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DC's Terrors Through Time (One Shot), DC Comics Written By: Paul Levitz, Sholly Fisch, Peter Nguyen, Zac Thompson, Charles Skaggs, Jeremy Haun, Matthew Levine, and Tim Seeley. Art By: Raul Fernandez, Luciano Vecchio, Peter Nguyen, Andy McDonald, Tom Mandrake, Juan Doe, Jorge Corona, and Kelley Jones. In time for the Spooky season, DC Comics presents an anthology one shot, filled with appropriate tales for Halloween. From The Phantom Stranger, to Swamp Thing, the JSA, the Super Sons and the Gotham City Sirens, among others, each tale brings different characters to the forefront and allows them to shine in the spotlight....

Superman #1 Facsimile Edition, DC Comics   By: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster DC Comics presents a new 2022 Facsimile Edition of Superman #1, from 1939, featuring the first few tales of Superman, outside of Action Comics. Beginning with a recap of Superman’s origin, the amazing modern myth we all know by heart; how when the doomed planet Krypton was about to explode, a scientist placed his infant son in a rocket ship and sent it to Earth. After landing, the infant is found by an elderly couple, the Kent’s, who soon after adopt the infant and teach him to...

Tim Drake: Robin #1, DC Comics   Written By: Meghan Fitzmartin Art By: Riley Rossmo Writer Meghan Fitzmartin returns to the world of Tim Drake, picking up where things left off in the Batman: Urban Legends shorts, and the DC Pride: Tim Drake Special. Tim is in a state of transition. He’s moved out from the Bat-family, settling on the Gotham City Marina on his own, and has continued to move forward with dating his new boyfriend, Bernard. Unsure of himself, and what this new relationship means, Tim is none the less happy in his new life. After Darcy Thomas,...

DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs The Army of the Dead #1, DC Comics   Written By: Bruce Campbell Art By: Eduardo Risso Just in time for the spooky season, horror icon and writer Bruce Campbell (of the Evil Dead fame) brings us a long overdue Sgt. Rock comic, with the Sarge and Easy Company fighting undead Nazi soldiers during World War 2. The tone is set by page two, when Hitler literally rips off the head of an advisor, after they gave him bad news about the war efforts on both fronts. Displeased with the news, Hitler orders “The...

Stuff of Nightmares #1, Boom Studios   Written By: R.L. Stine Art By: A.L. Kaplan With the calendar about to turn to Fall, the spooky season is fully upon us, and a few great spooky comics came out this week. Here, we have R.L. Stine, of Goosebumps fame, writing a more mature, adult themed horror book. Illustrated by A.L. Kaplan, Stuff of Nightmares clearly takes inspiration from Tales From The Crypt or Creepshow, with a ghoulish narrator setting the stage for a horror anthology. In this case, the narrator is simply known as The Nightmare Keeper, a collector of curiosities...