Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

Top picks

KATIE’S PICK OF THE WEEK:

SAGA #34 (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples

New friends are silver…

KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND VINAMARAMA DELUXE ED HC (MR)

DC COMICS

(W) Grant Morrison (A) Philip Bond, D’Israeli (CA) Philip Bond

Two tales by Grant Morrison are collected in hardcover for the first time. First, a bored schoolgirl joins up with a young rebel intent on tearing down middle-class England. Then, in VINAMARAMA, Ali and his witty, vivacious arranged bride, Sofia, must stop ancient Indian demons from using Britain as a battleground.

DAN’’S BRAIN PICK OF THE WEEK:

IMPOSTER #1 (OF 4) 21 PULP

(W) James Patrick (A) Martin Szymanski (C) Osmarco Valladao (CA) Victor Santos

One man is every hero who’s ever existed. He’s the vigilante Centipede, the space traveler Captain Apex, the sorcerer Dr. Oculus, and the adventurer Jungle Jack. This is the world’s most dangerous secret, it’s about to be revealed, and everything will change.

RINGSIDE #4 (MR) IMAGE COMICS

(W) Joe Keatinge (A/CA) Nick Barber (C) Simon Gough

4 – Spotlights

(3-4 each alternating spotlight)

K

FAITH #2 (OF 4)

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

(W) Jody Houser (A) Francis Portela, Marguerite Sauvage (CA) Francis Portela

The most talked-about new book of 2016 is just getting started!

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HELLBOY & BPRD 1953 BEYOND THE FENCES #1 DARK HORSE COMICS

(W) Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson (A) Paolo Rivera, Joe Rivera (C) Dave Stewart (CA) Paolo Rivera

K

PLUTONA #4

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Jeff Lemire, Emi Lenox (A) Emi Lenox, Jeff Lemire (CA) Emi Lenox

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KARNAK #2 MARVEL COMICS

(W) Warren Ellis (A) Gerardo Zaffino/Antonio Fuso (C) Dan Brown (CA) David Aja

D

HAUNTED LOVE #1 IDW PUBLISHING

(W/A) Various (CA) Bernard Bailey

From the titanic terror team that brings you Haunted Horror and Weird Love comes a macabre mash-up of both hit series! Haunted Love features rotting tales of supernatural Pre-code romance from putrid horror comics from the vile horror comics of the 1950s. Lurid lust! Vicious violence! Creepy kisses! The zombie-fied Haunted Love #1 is just the first of 3 throbbing issues that will set your horrid hearts afire. Haunted Love will make your Valentine’s Day massacre and gory gift giving to your vile Valentine unforgettable and unforgivable

K

PATSY WALKER AKA HELLCAT #3

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Kate Leth (A/CA) Brittney Williams

K

MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #4

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare (A) Natacha Bustos (CA) Amy Reeder

K

UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #5

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Ryan North (A/CA) Erica Henderson

GRAPHIC NOVEL SPOTLIGHT

FOUNDING FATHERS FUNNIES HC $14.99

(W/A/CA) Peter Bagge

America’s Founding Fathers were brilliant, brave, forward thinking . . . and ridiculous, at least in the eyes of cartoonist and history buff Peter Bagge! Collecting all Founding Fathers Funnies cartoons from Apocalypse Nerd and Dark Horse Presents, this volume also delivers several brand-new stories and helpful biographical information on the colorful revolutionaries Bagge respectfully skewers!

5 – ALL AGES pick of the week

BART SIMPSON COMICS #100

BONGO COMICS

(W) Ian Boothby, Nathan Kane (A) Nina Matsumoto (CA) Jason Ho

Bart Simpson turns 100! Join Bart Simpson’s centennial celebration, capping off its illustrious and illustrated run with a final issue (for now)! It’s a 48-page senses-shattering sendoff that will shake Springfield and Simpsons fans to the core!

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Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

Top picks

Katie:

SEX CRIMINALS #14

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Chip Zdarsky

Why can’t we all just get along? Because then the comic would be boring.

Dan:

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #1

MARVEL COMICS

(W) David Walker (A/CA) Sanford Greene

THE ORIGINAL HEROES FOR HIRE, BACK ON THE CLOCK!

We KNOW you’ve been waiting to see LUKE CAGE and DANNY RAND back together and back to STREET-STOMPING basics! POWER MAN and IRON FIST are tracking a mystery with all the ingredients of a classic Heroes-for-Hire tale. Expect old friends, hired goons, crime lords, weird magic, plenty of power, a flurry of fists and as much bromance as you can handle! It’s Power Man and Iron Fist reunited, and writer DAVID WALKER and artist SANFORD GREENE are making it feel so GOOD!

Rated T+

4 – Spotlights

(3-4 each alternating spotlight)

CLEAN ROOM #5

DC COMICS Vertigo

(W) Gail Simone (A) Jon Davis-Hunt, Jenny Frison

GODZILLA IN HELL TP (DEC150442)

IDW PUBLISHING

(W/A) James Stokoe Bob Eggleton Ulises Farinas Ibrahim Moustafa Dave Wachter (CA) James Stokoe

STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #12

IMAGE COMICS

(W/A/CA) David Lapham

BELUSHI ON A MISSION FROM GOD

ONE PEACE BOOKS

(W) Alberto Schiavone (A/CA) Matteo Manera

ARCHIE #6

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

(W) Mark Waid (A) Veronica Fish & Various (CA) Veronica Fish

STARVE #6 (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Brian Wood (A/CA) Danijel Zezelj, Dave Stewart

NEW STORY ARC

Critically-acclaimed STARVE is back for a second season! Chef Gavin Cruikshank shifts his focus from the soundstage to the streets, addressing real world themes of food scarcity and class warfare. Smart, subversive, and darkly comic, STARVE is an instant cult classic.

RED THORN #4

DC COMICS

(W) David Baillie (A) Meghan Hetrick-Murante (CA) Choong Yoon

GRAPHIC NOVEL SPOTLIGHT

12 REASONS WHY I LOVE HER 10TH ANNV ED HC

ONI PRESS INC.

(W) Jamie S. Rich (A/CA) Joëlle Jones

The classic romance from the team behind Lady Killer is back in print with a brand new hardcover edition! Now in a larger size, and featuring excerpts from the original script, this 10-year anniversary edition is perfect for fans of Fresh Romance. Twelve vignettes reveal the story of young couple Gwen and Evan’s tumultuous relationship, one small piece at a time. It all adds up to an unforgettable romance rife with drama, humor, and heart.

5 – YA pick of the week

AMULET SC VOL 07 FIRELIGHT

GRAPHIX

(W/A/CA) Kazu Kibuishi

The unforgettable seventh installment of Kazu Kibuishi’s New York Times-bestselling series! Emily, Trellis, and Vigo visit Algos Island, where they can access and enter lost memories. They’re hoping to uncover the events of Trellis’s mysterious childhood, knowledge they can use against the Elf King. What they discover is a dark secret that changes everything. Meanwhile, the Voice of Emily’s Amulet is getting stronger, and threatens to overtake her completely. Available in softcover and hardcover editions.

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Check out a free digital copy of the sold out first issue of TOMBOY by creator Mia Goodwin

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Global Fridays at the Arab American National Museum

8 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2016

The Murphy Beds (Irish folk)

In connection with The Map is Not the Territory exhibit: Palestinian, Native American, and Irish experiences of invasion, occupation, and colonization – More info on the exhibit here: http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/map-territory

[Ticket holders may als[...]

Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

DAN’S TOP PICK OF THE WEEK

DARK AND BLOODY #1 Of(6) (MR)

VERTIGO / DC COMICS

(W) Shawn Aldridge (A) Scott Godlewski (CA) Patricia Mulhivill (CV) Tyler Crook

Guns, moonshine, monsters-there’s a lot going on in the backwoods of Kentucky. Iris Gentry is a war veteran who returned from Iraq to find his options for supporting his family limited. Since they live in a “dry” county, Iris has turned to running moonshine for his former ranking officer-meaning the men now share crimes at home and abroad. You see, back in their combat days, Iris’s regiment got involved in something they shouldn’t have, and now a deadly, otherworldly consequence has come looking for vengeance.

THE DARK AND BLOODY is a haunting new horror series by writer Shawn Aldridge (Vic Boone) and artist Scott Godlewski (Copperhead), with covers by Tyler Crook (Harrow County).

SECOND SIGHT #1 (C: 0-1-0)

AFTERSHOCK COMICS

(W) David Hine (A/CV) Alberto Ponticelli (CA) John Kalisz

HARROW COUNTY #9

DARK HORSE COMICS

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Carla Speed McNeil (CA) Jenn Manley Lee (CV) Tyler Crook

GANGES #5

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

(W/A/CA) Kevin Huizenga

ALL AGES PICK OF THE WEEK

BATMAN & ROBIN ADV YR TP CLAYFACES SLIME SPREE

BATMAN & ROBIN ADV YR TP JOKERS MAGIC MAYHEM

BATMAN & ROBIN ADV YR TP SCARECROWS NIGHTMARE MAZE

BATMAN & ROBIN ADV YR TP TWO FACE FACE OFF

STONE ARCH BOOKS

(W) Laurie S. Sutton / (W) J. e. Bright (A/CA) Luciano Vecchio

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KATIE’S TOP PICK OF THE WEEK

BADGER #1

DEVILS DUE /1FIRST COMICS, LLC

(W) Mike Baron (A) Jim Fern, Paul Mounts (CA) Val Mayerik, Andres Esparza

Fans have demanded it and now, at long last, the Badger returns! A brand new story ripped from today’s headlines, from the inimitable Mike Baron! Badger as you’ve never seen him: Raw! Furious! Crazier than Randy Quaid! Jim Fern’s art will astonish!

THEY’RE NOT LIKE US #11

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Eric Stephenson (A/CA) Simon Gane

“EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE TO PAY”

DESCENDER #10

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen

JONESY #1

BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) Sam Humphries (A/CA) Caitlin Rose Boyle

JUGHEAD #4

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Erica Henderson

MS MARVEL #4

MARVEL COMICS

(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Nico Leon (CA) David Lopez

INSEXTS #3

AFTERSHOCK COMICS

(W) Marguerite Bennett (A/CA) Ariela Kristantina

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Global Fridays at the Arab American National Museum

Friday, February 12 at 8pm

Noura Mint Seymali

http://arabamericanmuseum.org/global-fridays-2016-winter

https://www.facebook.com/events/679998662141183/

Enter to win a pair of tickets by sending an email to

with the subject “Global Fridays”

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Brain Functions

The Big Read – Portraits of Poe book Discussion @ Green Brain

In conjunction with the Dearborn Public Library

Green Brain presents: Portraits of Poe book discussion

Saturday, Feb 13th at 2pm.

With special guest editors and illustrators:

Bill Pulkovski, Tony Miello and Bruce Gerlach

Admission free

In the lower level at Green Brain Comics

Event info here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/543721892453069/

The Big Read – Portraits of Poe book Discussion @ Green Brain

RSVP required, please call 313-943-2330 or visit dearbornlibrary.org

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Jay Fosgitt signing

Wednesday 03/02/2016 from 10am to 1pm

it’s a special signing for the party variant cover to

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Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

DAN’S TOP PICK OF THE WEEK

SPIDEY #3

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Robert P. Thompson (A/CA) Nick Bradshaw

(Color Artists) Jim Campbell / Rachelle Rosenberg

IN THE JAWS OF THE LIZARD!

• As Peter Parker finds his footing at school and with GWEN STACY…

• …SPIDER-MAN finds himself face-to-face with the LIZARD!

ALL AGES PICK OF THE WEEK

BIZARRO TP

DC COMICS

(W) Heath Corson (A) Gustavo Duarte & Various (CA) Gustavo Duarte

(Color Artist) Peter Pantazis

Superman’s mirror-opposite enemy is back in his own solo series collecting the 6-issue miniseries and the Sneak Peek story from CONVERGENCE: SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL #2! But let’s describe this in a way that makes sense:

“Hate HARLEY QUINN? Then you will super hate BIZARRO! Bizarro star of worstest comic ever! Go ahead and miss it! If there’s one thing this graphic novel not have, it these two things: Jimmy Olsen and Chupacabras!”

SAINTS #5 (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Sean Lewis (A/CA) Ben Mackey

VELVET #13 (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Steve Epting

SCARLET WITCH #3

MARVEL COMICS

(W) James Robinson (A) Steve Dillon (Cover) David Aja

(CA) Frank Martin / (A/CA) Chris Visions

HEY YOE! IT’S THE YOE BOOKS PICK OF THE WEEK

DEVIL TALES HC

IDW PUBLISHING

(W/A/CA) Don Heck, Gene Colan, Dick Ayers, Lou Cameron, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand

HAUNTED HORROR PRE-CODE COVER COLORING BOOK TP VOL 01 (SEP15

IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Frank Frazetta (A) Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, L.B. Cole, Dick Briefer, Don Heck, Lee Elias, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand

Katie:

LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 08 $14.99

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

(W/A/CA) Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez

Jaime takes us to the punk reunion that Maggie & Hopey were road tripping to in the last issue where lots of old friends and enemies make appearances. Meanwhile, Gilbert serves up the second and concluding part of “The Magic Voyage of Aladdin,” which establishes the rivalry of its two stars, Fritz and Mila. Who’s Mila, you ask? You’ll have to read Love and Rockets: New Stories No. 8 to find out!

PAPER GIRLS #5 $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Cliff Chiang

The first arc of the smash-hit ongoing series concludes with major revelations and another game-changing cliffhanger.

MAJOR PLOT POINT

Lots of answers to our major mysteries in this issue, as well as a final page that will completely transform the book’s status quo before our series’s first regularly planned hiatus.

Katie’s Spotlights:

TOMBOY #3

ACTION LAB – DANGER ZONE

(W/A/CA) Mia Goodwin

KLAUS #3

BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) Grant Morrison (A/CA) Dan Mora

HOWARD THE DUCK #4

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Joe Quinones (CA) Joe Quinones, Kevin Wada

TP’s:

LOVE & ROCKETS LIBRARY GILBERT GN VOL 06 COMICS DEMENTIA

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

(W/A/CA) Gilbert Hernandez

MANIFEST DESTINY TP VOL 03 (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Chris Dingess (A) Matthew Roberts & Various (CA) Matthew Roberts

LUMBERJANES TP VOL 03

BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) Noelle Stevenson & Various (A) Carolyn Nowak, Various (CA) Noelle Stevenson

PREZ TP VOL 01 CORNDOG IN CHIEF

DC COMICS

(W) Mark Russell (A) Ben Caldwell & Various (CA) Ben Caldwell

The Big Read – Portraits of Poe book Discussion @ Green Brain

Brain Functions

The Big Read – Portraits of Poe book Discussion @ Green Brain

In conjunction with the Dearborn Public Library

Green Brain presents: Portraits of Poe book discussion

Saturday, Feb 13th at 2pm.

With special guest editors and illustrators:

Bill Pulkovski, Tony Miello and Bruce Gerlach

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Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

Dan’s Picks of the Week

CRY HAVOC #1 CVR A KELLY & PRICE (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Simon Spurrier (A/CA) Ryan Kelly

BEHOLD THE MODERN MONSTROSITY.

X-Men Legacy writer SIMON SPURRIER and superstar artist RYAN KELLY present fiends, fragility, and firepower in an all-new series, mixing the hard-boiled militaria of Jarhead with the dark folklore of Pan’s Labyrinth. Includes an unprecedented use of multiple colorists (MATT WILSON, LEE LOUGHRIDGE, & NICK FILARDI) to define the story’s threads, and an incredible variant cover by Eisner Award winner CAMERON STEWART. This is not the tale of a lesbian werewolf who goes to war. Except it kind of is.

SPIDER-WOMAN #3

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Dennis Hopeless (A/CA) Javier Rodriguez

• SPIDER-WOMAN STUCK!

• Jessica Drew is no stranger to unusual circumstances, but getting held captive by Skrulls in an alien hospital in the center of a black hole with a bunch of extraterrestrial moms-to-be might take the cake!

Rated T+

SOUTHERN BASTARDS #13 (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Jason Latour

Coach Boss’s Running Rebs face off against their sworn enemy from Wetumpka in the most important game in Craw County history

ADVENTURE TIME SUGARY SHORTS TP VOL 02

BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) Roger Langridge & Various (A) Frazer Irving & Various (CA) Paul Pope

Collecting stories by amazing creators from around the world, Sugary Shorts Volume Two stars all your favorite characters from Marceline the Vampire Queen to Cinnamon Bun. This collection contains so much sugary goodness it’s almost too sweet to handle. Featuring the work of Dustin Nguyen, Noelle Stevenson, Roger Langridge, Frazer Irving, and more!

Katie’s Picks of the Week

MEAN GIRLS CLUB ONE SHOT

NOBROW PRESS

(W/A/CA) Ryan Heshka

Introducing: Pinky, Sweets, Blackie, McQualude, Wendy, and Wanda. Together they form the Mean Girl Girls Club, a menacing powerhouse of ruthless rebels. Like a cruel pink and black plague, these subversive sirens seek out the innocent and the weak, feeding on pure fear. Intoxication… vice… adrenaline… Witness a meeting of the Mean Girls Club, but don’t make any plans afterward. You won’t be alive to tell about it!

FAITH #1 (OF 4) CVR B SAUVAGE

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

(W) Jody Houser (A) Francis Portela, Marguerite Sauvage (CA) Marguerite Sauvage

FAITH BEGINS! VALIANT’S MOST DEMANDED HERO STEPS OUT OF HARBINGER…AND INTO AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE!

Graphic Novel Pick

RAMSHACKLE GN

CONUNDRUM PRESS

(W/A/CA) Alison McCreesh

The North, or at least the idea of it, has slowly made its way back to our consciousness, a notion that the North is synonymous with a lawless, rugged freedom. When Alison McCreesh moved to Yellowknife she quickly fell in love with the quirky ways it seemed possible to live up North. Part travelogue, part comic book, part love story, and part guide to the North and its quirky inhabitants Ramshackle spans her first summer north of 60.

Katie’s Spotlights:

SAGA #33 (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples

Upsher and Doff are back on the case.

TWILIGHT CHILDREN #4 (OF 4) (MR)

DC COMICS

(W) Gilbert Hernandez (A/CA) Darwyn Cooke

The mysteries of Ela and the elusive orbs converge to create a bigger conundrum in the conclusion of THE TWILIGHT CHILDREN.

HELLBOY WINTER SPECIAL 2016 #1 MAIN CVR

DARK HORSE COMICS

(W) Mike Mignola & Various (A) Michael Walsh & Various (CA) Tim Sale

MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #3

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare (A) Natacha Bustos (CA) Amy Ree[...]

Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

Dan’s Pick of the Week.

NOWHERE MEN #7

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Eric Stephenson (A) Emi Lenox, Dave Taylor (CA) Dave Taylor

NEW STORY ARC

Fans of the Nowhere Men may already know that original artist and co-creator Nate Bellegarde stepped away from the series back in 2013 due to personal issues that kept him from dedicating himself to the series. And many of us thought that after Writer Eric Stephenson started a new series “They’re Not Like Us” that we may never see the continuation of Nowhere Men.

However , after an almost 3 year hiatus Nowhere Men is back. Stephenson

is joined by new series artist Dave Taylor to kick off the second arc for this book that created so much buzz.

Inspired as much by the Beatles as it was the Fantastic Four, Nowhere Men introduces us to a supergroup of scientists as they welcome us to the dawn of a new age of enlightenment. Sadly, much like the Beatles, egos got in the way. Each member went their separate way, but were destined to be reunited by dark secrets that MAY VERY WELL CHANGE THE ENTIRE WORLD.

Featuring thirty-two pages of story and no ads for $2.99, the second story arc picks up right where the volume one trade paperback left off and will ship monthly through May 2016.

Katie’s Pick of the Week:

CLEAN ROOM #4 (MR) $3.99

DC COMICS

(W) Gail Simone (A) Jon Davis-Hunt, Jenny Frison

Astrid finds herself in the unique position of interrogating someone…scratch that…someTHING truly unexpected in the Clean Room, and she may not leave there alive. Meanwhile, Chloe storms off to find another way to take down Astrid and her corporation, only to find her life spiraling farther down the drain…not to mention, something from the Clean Room may have slithered out to follow her home.

Graphic Novel Spotlight

RELIGION A DISCOVERY IN COMICS HC

NBM

(W/A/CA) Margreet De Heer

The author of the bestselling Discovery in Comics series tackles a very sensitive subject. Dealing with religion often means walking on eggshells; that is what comic artist Margreet de Heer finds out in this book in which she presents the five major religions and modern spirituality in a colorful, personal yet serious manner. She explores religious history and practices with tact and an open mind, but can’t prevent a few eggs from breaking. Why is religion such a sensitive subject? This book in comics is fun and informative for believers, non-believers and everyone in between.

All Ages Pick of the Week:

ADVENTURE TIME ICE KING #1

BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) Emily Partridge, Pranas T. Naujokaitis (A) Natalie Andrewson (CA) Shelli Paroline, Braden Lamb

The Ice King has always been there, kidnapping princesses, messing with Finn and Jake, and generally being a weirdo. But there’s way more to him than that! He’s a deep, thoughtful person with a heart full of love! Or…maybe he just really wants to marry a princess. Either way, this is one journey the citizens of Ooo aren’t likely to forget!

Interview with Rafer Roberts

https://www.facebook.com/Rafer-Roberts-maker-of-comics-238475832829996/

http://valiantuniverse.com/2015/12/30/aa-the-adventures-of-archer-armstrong-coming-in-2016-from-valiant/

Brain Functions

The Big Read – Portraits of Poe book Discussion @ Green Brain

In conjunction with the Dearborn Public Library

Green Brain presents: Portraits of Poe book discussion

Saturday, Feb 13th at 2pm.

With special guest editors and illustrators:

Bill Pulkovski, Tony Miello and Bruce Gerlach

Admission free

In the lower level at Green Brain Comics

Event info here:

https://www.f[...]

We Can Be Heroes!

Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

Dan’s Picks of the Week

SECRET WARS #9 (OF 9)

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Esad Ribic (CA) Alex Ross

The wait is over! Secret Wars #9 has arrived.

Expectations are so incredibly high that this book has to have an epic payoff.

I’ll try to cut the tension without spoiling anything.

This finale is a nice thick chunk of comic.

Esad Ribic excelled on this entire project

GREEN LANTERN CORPS EDGE OF OBLIVION #1 (OF 6)

DC COMICS

(W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Ethan Van

Picking up where GREEN LANTERN: LOST ARMY left off! As the universe around them reaches entropy, the Green Lantern Corps must find a way home! Along the way, they’ll face dying gods, worlds torn asunder and a desperate group of survivors whose only hope is these cosmic heroes.

MINESHAFT #32

Featuring a beautiful front cover by Christoph Mueller and back cover by R. Crumb! Plus… “Excerpts from R. Crumb’s Dream Diary”! Excerpts from Bill Griffith’s new graphic novel Invisible Ink! “Almost Psychic” by Mary Fleener! AND… new work by Laure Boin, David Collier, Christoph Mueller, J.D. Wilkes, John Broadley, Frank Stack, Fly, Robert Armstrong, Aaron Lange, Karl Stevens, Pat Moriarity, Fiona Smyth, Noah Van Sciver, Aleksandar Zograf, William Crook Jr., & Jay Lynch!

INJECTION #6 CVR B SHALVEY & BELLAIRE (MR)

IMAGE COMICS

(W) Warren Ellis (A) Declan Shalvey (CA) Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire

BEGINNING A NEW VOLUME:

In New York, consulting detective Vivek Headland takes on a case that quickly invokes a murderous sandwich.

LEAVING MEGALOPOLIS SURVIVING MEGALOPOLIS #1

DARK HORSE COMICS

(W) Gail Simone (A/CA) Jim Calafiore

The Kickstarter phenomenon returns! Fan-favorite creators Gail Simone (Batgirl, Deadpool) and J. Calafiore (Secret Six, Exiles) return to the town whose citizens are hunted-not by villains, but by heroes! The survivors of Megalopolis reluctantly go back to the city-still under the control of formerly beloved superheroes turned brutal killers-on a rescue mission straight into the heart of madness. Get in on the ground floor of this critically acclaimed series and see what happens when the good guys go very, very bad.

NARCOPOLIS CONTINUUM #1 (OF 4) (MR)

HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE

(W) Scott Duvall (A/CA) Ralf Singh, Nicolas Chapuis

Part 1 of 4. In the near distant future, genius inventor Ben creates the ultimate drug. No ordinary narcotic, its effects will take Ben on a trip through time in an attempt to uncover the truth behind his father’s disappearance twenty years ago. In searching for answers, the past reveals its secrets that the young scientist won’t accept, even if it means risking everything he’s worked for. Based on the UK sci-fi thriller starring Elliot Cowan (Da Vinci’s Demons), Elodie Yung (Marvel’s Daredevil), James Callis (Battlestar Galatica), and Jonathan Pryce (Brazil), Narcopolis: Continuum explores new corners of the world introduced in the movie.

WALKING DEAD #150 CVR A ADLARD & STEWART (MR)

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(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Charlie Adlard & Various (CA) Charlie Adlard, Dave Stewart

SPECIAL EXTRA-SIZED ANNIVERSARY ISSUE – 40 PAGES FOR ONLY $2.99!

In our 150th issue, Rick Grimes finds himself… BETRAYED.

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #0 MAIN CVRS

BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) Kyle Higgins, Mairghread Scott (A) Daniel Bayliss, Hendry Prasetya (CA) Goni Montes

It’s Morphin Time! The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers make their BOOM! Studios comic debut in this kick-off #0 issue that sets the stage[...]

Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

Dan’s Picks of the Week

SWAMP THING #1 (OF 6)

DC COMICS

(W) Len Wein (A/CA) Kelley Jones

Swamp Thing returns in an all-new series written by his co-creator, legendary writer Len Wein! Swamp Thing has received an ominous warning, and now he finds himself under attack from the forces of dark magic. These are more than just your average monsters-and there’s something much worse looming on the horizon for Alec Holland!

FADE OUT #12 (MR)

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(W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Sean Phillips

SERIES CONCLUSION

It all ends here! The dramatic wrap-up to the mystery and to Brubaker and Phillips best-selling and most ambitious project yet!

INTERCEPTOR #1 (OF 5) CVR A BURNETT (MR)

HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Dylan Burnett

Interceptor tells the tale of Poli and Weep, two freedom fighters on a planet populated exclusively by blood-sucking vampires. A planet called Earth. From Donny Cates (Buzzkill, Ghost Fleet, and The Paybacks) and Dylan Burnett comes a neon-drenched, blood-soaked vision of vampires like you’ve never seen before! (I.E. sweet mech suits and laser swords and stuff!) Variant cover by Daniel Warren Johnson (Ghost Fleet) #SpaceSucks!

A-FORCE #1

MARVEL COMICS

(W) G. Willow Wilson (A/CA) Jorge Molina

A-FORCE, ASSEMBLE! From the ashes of Battleworld, Marvel’s newest hero SINGULARITY has risen and entered the Marvel Universe. But she didn’t make the journey alone. To combat the most fearsome threats from across the multiverse, Singularity will summon the world’s mightiest team of Avengers to her side: SHE-HULK. CAPTAIN MARVEL. DAZZLER. MEDUSA. NICO MINORU. Together, they are A FORCE to be reckoned with!

Rated T+

LONE WOLF 2100 #1 (OF 4)

DARK HORSE COMICS

(W) Eric Heisserer (A/CA) Miguel Sepulveda

2100 CE: A devastating manmade plague is turning the human race into cannibalistic monsters known as the Thrall. But there is hope: young Daisy Ogami’s blood holds the secret to a cure-if Itto, her android protector, can get her to a place where it can be extracted!

All Ages Spotlight of the Week

MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #24

IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Georgia Ball (A) Jay P. Fosgitt (CA) Amy Mebberson

Rarity has found a very difficult client in the form of Gilda the Griffon! Gilda demands the perfect uniform for a new sports team in Griffinstone. Rarity travels to the desolate kingdom and realizes there is more than fashion to be accomplished in the home of the Griffons!

KATIE’S PICKS

PAPER GIRLS #4 $2.99

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(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Cliff Chang

What lurks beneath the streets of Stony Stream?

DARK CORRIDOR #6 (MR) $3.99

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(W/A/CA) Rich Tommaso

A delay in plans proves catastrophic for the Seven Deadly Daughters.

HOWARD THE DUCK #3 $4.99

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Chip Zdarsky, Christopher Hastings (A) Joe Quinones & Various (CA) Joe Quinones

• The entire universe is after Howard! Is it because he’s very handsome? Charming? Yes!

• No, wait. Of course not. Sorry.

• Howard is actually very difficult to be around sometimes. Also, it’s hard to tell if he’s handsome since he’s a duck.

• Join Chip & Joe for … DUCK HUNT! The storyline created just so we could use that title!

• Plus the conclusion of the Howard/Gwenpool backup!

Rated T+

ARCHIE #5 $3.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

(W) Mark Waid (A) Andre Szymanowicz & Various (CA) David Williams

The biggest comic series of the year presses on! Betty and Jughead have declared war on Veronica over the heart and soul of Archie Andrews! Who should you be rooting for?[...]

Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

Dan’s Pick of the Week

RUMBLE #10 (MR)

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(W) John Arcudi (A/CA) James Harren

Wrapping up the 2nd big RUMBLE arc with battles, rescues, betrayals, and one hell of a last page!

RINGSIDE #2 (MR)

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(W) Joe Keatinge (A/CA) Nick Barber

Katie’s Pick of the Week

JUGHEAD #3

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Erica Henderson (CA) Khary Randolph

Zdarsky and Henderson are back with another out-of-this-world issue of the all-new Jughead! Drones? Explosives? A firing range? Science class under the new regime of Principal Stanger has taken a turn for the dangerous. And who do you call when danger is about? I guess, uh, 9-1-1? But if THEY can’t help? You call Jones. Jughead Jones.

RAT QUEENS #14 (MR)

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(W) Kurtis J. Wiebe (A) Tess Fowler (CA) Stjepan Sejic

“DEMONS,” Part Four

Hannah is reunited with her father for the first time in many years and in a way she never could have expected.

JESSICA JONES TP VOL 4 (MR)

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Michael Gaydos, Mark Bagley (CA) David Mack

Jessica Jones is a hard-nosed private investigator, and the dark underbelly of the Marvel Universe is her beat. But it wasn’t always this way. Once, Jessica stood alongside Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, as a costumed super hero. What changed? What ended her crimefighting career before it even got started? Now, for the first time, learn all of Jessica’s hidden secrets – how she was orphaned, how she got her powers…and the dark, unspoken chapter in Marvel Universe history that changed her life forever. Guest-starring Peter Parker, Jean Grey, Luke Cage, Ant-Man and the Avengers! Collecting ALIAS #22-28..

Explicit Content

Best 0f 2015 – first half of 2015

SuperMutant Magic Academy

Writer and Artist: Jillian Tamaki

Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly

(W/A/CA) Jillian Tamaki

Jillian Tamaki is best known for co-creating the award-winning young adult graphic novels Skim and This One Summer, moody and atmospheric bestsellers.

SuperMutant Magic Academy, which Jillian has been serializing online for the past four years, deftly plays superhero and high school Hollywood tropes against what adolescence is really like: the SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep-school for mutants and witches but their paranormal abilities take a back seat to everyday teen concerns. This volume combines the most popular content from the webcomic with a selection of all-new, never-before-seen strips that conclude Jillian’s account of life at the Academy.

“part Hogwarts and part Xavier’s School”

Black River

Writer and Artist: Josh Simmons

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

(W/A/CA) Josh Simmons

Josh Simmons (The Furry Trap, House) returns with a full-length graphic novel about a bedraggled group making their way through a post-apocalyptic world in search of some sort of civilization. Along the way, they encounter fools, lunatics, murderous sadists and also visit a comedy club. All manner of terrors, in other words. Simmons is one of the most distinctive voices in the horror genre and Black River, with its perfect pacing, is his best work yet.

DISPLACEMENT GN (DEC141508)

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

(W/A/CA) Lucy Knisley

New York Times best-selling cartoonist Lucy Knisley paints a stark portrait of contemporary, twenty-something womanhood. In this next installment of her graphic memoir series, Knisley accompanies her ailing grandparents on a cruise. Part memoir, part travelogue and part family history, Knisley tries to connect with her grandparents and als[...]

Brain Waves’ hosts Katie and Dan Merritt help you climb the mountain of weekly new comic book releases and point out a few shiny gems along the way. Features include picks of the week, interviews with comic creators, and events listing for Green Brain Comics in East Downtown Dearborn, Michigan.

This podcast and all SJP podcasts are sponsored by the Detroit Beard Collective,http://www.detroitbeardcollective.com/ and Dead World Zombie Soda!

DAN’S PICKS OF THE WEEK

LAST GANG IN TOWN #1 (OF 6) (MR)

DC COMICS

(W) Simon Oliver (A) Rufus Dayglo (CA) Rob Davis

Forget what you know of England, of the “Land of Hope and Glory.” Instead, try damp and depressing, and embrace this miserable island for what it is. Our story kicks off in 1976: the country coming apart at its flared corduroy seams, a decade after the Great Train Robbery, when British crime has gone decidedly soft in the middle.

Time for a new generation of criminals to rise: a band of snotty-nosed heroes driven by destiny and cheap cider, who will strike fear back into the establishment, put art back into crime and crime back into art, and pull off what will become known as the heist of the century.

This new series from Simon Oliver (FBP: FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS) and Rufus Dayglo (Tank Girl), spans three decades, from the punk rock ’70s to the decadent ’80s and beyond, charting the rise, fall and redemption of a group of bandits that changed the face of the criminal underworld and closed the door on a legacy.

VENUS #1

BOOM! STUDIOS

(W) Rick Loverd (A) Huang Danlan (CA) W. Scott Forbes

In 2150, Earth’s resources are depleted, and countries race to outer space to mine what they need from other planets. China has laid claim to Mars, so the U.S. and its allies have to make do with getting what it needs from the inhospitable world of Venus. But for a group of Americans making its way there, survival has become all too real. After their ship crash-lands on the planet, the scrappy crew is forced to do whatever it takes to navigate the harsh landscape in their journey to find the science base they were flying toward.

ROCKETEER AT WAR #1 (OF 4)

IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Marc Guggenheim (A/CA) Dave Bullock

Europe, 1942-the world is at war! As the Allies battle against the Axis, able bodied men everywhere enlist in the war effort, including Cliff Secord. Secord, also known as The Rocketeer, has been thrust full throttle into the heat of battle, and-with or without his jet pack-he will depend on his wits and daring if he is to survive!

DEMON TP VOL 01 HELLS HITMAN

DC COMICS

(W) Garth Ennis (A) John McCrea & Various (CA) John McCrea

Garth Ennis’s tales of The Demon are collected for the first time! In these dark, fast-paced tales, Etrigan the Demon battles the Gothodaemon, the demon of Gotham City, with the help of Hitman. Then, a company of German soldiers from World War II are resurrected to capture an army base-and it’s up to the Demon and the crew of the Haunted Tank to send them back to their graves. Collected from THE DEMON #40 and 42-49, plus ANNUAL #2.

WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES #726

IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Bruno Sarda & Various (A) Mark Kausler, Massimo De Vita (CA) Amy Mebberson

“The Search For the Zodiac Stone-Chapter 6!” Donald hits Hawaii to find the powerful Pisces pendant. But Gladstone Gander might be more powerful still! Then Oswald the Lucky Rabbit celebrates Christmas at Ortensia’s… but everything goes wrong “Just Like Magic!”

PATSY WALKER AKA HELLCAT #1 (VARIANT AVAILABLE) $3.99

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Kate Leth (A/CA) Brittney Williams

PATSY WALKER has managed to escape her past, her enemies and Hell itself (literally), but nothing compares to job hunting in New York City! Between trying to make rent and dodging (literal) bullets, Patsy barely has time to deal with her mother’s exploitative romance comics about her childhood resurfacing, much less how they start to interfere wi[...]