Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! It's one of those fifth Wednesdays where there are hardly any comics get released. Normally they'd at least throw in some annuals or something, but they seem to be saving those for April. Well we might as well look at the plethora of titles that will be hitting shelves.
Upcoming Comics
DC's Lex and the City #1
It’s Valentine’s Day, which means that love and heartbreak are sweeping every city in the DCU! This anthology collects eight stories of heroes and villains looking for love in the big city (which practically feels like its own character!). Lex Luthor laments over the one that got away—the big, ever-elusive Metropolitan man, Superman! Raven and Beast Boy embark on a romantic scavenger hunt across San Francisco (which just might be a trap)! And Damian Wayne runs a dating-advice gauntlet through Gotham City, organized by none other than the dating master himself, Tim Drake! Gather your gal pals, pour yourself a cosmo, and hit your nearest comic shop—DC’S LEX & THE CITY is coming this January!
- Written By: Sina Grace, Brendan Hay, Johnathan Rivera, Callie C. Miller
- Art By: Sina Grace, Stephen Byrne, Michael Avon Oeming, Lisa Sterle
Thoughts: I'm sure whoever came up with that title felt very clever and proud of themselves.
Batman News Critic: Team effort
DC Power: Rise of the Power Company #1
The Justice League’s watchtower looming in the skies is intended to inspire hope and faith in superheroes, but not everyone believes metahumans act in humanity’s best interests. The fringe beliefs that “Waller was Right” have grown louder as paramilitary groups take to the streets to take Earth back for the human race. Enter Josiah Power, a meta-attorney who’s seen enough of rising hate and sets out to assemble a team not only to protect black and brown communities from these new threats but also to rebuild human faith in heroes.DC Power returns for a third year in a new format, continuing the storylines from Absolute Power and All In and setting the stage for the return of the Power Company!
- Written By: Brandon Thomas, Zipporah Smith, John Jennings, Vita Ayala
- Art By: Charles Stewart III, Kelsey Ramsay, Caanan White, Ray-Anthony Height
Thoughts: Well based on the April solicits that just came out, it seem that the Power Company will finally be getting their own ongoing. The bad news is that the Waller meta plotline just won't die.
Batman News Critic: Aaron
Beyond the Bat
Welcome to Beyond the Bat, where we take a quick look at the rest of DC’s comics coming out this week.
Graphic Novel Watch
Sometimes you need more than floppies. Sometimes you want something that can sit nicely on your shelf that proudly displays your favorite stories. That’s when you turn to graphic novels. Let’s see what bat collections are coming out this week:
Ratings
Honestly there's only two bat(ish) titles coming out this week and they're both anthology specials, so I'm going to call it a wash. Both have plenty of chances for a wide range of quality between all their different stories.
Well that’s it for this week! Let us know in the comments what comics you’re looking forward to.
