#NCBD 5/24/17: FCBD's 10 Comics for New Comic Book Day!
May 24, 2017
Free Comic Book Day was founded on the belief that there's a comic book perfect for everyone out there! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day (#NCBD) in comic book shops, where new comics release hit the shelves of comic book shops for eager fans to pick up and purchase.
We've highlighted ten comics that are perfect recommendations for anyone looking to get into comics!
In this week's list, for books coming out 5/24/17, there's definitely something for everyone: sing along with The Archies, roll the dice in Pathfinder Runescars, feel the wrath of Spoiler in Detective Comics, and more!
What will you be picking up this week? Let us know over Facebook or Twitter!
ARCHIES ONE SHOT CVR A JAIME HERNANDEZ
MAR171322
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
(W) Alex Segura, Matthew Rosenberg (A) Joe Eisma (CA) Jaime Hernandez
Brand New One-Shot Special! Follow Archie's quest to make his songwriting dreams a reality, and see what happens when the rock 'n' roll dream starts affecting his relationships with his closest friends. Join co-writers Alex Segura and Matthew Rosenberg (Archie Meets Ramones) and artist Joe Eisma (Archie) for a power-pop one-shot that goes loud on the music, fun and friendship.
VICTOR LAVALLE DESTROYER #1 (OF 6)
MAR171400
BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Victor Lavalle (A) Dietrich Smith (CA) Micaela Dawn
When the last descendant of the Frankenstein family loses her only son to a police shooting, she turns to science for her own justice...putting her on a crash course with her family's original monster and his quest to eliminate humanity. An intense, unflinching story exploring the legacies of love, loss, and vengeance placed firmly in the tense atmosphere and current events of the modern-day United States.
DIE KITTY DIE HOLLYWOOD OR BUST #1 CVR A RUIZ
MAR171572
CHAPTERHOUSE COMICS
(W/A) Fernando Ruiz, Dan Parent (CA) Fernando Ruiz
The hit series is back! Kitty Ravencraft, the beautiful magical witch and star of her own comic book, re-turns! This time Kitty is on top of the World! Her new comic book series is a huge success and she's once again the talk of the comic shops! Naturally, Kitty's publisher wants to capitalize on her new-found popularity with a big budget blockbuster Kitty movie! To make this happen, Kitty goes off to Hollywood, but once again she finds herself in danger! Die Kitty Die: Hollywood or Bust will be Kitty's biggest... scariest... and funniest adventure yet!
PATHFINDER RUNESCARS #1 CVR A LAU
MAR171596
D. E.
(W) Wes Schneider (A) Ediano Silva (CA) Jonathan Lau
An exciting new Pathfinder adventure begins! The Pathfinder heroes receive a desperate plea to unmask a killer stalking the chaos-gripped city of Korvosa. A new queen has ascended the city's Crimson Throne, and now deadly armored Hellknights and Gray Maidens clash in the streets. With the help of a cagey adventuring detective, the heroes race down the perilous trail of a brutal murderer - only to realize that the next target might be one of their own! Dare the magic and monsters of gothic Korvosa in the first sword-swinging issue from Pathfinder co-creator F. Wesley Schneider (Pathfinder Hollow Mountain, Bloodbound), with art from Ediano Silva (Grimm Fairy Tales, Hellchild: The Unholy). Contains pull-out poster map and official Pathfinder RPG bonus encounter!
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Jeremy Barlow, John Dombrow (A) Gabriel Guzman (CA) Gabriel Guzman, Kate Niemczyk
A young Turian military recruit goes undercover in order to infiltrate the mysterious Andromeda Initiative-and ultimately retrieve a scientist who's made a potentially devastating discovery. Tying in to the highly anticipated release of Mass Effect: Andromeda, writers Jeremy Barlow and John Dombrow and artist Gabriel Guzmán team up to create the next exciting chapter of the Mass Effect comics series!
o From Eisner Award-nominated writer Jeremy Barlow!
o Direct tie-in with Mass Effect: Andromeda for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One!
o Top secret variant cover by Kate Niemczyk!
o From Eisner Award-nominated writer Jeremy Barlow!
o Direct tie-in with Mass Effect: Andromeda for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One!
o Top secret variant cover by Kate Niemczyk!
DETECTIVE COMICS #957
MAR170286
DC COMICS
(W) Genevieve Valentine, James TynionIV (A) Carmen Nunez Carnero (CA) Eddy Barrows
"The Wrath Of Spoiler"! Stephanie Brown wants nothing more than to save Gotham City from the epidemic of costumed vigilantes and madmen that regularly tear the city apart. But before she can try to stop them, she must face the challenge of one in particular: the insane idealogue the Wrath is back, and Stephanie knows what he has planned-but she refuses to let Batman risk more lives to stop him. That means it's all on her...and a very unlikely ally!
POWERPUFF GIRLS TIME TIE #1 (OF 3)
MAR170587
IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman (A/CA) Philip Murphy
Mojo Jojo has decided that because he can never destroy the Powerpuff Girls, he'll do the next best thing: zap them into another time!!! He uses his patented "Time Tie" to blast the three little heroes back into three separate eras in the past. Can the girls find their way back to the present before Mojo can fulfill his mission: The complete destruction of Townsville!
Bullet points:
• The Powerpuff Girls are back in a brand-new three-issue series!
• Each Powerpuff Girl travels to a different era and place in time in her own special issue!
Bullet points:
• The Powerpuff Girls are back in a brand-new three-issue series!
• Each Powerpuff Girl travels to a different era and place in time in her own special issue!
SAMARITAN VERITAS #1
MAR170694
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Atilio Rojo
A woman with a vendetta decides she's going to take down the largest military contractor in the world and has the means and a plan that just might work. How do you bankrupt one of the richest, most technologically advanced and successful companies in the world? You steal all their research and give it away to everyone. Can she survive long enough to pull it off with the entire U.S. government trying to kill her?
ALL NEW GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #2
MAR170943
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) Aaron Kuder
A NEW ERA OF COSMIC ADVENTURE BEGINS HERE!
Double ships every month!
The Guardians of the Galaxy have taken off into space once more, on their biggest and weirdest misadventures yet! Kicking things off with the biggest heist they've ever tried, we join Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon and company as they blast their way through the galaxy, the peacekeepers of the Nova Corps hot on their tails. And once they find themselves caught in a war between The Collector and The Grandmaster, there will hardly be time to explain why Groot can't grow any bigger, what Gamora is searching for or why Drax has sworn off violence! But don't worry, we will - with a new twice-monthly schedule, All-New Guardians of the Galaxy has space for ALL your Marvel Cosmic needs!
Double ships every month!
The Guardians of the Galaxy have taken off into space once more, on their biggest and weirdest misadventures yet! Kicking things off with the biggest heist they've ever tried, we join Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon and company as they blast their way through the galaxy, the peacekeepers of the Nova Corps hot on their tails. And once they find themselves caught in a war between The Collector and The Grandmaster, there will hardly be time to explain why Groot can't grow any bigger, what Gamora is searching for or why Drax has sworn off violence! But don't worry, we will - with a new twice-monthly schedule, All-New Guardians of the Galaxy has space for ALL your Marvel Cosmic needs!
RAPTURE #1 CVR A SUAYAN
MAR172161
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC
(W) Matt Kindt (A) CAFU (CA) Mico Suayan
On a scarred landscape, two otherworldly armies prepare to battle one last time, vying for control of a massive tower named from an ancient language no longer permitted to be spoken. One army is led by a primeval force named Babel, whose goal is singular: to breach "Heaven" no matter the cost. The only thing standing in his way is a gray-haired barbaric warrior, filled with rage and regret, a man who sees this battle as his last chance for redemption. But he knows his depleted forces have little chance of victory unless aid comes. Enter Tama: A 12-year old girl on the crest of a hill overlooking the battle, who has just become humanity's only hope. The last in an ancient line of mystics who protect the Earth, she has foreseen this battle and knows millions will perish if she's unable to stop it. Now Tama and her ragtag team of malcontents - Ninjak, Shadowman and Punk Mambo - must somehow defeat an elder god hell bent on piercing the heavens.
Malcolm Dragon fulfills his destiny, and follows in his father's footsteps, joining the Chicago Police Force. Officer Malcolm Dragon's first adventures as he faces off against a host of new foes: Wrath! Rag Doll! Fountainhead! Devil Ray! Tantrum! And the birth of the next generation of Savage Dragon offspring! Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #206-211 - See more at: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/savage-dragon-legacy-tp#sthash.9W4GYun0.dpuf
Malcolm Dragon fulfills his destiny, and follows in his father's footsteps, joining the Chicago Police Force. Officer Malcolm Dragon's first adventures as he faces off against a host of new foes: Wrath! Rag Doll! Fountainhead! Devil Ray! Tantrum! And the birth of the next generation of Savage Dragon offspring! Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #206-211 - See more at: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/savage-dragon-legacy-tp#sthash.9W4GYun0.dpuf
Malcolm Dragon fulfills his destiny, and follows in his father's footsteps, joining the Chicago Police Force. Officer Malcolm Dragon's first adventures as he faces off against a host of new foes: Wrath! Rag Doll! Fountainhead! Devil Ray! Tantrum! And the birth of the next generation of Savage Dragon offspring! Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #206-211 - See more at: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/savage-dragon-legacy-tp#sthash.9W4GYun0.dpuf
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