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Grab Bag: Comic books to get this week (Oct. 4, 2017)

By Jason Hall

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What comic books are worth the purchase for the week of Oct. 4, 2017?

The comic shelves this week are filled with some big endings and great new starts for readers to jump on board. What comic books deserve the purchase for this week?

Royals #9: written by Al Ewing and art by Javier Rodriguez. I know I know, the Inhumans are getting a bit of bad reputation right now. The television is not helping people dive into the world of Black Bolt and Medusa. However, the Royals is a story of how the Inhumans should be done. Tell your friends to ignore this new show and read this comic instead.

Issue #9 kicks off a new storyline where the royal family digs deeper into their origins. The Kree created the Inhumans, but who created the Kree? Apparently it was a race of creatures known as the Progenitors. The royal family is trying to save their race from dying out by finding the original Terrigen that kicked off everything for them.

Standing in their way is the wrath of the Progenitors. How can the Inhumans take on the force that birthed their own creators? It has been prophesied that one of the Royals will not make it back from this adventure so the stakes cannot get any higher for Black Bolt and his group.

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Hawkeye #11: written by Kelly Thompson and art by Leonardo Romero. The Kate Bishop version of Hawkeye has been a breath of fresh air in her new book with Kelly Thompson. She got her real start in the role under Matt Fraction’s now famous run, but this series has let her step out of the shadow of Clint Barton. This issue has her once again facing off with Madame Masque, her own personal arch-nemesis.

Kate Bishop has built a new life for herself with her own investigations business and people she cares about, but all of that is now in jeopardy. Madame Masque’s personal war on the newest Hawkeye has gone far beyond personal. If that wasn’t enough, Kate Bishop’s past has finally come back to haunt her at the worst time.

Green Arrow #32: written by Ben Percy and art by Juan Ferreyra. This issue of Green Arrow comes on the heels of the end of the biggest storyline thus far in Ben Percy’s run on the series. It ties into DARK NIGHTS: METAL and is the finale of the ‘Gotham Resistance’  The Gotham Resistance has fought its way through lands of fire, poison, destruction, and fear brought on by the foes from the Dark Multiverse. More importantly for Oliver Queen fans, this issue promises to finally reunite Black Canary with Green Arrow. They have a pretty heated romantic relationship and they’re just as likely to throw down as they are to hook up at this point.

This Arrow team are heading into the hellish world of The Man Who Laughs to try and find the secrets they need to defeat the evil hordes coming from the Dark Multiverse! If you’ve been following the ‘Gotham Resistance’ or the story of Green Arrow then this issue is definitely something you don’t want to miss.

Batman: White Knight #1: I know everyone will be talking about a different issue of Batman this week, but I wanted to bring some focus to this new mini-series. Spectacular artist and writer Sean Murphy is bringing a whole new version of Gotham City to us. In this new world, the Joker must save the city from a Batman that has taken his quest for justice too far.

This seven-issue series takes place after the Joker has been cured of his insanity and wants to fix the wrongs he has done in the past. Once he makes up with Harley and starts rebuilding his life, he’ll have to stop the only person that will always see him as the world’s greatest villain: the Batman. This new twisted version of Gotham City will feature all new versions of the classic heroes and villains we’ve come to know.  We’ll all be reading the latest Batman issue, but I suggest checking this one out as well.

Paper Girls #16: written by Brian K. Vaughn and art by Cliff Chiang. The adventure across space and time continues for the young girls of Paper Girls. Tiffany finds herself in the year 2000, but this time Y2K was even worse than anyone could have expected. This issue promises a giant robot war and our favorite girls caught right in the middle of it. Paper Girls is a book I will always recommend and anything by Brian K. Vaughn is worth a look.

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These are just five of the comic books coming out this week that worth picking up, be sure not to miss new comic book day and support your local shops.

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