What’s On Comic Book Stands – July 17th

Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping on 7/17/2013. As always, check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time. Here is what’s on my pull-list this week.

Dr. Ephraim Goodweather’s failure to kill the Master , the ancient vampire behind the epidemic infesting New York City . ‘The Strain: The Fall’ #1 has led the former alcoholic to relapse as the city burns around him. It’s the end of the world, but Eph, beaten but not dead, has still got to protect his son Zack from his mother, who’s now a bloodthirsty vampire that craves her child more than any artery.

Put on your go-go boots and get ready to “Batusi” back to the Swingin’ 60s as DC Comics reimagines the classic Batman TV series in comics form for the first time! These all-new stories portray The Caped Crusader, The Boy Wonder and their fiendish rogues gallery just the way viewers remember them. In this first adventure, The Riddler’s out to steal some valuable artwork from under the noses of Gotham’s police. But Batman gets help from an unlikely source: a certain femme fatale dressed in feline finery! Check out ‘Batman 66’ #1!

The wrath of Angstrom Levy takes its toll. What will Invincible do to get out of the alternate reality and back to Atom Eve, what happens if Levy takes everything? Find out in ‘Invincible’ #104.

‘The All-New X-Men’ #14 features, Jean Grey vs. Mastermind! Years ago, one run in with this famous Brotherhood of Evil Mutants member was the beginning of the end of Jean Grey. Will history repeat itself?

The truth of Higher Earth is out and now Heidi must find a way to make things right. With nowhere else to turn, Heidi must ally herself with the last person she ever suspected. But can they be trusted, or has Heidi lost sight of the truth? Find out in the penultimate issue, ‘Higher Earth’ #8.