New Release Highlights - 26th August 2020

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New Release Highlights - 26th August 2020

We're now re-open for pre-booked collections in store!

Don't forget to book your collection slot!

Here are a few of the biggest titles out this week

COMIC BOOKS

FREE BATMAN THREE JOKERS #1 (OF 3) PLAYING CARD WITH EVERY PURCHASE (WHILST STOCKS LAST)!

1:25 VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE!

BATMAN THREE JOKERS #1 (OF 3)
DC COMICS
JUN200440
(W) Geoff Johns (A) Jason Fabok (CA) Jason Fabok

After years of anticipation starting in DC Universe: Rebirth #1, the epic miniseries you've been waiting for is here: find out why there are three Jokers, and what that means for the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime.

It's a mystery unlike any Batman has ever faced!

New York Times bestselling writer Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok - the writer/artist team that waged the 'Darkseid War' in the pages of Justice League - reunite to tell the ultimate story of Batman and The Joker!

Thirty years after Batman: The Killing Joke changed comics forever, Three Jokers reexamines the myth of who, or what, The Joker is and what is at the heart of his eternal battle with Batman.

PRESTIGE FORMAT.

MEGA MAN FULLY CHARGED #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
JUN200775
(W) AJ Marchisello, Marcus Rineheart (A) Stefano Simeone (CA) Toni Infante

It's a new beginning for the worldwide culture phenomenon featuring heroes like Mega Man, Rush and Dr. Light trying to save Silicon City from the villainous forces of the Robot Masters, set in the world of the Mega Man: Fully Charged TV series.

After Mega Man's father Dr. Light is kidnapped, a shocking truth rocks Mega Man's world as it seems the Robot Masters know more about his secret history than he does. When Mega Man's forgotten memories of the brutal human/robot war are triggered, our hero is left to question just who he is and if he can trust anything or anyone-including the man he calls father.

Don't miss a perfect jumping on point for long time fans and new readers as A.J. Marchisello & Marcus Rinehart, with artist Stefano Simeone examine the cost of being a hero, and what it truly means to be human.

A BEAUTIFUL FOIL VERSION OF TONI INFANTE'S COVER IS ALSO AVAILABLE!

CLICK TO VIEW A PREVIEWS PREVUE

FANTASTIC FOUR ANTITHESIS #1 (OF 4)
MARVEL COMICS
JUN200659
(W) Mark Waid (A) Neal Adams, Neal Adams

The first full-length Fantastic Four story ever illustrated by classic creator Neal Adams!

An unstoppable meteor of unknown origin has just erupted from hyperspace - and unless the Fantastic Four can find a way to stop it from hitting Manhattan, millions will die!

Rated T

CLICK TO VIEW A PREVIEWS PREVUE

LOCKE & KEY IN PALE BATTALIONS GO #1 (OF 2)
IDW PUBLISHING
JUN200565
(W) Joe Hill (A/CA) Gabriel Rodriguez

The impossible, reality-bending keys of Keyhouse have always been weapons of war.

In the spring of 1915, Chamberlin Locke's oldest son, John, is desperate to be a part of the greatest war of all... and never mind that he's too young to enlist.

He means to use the power of the keys to turn the tide, and will tell any lie, and try any manipulation, to have his way.

Prepare to open a door onto one of the grimmest battlefields of the 20th century, whose darkness might even strike fear into an army of supernatural shadows.

GET READY FOR THE LOCKE & KEY CROSSOVER WITH THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE COMING LATER THIS YEAR!

If you think you can unlock the gates of Hell and just invite yourself in, you must be Dreaming!

TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #2
DC COMICS
JUN200525
(W) Adam Glass (A) Eduardo Pansica (CA) Bernard Chang

After Batman discovers the Teen Titans' most shocking secrets, he arrives at Mercy Hall… and he wants a word with Robin.

Don't miss the confrontation between father and son that will alter the very course of the DC Universe.

Will the Teen Titans ever be the same?

SENSATIONAL SECOND ISSUES

Also out this week:

Amazing Spider-Man #47
Batman Superman #11
Boys Dear Becky #4
Canto II Hollow Men #1 (of 5)
Daredevil Annual #1
Flash #760
Ghost-Spider #10

Iron Man 2020 #6 (of 6)
Mars Attacks Red Sonja #1
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #53
Question The Deaths Of Vic Sage #4 (of 4)
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #3
Wonder Woman #761
Year Zero #4

GRAPHIC NOVELS

HOUSE OF X POWERS OF X TP
MARVEL COMICS
JUN200667
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) R. B. Silva (A/CA) Pepe Larraz

The next great evolution of the X-Men! NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!

"While you slept, the world changed." With those words, Professor X announces to the people of Earth the new mutant nation of Krakoa. It is a safe haven for all Homo superior, with its own rules and its own language. In return for international recognition, Xavier will offer humanity great scientific advancements born of Krakoa's unique flora. But the time for integration has ended. Xavier's old dream is dead - and now a new one begins. Is mutantkind's greatest enemy the prejudice of humans or the cold artificial intelligences that await a hundred - even a thousand - years from now? Visionary writer Jonathan Hickman (FANTASTIC FOUR, AVENGERS, SECRET WARS) transforms mutantkind's past, present and future - and sets the stage for the Dawn of X!

Collecting HOUSE OF X #1-6 and POWERS OF X #1-6.

Rated T+

JOKER KILLER SMILE HC
DC COMICS
APR200679
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Andrea Sorrentino (CA) Andrea Sorrentino

The Eisner-nominated creative team of Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Green Arrow, Gideon Falls) reunite for a psychological horror story that delves into the bottomless insanity of The Joker.

Everyone knows The Joker doesn't have the most promising history with psychotherapists. In fact, no one's even been able to diagnose him. But that doesn't matter to Dr. Ben Arnell; he's determined to be the one to unravel this unknowable mind. And there's no way The Joker could ever get through the therapeutic walls Ben has built around himself. Right? There's no way The Joker's been entering his house at night...right? There's no way The Joker has stood over his son's bed and put that book in his hands, the one with the, the, the...

Collects Joker: Killer Smile #1-3 & Batman: The Smile Killer #1.