Welcome to The Pull! Each week we pick a few comics to feature as comic book picks of the week. This week we feature TMNT: The Last Ronin – The Lost Years #1, Bulls of Beacon Hill #1, Nightwalkers #1 and more.
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TMNT: The Last Ronin – The Lost Years #1
Writer: Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz
Artist: S.L. Gallant, Ben Bishop
Publisher: IDW Publishing
In the smash-hit miniseries TMNT: The Last Ronin, readers witnessed the final gut-wrenching days of the Heroes in a Half Shell. For Michelangelo in particular, the march to his heartbreaking last battle was long and dangerous, taking him from New York City, to Japan, across Asia and Europe, and then back home again to administer final justice against those guilty of killing his family.
But what happened during those fateful years when he had only the need for vengeance and Master Splinter’s journal to guide him? What battles did he fight? What hard lessons did he learn? The time has come to find out as original miniseries writers Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz join artist Ben Bishop to reveal what adventures the Last Ronin experienced during his vengeful journey. While in the present, a new master, Casey Marie Jones, prepares her young terrapin students to be the next generation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Bulls of Beacon Hill #1
Writer: Steve Orlando
Artist: Andy MacDonald
Publisher: AfterShock Comics
The team behind Justice League of America reunites for some hard-hitting revenge!
Doctor Christopher Boldt has everything he ever wanted: A successful career as a surgeon, a supportive and loving boyfriend, and an overload of hype on his rumored run for Boston City Council. But there’s one problem – it’s all held up by a lie. For years, Chris has been hiding in plain sight, desperate not to be connected to his father, Orin Paige, one of Boston’s most notorious gangsters.
Until now, Chris has been able to live with the secret. And Chris’s father has been just as happy to deny any connection to his queer son, who he sees as a liability in the mob world. Now, Chris’s political aspirations have put father and son on a collision course. A collision course bathed in blood.
From Eisner and GLAAD Award-Nominated writer Steve Orlando (Extreme Carnage, Midnighter, Darkhold, Kill A Man) and artist Andy MacDonald (Rogue Planet, Loki, My Date With Monsters, I Breathed A Body), comes Bulls of Beacon Hill, a story of family secrets and violent retribution.
Nightwalkers #1
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Colin Johnson
Publisher: Source Point Press
Seren is an addict in recovery at a rehabilitation center secluded in the mountains, completely islolated from the outside world. When Seren and the other patients wake to find themselves locked inside and abandoned by the center’s staff, they must decide whether to wait or break out. The decision is made for them when a blood thirsty monster enters the center, and begins to tear through them to satiate its lust for blood.
In a collaboration with Hustle & Heart Films and Vertigo Entertainment (It, Doctor Sleep), Source Point Press is proud to bring you Cullen Bunn‘s Nightwalkers, a new comic book series with a terrifying, fresh take on a timeless horror sub-genre.
Bunn joins the Capes and Tights Podcast on February 20.
Darkwing Duck #1
Writer: Amanda Deibert
Artist: Carlo Lauro
Publisher: Dynamite Comics
He is the terror that flaps in the night…He is the ferocious fowl who plucks the evil eye from the face of foul play…He is Darkwing Duck! Alongside his trusty sidekick Lauchpad McQuack, Darkwing hyper-vigilantly defends St. Canard from the dastardly, devilish demons who would wage wanton war!
By night, our caped defender lurks in the shadows, striking fear (and maybe confusion?) in the heart of the criminal underworld…but by day, no one suspects that Darkwing is also mild-mannered Drake Mallard, a well-meaning father to his adorable adopted daughter, Gosalyn! Can Darkwing successfully navigate his two separate lives, all while looking incredibly cool and impossibly handsome? (Hint: Probably not, but…) You’ll have to read to find out!
Dead Seas #2
Writer: Cavan Scott
Artist: Nick Brokenshire
Publisher: IDW Publishing
When a ghost escapes its cell, it’s down to Gus and his band of terrified convicts to get the haunt back where it belongs. But a vengeful spirit is the least of their worries as the ship enters troubled waters. Continuing the new supernatural thriller from best-selling author Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Titans United) and fan-favorite Nick Brokenshire (Star Wars Adventures, Cold Iron).
Scott and Brokenshire join the Capes and Tights Podcast on February 6 to discuss their comic series Dead Seas!
