BOOK OF THE MONTH
Ant Unleashed #1 (Big City Comics)

A new series, an animation deal, a possible film deal… Things are definitely looking up for Mario Gully and his creation. The new “no holds barred” version of the series begins this week as part of Gully’s new studio Big City.

Also this month:
What If: X-Men – The Rise and Fall of the Shi’ar Empire. Art by Larry Stroman. Don’t call it a comeback.
Essential Power Man & Iron Fist V1 TP. Goes well with your Essential Luke Cage collections.
Justice For Hire #1. This is a pretty good kung fu adventure book that I first saw at the NYCC. Worth a look.

The list:
Buffy TVS #9. Art by Georges Jeanty.
Batman & the Outsiders #3. Cover pencilled by Eric Battle.
Infinity Inc. #4
Batman Confidential #12, Fight For Tomorrow TP. A Denys Cowan two-fer.
JLofA #16, Avengers Classic #7. Both written by Dwayne McDuffie.
Stormwatch PHD: Armageddon. This is part of the latest Wildstorm crossover.
Wildcats: Armageddon. Art by Talent Caldwell.
Hellblazer #239. A tale of a group of Sudanese trying to get an important package to John Constantine in England.
The Ride V2 TP. Art by Brian Stelfreeze.
Bomb Queen IV #4 (of 4). Story and art by Jimmie Robinson.
Spawn #177
Special Forces #4 (of 6). Kyle Baker’s been running a bit behind on this book, so don’t expect issue 4 just yet.
Ultimate X-Men #89. A Storm solo story.
Black Panther #33. Written by Reggie Hudlin.
House of M: Avengers #2, 3. Both this month – at least that’s what the solicit said.
New Warriors #7, What If: Civil War. Kevin Grevioux writes all of the former and part of the latter.
Thor #6. Art by Olivier Coipel.
Punisher #53. The Barracuda arc continues.
Heroes For Hire: World War Hulk TP
Gold Digger #91, GD Sourcebook #12, GD Christmas Special #1, PvN: Up The Ante #6 (of 8), Sky Sharks #5 (of 5). Fred Perry, dammit!
Totem #2. Written by Gully.
Blackbeard Legacy #4. This is a former Alias book that has found new life at another publisher. The pirate character is based on model Traci Bingham.
Delete #5. Story and art by Robert Walker.