What’s On Comic Book Stands – September 4th

Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping on 9/4/2013. 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.

Before ‘Star Wars’, there was ‘The Star Wars’! This is the authorized adaptation of George Lucas’s rough-draft screenplay of what would eventually become a motion picture that would change the world. Annikin Starkiller is the hero… Luke Skywalker is a wizened Jedi general, Han Solo is a big green alien. And then we have the Sith, well, the Sith are still the bad guys. High adventure and derring-do from longer ago, in a galaxy even further away! Grab the ‘The Star Wars’ #1 from Dark Horse Comics.

The first universe-wide event of The New 52 begins as ‘Forever Evil’ launches! The Justice League is DEAD! And the villains shall INHERIT the Earth! An epic tale of the world’s greatest super-villains starts here with ‘Forever Evil’ #1.

After narrowly escaping his last battle with He-Man, Skeletor has fled to the most unexpected realm to recover: EARTH! Once there, he sets a plan in motion to siphon off Earth’s core magic. Forging an unlikely hunting party, He-Man and company go in search of Skeletor. Finding themselves at odds with the heroes of the DC Universe, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe must find a way to stop Skeletor and his mysterious new master! This debut issue of ‘DC vs. The Masters of the Universe’ #1, features two covers by Ed Benes, both available for ordering: one featuring the heroes of the DC Universe, and the other featuring ‘The Masters of the Universe’!

Having fought off the K7-Leetha’s attempt to control him-if only temporarily-Jim finds himself trapped in “the white”-an endless nothing, where secrets hide and new truths await discovery. From this seemingly empty haze, a new friend, with close ties to one of Al Simmons’s greatest allies, comes forth with a warning about Bludd’s true self, and an ancient tale of the origin of the world’s first vampire, in ‘Spawn’ #235

In ‘X-Men: Battle of the Atom’ #1, the past, present and future of the X-Men collide in this 50th Anniversary event crossover! When investigating a new mutant, something truly horrible happens to the All-New X-Men that shakes time and space to its core. This is so dire that X-Men come from the future with a message: The All-New X-Men must return to the past!

All this plus… ‘Invincible’ #105. It’s a new day dawning for everyone’s favorite superhero.  If you’ve ever wanted to jump onto Invincible without shelling out the money for 18 collected editions, this is the perfect issue to start your new obsession.