Book of the Month: The Authority Volume 1 by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Paul Neary, and Laura DePuy

We take a long look at Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp's The Green Lantern: Season One and the Blackstars three-issue finale plus a whole mess more!

Fire Power: Prelude by Kirkman and Samnee from Image, Clue: Candlestick by Dash Shaw from IDW, Spirou in Berlin by Flix, Gary Spencer Millidge's Strangehaven Volume 1: Arcadia from Abiogenesis Press, Video Noire by Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso, Legion of Superheroes #5, Jim Lee, Pirates from Yoe Books and Clover Press, Last God, Scoob! and free Scooby Doo comics, plus a whole mess more!

Fanzine Flashback returns in a mega-edition as we cover three issues -- 31, 43, and 119 -- of David Anthony Kraft's long-running and much-beloved Comics Interview, plus we play three rounds of a new game called Guess That Comic, and have some time left over to speak on Josh Bayer's RM from Tinto Press, Union Station and Bog Bodies from Image, plus a whole mess more!

Zack Kruse zooms in to drop a bunker buster on Steve Ditko and Mysterious Travelers, his soon-to-be-released book, plus Justice League International, The Iguana by Trillo and Mandrafina from Dark Horse and Strip Art Features' Venture imprint, Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics from Dark Horse, Bob Powell Terror from Yoe! Books and IDW, New York Mon Amour by Jacques Tardi and company from Fantagraphics, November Volume 2 from Image Comics, Paul Is Dead from Image, Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead by Bill Griffiths, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Volume 1

Book of the Month: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Volume 1

Tales from the New Universe: D.P.7, Rebellion-O-Rama: Ken Reid's Creepy Creations and Ken Reid's World-Wide Weirdies, 2000AD Progs #2174 and #2175, and 2000AD Annual 1981, The Banks from TKO, the future of comics distribution, Michael Mantlo, Batman Beyond, Deathstroke #50, Criminal, Dragon Hoops from :01 First Second, plus a whole mess more!

Friday by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin from Panel Syndicate, Motel Universe by Joakim Drescher from Secret Acres, Round Robin: The Sidekick's Revenge, Mowgli's Mirror by Olivier Schrauwen from Retrofit Comics, Heavy Metal #298 and Philip K. Dick's Head Is Missing, Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, Cat Shit One Volume 1 #1 by Motofumi Kobayashi from Antarctic, Polar by Victor Santos, The Spirit: The 80th Anniversary Celebration by Will Eisner from Clover Press, Transformers The Manga Volume 1 from Viz, But I Really Wanted to Be an Anthropologist by Margaux Motin, plus a whole mess more!

Batman Universe by Bendis, Nick Derington, and Dave Stewart, our favorite Big 2 character pairings and team-up books, Atomic Hercules by Tony Esmond and Adam Falp, NOW #7 from Fantagraphics, X-Ray Robot #1 from the Mike and Laura Allred from Dark Horse, the genius of Mort Drucker, plus a whole mess more!