Welcome to The Pull! Each week we pick a few comics to feature as comic book picks of the week. This week we feature Where Monsters Lie #1, Blood Tree #1, Almighty #1 and more.
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Where Monsters Lie #1
Writer: Kyle Starks
Artist: Piotr Kowalski
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Haven’t you always wondered what slasher monsters-the masked home invasion family, the mindless unkillable monster, the serial killer trapped in a doll-what they do for those couple of years in-between their murder sprees? They’re at Wilmhurst-a gated community in the middle of nowhere where they relax-or try to-until they get the call to go out and kill again.
Connor Hayes survived his first slasher in summer camp. A handful of years later he barely escaped a psychopath who built torture puzzles for his victims. Since then he’s been training and planning for running into these creatures again. He’s a respected special agent, and now he knows where the monsters lie and he’s planning for war.
The latest creator-owned series from I Hate this Place‘s Kyle Starks!
Blood Tree #1
Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artist: Maxim Simic
Publisher: Image Comics
Two obsessed NYPD detectives hunt for a vicious butcher called the Angel Killer, a sociopath who preys on the innocent family members of known murderers in order to “purify” the rest of society.
From comics super team Peter J. Tomasi (Batman and Robin, Superman, Black Adam: The Dark Age, Super-Sons, Detective Comics) and Maxim Simic (Escape from New York, Conan) comes a story that confronts the battle of nature versus nurture, considers how present and future generations are tainted by past generations, and asks the age-old question: Who must pay for the sins of the fathers-and perhaps even the sins of the mothers?
Almighty #1
Writer: Edward Laroche
Artist: Edward Laroche, Brad Simpson
Publisher: Image Comics
The Warning writer/artist Edward Laroche returns to comics with a five-issue epic! Max Max: Fury Road-style action combines with the mutated horror of Annihilation in this original sci-fi/fantasy epic for mature readers.
The year is 2098 in a Third World America ravaged by economic collapse, anarcho-warfare, and a mysterious environmental disaster contained behind a massive wall. A girl has been abducted, and a killer has been hired to find her and bring her home.
The adventure begins in a spectacular double-length debut issue, with thirty-eight pages of story and no ads for the regular price of just $3.99!
Star Wars: Sana Starros #1
Writer: Justina Ireland
Artist: Pere Perez
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Starring in her first ever solo series! Fresh off of a string of disappointments, Sana Starros returns to her family’s ancestral home for some downtime. But family time is far from relaxing for a scoundrel and her family of ne’er do wells, especially when Stormtroopers crash dinner?
Watch as Justina Ireland and Pere Perez bring Sana Starros to new heights!
