New Comics for 10/16/19

Friday FOC Roundup!

I am late! TODAY is new comic book day, and here are the books that are hitting the shelves today!

From Dark Horse this week is The Mask: I Pledge Allegiance to the Mask #1 (of 4). The best-selling comic series that inspired the blockbuster film returns with gruesome hilarity from the showrunner of AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and Hellboy's Patric Reynolds. Years ago, a weird mask of unknown origin and limitless power was buried in the cement of an apartment building's basement floor. Edge City and its residents have all but forgotten the mysterious green-faced killer known only as "Big Head." But now, decades later, the bizarre Tex Avery-style killings are happening all over again and are on a collision course with a bizarre political campaign where a homicidal maniac wants to "Make America Green Again"! Main cover by Patric Reynolds, variant cover by Rafael Albuquerque!

From DC this week is Batman #81, with an amazing variant cover by Francesco Mattina! It's time for the big showdown. Batman is calling Bane out. But is the Dark Knight Detective ready to take on the foe who broke him worse than any other that came before? And what else stands in Batman's way, to put an obstacle between him and his enemy? Tread lightly, Batman, because not only do the lives of your son and trusted friends hang in the balance, but your entire home could collapse on top of you! Main cover by John Romita Jr!

Next up from DC is Justice League #34 with an awesome variant cover by Francesco Mattina! "The Justice Doom War" part five! All Hypertime is breaking! If it blows, all of reality will follow after-which would be just fine for Lex Luthor, who is ready to prove to the evil goddess Perpetua that he's the bad man for her. The Justice League is attempting to do what they can, chasing the Legion of Doom across the time-sphere. If the Totality is put back together, the whole Multiverse will tip toward Doom...and have consequences that reverberate throughout the DC Universe-assuming it's not destroyed in the process.

Next from DC this week is Metal Men #1 (of 12). The Metal Men are back! And back and back and back again, as we take a deep look into Doc Magnus' lab as he experiments with what it means to be sentient. Meanwhile, a mysterious liquid Nth metal has appeared in the science site at Challengers Mountain that appears to have come through from the Dark Multiverse...Written by Dan Didio with art by Shane Davis! Variant cover by Phillip Tan!

From Image and in stores on 10/16 is Marked #1 by Brian Haberlin & David Hine! The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world against evil forces. With no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of Hybrid Sorcery. The party is over for The Marked. You'll believe in magic-terrifying, soul-destroying magic.

From Marvel this week is Absolute Carnage Avengers #1! CAPTAIN AMERICA! HAWKEYE! THE THING! WOLVERINE!Years ago, Cletus Kasady used the Carnage symbiote to take over a small town called Doverton, Colorado, as well as the team of Avengers who arrived to stop him! Barely able to free themselves from his control during their first meeting, this small band of heroes will have no choice but to assemble once more after they discover that Doverton's entire population has recently fallen victim to Carnage's more lethal designs...

Next up from Marvel this week is Captain America #15! "THE LEGEND OF STEVE" CONTINUES!Steve Rogers' mission to clear his reputation and to re-establish the good name of Captain America continues, as he and Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman, tackle a familiar old foe who is contaminating the water supply of a large rust-belt city! “Mary Jane” variant cover by Adam Hughes!

Next up from Marvel , Captain Marvel #10 hits a second print and features a new cover featuring Star by Carmen Carnero!

On the heels of the 2ndprint, also comes Captain Marvel #11! CAPTAIN MARVEL'S LAST STAND!The world has turned its back on her. Her powers are fading. And Carol Danvers has never felt more lost. But when a world that shunned her needs Captain Marvel, she will answer the call, because that's what heroes do. Carol is in the fight of her life -- one that by it's very nature must destroy her. What will be left when it's all over? Main cover by Mark Brooks, MJ variant cover by Elizabeth Torque!

Next from Marvel is Marvel Tales Ghost Rider #1 with a gorgeous cover by In Hyuk Lee! Johnny Blaze, the flaming-skulled Ghost Rider, roars into action as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the House of Ideas with the era-spanning MARVEL TALES! This anthology series shines a spotlight on fan-favorite characters, features timeless stories and highlights some of our most impressive talent from the past eight decades. First, legendary scribe Roger Stern explores the curse of Johnny Blaze - and the adrenaline-fueled origin of Ghost Rider - in GHOST RIDER (1973) #68! Next, Spider-Man has one of his most hair-raising team-ups of all, joining Ghost Rider in action against the eye-watering villain called the Orb, in MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #15! Then, ask yourself "What if Ghost Rider were separated from Johnny Blaze?" in a thought-provoking tale from the classic alternate reality series, WHAT IF? (1977) #28! Let's ride!

Finally, and most importantly from Marvel and Jonathan Hickman comes X-Men #1! DAWN OF X!The X-Men find themselves in a whole new world of possibility... and things have never been better! Jonathan Hickman (HOUSE OF X, POWERS OF X, SECRET WARS) and superstar artist Leinil Yu (NEW AVENGERS, CAPTAIN AMERICA) reveal the saga of Cyclops and his hand-picked squad of mutant powerhouses! Main cover by Leinil Yu, ArtGerm Variant, Bagley every mutant ever variant, Brooks Party Variant, and Chechetto Young Guns variant!

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From Boom Studios and in stores this week is Once & Future #3! Gran and Duncan are in a race against time to get back to the Otherworld. The sword in the stone awaits, and he who pulls the sword from the stone becomes King.

From Vault and in stores this week is Cult Classic Creature Feature #1! Eons ago, visitors from outer space buried an item of unimaginable power in the primordial swamps that would one day become King Lake-a quaint little basin on the edge of Whisper, USA. Millions of years later, a comet's radioactive waves awaken the monster slumbering beneath the lake. As the beast feeds on America's sweet, delicious youth, brain-slugs infect the quiet town, causing victims to vomit up their kill-hungry, zombified skeletons. But for seventeen-year-old Jarrod Parker, none of that stuff matters much. For him, this isn't about the Apocalypse. It's about payback. Nothing-not his friends, not the undead, not even the end of the world-will keep him from vengeance. Main Cover by John Bivens, variant cover by Tim Daniel!

Also from Dynamite and in stores on 10/16 is Vampirella #4! Seduction of The Innocent Book Four of Twelve: While several of Vampirella's classic enemies gather under mysterious circumstances, Vampirella is goaded into committing a heroic act which may thrust her into the public eye, a place she's definitely not comfortable in! By the ever-unpredictable Christopher Priest and taking-the-US-by-storm Ergun Gunduz!

Cover A: ArtGerm

Cover B: Guillem March

Cover C: Fay Dalton

Cover D: Ergun Gunduz

Cover E: Cosplay

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