Picks of the Week: 12/14/2016

DC REBIRTH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 | Picked by Pat & Josh

(W) Paul Dini, James TynionIV, Steve Orlando, Vita Ayala, Cullen Bunn, Tim Seeley, James Asmus, Heath Corson, Kate Perkins (A) Robbi Rodriguez, Gustavo Duarte (CA) Jorge Jimenez

DC's biggest and brightest heroes celebrate the holidays in this new special! Don't miss a Chanukah crisis for Huntress, a Flash family Christmas, Wonder Woman interrupting John Constantine's hellblazing pagan party and more-including the return of Detective Chimp! Today's top talents bring you a very special holiday gift that'll keep on giving through the New Year! And writer Paul Dini crafts a Harley holiday tale featuring DCU guests that bridges all the stories in the weirdest, wildest way.

IvX #1 | Picked by Colin

(W) Charles Soule, Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Yu Leinil

THIS IS IT!
The X-Men and Inhumans have been on a collision course since the link was proven between the Inhumans' precious Terrigen Mist and the sickness and death of many mutants. When Beast discovers that the mutants have only two weeks before the planet is uninhabitable for them, an Inhuman/mutant war is unavoidable. Co-written by Charles Soule (Uncanny Inhumans, Daredevil) and Jeff Lemire (Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight), IVX delivers sensational set pieces, gargantuan grudge matches, all drawn by the sensational Leinil Francis Yu! Whether you're for the X-MEN or the INHUMANS, IVX promises to shatter the Marvel Universe as you know it!

ROCKSTARS #1 | Picked by Colin

(W) Joe Harris (A/CA) Megan Hutchison

SERIES PREMIERE
Fan-favorite JOE HARRIS (GREAT PACIFIC, The X-Files) and mega-talented newcomer MEGAN HUTCHISON deliver a new ongoing series exploring rock 'n' roll's untold mysteries and secrets!
  
"NATIVITY IN BLACKLIGHT," Part One
When a pattern of unsolved 'groupie' murders from the 1970s resumes in present-day Los Angeles, nobody makes the connection except Jackie Mayer, a rock nerd with a strange connection to music's urban legends and lost history. Together with muckraking music writer Dorothy Buell, they soon uncover a vast conspiracy involving a legendary band, demonic possession, and sacrifices to the dark gods of rock.

WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #14 | Picked by Josh

(W) Robert Venditti (A) Robert Gill (CA) Stephen Segovia

Out of the abyss...and into oblivion!

Gilad Anni-Padda has faced tanks, trenches, and legions many thousands strong. Now, true peace is finally within reach of the man that myth calls the Eternal Warrior... but, to claim it, he must undertake a mission beyond the grasp of any mortal soldier...and rescue the soul of his long-lost son from the underworld. But to venture into the land of death itself means suicide even for an immortal master of war... and the cruel being known as the Pale Herder intends to make sure that this time, Earth's Fist and Steel stays dead once and for all...

BRITANNIA #4 | Picked by Adam & Josh

(W) Peter Milligan (A) Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Cary Nord

Final Fates! Antonius Axia's nightmarish journey through the heart of the remote Roman colony of Britannia has brought him to death's door. But when the world's first detective confronts his deepest fears about gods, men and civilization, will he be able to complete the mission given to him by Emperor Nero, or will his mind collapse under the unfathomable weight of the void that now
stands revealed before him?

SUICIDE SQUAD #8 | Picked by Colin

(W) Rob Williams (A/CA) Jim Lee, Scott Williams

"THE BLACK VAULT" part eight! Harley Quinn goes sane! The prisoners and staff of Belle Reve Penitentiary have succumbed to the devastating effects of General Zod's Black Vault, rendering them all insane. But it has the opposite effect on Harley, who must fight her way through a crazed Suicide Squad-with the help of the Enchantress-to stop Zod from waking and conquering the world. No pressure, right? And in a bonus backup story written by Rob Williams with art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Francesco Mattina, learn how super-villains are conscripted into the Suicide Squad! The unlucky Killer Frost is about to find out when she arrives for her first day at Belle Reve. Her story continues from this month's single issue of SUICIDE SQUAD directly into JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD #1!

MOONSHINE #3 | Picked by Pat

(W) Brian Azzarello (A/CA) Eduardo Risso
 
"MOONSHINE," Part Three
Gangster Lou Pirlo's mission to Appalachia isn't going as well as planned, so his NYC boss sends him some help in the form of three rival gangsters. Meanwhile, the only "help" Lou really wants is from the mysterious, but likely deadly, Delia.

YOUNG TERRORISTS #2 | Picked by Pat

(W) Matt Pizzolo (A/CA) Amancay Nahuelpan

The Young Terrorists crank things up to 11 when Sera hits the US-Mexico border to recruit a militia for her imminent strike on the New World Order. Meanwhile: bizarre mind-melding sex, severed heads, and radical conspiracy theory collide in the most deliciously seditious comic of the decade.

WONDER WOMAN #12 | Picked by Adam

(W) Greg Rucka (A/CA) Nicola Scott

"YEAR ONE" part five! The threat is named, and now Wonder Woman and her new allies must rise to meet the coming darkness.

SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #8 | Picked by Adam & Dave

(W) Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis (A/CA) Howard Porter

Escaping Mall-Mart took a toll on Scooby and friends-particularly on Fred, whose broken leg needs more attention than the Mystery Machine's rinky-dink first aid kit can provide. The gang needs to find a hospital stat-but Velma would rather let Fred's leg crumble to dust than fight more bloodthirsty creatures. But wait-are those paramedics? Nurses? Are they at least friendly? No? Really?

REBORN #3 | Picked by Dave

(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion

MILLAR & CAPULLO's epic sci-fi fantasy story continues. Bonnie is captured by Dark Lands gangsters during her quest to find her missing husband-gangsters who will deliver her to evil General Frost and his boss, Lord Golgotha. But just as all hope seems lost, Bonnie's warrior powers start kicking in.

CAPTAIN KID #3 | Picked by Dave

(W) Mark Waid, Tom Peyer (A/CA) Wilfredo Torres

Attacked from the future! At odds with his mentor! Abducted through time! In the chaos of his centuries-long birthday, Captain Kid unearths the dangerous secret of his origin!

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