Comics

Valiant Comics’ first villain-led book hits the stands on Wednesday.

The original Spawn returns this week with an issue number (250) that comics just don’t see these days, Superman gets new everything in an issue that brings the first arc of Romita’s run to a close, Valiant’s villain-led Imperium arrives, and Marvel’s Star Wars rolls on.

So Secret Wars: Battleworld looks… interesting.

Five all-new licenses mark the beginning of a packed 2015 for Diamond Select Toys.

March is Women’s History Month, and Marvel Comics is celebrating the women of Marvel with a set of covers featuring artwork by the some of the hottest female pencilers in the biz.

Fresh from the DC Comics book that features a cute ‘Lil’ version of dark and gritty Gotham City, Kotobukiya has a series of figures set for retail.

Captain America and the Mighty Avengers, Loki: Agent of Asgard, and Magneto are the stage for the Last Days of the Marvel Universe, and the beginning of Secret Wars.

A pair of books prepped for Free Comic Book Day 2015 will offer a quartet of stories, including the hyped Secret Wars and the Attack on Titan/Avengers crossover.

A pretty packed week sees some big moments in both Marvel and DC, as well as the latest issue of IDW’s X-Files book, and X-O Manowar taking on the Armorines over in Valiant.

Naughty Dog’s PlayStation exclusive series is about to get an art book from Dark Horse that will explore the first three games.

Joining Last Days, Battleworld and Warzones will join the new series’ that will tell a more in-depth tale of the multiverse after the dawn of the reality-shattering Secret Wars.

I have to admit, I was extremely down on Fox’ reboot of Marvel’s classic Fantastic Four property. One look at the new teaser trailer for the film though, and I think I’ve changed my mind.

Pewfell in Drain of Chaos is the long-time comic created by illustrator Chuck Whelon, and was a project he started back in the 1990’s. While the comic itself has been completed, the project was recently revived to launch as a Kickstarter campaign, so it could be turned into a book …

Allied with heroes like Batman and a member of the Justice League Dark, Zatanna is one of the most powerful magic-welders in DC Comics, and now she’s a part of the Bishoujo line of collectible statues from Kotobukiya.

A set of pretty neat mouse pads is on the way from high-end collectable maker Icon Heroes.

Aric might be down, but he tends not to stay that way for long, as the Armorines are about to find out.