Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance #1 - Two of Marvel’s greatest lone-wolf antiheroes are teaming up! It starts with a familiar story: a desperate caretaker arrives on Charles Xavier's doorstop with an outcast child, possessing strange and dangerous powers. This child is certainly special, but he is no mutant. Something dark hangs over the boy, and though Professor X can’t take him in, he can dispatch Logan to watch over the child until help can be found. Following the sulfurous trail leads Wolverine to cross paths with Johnny Blaze, on the hunt for a supernatural killer. The trail goes cold until over a decade later when the grizzly killings begin again. Writer Benjamin Percy is the perfect writer for this crossover series; his current run on Ghost Rider has been long overdue return to form, putting the title back in its proper place straddling the line between horror and superheroics. As for Wolverine, Percy captures the voice of the half-feral Berzerker Logan of the 80’s and 90’s.

Mech Cadets #1 - Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa return to the sci-fi adventure, Mech Cadets, with a fantastic first issue of the sequel series. This issue continues a year after the last one left off, and wastes no time moving the story forward. They receive reports to protect a store from looters, however, on arrival they find out that the looters are simply civilians who've been ignored by their government. Their city had been flooded for weeks and supplies and power was running out. After helping this group of civilians, Olivia is relieved of her title as Commander for disobeying direct orders (again) and we see the crew adjust to the change, as well as reassure Olivia of their trust in her leadership as well as their friendship. We also see that they have taken on much more responsibilities which opens the door for them to reevaluate what their personal goals are with joining the Sky Force. The team is later tasked with going on a recon mission to search for a missing team, one that Francis’ cousin is a part of. We also find out that Francis named Thunderwrecker after his cousin's Robo of the same name, with Francis saying “You'll understand why when you meet him, he's so awesome”. The issue ends off on a cliffhanger, as the crew stumbled upon Sharg and had a brief, but wonderfully illustrated fight. This series has always done a fantastic job with character interactions, and that hasn't stopped as this new issue reintroduces all of the characters in a familiar way, while providing quick bits of backstory and room for new characters to shine. The art of Mech Cadets has always been incredible, and this issue in particular had amazing shading and fantastic sense of scale when the Robos were shown. I can't wait for the show dropping on Netflix later this month, and I can't wait to see how this new run progresses in the future!