#NCBD 9/20/17: FCBD's 10 Comics for New Comic Book Day!

Sep 20, 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 9/20/17, there's definitely something for everyone: Wonder Woman and Conan take on the hordes, Samurai Jack travels goes quantum, Ms Marvel and Ms Marvel team up, and more!

What will you be picking up this week? Let us know over Facebook or Twitter!

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA OLD MAN JACK #1
JUL171475

BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) John Carpenter, Anthony Burch
(A) Jorge Corona
(CA) Stéphane Roux, Sam Bosma

From John Carpenter (director of Big Trouble in Little China, Halloween, The Thing, Escape from New York) and Anthony Burch (writer of Borderlands 2) comes the story of old man Jack Burton's final ride in the Pork-Chop Express.

The year is 2020, and hell is literally on Earth. Ching Dai, sick of relying on screw-ups like Lo Pan to do his bidding, has broken the barriers between Earth and the infinite hells, and declared himself ruler of all.

Sixty-year-old Jack Burton is alone in a tiny corner of Florida with only his broken radio to talk to, until one day it manages to pick up a message. Someone is out there in the hellscape, and they know a way to stop Ching Dai.

WONDER WOMAN 77 BIONIC WOMAN #6 (OF 6)
MAR171711

D. E.

(W) Andy Mangels
(A) Judit Tondora
(CA) Cat Staggs

The two most powerful women on television are here to fight the forces of evil! The battle for Paradise Island and the fate of the free world ends in this issue, with surprises galore. Now Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman - along with their allies and Max the Bionic Dog - face down the evil cabal of villains known as CASTRA on two battlefronts. Explosions, swords and armor, reformation, a literal cliff-hanger, and an army of Amazons versus an army of Fembots... it all ends here! No stuntwomen needed as the best-selling team-up fans demanded wraps up with a thrilling finale, written by best-selling author ANDY MANGELS (Star Trek & Star Wars) and illustrated by JUDIT TONDORA (Grimm Fairy Tales).

WONDER WOMAN CONAN #1 (OF 6)
JUL170416

DC COMICS

(W) Gail Simone
(A) Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan
(CA) Darick Robertson

What makes one a legend? How do legends carve their names into history, when countless others are forgotten? Wonder Woman and Conan the Barbarian are destined by the fates to be legendary, but when their stories collide, will both emerge victorious, or will the fickle Gods cut their lives short? Co-published with Dark Horse Comics.

GI JOE FIRST STRIKE #1
JUL170570

IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Aubrey Sitterson
(A) Ilias Kyriazis
(CA) Drew Johnson

As Scarlett heads off to Cybertron to confront the events of First Strike, her G.I. Joe team on Earth faces an unusual enemy... V.E.N.O.M.! With the help of a former M.A.S.K. member, G.I. Joe looks to put an end to Miles Mayhem's sinister group once and for all, in the Greatest Crossover One-Shot Of All Time!

SAMURAI JACK QUANTUM JACK #1 (OF 5)
JUL170548

IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Fabian, Jr. Rangel
(A) Warwick J. Cadwell
(CA) Michael Avon Oeming

A ruthless biker gang ambushes a royal envoy. The name of their leader? SAMURAI JACK! From the team that brought you HELENA CRASH comes an all-new take on the legendary wandering samurai that is completely different and yet surprisingly familiar! Wait, what? How is that even possible? YOU GOTTA READ SAMURAI JACK: QUANTUM JACK TO FIND OUT!

ANGELIC #1
JUL170699

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Simon Spurrier
(A/CA) Caspar Wijngaard

- WINGED MONKEYS! TECHNO-DOLPHINS! QUANTUM ALLEYCATS!
- Humanity's long gone. Its memory lingers only as misunderstood rituals among mankind's leftovers: the genetically modified animals they used and abused for eons.
- But for one young flying monkey, QORA, the routines are unbearable. All she wants is to explore. Instead she's expected to settle down, to become a mother... to lose her wings.
- Eisner nominee SIMON SPURRIER (The Spire, CRY HAVOC, X-Men Legacy) and rising-star CASPAR WIJNGAARD (LIMBO, Dark Souls, Assassin's Creed) present your new bittersweet adventure obsession: teenage rebellion and animal antics amidst the ruins of civilization!
- Think WALL-E by way of Watership Down. Fly, my pretties!

GENERATIONS MS MARVEL & MS MARVEL #1
JUL171010

MARVEL COMICS

(W) G. Willow Wilson
(A) Paolo Villanelli
(CA) Nelson Blake

• Ms. Marvel's falling out with her idol Carol Danvers, a.k.a. the Mighty Captain Marvel, just took a BIZARRE turn!
• Kamala suddenly finds herself as an intern at Woman Magazine - Carol's former place of employment! Between cozying up to her boss, filing back issues, and her usual super-heroing, how will Kamala find time to figure out what got her here in the first place?

STAR WARS ANNUAL #3
JUL171174

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Jason Latour
(A/CA) Michael Walsh

• The Rebel Alliance is on the lookout for a new secret base!
• Rebellion leader Princess Leia goes with Han Solo to scope out a secret hideout only he knows...
• ...as well as the group of killers who want him dead!

DISNEY DESCENDANTS ROTTEN TO THE CORE GN VOL 02
JUN172021

TOKYOPOP

(W) Jason Muell
(A/CA) Natsuki Minami

The children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar and Cruella De Vil have never ventured off the Isle of the Lost. . . until now. Invited to pristine Auradon, to attend prep school alongside the children of beloved Disney heroes, Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos must carryout their villain parents evil plot to rule once again. Will the rebel teens follow in their rotten parents' footsteps or will they choose to embrace their innate goodness and save the kingdom?

This is volume 2 of the Descendants Manga Trilogy.

BLOODSHOT SALVATION #1
JUL172245

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

(W) Jeff Lemire
(A) Lewis LaRosa, Mico Suayan
(CA) Kenneth Rocafort

A BLOCKBUSTER NEW ONGOING SERIES! From New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (BLOODSHOT REBORN, Moon Knight) and extraordinary artists Lewis LaRosa (BLOODSHOT REBORN) & Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN), a bloody and vengeful new era for Bloodshot begins this September as Ray Garrison escapes his violent past to build the one thing he never thought he'd earn: a family. But when a hateful secret from his true love's past threatens their fragile peace, Bloodshot will be forced to run headlong into a barrage of blood, bullets, and broken bones for a revenge-fueled assault that will have crushing consequences for those he holds most dear...

Now: In the arms of his beloved girlfriend Magic, Bloodshot has finally found hope for the future...in the form of the couple's unborn child. But when Magic's estranged family - a cruel and sadistic clan of homegrown criminals - re-emerge to lay claim to their lost daughter, Bloodshot will be pushed back to the brink of madness, mayhem, and warfare...

Soon: Eight years from today, Bloodshot's daughter has inherited her father's incredible abilities. Hunted by a high-tech kill squad called Omen, Jessie must hone her powers...and learn how to survive before the world is swallowed whole by the darkness that now pervades America...

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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