Comics

There’s a lot to like from a whole bunch of publishers on the stands today, including the new Hellboy spinoff Frankenstein Underground, Batgirl: Endgame, and Transformers: Combiner Wars Opening Salvo.

Marvel’s newest crossover event is maybe its biggest ever, and will redefine the Marvel U in its wake. So maybe a little primer is in order, to get you up to speed?

It’s a changing of the guard on the still relatively new Star Wars series from Marvel Comics.

A monthly Plants vs Zombies comic series is on the way from Dark Horse Comics.

It’s a batarang, it’s a letter opener- stop, you’re both right! Oh, and it’s awesome too.

This is probably the one part of Secret Wars that I’m looking forward to most- the return of the 90s X-Men.

Issue #2 of one of the very best book on the shelves, Divinity’s weird story of a man-turned-god continues this week.

DK’s excellent historical archive of the DCU and its characters gets a much needed update to keep it current with the ‘New 52’ universe.

Armor Wars sounds like one of the coolest Warzones in Secret Wars, with an armored-up citizenry and superhero populace, and one terrible secret.

The best selling stuff for the month of February, 2015 was an interesting lot indeed. With Orphan Black #1 surprisingly taking the number one spot for comics and The Avengers villain Ultron nabbing the honors for toys.

Say your goodbye’s to the Merc with a Mouth, as Deadpool is officially ending it’s run with the death of the man himself next month. Maybe.

The latest creator-owned series from Dark Horse stars the talents of Drew Edward Johnson in a tale of mystery and the supernatural.

The Buffy comic’s are not all that different to the TV show, same humor, mostly same characters and the same basic story line. Buffy is not a normal girl, she is the Slayer, One girl chosen every life time, blah blah, the fans know the prologue all too well; basically Buffy …

The DC Comics MOBA that’s been in beta state for a while now is just about done and ready for its official debut.

To be more accurate, the Guardians of Knowhere join Battleworld… in synchronous orbit. Saved from the collapsing Marvel U, the head of a dead Celestial serves as home to some very bad people and a new team of Guardians.

Original Graphic Novels (OGN’s) are few and far between in this age of the ‘collected edition’, but Marvel Comics is continuing to bring them back in style.