Superman: Action Comics, Volume 3: Leviathan Hunt Review (Brian Michael Bendis, Szymon Kudranski)

The Invisible Mafia are still having clandestine meetings to discuss… nothing… while The Red Cloud still continues to fight Superman for… nothing… Elsewhere, Rose and Thorn punch Leviathan to no effect and Lex is pointlessly doing an Emperor Palpatine impression. Also Naomi cameos to help Superman punch Red Cloud again. Riveting stuff.

Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? Review (Eric Powell, Harold Schechter)

Ed Gein was a wee bit coo coo for cocoa puffs. He murdered two women (though it’s likely the number is much higher) and robbed the graves of several other recently-deceased elderly women so that he could flay the corpses, turn the skin to turn into clothes and wear it so that he could “be” a woman/his mother. He also made furniture out of human remains, as well as other clothing items, like a belt made of nipples! He was eventually caught in 1957 and spent the rest of his life in a nuthouse.

Seven Secrets, Volume 2 Review (Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo)

It’s all change in the leadership of both the Keepers and the Seekers, revelations fly about various characters, a deadly secret exposed leads to the annihilation of Switzerland, and there’s a traitor in the Keepers’ ranks - but who is it? Also, discover Caspar’s cosmic origins and Canto’s sad backstory, all in Seven Secrets, Volume 2!

Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz Review

World War 2 is over for most - but not all. For those in the Secret Service, the war continues in the shadows. It’s the 1950s and secret agent 007 is killed in the Marseilles docks. Head of the 00 unit, M, decides to trial a promising young candidate for 007’s replacement: James Bond. Bond’s mission: find out why the Corsican mob in the south of France have stopped drug trafficking, why notorious double agent Madame 16 is involved, and avenge the fallen agent’s death. Bond has his licence to kill in… Forever and a Day!

Far Sector Review (NK Jemisin, Jamal Campbell)

The City Enduring has a population of 20 billion people, all of whose emotions are suppressed by a biocybernetic virus called the Emotion Exploit, in order for the city’s three different alien races to live in peace and harmony. Except it turns out that more and more of its citizens are using an illegal drug called Switchoff that, you got it, switches off the Emotion Exploit which leads to conflict between the races and the city’s first murder in 500 years. Unsure of how to deal with it, the City Enduring’s Council reaches out to the Guardians who dispatch a Green Lantern to the furthest of their sectors to investigate.

Robin & Batman #1 Review (Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen)

Robin & Batman #1 is the beginning of yet another retelling of Robin/Dick Grayson’s origin story. Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s miniseries picks up shortly after Bruce Wayne has taken in Dick after his parents’ deaths and is training him to be Batman’s famous sidekick. See how Robin gets his iconic outfit! And… that’s about it for this first issue. Hmm.

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Review

Christopher McDougall hurt his legs running which sent him down a rabbit hole where he learned about ultrarunning (veeeeery long marathons), running barefoot and human physiology, and a mysterious tribe of Mexican running shamans called the Tarahumara. All of that information culminates in this book: Born to Run.

Eternals, Volume 1: Only Death is Eternal Review (Kieron Gillen, Esad Ribic)

Ready for some dull sci-fi and generic superhero shenanigans? Heeeeere’s Eternals, Volume 1: Marvel Needed a Book Because They Has a Movie Out About These Characters and Not Because They Had an Inspired Story to Tell!

A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic by Mariko Kikuchi Review

Mariko Kikuchi’s had a tough life. Her dad was an alcoholic and physically abusive while her mother was physically and emotionally abusive before she committed suicide when Mariko and her little sister were still kids. Then, in her 20s, she became involved with a man who was also a heavy drinker and who beat her up constantly - for 9 years!

The Human Target #1 Review (Tom King, Greg Smallwood)

Christopher Chance is The Human Target. Hired to be you, he takes the hit, dies, then gets up and takes out the killer. Except, after his latest job impersonating Lex Luthor, Chance discovers he’s been fatally poisoned and will die - for good - in 12 days. Can he find out who killed him in that time?

A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz Review

Anthony Horowitz and the subject of his book The Word is Murder, Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne, are invited to a literary festival on the Channel Island of Alderney, in preparation for their upcoming follow-up, The Sentence is Death. But what the pair don’t expect to find is an island divided by conflict and become embroiled in a nefarious country house homicide…

Dark Knights of Steel #1 Review (Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri)

Tom Taylor specialises in DC alternate worlds. First there was the fighting game-inspired Injustice, then zombie apocalypse DCeased, and now his latest one is a Game of Thrones-y flavoured story: Dark Knights of Steel. A young prince Superman rules the land with his parents and the help of bastard enforcer, the Bat-prince. But, in a rival kingdom, King Jefferson plots to take the throne of El and magical assassins have been dispatched…

The Every by Dave Eggers Review

The Every is the biggest tech company in the world, controlling more and more of people’s everyday lives. But two young idealists, Delaney and Wes, believe things have gone too far and plan to join the company to bring it down from the inside...

Superman & The Authority Review (Grant Morrison, Mikel Janin)

In an alternate future where the Justice League aren’t around for some reason, a sexy older dad Superman, whose own powers are nearly gone, must assemble a new team to meet imminent threats: The Authority! Only this time, joining Authority regulars Midnighter and Apollo are some unusual additions: Manchester Black, Enchantress and Steel’s daughter.

The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings by Dan Jones Review

In the 12th century, monks transcribing texts by Cicero and various Christian theologists left some blank pages at the end of their transcript. These blank pages were filled with 12 medieval ghost stories by an unnamed monk in the 15th century. Most were a few lines long and the longest was the story of Snowball the tailor.