What’s On Comic Book Stands – December 24th

Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping on 12/24/2013. As always, check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time. Looking below you can tell it is obviously a slow week… a Christmas week, so there are only about 9 new comics out this week. Strangely enough, I don’t have a single book on my pull-list coming out this week. Here is what’s new.

It’s all-out chaos as the DC Universe continues its march through darkness! War erupts across the Earth between the villains! Allegiances are formed! Rivals are murdered! And at center stage it’s Lex Luthor versus Batman-and their fight couldn’t come at a worse time as Deathstroke’s Hunting Party closes in on the world’s only hope against the Crime Syndicate! Check out ‘Forever Evil’ #4.

‘Justice League’ #26 is a Forever Evil tie-in! Why has the Crime Syndicate really come to our Earth? What are their darkest secrets? And how will their actions fundamentally change the Justice League as we know it? Meanwhile, Grid controls the world’s power and communications, but what does he truly want from the Syndicate? Plus, a member of the League struggling to survive plots a path of return…and revenge.

The ‘Doctor Who Special 2013’ #1 is a special one-shot story celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, a strange force flings the TARDIS and the Doctor into our own universe! Once here, the Doctor encounters a 10-year-old girl who happens to be a huge fan of the ‘Doctor Who’ TV show. The Doctor grapples with being a fictional character and monsters lurking at the girl’s school on the way to coming face-to-face with the actor who portrays him, Matt Smith!

Eisner Award winner James Robinson and artist extraordinaire J. Bone present an all-new saga of monstrous alien horror… ‘Saviors’ #1  When Tomas Ramirez stumbles upon an extraterrestrial conspiracy to take over the world, his life is changed forever.  He must now seek out those few souls who share this terrible knowledge.  But even united, how can they hope to defeat a shadowy alien cabal that is both indestructible and eager to kill anyone who threatens it?

‘Avengers’ #24.NOW = ‘Avengers’ #1 in the all-new Marvel Now! Kicking off with “Rogue Planet” Part 1 of 5, Captain America and Iron Man plan for the next version of the Avengers. A runaway planet is on a collision course with Earth, and a visitor from the future helps save the day.

Two of the greatest anime legends of all time are about to collide in one epic five part saga!  The Lion Force team face the return of a mysterious ancient adversary that could jeopardize the very existence of Voltron itself.  The repercussions threaten to reach across the fabric of time and space, all the way to Earth.  How will Roy Fokker and the Skull Squadron cope with such a new menace, especially with the Zentraedi looming over Macross Island?  What opportunities will King Lotor pursue in a crisis like this? ‘Robotech Voltron’ #1 is a must buy.

All this plus… ‘Origin II’ #1… Part 1 of 5! A few years after the events of ‘Origin’ finds James Howlett is running with the wolves… until something unexpected brings him back. Follow the first “X-Man” as he finds his way back to civilization and falls afoul of someone Sinister, who’s just discovering mutantkind and the horrors he can visit on them. Plus, discover the secret behind James’ greatest enemy! At some point, the mutant who will become The Wolverine must choose: is he man or is he beast?