PREVIEWSworld’s Featured This Week Comics & Graphic Novels for 5/2

Every week PREVIEWSworld calls attention to those books and graphic novels which stand out from all the rest. These titles from Premier Vendors and independent publishers should be at the top of your list, and can be found at your local comic shop on May 2.

Avengers #1

Marvel Comics

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Ed McGuinness

Thor Odinson. Steve Rogers. Tony Stark. The Big Three of the Avengers are reunited at last! And just in time to save the world from total annihilation at the hands of their most powerful enemies yet: the 2000-foot-tall space gods known as Celestials. Behold the coming of the Final Host. Who will answer the call to assemble for a wild new era of Earth's Mightiest Heroes? Hint: one of them has a flaming skull for a head. And what strange, world-shaking connection exists between the Final Host and Odin's ancient band of Prehistoric Avengers?

Item Code: MAR180776
Price: $4.99
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Star Wars #47

Marvel Comics

(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Salvador Larroca (CA) David Marquez

The Rebellion's fight to liberate Mon Cala continues! While Han, Luke and Leia undertake a perilous and nigh-impossible rescue, Threepio must keep up his vital mission...of hobnobbing at the opera?

Item Code: MAR180958
Price: $3.99
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DC Nation #0

DC Comics

(W) Tom King & Various (A) Clay Mann & Various (CA) Jorge Jimenez

These stories will appear only in this comic book and will not be reprinted in another comic book before each series' collected editions. Just in time for Free Comic Book Day, this special comic priced at just $0.25 US features three brand-new stories from a lineup of superstar talent-and each tale serves as a prelude to some of the biggest DC events of 2018! First, find out how The Joker reacts when he discovers Catwoman has turned her back on crime and plans to marry his archnemesis. Can the Clown Prince of Crime stand to see Batman happy? Writer Tom King and artist Clay Mann set up the events that lead to Batman #50! Then, Dark Nights: Metal shook the DC Universe to its deepest foundations-now it's time to rejoin legendary writer Scott Snyder, along with all-star artist Jorge Jimenez and co-writers James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, for the prelude to Justice League: No Justice! Discover what universe-shattering mysteries have emerged from the most wondrous and chaotic corners of the cosmos to hunt the Justice League in DC's summer blockbuster event! And get your first glimpse at Superman's new world in this exclusive preview of the upcoming six-issue mini-series Man Of Steel, written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by José Luis García-López. With Truth, Justice and the American Way all under attack, both Superman and Clark Kent find there's never been a more important time to stand up for what they believe in.

Item Code: MAR180222
Price: $0.25
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Batman #46

DC Comics

(W) Tom King (A) Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea (CA) Tony S. Daniel

"The Travelers" Part Two! Booster Gold's wedding present has screwed up Batman's past, and done even more damage to his present. Now, with the Caped Crusader himself refusing to cooperate, the only way for Booster to correct this runaway timeline is to get Catwoman on his side. But with her own past altered, can he make Catwoman recognize the qualities in her husband-to-be that brought them together in the first place? Plus, if Batman isn't doing his job, Gotham City may become way more dangerous than our bumbling time-traveler might be ready for.

Item Code: MAR180254
Price: $2.99
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The Walking Dead #179

Image Comics/Skybound

(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Charlie Adlard & Various (CA) Charlie Adlard, Dave Stewart

"New World Order," Part Five. The journey home. There's nothing worse than returning with fewer people than you left with. Mature Readers.

Item Code: MAR180767
Price: $3.99
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Death Or Glory #1

Image Comics

(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Bengal

Meet Glory, raised off the grid in a convoy amid truckers-the last men and women fighting for true freedom on the American open road. Now, in order to pay for her beloved dying Father's surgery, Glory has three days to pull off four dangerous cross-country heists with mob killers, crooked cops, and a psycho ex-husband all out to bring her in or die trying. Mature Readers.

Item Codes: MAR180577
Price: $4.99
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Xerxes: The Fall Of The House Of Darius And The Rise Of Alexander #2

Dark Horse Comics

(W) Frank Miller

Persian King Darius is out for blood after the battle of Marathon, deploying an army to vanquish the city of Athens. The citizen soldiers of Athens are prepared with a ruse to stave off invasion, but should their gamble fail, it will be a slaughter. Mature Readers.

Item Code: MAR180026
Price: $4.99
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Star Trek: The Next Generation — Through The Mirror #1

IDW Publishing

(W) Scott Tipton, David Tipton (A) Chris Johnson, J. K. Woodward (CA) J. K. Woodward

Because you demanded it! Following up the smash-hit mini-series Mirror Broken, the Mirror Universe Next Generation crew is looking for new worlds to conquer, and they're crossing over to the Prime Star Trek Universe to find them! Also in each issue: Just how did the Mirror Universe crew find their way to ours, and what does Emperor Spock have to do with it? Backup stories every issue illustrated by Mirror Broken co-creator J.K.

Item Code: MAR180393
Price: $3.99
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Red Sonja/Tarzan #1

D. E.

(W) Gail Simone (A) Walter Geovani (CA) Adam Hughes

The She-Devil with a Sword meets the Lord of the Jungle! Eson Duul is an evil man. The mere mention of his name makes powerful quake with fear. He has no regard for life, including that of man. But he may finally have met his match when he finds himself up against Red Sonja and Tarzan!

Item Code: MAR181393
Price: $3.99
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Go Go Power Rangers #9

Boom! Studios

(W) Ryan Parrott (A) Dan Mora (CA) Dan Mora, Miguel Mercado

As the Rangers deal with the fallout of Rita's sinister plan and Matthew's startling return, a new threat emerges with a shocking connection to Lord Drakkon.

Item Code: MAR181244
Price: $3.99
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Hillbilly #9

Albatross Funnybooks

(W/A/CA) Eric Powell

The chance meeting of Rondel and young Jame Stoneturner may not have been so chance after all. The larger story of Rondel the wandering Hillbilly begins to unfold!

Item Code: FEB181039
Price: $3.99
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero’s Journey #1

Tokyopop

(W) Dj Milky (A/CA) Kei Ishiyama

When Jack Skellington's faithful pet Zero gets lost, the ghost pup must get the help of the residents of Christmas Town to find his way back. With Halloween plans on hold while Jack mounts a search, will they be reunited in time to save both holidays?

Item Code: MAR181959
Price: $3.99
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Star Wars: Tag & Bink Were Here #1

Marvel Comics

(W) Kevin Rubio (A) Lucas Marangon, Zombo, Rick (CA) Lucas Marangon

They're the most important Star Wars characters you never knew existed - until now! Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna were on Leia's ship carrying the Death Star plans - when Darth Vader changed their lives forever! But as their true roles in this epic saga are revealed, whose side are Tag and Bink on, anyway? The hapless duo's fateful adventures will take them all the way from Tatooine to Cloud City to Endor - and bring them face-to-face with Lando Calrissian, Boba Fett and more! But every great tale has a prequel - so what were Tag and Bink up to when the Clone Wars began? Prepare to discover their uncanny origin! We have a bad feeling about this! Collecting Star Wars: Tag & Bink Are Dead #1-2, Star Wars: Tag & Bink II #1-2 and material from Star Wars Tales #12.

Item Code: MAR180947
Price: $7.99
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Nightwing: The New Order TP

DC Comics

(W) Kyle Higgins (A/CA) Trevor McCarthy

Welcome to a near-future world where society has completely rejected super-heroes! Metahumans are now illegal, and none other than the former Boy Wonder heads a government sponsored task force to hunt them down. But what do you do when your own son is condemned by the very system you helped create? Collects Nightwing: The New Order #1-6.

Item Code: FEB180308
Price: $16.99
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Reborn TP

Image Comics

(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion

Now Available As A Softcover! The smash-hit sellout is here. Where do you go when you die? Not heaven or hell; somewhere else. Somewhere you have to fight to survive. Somewhere the people from the past are waiting for you — the good and the bad. Collects Reborn #1-6. Mature Readers.

Item Code: MAR180733
Price: $16.99
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Pokemon Sun & Moon Volume 1 GN

Viz Media LLC

(W) Hidenori Kusaka (A/CA) Satoshi Yamamoto

Moon is on her way to deliver a rare Pokémon to Professor Kukui in the Alola region when she meets his good friend Sun, a courier entrusted with a special Pokédex. Sun offers to safely deliver Moon to the professor's lab... But then they tangle with a group of grunts from Team Skull and are attacked by a mysterious Pokémon! What is this sparkling stone the mysterious Pokémon leaves behind?

Item Code: MAR182040
Price: $4.99
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Batman Vs Joker Laff-Co Battle Statue

DC Comics

The ultimate battle of good against evil comes to life with the Batman Vs. The Joker Laff-Co Battle Statue. The Caped Crusader and the Crown Prince of Crime square off on the rooftop in this premium polyresin statue. Limited Edition of 5,000. Measures approximately 13.50 inches tall.

Item Code: OCT170396
Price: $200.00
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Peanuts Snoopy Holding Woodstock UDF Figure Series 7

Medicom Toy Corporation

From Medicom. Sixty years ago cartoonist Charles Schulz introduced newspaper readers to Charlie Brown and his friends in his comic strip, Peanuts. Medicom celebrates the unmatched creativity of Schulz with this Snoopy holding Woodstock figure in window box packaging.

Item Code: JUN178438
Price: $14.99
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Doctor Strange Bust Bank

Monogram Products

Some of your favorite Marvel Comics heroes are equally as adept at protecting your money as they are at protecting the Earth with Monogram's bust banks! This Classic Doctor Strange Bust Bank has a detailed sculpt that can both hold your loose change or look good on your desk.

Item Code: MAR182658
Price: $19.99
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Stranger Things Demogorgon Deluxe Figure

TMP Toys / McFarlane's Toys

From McFarlane's Toys. From a parallel universe known as the Upsidedown, the monster that was soon nicknamed the Demogorgon by the young group of friends, it travels between two worlds wreaking havoc in its own world as well as in the town of Hawkins, Indiana. This 10" deluxe figure features a spectacular likeness of the Demogorgon sculpted from images from the show Stranger Things. Designed with 12+ points of articulation for dynamic posing, the figure features a stylized Stranger Things branded disc display base and is showcased in retro-themed packaging.

Item Code: SEP178832
Price: $34.99
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