What’s On Comic Book Stands – April 3rd

Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping on 4/3/2013. As always, check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.

Bleak and brutal writing at its finest Abe’s most defining moments are now in a new long-running series. On the run from the B.P.R.D., a mutated Abe Sapien traverses a devastated America, with monster corpses scattered around and cities in ruin. Feel the loss of hope as Sebastián Fiumara (Loki,Mystery in Space) joins the Mignolaverse with ‘Abe Sapien: Dark & Terrible’ #1.

The impossible has happened!  The Earth has been taken by Ultron… what few super hero survivors there are try desperately to stay alive. Plus, Luke Cage discovers the secret behind Ultron’s victory over all of mankind.  What secret  will have fans of Marvel comics arguing for years to come? Find out in ‘Age of Ultron’ #4

The pulp heroine returns!  When Miss Fury foils a wartime plot by Nazi secret agents, she is catapulted through time… or so it seems. Is she really careening from past to future and back, or has she lost her mind?  And if her sanity remains intact, can one lone heroine possibly hope to end World War II by herself, a conflict still waged into the year 2013?  As witness to generations of bloodshed and violence, Miss Fury has lots of righteous rage… and anger is her fearsome power in ‘Miss Fury’ #1!

You asked for more, and here it is — Robyn Hood returns in this over-sized one shot, which pits her against Red Riding Hood! Red is hunting down rouge High Borns, and Robyn’s activity since returning to Earth has put the hooded archer on her radar. Arrows will fly and lives are at stake as these two Zenescope fan favorites clash in the grudge match of the year! Don’t miss the blowout battle that leads into the next Robyn Hood miniseries in the ‘Grimm Fairy Tales Robyn Hood vs. Red Riding Hood One Shot’.

Set in the real world, ‘Secret Identity’ stars a young man named Clark Kent. All he wants is to be a writer, but his daily life is filled with the taunts of his peers, comparing him to the Clark Kent with superpowers—until the day he discovers he really can fly. Check out a new edition of ‘Superman: Secret Identity’ collection of the 4-issue miniseries by writer Kurt Busiek!

 All this plus… What startling secret is revealed on the island that gave Green Arrow birth? Only ‘Green Arrow’ #19 has the answer.