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Friday FOC Roundup for 7/5/19
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Happy recovering from the 4thof July Day! Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4thdespite the torrential rain, hail, and weather trying to put a damper on patriotism! Well, it’s Friday again and that means its time for your weekly Final Order Cutoff roundup! All of these titles are on FOC on Monday July 8th, and most are in stores on 7/31/19 meaning that this is going to be Annual Week since it’s the 5thweek in July! If you are interested in securing a copy, please let us know BEFORE the end of the day on Monday!
From Dark Horse and in stores on 10/16 is the Critical Role Trade Paperback Vol 1 Vox Machina! The band of adventurers known as Vox Machina will save the world. Eventually. But even they have to start somewhere. Six would-be heroes on seemingly different jobs find their paths intertwined as they investigate shady business in the swamp town of Stilben. They'll need to put their heads-and weapons-together to figure out what's going on . . . and keep from being killed in the process. From the creators of the hit show Critical Role comes Vox Machina's origin story, now available in paperback!168 pages for $19.99!
Also from Dark Horse and in stores on 7/31 is Manor Black #1 (of 4). From the creators of Harrow County and The Sixth Gun comes this gothic horror fantasy about a family of sorcerers in crisis. Roman Black is the moribund patriarch of a family of powerful sorcerers. As his wicked and corrupt children fight over who will take the reins of Manor Black and become representative of the black arts, Roman adopts a young mage whom he gifts his powers to with the hope that someone good will take his place against the evil forces out to bring down his family and legacy.
From DC and in stores on 7/31 is Batman Secret Files #2. "City of Bane" is upon us! Bane's conquering Gotham City, but he's not doing it alone. In this Secret Files issue, read about Bane and his cabal: The Joker, the Riddler, Hugo Strange and the Psycho-Pirate. Brutal stories of madness, murder and hatred done by some of comics' greatest talents!
Next from DC and in stores on 7/31 is Green Lantern Annual #1! A Green Lantern tradition is reborn when the annual Jordan family reunion takes a turn for the bizarre, leaving Hal and his nearest and dearest on the front line of a terrifying invasion from an impossible reality that's closer than you think! There's only one way for intergalactic lawman Hal "Green Lantern" Jordan to prevent the ultra-crime of the millennium-but what will be the outcome when Green Lantern takes on a young superhero sidekick? And who will it be? Also featuring an incredible guest appearance by the strangest Lantern of all-you must not miss THE GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL!
Next up from DC is the Justice League Dark Annual #1! Swamp Thing takes center stage in this one-of-a-kind story that will change the Green forever! After the fall of the Parliament of Trees, the Parliament of Flowers and its new guardian have risen. It's now up to Alec Holland to convince him to become a benevolent protector of the world, but little does he know, a foe from his past, the Floronic Man, is trying to sway the guardian as well. Which path will the King of Petals choose? The fate of mankind depends on it!
Lastly, from DC is Red Hood Annual #3! Missing since the fateful events of issue #25, the story of what happened to Bizarro and Artemis after they were sucked through the quantum doorway can finally be told! Trapped in a strange reality where everyone with metahuman abilities has become normal and ordinary humans now possess powers, up is down, left is right and only a pair of Outlaws can save the day in a world gone mad. Meet strange new foes, and even stranger new allies. Can the Outlaws fix this broken world and still make it back to our world and their mission alongside the Red Hood?
From IDW and in stores on 7/31 is Sonic the Hedgehog Tangle & Whisper #1 (of 4). Tangle the Lemur's got a problem: there's not enough action in her life! Whisper the Wolf's also got a problem: she's hunting down an incredibly dangerous enemy named Sonic the Hedgehog! Can Tangle and Whisper help each other solve their problems, or will they just make things worse? A new mini-series featuring two of the most popular new Sonic the Hedgehog characters! Tangle & Whisper are a classic odd-couple in this adventurous team-up!
From Image Comics and in stores on 7/31 is Spawn #299! "WAR TO 300," Part Two: Witness the debut of TODD McFARLANE's newest creation-The Rapture! Heaven's answer to the mythic Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, these eternal warriors are tasked with eliminating the plague called humanity from the face of the Earth. The WAR TO 300 rages! Next month, new allegiances will form, new enemies will rise, and history will be made! Will ship with a trade dress cover, Virgin B cover, and Black and White C Cover!
Lastly from Image and in stores on 7/31 is the Second Print of Walking Dead #193, the LAST ISSUE OF THE SERIES! If you missed out grabbing a copy this week, don’t fear! 2ndprints of #193, Robert Kirkman’s curve ball to WD fans will be out before the end of the month! Pre-order your copy now, so that you don’t miss out again!
From Marvel and in stores on 7/31 is the Amazing Spider Man Venom 3D #1 Polybagged! Spider-Man's first encounter with his deadliest foe leaps off the page like never before! The lethal Venom looks a lot like Spidey's black costume - only bigger, stronger and with a killer smile! Worse still, thanks to the symbiotic suit, Eddie Brock knows all of Peter Parker's secrets! Venom has already terrorized Mary Jane - so it's just a matter of time before he comes face-to-face with Spidey. And Eddie knows just the right place to battle the wall-crawler! Can Peter figure out a way to survive? And if he does, maybe it's time to go back to a more friendly neighborhood outfit! It's one of the greatest issues of David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane's fan-favorite run, with the superstar artist's stunning pages presented for the first time in eye-popping 3D! Reprinting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #300. $7.99
Next up from Marvel is Avengers #22 in stores on 7/31. THE CHALLENGE OF THE GHOST RIDERS STARTS HERE! Robbie Reyes wants to get rid of the flame-headed monster inside him. So it's time to do the common sense thing: perform an exorcism on his car. Only problem is, Johnny Blaze, the king of Hell, has some plans of his own for the newest Ghost Rider and his Avengers friends.
Next up from Marvel and in stores on 7/31 is a sick Bill Sienkiewicz Carnage-ized variant cover of Conan the Barbarian #8! THE TWISTED SPELL OF THE WIZARD THOTH-AMON! "The Life & Death of Conan" continues as CONAN returns home to Cimmeria! But things aren't exactly as he remembers them... Is he that out of touch... or is he falling right into the trap of the wizard THOTH-AMON?! PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new novella "BLACK STARLIGHT"!
The Young Avengers are back in a supporting role of the new Deaths Head #1 (of 4) mini series! Rising stars Tini Howard & Kei Zama take on Marvel UK's hottest character, Death's Head, in a new miniseries! When a job goes wrong, intergalactic mech merc Death's Head wakes up half-assembled at a punk show! And if the crowd full of deodorant-eschewing youths wasn't enough, the Young Avengers show up! Well, half of them anyway. Hulkling and Wiccan face down the best freelance peacekeeping agent in this universe!
Next from Marvel and in stores on 7/31 is the awesome Carnage-ized variant to Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man #9 by Woo Dae Shim! A terrifying new villain is causing major problems for Spider-Man and his neighborhood. What does he want with your favorite wall-crawler? PLUS: The secret history of THE RUMOR!
Most importantly from Marvel and in stores on 7/31 is Powers of X #1 (of 6). FEAR THE FUTURE! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (INFINTY, NEW AVENGERS, FF) continues his revolutionary new direction for the X-Men. Intertwining with HOUSE OF X, POWERS OF X reveals the secret past, present and future of mutantkind, changing the way you look at every X-Men story before and after. You do not want to miss the next seminal moment in the history of the X-Men!
Finally, whew, from Marvel, and in stores on 7/31 is Venom Annual #1! VENOM VS. LADY HELLBENDER! After a busy few months, Eddie Brock and the symbiote are back together, but their union isn't so perfect anymore... Meanwhile, the galaxy's fiercest monster hunter is headed to Earth with a taste for klyntar... PLUS! The Origin of Lady Hellbender!
From AfterShock and in stores on 7/31 is Knights Temporal #1! When Auguste de Riviere returned from the Crusades, he was ashamed and horrified by the things he had done. Hoping to reclaim his soul, he pledges to root out evil wherever it might be found. But when he pursued a vile sorcerer into a forbidden forest, his life was shattered. Au-guste ventured into the dark forest, but emerged in the modern world. Accompanied now by the enigmatic Jane Fool, Auguste hunts a madman while trying to piece together the mystery of his very existence.
From Valiant and in stores on 7/31 is The Killers #1 (of 5). Five deadly assassins are recruited into a game of cat and mouse by the mysterious Jonin! But what does the Jonin want from them, and what do they gain out of helping him?Each of these assassins can channel their ki in different ways, granting them incredible abilities!
