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Start Here: Five New Comics For August 2nd

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 the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles travel to Dimension X, Dead of Winter goes from gaming to comics, discover the fate of Amelia Earhart in Elsewhere, 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.


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Justice League #26

Bryan Hitch is bringing the family back together in the new story arc “Legacy” starting in Justice League #26 (JUN170291). A cadre of post-apocalyptic heroes have escaped into the past to try and stop their nightmarish future from coming into being, but they can only succeed with some help from the Justice League. It’s a good thing that these mysterious heroes just happen to be the children of the current Justice League members! It’s a mind bending, time travel paradox that fans won’t want to miss!

 

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #73

“The Trial of Krang” is starting and Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman, and Cory Smith are making sure the infamous warlord gets his due in TMNT Ongoing #73 (JUN170494). The Turtles have traveled to Dimension X to oversee the trail and make sure it proceeds smoothly, but with Krang involved it goes anything but! An all new world, with all new villains, and all new intrigue await the teenaged ninjas as they embark on their biggest interstellar adventure yet in what is now the longest running TMNT comic series of all time.

 

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Elsewhere #1

Get transported to a strange new world as Jay Faerber and Sumeyye Kesgin take you on a magical adventure in the new Image series Elsewhere #1 (JUN170635). The fantastic story of what really happened to Amelia Earhart, Elsewhere finds Amelia transported to a mysterious new land full of flying beasts and alien civilizations. Desperate to make her way back to Earth, Amelia must go from a record breaking aviator to a freedom fighter in a rebellion against a merciless warlord!

 

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Dead of Winter #1

The smash tabletop game hit is coming to comic shops from Kyle Starks and Gabo as Oni Press presents Dead of Winter #1 (JUN171833). Starring everyone’s favorite zombie killing dog Sparky, Dead of Winter is a fun addition to the addictive gameplay of the tabletop version. Follow survivors of the zombie outbreak as they forage for supplies and fight to survive, all with Sparky leading the way. But will the canine TV star turned zombie killing machine be able to protect his companions from threats of both the undead and not yet undead?

 

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Galaktikon #1

Brendon Smalls, the creative mind behind the Adult Swim animated hit Metalocalypse, comes back to comics with an all-new series from Albatross Funnybooks that’s out of its mind and out of this world. Co-written with Eric Powell and based on the album of the same name, Galaktikon #1 (JUN171142follows the intergalactic hero of the universe – Triton. Life isn’t as great as it seems for this revered hero, however, as he faces the ultimate battle, coming to terms with his divorce.

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.

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