Debut comic titles, reboots and milestones worth noting.
MacGyver:
Fugitive Gauntlet #1
Chapstick, duct tape and chewing gum ready: When an old friend calls for help, Mac is caught in a web of espionage, murder and a white-knuckle pursuit across the globe with a million-dollar hit on his head.
Story: Lee David Zlotoff & Tony Lee
Art: Will Sliney
Cover: Andie Tong
Street: October 10
imagecomics.com
Ex Sanguine #1
It’s a buddy story: One’s a remorseless hunter restlessly prowling the night for victims to quench an unnatural bloodlust. The other’s a bored vampire whose centuries of existence have left him world-weary. Works for me.
Story: Tim Seeley, Josh Emmons
Art: Tim Seeley
Color: Carlos Badilla
Cover: Tim Seeley
Street: October 17
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Bedlam #1
It’s murder, mayhem and mystery: Fillmore Press was once Madder Red, a homicidal maniac and criminal overlord who terrorized the town of Bedlam for years. Then he got better. This is what happens next.
Story: Nick Spencer
Art: Riley Rossmo
Cover: Frazer Irving
Street: October 31
imagecomics.com
BatGirl
Annual #1
Lots of shiny latex, spandex and leather: Batgirl is on the hunt for Catwoman – but who is after Batgirl? (I predict someone extra shiny.)
Story: Gail Simone
Art: Admira Wijaya
Cover: Ed Benes
Street: October 31
dccomics.com
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth #100: The Return of the Master #3
Hell, boy: A special B.P.R.D. task force reaches the stronghold of a mad Russian scientist and his cult of followers only to find themselves trapped in a deadly fortress full of horrific black magic.
Story: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi
Art: Tyler Crook
Color: Dave Stewart
Cover: Ryan Sook
Street: October 31
darkhorse.com
The Flash Vol. 1: Move Forward
Think fast: In this new 52 collection, Mob Rule wages a campaign of crime across Central City. To save his city, the flash must make his brain function faster than ever – but it comes at a steep price.
Story: Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato
Art/Cover: Francis Manapul
Street: November 7
dccomics.com
Iron Man (2012) #1
Build-off: The lethal techno virus extremis is out in the wild and up for grabs to the highest bidder. It’s up to Tony Stark to contain it and that means creating a new suit of armor… NOW!
Story: Kieron Gillen
Art: Greg Land
Street: November 7
marvel.com
Judge Dredd #1
The reboot arrives after 35 years of Dredd: In the 22nd century, crime runs rampant in mega-city one, home to over 400 million citizens, robots, criminals and lunatics. The only line of defense between anarchy and chaos are the Judges — and Judge Dredd is the toughest of them all.
Story: Duane Swierczynski
Art: Nelson Daniel, Paul Gulacy
Street: November 21
idwpublishing.com
Beta Testing the Apocalypse
The centerpiece to Tom Kaczynski’s provocative collection of short stories is “The New,” set in an unnamed third-world megalopolis that creaks under the pressure of explosive growth while a renowned starchitect struggles to impose his vision — one threatened by the dispossessed proletariat inhabiting the
slums on the edges of the city.
Street: December 7
fantagraphics.com