I Hate This Place – Pull List 1st March

Keith Bloomfield

Mar 1

The Geeky Brummie Pull List with I Hate This Place

It's only a small Pull List this week. The Comic of the Week title goes to I Hate This Place from Image Comics. The only other comic on the main Pull List is from DC Comics. Our On The Radar selections are 5 comics from Image, Dark Horse Comics, DC Black Label and DC Horror Presents. And in MEANWHILE... we wish Old Stoney Face a happy 46th anniversary.

If you want to send any comics or details of any comic related events we should feature, feel free to reach out to me at keith@geekybrummie.com or comics@geekybrummie.com

Now on with the comics…

I Hate This Place #6

I Hate This Place
Issue 5
Image Comics

Writer - Kyle Starks
Artist - Artyom Topilin
Colourist - Lee Loughridge
Letterer - Pat Brosseau

Buy digitally on Comixology - I Hate This Place #6 (Link)

NEW STORY ARC! Last year's breakout horror series returns! Trudy's past comes back to haunt her, which wouldn't be so bad if she and Gabby weren't already literally haunted by unimaginable forces of evil on a daily basis. Can't a gal catch a break?

After a brief hiatus, I Hate This Place is back for a new story arc. It'll be good to have Trudy and Gabby back and I hope we'll find out more about the ranch and its place as a paranormal nexus.

Action Comics #1052

Action Comics
Issue 1052
DC Comics

Writers - Dan Jurgens, Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Leah Williams
Artists - Marguerite Sauvage, Rafa Sandoval, Lee Weeks
Colourists - Elizabeth Breitweiser and Matt Herms
Letterers - Dave Sharpe, Rob Leigh and Becca Carey

Buy digitally on Comixology - Action Comics #1052 (Link)

HOUSE OF METALLO / HOME AGAIN, PART TWO / HEAD LIKE A WHOLE, PART TWO

METALLO ATTACKS! The crown jewel of Superman's new Metropolis is in ruins, and the increasingly violent Blue Earth movement is keeping the entire Super-Family on their toes. Meanwhile, Metallo's powerful new body is evolving in unforeseen, horrific ways. As Metallo's life and sanity continue to unravel, he sets out to capture the only person who can help him: John Henry Irons. It's Steel versus Metallo as the new era of Action Comics continues!

Wait! What! I know what you're thinking, this book wasn't on previous Pull Lists. It wasn't even On The Radar. Where has this come from? Well, you'll have to thank Leah Williams and Marguerite Sauvage. Their Power Girl story began in Lazarus Planet: Assault On Krypton and then continued in Action Comics 1051. Neither of those books featured previously, because I wasn't even aware of the books until it popped up in Marguerite's Twitter feed.

As I love Marguerite's art, I immediately picked up those issues and was blown away by the story they were telling. What also happened is that DC has soft-rebooted its Superman line and Action Comics is now home to the Superfam. Kal is back and with him a Superman I can get behind again. And all the stories present in the previous issue slapped. If you're a lapsed Superman fan like myself, these comics are the perfect place to jump back in.

On the radar some other comics not on the Pull List but well worth checking out:

The Human Target #12

DC Black Label

Writer - Tom King
Artist - Greg Smallwood
Letterer - Clayton Cowles

Buy digitally from Comixology - The Human Target #12 (Link)

Christopher Chance has spent the last 12 days trying to solve his own murder, with the list of suspects comprising the Justice League International. Did a hero really attempt to kill Lex Luthor? Could the Human Target have miscalculated? Is it too late to save his life?!

Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead #6

DC Horror Presents

Writer- Bruce Campbell
Artist - Eduardo Risso
Colourist - Kristian Rossi
Letterer - Rob Leigh

Buy digitally on Comixology - Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead #6 (Link)

TARGET ZERO

Stand at attention, cadet! Easy Company's blasted their way through the undead all across Berlin—but don't get cocky now, soldier, because your platoon's just come face-to-face with something far more horrifying than zombies: Sgt. Rock has fallen in battle. Could it be that Easy Company will be sending their fearless leader home in a flag-draped coffin? Check out this fear-soaked finale to find out!

Phantom Road #1

Image Comics

Writer - Jeff Lemire
Artist - Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Colourist - Jordie Bellaire
Letterer - Steve Wands

Buy digitally on Comixology - Phantom Road #1 (Link)

MINISERIES PREMIERE

Dom is a long-haul truck driver attempting to stay ahead of his tragic past. When he stops one night to assist Birdie, who has been in a massive car crash, they pull an artifact from the wreckage that throws their lives into fifth gear. Suddenly, a typical midnight run has become a frantic journey through a surreal world where Dom and Birdie find themselves the quarry of strange and impossible monsters.

It's grindhouse horror meeting high-concept supernatural fantasy in the first issue of a bold new miniseries from JEFF LEMIRE (THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS, LITTLE MONSTERS) and GABRIEL HERNÁNDEZ WALTA (The Vision, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: Old Man Whittier), the Eisner Award-nominated creative team behind the bestselling Sentient series.

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #3

DC Black Label

Writer - Pornsak Pichetshote
Artists - Jeff Stokely and Craig Taillefer
Colourist - Miquel Muerto
Letterer - Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Buy digitally on Comixology - The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #3 (Link)

Edwin witnesses a mysterious kumanthong ghost tear through Charles like he's flesh and blood, and the boys just barely manage to escape with both their ghostly lives intact. Tensions run high as the ghost kids fight amongst themselves about how to crack the case before Charles is gone for good, and snake ghost Melvin strikes out on his own to give one of their suspects a proper haunting…

Where Monsters Lie #2

Dark Horse Comics

Writer - Kyle Starks
Artist - Piotr Kowalski
Colourist - Vladimir Popov
Letterer - Joshua Reed

Buy digitally on Comixology - Where Monsters Lie #2 (Link)

Chaos erupts at Wilmhurst-a gated community in the middle of nowhere for murderous slasher monsters-as special agents and police officers infiltrate their home base looking for war.

Happy 46th Joe

This week marks 46 years since the first appearance of the ultimate lawman of the future, Judge Dredd. So we wish Old Stoney Face a very happy 46th anniversary. Here's to many more Joe.

Your Local Comics Shops

Your local comic shops are now open and you can pop in for your geek fix. Listed below are some of the best shops across the county with links to check the very latest information including opening time and covid safety measures. Therefore, when visiting these shops please be patient and respectful to all the staff who are doing an incredible job.

FORBIDDEN PLANET INTERNATIONAL (VARIOUS) - includes Worlds Apart Birmingham

Please check with stores for any changes to opening times and services.

Follow the stores social media pages for updates!

FORBIDDEN PLANET (VARIOUS) - includes Birmingham Megastore

Check their website for more information -

https://forbiddenplanet.com/stores/

GOSH! COMICS (LONDON)

Check their website for more information -

https://goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blog/the-gosh-authority-130620-reopening-news/ and https://twitter.com/GoshComics

OK COMICS (LEEDS)

Follow the stores social media pages and website for updates!

http://www.okcomics.co.uk/ and https://twitter.com/OKComics