Tales from the New Universe: D.P.7, Rebellion-O-Rama: Ken Reid’s Creepy Creations and Ken Reid’s World-Wide Weirdies, 2000AD Progs #2174 and #2175, and 2000AD Annual 1981, The Banks from TKO, the future of comics distribution, Michael Mantlo, Batman Beyond, Deathstroke #50, Criminal, Dragon Hoops from :01 First Second, plus a whole mess more!

Friday by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin from Panel Syndicate, Motel Universe by Joakim Drescher from Secret Acres, Round Robin: The Sidekick's Revenge, Mowgli's Mirror by Olivier Schrauwen from Retrofit Comics, Heavy Metal #298 and Philip K. Dick's Head Is Missing, Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, Cat Shit One Volume 1 #1 by Motofumi Kobayashi from Antarctic, Polar by Victor Santos, The Spirit: The 80th Anniversary Celebration by Will Eisner from Clover Press, Transformers The Manga Volume 1 from Viz, But I Really Wanted to Be an Anthropologist by Margaux Motin, plus a whole mess more!

Batman Universe by Bendis, Nick Derington, and Dave Stewart, our favorite Big 2 character pairings and team-up books, Atomic Hercules by Tony Esmond and Adam Falp, NOW #7 from Fantagraphics, X-Ray Robot #1 from the Mike and Laura Allred from Dark Horse, the genius of Mort Drucker, plus a whole mess more!

Special Feature: DCBS' Christina Merkler and the direct market.