The Pull List For 5.31.23

Barbarella: The Center Cannot Hold

#4A

Derrick Chew Regular

Release: May 31, 2023

Prepare to enter the ultimate unknown! Barbarella, Vix and Taln know where to go to discover the galactic secrets of the Unnamable. Unfortunately, that means travelling beyond the edge of our galaxy and into the next – assuming they survive the termination shock on the way through! It’s a massive risk, but the chance to avert a galactic war that would kill trillions makes the lives of two females and a male hologram seem small by comparison – though maybe not to them!

Creators

Writer	Sarah Hoyt
Artist	Riccardo Bogani
Cover Artist	Derrick Chew

Jon Says:

This is a habit more than anything. I enjoyed the run that Carey did several years back, and I’ve ended up just buying each new run that’s come out – with different creative teams – since. It’s not bad, it’s just not something I’m excited about. Mainly, they just auto-add it at the shop whenever a new run comes out because I’ve bought the previous runs, and then I keep thinking, “I should drop this,” and then the run ends because they typically only go for five issues. And then I forget, a new run starts, it gets auto-added, I reflexively buy it because it’s in my stack, and on it goes…

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City Boy

#1A

Minkyu Jung & Sunny Gho Regular

Release: May 23, 2023

First seen in Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special and Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn, there’s a new Korean hero named…City Boy! Or at least, that’s the best translation of what the cities call him. City Boy, a.k.a. Cameron Kim, is just trying to make a living by using his powers of being able to speak to cities to find lost and hidden goods to pawn, and it’s only just enough to get by. And those abilities mean he hears everything everywhere all the time, including each city’s histories and the truths behind them. (It’s very loud in his head and something he has to live with.) As his powers get stronger, the cities start forming animal avatars from scraps in order to physically travel alongside him on his adventures. Of course, Gotham is a rat avatar made of city scraps, but what about Metropolis, Blüdhaven, Amnesty Bay, or even Themyscira? And not all cities are so kind…

Creators

Writer	Greg Pak
Artist	Minkyu Jung
Colorist	Sunny Gho
Letterer	Wes Abbott
Cover Artist	Sunny Gho | Minkyu Jung
Editor	Jessica Chen
Editor in Chief	Marie Javins

Jon Says:

Forgot to grab this last week.

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DC Pride 2023

#1G

Jen Bartel Foil Variant

Release: May 30, 2023

Written by Grant Morrison, Nicole Maines, Christopher Cantwell, Nadia Shammas, and others! Art by Hayden Sherman, Paulina Ganucheau, Stephen Sadowski, Skylar Patridge, Mildred Louis, and others! DC Pride is back again with a brave and bold and all-new collection of stories starring DC’s fan-favorite stable of LGBTQIA+ characters–many of whom will find themselves in thrilling team-ups the likes of which you’ve never seen before! Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time…but there’s nowhere on the planet Crush can’t crash! Jon Kent gets a comprehensive course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem on him. Tim Drake and Connor Hawke learn that there’s nothing more awkward than reuniting with an old friend after you’ve both come out and one of you was indoctrinated by the League of Shadows for a while. Circuit Breaker struggles to stifle his powers after the Flash of Earth-11 leaps out of the time stream and knocks them both into another dimension. Just how far would Flashlight go to honor his lost love? All these stories and many more in DC Pride 2023! This year’s anthology also includes: An introduction by Phil Jimenez! A 5-page preview of Dreamer’s YA debut written by Nicole Maines and drawn by Rye Hickman! A parade of pinups by Babs Tarr, Maria Llovet, Brandt & Stein, Noah Dao, Travis G. Moore, and more!

Creators

Writer	Christopher Cantwell | Josh Trujillo | Nadia Shammas | Nicole Maines | A.L. Kaplan | Grant Morrison | Rex Ogle | Mildred Louis | Leah Williams
Artist	Skylar Patridge | Don Aguillo | A.L. Kaplan | Bruka Jones | Noah Dao | Stephen Sadowski | Paulina Ganucheau | Ted Brandt | Babs Tarr | Hayden Sherman | Mildred Louis | Claire Roe | Maria Llovet
Colorist	Tamra Bonvillain | Marissa Louise | Dearbhla Kelly
Letterer	Lucas Gattoni | Morgan Martinez | Aditya Bidikar | Frank Cvetkovic | Ariana Maher
Cover Artist	Jen Bartel
Editor in Chief	Marie Javins

Jon Says:

If you consider yourself to be in any way an ally – or at very least a decent human being – don’t stop at saying “Love is love” or buying (important) works like this. Focus on combatting the horrifying rhetoric, violence, and legislation targeting our friends and family.

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Power Girl Special

#1D

Tula Lotay Incentive Variant (1:25)

#1H

David Nakayama Foil Variant

Release: May 30, 2023

POWER GIRL TAKES CENTER STAGE! With new powers and a new mission, Power Girl faces a challenge unlike any she’s experienced before in this shocking one-shot rising from the events of Lazarus Planet and Action Comics! With Omen’s guidance, Power Girl now strives to battle the demons-literal and figurative-lurking within the minds of some of the greatest superheroes in the DC Universe! But the nefarious Johnny Sorrow has been searching for a connection to Earth-0, and the superheroines’ work may unwittingly give him the means to make their world his personal stage! Can Power Girl and her estranged Super-Family bring down the curtain on Sorrow’s evil plans? And at what cost?

Creators

Writer	Joanne Starer | Leah Williams
Artist	Marguerite Sauvage | Natacha Bustos
Colorist	Tamra Bonvillain | Marissa Louise
Letterer	Ariana Maher
Cover Artist	Tula Lotay
Editor in Chief	Marie Javins

Jon Says:

I don’t know that I’m fully on board with the current direction being taken with PG, but I’m glad that there’s any direction being taken at all. We’ll see how it goes.

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The Rocketeer (IDW Publishing)

#1A

Adam Hughes Regular

Release: May 31, 2023

It’s a wall-to-wall adventure in a trio of Rocketeer stories in this terrific all-new special! First, the writers of the Rocketeer film, Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, and illustrator Adam Hughes bring us a tale featuring pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. Second, Robert Windom (Seven Sons) and Jae Lee craft a story of the Rocketeer fighting a Japanese Zero in the South Pacific. And the third entry is by Kelvin Mao (director of the Dave Stevens documentary Drawn To Perfection, and co-writer of Seven Sons) and artist extraordinaire Craig Cermak. While on a date with Betty, our man Cliff encounters a vaguely familiar adventurer/archeologist. What kind of trouble will this spell for our hero? You’ll have to grab a copy of this special one-off issue to find out!

Creators

Writer	Danny Bilson | Paul Demeo | Kelvin Mao | Robert Windom
Artist	Adam Hughes | Jae Lee | Craig Cermak
Cover Artist	Adam Hughes

Jon Says:

The Rock-a-WHO?

I kid, I kid. I’m always down…er, up for some new high-flying adventures featuring Cliff Secord and his best gal, especially with an Adam Hughes cover to sweeten the deal.

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