Buying comics can be an expensive hobby. A lot of fans simply can’t afford everything they’re interested in, due to rising prices and the over-saturation of the market with superhero titles.
That’s why we’re here. Every week, the Multiversity staff is asked “What would you buy this week if you couldn’t go over $20?” and shares their reasons why, in order to help others who might have similar tastes make their own decisions in buying comics on a budget. Be sure to leave your own picks in the comments!
Kate’s Picks:
Locke & Key Welcome To Lovecraft Anniversary Edition #1 ($8.99): Locke and Key was one of those series that just couldn’t find the right network – – and when it finally came to TV, it was on the notoriously mercurial Netflix. And while it ended on its own terms and as its creators intended, I’m just a little spoiled and want more. So why not go back to where it all began . . . but things end up a little differently this time?
Harley Quinn Black White Redder #1 ($4.99): If you missed this in 2020, here’s a chance to collect it in print.
Nouns Nountown #1 ($4.99): There’s a man with a fox for a head, a stolen atom bomb (just in time for #Barbieheimer!), a signed picture of the Pope, and a thimble salesman at the heart of it all. You know you want to see how all these go together.
Total: $18.97. And if you have cash leftover and wanting to expand your #Barbieheimer horizons, you can check out Abrams’s “Bomb The Weapon That Changed The World.”
Christopher’s Pick:
Batman Arkham: Catwoman ($19.99): This long-delayed collection is my pick of the week for one sole reason: it reprints Mindy Newell, Joe Brozowski and Michael Bair’s long out-of-print miniseries “Catwoman: My Sister’s Keeper.” As far as I know, that 1989 comic hasn’t been reprinted since 1991 because of its portrayal of Selina as a former sex worker (which hasn’t kept ‘Batman: Year One’ out of print: go figure.) Hopefully sales of this will encourage DC to reprint Newell’s earlier Catwoman arc from “Action Comics,” which co-starred Holly Robinson.
Total: $19.99
Johnny’s Picks:
Wild’s End #2 ($3.99): I’m definitely slipping, as the years pass, in my ability to keep up with the times, as I completely missed the announcement of one of my favorite series of the past decade returning with a new series from BOOM! Studios.Writer Dan Abnett and artist I.N.J. Culbard are returning with their “Wild’s End”-verse (think H.G. Well’s “War of the Worlds” meets Kenneth Graham’s “The Wind in the Willows”), a harrowing yet elegantly beautiful series about an alien invasion of an anthropomorphized Earth. Culbard’s work is decidedly reserved in a way that seems to match the British stoicism that marked the Edwardian Age, but Abnett’s plot is dark and solemn, as the never-setting sun of the British Empire exuberance meets the horror of an overpowering technological menace. A masterclass in the melding of genres reminiscent of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s triumphant “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” “Wild’s End” is an utterly brilliant series I’m happy to see return to the stands!
Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #3 ($3.99): Lonergan’s work on this title is simply great, and the story (another genre meld) effortlessly combines gothic horror and epic swords and sorcery into one fantastic read. Book of the year, so far.
Xino #2 ($5.99): I love me a good anthology, and this one, published by Oni and edited by none other than Dave and Maria Lapham, certainly fits the bill. While the previous issue had the likes of Shaky Kane and Nick Cagnetti, this issue sports the talents of Zander Cannon (Kaijumax), François Vigneault (Titan), and Artyom Trakhanov (First Knife), a fantastic group of talent that know how to make excellent comics!
Total: $13.97
