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Brainstorm Comics and Gaming wants to ensure your Wednesday continues to be the HAPPIEST DAY OF THE WEEK!

How do we do that?

By providing you the information on books arriving 3 weeks from now so you can let us know which books you’re looking forward to and added to your pull box.  On Saturdays at 2 pm, we post a video version that shows you the covers for the books.

Let us know by April 22nd at 5 pm (when we finalize our orders) whether you want a book added to your list.  Don’t let your Wednesday be ruined by a missed book.

Here are the highlights for books three weeks from now:

LAST STOP ON RED LINE #1

This book is a murder mystery with a supernatural edge.  I like the cover to the first issue a lot and the story has a nice hook.  Here is the solicit for the series:

Detective Migdalia Torres investigates a vicious strangling on a Boston subway car with no feasible leads. As potential evidence produces dead ends, Migdalia inadvertently takes in a vagrant named Yusef who may have a supernatural connection to the crime at hand.

AQUAMAN #48

It isn’t often when both covers to a comic are equally cool, but this is one of those times.  Definitely take a look at the video on Saturday so you can see what they look like.  The A cover is by Robson Rocha and the B cover is by Joshua Middleton.

BATMAN #71 VAR ED

Frank Cho provides the variant cover to Batman for this issue.  It’s a great cover that fans of the Bat are going to want to check out and probably add to their collection.

JUSTICE LEAGUE #24

DC has some great covers coming out this week as evidenced by the fact that a second book has two spotlight covers.  The A cover is pretty cool.  I haven’t seen the B cover yet, but it’s by Jerome Opena so I have confidence that it will be an amazing cover as well. Hopefully we have it for the Saturday video.

NAOMI #5

This book has been going nuclear in how hot it is.  Bendis delivers another original character that is instantly relatable and draws you in.  Early issues are getting harder and harder to find.

DIE TP VOL 1 FANTASY HEARTBREAKER

This independent book has been catching fire.  If you’ve missed out on the initial issues, this is a great way to catch up.  The artwork is by the amazing Stephanie Hans.  Think of the story as Jumanji meets Stranger Things.  A group of teenagers are playing a Dungeons and Dragons type game when they suddenly disappear.  They come back several years later but they refuse to talk about what happened.  A great book you should be reading.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21 CASANOVAS VAR and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21 SUJIN JO MARVEL BATTLE LINES VAR

Both of these covers are pretty amazing (no pun intended).  The Casanovas cover, I think, will look even better in person.  Sometimes when you see a cover online, you can see that the digital version is lacking something.  This one looks like that to me.  The Battle Lines cover will appeal to Black Cat fans.  As I say almost every week, the Battle Lines variants are one of the few themes that I like the majority of covers for.

AVENGERS TP NO ROAD HOME

If you missed out on the individual issues, the massive story will be available in trade a few weeks from now.  This is the story that brought Conan into the Marvel Universe, setting up the new series Savage Avengers.  See where it all began here.

BLACK WIDOW #5 K LEE MARVEL BATTLE LINES VAR

Another great action cover for the Battle Lines theme of variants.  Black Widow fans, check this one out.  A great cover.

GIANT MAN #1 (OF 3) (Main cover) and GIANT MAN #1 (OF 3) KEOWN VAR

Giant Man is getting his own three issue mini-series spinning out of the War of the Realms Marvel event.  This one has two great covers.  I’m more partial to the Dale Keown one myself as I’ve been a fan of his work for a couple of decades now.  If you’re reading War of the Realms, this may be one you want added to your pull list.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #5 JONGJU KIM MARVEL BATTLE LINES VA

Fans of Gamora will rejoice at this cover.  This is an order all you want variant, so if you’re interested, let us know and we can assure you a copy in your box.

IMMORTAL HULK #17 HEYJIN IM MARVEL BATTLE LINES VAR

The main covers are always phenomenal for this series as Alex Ross does the art, but here is a variant that is pretty cool as well.  Another in the Battle Lines theme.  Immortal Hulk continues to be a gamma blast to the industry as it has exploded in popularity.  If you haven’t been reading, there are two trades available for the series.

OLD MAN QUILL #5 (OF 12) YOON LEE MARVEL BATTLE LINES VAR

This is probably my favorite Battle Lines variant of this week’s FOC list.  A great rendition of Star Lord.  Great action.

WAR OF REALMS SPIDER-MAN & LEAGUE OF REALMS #1 (OF 3)

While I personally am not a fan of street-level characters in cosmic or other-worldly events, I do have to say I get a chuckle out of seeing Spider-Man in the Asgardian garb.  If you’re reading War of the Realms and/or a fan of Spider-Man and want this series, let us know to add it to your pull list.

WAR OF REALMS STRIKEFORCE WAR AVENGERS #1 #1

I’m interested in this one because I love Weapon H.  The character has a lot of potential and a great back story that was more compelling than what some gave it credit for.  In this series, he joins Captain Marvel’s War Avengers which also consists of Venom, Deadpool, Captain Britain, Winter Soldier and Black Widow.  Much like the one above, if you’re interested in this series, let us know to add it to your pull list.

As always, thank you for reading.  Below this is the full list of books that are on our Final Order Cutoff date list.  If you see something you want a copy of, let us know by emailing us at [email protected] or calling us at 301-663-3039.