I've traditionally been politely averse to earnest Silver Age nostalgia comics even when they're written by innovative British writers whose name can be shortened to "Al", but I can't say no to ironic metacommentary on "reactionary nostalgia" and a good Skiffle joke so fiiiiine, I'll admit that this was good
Who could win the heart of the most fabulous freak of all? Only one more fabulous still...the switched-on Sapphire Stagg! But when Metamorpho and Element Gal join superstar Sapphire in the spotlight, they find themselves in the gunsights of a deadly rival for her cultural crown--one mendaciously managed by the maliciously malevolent...Mad Mod! But ...
Who could win the heart of the most fabulous freak of all? Only one more fabulous still...the switched-on Sapphire Stagg! But when Metamorpho and Element Gal join superstar Sapphire in the spotlight, they find themselves in the gunsights of a deadly rival for her cultural crown--one mendaciously managed by the maliciously malevolent...Mad Mod! But ...
To know him is to love him--that fab freak who can change himself into any element in the human body! He's the one and only Rex Mason, alias Metamorpho... but can even he win out against Cy.C.L.O.P.S., the hairy eyeball of crime that gazes from the top of the pop charts to the lowest depths of evil--and even into the far-off, far-out Ra-Realm? To f...
AL EWING AND JAHNOY LINDSAY GET COSMIC IN THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE! Without the Corps...without the ring...without the willpower, what's left is the Absolute Green Lantern!
JEFF LEMIRE AND NICK ROBLES SPEED INTO THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE! Without the mentor...without the family...without the Speed Force, what's left is the Absolute Scarlet Speedster!
DIANA MAKES THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE! The Tetracide is "The Four Killer"...and Diana has done the unthinkable to escape its fatal grasp. The move may have saved her to fight another day, but the price Diana paid is more than she can stand to lose for the fight that's coming. She will need the help of her allies both old and new to recover what she ha...
Sseug s'ohw kcab? As the Creature Unit prepares for their first mission, Dr. West hesitates. The last time Lucky was in battle, even Zatanna Zatara couldn't stop him from destroying everything--and everyone--in his path. Mina insists that she can calm him down, but it's a gamble--is this team really ready to fight?
Batman is ready to return to Gotham City to apply all that he's learned from his unbelievable adventure in the farthest reaches of the cosmos--but unfortunately, the Blakksun Twins still have one last lesson for him...a lesson in exploring the final frontiers of pain! It's the brutal, surprising finale to Jason Aaron and Doug Mahnke's Batman epic!
SUPERMAN MEETS THE MYSTERIOUS OMEGA MEN! Superman is on the run, pursued across the globe by armed Peacemakers and Lazarus Corp's top field agent, Lois Lane. Now a new force joins the chase, but are the mysterious Omega Men friends or foes for Kal-El?
MEMORIES OF KRYPTON! Years ago on Krypton, Jor-El and Lara became utterly convinced that their planet was headed towards cataclysm. But what could two lowly peons of the Labor Guild possibly do to save their entire species? The answer is decidedly not what you think...
WILL THE PARTY END HERE FOR ABSOLUTE BATMAN? With his friends lives at stake, will a broken, beaten, and ultimately defeated Bruce Wayne finally compromise and give up both himself and his morals to Black Mask? Or does he have something even BIGGER than himself to help? And what does this have to do with Mayor James Gordon and his relationship with...
Absolute Batman has established himself as an extremely large force to be reckoned with. But how did he get to this point? How did he push himself? And how did the tragic events of his childhood, and the advice of his father, shape the man who he became...literally? Guest artist Gabriel Walta joins for this essential origin issue of Absolute Batman...
What kind of ad break splits what's meant to to be a double splash page? Wtf Marvel
Cassandra Nova is on her way to Xavier's Mansion and she's looking to put an end to Professor X once and for all. Even with Gladiator and the rest of the Superguardians on the side of the X-Men, can the evil sister of Xavier be defeated?
Lilandra has been convinced that the X-Men must be terminated with extreme prejudice. The X-Men are prepared to defend themselves, but how can they survive an engagement with Gladiator of the Imperial Guard?! Plus, Cyclops and Xorn escape!
Rubbish? Hardly, darling.
The Shi'Ar Imperial Guard have attacked! In a surgical two-pronged assault on the X-Men, Gladiator issues but one command to his subordinates: destroy all mutants! Plus, learn the secret behind the flu outbreak at the mansion!
A special issue featuring two of Gotham's recently reformed rogues: Harley Quinn and the Riddler! When a rogue Wayne Enterprise employee steals metahuman serum, it's up to Harley and the Riddler to crack the case!
NEW FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES! Batman and Alfred have formed a tentative alliance, but the Black Mask has some new friends too...and they're coming to Gotham to wreak absolute havoc. Plus, discover the dark secret that will rock Bruce to his core and make him question everything...
ENTER: STEVE TREVOR! A Harbinger is but a messenger. It is The Tetracide that you must fear, for The Tetracide leaves nothing behind. Diana's true enemy has been revealed--and it will take everything she has to save Gateway City from oblivion!
THOMPSON & SHERMAN'S RED-HOT REIMAGINING OF WONDER WOMAN UNLEASHES MONSTER MAYHEM! Gateway City has never seen anything like the Harbinger-Prime, the enormous, ravenous monster that has just risen from the depths of the ocean to darken its shores...but the Harbinger has never seen anything like the unstoppable Diana, Princess of the Underworld!
The Lazarus Corporation sent their most battle-hardened crew of Peacemakers to locate the mysterious fugitive interfering with their mining operations--but they weren't expecting one motor-mouthed, iron-willed woman to be the one to finally get the cuffs onto him!
SUPERSTARS JASON AARON AND RAFA SANDOVAL UNLEASH A SHOCKING NEW TAKE ON THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON! Without the fortress...without the family...without a home...what's left is the Absolute Man of Steel!
SNYDER AND DRAGOTTA'S BRAND-NEW TAKE ON THE DARK KNIGHT RAMPAGES ON! Batman was born out of violence - a horrible tragedy that shaped the trajectory of his future. But when a vigilant MI6 agent starts tracking the lonely life of Bruce Wayne, he discovers the interconnectivity between a hero's shell life and the many layers of the Black Mask Gang. I...
DENIZ CAMP AND JAVIER RODRIGUEZ TRANSFORM THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE! Beyond Mars...beyond physical form...beyond Human Understanding...all that's left is the ultimate alien: the Absolute Martian Manhunter!
"My fantasy is to have two white girls wrestle in crude oil until they suffocate like gulls on the beaches of Kuwait."
Who is John Sublime? What does he want with the ultra powerful mutant known as Xorn, detainee of Ao Jun prison? Cyclops intends to find out!
The Shi'Ar fleet is under siege and the empire threatens to crumble! All because of one person, the powerful sibling of Charles Xavier...Cassandra Nova! Can Lilandra and her disciples thwart this menace or will all be lost?
Nuff Said! Jean Grey & Emma Frost venture into the mind of Cassandra Nova to save Professor X!
GERM FREE GENERATION PART 3.
Emma and Cyclops attempt to escape capture while Jean Grey has to protect the mansion and its students from an attacking force of human soldiers. Plus...the return of Phoenix?!
GERM FREE GENERATION PART 2.
John Sublime attacks Cyclops and Emma while Wolverine rescues a young mutant captured by Sublime's forces. And what is the Third Species?
GERM FREE GENERATION PART 1
Human/mutant relations are at an all-time low. And now some humans are killing mutants for their super-powered organs...and the X-Men are here to put an end to it. Plus, the introduction of a new mutant!
All will fear THE BEAK
Danger Rooms
Beast is mentoring a new student, Beak, but when Cassandra Nova returns, Beak is forced to attack his own teacher!