Captain's Picks 11.20.19
Marvel Pick of the Week:
2099 Alpha #1
$4.99
What Previews said:
(W) Nick Spencer (A) Viktor Bogdanovic (CA) Patrick Gleason 80 years ago, the Marvel Universe was born. 80 years from now, will it die?! THE FUTURE IS IN PERIL! Events of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN have been leading to this for months. Something is happening in 2099 that spans Nueva York and beyond and will shake up the official Marvel Future forever. This is not a drill! Rated T
DC Pick of the Week:
The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1
$6.99
What Previews said:
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Denys Cowan & Various (CA) Denys Cowan DC BLACK LABEL - PRESTIGE PLUS FORMAT - APPROX. 8.5" x 10.875" For years, Vic Sage has worn the faceless mask of the Question to clean up the streets of Hub City by sheer force of will. He knows right from wrong. He knows black from white. But what happens when he is drawn into a conspiracy that reaches from the heights of Hub City power to the depths of its underground tunnels? What happens when things stop being black-and-white and start getting a little gray? And what happens when, in a secret chamber deep beneath the city, Vic Sage meets his own end...and his new beginning? Eisner-winning writer Jeff Lemire joins forces with the legendary art team of Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz to resurrect Vic Sage, only to destroy him all over again...and again...
Other Pick of the Week:
Olympia #1 (of 5)
$3.99
What Previews said:
(W) Curt Pires, Tony Pires (A/CA) Alex Diotto, Dee Cunniffe MINISERIES PREMIERE! DOUBLE-SIZED FIRST ISSUE! Elon is a latchkey kid who spends his days alone reading comic books-until his favorite superhero, Olympian, comes crashing off the page and into reality! But as he nurses his wounded and delirious hero back to health, he discovers Olympian isn't the only thing that came through... something evil followed him. A comedic yet heartfelt love letter to the comics medium, OLYMPIA is also a meditation on hope and loss, conceived by CURT PIRES (Wyrd) and his father, TONY PIRES, while Tony was undergoing treatment for cancer.
Other Pick of the Week:
Heartbeat #1 (of 5) (MR)
$3.99
What Previews said:
(W/A/CA) Maria Llovet * Eva, a high school outcast, finds herself witness to a horrible secret: the most popular boy in school enjoys the taste of blood and will kill to get his hands on it. * Horrified and intrigued, Eva lets herself be pulled into Donatien's macabre world. He offers the escape she has been looking for but how much is Eva willing to betray her moral code in order to find something that gives her life meaning? And will she or Donatien ever find redemption? * Maria Llovet (Faithless) presents a dark, violent, decadent, disturbing story, in which life and death, blood, and love are inextricably intertwined.
