Picks of the Week: 09/07/2016

ECLIPSE #1 | Picked by Colin

(W) Zachary Kaplan (A/CA) Giovanni Timpano

Imagine if sunlight burned you alive. In the near future, a mysterious solar event has transformed the sun's light into deadly immolating rays. The world's few survivors now live in nocturnal cities. But a killer emerges who uses sunlight to burn his victims, and when he targets the daughter of a solar power mogul, it falls to a disillusioned solar engineer to protect her.

SUPERGIRL #1 | Picked by Josh

(W) Steve Orlando (A/CA) Brian Ching

"REIGN OF THE CYBORG SUPERMAN" part one! Supergirl is back and working for the DEO to defend National City! As Kara Danvers, average American teenager and high school student, Supergirl must balance her life as a superhero with her new life on Earth. But some demons from her Kryptonian past are coming back to haunt her, and Kara will find herself face-to-face with her father: the sinister Cyborg Superman!

GREAT DIVIDE #1 (OF 6) | Picked by Colin

(W) Ben Fisher (A) Adam Markiewicz (CA) Mike Henderson

In the near future, humanity awakens to the horrifying reality that the faintest touch from another's skin results in agonizing death.   The survivors isolate themselves, many driven mad by fragments of memories "absorbed" from those they've killed.  Two years after the "Divide," a pair of thieves stumble upon the means to save their species.  But not everyone is eager to see the old world order restored...Includes a free song download -- mood music for the apocalypse!

SKYBOURNE #1 | Picked by Colin

(W) Frank Cho (A/CA) Frank Cho

* A new, original series from celebrated creator Frank Cho (Totally Awesome Hulk, Savage Wolverine)!
* Full of fast-paced action, Skybourne is James Bond with fantasy elements thrown in and is unlike anything Frank Cho has ever done before.
* The legend of King Arthur is alive and well in modern day. Only one man, Skybourne, can stop the evil Merlin from destroying the world.

A&A #7 | Picked by Josh & Adam

(W) Rafer Roberts (A) Mike Norton (CA) Kano

No more clowning around!
The hunt for Armstrong's estranged wife is taking a strange turn through America's most bizarre traveling circus...and it's no laughing matter! Besieged by a deranged troupe of malformed Armstrong clones, the world's hardest-traveling adventurers may have finally met a match more dysfunctional than they are! And if that wasn't enough absurdity for one day, a Russian science bear is about to come barreling through the big top with grave news for Archer & Armstrong!
NEXT STOP CLOWNTOWN continues its precarious trip trough the fetid underbelly of Americana here...and rising star Rafer Roberts (HARBINGER RENEGADES) and Eisner Award winner Mike Norton (Revival) are coming along for the ride!

GREEN ARROW #6 | Picked by Josh & Pat

(W) Ben Percy (A) Stephen Byrne (CA) W. Scott Forbes

"SINS OF THE MOTHER"! Following the shocking events with the Ninth Circle, Green Arrow's wayward sister/sidekick Emiko travels to Japan on a quest to destroy the crime lords who control her mother, Shado, the assassin who murdered Oliver Queen.

MOON KNIGHT #6 | Picked by Pat

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Greg Smallwood

"INCARNATIONS" STARTS NOW!
•  Marc Spector broke his body to escape the prison Khonshu built for his mind...
•  ...And Stephen Grant awoke in New York City, ready to produce Marvel's next box-office smash!
•  It's a happy ending-unless Marc is still trapped somewhere.

BATMAN #6 | Picked by Pat & Adam

(W) Tom King (A) Ivan Reis, Joe Prado (CA) David Finch, Danny Miki

"I AM GOTHAM" epilogue. In this stand-alone tale, Batman seeks redemption as he tries to keep Gotham Girl from going down a dangerous path. But can the Dark Knight save someone who doesn't want to be saved?

SUPERMAN #6 | Picked by Adam

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

"SON OF SUPERMAN" part 6! The evil Eradicator faces off against Superman and son in a battle that may save the day but destroy the moon.

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