New No. 1's 09/21/16

What up guys. It is an interesting week for new number ones. DC continues its Rebirth launch with 3 books along with a massive crossover even over at IDW.  There is a little bit of everything coming out this week, so let's get to it.

Book of the Week 

W&A: Francis Manapul 

Trinity #1 - 'BETTER TOGETHER' part 1! Together again for the first time! Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. The core of the World's Greatest Heroes, but with a new Man of Steel, the bonds these three share will be tested and redefined by super-star writer/artist Francis Manapul. In this premiere issue, see the trio travel from Metropolis to Gotham City and beyond to learn what forces launched their heroic careers. But how will this journey of discovery lead them to a new threat?

This is the book that I am most excited about. Manapul did a great job on Flash and then later, Detective Comics of the New 52.  Now with the Trinity in his hands, you won't know what to expect or what is coming next. With the description of what forces launched their career, I wonder if it will go into any of the Rebirth mystery and possibly Mr. Oz?   

W: Dan Abnett A: Moritat

Aliens Life & Death #1 - In the aftermath of the battle with the Engineers, the surviving humans on LV-223 are wounded and scattered-and easy prey for a gathering horde of Aliens! The Colonial Marines get a taste of what it's like to be at the bottom of the food chain!

This is a pretty straight forward pitch.  Aliens and marines fighting to the death. Abnett has been doing a great job on both Titans and Aquaman and with this being a completely different genre, it should be worth checking out.

W: John Semper Jr. A: Will Conrad

Cyborg #1 - 'THE IMITATION OF LIFE' part one! Cyborg is thrown into conflict with every robotic threat to the DC Universe as a brand new era begins for Victor Stone, courtesy of writer John Semper Jr. (Spider-Man: The Animated Series) and artist Will Conrad (Angel & Faith)!

Cyborg Rebirth came out a couple weeks ago with a newish back story for Cyborg. SPOILER:  The big reveal was that he may just be a copy of Victor Stone's memory. Since Cyborg has been bumped up to the Justice League he has not had a defining story, hopefully this is it.

W: Marv Wolfman A: Alisson Borges

Raven #1 - 'The White Carnival' part 1! In a tale set between TEEN TITANS #24 and TEEN TITANS: REBIRTH #1, Raven takes a break from the team and moves to San Francisco to stay with her estranged aunt and face her most perilous challenge yet: high school! As Raven discovers more about her human side, one of her classmates goes missing under mysterious circumstances, and she must face an evil like none she's known before!

A Raven solo book is not something that you get often, especially when it is written by the creator of Raven along with half of the New Teen Titans. This is another character that DC has been under utilizing and seems to be best known lately by the Teen Titans cartoon show. 

 

 

W: Cullen Bunn - John Barber A: Fico Ossio

Revolution #1 - THE REVOLUTION BEGINS! Explosions rip across the Earth-and all signs of blame point to OPTIMUS PRIME and the TRANSFORMERS! G.I. JOE refuses to go quietly, and they assemble heroes big enough to stop the invaders! ACTION MAN and M.A.S.K. fight for humanity, but where do ROM and the MICRONAUTS stand? Celebrating more than a decade of stories by IDW and HASBRO, this unprecedented bi-weekly event draws everything together, and leaves nothing standing. The REVOLUTION is here. TAKE A STAND!

This is one book/crossover that I have been excited for. This is like half of the action figures that I have ever had as a kid in one comic book. I am always down to give anything with Transformers a chance. I don't know anything about M.A.S.K. except that Robot Chicken made fun of it. Cullen Bunn is a good writer so this should be pretty good.   

W: Rick Remender

Seven To Eternity #1 - The God of Whispers has spread an omnipresent paranoia to every corner of the kingdom of Zhal; his spies hide in every hall spreading mistrust and fear. Adam Osidis, a dying knight from a disgraced house, must choose between joining a hopeless band of magic users in their desperate bid to free their world of the evil God, or accepting his promise to give Adam everything his heart desires.

A new Remender book, count a lot of people in. This sounds like a fantasy, Dungeon and Dragons type of book, but on the cover it looks like the guy is carrying a rifle. Remender is a great story teller, which means this book has potential.

Think I missed something? Let me know in the comments.