{"id":7495,"date":"2021-10-04T23:31:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T03:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/?p=7495"},"modified":"2021-10-04T23:31:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T03:31:42","slug":"featured-new-releases-10-6-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/2021\/10\/featured-new-releases-10-6-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured New Releases 10.6.21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Happy New Comic Book Day! Raf here checking in, managing to pull myself away from listening to some Pantera and reading Jason Aaron\u2019s Conan the Barbarian (By Crom, it\u2019s awesome!) to talk about this week\u2019s featured new releases. It\u2019s a big week with some cool new titles and plenty of great variants to choose from. Let\u2019s check things out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marvel Comics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Swinging in quick after last week\u2019s oversized finale to the Nick Spencer run, this week\u2019s issue #75 of Amazing Spider-Man promises to shake up the Spidey status quo. Ben Reilly\u2019s back in town and Marvel\u2019s been teasing some serious medical bills for Peter Parker, but what does it all mean for the future of Spider-Man? It all starts here as the next era of Spider-Man begins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Following up after an awesome first issue last month, finally the next installment in Tom Taylor\u2019s Dark Ages comes out this week. \u201c It has been years since the age of technology ended in a single moment, like a switch had been flicked to off for an entire planet. Now Earth\u2019s heroes attempt to bring humanity together in the darkness. X-Men and Avengers, vigilantes and villains all work together to create something better. But something darker than the night is descending on the world. Our post-apocalyptic world is about to face Apocalypse.\u201d Uhh yes please!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And keeping with the darkness, after a short delay, Darkhold Alpha is also in stores this week. Told through a series of one-shots, Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom unravel the mysteries behind the Darkhold aka The Book of the Damned and unleash some nightmarish versions of Marvel\u2019s heroes including Wasp, Blade, and Iron Man. This miniseries looks like a lot of fun and should be very exciting for any fans of WandaVision from this past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DC Comics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Who doesn\u2019t love a well timed holiday special? Halloween\u2019s my favorite time of year, and DC is getting in on the festivities with a one-shot this week called Are You Afraid of Darkseid. A fun and light-hearted anthology special featuring stories with Batman and Madhatter, Lois and Clark, and even a Harley Quinn and Darkseid team-up.  The cover alone has got me sold with Damian trying to scare the Teen Titans by the campfire. The little s***\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of DC\u2019s greatest heroes have turned 80 recently and received big 100 page specials, and now it\u2019s Diana\u2019s turn in the spotlight. Featuring stories celebrating her past, present, and future and the tremendous legacy she carries, and written by some of comics biggest talents (Becky Cloonan, Tom King, G. Willow Wilson, and Mark Waid too!) and with plenty of awesome variants, this oversized special is a must for any fan of Wonder Woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Small Press<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019m calling it now, this ought to be Ben\u2019s pick of the week, it\u2019s Rick Remender\u2019s newest crime series A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance. We got to read an early preview a few weeks ago of the first few  issues and we\u2019ve been dying for all of you to get the chance to read it too. This cinematic comic isn\u2019t your big, bombastic action romp, but rather a violent slowburn thriller. Some serious Oldboy vibes from this one that you don\u2019t want to miss out on! Check it out and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But if you are looking for that big, bombastic action romp too, check out Aftershock\u2019s new series Chicken Devil. If the Punisher also owned and operated his own El Pollo Loco, this Breaking Bad inspired series looks like a lot of crazy fun and features the talent of Hayden Sherman, who I believe to be one of the most underrated artists today. His work on Vault\u2019s Wasted Space has proven he can do some really trippy comic artwork that makes every page a blast to flip through. I\u2019m very excited to read this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And a lot of you have responded and checked out one of my other recent recommendations in The Last Book You\u2019ll Ever Read, and this week features issue 3 of the Vault series. Since our initial orders were placed a lot of you have given it a shot, so if you don\u2019t see it on the table this week, ask us at the counter and we\u2019ll work to get you a copy. It makes me happy to see you all try something I like, so thanks again for being awesome people and trying something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s it for this week! I\u2019ll be on vacation, so Ben and our newest employee Kyle will have the Conn at the shop. Kyle\u2019s been a great addition to our team, so make sure to give him a warm welcome and congratulations on becoming our newest full-time member. Raf here signing off with my writing partner, Lily. I hope you all have a great first full week of October. Stay Spooky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peace, Love, and Comics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafael Calzada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy New Comic Book Day! Raf here checking in, managing to pull myself away from listening to some Pantera and reading Jason Aaron\u2019s Conan the Barbarian (By Crom, it\u2019s awesome!) to talk about this week\u2019s featured new releases. It\u2019s a big week with some cool new titles and plenty of great variants to choose from. Let\u2019s check things out. Marvel Comics Swinging in quick after last week\u2019s oversized finale to the Nick Spencer run, this week\u2019s issue #75 of Amazing Spider-Man promises to shake up the Spidey status quo. Ben Reilly\u2019s back in town and Marvel\u2019s been teasing some serious medical bills for Peter Parker, but what does it all mean for the future of Spider-Man? It all starts here as the next era of Spider-Man begins! Following up after an awesome first issue last month, finally the next installment in Tom Taylor\u2019s Dark Ages comes out this week. \u201c It has been years since the age of technology ended in a single moment, like a switch had been flicked to off for an entire planet. Now Earth\u2019s heroes attempt...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}