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.

Stewart R: Considering that Geoff Johns hooked me in with his redefining of the Green Lantern universe back in the day I'd be a touch foolish to not at least give DC Universe Rebirth #1 a cursory look this Wednesday. The interesting thing for me with this whole endeavour is just how careful comic book readers - even die-hard DC fans - are being in regards to this 'Rebirth' compared to the feverish buy-them-all trend that came with the New 52. It really seems that as a collective reading audience we feel a touch burned by what we ended up with and wary of publisher resets - soft or otherwise - especially when cover prices increase year on year. I'm personally only interested in 2-3 titles coming in the approaching wave of new DC releases and I'm hoping that this opener will give some wider insight into what we'll be getting. That number #1 aside it's very much a case of regular titles for me to pick up this week. I've finally managed to catch up on Strayer, the post-apocalyptic fun-fest from Justin Jordan and Aftershock Comics, and the chaos will continue this week in the fourth chapter. The world building that Jordan manages to get done in such a short space of time across his various titles is quite astounding and the dangerous wasteland he's populated here is compelling to say the least. And while we're on the subject of dangerous wastelands we of course get Extraordinary X-Men #10 to dive into as well, with Jeff Lemire having whisked us, along with the likes of Colossus, Glob and Anole, to yet another far flung future where the shadow of Apocalypse has once again descended upon the Earth. It's of course something of a blatant cash -n what with X-Men: Apocalypse out in the UK, Europe and Asia already and hitting US screens this Friday, but, goshdarnit, Lemire and Humberto Ramos have been doing a stand up job of keeping my interest in the mutants and their struggles burning that I'll allow this cash'n'grab to continue with my full support. My final nod of the week has to be thrown in the direction of Suiciders: Kings of HelL.A. #3 as Lee Bermejo has continued his fine scripting with his works in this universe and the art of Alessandro Vitti has been a terrific fit for this violent Californian setting. Believe me when I say you should check out Suiciders if you haven't already!
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