Ronnie and Stein separated, leaving Ronnie with the Firestorm matrix, which has become sentient and has suppressed Ronnie’s consciousness. The Firestorm matrix has gone on a terrifying rampage, transforming and murdering people with no care for humanity. And he has big plans for this world and all the others. Lorraine tracked down Stein and he has created a device that can separate Ronnie from the Firestorm matrix, but it is a very dangerous mission.

Neighborhood Watch #4 starts with Aurora learning that her mother was shot and is at Open Arms. As she deals with that, Val and Bianca talk about the police raid and how badly Jill/Cassie responded the first time it happened at Open Arms. Then while Val does some exploring in her community, Bianca is cornered by Jill/Cassie’s police officer husband.

The series tells the story of Ogami Ittō, the Shogun’s executioner, whose wife was killed after giving birth to his son, Daigorō. Framed for disloyalty to the Shogun, he is ordered to take his own life as well as Daigorō’s. He refuses and begins a one-man, one-baby war against those who betrayed him.

On her latest mission, the Doctor has been sent to Skaro, the homeworld of the Daleks, to return a piece of technology. What she finds is a landscape unlike what she had expected and the last of the surviving Kaled people. The peril escalates quickly and the Doctor must try to save the Kaleds from the imminent, relentless attacks of the Daleks… and find the true home of the device she brought with her.

Issue 4 by Christian Ward brings together the supernatural entity and highly advanced technology. Daniel is so arrogant that he doesn’t seem to consider what could happen when Annabelle connects with the ship, and it makes for a suspenseful issue. Ward reveals details about Annabelle and explores the idea of emotion in an artificial being.

Beginning with Captain Britain #1, cover dated October 13, 1976, Marvel Comics did something it had never...

Space Ghost Annual #1 is less about delivering wall-to-wall action and more about giving Dax a chance to reflect after everything he’s been through. While a new threat involving Magnus and a mysterious alien keeps the story moving, the real focus is on Space Ghost, Jan, and Jace. One of the best things about this series has always been its emphasis on found family, and this issue reminds readers that those relationships are what hold the team together.

The history of the United States is in peril. Morgan Le Fay has traveled to the Revolutionary War in 1777 with an offer to help the British win the war. In 1778, Cagliostro has enlisted Benjamin Franklin to help him convince the Avengers of the future to travel back in time to save America. Doctor Strange has gathered some of the big guns – Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Hulk – to return to the birth of the nation and prevent history from changing drastically.

Based on Matt Dinniman’s bestselling LitRPG novels, this special edition collects the opening episode – and additional material – from the hit WEBTOON adaptation, which has amassed more than 5.6 million reads and 225,000 subscribers. If you’ve been curious about the series but haven’t known where to start, this comic makes for an easy jumping-on point.

Justice League of America #200, though, was one from those bygone days when an all-star line-up actually meant an all-star line-up. Under a wraparound cover by George Pérez and from a script by Gerry Conway, DC assembled some amazing art contributors, including Pérez and Brett Breeding, Pat Broderick and Terry Austin, Jim Aparo, Dick Giordano, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino and Frank Giacoia, Brian Bolland, and Joe Kubert.

Spaz, Mikey, and Rich are three preteen best friends that were introduced in Mark Spears Monsters. The boys were chased by a werewolf and sought safety on a water tower when the Golden Man appeared. At first, the comic book-loving boys that that he was a superhero – but that opinion quickly changed when the Golden Man grabbed Spaz and dropped him to his death.

Whether you know his work from the covers of Marvel’s Savage Sword of Conan magazine, Top Cow’s Tomb Raider graphic novel, his groundbreaking 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards, his recent work on the covers of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan and John Carter of Mars novels, or scores of any other projects, Joe Jusko easily qualifies as one of the preeminent artists working in pop culture today.