Start Here: Five New Comics For April 26th

by Andrea Purcell

If you’re looking for a fresh new series or a jumping-on point to an ongoing comic, you can Start Here. This week celebrate Alien Day with Aliens: Dead Orbit, get ready for Parent’s Day with the Lumberjanes, see comics’ greatest detectives team up in Batman/The Shadow, and more!

Every week we’ll collect five titles with new number ones or fresh story arcs perfect for readers looking to jump into new series. These new releases are available at your local comic shop and feature comics from any genre or publisher.

Don’t hesitate, these series are ready for new readers to enjoy - all you have to do is Start Here.

Batman/The Shadow #1

DC Comics and Dynamite are teaming up for a crossover featuring two of comics’ greatest detectives in Batman/The Shadow #1 (FEB170253). There’s been a murder in Gotham and the suspect is Lamont Cranston - too bad he’s been dead for over fifty years! Batman will do whatever it takes to unravel this case, even as The Shadow lurks around every turn ready to stop him from learning too much. Featuring a brand new villain unlike any that Batman or The Shadow have faced before, fans of noir pulp comics won’t want to miss this series.

Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #1

Peter David and Mark Bagley are giving the fans what they want as one of the most divisive characters in Marvel Comics returns to don his blue hoodie in Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #1 (FEB170798). Ben is taking back his life after the havoc of The Clone Conspiracy, and he’s not the same Scarlet Spider as he was. The controversy is only beginning as these two legends of comics put a new spin on Ben Reilly in what’s sure to be one of the most talked about comic debuts this year!

The Black Monday Murders #5

Jonathan Hickman’s supernatural crypto-noir thriller continues as a new story arc begins in the bestselling Image Comics series Black Monday Murders #5 (FEB170581). “Company Man” starts as Thomas Dane delves deep into the secret world of high finance to discover a man who doesn’t want to be found. Dane works to pull the covers back on the secret world of magic that surrounds the world’s largest and oldest financial institutions, but what will he do when he finally uncovers the truth? And just how far does this money trail go?

Aliens: Dead Orbit #1

Celebrate Aliens Day on Wednesday April 26th with a new series from Dark Horse Comics and James Stokoe in Aliens Dead Orbit #1 (FEB170019). Stokoe’s hyper detailed style lends itself beautifully to this Aliens series about a hapless engineering officer who must try to survive after a horrific accident strikes a space station. Using the only tools at his disposal - a timer, utility kit, and his wits - he must try to survive being hunted down by the deadliest creature in space. Spinning out of the twisted mind that brought the critically-acclaimed series Orc Stain to life, Dead Orbit is a series that fans of Alien won’t want to miss.

Lumberjanes #37

Lumberjanes Year 4 is starting out with a bang as the camper’s parents descend on the camp in Lumberjanes #37 (FEB171352). It’s the first ever Parent’s Day at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types and no one knows what to expect – not even the campers! It’s up to the Lumberjanes to shield their guardians from some of the more supernatural happenings at camp; but when they discover Molly’s on her own, how will the other girls help her feel included? It’s time for a camp-wide scavenger hunt, and the Lumberjanes are set to take the prize!

Find more of this week's new releases here!

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Andrea Purcell is a Web Content Writer for PREVIEWSworld.com and a part-time assistant to busy comic creators. Her favorite past times are singing karaoke at comic conventions and memorizing obscure trivia about random pop culture.