There is nothing quite like New Comic Book Day! It wouldn’t be a Wednesday without new comics like VAIN & BLEED THEM DRY.
If you are a reader like me, that TBR (to be read) pile of comics continues to grow. If that isn’t enough to stop you from checking out new releases, here is my list of Top 5 Comics out this week.
VAIN #1 -$3.99
Publisher – ONI Press
Creators – Eliot Rahal, Emily Pearson, Fred C. Stresing, Crank!
Chicago, 1941. A blood bank is held up in a robbery, but no cash is taken-only blood. It’s the latest in a string of similar crimes and FBI Agent Felix Franklin is certain it’s part of a wider plot. But the truth is much more sinister than he could imagine. The four robbers-who call themselves The Vain-are vampires: immortal, physically powerful, and after decades of honing their skills, practically untraceable. But in a world that is rapidly changing, stealing blood is harder every day and with each decade that passes, Agent Franklin inches closer to the truth. Eliot Rahal, Emily Pearson, and Fred C. Stressing kick off a series that spans nearly a century of wild eternal youth and reckless abandon across history.
COMMANDERS IN CRISIS #1 – $3.99
Publisher – Image Comics
Creators – Steve Orlando, Davide Tinto, Francesca Carotenuto, Fabio Amelia, Fabrizio Verrocchi
The last survivors of the Multiverse live among us under new, superheroic identities, five survivors of doomed worlds…taking a second chance to ensure our world lives on. A new twist on strange superhero comics, with a bleeding-edge eye on the modern moment, COMMANDERS IN CRISIS follows in the footsteps of Doom Patrol and Thunderbolts as five unexpected heroes come together to solve a murder unlike any other. The victim? Compassion itself…This is ideacide!
BLEED THEM DRY #4 – $3.99
Publisher – Vault Comics
Creators – Eliot Rahal, Hiroshi Koizumi, Dike Ruan, Miquel Muerto, AndWorld Design, Adam Gorham
The city of Asylum demands blood. Toyo Yammatto and Detective Harper Halloway have been separated. With Harper exposed as a traitor against the International Republic of Displaced Peoples and Toyo missing, the sadistic Detective Atticus Black has claimed victory. Our divided immortals will have to reckon with their past, present and future before reuniting.
VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE #3 – $3.99
Publisher – Vault Comics
Creators – Tim Seeley, Tini Howard, Blake Howard, Dev Pramanik, Nathan Gooden, Addison Duke, AndWorld Design, Aaron Campbell
When Prince Samantha calls in Cecily and Ali to investigate the murder of three Kindred, the two vampires must learn to trust one another fully if they’re going to solve the mystery-and keep their own secrets from the Camarilla. But when they discover that the killings could be linked to a dangerous old grudge, the case leads them to a new breed of enemy they never thought possible!
WE LIVE #1 – $3.99
Publisher – AfterShock Comics
Creators – Roy Miranda, Inaki Miranda, Eva de la Cruz, Dave Sharpe
The year is 2084 and the world has changed. Wracked by calamities and crawling with monsters, the last remaining humans face a dangerous existence.
And now, the Earth has been sent a message from the deepest reaches of space – a dark countdown to the extinction of all humanity. But there is hope! Five thousand children will be rescued by these mysterious message-senders.
This is the journey of Hototo, one of the lucky five thousand – but only if his teenage sister, Tala, can safely deliver him to the nearest Beacon before time runs out.