The best thing aboutAnimal Pound is that it's not just a carbon copy of Orwell's classic. It would almost be more accurate to call it a modern day response to Animal Farm. It's brilliant, heart-wrenching, adrenaline-pulsing, and revolutionary.

When you readAvengers: Twilight #1, you're quite simply reading the next step in the evolution of superhero comics.

The first issue of this series flawlessly introduced us to a new world.Avengers: Twilight #2 picks it up from there and shows us that these characters want theirold world back.

DC Comics' BATMAN/CATWOMAN #1 is a meditation on the interlocking lives of crimefighters, and the scars they leave on one another.

DC Comics'BATMAN/CATWOMAN SPECIAL #1 is truly something special. For fans of John Paul Leon, this is a celebration of the artist's life and a furious mourning of his death.

Batman: City of Madnessis nothing short of a masterpiece. It does exactly what you want it to do it delivers terrifying images and a deeply foreboding script but it also rises above expectations. It's intriguing, experimental, visually stunning, and provocative.

Dark Horse'sCOLONEL WEIRD: COSMAGOG #1is a masterwork in putting a reader in the subject's shoes. Colonel Weird, who should be too strange to comprehend, ends up feeling like a piece of the reader's own soul. Jeff Lemire and Tyler Crook create a gorgeous beginning to what will undoubtedly be a excellent series.

COLONEL WEIRD: COSMAGOG #2 is beautifully human. Lemire and Crook are making one of Dark Horse's best series.

Danger Streetis simply fearless. It brings together a wild cast of characters, and a superstar team of creators, and lets beautiful chaos reign.

DC Comics' Danger Street lures you in with the madness of its plot. But you stick around because of the wonderfully human and heartbreaking characters. King, Fornes, Stewart, and Cowles are creating a work that is somehow electrifying and deeply compassionate at the same time. There's a gorgeous balance that this series strikes. It's easily one of the best books on the shelves.

This creative team has made something that is at once new and familiar. It retells all the old mystery thrillers we grew up reading, with the immediate sense that we will someday have to leave Kings Hill. From page one, we know we don't want to have to go.

FRIDAY #2 is just as enchanting and heartbreaking as the first issue was. Brubaker, Martin and Vicente show you just why you should mourn Friday Fitzhugh's loss of innocence, by making you fall in love with her past.

This is just the end of the first arc for FRIDAY. Hell, it was supposed to be the end of the first issue. But that means that we have lots to look forward to. This creative team continues to do beautiful work.

Panel Syndicate's FRIDAY continues to be a delight. Maybe someday this creative team will produce an issue that's anything short of perfect. That day is not today.

Friday #7 brilliantly marries the paranormal elements of this series to the poignant story of self-discovery that Friday has been on.

If you're looking for intrigue, fun, and plenty of robot-powered excitement, look no further than Giant Robot Hellboy. Mignola, Fegredo, Stewart, and Robins' new series is a delight.

AfterShock'sTHE HEATHENS#1is more than just a story. It's a world to get lost in. Bunn, Amodio, Kivela, Wordie and Bowland are doing stunning work.

Dark Horse's'Helen of Wyndhorn'is about more than worlds colliding. It's about more than a young girl who is trying to run from trauma in the most entertaining ways she can muster.'Helen of Wyndhorn' is about how stories get told.

JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER #10 brings the series antagonist into the spotlight, and brilliantly discusses all the implications of it being John Constantine himself.

King, Smallwood and Cowles are wearing their influences on their sleeves. They're harkening back to old noir movies, seamlessly adding little nods to these classics into a story that feels destined to become a classic, too. King's script is engrossing, Smallwood's art is hypnotically beautiful, and Cowles' lettering sets the pace perfectly.

You can try not to love this comic. You can try not to fall in love with all of its characters. But ultimately, THE HUMAN TARGET is going to reel you in. That's just what this comic does.

THE HUMAN TARGET #3 is just another example of this creative team's unmatched brilliance.

Yes, this is a fantastic comic book issue. But it's also a textbook example of how to communicate exposition in all the right ways.

THE HUMAN TARGET is not just a sexy series with smooth storytelling and even smoother visuals. It also packs one hell of a punch.This issue ends out the first half of the series with a bang, promising that season two will see these characters engaging in a completely different story.

JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER #12 cements this series' place as one of the greatest titles to come out of DC Comics. While this creative team might have had to rush their finale, they did so tactfully and beautifully. This is a must-read finale to a must-read series.

This issue feels like the result of deep research and daring improvisation. Each character feels true to their every appearance, yet the things they say feel fresh and new. This creative team is at their best.

Love Everlasting is a smart, terrifying upending of the romance genre. It reels you into a world that feels comfortable and familiar, before pulling the rug out from under you. You don't want to miss this fantastic new series.

Love Everlasting is charming and terrifying. Better yet, it's a story you won't be able to predict or get a handle on " at least, not until it already has its hooks in you. In the space of two issues, this creative team has already shown that they plan to swerve and adapt at every turn, keeping us on our toes for what's next.

For a creative team this brilliant, it really means something to say that they are at the top of their game. But sure enough, PRIMORDIAL #1 sees Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart and Steve Wands doing some of their best work!

This creative team is taking complex ideas and connecting them to bite-sized pieces. We're experiencing everything through the animals and people at the center of it all.

It's no surprise that RECKLESS continues to be a great series. It would be a surprise if this creative team ever came out with anything less than excellent. But a RECKLESS book that focuses almost exclusively on Ethan's assistant, Anna? It's a great premise with a flawless execution.

DESTROY ALL MONSTERS is everything you want from a noir comic. This creative team continues to do what they do best: break your heart.

There's so much to say about DC Comics'RORSCHACH #6. It's a script that feels real and true to life. This creative team isn't playing by the rules anymore. They're going to tell a story that might scare us. It's not a story that's full of heroes and villains. It's a story that's dominated by humans. We come to see and even understand where even the most extreme characters are coming from.

There isn't anything like RORSCHACH #7. There's never been anything like it. This creative team is actively pushing themselves to shake things up. And they're breaking all kinds of rules to do it. Pick up RORSCHACH #7, out from DC Comics April 13th, and prepare to have your mind blown.

DC Comics' RORSCHACH #8 is an incomplete picture. It taunts us with the information we don't have while overloading us with information that doesn't fit. This creative team impresses upon us what it feels like to look for the truth in a sea of misinformation. They use their ordered, clean storytelling to show us the chaos beneath the surface.

SKULLDIGGER AND SKELETON BOY #4 is the strongest chapter yet of what is shaping up to be one of the best chapters in the world of BLACK HAMMER.

STEP BY BLOODY STEP is a gorgeous series. It patiently teases out themes and ideas over the course of several issues at a time. It's drenched in subtlety yet it's also full action and dynamism.

Every inch of every page has been carefully crafted by this amazing creative team. They tell a timely story of the nature of truth and the cost of lying to yourself.

There isn't anything out there like STRANGE ADVENTURES. This is a story with philosophical complexity, and the same moral anguish of one of its lead characters, Mr. Terrific. It's a story that's deeply concerned with a story's place in the world. All I know, is this particular story's place is on my shelf.

STRANGE ADVENTURES #3 is not only as brilliant as the last two issues, but as new elements begin to be at play, this series evolves into something even more enchanting.

This creative team cares about the truth. They care about HOW they tell a story. And so, this issue doesn't skip around to the highlights. It drags us through Holt's research to remind us that sometimes what's right isn't fun. It's just right.

DC Comics'STRANGE ADVENTURESis going stronger than ever. With four issues to go, this series is upping the stakes to reach its conclusion. It's a subtle meditation on the power war has over our humanity and our will to live. But it's also about how fighting for your life can leave you haunted and empty.

DC Comics' STRANGE ADVENTURES is incredible. And with the bombs dropped in this issue, this creative team shows they can deliver on answers just as well as they delivered on mystery.

DC Comics'STRANGE ADVENTURESis nearly finished. With one issue to go, it's safe to say this has been one of the best series to come out of DC Comics.

Suicide Squad #1 is exactly the riot it should be. It's undiluted fun that actively chooses not to hold back in each moment. Read this series while you still can, it's bound to be changing drastically as each month goes by.

A great next chapter in an already brilliant series. SUICIDE SQUAD #2 balances tone remarkably, as the creative team works against each other's approaches to avoid the common pitfalls of a second chapter.

This series is everything you want out of the SUICIDE SQUAD, and more.

This creative team is full of some of the most talented people in the industry, all working at the top of their game.

DC Comics' THE SWAMP THING #3 is mesmerizing. It pulls you into the world of the Green and has you wishing you could stay. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until issue 4 to visit again.

WHERE THE BODY WAS is a book that exists in its own class and genre. It rises above the simple tropes of murder mysteries to bring us more than just intrigue.

DETECTIVE COMICS #1034 is a wild read. It almost doesn't feel like a Batman comic. But that's because this creative team isn't trying to fit a mold. They're doing their own thing and infusing this action packed series with lots of humanity.

Tamaki, Mora, Bellaire, and Bidikar are doing beautiful work. They're showing us that every character they're introducing is there for a reason. And as we learn about their lives, the plot continues to spread out into this vast world they're creating.

Event Leviathan #6 was not the comic I expected it to be. This espionage thriller doesn't end with a twist to leave everyone reeling. It only feels just to call the "villains" villains in quotation marks. The mystery and reveal are ordinary and mundane. That might be what makes it so brilliantly troubling. And the best part is it's not over yet.

HELLBLAZER: RISE AND FALL #1 is an incredibly promising start to this series. This creative team meshes perfectly and the story they tell is chilling.

DC Comics'THE HUMAN TARGET #4is a celebration of days gone by. It's goofy, yet grounded. This creative team uses the tropes and language of the Silver Age to unleash all kinds of chaos onto the page, all while Chance watches with a wry smile and a stiff drink.

LOCKE & KEY/SANDMAN: HELL & GONE #2 is a ton of fun. This creative team absolutely sticks the landing and they give us everything we could want in aLOCKE & KEY/SANDMANcrossover. You'll laugh, you'll cheer, you'll cry. But most of all, when the last page comes, you'll beg for it not to be over.

Image Comics' PRIMORDIALsomehow gets more beautiful with each issue. This creative team communicates in the simplest terms, to navigate us through a complex story. It's stunning and moving.

RORSCHACH #3 is ambiguous and strange. It's so open to interpretation it feels just like a Rorschach Test. This creative team is experimenting and pushing themselves to new territory!

Instead of pulling out all the punches, the creative team restrain themselves in SUPERMAN #18 and tell a beautifully quiet story instead.

THE SWAMP THING #4is beautiful and a fantastic mix of homage and innovation. This creative team is creating a series that feels quiet and gentle. Just like the Swamp Thing himself.

DC Comics' Batman Catwoman #2 might be predictable, but it will still keep you on the edge of your seat. It's no less chaotic for its predictability. King, Mann, Morey and Cowles are writing a love letter to comics and they're not letting twists or tropes get in the way. They're writing a quality story that takes its own consequences seriously.

COLONEL WEIRD: COSMAGOG #3 is an infuriating, beautiful new chapter. Lemire and Crook make their most mysterious character their most empathetic.

Dark Horse's COLONEL WEIRD: COSMAGOGis a delight. It's good to know that some things are still justdamn near perfect.

The finale to this LOCKE & KEY miniseries is a satisfying, heart wrenching closer. This IDW creative team pulls out all the stops.

LOIS LANE #10 manages to make wild changes in the plot, while never sacrificing its tone. This creative team introduces giant developments, yet they keep every moment grounded. LOIS LANE isn't becoming a must-read, it's been one for ages now.

This creative team has earned the right to be confident in their storytelling.RADIO SPACEMANis a wonderful result of that confidence.

RECKLESS: FRIEND OF THE DEVILis a fantastic graphic novel. The masters of crime comics, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips, are showing that they've still got it.

DC Comics'THE SWAMP THING is a beautiful series, intent on being bravely human. This creative team uses this big, green monster to help us examine our own burdens and scars. Yet, they're never preachy or heavy-handed. Everything is done with subtlety and finesse.

STEP BY BLOODY STEPis something you'll have to see to believe. While much of the series dealt with simple concepts, this issue managed to get complicated without skipping a beat.

ADVENTUREMAN #1 is the start of a vibrant new series. Every moment from this creative team is charming.

BARBALIEN: RED PLANET #1 follows a secretly Martian/gay cop, helping put down the gay rights movement. This creative team creates a beautiful story that's both poignant and gentle.

DC Comics'BATMAN CATWOMANcontinues to deliver. It's a story that feels dangerous. Even some of its own elements seem to threaten one another. But that's because this creative team has imbued this story with a tremendous feeling of stakes. Every scene feels like it could go anywhere, even when future scenes tell us otherwise.

BATMAN/CATWOMAN #5 shows the cracks that are forming beneath the surface. From its first issue, this story has been about the scars a life of crimefighting can bring about. Now we're actually beginning to see where those scars came from. King, Mann, Morey, and Cowles continue to do some of their best work.

DC Comics' The Flash #1 is an incredibly promising start to a spooky, grounded, and wild new run on this beloved character. If you want to be intrigued by terrifying and mysterious forces, have your heartstrings pulled by relatable characters, and experience high stakes thrills -- The Flash has all of that and more.

Giant Robot Hellboy is a ton of fun, but it's also so much more than that. It delivers more colossal cage matches than you'd dare hope, while slowly teasing out themes and connections to a much bigger story.

Though JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER #11 shows signs of this creative team hurrying to tie everything together, it still delivers another fantastic issue.

If you love IDW's Locke & Key, you won't be disappointed by Locke & Key: "In Pale Battalions" #1. It's a fun, nostalgic, nuanced welcome back to the familiar halls of Keyhouse. Plus, it has couple easter eggs thrown in to get everyone psyched for an awesome upcoming crossover.

Lois Lane #11 is one of the most potent titles to come out of DC Comics. It establishes tone and imbues characters with a three-dimensionality that is sorely missing in their portrayals on other titles. As this creative team steps into the home stretch, we see the plot begin to wind down. But even so, much of the mystery remains intact for the final chapter.

Night Fever is like a drug-fueled trip through the streets of France, but it's also so much more. It's Nihilistic and hopeful, primitive and sophisticated, mysterious and obvious all at once. Sometimes it feels like a stumble through the dark, other times it feels like a scream into a pillow.

DC Comics 'NIGHTWING #79 is a blast. It feels like a birthday party for Dick Grayson. This creative team is having lots of fun with this series. But, we're also seeing a dark new chapter rear its head.

DC Comics' NIGHTWING #81 is a shift in gears. Now that this creative team has shown us the good life, they're threatening to take it away. They have done their work beautifully. They've made us care about these characters deeply. And now that things are taking a turn for the dramatic, we're all already bought in.

Image Comics' PULP may be a revenge epic, but this creative team's empathy for their character dials down the action and amps up the humanity.

RORSCHACHcontinues to be a fantastic series. The fact that it has the power to do jaw-dropping issues like issue 7 and simple, quiet, slow issues like this one, shows its range.

DC Comics'STRANGE ADVENTURES #7is wonderfully complicated. This creative team is upping the stakes as we pass the midway mark, promising with each new issue a conclusion that will blow us away.

The Squad is in good hands. With this creative team, you're guaranteed a laugh, a gasp, and the occasional cry. This issue is no exception.

SUICIDE SQUAD #11 is a brilliant send-off to a brilliant series. It's funny, vibrant and heartfelt, just like every other issue.

Get ready. DC Comic's THE SWAMP THING #1 is the start of your next heartbreak.

DC Comics'THE SWAMP THINGis an incredible series. At times it channels Alan Moore, other times it channels Grant Morrison. But in all of it, this creative team is producing a brilliant, fresh work. It's a patchwork of what's come before, in some ways. Yet it has just as much new, exciting things as it does homages and callbacks.

DC Comics'THE SWAMP THINGis as divided as its hero. It is simultaneously a story about small familial moments and big world-ending ones. Luckily, this creative team is brilliant enough to make both extremes shine.

YOU LOOK LIKE DEATH #1 is the nonchalantly strange chapter in the history of UMBRELLA ACADEMY we didn't know we needed.

THE RUSH #1, from Vault Comics, is a story of hardship and desperation. It's about people who are stuck in a vicious cycle of poverty, while those who hold the purse strings do nothing to help. This creative team brilliantly ties these events to real life, connecting 1899 to the present day. With a slow and methodical start, this series promises to be a subtle and entrancing horror-show.

This series has already hit its stride. Fraction, Dodson, Dodson and Cowles are a great team producing brilliant work.

DC Comics' Batman Catwoman continues to humanize a mythos that feels huge. King, Mann, Morey and Cowles tell a story of heroism that is tainted by the grit of our day-to-day ethics. It's not black and white, it's not right and wrong: it's complicated and messy. And with every new issue, it promises to get messier.

DC Comics' BATMAN/CATWOMAN #9 is a beautiful, layered lament. These characters want the simple days of the Golden Age. They want to chase each other over rooftops and laugh when they've been caught. But this creative team is underlining that these characters have poor memories. The times they long for were just as complicated and heartbreaking. Which is really the most heartbreaking thing of all.

The predictability of some events is hugely offset by Lemire's intimate tone and the humanity of his characters.

Somehow, the creative team behind GIDEON FALLS #26 make this huge, sprawling story feel like it's actually coming together. They set their characters on a collision course so that everyone's together for the big finale.

Dark Horse'sHELLBOY AND THE BPRD: THE SEVEN WIVES CLUB is another hit from Mignola, Hughes and Robins, the same team that brought us the brilliant Hellboy: Krampusnacht. It reads like a song. The rhythm of the story is clear as day on the page, and this brilliant creative team balances terror and mystery with ease.

Dark Horse's IMOGEN OF THE WYRDING WAY is a relatively simple comic. Yet that's part of what makes it so terrifying. It doesn't try to horrify you with grisly images or ugly ghouls. No, it shows you just enough for you to connect the dots yourself. It brilliantly blends fantasy and horror to make a subtle, slow terror.

In a series that parodies and lampoons, we still get issues like this that are unapologetically beautiful and raw.

NEWBURN #2 shows that this series is going to be deeper than a simple crime story. Zdarsky and Phillips want to know what makes Newburn tick.

Not only is NIGHTWING #80 a blast to read, it shows this creative team gets people. They know how the human brain works. In the wake of a strange and unexplained tragedy, this cast of characters is chipper. They're all working overtime to avoid thinking about it. Every member of this creative team shows us that. Pick upNightwing #80, out from DC Comics May 18th, at a comic shop near you!

DC Comics' NIGHTWING #89 is a ton of fun and it will make you want to immediately catch up with Taylor's other series, SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL. This partnership feels like it could go on for thirty issues.

DC Comics' RORSCHACH is a series about terrorism, political greed, and the medium of comics. But this creative team doesn't hold your hand through it or tell you what to think. They show you a story and when it's over they simply ask, "What do you see?"

BOOM! Studios' Seven Secrets #1 is a feat in storytelling. It may occasionally get lost in the weeds of trying to fill pages with captions, but it never gets lost in exposition. Every new character is exactly that, new. We don't need to know more; this creative team expects us to take each character as they are, and trust that we'll know more when we need to. BOOM! Studios' Seven Secrets is aptly named. It uses the best tool a writer has to get readers intrigued: secrets.

SKULLDIGGER AND SKELETON BOY #5 reads like a script that's gotten away from itself, in the best way possible. This creative team is allowing the repercussions of past issues to take them wherever they might. It's chaos, high stakes, and some damn good storytelling.

STEP BY BLOODY STEP from Image Comics is gorgeous and moving. This creative team has done mountains of worldbuilding without uttering a single word. Frankly, it's the kind of storytelling you have to see to believe.

Step By Bloody Step is experimental and potent. This is a creative team full of commanding storytellers who are absolutely up to the task of producing a comic series that has no words.

While this issue gets a little distracted by current events, it still puts forward a great chapter in the STRANGE ADVENTURES series.

This was an expositional issue for this mystery-driven series. But this creative team even does that well. Even in the midst of backstory and answers, we can tell this is just a momentary dip in an otherwise stellar run.

This issue is built around tragedy, and this creative team makes the whole thing even more tragic with one simple rule. They ignore it.

This creative team manages to make a truly devastating comic that's in the guise of a very happy one.

DC Comics' Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 is a no-holds-barred, brutal, brilliant issue. This creative team will disturb you and delight you in equal measure. You don't want to miss this raucous, wild new series " even if it has you reading it from between your fingers as you try and cover your eyes.

This is a Superman issue that does it all. The creative team from DC Comics shows us all the reasons we like Clark, and all the reasons we like Superman. And they remind us what makes the two so different.

DC Comics' THE SWAMP THING continues to be a beautiful and compelling series. Part of the magic of it comes from this creative team refusing to create something that's monotonal and bleak. Instead, they have created a series that has just as much hope as it has terror. The result is a balanced, poetic, moving series that thankfully is getting a well-earned extension.

Image Comics' Adventureman #3 is as fun as any issue so far. But this issue dives deeper into the tug-of-war Claire is experiencing. And as worlds collide, this series promises it's only better from here.

DC Comics'BATMAN/CATWOMAN #12 doesn't hit you with dynamic action or dramatic epiphanies. Instead, it leads you so gently to the end of the road you almost forget the journey is over. This creative team has delivered a gorgeous and nuanced final chapter that fits perfectly into this series that has always been more interested in the mundane than in superheroics.

DC Comics'DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #1 not only introduces us to a new world but to what feels like a whole new set of characters. This creative team is boldly changing up classic stories, so we can see them in a new light.

FUTURE STATE: SWAMP THING #1 throws readers into what feels like an ancient world. It might be our first time learning about it, but there's a sense of its rich history on every page.

FUTURE STATE: SWAMP THING #2is huge. It's an epic, rewriting the rules of the DC universe and daring to dream big. But V, Perkins, Chung and Bidikar never lose the human heart at the center. Even if its veins are full of chlorophyll.

GIDEON FALLS #25 gears up for its finale. It gets big and multiversal, before settling back into the intimate story it does best.

This is a gorgeous series, one of the best DC Comics has produced in the past ten years. And It's certainly left us wanting more Lois Lane.

It's good to have this creative team back.NIGHTWING is going to be a fantastic ride and NIGHTWING #78is a brilliant start. Expect lots of heartfelt drama, a healthy dose of laughs, and some incredible action. At least for this first issue, you definitely won't be disappointed.

DC Comics' NIGHTWING #88 is so freaking fun. It's heartwarming, action-packed, and full of great laughs. If you love Nightwing and you love Dick Grayson, you'll love this series.

DC Comics' ONE-STAR SQUADRON is hilarious and depressing all at once. This creative team has delivered a biting, moving, side-splitting series that asks "What happens to superheroes who are past their prime?"

This creative team perfectly balances the intrigue and emotion of this series, leaving you both devastated and hungry for more.

Image Comics' PRIMORDIALhas been an utter joy. This creative team has been experimenting with the medium, constantly pushing themselves to new heights.

Image Comics' RECKLESS is another brilliant comic from this creative team. It could have been perfect, but instead it's mind-blowing.

RORSCHACH #1 doesn't waste time trying to make sure it gets WATCHMEN right. It simply exists in the same universe as WATCHMEN and confidently walks on, telling its own story.

DC ComicsRORSCHACH #5reminds us of what we know so far. The answer? Not much. This creative team continues to drench each chapter in mystery. With every answer, there are a hundred new questions.

SKULLDIGGER AND SKELETON BOY #6has so much going for it. Zonjic's art and colors are gorgeous, and Wands' letters are subtle masterpieces. But Lemire's script just feels a little rushed. We breeze through moments we should live in for a while, as though he's antsy to end the issue. Luckily enough, this series is so fantastic, a rushed ending doesn't ruin it.

DC Comics' STRANGE ADVENTURES might have answered lots of questions, but it hasn't sacrificed any of its mystery. It continues to be a title full of intrigue and action. This creative team are still doing some of the best work in the industry.

DC Comics' STRANGE ADVENTURES is not fluffy entertainment. It reaches right into your soul and digs around in there. It's a fantastic and complex work.

DC Comics' Suicide Squad #7 might be a change in pace, but it's the perfect intro to Deadshot's family life. We're no longer talking in hypotheticals here. We know what Deadshot is risking every time he heads out with Task Force X. This quiet issue (for this series, there's still plenty of fighting) brilliantly raises the stakes.

THE SWAMP THING #8 is incredible. It's as much a meditation on life and humanity as it is an action comic full of thrilling fight sequences. This creative team has mastered small, intimate moments and big, bombastic ones.

DC Comics' THE SWAMP THINGcontinues to be bafflingly beautiful. V, Perkins, Spicer, and Bidikar have delivered a series that's both complex and fun at the same time. This issue sets us up for a grand finale. Hopefully, that's not the last we see if these characters. There still seems to be plenty of story to tell.

Marvel's THE THING #1is a ton of fun. But hidden between the laughs and the action is a really emotional story too. This creative team is somehow having their cake and eating it too. They're celebrating old comics, in all their campy glory, and creating a timely narrative of heartbreak and disillusion.

Action Comics #1017 is an interesting comic, given the series' title. A lot of the action is this comic takes place off-panel, yet with writing and art like this we feel as though we know what it's like to don the "S" shield during a hectic day. This story makes it clear there is much to look forward to in the coming months. After all, what could really keep Superman on his toes?

DC Comics'BATMAN/CATWOMAN #8 is wild. It's a patchwork of different styles, both visually and tonally. But it captures the complex nature of this story beautifully. This creative team is taking their gloves off to take us to dark new places.

Dark Horse's BLACK HAMMER: VISIONS #1 is an empathetic and warm look at high school graduations. It follows Eunice and Barbara, two girls whose lives are changing. But Oswalt, Kotz, Wordie and Piekos never talk down to these characters. Instead, they remind us what it was like for us to graduate high school. They show that it doesn't take Armageddon for worlds to end. Sometimes it just requires moving on, as hard as it may be.

Dark Horse's BLACK HAMMER: VISIONS #3 is a simple and charming story, much like the first of this series. It tells the story of Abraham Slam trying to teach himself it's okay to retire. It's a pleasant addition to the BLACK HAMMER Universe.

If DARK DETECTIVE is a sign of what we can expect from Tamaki's upcoming tenure on DETECTIVE COMICS, well... it's nothing but a very good sign.

GENERATIONS SHATTERED is a rerun of DC Comics' classics. This creative team, with 22 artists on board, are having loads of fun.

DC Comics' Hawkman #26 makes some big changes. It brings real stakes into the story of a man with a thousand lives. This creative team may not have created the perfect comic in this issue, but boy have they created a damn fun one!

HELLBLAZER: RISE AND FALL #2 is disturbing and funny. But it's also some damn good storytelling. It showcases all the dangers of a day in the life of one John Constantine.

Dark Horse'sHELLBOY & THE BPRD: THE SECRET OF CHESBRO HOUSE #2 is fun and scary. It jumps right into the action from page one, and keeps the rollercoaster going until its last moments. But even in the chaos, this creative team delivers subtle horrors that will stick with you.

We have none of the insecurities one often sees with creators introducing us to a world. Instead, this creative team is confident. And with a story like this, they should be.

Yet another amazing chapter in the saga of LOIS LANE. The creative team meshes brilliantly to tell a story full of intrigue and high stakes.

DC Comics' NIGHTWING #87 is fresh and brilliant. With their "one uninterrupted image" approach, this creative team could have made this issue seem empty and gimmicky. But instead, they bring just the right amount of story and emotion to an action-filled race across the page. It's fun and truly, truly impressive.

There's not much that happens in RORSCHACH #2. But what does happen is carefully teased out, in what is turning into a brilliant slow-burn neo noir mystery.

DC Comics' RORSCHACH #4 is terrifyingly normal. Our new character, Muscles, the Man Mountain, is completely bought in to the lies he's been told and the lies he told himself. King, Fornes, Stewart and Cowles tell a story we need to hear. They show us how easy it is to fall for a narrative that makes us the center of the universe.

DC Comics' RORSCHACH has so many pieces to it that shouldn't work.RORSCHACH #10 is a text-heavy script with very little action and a huge amount of exposition. But this team makes you feel glued to every page. Every line feels like a revelation. This creative team is throwing out the rulebook, and kicking ass with their own new status quo.

DC Comics' RORSCHACH has always been about the power of stories. And what better way to show that than to see our protagonist get lost in one? This creative team is doing beautiful, complicated, thought-provoking work. This issue gives us good reason to expect an explosive, wonderful finale.

This issue could have easily been unapproachable. With Superman hosting alien peace talks, at a certain point, it feels hard to connect. But the creative team included responses from Lois and Earth, giving readers a bridge into the story. The stakes are high, but they're also personal. We see with each new issue how Superman has been redefined as a character.

What seems like a simple step in the Year of the Villain turns out to be a surprisingly relatable story about a teenager who doesn't know what to do with all of these changes.

DC Comics' BATMAN/CATWOMAN series is showing us the complicated nature of Selina Kyle. She's a hero, she's a villain, she's lonely, she's surrounded by those who love her. But above all, she's an interesting, three dimensional, human character. This creative team is masterfully turning this woman of many contradictions into the star of the show.

WhileBATMAN/CATWOMAN #7 does feel like a bump in the road in some ways, it's also an exciting new chapter for the series. This issue suffers from some of the normal growing pains of a series taking on another artist. Yet, many of these issues are also a result of Sharp working unapologetically in his own style. Which, for everyone reading this series, is very exciting news!

Dark Horse'sBLACK HAMMER REBORN #1 is an interesting start to a new era. This creative team is easing us into the story to come. While we might not have much to go off of just yet, there are plenty of seeds planted that could lead in all kinds of directions.

Dark Horse's BLACK HAMMER REBORN #2 continues to be a fun return to theBLACK HAMMERuniverse. It shows us the terrifying realities of what it's like to be a superhero or a parent in that wild, unpredictable world.

Dark Horse's BLACK HAMMER: VISIONS #4 opens this world up to all kinds of possibilities. Tamaki, Olortegui, Stewart, and Piekos were given all the toys in the sandbox, and they have lots of fun with them.

DC Comics' DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #2 starts setting everything in motion. This creative team hints at some of the doom that's on its way, like an oncoming storm. But we'll have to wait and see what the House of El and the Kingdom of Storms next moves will be.

DC Comics'FUTURE STATE: DARK DETECTIVE #1is definitely worth the read. Tamaki, Mora, Bellaire and Bidikar's story is a perfect introduction to this dystopian world. While Rosenberg, Di Giandomenico, Fabela and Andworld Design's story stumbles a little, it's still an action-packed blaze of glory through DC's new FUTURE STATE.

DC Comics 'FUTURE STATE: DARK DETECTIVE #2 shows the chaos of Gotham under the Magistrate. And it does so on both sides of the aisle. Whether you're working for or against the Magistrate, your life is in the crapper.

This series is going somewhere and it might be shaking more things up than we all expect.

Hawkman #20 probably shouldn't work. It seems like the kind of plot that is so episodic; it would fit better in a video game. But the creative team pulls together to deliver a beautiful work. I only wish it was a video game because this is the kind of issue that makes me want to join this world.

Dark Horse'sHELLBOY & THE BPRD: THE SECRET OF CHESBRO HOUSE #1 is a strange tale. It relies on rumors and secondhand accounts. In so doing, this creative team makes us skeptical of what's really going on. Surely, the next issue will show us that we have only seen the tip of the iceberg.

Hellboy and the BPRD: The Return of Effie Kolb #1 revisits some old territory. Yet it never simply becomes a retelling of The Crooked Man. Instead it builds off of that old short story thematically and gives Hellboy a walk down memory lane.

Another great chapter in the story of DC Comics' resident badass, Lois Lane.

You definitely don't want to miss this series. Zdarsky and Phillips are doing some of their best work withNEWBURN.

DC Comics'NIGHTWING #82 is surprisingly fun for an issue that deals with some nasty history. That's because this creative team is always finding the beauty in small moments. We come out of this issue, more in love with the Graysons than ever, and wondering what this team has next for Nightwing!

You might not know whether to laugh or cry but, either way, you're destined to love ONE-STAR SQUADRON. This series is funny and sad. Russell and Lieber make their criticism of capitalism a joy to read by filling it with laughs.

DC Comics' ONE-STAR SQUADRON seamlessly moves from the hilarious to the flat-out sad. Russell, Lieber, Stewart, and Sharpe are creating an indictment of our throwaway culture. They lure us in with plenty of laughs, before giving us a poignant punch to the gut.

ONE-STAR SQUADRON has always been funny with a hint of the tragic. Now, the comedy is taking a backseat in this series. We're seeing the devastating consequences of characters forfeiting their souls so that they can feel special one more time. Pick upOne-Star Squadron #5, out from DC Comics today, at a comic shop near you!

DC Comics'SUICIDE SQUAD #1is an exciting start to a series. It's fun, chaotic, violent, and has all the staples of being a classic SUICIDE SQUADstory. This creative team clearly loves the work they're doing. That much is clear from every panel on every page.

Dark Horse's TALES FROM THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: YOU LOOK LIKE DEATH #2 is charming and odd. Way, Simon, Culbard, and Piekos blend quirky scenarios and strange characters with little moments of realism.

This is a really entertaining comic and even when you feel like you have unanswered questions, you kinda just don't care.

BARBALIEN: RED PLANET loses some of its magic in this issue. But the passion is palpable. This creative team may yet provide us with a magnificent series, if they can just dial back the dialogue.

DC Comics' Batman/Catwoman has been slowly getting to its big climax for a while now. Issue #10 might just be it. While the script for this issue feels a little unrefined, it's true to these characters. We'll have to wait and see how much comes of this issue, and how much of the big picture we're still missing.

Dark Horse Comics'BLACK HAMMER: VISIONS #6 is spooky and fun. This creative team really shows us what makes Cthu-Lou so loveable.

DC Comics'DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #3 is chaotic and unpredictable. This creative team shows that war destroys everything - even the comfortable predictability of a story.Thisisn't a comfortable series. It's heartbreaking, disturbing, and a brilliant discussion of the horrors of war.

Hawkman#22 is clearly working towards something big in the weeks to come. While this issue is relatively simple, it provides a backdrop for the following issues to play against. We seem to be getting one last glimpse of cliche superhero dramas, before stepping into new worlds with Hawkwoman as our guide.

This creative team has empathetically tackled the idea of pandemics. Venditti asks us to take a look at ourselves and say, "What can I control in this time?" If the answer is just you, that's good enough. This issue takes time out of the plot to tell us this side story. While a nice break from the main plot in most series is often welcome, this break in the plot feels particularly right.

IDW's ... IN PALE BATTALIONS GO... #2 complicates World War I and its own plot, when this creative team brilliantly humanizes "the enemy."

Image Comics' Newburn #3 is a gruesome good time. Zdarsky and Phillips are creating a brilliant series that has incredible range. In one issue, they can dive into the complexities of the human spirit. In the next, they're talking serial killers and knife fights. I can't wait to see what they've cooked up for us next.

DC Comics' NIGHTWING #83 is a really wonderful issue. It takes a tour through the life of Dick Grayson, pointing to all of the things that have made him great.

DC Comics' ONE-STAR SQUADRON #4 is depressingly aware of the facts. Success is a commodity that's hoarded by a few, and shared with no one. In ONE-STAR SQUADRON, even legendary Justice Leaguers have to figure out where next month's rent is coming from. This would be a hard pill to swallow if it weren't delivered with so many laughs.

SPACE BASTARDS #1 is about as crazy as it sounds. It's a blood splattered charge across the galaxy, with lots of parcels to deliver. Check it out if you like dark comedies and have always wished they'd just be in space.

DC Comics'THE SWAMP THINGis doing a lot right. But it's stepping on its own toes in some ways. Its strengths lie in that it doesn't try and be aSWAMP THING that everyone is familiar with. This isn't Alec Holland, it's Levi Kamei. But the creative team backtracks a little on that. They go in a new direction while also using narrative choices from past runs, choices that don't quite jive with their story.

Marvel Comics'THOR #19is a comic that exists to herald a coming doom. This creative team sets everything up for the God of Hammers to take the spotlight.

BARBALIEN continues to show some room for growth. But with characters like Officer Cole, and the poignant moments sprinkled into the script, this creative team is showing they're beginning their journey back to finding a balance.

DC Comics'FUTURE STATE: SUICIDE SQUADwas mysterious and explosive.FUTURE STATE: BLACK ADAM was an epic that delivered on its promises. Both of these stories were fantastic examples of whyFuture State was ripe with potential.

DC Comics' Future State: Dark Detective #3 is another thrilling issue of a great new series. It has a brilliant and terrifying new chapter of Bruce Wayne's days in a new Gotham and features the explosive conclusion to Grifter's partnership with Luke Fox.

This series continues to be a pleasure to read, and surely will for many more issues

DC Comics' HAWKMAN #27 is this creative team's ode to the Golden Age of comics. It's a fun time, that's hopefully the first of many.

SUICIDE SQUAD #8 falters in this issue, maybe because it has been such a strong series so far. The creative team still manage to tell a compelling story, but they are mired in commentating as they storytell.

DC Comics' SWAMP THING: GREEN HELL is terrifying and depressing. Yet this creative team manages to fill it with a dash of optimism and heart, which makes all the difference.

Action Comics #1018 is an entertaining issue, but it acts more as a placeholder than anything else. It seems as though the creative team pulled back a little here as a wind up for the coming event. It's worth the read, especially to know what might be coming in the near future.

This creative team doesn't twiddle its thumbs. The new issue for DCEASED UNKILLABLES mercilessly trudges on towards its conclusion

Writer Mike Mignola, artist Tiernen Trevallion, colorist Dave Stewart, and letterer Clem Robins come together to bring us Dark Horse's Hellboy and the BPRD: Her Fatal Hour, a two-part issue about looking monsters right in the eye and yawning. "Her Fatal Hour" and "The Sending" show the sheer skill of the BPRD. These kinds of cases are just another day to them.

The Swamp Thing #12's script is a little crowded and heavy-handed. V doesn't leave much information for the reader to piece together in this chapter. But the ideas presented in this issue, and the accompanying visuals, are as stunning as ever. Perkins, Spicer, and Bidikar create a beautifully detailed world that it's hard not to get lost in.

It's hard to know how much of BATMAN/CATWOMAN #11 is deliberately delving into chaos and confusion, and how much of this effect is accidental.

BLACK HAMMER VISIONS #8 is a darker chapter than we've seen before. And that's exactly where this creative team shines.

With the big choices this creative team is making, this could turn out to be a very satisfying and unique story. But as it stands, the series feels like it's trying to do too many things. Is it dedicated to upending expectations or to paying homage to DC canon? In trying to do both, it's beginning to lose its footing and intrigue.

HELL & GONE #1 reads like the creative team is a little nervous. They've been given the keys to the toy chest, but don't seem totally comfortable getting right to playing. It's a bumpy first issue to a series that still has lots of potential.

This issue struggles. But it primarily struggles because this is an incredible creative team who's first issue was fantastic. This issue, however, feels rushed and like a general abandonment of the tone and arc that the first issue promised. But, with three more issues to go, there is plenty of time for this team to steady the ship.

If you're looking for the monster brawl promised in the last issue, Gotham City Monsters #5 is for you. It's all the fun of slasher films, and classic creature tales rolled into one. While much of this series pushes these characters away from their stereotypical uses, this one plants them right back in there. We'll have to wait for the finale to see whether the monsters have a bright future, or whether they must settle for their lot in life.

Marvel's HAWKEYE: KATE BISHOP #1 is tons of fun. This creative team captures the "goofy yet capable" nature of their main character.

Daniel Warren Johnson has some brilliant ideas in this issue, someone just needs to tell him that.

DC Comics' DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #4 is full of punchy action that ultimately feels quite forgettable. But in the margins of these scenes, in the respites from the chaos and drama, there are beautiful moments that will stick with you.

With gorgeous panels like these, it's a shame that Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Infinite Crisis suffered so much from the writing. It allows for little room for readers to breathe between monologues and enjoy the brilliant expressions and colors that really speak for themselves. If you want to read a great version of Infinite Crisis, then your best bet would be to re-read Infinite Crisis.

Batman: The Adventures Continue #1 takes much of the charm of the cartoon and follows in its footsteps. It's nice to see Bruce Wayne get some time out of the house, for one thing. Though the start of this series is charming, for sure, it does seem to carefully stay in the lines instead of taking risks. It delivers on what it claims to be and stops there. Fair enough!

This creative team has managed to create stakes and joy in a zombie apocalypse. As the world careens towards its end, we attach to these characters that are otherwise written off. Taylor balances quirkiness and brutality with brilliant results.

YOU LOOK LIKE DEATH #3 is still quirky and funny, it just lacks heart.

DCEASED Unkillables #1 is a fun start to what will surely be a fun ride. If there's anything you should read before the Apocalypse, it's this.

Ultimately, this series had more potential than it cashed in on. The complexity of the stakes and the promise of lasting implications were abandoned. It certainly makes for an entertaining read. The only problem is, it seemed like it had the power to be more than just entertaining.

HAWKMAN #28 struggles to find its footing. It wants to be an homage but is suffers from the angst of a modern comic. Much of the modern tone drains the comic of the fun of an homage.

Dark Horse's BLACK HAMMER: VISIONS #7 is a difficult read. It retreads the rockiest part of BLACK HAMMER's history, and has no more luck making sense of any of it. Despite all of this, this creative team does manage to say something worthwhile with this issue. Their meditation on glass ceilings and refrigerator women hits its mark. Unfortunately, it has to dodge a lot of clunky "meta" devices in order to get there.

The creative team has been on a roll, but this issue is a bump in the road.

Dark Horse's BLACK HAMMER: VISIONS #2 is flat and emotionless. We're presented with characters that feel empty. They don't have a past, they barely have a present, and we're left not caring about their future. Every moment of horror is like a jump scare. It's cheap, brief and ultimately not scary in its own right.