BOOK OF THE MONTH:
Martha Washington Dies (Dark Horse)

Wait a minute… THE TITLE’S A SPOILER!!! Okay, y’know what, just, uh, just pretend you didn’t see that in the title. Just remember this as being a new Martha Washington story by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons. Forget about the death part… uh… if you can, anyway.

Other notables:
The Bakers: Babies and Kittens HC. Bakers. Babies. Kittens. Simple. The latest from Kyle Baker.
Thor #1. Olivier Coipel draws the new adventures of Marvel’s resident thunder god, back from the great wherever.
Negation: Hounded TP. The third volume of the coolest, most awesomest outer space adventure of ALL TIME. Would I lie?
Sabre #1 (of 5). A brand new prequel story to one of the very first graphic novels in the industry.
Welcome to Tranquility #8. ChrisCross and Georges Jeanty are among the guest artists in this done-in-one issue.

The list:
Zero Killer #1 (of 6). A post-apocalyptic adventure mini-series.
Amazons Attack #4 (of 6). Pencils by Pete Woods.
Batman Confidential #7, Batman: Blind Justice TP. Denys Cowan is the artist on this new story arc, plus an old Batman story of his gets re-released.
Nightwing #134. Pencils by Jamal Igle.
JSA Classified #28. A Jakeem Thunder solo story.
The Highwaymen #2 (of 5), Monster Attack Network GN. Co-written by Marc Bernardin with a cover by Brian Stelfreeze (forgot to mention that last month). Plus, Bernardin has a graphic novel about giant monsters.
Stormwatch PHD #9
Full Color GN. Protagonist of this graphic novel gives herself one day to change her life for the better. Could be interesting.
Bomb Queen: Queen of Hearts TP. Story and art by Jimmie Robinson.
Capes: Punching the Clock TP. Uh, I’ve never actually read this, but it’s by Robert Kirkman, so it probably doesn’t suck.
Repo #2 (of 5)
The Ride: Die Valkyrie #2 (of 3). Art by Stelfreeze.
Spawn #172
Marvel Illustrated: Treasure Island #2 (of 6). The classic novel in comics form. Art by Mario Gully.
Ultimate X-Men #84. Bishop leads a new team of X-Men.
Blade #11
Avengers Classic #2, Fantastic Four #548. Written (or co-written) by Dwayne McDuffie.
World War Hulk: Front Line #2 (of 6). Shawn Martinbrough is one of the artists.
Heroes for Hire #12
New Warriors #2. Written by Kevin Grevioux.
Nextwave, Agents of HATE: I Kick Your Face HC
Squadron Supreme: Hyperion vs. Nighthawk TP
Public Enemy #4
Gold Digger #87, Fred Perry’s GD Sketchbook, GD Sourcebook #7, Pirates vs. Ninjas: Up the Ante #1 (of 8), Pirates vs. Ninjas Pocket Manga TP Story and art by you-know-who, except for PvN2, which he only wrote.
Brodie’s Law: Road to Redemption GN. The second TP, by Bircham & Osiyemi.
Scarface: Scarred For Life TP. Illustrated by Dave Crosland.
Super Bad James Dynomite TP. Written by the Wayans Bros.
Apocalipstix GN. From what I can tell, it’s a post-apocalyptic Josie and the Pussycats.
Books With Pictures #6, Never heard of this book before, but they got Kyle Baker to do the cover.
Phantom Lady TP. Reprinting classic Phantom Lady stories by her creator, Matt Baker.
Stormbringers #1. New superhero action from writer Korby Marks.
Herc Brown #0. New series about a brother who’s the son of Zeus.
Return to Wonderland #2. Written by Raven Gregory.