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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cJOHNNY BLAZE!! Johnny Blaze has the perfect life: a wife and two kids, a job at an auto repair shop, and a small-town community that supports him\u2026 But Johnny isn’t doing well. He has nightmares of monsters when he sleeps. And he sees bloody visions when he’s awake. This life is beginning to feel like a prison. And there’s a spirit in him that’s begging to break out! Benjamin Percy (Wolverine, X-Force) and Cory Smith (Conan the Barbarian, Captain Marvel) are going back to basics with the Spirit of Vengeance in this extra-sized first issue!\u201d Ben has been on a serious Ghost Rider kick recently since he finally got his grail book, Marvel Spotlight #5 last week, so this couldn\u2019t have been timed any better. It also happens to be totally freaking metal too, so no excuse not to pick this up this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThis year marks 30 years of the most notorious serial killer in the Marvel Universe, and with writers Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Ram V, and Ty Templeton on board for this one-shot, Carnage Forever #1 this week celebrates all things Cletus Kasady. This issue serves as a reintroduction for fans and newcomers alike, as we prepare for Ram V\u2019s new Carnage series that\u2019s set to start up in March. I still haven\u2019t seen the newest Venom movie (or the first one for that matter), but I\u2019ve heard mixed things about it. But while both movies were PG-13, this new one-shot, and future series, will be going where the movies couldn\u2019t and looks to really let Carnage be Carnage. It\u2019s a gnarly new one-shot this week for the symbiote monster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DC Comics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AQUAMEN.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAfter months of buildup, and the conclusions of both Aquaman: The Becoming and Black Manta, the Aquamen of the DC Universe unite for this new series. \u201cWhen a terrorist in Middle America is revealed as an Atlantean sleeper agent seemingly gone rogue, the Aquamen\u2014Arthur Curry and Jackson Hyde\u2014are on the case. But it soon becomes clear that the tragedy was not just a single bad actor, but the beginnings of a much larger and more dangerous chain reaction\u2026and the heart of an explosive Atlantean conspiracy! If Arthur\u2019s not careful, the secrets he\u2019s keeping\u2014from Mera, Tula, Tempest, Atlantis, the surface, and even Jackson\u2014could cause a rift from which the Aquamen might never recover!\u201d With Dark Crisis on the horizon for DC, I have a feeling the DC Universe is going to go through a lot in the next few months, and this series may prove to be very important leading up to that. Only one way to find out, pick up issue #1 of Aquamen this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI\u2019m pretty open about being a big Batman guy, and I\u2019ve never been the biggest fan of the Big Blue Boy Scout Superman, but following Grant Morrison\u2019s Superman and the Authority, Action Comics has become one of my favorite series going on right now. Superman and his new team have been stranded on Warworld and have been at the mercy of Mongul for a few issues now, and it has been bleak for our heroes. But while Superman\u2019s powers have been on the fritz, and Warworld is powered by a red sun, Clark \/ Kal hasn\u2019t given up and vows to free himself, his team, and the citizens of Warworld from under Mongul\u2019s brutal rule. There\u2019s a lot of badass moments in this series, and is unlike any Superman story I\u2019ve ever heard of. I\u2019m excited for this to be collected in trade for those who\u2019ve been behind to catch up, but for those who are caught up, this week it\u2019s issue #1040, the penultimate issue for part one of the Warworld Saga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Small Press<\/h1>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.cnjcomics.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/STEP-BLOODY-STEP-666x1024.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThere\u2019s a big new Image #1 this week, and the hype for it is real. This week is the debut of Step By Bloody Step. \u201cAn armored giant and a helpless child. Together they cross an astonishing world brimming with beasts, bandits, and-deadliest by far-civilizations… If they stop walking, the earth itself forces them onwards. WHY? The child can’t ask. She and her guardian have no language, no memory, nothing except each other. Multiple-Eisner nominees Si Spurrier (X-Men), Matia Bergara (Coda), and Matheus Lopes (Supergirl) present a watershed moment in modern comics: four double-length chapters of a bittersweet fantasy opus, completely text free.\u201d Saying it’s like The Iron Giant would be kind of close, but also, it\u2019s nothing like that. This is an astonishing first issue this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWe waited patiently for almost 4 years for arguably the best comic ever (yeah, I said it) to return, and last month with Saga #55, we were not disappointed. It\u2019s a little weird to see Saga back again on a regular schedule, with issue #56 new this week. It was the first book we read this week, and I imagine it will be for the foreseeable future every time there\u2019s a new issue. The second half of Saga continues and it\u2019s great, but you don\u2019t need me to tell you that. Come in and get it, still at only $2.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAfter months of buildup, and the conclusions of both Aquaman: The Becoming and Black Manta, the Aquamen of the DC Universe unite for this new series. \u201cWhen a terrorist in Middle America is revealed as an Atlantean sleeper agent seemingly gone rogue, the Aquamen\u2014Arthur Curry and Jackson Hyde\u2014are on the case. But it soon becomes clear that the tragedy was not just a single bad actor, but the beginnings of a much larger and more dangerous chain reaction\u2026and the heart of an explosive Atlantean conspiracy! If Arthur\u2019s not careful, the secrets he\u2019s keeping\u2014from Mera, Tula, Tempest, Atlantis, the surface, and even Jackson\u2014could cause a rift from which the Aquamen might never recover!\u201d With Dark Crisis on the horizon for DC, I have a feeling the DC Universe is going to go through a lot in the next few months, and this series may prove to be very important leading up to that. Only one way to find out, pick up issue #1 of Aquamen this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI\u2019m pretty open about being a big Batman guy, and I\u2019ve never been the biggest fan of the Big Blue Boy Scout Superman, but following Grant Morrison\u2019s Superman and the Authority, Action Comics has become one of my favorite series going on right now. Superman and his new team have been stranded on Warworld and have been at the mercy of Mongul for a few issues now, and it has been bleak for our heroes. But while Superman\u2019s powers have been on the fritz, and Warworld is powered by a red sun, Clark \/ Kal hasn\u2019t given up and vows to free himself, his team, and the citizens of Warworld from under Mongul\u2019s brutal rule. There\u2019s a lot of badass moments in this series, and is unlike any Superman story I\u2019ve ever heard of. I\u2019m excited for this to be collected in trade for those who\u2019ve been behind to catch up, but for those who are caught up, this week it\u2019s issue #1040, the penultimate issue for part one of the Warworld Saga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Small Press<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThere\u2019s a big new Image #1 this week, and the hype for it is real. This week is the debut of Step By Bloody Step. \u201cAn armored giant and a helpless child. Together they cross an astonishing world brimming with beasts, bandits, and-deadliest by far-civilizations… If they stop walking, the earth itself forces them onwards. WHY? The child can’t ask. She and her guardian have no language, no memory, nothing except each other. Multiple-Eisner nominees Si Spurrier (X-Men), Matia Bergara (Coda), and Matheus Lopes (Supergirl) present a watershed moment in modern comics: four double-length chapters of a bittersweet fantasy opus, completely text free.\u201d Saying it’s like The Iron Giant would be kind of close, but also, it\u2019s nothing like that. This is an astonishing first issue this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWe waited patiently for almost 4 years for arguably the best comic ever (yeah, I said it) to return, and last month with Saga #55, we were not disappointed. It\u2019s a little weird to see Saga back again on a regular schedule, with issue #56 new this week. It was the first book we read this week, and I imagine it will be for the foreseeable future every time there\u2019s a new issue. The second half of Saga continues and it\u2019s great, but you don\u2019t need me to tell you that. Come in and get it, still at only $2.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThere\u2019s a big new Image #1 this week, and the hype for it is real. This week is the debut of Step By Bloody Step. \u201cAn armored giant and a helpless child. Together they cross an astonishing world brimming with beasts, bandits, and-deadliest by far-civilizations… If they stop walking, the earth itself forces them onwards. WHY? The child can’t ask. She and her guardian have no language, no memory, nothing except each other. Multiple-Eisner nominees Si Spurrier (X-Men), Matia Bergara (Coda), and Matheus Lopes (Supergirl) present a watershed moment in modern comics: four double-length chapters of a bittersweet fantasy opus, completely text free.\u201d Saying it’s like The Iron Giant would be kind of close, but also, it\u2019s nothing like that. This is an astonishing first issue this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWe waited patiently for almost 4 years for arguably the best comic ever (yeah, I said it) to return, and last month with Saga #55, we were not disappointed. It\u2019s a little weird to see Saga back again on a regular schedule, with issue #56 new this week. It was the first book we read this week, and I imagine it will be for the foreseeable future every time there\u2019s a new issue. The second half of Saga continues and it\u2019s great, but you don\u2019t need me to tell you that. Come in and get it, still at only $2.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n