Picks of the Week: 08/17/2016

SUPERGIRL REBIRTH #1 | Picked by Colin & Josh

(W) Steve Orlando (A) Ray McCarthy (A/CA) Emanuela Lupacchino

Supergirl turns to the shadowy organization known as the D.E.O. (Department of Extranormal Operations) to restore her lost powers once and for all! But as a fateful experiment sends Kara Zor-El rocketing toward the sun, disaster strikes at home in the form of the lost Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On! All the epic action of the brand new Supergirl series starts here!

BACKSTAGERS #1 | Picked by Colin

(W) James TynionIV (A) Rian Sygh (CA) Veronica Fish

James Tynion IV (Batman Eternal, The Woods) teams up with artist Rian Sygh (Munchkin, Stolen Forest) for an incredible yet earnest story about finding a place to fit in when you're kinda an outcast.
When Jory transfers to the private, all-boys school St. Genesius's, he figures joining the stage crew would involve a lot of just fetching props and getting splinters. To his pleasant surprise, he discovers there's a door backstage that leads to different worlds, and all of the stagehands know about it!
All the world's a stage...but what happens behind the curtain is pure magic!

BRIGGS LAND #1 | Picked by Colin & Dave

(W) Brian Wood (CA) Brian Wood (A/CA) Mack Chater

Briggs Land, nearly a hundred square miles of rural wilderness, contains the largest antigovernment secessionist movement in the United States. When matriarch Grace Briggs wrests control of the operation from her incarcerated husband, she sparks a war within the community-and her immediate family-that threatens to bring the full power of the federal government down on their heads.

-Perfect for fans of Sons of Anarchy and Justified!

-In development for an AMC television show!

WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #10 | Picked by Josh, Pat, & Adam

(W) Robert Venditti (A/CA) Raul Allen

Pain and suffering await at the "LABYRINTH'"s end!

Against all odds, the Eternal Warrior has fought his way to the Labyrinth's brutal and mysterious center. But his suffering is far from over! Standing between the Earth's immortal master of war and freedom stands the fi gure only known as the Dying One...and the masterstroke in his centuries-long plan to unlock the secret of the Eternal Warrior's immortality! Battered but not beaten, can Gilad Anni-Padda rise once more to fell his greatest foe...or will the madness of the "LABYRINTH" break his mind as well as his body?

New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR) and visionary artist Raúl Allén (NINJAK) bring their blood-curdling epic to a close as "LABYRINTH" reaches its unforgettable finale - and determines the final fate of Valiant's greatest warrior!

BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #1 | Picked by Pat

(W) Julie Benson, Shawna Benson (A) Claire Roe (CA) Yanick Paquette

"Who Is Oracle?" part one! Someone has stolen the name Oracle right out of Barbara Gordon's past! Hot on this false Oracle's trail, Batgirl, Black Canary, and Huntress are all tracking the same mafia capo...so it makes sense to team up, right? Problem is, Barbara and Dinah need the secrets locked up in Oracle's brain...and Helena Bertinelli would rather put a crossbow bolt right through it!

KLAUS #7 | Picked by Adam & Dave

(W) Grant Morrison (A/CA) Dan Mora

Final issue! Klaus must not only save Yuletime, but the town of Grimsvig itself from the evil Krampus and Lord Magnus.

SUPERMAN #5 | Picked by Adam

(W) Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason (A) Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza (CA) Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray

"SON OF SUPERMAN" part five! The Eradicator is unstoppable and it has forced Superman to leave Earth behind to keep his son from harm.

BLACK HAMMER #2 | Picked by Dave & Josh

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dean Ormston

The Golden Age heroes of Spiral City have been "erased" from existence! Banished years ago to a timeless farming community, the team are torn between accepting their fate and finding a way home! Chapter 2 focuses on child hero Golden Gail, whose unaging body most deeply feels the tragedy of their new lives.

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