Maybe The Next Year Won't Be So Bad

Maybe it's that old Christmas magic, or more likely dumb luck, but I found more interesting things in the solicits for the March releases than I expected.

DC has a new Dial H for Hero series starting up, which is always a potentially interesting concept. There's going to be an original Catwoman graphic novel, Under the Moon. I doesn't sound like it would be for me, exactly, but it could be good. On a less positive note, there's going to be an Omnibus Edition of Zero Hour. I would have to hate someone an awful lot to spend $125 on that for them.

Also, Bendis is sending Young Justice into Gemworld. Bendis, writing magical stuff. That always goes so well.

Marvel is restarting Ms. Marvel with a new #1 and a new creative team, Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung. I didn't expect G. Willow Wilson to be the sole writer forever, but you have to wonder how this is going to go. And Domino did get canceled after all, but they're doing a follow-up 5 issue miniseries still by Gail Simone and David Baldeon. It looks like they added Black Widow and I think the Black Cat - in a terrible new costume -  to the cast. There's going to be another Marvel Rising mini-series. I haven't bought the trade of the last one yet.

Guardians of the Galaxy is introducing a "Dark" Guardians of the Galaxy. it's going to include Thanos' brother with the creepy powers and Gladiator. And Cosmic Ghost Rider, which is a Frank Castle with Ghost Rider powers who is also as nutty as Deadpool. All of which sounds like bad joke, but here he is. All of which is enough to convince me to give up on the book before it's even started. Even the fact someone is going to use Wraith for the first time since Annihilation: Conquest can't save it. Good work, Marvel solicitations! Once again, you've saved me money!

Image is re-releasing a complete collection of Scud: Disposable Assassin, which I have heard good things about.

Dark Horse had three series that sounded like they were worth considering. Jai Nitz and Tom Reilly's Astro Hustle, which looks like it's about a guy who gets unfrozen and becomes a space pirate, annoying his brother, who is Boss of the Galaxy. Bad Luck Chuck, by Lela Gwenn, Kelly Fitzpatrick and Matthew Dow Smith, about a lady with bad luck powers she hires out. And Calamity Kate, by Magdalene Vissagio and Corin Howell, about a lady who decides to become a monster-killer in an attempt to live more of the life she always wanted to live. Also, there was a trade for something called Lightstep, which I probably would have ignored except for the part where there's an ancient weapon hidden in an old radio transmission. That's just strange enough to catch my attention.

IDW says Atomic Robo and the Dawn of the New Era will be wrapping up, but they haven't shipped a single issue yet so, yeah, probably not. There was a trade for something called Highwayman, about an immortal guy just traveling and interacting with humanity. That's not actually out until May, though.

Boom! didn't have anything new, but Coda, Giant Days, and Smooth Criminals are a good trio. And Giant Days is going to let us finally meet McGraw's family. I'd never thought about them (to busy noticing similarities between McGraw and Susan's dad), but now I'm intrigued.

Kodansha is releasing the 9th volume of a manga called To Your Eternity, about an eternal being that is constantly being reborn in new forms to learn about everything. The second Bonnie Lass series will be up to issue 3 by that point. And Caliber has a trade of something called Infinite, which is about people born with immortality in conflict with people who weren't, but are trying to artificially match them. Could be cool.