Rob's Picks:

Zatanna #2 Jamal Campbell continues to build one of DC’s most visually inventive and surprisingly well-written magic books, expanding both Zatanna’s role as Prime Magus and the world around her. While the supernatural mystery surrounding the plague spirit remains engaging, this issue’s greatest strength lies in its character work. Zatanna’s investigation leads her into contact with familiar occult figures like Papa Midnite, but the breakout stars are the newly introduced members of the Department of Occult Affairs. Agent Di Manes immediately establishes himself as a compelling antagonist, his ambition and arrogance practically dripping off every page, while Rhodes brings an unsettling enthusiasm that makes even simple conversations entertaining. Campbell’s artwork remains spectacular, delivering the kind of dreamlike magical imagery readers expect from a Zatanna title, but it’s the dialogue and characterization that elevate this installment. The fact that entirely new characters can command this much attention after only a handful of appearances speaks volumes about how confidently this series is being crafted.

Superman: Father of Tomorrow #1 This Elseworlds tale succeeds because it finds a genuinely fresh angle on one of comics’ most familiar origin stories. Rather than asking what would happen if Kal-El’s journey changed, Kenny Porter instead shifts the spotlight to Jor-El, imagining a world where Superman’s father survives Krypton’s destruction and arrives on Earth as a fully grown man. The result is less a superhero story and more an exploration of grief, identity, and cultural assimilation. Watching Jor-El attempt to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his new life among the Kents gives the book an emotional weight that separates it from many alternate-universe stories. His struggle is not simply adapting to a new world, but preserving pieces of a lost one. The Kents remain the heart of the narrative, offering compassion and guidance while helping Jor-El discover a new purpose. Porter’s thoughtful script ensures that when the larger heroic elements finally emerge, they feel earned rather than inevitable. In a genre crowded with alternate realities, Father of Tomorrow manages to justify its existence by offering something genuinely new to say about Superman’s mythology.

BRZRKR: Light Draws Breath #1 China Miéville and Alessio Avallone deliver perhaps the strangest entry yet in the ever-expanding BRZRKR universe, taking a premise built on immortal violence and steering it into unexpectedly comedic territory. The opening pages feel familiar enough, with B enduring his usual cycle of slaughter and regeneration, but the story quickly veers into delightfully bizarre territory when an ambitious alchemist attempts to replicate immortality using B’s blood. The resulting experiment creates a miniature version of the berserker, leading to a tonal shift that should not work nearly as well as it does. Miéville’s gift for strange, convincing mysticism grounds even the most absurd developments, while Avallone adapts his art style to match the story’s evolving tone, making the tiny berserker simultaneously ridiculous and endearing. Beneath the humor remains the series’ trademark violence, but it is filtered through a sense of adventure and oddball charm reminiscent of books like Young Hellboy. It’s a refreshingly different take on the BRZRKR formula and proof that the franchise still has unexpected directions left to explore.

Solo's Picks:

Did You Hear About Mimi Green #1 This psychological horror debut taps directly into modern internet culture, using online outrage, parasocial relationships, and mental health discourse as the foundation for a surprisingly unsettling story. Mimi Green's public downfall initially feels like satire, with the influencer navigating the fallout from resurfaced blog posts, but the book quickly pivots into something far stranger once she arrives at the treatment facility. The recurring nightmare shared by her roommate introduces a terrifying mystery that blurs the line between psychological trauma and supernatural horror, with grotesque flesh creatures stalking vulnerable victims through distorted versions of the retreat. What makes the issue especially effective is Mimi herself. Her cynical, often self-destructive sense of humor prevents the story from becoming overly bleak and gives readers a protagonist whose flaws feel authentic rather than exaggerated. The artwork elevates everything further, particularly during the dream sequences where the panel layouts and lettering become increasingly fragmented to reflect Mimi's deteriorating mental state. Between its strong visual identity, intriguing mystery, and sharp characterization, this is one of the more memorable horror debuts to hit shelves recently.

DoomQuest #1 Victor Von Doom's latest bid for supremacy begins with appropriately massive ambitions, as this new series finds him attempting nothing less than the permanent rewriting of history itself. Rather than relying on traditional time travel mechanics, the Doom Engine represents a far more terrifying concept: a change so absolute that no future hero, time traveler, or multiversal intervention could undo it. The decision to tell the story almost entirely through Doom's perspective proves to be the issue's greatest strength. Readers are invited into his mindset, sharing both his grand vision and his irritation when Earth's heroes inevitably interfere. This perspective makes the arrival of Marvel's finest feel less like a triumphant rally and more like an obstacle standing in the way of progress. The artwork embraces the scale of Doom's ambitions, particularly during the construction of the Doom Engine, where towering machinery and self-inflicted cybernetic augmentations reinforce the image of a ruler willing to sacrifice anything for his goals. Following directly on the heels of One World Under Doom, this feels like a natural escalation of the character's recent momentum and another strong entry in what has been an excellent stretch of Doom-centric storytelling.

In Your Skin #2 Aditya Bidikar and Som double down on the body horror and psychological tragedy that made the first issue so compelling, exploring the devastating consequences of Priyanka's obsession now that she has achieved the impossible. Rather than finding happiness inside Ayesha's life, Priyanka immediately begins unraveling beneath the weight of her actions. The realization that she is literally wearing another person's skin transforms what initially resembled wish fulfillment into something grotesque and deeply disturbing. Som's artwork brilliantly reinforces this horror, rendering Ayesha's stolen appearance as increasingly unhealthy and corpse-like, a visual manifestation of Priyanka's crumbling psyche. The issue becomes even stronger by giving significant attention to Ayesha's perspective. The irony that Priyanka desperately wanted this life while Ayesha appears to adapt more comfortably to obscurity adds a fascinating emotional dimension to the story. Both women are trapped by the expectations attached to their identities, though they respond in dramatically different ways. The final image of Priyanka clutching a mirror and repeating affirmations while sitting in a blood-soaked room is haunting not simply because of its horror imagery, but because it perfectly encapsulates her desperate need for validation. With each issue, In Your Skin continues proving itself to be one of the most unsettling and psychologically rich horror comics currently being published.