New comics are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday so here’s a look ahead at some of the books we’ll be picking up this week. To see what’s available at Paradox this week, click here.

Stewart R: This seems to be a week when my pull-list covers the full publisher spectrum (except, once again and rather unfortunately for DC, though Vertigo joins the party thankfully). Dark Horse come storming out of the gates with a couple of new series - of sorts. Brain Boy #1 rejuvenates a character first seen in the 1960s who from the sounds of it comes across as a James Bond meets Quentin Quire type and who is now being tackled by the highly talented creative duo of Fred Van Lente and R.B. Silva. The mashup of political intrigue, action and psychic fun sounds great and R.B. Silva's work on the New 52 Superboy title really impressed me so I'm looking forward to seeing what he brings to the table with Brain Boy. The other Dark Horse title of note is the first issue (well, there was the #0 out a few weeks back which certainly read as an important chapter) of the second series of Resident Alien, subtitled Suicide Blonde. I really enjoyed the first series from Peter Hogan which worked the noir detective tale well against the small town politics and fish-out-of-water doctor drama and hopefully this second series will continue in similar vein. Over at Titan I'm really looking forward to the second issue of It Came from Dan Boultwood. The blurb on the Titan website states that 'fans of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 will love this hilarious B-Move romp' and I can't agree with that more as the debut was laughter-inducing and art work delightful! And while we're doing the rounds on second efforts I'll be picking up Sidekick #2 from Image and Hero Bear & The Kid #2 from BOOM! Studios KaBOOM! imprint, though I will admit that with both of these titles I'm not 100% convinced that I'll be sticking with them through the entirety of their runs. One title hitting it's third instalment and seeming like a lock on my ongoing pull-list is Vertigo's FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics (previously known as Collider for it's debut and then rebranded). The high-science ideas coupled with detective work and underhand plots has been handled very well indeed so far by Simon Oliver and Robbie Rodriguez and I'm expecting this to be another great read this Wednesday.
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