What’s On Comic Book Stands – August 29th

Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping 8/29/2012. As always check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.

The DC Comics delivers the first round of New 52 annuals with the ‘Superman Annual’ #1! Abducted by a group of mysterious aliens, Superman is dragged to a remote alien galaxy to take part in The Games, a world hopping game of cat-and-mouse where players are hunted for sport. Can even the help of a mysterious new Green Lantern overcome the might of an alien empire?

In the Scottish Highlands, a rogue scientist who escaped the bloody massacre in B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Russia assembles a paranormal cult bent on world destruction. Can the B.P.R.D. hunt down this group in time, or will demons be released into a world already teetering on the edge of apocalypse? Find out in ‘B.P.R.D Hell On Earth: The Return Of The Master’ #1.

This is the blood-splashed, bare-knuckled Locke and Key standalone story you’ve been waiting for… ‘Locke & Key: Grindhouse’! In the glare of a Depression-era summer, three Canuck gangsters pull the heist of their dreams and take off for the perfect hiding spot… an isolated mansion on the tip of Lovecraft Island known locally as Keyhouse. ‘Locke & Key: Grindhouse’ includes an expanded “Guide to Keyhouse,” revealing every dark corner and secret room in America’s most frightening mansion!

“Saviors”, part 1 kicks off in ‘Witchblade’ #159. Sara Pezzini will get drawn deeper into Chicago’s corruption when magician Cain Jorgenson asks her to investigate a mysterious Cult threatening a community organizer and popular young politician. In the process, Sara will discover that the most sinister evil can present itself in the most unlikely vessel.

All this plus… My favorite new book of 2012 continues with ‘Higher Earth’ #4 from writer Sam Humphries! With so many planets under the Higher Earth’s rule, Heidi and Rex are shocked to find one alternate earth that still knows how to fight back! Heidi continues to train and soon discovers that not everything is what it seems, and must soon decide which side she’s really on!