Start Here: Five New Comics For August 16th

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 take a tour through the Valiant Universe with Divinity #0, DC Comics prepares for Dark Nights Metal, fight in the battle against Earth in Horizon #13, 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.

Sheena #0

The Golden Age jungle guardian is back with a new series from Dynamite Entertainment and at only twenty-five cents, Sheena #0 (JUN171444) is the perfect jumping on point for new fans. Sheena is tracking a mysterious invader through the Amazon, but when she follows them to a forbidden ruin deep in the jungle things turn deadly! As she tries to protect her home, Sheena is swept up on an adventure that will take her beyond her wildest imagining. 

Dark Nights: Metal #1

Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are preparing DC Comics for the next big event as Dark Nights: Metal #1 (JUN170232) begins. This six-part mini-series takes the hints given in Dark Days: The Forge and The Casting and blows the DC Universe wide open as the Dark Multiverse is revealed! The heroes of the Justice League haven’t seen anything like this, so will they be able to combine their might to take on this evil threat? Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League will never be the same after this.

Spy Seal #1

Fans of Blacksad, Tintin, and Usagi Yojimbo will want to check out the all-new Image Comics series from Rich Tommaso, Spy Seal #1 (JUN170705). It’s James Bond by way of the zoo as the thrilling world of international espionage welcomes Spy Seal to their ranks. A brand new recruit to MI-6’s most covert division The Nest, Spy Seal is on the case as a museum heist happens right under his very nose! This fun throwback to classic European comics is sure to delight readers as “The Corten-Steel Phoenix” begins. 

Divinity #0

An awe-inspiring introduction to the Valiant Universe as told by the most powerful cosmic force, Divinity #0 (JUN172060) is the perfect jumping-on point for fans looking to join the largest independent superhero universe in comics today. Divinity is a lost Russian Cosmonaut, returned to the earth after gaining god-like powers who has re-set the Valiant Universe after the reality-altering event of Stalinverse. Now he must explore the world to make sure everything has been corrected and take readers on a full tour of the characters and world of Valiant Comics.  

Horizon #13

The war against Earth continues as Brandon Thomas and Juan Gedeon’s Image Comics series starts its third story arc in Horizon #13 (JUN170756). Zhia Malen has already battled against Earth to protect her home planet and dealt a crippling blow to the invading forces, and thought she had killed on of Earth’s top agents – but nothing is as it seems in war. As the top agent reemerges ready for another fight, Zhia is beset on all sides by those she thought she could trust. It turns out that no matter which planet you’re fighting for, you’re bound to lose.

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.