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This is a big month for comics! DC begins its relaunch titled Rebirth which is aimed to focus on their core titles and to rebuild what has been lost with the New 52. Marvel also continues on with Civil War II which is their biggest event since the last one! This month also sees the return of popular indie books like Casanova and Paper Girls along with the end to the legendary series Hellboy!
This month's books and words are brought to you by veteran member and tumblr user: ElNarez!
Civil War II #1, by Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez (June 1st) - It's Iron Man versus Captain Marvel with the fate of the Marvel Universe at stake! (probably) Sides will be picked! Heroes will fall! Books will be pulled into tie-ins of questionable interest! It begins here!
Ultimates #8, by Al Ewing and Kenneth Rocafort (June 8th) - As if things weren't already gonna be messed up because of that whole Civil War II thing, Thanos shows up, more pissed and nihilistic than ever! Are the Ultimates gonna be torn apart physically AND metaphorically? Who knows?
Vote Loki #1, by Langdon Foss and Christopher Hastings (June 15th) - Just in time for election season, here comes Loki, ready to make America great again! Why? How? Could he even run, considering I'm pretty sure that this incarnation of Loki was born in France? I don't know but hey, can't get any more stupid than actual politics. Most ElNarez book of the month!
Batman #1, by Matt Banning, David Finch and Tom King (June 15th) - Former public sector worker Tom King starts a new era of Batman! Also David Finch is there, so calm down. There's a new hero in town, and his goal? To save the city from the Dark Knight!
Wonder Woman #1, by Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp (June 22nd) - When the lasso of truth stops working, Diana must confont dark secrets from her past. Get ready to have everything you know about the Amazons challenged once again as Greg Goddamn Rucka returns to Wonder Woman, along with Future Superstar Liam Sharp!
Wacky Raceland #1, by Leonardo Manco and Ken Pontac (June 8th) - hahahahaha what is even happening here is that even for real, what the fuck look at that Muttley I'm pretty sure he's gonna bite someone's face off what is that mad max shit doing in wacky races
Casanova: Acedia #5, by Matt Fraction, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba and Michael Chabon (June 1st) - Casanova is back! I don't remember much about the previous four issues, but I think there's a death cult, and the world might be ending, and it all ties into the secret history of E.M.P.I.R.E.. Feel free to correct me.
Lazarus #22, by Michael Lark and Greg Rucka (June 15th) - Lazarus is also back! It's still the future, and there's still fifteen obscenely rich families in an uneasy alliance controlling the world. It's time for a cull. Which is good, because that's the name of the story.
Paper Girls #6, by Cliff Chiang and Brian K. Vaughan (June 1st) - Paper Girls is back, almost as if it was a theme or something! Same team, same girls, new adventures. We're not in the late eighties anymore. No one is ready.
Hellboy in Hell #10, by Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart (June 1st) - This is where it ends. Hellboy becomes what he was meant to be. The landscape of Hell is changed. I'm assuming. I'm not big into Hellboy. Sorry. SERIES FINALE!
Weird Detective #1, by Fred Van Lente and Guiu Vilanova (June 15th) - Sebastian Greene is a detective in New York City, protecting the world from the unimaginable horror of the Old Ones from beyond space and time. Here's the thing though: Sebastian Greene is one of them. It's a weird new miniseries from Fred Van Lente y'all!
Cryptocracy #1, by Van Jensen and Pete Woods (June 29th) - Secrets! Time! Shadows! Conspiracies! Van Jensen! Pete Woods! Revelations! These solicits give me nothing to riff on! Sorry!
TMNT: Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1, by Ben Bates and Duestin Weaver (June 1st) - Bebop and Rocksteady come across a time-travel scepter. And then, well, I mean, come on, look at the title, it's not that hard to put it together, you can do it.
Action Man #1, by John Barber and Paolo Villanelli (June 22nd) - Action Man is basically the European equivalent of the G.I. Joe toy line, except it's less military and more super-spy stuff. He fights a guy named Doctor X. Just watch one of the many commercials from my very early youth. You'll get it. I don't even know if it's about the toy actually.
Tales from the Darkside #1, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (June 15th) - Locke & Key co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez illustrates four scripts from the attempted reboot of the "classic" "horror" "anthology" "series".
Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy #1, by Chynna Clugston-Flores and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell - Get ready for HIJINKS, MISADVENTURES and generally cute times as two series about pre-teens learning about the world and each other collide, in a crossover that no one thought would happen despite it making total sense!
The Sixth Gun #50, by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt (June 15th) - Things look desperate for John Sixth, as the Seventh Gun threatens to destroy the very balance of the world. How do you kill a gun? Can the world handle more than six guns at a time? All we be revealed in the final issue of a book I have obviously never read.
James Bond #7, by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters (June 15th) - A SPECTRE ghost cell wakes up, and James Bond can't abide by that, because, come on. Things get blowed up good, I bet.
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