Deathstroke: The Terminator #2 Preview

 

 

Slade Wilson argued that his clients didn't respected him. He complained that they weren't paying him what he was worth. He took out his aggression on others while admitting that his enhanced abilities had made him set in his ways. But now he's angry. 

Slade Wilson may not be the World's Greatest Detective. But can he learn to think outside the box to find Wintergreen's killer? And will he learn how to do it quietly?

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Deathstroke: The Terminator #2 Preview

Writer: Tony Fleecs

Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico

Cover Artists: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Dan Panosian, Tyler Kirkham & Guillem March

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Release Date: April 15, 2026

 

Tony Fleecs and Carmine Di Giandomenico take Death’s Fury to the Next Level!

 

Someone’s taken everything from Deathstroke, and hell hath no fury like an assassin scorned! He’s on the road to find a mysterious client, but it won’t be easy. He’s lost his money, his resources, his family, and his best friend and moral compass. What happens when the world’s most terrifying assassin has nothing left to lose?

 

 

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Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 3 Review

 

Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 3 Review

Writer & Artist: Yako Gureishi

Translator: Motoko Tamamuro & Jonathan Clements

Letterer: Skylar Rutan

Cover Artist: Yako Gureishi

Publisher: Titan Manga

Price: $12.99

Release Date: August 19, 2025

 

After departing the witch village, the Golem and Somali reach the foot of a mountain amid the forest. A guide directs them to the entrance and leads them inside to Anthole City. It's a thriving multilevel community tunneled into the heart of the mountain. Yet unlike the witch village, no one in the myriad of shops and restaurants offers them a free sample.

 

When the Golem tries to buy a map for the lands beyond the mountain, the shopkeeper suggests that they upgrade their wardrobe. Their clothes were fine for traveling through forests. When they reach the exit on the other side of the mountain, they will find the desert a more demanding environment. Can the Golem and Somali afford better clothes? And how does Somali feel about her life with the Golem? Let’s grab our walking sticks, leap into Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 3, and see!

 

Story

While the Golem works for Kikilila and his wife Giina in their restaurant, Somali plays with the couple’s child. Kikila enjoys drawing flowers. So, when Somali shares her fear that he will eventually leave her, Kikila knows how to relieve her fears. Children aren't supposed to venture into the lower levels without adult supervision. But if Kikila and Somali can return with a Yozame flower, they can make her wish come true.

 

While Yako Gureishi keeps the spotlight on the Human girl in Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 3, the Golem also gets a chance to shine. As he stumbles amid the hurdles of parenthood, Kokilila serves as a coach. Another local takes an interest in the travelers as the Golem works to fund their journey. Muthrica warns the Golem not to promise Somali more than it should. Yet even after the Golem and Somali depart Anthole City, Gureishi checks in on the Woolly Shurigara family in his extra one-page stories in between chapters. Kokilila, Giina, and Kikila may live in a bustling city teeming with interesting people. Yet when their new friends depart, they leave part of themselves behind.

 

After the endless possibilities of Anthole City, the travelers discover that the desert is far from barren. Instead, it sparkles with life by day and night. Yet the greatest mysteries they face are their fellow travelers, and the relationship that the Human girl and the Golem are building in Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 3.

 

Art

While Somali disguises her appearance by wearing a horned cloak, Kikila resembles a bipedal llama. As they venture beneath Anthole City, plants, bushes, and flowers spring up amid the stalagmites. Mushrooms rise above them as in Alice in Wonderland, while a jellyfish wafts among the stalactites. Kikila helps the girl hide as a giant snail-like creature passes. But even the plants are on alert against travelers and eager to defend themselves.

 

Yako Gureishi grounds the imaginative with the recognizable to create a compelling fantasy world in Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 3. Detailed art and shading bring this world to life. A medieval-style inn amid a labyrinth of tunnels proves a welcome refuge. The Golem's purchases in Anthole City reveal its feelings for the girl and its growth. While night scenes glow with life and wonder, Somali's delight in each culinary discovery also contributes to the striking realism amid the fantastic.

 

Motoko Tamamuro and Jonathan Clements translate the uppercase letters that appear in balloons, boxes, and panel backgrounds. Intense emotions turn balloons spiky when Kikila demonstrates bravery, and his parents show their concern. Skylar Rutan’s sound effects enhance Kikila and Somali's adventure beneath Anthole City, their journey through the desert, and their encounters with the people and creatures they meet. Thanks to Titan Manga for providing a physical review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

The Golem fears that the enchanted animals will discover that Somali is a Human. The girl shows little interest in finding her own people and wants to remain with her "dad." But as the dying librarian told them in the witch village, they walk a different path from most people. The light she saw in the travelers' eyes may dim at times, but it never dies in Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 3.

 

Rating 10/10

 

To look inside, see my preview of Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 3.

 

For what happened last time, see my review of Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 2. 

 

For how this series started, see my review of Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 1. 

Absolute Batman #19 Preview

 

 

Bruce Wayne's life is changing. He's got no one to blame but himself. At times, the enormity of the change he's unleashed frightens him. But an unexpected talk with James Gordon helped. Barbara Gordon may not like the man Bruce is becoming. Still, her father's advice guided Bruce's actions when he confronted Poison Ivy. How will Bruce let go of the people and things holding him back? And who will Jack Grimm send next to test Bruce's ability to be whoever Gotham needs him to be?

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Absolute Batman #19 Preview

Writer: Scott Snyder

Artist: Nick Dragotta

Cover Artists: Nick Dragotta, Ben Oliver & Liam Sharp

1:25 Variant Cover Artist: Ariel Olivetti

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Release Date: April 15, 2026

 

Absolute Scarecrow emerges from the shadows of Ark M as a New Story Arc begins…

 

Poison Ivy proved to be just one of the many horrors within the bowels of the ARK M facility, and as Joker sets his sights on Absolute Batman, he decides to enlist the help of one of the center’s most terrifying doctors, Dr. Jonathan Crane. While Bruce Wayne tries to align himself with Barbara Gordon, there’s more than one alliance formed in this issue. New debuts, new villains, new arc starts here.

 

 

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Catwoman #86 Preview

 

Selina Kyle may not have life all figured out. Still, she knows how to have fun. Sadly, her return to Gotham hasn't been smooth sailing. Selina's been evicted from her apartment. Her friend Holly needs her help. Then there's Carmine Falcone, who's still unsure what to do about the Venice affair. 

While Selina and the mob boss dance around the Italian job, her first mission for him puts GCPD Commissioner Vandal Savage at odds with the Feds. But if Carmine Falcone doesn't know what to do with Selina, others know exactly how they'd like to treat her. And they're determined to make her homecoming worse before it gets better. How will Black Mask attack Selina next? And will Holly Robinson end up in his crosshairs?

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Catwoman #86 Preview

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artist: Davide Gianfelice

Cover Artists: Seba Fiumara, Frank Cho, Michael Walsh & W Scott Forbes

April Drools Variant Cover Artists: Saowee

Things To Come Variant Cover Artist: Manny Vincent Carbonilla

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Release Date: April 15, 2026

 

Back in Black!

 

He’s big! He’s bad! And he’s madder than ever before! With Selina back in Gotham, Black Mask sets his sights on Catwoman, and he’s playing for keeps. But he’s not alone! Who is his mysterious benefactor, and how could they possibly hate Catwoman even more than her self-proclaimed archnemesis?

 

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The Whisper War #3 Preview

 

 

Alex Jindari is a fish out of water. He left the police to mine asteroids. Then the Algo selected him to investigate a murder. From what little was left of the body after falling from a Cloudbreaker tower, the Automic determined the victim’s identity. But it makes no sense. How can Alex be investigating his own murder?

 

Pursuing the case further sparks phantom memories. And the Algo makes Alex jump through hoops to recover footage from an Omnicam. But if discovering the murder victim’s identity was traumatic, seeing who hurled him out of the Cloudbreaker tower seems insane. How can Alex be both dead and alive? And why would Inspector Seeva Dessin, his beautiful Carabinieri partner, kill his double?  

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The Whisper War #3 Preview

Writer: Marc Guggenheim

Artist: Sedat Oezgen

Colorist: Carlos Cabrera

Letterer: Dave Sharpe

Cover Artists: Sedat Oezgen & Carlos Cabrera

Designer: Travis Escarfullery

Publisher: Comixology

Price: $2.99

Release Date: April 14, 2026

 

Chapter 3. With the murderer revealed, Axel Jindari's hunt for the truth takes him to the Barren Reaches, a forbidden land that no one has set foot in for centuries-- or so he thought!

 

 

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Parapsychologist GN Review

 

Parapsychologist GN Review

Writers: Mark Schey & Taki Soma

Artist & Colorist: Cat Farris

Letterer: Chris Northrop

Editor: Mary E Brickthrower

Publisher: Comixology

Price: $6.99

Release Date: March 31, 2026

 

Dr Ron Richards spends his days talking to patients. An essential component of his treatment is listening. But Ron's superpower is his ability to empathize with them.

 

As his patients pour out their struggles to him, Ron attempts to help them through what they’re going through. How will his new receptionist help him treat people who feel like monsters, feel most at home in the water, or cannot control their physical transformations? And how does Ron's family support or complicate his ability to help his patients equally, regardless of species? Let’s leap into Parapsychologist GN and see!

 

Story

When Harper Davis walks into his office, Dr Ron Richards tries to keep things strictly professional. But he can't. Ron misses his last receptionist. And he's informal by nature. Still, that doesn't mean he won't abide by his industry's rules and guidelines. So when the hypochondriac werewolf who lingers around his office notices a departing patient with a sinister connection, Ron refuses to investigate.

 

Despite his desire to be relaxed and open with people, the rules of his profession make Ron conscious of his inadequacies. So, in Parapsychologist GN, Ron takes time out of his busy schedule to visit his therapist. While he phones in his family time, sharing his inner struggle with his therapist in the woods helps Ron get through each day.

 

While Mark Schey and Taki Soma’s story follows Ron, it also looks in on Harper and a classmate at the university where she prepares to follow in Ron's footsteps. Harper senses his struggles and yearns to help him. As with his family, Ron instinctively pushes her away. But as he realizes his family is hurting, and he is failing his patients, Ron begins to understand he cannot carry his burdens alone. The challenge in Parapsychologist GN is: can Ron loosen up to be the cool boss he aspires to be while also learning how to be a better husband and father?

 

Art

Ron and his family live in a comfortable two-story suburban house with an attic. A sign outside welcomes them to a separate entrance to see Dr. Ron Richards Phd. As they enter the comfortable waiting room, they meet Harper sitting at her desk. They’ll likely see a fretting werewolf lingering in his sweatshirt and ball cap. Then they enter his office, where Ron sits in his Queen Anne chair as they pour out their troubles on a comfortable couch.

 

Cat Farris' low-key penciling and pastel colors imbue Parapsychologist GN with a lighthearted cartoony vibe. Ron goes through his days with his long hair, T-shirt, jacket, and sneakers. In addition to the werewolf, he also sees ghosts, a poltergeist, and even someone who should be in Scotland. But as he sits at the dinner table each evening, Ron barely notices his wife and children. While studying his patient files, his son shares Ron's fashion sense as he removes his hearing aid to study his phone. And as his wife and daughter dress more formally, they display their need for his involvement in their lives in different ways.

 

Chris Northrop fills white dialogue balloons with uppercase black letters that grow bold for intonation and swell for raised voices. Colored boxes locate readers in time and space. When Ron treks into the forest, large black letters fill the air as he calls out to his therapist. And when a patient composed of floating circles visits his office, doors bang open, drapes swing shut of their own accord, and the air whooshes as it floats into Ron’s office. Thanks to Comixology and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

No one is an island, and life is a journey. As Dr Ron Richards strives to help people each day, he begins to realize that his life is falling apart. But when the man who follows all the rules and is supposed to have all the answers, lowers his defenses, he discovers people willing to help him, and a family anxious for his involvement, in Parapsychologist GN.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To look inside, see my preview of Parapsychologist GN. 

Lobo #2 Preview

 

When Stephanie Plum needs money to keep Rex fed and happily running on his wheel in his cage, she heads down to Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, where Connie sets her up with bounties to collect. It's an arrangement that Lobo knows well. At least he did, until Omni Omega+ Entertainment Corp bought out Naco's Taco and Bounty Shop. 

Lobo may not like movies about antiheroes featuring gratuitous violence, juvenile humor, and outdated pop culture references. But OOEC wants him to work for them. Will Lobo become the next must-see TV star? And what kind of cases will Lobo and Dawg the Bounty Hunters pursue?

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Lobo #2 Preview

Writer: Skottie Young

Artist: Jorge Corona

Cover Artists: Jorge Corona, Lee Bermejo, Sweeney Boo & Tyler Kirkham

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Release Date: April 15, 2026

 

Skottie Young and Jorge Corona’s Lobo dips his toe in the filthiest business there is: Show Business!

 

Space, Spacetober 2X, 2026/SpacePRwire—In a move many are calling “prescient” and “a VC thirst trap,” a content industry leader has acquired a series of bounty hunting businesses and exclusive rights to their contractors’ likenesses, voices, and victims while retaining full indemnity for any crimes committed thereby. Lobo will be the jewel in the company’s crown, with the world-famous multi-hyphenate “Main Man” set to star in an ∞-season reality series documenting his exploits. Fans can look forward to Lobo’s interactions with Detective Comics’ rich portfolio of characters and franchises, such as Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.

 

 

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The Adequates #1 Preview

 

Growing up is tough. If your parents aren't overwhelming you with their expectations, school can seem like a battleground. That's how Grey feels, as he ventures off to Savannah High School each day. His teacher urges him to stand up to the bullies, but with his stutter, that seems an impossible task. Can Grey's friends help him get through each day? And can the South's fallen superheroes inspire the Freshman to show the entire school the meaning of heroism?

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The Adequates #1 

Writers: Lee Loughridge and Marz Jr.

Artist: Marz Jr.

Publisher: Comixology

Price: $2.99

Release Date: April 14, 2026 

Hot off the heels of his debut comic series MidState, featuring a small-town amateur detective with a supernatural twist, acclaimed writer and Eisner award-winning colorist Lee Loughridge takes on high school superheroes…well, sort of…in the new comic series, The Adequates. Loughridge is joined by acclaimed artist and co-writer Marz Jr (Transformers: Worst Bot Ever), together they weave a humorous and touching supernatural story about a group of students who find themselves transformed after a field trip.

High school is full of cliques and Savannah High is no different. From The Elites, an overachieving bunch of nerd-jocks, to The Goths, a group of nonconformists, and now, a group of misfits known as The Adequates.

In The Adequates, Principal Myers is obsessed with Halloween. Every year he and the students create a haunted house in the school, and he takes the entire student body and staff on a "haunted" field trip. This year, while on the field trip to the Bonaventure cemetery, a group of five awkward freshmen – Julie, Chad, Randy, Pam, and Grey – stick around for extra credit and accidentally acquire superpowers. 

Technically, more “adequate" than “super,” these kids have powers nonetheless. The Adequates must overcome their own personal vulnerabilities and learn to use their newfound “powers” to the best of their abilities. They quickly become proficient and defend themselves against the school bullies… 

However, bullies aren’t The Adequates’ biggest problem. It turns out everyone's favorite history teacher, Mr. Woods, has been possessed by a powerful demon. Culminating in a battle on Halloween night, The Adequates must join forces with The Goths in the hopes of expelling the demons to save Mr. Woods and the school.

The issues of this series are being released every other month.

 

 

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Pre-order The Adequates #1 at Amazon. 

Batwoman #2 Preview

 

 

Can the pain of loss be managed? Or is overwhelming depression from losing the people we love unavoidable? Kate Kane cannot escape her dream of battling her sister. Therapy cannot undo seeing her sister die, only to return as someone unrecognizable. How will Kate Kane cope with her pain? And how will it drive her actions?

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Batwoman #2 Preview

Writer: Greg Rucka

Artist: Dani

Cover Artists: Dani, Stjepan Šejić, Jenny Frison & Dustin Nguyen

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Release Date: April 15, 2026

 

Greg Rucka and Dani continue to push Batwoman to the Next Level!

 

Batwoman engages the enemy, drawing Master Slay and his acolytes onto the field. But can her father, Jacob Kane, reach her before the streets of Petalon become a kill zone?

 

 

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