The Pull List: Comic Books you should read this week (July 3, 2019)

There are a lot of comic books that come out every week, and it can be hard to try to navigate the waters to find something new or, for a first-time reader, to find a good starting point.

Two Image Comic series are making a return, while Marvel experiments with Mangas. And DC isn’t too far behind a,s a fan favorite hits its midpoint.

Credit to Marvel Comics and cover artist Keng

Aero No. 1

Writer:  Zhou Liefen, Greg Pak 

Artist: Pop Mhan 

Marvel will venture outside of their comfort zone and bring you Aero, a Western-style Manga series that introduces a Shanghainese superheroine to American audiences. Writers Zhou Liefen and Greg Pak with artist Pop Mhan will no doubt create a series that will leave fans clamoring for more once they get up and running. This will be one of two concurrent books, as Wave will also feature the same characters So make sure to pick this one up and get started!

Analog No. 6

Writer: Gerry Duggan 

Artist: David O’Sullivan  

After almost a year off, the creative team of Gerry Duggan and David O’Sullivan are back at Image Comics to pick up where they left off in the fan favorite series, Analog. In this dystopian future, everyone’s personal information has leaked on the internet, so the only way to do things privately is through analog means. Sam, Analog’s protagonist, is still on the search for the leader of a tech giant company, which has been the source of the breaching of people’s information. If you haven’t yet, make sure to pick up the trade for the first volume and catch up!

Credit to Image comics and cover artists Ro Stein, Ted Brandt

Crowded No. 7

Writer: Christopher Sebela 

Artist: Ro Stein, Ted Brandt   

Another Image Comics title comes back this week, as the very fun and unique Crowded makes its return in a very crowded week. When compared to another Image title, Analog, Crowded is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum as everyone and every job, including hitmen, can be found online. Charlie, whose hit is still the highest the kill-for-hire app, Reapr, has ever seen, is now on the run as her bodyguard Vita tries to do her best to keep Charlie safe.

Credit to DC comics and cover artist Trevor Hairsine

DCeased No. 3

Writer: Tom Taylor 

Artist: Stefano Guadiano 

The anti-life equation virus has devastated most of the DC Universe, as some of our favorite heroes have succumbed to the techno virus and have died in this Elseworlds story. Writer Tom Taylor does a great job of balancing humor and horror, which is complimented perfectly by artist Stefano Guadiano’s art. While not technically a zombie story, DCeased is an interesting spin on a classic horror trope, by adding technology and removing death from the equation.  Make sure to pick up issue three of this six-issue miniseries!

Credit to DC comics and cover artist Nick Derington

Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds No. 1

Writer: Gerard Way, Jeremy Lambert  

Artist: James Harvey

If you are like most DC fans, DC Universe’s Doom Patrol left you wanting more after the first season wrapped up a month ago. Luckily for fans, the DC’s Young Animals imprint will release a new Doom Patrol, which will be written by My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way and drawn by James Harvey. The World’s Strangest Superheroes will go toe to toe with their archnemesis planet Orbius and the Marathon Eternal, while Cliff Steel has to deal with his new body!