On this week’s comic book review podcast:

Radiant Black #1

Image Comics

Written by Kyle Higgins

Art by Marcelo Costa

Sweet Tooth: The Return #4

DC Comics

Written and art by Jeff Lemire

Eternals #2

Marvel

Written by Kieron Gillen

Art by Esad Ribić

Low #26

Image Comics

Written by Rick Remender

Art by Greg Tochhini

Rorschach #5

DC Comics

Written by Tom King

Art by Jorge Fornés

Daredevil #27

Marvel

Written by Chip Zdarsky

Art by Marco Checchetto and Mike Hawthorne

Birthright #46

Image Comics

Written by Joshua Williamson

Art by Andrei Bressan

Black Hammer: Visions #1

Dark Horse Comics

Written by Patton Oswalt

Art by Dean Kotz

Future State: Dark Detective #3

DC Comics

Written by Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg

Art by Dan Mora, Carmine Giandomenico

Future State: Teen Titans #2

DC Comics

Written by Tim Sheridan

Art by Rafa Sandoval

Future State: Robin Eternal #2

DC Comics

Written by Meghan Fitzmartin

Art by Eddy Barrows

Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #2

DC Comics

Written by Dan Watters

Art by Leila del Duca

Future State: Green Lantern #2

DC Comics

Written by Geoffrey Thorne, Robert Venditti, Josie Campbell

Art by Tom Raney, Andy Tong, Dexter Soy

Future State : Justice League #2

DC Comics

Written by Joshua Williamson, Ram V

Art by Robson Rocha, Marcio Takara

Future State: Kara Zor-El Superwoman #2

DC Comics

Written by Marguerite Bennett

Art by Marguerite Sauvage

Critical Role: Vox Machina: Origins: Series III #1

Dark Horse Comics

Written by Jody Houser

Art by Oliver Samson

Thunderbolts #2

Marvel

Written by Matthew Rosenberg

Art by Juan Ferreyra

Undiscovered Country #12

Image Comics

Written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule

Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi

The Last Witch #2

BOOM! Box

Written by Conor McCreery

Art by V.V. Glass

American Vampire 1976 #5

DC Comics

Written by Scott Snyder

Art by Rafael Albuquerque

Black Panther: King in Black #1

Marvel

Written by Geoffrey Thorne

Art by Germán Peralta

Bliss #5

Image Comics

Written by Sean Lewis

Art by Caitlin Yarsky

Orcs #1

Kaboom!

Written and art by Christine Larsen

Home Sick Pilots #3

Image Comics

Written by Dan Watters

Art by Caspar Wijngaard

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Full Episode Transcript

Alex:                 What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.

Justin:              I’m Justin.

Pete:                I’m Pete.

Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of books that come out this week, kicking it off with Radiant Black number one from Image Comics written by Kyle Higgins, art by Marcello Costa. This is of course, as you could probably tell from the number one and totally new book. And the premise is a Downer’s luck author who has not gotten jobs for a while, heads back home, encounters something weird and may or may not become some sort of a superhero, pretty typical setup. But I really liked how this was executed personally. I thought the designs were great and I’m very excited to read this going forward. What did you guys think?

Pete:                I agree. I was really impressed with this setup. I mean just seeing this guy cry when he goes through early, really makes you, “Oh, you’re rooting for this person.” And then just the way he falls into is very interesting. And the design of the suit and stuff is really fantastic. I think this does a great job of getting you excited for a new series.

Justin:              Yeah, this had some vibes of invincible to me very much Early Kirkman stuff.

Pete:                Sure-

Justin:              And both in the writing and the art. And yeah, it was an interesting launch. I was very triggered by a writer who struggles to work-

Pete:                Wow-

Justin:              Because that’s a constant stress.

Pete:                The douchey friend reminded me o