Welcome to this week’s new comic book releases. Check out our recommendations to add to your pull this week. From publishers such as DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, and more. We also include an awesome graphic novel recommendation at the end of each week’s recommendations.
Comic Book Recommendations | Jan 20, 2021
DC
(W) Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad & LL McKinney (A) Jen Bartel & Alitha Martinez
The Undoing are coming. Long past the Age of Heroes, few of Diana Prince’s friends survive, and most of her sisters have passed as well. As an immortal goddess, this is her lot. But then, a threat appears that even the mighty Darkseid can’t handle-and it’s up to Wonder Woman to take on the battle!
Marvel
(W) Peter David (A) Javier Pina & Dale Keown
After deposing Dystopia’s ancient ruler, the Maestro sets his sights even bigger. It’s time the entire planet Earth recognized their one true god! But the Maestro isn’t the only immortal left…and if he wants to truly dominate the planet, he’ll have to face the most powerful beings in creation! PETER DAVID continues the tale that began decades ago in the legendary Future Imperfect!
Legends tell of a time before Covid — when toy companies from near and far would gather in one place to showcase their up and coming products. This wondrous event was known as Toy Fair. We know… that sounds absolutely insane, right?
With the current need for social distancing and the cancellation of in-person events for the foreseeable future, we collectors must now rely on virtual events to fill the void. Making the best of a bad situation, Funko is continuing the Toy Fair tradition in the form of Funko Fair 2021! A 9-day virtual event packed with reveals of some of their most anticipated products from a wide range of popular licenses, which will release throughout the year. As the announcements roll out, most items will become available for pre-order through various retailers. We’ll do our best to provide you with valid links for each reveal.
Get your ticket ready and step right up, it’s Opening Day at Funko Fair!
The start of Opening Day here at the Funko Fair is loaded to the Sarlacc’s teeth with Star Wars products!
That brings us to the end of today’s reveals for the Opening Day of Funko Fair! This is only the beginning though. Come back tomorrow for another thrilling day of reveals! The theme for Day 2 of Funko Fair is one of our favorites: Anime!
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The new year is among us and we finally get our first of many new streaming series from Marvel Studios, WandaVision. This 9 episode mini-series will dive into the lives of familiar Avengers Scarlet Witch and Vision. Here we are going to look at some details about the new streaming series on Disney + and the origins of these main characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
WandaVision
After the events of the 2019 blockbuster hit Avengers Endgame. Wanda and Vision are living the ideal suburban life in the town of Westview, trying to conceal their powers. As they begin to enter new decades and encounter television tropes, the couple suspects that things are not as they seem.
Each episode will take place within a new decade for the super-powered couple. The series will begin with the first two episodes which take place in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Disney + series will be the first in a line of MCU series, which begins the next Phase in Marvel Studios entertainment line up. Since the studio announced the series and the additional movies in development at the investors’ summit last December. The schedule of new series and movies is packed with new titles such as the upcoming series Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki.
Scarlet Witch was originally one of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. A team of mutants was Formed by Magneto to combat Charles Xavier’s X-Men.
Scarlet Witch was created by the late great Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Some of the greatest Marvel comics characters were created by the duo. Such as Spider-Man, Daredevil, the X-Men, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, to name a few of their more popular characters.
(W) Roy Thomas (A) John Buscema & Marie Serverin
First Appearance: Vision
Roy Thomas (Left) is also the co-creator of Wolverine, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and numerous other Marvel characters. Artist John Buscema (Center) worked on over 200 issues on the original Avengers comic series. Marie Serverin (Right) was one of the first women to work at Marvel comics. She co-created several characters along with creator Stan Lee.
WandaVision Cast
Elizabeth Olsen reprises her role as Scarlet Witch. After making her first MCU appearance in Avengers Age of Ultron. She has become one of the most powerful members of the Avengers.
There is some domesticated chemistry that is developed between the characters that begin in the 2016 film, Captain American Civil War. Then as the Phase 3 movies continued the characters finally making it official in the 2018 movie, Avengers Infinity War.
Paul Betty reprises his role as Vision. Making his first appearance as Tony Starks interactive AI Jervis in the 2008 movie, Ironman. He was finally brought to life after being constructed by Ultron, in the 2016 movie. Just as the additions of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. So was the addition of Vision to the Avengers ranks. Just as his female counterpart, he has been established as one of the most powerful Avengers.
Kathryn Hahn is the couple’s neighbor who is curious about the couple’s odd behavior. Hahn is no stranger to the MCU. She also voiced Olivia Octavius in the 2018 Academy Award-Winning Into the Spider-Verse.
Kat Dennings (left) will also be reprising her role as Darcy Lewis (Thor). Of course, Darcy is Jane Fosters (Natalie Portman), loud-mouthed assistant.
Randall Park (right) returns as Jimmy Woo (Ant-Man & the Wasp). This time he won’t be Scott Langs babysitter.
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New year means new comics! Welcome back since new comics are releasing every Wednesday. We have selected our recommended pick ups for each new week and some weeks we will even recommend key books. Also, we offer great graphic novel recommendations if your not looking to collect single issues of a series.
The announcement yesterday at the Walt Disney Company Investors meeting has brought some exciting news! The presentation from the president and chief creative officer, Kevin Feige introduced some movie news and revealed some show additions to the streaming service Disney+, let us check them out.
One of the hottest comic books to come out this year is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin from IDW Publishing. The original creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back together for this new five-issue mini-series. The Last Ronin is written by TMNT Co-Creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, along with Tom Waltz and Andy Kuhn with inking. The first issue released on October 28th, 2020, and was meant to be a monthly release.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
Linebreakers Exclusive. Aaron Bartling Cover.
Here is the official synopsis of The Last Ronin from IDW Publishing:
It’s the TMNT event of 2020! Springing from the minds of TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird comes an epic like you’ve never seen before! In a future NYC far different than the one we know today, a lone surviving Turtle goes on a seemingly hopeless mission to obtain justice for his fallen family and friends. Kinetic layouts from Eastman, inks from Esau and Isaac Escorza and a thrilling script full of surprises from longtime TMNT scribe Tom Waltz all combine to make this one of the most memorable TMNT stories you will ever read!
Oversized in both format and page count, this is a perennial TMNT tale that can’t be missed!
Massive 2nd Printing
The first issue has been so popular that the pre-orders exceeded over 130,000 issues! The has led to a massive 50,000 2nd printing that released on December 9, 2020. So if you missed out on the first issue, this is a great way to pick it up without having to pay a higher price on eBay.
You can also read the first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin on Kindle or Comixology through Amazon – Click Here to Open Amazon in a New Window
2nd Issue Delay
The 2nd issue should have been released in November but was delayed until January 27th, 2021. If you are looking to add the 2nd issue to your pull list then call your local comic shop right away. It is possible that each issue of this 5 issue mini-series could have a delay, so keep that in mind when reading this book.
Which one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will up as The Last Ronin? Find out in this awesome new mini-series from IDW Publishing.
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The best streaming shows are based on several Comic book series. There is something streaming for all comic fans. Whether you’re a fan of Marvel or DC, or the independent comic publisher’s series. NetFlix, Hulu, Disney +, Amazon Prime, DC Universe, etc. offer a great variety of shows. Here is a list of the current and renewed live action Comic book streaming series.
The EisnerAwards are announced and the winners are in! Every year we are excited to hear about the award winning comic series, creators and the other talented winners. Here we made a list of all the award winners and nominees. Check out the talented writers, artists, inkers, and series from this years awards ceremony.
The current Daredevil series from writer Chip Zdarsky is about to get a major costume upgrade. The ‘Devil’ of Hell’s kitchen has been pushed Through Hell. Now, Matthew Murdock returns as Daredevil to save Hell’s kitchen once again. Let’s check out the current storyline, the creative team, and the upcoming costume upgrade in issue #21.
The Joker is Batman’s greatest foe. The Joker Killer Smile is a three part mini series from DC Comics Black Label.Welcome to another talks comics episode! This time our hosts Brandon and Brian discuss this ‘killer’ mini series from writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino.
