Good morning, Carol and John’s Shoppers! We’ve got another exciting week of comics, with some big events going on in Marvel, some great storytelling from DC, and some fresh new things in small press. Let’s kick things off. Marvel Comics The next big Marvel crossover begins! “First shot fired – Judgment is coming! The Eternals know that the mutants have conquered death. But what are they going to do about it? The oldest immortals on Earth eye up the newest, and the doomsday clock starts to tick toward Judgment Day.” Written by Eternals and Immortal X-Men scribe Kieron Gillen, the news is out that mutants have learned to cheat death and resurrect themselves on Krakoa. It’s rubbed a lot of people in the Marvel Universe the wrong way, but especially the Eternals: immortality is kind of their shtick. A.X.E. Judgement Day officially kicks off next week with #1, but this week’s Eve of Judgement serves as the zero issue. Check out the trailer below for the epic crossover event. Last year’s inaugural Hellfire Gala event in the pages of X-Men...

Good afternoon, Carol and John’s Shoppers! It’s a mild week of releases, but there are a lot of new series and storylines beginning, and one major ending this week. Let’s just jump in. DC Comics Tom King’s Batman run reaches its conclusion! Initially launched at the beginning of DC Rebirth, King’s run had plenty of epic moments, but the relationship of the Bat and the Cat was the most critical to the entire series. Issue #50 faked us out with their wedding, but when DC announced the 12-issue maxiseries Batman/Catwoman, fans were promised the true ending to their love story. Would they live happily ever after? There were plenty of twists and turns (and delays) for this series, and I’ll be excited to sit down and read this in one sitting now that it’s all complete, but the final issue of Batman/Catwoman delivers for those invested in these two classic characters. Just look at those awesome wrap covers too! Great stuff. DC is putting out A LOT of Batman right now, so it can be hard to decide what to...

Hey, Carol and John’s Shoppers! It’s a pretty diverse lineup this week here at the shop, with new releases from less explored corners of the Marvel and DC Universes, and a range of small press titles too. There’s a lot to go over, so let’s check it out. DC Comics “There is no forgiveness for Black Adam. This is the reality Teth-Adam, an immortal man of indomitable will, must face when he discovers he has been infected with an incurable plague destroying his immortality. Haunted by the specter of centuries of dark deeds, Black Adam transfers his powers to a worthy successor who will redeem Adam’s legacy and defend their ancestral homeland of Kahndaq, only to subsequently become mystically handcuffed to him when Adam’s plague is arrested, giving birth to perhaps the most volatile and dysfunctional super-team in DC history!” A new 12-issue maxiseries set around the man you love to hate; Black Adam is back in his own series just in time for the movie later this summer. This is a great new direction for the character, something new...

Hey there, Carol and John’s Shoppers! Raf here again, back from vacation in Nashville, Tennessee all last week. Did you know Nashville has a Batman building!?  Well, at least that’s how they advertise it. It was a cool city and I loved the live music. I didn’t get to explore the city as much as I’d have liked, but that just means I have to go back. As is typical after vacations, the first week back is a biggie with PLENTY of things to talk about new in the shop this week. Let’s jump back in.  DC Comics Header  “Crisis on Infinite Earths. Infinite Crisis. Final Crisis. And now… Dark Crisis! The epic event years in the making is finally here! Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League are dead. The remaining heroes are left to protect the world from an onslaught of violent attacks by DC’s greatest villains! Can the legacy heroes step out of the shadows of the classic heroes to form a new Justice League? And will that be enough to stop a...