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.

Kenny J: Nostalgia is the word of the week. The X-men cartoon from the early '90s - 1992 to be exact - was the catalyst that kickstarted a lifetime of comic fandom, so the return of the animated versions of our favourite mutants in the pages of X-Men ‘92 #1 has me excited. Even though these characters exist within one of the many lands that make up Secret Wars’ Battleworld, I’m hoping to find the X-Men in the same shape in which I was originally introduced to them all those years ago ie. square-jawed Cyclops, non-vampire Jubilee, and a living Wolverine. At the other end of the scale there is another Secret Wars X-book out on Wednesday, namely E Is For Extinction #1. Taking its title from the initial arc of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run, this book will revisit another of my favourite X-team iterations: a team consisting of mostly mutant misfits including Angel (not that one), Quentin Quire and the Stepford Cuckoos. Add to this it is being written by sometime Morrison collaborator Chris Burnham, and I think this might just pip X-Men ‘92 in the anticipation stakes. Bringing things more up to date, Batgirl #41 is back with its second arc. I thought the first fives issues of this refreshed book were interesting, modern and beautifully rendered by Babs Tarr. More of that please, as well as Fight Club 2 #2 and The Legacy of Luther Strode #2, both quality books about men punching each other but with very differing modus operandi.
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