This Wednesday sees the debut of an all-new mutant team in an all-new ongoing series! It’s X-Treme X-Men #1! It appears to be a book chock full of time jumping, starring a solid cast of characters. Could definitely be a fun ride. Also, not mentioned in the below solicitation is that one of the team members is a certain legend of the disco era… Dazzler!

"We’re going all new, all the time," said writer Greg Pak, "The joy of a book like X-Treme X-Men is that literally anything can happen—we’re running wild, pressing all the danger buttons, and pushing our characters to their limits. So as much as I love so many of the existing alternate Marvel realities, we’re going to cut loose as creators as well and dream up new worlds that feed our big storyline and create the right kind of crises for our characters’ emotional arcs."

Quite a vision Mr. Pak has! Looking forward to it.

X-TREME X-MEN #1

Written by Greg Pak
Art by Stephen Segovia

Spinning out of the pages of ASTONISHING X-MEN! Travel the multiverse with Captain Howlett, Kid Nightcrawler, and Emmeline Frost. Which X-Men will be lost between dimensions… with no guaranteed way home?

Marvel Comics’ X-Treme X-Men #1 comes out this Wednesday!

Leading off for Marvel, we’re gonna go with a little Millarworld action and Hit-Girl #2! Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. continue the spin-off of their smash series Kick-Ass. This story takes place just after the first volume of Kick-Ass. The first issue was pretty tame by Millar standards, so we’re hoping to see Hit-Girl do some slicing and a little dicing this time around!

HIT-GIRL #2 (OF 5)

Written by Mark Millar
Art by John Romita

Crashing through plate glass unscathed? Child’s play. Jumping over moving cars? Whatevs. When Hit-Girl is your mentor, you’d better keep up. Kick-Ass is taking lessons in Advanced Bad Assery from Mindy McCready, and in return, he’s teaching her to survive middle school. The question is, can she dispatch the Mean Girls without severing any arteries? Meanwhile, Red Mist gets serious about making his mark in the world of super crime. 

Ed Brubaker’s incredible story of action and espionage continues in Winter Soldier #8! It’s pretty incredible to think that so much happens, plot-wise and detail-wise, in that book while at the same tome so many butts are being kicked!

And, somewhat related, is Captain America #15! Still reeling from Hydra’s Madbombs, Cap finds himself the target of a vicious media smear campaign. Who are the Discordians and what will they blow up next?! More excitement from the mind of Mr. Brubaker.

Finally, it’s a solid week of X-books as we’re set to get X-Men Legacy #270, X-Treme X-Men #1 (more soon on that), Uncanny X-Force #28, Deadpool #58 (which once again features a great cover) and Wolverine and the X-Men #14! Which features one of X-dom’s most prominent couples rekindling a flame!

WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #14

Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jorge Molina

AVX TIE-IN!
We can’t say much or we spoil the event of the summer! Kitty Pryde on a date with…???

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This week’s DC selections lead off with the third #2 issue from the Before Watchmen event. It’s Brian Azzarello and JG Jones’ Before Watchmen: Comedian #2! You might recall that the first issue featured said Comedian romping around with the Kennedy family (which may or may not be consistent with the original Watchmen series) and taking out Marilyn Monroe (which may or may not be consistent with actual history, ha).

BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #2 (OF 6)

Written by Brian Azzarello, Len Wein
Art by J. G. Jones, John Higgins

"It’s something I’m good at. It’s war."

Plus, a new CRIMSON CORSAIR backup feature from writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS!

I also have to say we’re stoked about I Vampire #11! This series is about as off-the-chain as you can imagine. Armies of vampires taking on armies of Van Helsings… power struggles… and some of the coolest art in comics right now. EXHIBIT A. Read it!

Then there’s Justice League Dark #11. Writer Jeff Le,ire took over this series a couple issues back and has been doing a great job. Last issue, he took the crew tot he House of Mystery! This issue sees John Constantine, et. al., arriving at Argus for round two with the Demons Three!

And speaking of Mr. Lemire, he’s also responsible for our final pick of the day: National Comics: Eternity #1.With this issue, DC launches a new stand-alone series. National Comics will tell one-and-done stories, exploring some of The New 52′s characters that, while cool, don’t currently have an outlet for their tales. The first four in the spotlight will be Eternity, Madame X, Rose and Thorn, and Looker. Each of these will have one issue to introduce the reader to their little corner of the universe, with the hopes of building from there.

NATIONAL COMICS ETERNITY #1

Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Cully Hamner

An exciting new series of stand-alone comics that feature unique takes on classic characters! Jeff Lemire (Animal Man) and Cully Hamner (Red) bring a contemporary approach to the hero we used to know as Kid Eternity! Can introverted medical examiner Kid Eternity solve a deadly crime in just 24 hours?

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