Savage Avengers II #1 - The series isn’t technically dubbed “volume two”, but the first Savage Avengers book was in 2019 and this book continues in the same universe. The series about a bunch of antiheroes/misfits was a huge success, with tie-ins in X-Men (Conan taking over The Hellfire Mansion) and a surprise visit from Deadpool! But now besides Conan The Barbarian and Elekra, this is a whole new set of Savage Avengers! Events from the first run teleported Conan from the Hyborian Age to modern day and Deathlok has finally tracked him down in order to reset balance to the time line. Across town, Flash Thompson and Elektra break into a lab to snoop around, only to find a building full of dead scientists. They appeared to have died from snake venom poison, meaning who ever was in charge is finished making whatever they were working on…btw, what they were working on was a bomb to make everyone crazy. Fortunately for us, most of our Savage Avengers are either sociopaths or have wicked PTSD which makes them the perfect bunch to get to the bottom of this (trauma tolerance, who knew)! They put their differences aside, but Deathlok couldn’t give a shit about this time line and continues try to apprehend Conan. In attempts to save Conan, they are all teleported back to the Hyborian Age! You’ve already seen the crazy line up in the cover, this series is going to be awesome.

  

Duo #1 - Milestone Comics has been impressing us since their recent relaunch, but this will be the debut series for their Earth-M line! Greg Pak has made a name for himself in sci-fi storytelling, and this superhero origin story is definitely out of this world. Dr. Kelly Vu and Dr. David Kim are research partners working on nano technology that can repair organic matter. Have a broken leg? They inject you with nanobots and you’ll be walking out the office good as new! Well, that’s the goal but they can barely get a plant branch to grow back! They believe if someone were to pilot the bots entering the body they would be more successful, but they still need to test the theory and pitch this idea to a new investor. This investor has some concerns about the total access the ‘nanobot pilot’ would have over patients personal information, and tells the doctors he isn’t sure the good applications outweigh the risk of exploitation. They leave defeated, but turns out the investor has sinister motivations behind not wanting to heal the world. He sends a bunch of buff slender men to destroy their research and kill them. David is badly injured when Kelly finds him, and knows it’s now or never to try out the bots. They worked but needed too much of Kelly’s organic matter to help rebuild David so they are one person now! That’s right, one super strong person with two consciousness. I didn’t mention before they were also betrothed and now they are about to know everything about each other! I’m here for the rom-com style antics that are sure to ensue.

  

Fables #151 - Well, this was a nice surprise. Fables began in 2002 and when issue #150 hit shelves in 2015, we were all sure that was the finale. For those who haven’t read Fables, it’s a long running fantasy series that has inspired shows like Once Upon A Time. The general premise covers the goings on in a town occupied by fairytale characters, but their days weren’t all singing and frolicking. The Grim tales are just that, and these storybook characters faced their fair share of evil through the years. This issue picks up right after the last, and the people of Fabletown are trying to find a new place to call home. After a long journey, they think they’ve found the perfect location to rebuild. Things are finally starting to look up, but in a morgue across town, a dead woman isn’t taking this sitting down! Maybe this is just a celebration of the 20 year anniversary of the series, whatever the reason, I’m glad to have more Fables in my life!