October's Low on Scares

The October solicitations weren't quite as exciting as August and September. Not a lot that was new to catch the eye. Still doing a lot better than the slim pickings of June and July.

What's coming out that's new? DC seems to be repurposing the Green Lantern of the Tangent Universe (at least her design) into a witch defending an island from the zombie army of Solomon Grundy. Adam Warren's writing a 3-issue Fantastic Four mini-series (Joey Vazquez is the artist), about the FF in a fight across time with Kang and Dr. Doom. But it's a Venom War tie-in. Booooooo. Marvel's also following up the Annihilation 2099 mini-series that came out this month with a Conquest 2099 mini-series that involves an entire planet of Spider-People and oh god, one of the covers shows the Nova of 2099 has Wolverine claws. *slams face against table*

Cavan Scott and Pius Bak are releasing Godfather of Hell through Vault Comics, about a mafia guy who goes to hell and decides to see if he can take over. I'm not a big "mob" guy when it comes to movies or books - always preferred Westerns - but it has better odds than any of the stuff in the first paragraph. 

Image solicited a hardcover for a Kieron Gillen/Stephanie Hans series We Called Them Giants. I tend to run hot and cold on Gillen, but it's a maybe.

Oh, right, almost forgot. Marvel canceled Vengeance of the Moon Knight, so Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu starts in October. By the same creative team as the last two Moon Knight books.

What's ending? Nothing.

And the rest? Fantastic Four 26 involves Johnny and Reed awakening an angry spirit in the basement of Aunt Petunia's house. Deadpool 7 says Wade is dead and Ellie took over as Deadpool, which seems like an exceptionally horrible idea, though consistent with Duggan's run. Still, that is not a legacy anyone should pick up.

Avengers Assemble, Dazzler, and Body Trade are all on their second issues. Werewolf by Night, The Pedestrian, and Red Before Black are on their third issues. For the second month in a row, I skimmed past Red Before Black on the first read without registering it, which can't bode well.

Volume 7 of No Longer Allowed in Another World is out from Seven Seas Entertainment. They're visiting the one land where the high priest is a goblin instead of an elf and it sounds like the goblin simply imprisons all outworlders without trial, to give the outward appearance of peace and harmony. So the one minority in a position of power abuses it horribly? Sigh.