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IRON MAN TP #1

BIG IRON

(W) Christopher Cantwell (A) CAFU (CA) Alex Ross

Tony Stark is looking to restart his engine. He's going back to basics, putting away his high-tech toys and high-profile image so he can get his hands dirty again. It's time to put on some old-fashioned metal - and fly! But can Tony really lay down that Stark-sized ego? Life just isn't that simple, something old friends and frustrating foes are quick to point out. So Iron Man takes the fight back to the streets, facing down old-school villains like Arcade and the Absorbing Man. But what's really going on in Tony's head? As old friends like Hellcat try to help him find peace of mind, lurking on the horizon is a threat Tony - and the entire cosmos - hasn't seen in years. Prepare for the new saga of Korvac! Collecting IRON MAN (2020) #1-5. Rated T+

YEN PRESS

IVE BEEN KILLING SLIMES 300 YEARS MAXED OUT GN #5

(W) Kisetsu Morita (A) Yuusuke Shiba (CA) Yuusuke Shiba

Following the sage advice of the wise wizard slime Wizy, Azusa and her family continue on their quest to save Falfa from the terrible fate of being stuck as a slime. They must journey across the land to find the great fighting slime Fighsly...

DC COMICS

JLA THE TOWER OF BABEL THE DELUXE EDITION HC

(W) Mark Waid (A) Various (CA) Howard Porter

Batman is the ultimate strategist, using his intelligence and resources to secure his place among his super-powered allies in the Justice League, not just as a member, but as one of the team’s leaders. But what happens when that intelligence is used against him? Ra’s al Ghul takes out the JLA, one member at a time‚ using plans devised by Batman himself, with his own methods to subdue his teammates if they ever got out of control. Can the Justice League recover in time to stop Ra’s? This collection of JLA adventures also includes a spacefaring mission guest-starring Adam Strange, as well as the Justice League investigating mysterious destruction in Gotham City! This volume collects JLA #18-21, #32-33, and #43-46, and two stories from JLA Secret Files #3.

DC COMICS

JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER VOL 02 THE BEST VERSION OF YOU TP (MR)

(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Aaron Campbell, Matias Bergara (CA) John Paul Leon

One of DC’s and the Sandman Universe’s most iconic characters is back for more dark and twisted antics in volume two of one of the most critically acclaimed series of the year! Will Constantine protect a group of British fishermen from an ancient merwoman? Or stop a disgraced royal from unleashing a bloodthirsty horror? It all leads to John Constantine facing his final reckoning with the older version of himself who’s been seeding magical chaos all around England. Can the evil in John’s heart ever be contained? Or will it destroy the one life he would give anything not to corrupt? Collects John Constantine: Hellblazer #7-12.

DC COMICS

JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER RISE AND FALL HC (MR)

(W) Tom Taylor (A) Darick Robertson (CA) Darick Robertson

When a nation is steeped in terror and the irredeemable one percent are dropping like flies…will John Constantine lift a finger? If so, which finger? DCeased writer Tom Taylor teams with Darick Robertson, artist of Transmetropolitan and The Boys, for an all-new John Constantine story! A billionaire falls out of the sky and is gruesomely skewered on a church spire. Bizarrely, angel wings are attached to his back. More follow until, hallelujah, it’s raining businessmen. Detective Aisha Bukhari is stumped until she’s visited by her childhood friend, occult investigator John Constantine. John discovers a link between the falling elite and a shocking moment in his and Aisha’s misspent youth. How do these killings tie to the first death on John’s hands? How does this involve heaven and hell? Even if this is kind of John’s fault, will Constantine be happy to let a few more rich bastards fall from the sky, like a vindictive Robin Hood? Collects the acclaimed three-issue miniseries.

VIZ LLC

JOJOS BIZARRE ADV 4 DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE HC #8

(W) Hirohiko Araki (A) Hirohiko Araki

What kind of weirdo lives on a transmission tower?! An all-new enemy Stand attempts to trap, outwit and eliminate Josuke Higashikata and Okuyasu Nijimura, but Shining Diamond is a formidable foe!

REBELLION / 2000AD

JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES TP #36

(W) Various (A) Various

Mega-City One - a nightmarish enclosure located along the Eastern Seaboard of North America. Judge Dredd has brought countless monsters to justice but now the ultimate killing machines, cinema's most famous xenomorphs, surface in Mega-City One and it may well be more than the Justice Department can handle!

IDW PUBLISHING

JUDGE DREDD FALSE WITNESS TP

(W) Brandon M. Easton (A) Kei Zama (CA) Kei Zama

Justice Academy drop-out Mathias Lincoln always survived by sub-legal means, but after uncovering a vast conspiracy, he finds himself pursued by legendary lawman Judge Dredd! Get ready for a street level look at justice in Mega-City One as one person fights to expose the darkest secrets of the rich and powerful in a thrilling mystery set against a backdrop of media manipulation and social unrest. While on a job for a rich client, Justice Academy drop-out and professional fixer Mathias Lincoln makes a horrific discovery-children are disappearing, and the conspiracy stretches from the wastes of the Cursed Earth all the way to the halls of power in Mega-City One.

REBELLION / 2000AD

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #429

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) NA

More action and adventure in the future-shocked world of Judge Dredd! A mystery woman has a connection with Dredd in "Destiny's Child" by Ken Niemand and Simon Coleby; Rico and Jara meet the reclusive Fargo in "Megatropolis," by Ken Niemand and Dave Taylor; Judge Death gives his lieutenants Fire, Fear and Mortis new bodies in "Deliverance" by David Hine and Nick Percival; "Dreadnoughts" by Mike Carroll and John Higgins reaches its explosive finale; and the house gives up its secrets in The Returners: "Heartswood" by Si Spencer and Nicolo Assirelli! Plus, in the bagged mini-trade, reality goes amok in Judge Dredd: Traumatown by Mike Carroll and Nick Percival!

MARVEL COMICS

JUGGERNAUT NO STOPPING NOW TP

(W) Fabian Nicieza (A) Ron Garney (CA) Geoff Shaw

Can't stop, won't stop! A mystic gem. An avatar of destruction. A force of overwhelming power. An embittered man with a life of regret. Nothing can stop the Juggernaut - except himself! Buildings fall, chaos reigns and the Juggernaut does what the mystical Cyttorak empowered him to do - but Cain Marko, the man beneath the helmet, is done letting others pick up the pieces of the things he's destroyed. It's time for the Juggernaut to take some responsibility! But when Cain stands trial, will justice catch up with him - or will he tear down the system? Plus: Who is D-Cel, and how will she change Cain's life? And what happens when Juggy decides the Immortal Hulk needs to answer for his own lifetime's worth of smashing? It's a bold new direction for the unstoppable Juggernaut! Collecting JUGGERNAUT (2020) #1-5. Rated T+

VIZ LLC

JUJUTSU KAISEN GN #8

(W) Gege Akutami (A) Gege Akutami

Yuji Itadori and his classmates are fighting two of the three reincarnated Cursed Womb: Death Paintings brothers. Meanwhile, Megumi Fushiguro loses consciousness after finally defeating a special grade curse that possessed a Sukuna finger! Whoever wins the fight between Itadori and the brothers will be the one to secure the prized finger!