human life be all that decides the Surfer’s salvation, or damnation? Who would wield the Power Cosmic if the Silver Surfer falls? Is that what Eaglestar is after? Greg Pak and Sumit Kumar decide the Surfer’s fate in this tragic, cosmic, five issue mini-series.

Marvel Rivals is going back in time! And to Japan! This one-shot features three manga-esque stories with Rivals characters reimagined. First, it’s Psylocke Vs. Venom in Peach Momoko’s “Demon Days: Ko-Sute-Iwa” where Sai learns the legend of the Sym. Then, Peni Parker Vs. The Punisher in “Tsuchigumo” by Yuji Kaku. Punisher is hired to protect a village from a monster, but will he kill a kid? And, in “Sounds of Victory” it’s Luna Snow Vs. Hela by Mitsuyasu Sakai and Ryusei Yamada. Why is Hela attacking Yggsgard? “To save the world.”

This week we get Marvel’s Pride Special! Four stories with Marvel’s LGBTQIA+ heroes uniting against fear and hate-mongering! First, Captain America of the Railways and Escapade take on the Hate-Monger, with the help of Loki and the Queen of Nevers, in “Who We Are” by Al Ewing and Kei Zama. Wyatt Kennedy and Bayleigh Underwood have a touching story of a young Nightcrawler and his mother, Raven, in “Good Night, Blue Rose.” Sera and Black Cat are forced to confront the regrets of their pasts thanks to escaped Fear Lord, D’Spayre. Written by Zoe Tunnell with art by Federica Mancin. Last, but not in any way least, “My Buddy” from Anthony Oliveira and Pablo Collar. Steve Rodgers’ childhood friend Arnie Roth meets Captain America in 1942, and they team-up to take down some Hydra crabs and smash Nazi trash! The anthology finishes off with an interview with J.M. DeMatteis, co-creator of Arnie Roth.

Formerly known as the New Thunderbolts*, get ready for the New Avengers! Black Widow has intel on genetic technology being moved into a camp in Russia, and she needs Bucky’s help. He wants no part in a team, but hey, for Natasha he’ll give it a shot. Recruiting some of the most dangerous loners and antiheroes of the Marvel Universe isn’t without its challenges, as the duo are about to learn that wrangling a team of killers and monsters has its own dangers. But there’s an even worse danger the team is about to face, the Killuminati! Twisted duplicates of the Illuminati are about to be unleashed on the world, and they’re set to be as unstoppable as their original counterparts. The Winter Soldier, Black Widow, Wolverine, and Namor are going to need to call in some more help to take down these creepy clones, so they’ll be calling in Clea, Hulk, and Carnage soon! Written by Sam Humphries, with art by Ton Lima.

DC COMICS

Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen spotlight the early days of a different dynamic duo in this three-issue mini-series. Batman has a new Robin, impulsive and reckless Jason Todd. Bruce Wayne thought he could help light the darkness within Jason, and guide him to be Gotham’s next great crime-fighter, but that darkness runs deep. “All my life, I’ve been the one getting hit. I’ve been the one getting hurt. But I’m done hiding. I’m done being scared. Now I’ll make them scared.” Robin may be taking things too far, and Batman doubts that even he has the ability to train the anger out of this troubled kid. And when a mysterious new villain sets his sights on Jason, it will be even harder for him to control his rage.

If you loved the Trinity back up stories in Wonder Woman like I did, then you’re gonna love the new Tom King and Belen Ortega six issue mini-series, Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman! Especially if you loved those corgis! Prepare for a Crisis of Infinite Corgis! Little Wonder Robin just wants to find her father, and when older Wonder Girl shows up in a time bubble to help her, the Trinities set off a series of events that lead to meeting an even older Trinity, and creating multiples of Super-Corgis and Bat-Corgis! But messing with time has its consequences, as the trinity of Trinity is about to learn the hard way… but also in a super fun way!

You know I love my big, beefy Batman. Now it’s time for the Absolute biggest and beefiest Bane you’ve ever seen. Searching for Waylon, Batman is tearing through Gotham’s criminal underground to find the truth. But heading to the city to deal with the Batman problem is Bane. The Ark M project is fully operational and its reach is spreading through Gotham. Will Bruce and his cohorts be able to find Waylon before Ark M gets him?

SMALL PRESS COMICS

It’s time for Plan B. After the chaos of the Hotel Oblivion storyline, the Umbrella Academy are back, and facing their most fearsome challenge, their other siblings. No one knows how to hurt each other more than family, and the Sparrows are ruthless. Raised in secret, isolated in Norway, this team shares a different connection to Hargreeves. They’re more powerful, more brutal, and now they’re here to take control. Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba present a six-issue mini-series about what happens when the powerful tell us what we need.

The very first spinoff, a standalone horror series from EC! A monstrous milestone begins with Blood Type! Writer Corinna Bechko expands her story from Epitaphs From the Abyss #3, this time with artist Andrea Sorrentino, finding vampire Ada landing in an idyllic Caribbean resort. But she’s not the only bloodsucker on the island… There are tales of tourists going missing, and the resort employee she “tamed” has secrets of his own. The never-ending buffet of humans will lead to a deadly game of cat and mouse, as Ada may become the prey to an older and entirely different predator with a hunger for power. When you’re a vampire you learn that, sooner or later, everybody sucks.