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: I really wasn't going to give All-Star Batman the time of day when the DC Rebirth initiative was announced, but after Superman and Aquaman have proved to be unmissable reads over four issues apiece - and this Wednesday has proven to be a very quiet day for my pull-list - I've decided to take the plunge and see what Scott Snyder might still have up his sleeve for the Dark Knight of Gotham. I was all aboard the early run he and Greg Capullo had on the New 52 Batman series, but found my interest waned (not Wayne'd haha!) when we rolled into 'Zero Year' territory. That seemed to be the point that other PCG members jumped ship and not many of us ever looked back as far as I'm aware. Eyes firmly forward then for ASB which promises a year of taking a fresh look at Batman and moving him out of his Gotham setting. By all accounts Snyder wants to take the opportunity to explore just what the Caped Crusader means to people across the country and the globe, showing what he represents in a 21st Century setting and just what his rogue's gallery may themselves represent in ever-changing times. I'll give the debut a chance, and who knows I might well stick with it for the entire 12 months if it's any good! While saying 'hello' to one new book I'll be saying 'farewell' to one miniseries this week in the form of IDW's Brutal Nature which wraps up this supernatural tale of the Conquistador-era in a fourth issue that will likely be a bloody affair. Luciano Saracino has done a fine job of throwing the Spanish Inquisition at South American mysticism and conjuring up a story about the darkness that can come from within the hearts of men and the darkness that seeks to invade those of a lighter nature who must spill blood to save others. I've had problems appreciating Ariel Olivetti's artwork in the past, but his work on Brutal Nature has been something else and as the finale looms I'm in that delicious position of having no idea about how this story might end!
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