Like the title says, May's solicitations were about as short on new things that interested me as April's. Marvel is. . .I don't know what Marvel's doing exactly. I think they're trying to play it both ways, give the writers that have been there for decades more nostalgia-themed projects. See Ben Reilly: Spider-Man, which ships its last issue in May, or Wolverine: Patch, up to issue 3, or the All-New Fantastic Four mini-series written by Peter David that starts in May. I'm not buying that, but it's a good example. But Marvel's also bringing in new writers and artists to push the Marvel Universe forward. Alyssa Wong on Iron Fist (up to issue 4 in May) is one example.
I don't know why they're having Ryan North write a 5-issue Secret Invasion mini-series, though. Anyway, besides the three books mentioned above I was already buying, there's She-Hulk and Moon Knight, and that's it for Marvel. The swoon has begun, or will begin, I guess. Still better than DC, which is at Batgirls and that's it. At least the solicit confirms Tutor and Spellbinder are not the same person.
On to other publishers! At Image, Slumber will be on issue 3, while Step By Bloody Step is wrapping up. Hopefully I'll have the first issue of that later today. If so, fingers crossed it's good! One sort-of-new thing from Dark Horse is Jenny Zero II, a four-issue mini-series following up on the one from last year. Kind of wish they'd just done an 8-issue mini-series, since the conclusion of the previous one was a little underwhelming, what with it being 4 issues of just getting Jenny to know and embrace her father's legacy.
Kaiju Score: Steal From Gods is up to issue 2, promising Michelle will get a helping hand from a couple of familiar faces. Familiar to us? Because Marco was the only member of the crew that survived the first story. One person is not a couple, I don't care how many personalities they have. Strgrl will be on issue 3, though I'm still not sure if I'll get issue 1. Find out in March. Ice Canyon Monster is on issue 4, and there's a new monster challenger entering the fray. Hey, hey, I already got one kaiju fight comic on the pull list, fellas.
Lead City is on issue 3, and the solicit confirms that the contestants in this death battle are not all gunmen, there's a variety of style involved. Good, that makes me feel better about this being a fun read. Distorted is supposed to be up to issue 3 as well, and Broken Eye at issue 2, but considering the former only finally shipped issue 1 this week (a month late), and the latter hasn't shipped yet at all, and with the typical 3 month gap between first and second issue Scout Comics does (for whatever reason), I have my doubts. No sign of The Rush in Vault's solicits, but Lunar Room #5 looks like it's a backstory issue, and West of Sundown will be on issue 3, too.
That's it for single issues, potentially 17 in total. So, down a little bit from April.
In collections and manga, Magnetic Press has a solicit for Andrastee, about a 1000 year old former king of Hyperborea, who travels to ask the gods why he's gotta be immortal, and learns some lessons along the way. That sounds like it could go a lot of different ways. Seven Seas Entertainment has the first volume of Weakest Contestant in All Time and Space, which is about a really weak human who gets abducted for a tournament to find the weakest being in existence and escapes with a few of the other competitors. Viz Comics has Crazy Food Truck volume 1. What can I say? That's a title that gets my attention. It's about a guy who drives a food truck in the post-apocalypse and rescues a girl some mean people are very interested in. It does warn it's for mature readers, so, that could mean a lot of things, some of which I would definitely rather not deal with.
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