Comic book writer Ed Brisson joins the Capes and Tights Podcast for Episode 207 on January 22, 2025. To prepare for the conversation, we have compiled 14 comics by Brisson you should read.
Brisson is a comic book writer who first started to garner attention with his self-published crime series Murder Book. He broke into the public spotlight in 2012 with the crime/time-travel thriller series Comeback. In the short time since then, he’s written and co-created four other series published by Image: Sheltered, The Field, The Mantle and The Violent. His self-published series Murder Book was collected and released by Dark Horse in early 2015. Ed has also written comics for DC, Marvel, BOOM! Studios, IDW Publishing and many others.
Old Man Logan (Marvel)
Old Man Logan is confronted by an enemy from his past! And since his past is a dystopian future, you know this won’t be good – but it can’t get any worse than the Maestro! Determined not to let history repeat itself at the hands of the Hulk’s nightmarish future self, Logan takes matters into his own hands and hunts down the Hulk Gang! But they’re not the only familiar faces around: The man who was Wolverine will need an old friend’s help if he wants to stay on his enemies’ trail. And with Maestro applying his cunning intellect to the next devastating step of his plan, brute force isn’t the only weapon Logan has to worry about.
Sheltered (Image)
A pre-apocalyptic tale of survival at any cost. The men and women of Safe Haven have been preparing for any-and-all end of world scenarios for years. However, their bunkers, weapons and training can’t save them from the one threat they never could have expected: Their own children.
Iron Fist (Marvel)
The mystical city of K’un-Lun lies in ruins. The chi that fuels Danny Rand’s power is wavering. Can there be any future for the Iron Fist? Danny must push himself to the breaking point, finding rivals against whom he can prove his worth. But a bigger battle than he can handle may have just found him: On a mysterious island stand seven deadly kung fu masters. Can Danny run a gauntlet through all of them and regain his place in the world? As the game of death begins, the Iron Fist is in for the fights of his life — against the Serpent, the Wolf and more! As a dark history is revealed, the war for the chi of K’un-Lun is about to get very bloody!
Sons of Anarchy (BOOM! Studios)
The Sons of Anarchy are behind bars and it’s up to Gemma and Tara to keep the homefront safe from rival clubs. And while Tara uses everything she’s learned as a doctor and an “old lady” to keep the MC intact during Jax’s absence, Jax puts his life on the line to keep the Sons safe on the other side…
Written by Ed Brisson (Sheltered) and illustrated by Damian Couceiro (Planet of the Apes), this jaw-dropping second volume bridges the gap between Seasons 3 and 4 of Kurt Sutter’s revered television series.
Dead Man Logan (Marvel)
Sick from the Adamantium coating his skeleton, Logan’s search for a cure has led to nothing but dead ends. But for once, he’s actually trying to leave this world with some unfinished business. Can Logan take his last breath without slaughtering the X-Men again? Not if Mysterio has anything to say about it! The villain means to set in motion the mutant massacre at the crux of Old Man Logan’s apocalyptic future timeline. But is someone pulling Mysterio’s strings? The master of illusion’s newest benefactors will surprise you…and Logan!
Batman Incorporated (DC)
The team’s trust issues and detective skills are immediately put to the test when someone from Ghost-Maker and Batman’s recent past is brutally murdered… Is this an isolated event, sending a message to the two? Or is this the start of something darker and more sinister? (Hint—it’s sinister and dark!)
Speaking of sinister and dark… when Batman Incorporated attract the attention of a villain worthy of their talents, the problem is that this villain isn’t just one Clown Prince of Crime—it’s a whole international circus of Jokers! After all, why does Batman get to have Batmen all over the world, when Joker only has Gotham? Well, the end of Batman’s global monopoly is approaching. Australia gets a Joker! China gets a Joker! England gets a Joker! Everyone gets a Joker! Welcome to Joker Incorporated!
Predator (Marvel)
Hunt. Kill. Repeat. In the near future, a young girl sees her family slaughtered by the deadliest and most feared hunter in the universe: a Predator. Years later, though her ship is barely holding together and food is running short, Theta won’t stop stalking the spaceways until the Yautja monster who killed her family is dead – or she is. And when she crash-lands on a tundra planet, her odds of surviving are looking slim! Her only hope is to trek through the wilds to the nearest outpost. But the cold isn’t the only thing she has to worry about: A Predator watches in the shadows, ready to strike!
There’s Something Wrong with Patrick Todd (AfterShock)
Fifteen-year-old Patrick Todd lives on the run, hiding out in seedy motels, living out of his backpack and making sure that his mom – recently struck down by a mysterious illness of the mind – is well cared for.
But doctors cost money. A lot of money. And, so, Patrick turns to a life of crime. Using the telepathic abilities he’s been hiding all his life, he forces the worst of the worst to rob banks, taking the money before making them turn themselves in to the police.
But someone has taken notice of Patrick’s schemes. A reckoning is coming. Will the police find Patrick in time to save him, or will he become yet another victim of the killer called Zeus?
Uncanny X-Men (Marvel)
The flagship X-Men title that started it all is back – bigger and better than ever! Why is the X-Men’s newest crisis shaping up to be…their final adventure?! It all starts with a mysterious and tragic disappearance, but their investigation draws the X-Men into a much larger – and deadlier – situation! Who or what are the Four Horsemen of Salvation, and what is their connection to Nate Grey, the incredibly powerful mutant known as X-Man? Will Nate’s home dimension, the Age of Apocalypse, make its horrifying return? Or does the dawn of the Age of X-Man mean the end of the Uncanny X-Men?! It’s a status-quo-smashing story that just might leave all of mutantkind in tatters, and it will take three fan-favorite writers to deliver the mutant madness!
Sins of the Salton Sea (AWA)
Wyatt, a professional thief living off the grid, is recruited by his brother for one last job. Their target: an armored car traveling down a desolate stretch of California highway. But when it turns out that their target is carrying not gold bars but human cargo, Wyatt is plunged into a conflict between warring factions of a doomsday cult. The cult claims that it is their solemn duty to save the world by means of human sacrifice. Will Wyatt protect the boy who has come into his charge? Or will he be swayed by the cult’s increasingly convincing claims that the end of the world is fast approaching?
Deathstroke Inc. (DC)
Deathstroke and Respawn are on the run! Deathstroke Inc. has been destroyed, and his villain associates killed by the Demon’s Shadow! Deathstroke must explain to Batman why he killed Ra’s al Ghul…but first he must survive the hundreds of deadly killers coming for him!
Alpha Flight (Marvel)
The return of Canada’s premier super-team! Guardian, Puck, Snowbird and Shaman reunite as Alpha Flight bursts back onto the scene! But what schism will pit these heroes against their former teammates Aurora, Northstar and Nemesis – as well as Aurora’s beau, Fang? Is Alpha Flight really fighting to keep mutantkind out of Canada?!
The FALL OF X has caused a serious schism within Department H and changed the game for Alpha Flight. The reborn team must find a way to soar to new heights – or be crushed under the weight of an impossible mission! But as a startling revelation about the new Nemesis rocks the team and the situation quickly goes south in the Canadian North, can Alpha Flight at last stand united? Or will Department H shut them down for good? Prepare for sacrifice, surprises and death!
The Displaced (BOOM! Studios)
The city of Oshawa, Ontario is gone. Without a trace.
No one remembers it or the 170,000 missing people that also disappeared. The survivors who were lucky enough to be out of town when it happened are few, and strangely, their memories are fading fast. The only way to survive is to seek each other out and work together.
While being forgotten can have its upsides when it comes to less-than-legal means of making ends meet, the dwindling survivors will have to deal with the moral conflicts between them, along with the baseline of hopelessness in a world that left them behind.
As the variety of skills left between the remaining Displaced shrinks, what ends will they go to for their own survival?
SilverHawks (Dynamite)
In the nearby galaxy of Limbo, the deadly mob boss Mon*Star has escaped from his confinement on Penal Planet 10 – and he’s looking to take revenge on everyone who put him there!
At the top of that list is Commander Stargazer, the grizzled space cop who personally took Mon*Star down the last time he went on a rampage. To recapture Mon*Star and his gang of super-criminal associates, Stargazer must put his retirement on hold and assemble a new team of his famed bionically enhanced law enforcers – the SilverHawks!
Recruited from every corner of known space by the Federal Interplanetary Force, the SilverHawks were engineered to be the first line of defense against Limbo’s ruthless agents of chaos. But during Mon*Star’s long incarceration, the program went dormant, and its state-of-the-art tech has drifted towards obsolescence. Now, as they take on the galaxy’s deadliest lawbreakers, Stargazer’s new team of untested cyborgs – including Quicksilver, Bluegrass, Hotwing, Steelwill, Steelheart, and The Copper Kidd – will face the ultimate trial by fire!
Coming January 29, 2025.
