FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: DARKNESS/HULK

Darkness/Hulk will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Image Comics. The issue is written by Paul Jenkins, with art and cover by Dale Keown.

Here's how Image describes the issue:

"Two alumni of both The Darkness and The Hulk come together to tell this explosive story. The Darkness is a violent killer and the Hulk is a violent pacifist. When those two worlds collide who will remain standing? Can the Darkness stand in the face of the Hulk's brute strength?"

Darkness/Hulk will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: NORMALMAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1

Normalman 20th Anniversary Special #1 will arrive in stores in July from Image Comics. The issue is by Jim Valentino.

Here's how Image describes the issue:

"Jim Valentino's seminal satire normalman returns after a decade and takes direct aim at the comic book industry, skewering fans, retailers, conventions and "superstar" pros in the all-new "Captain Everything - Super-Star!" Plus, at no extra charge, the first-ever reprinting of normalman Goes Hollywood from Epic Lite #1, and, if you act now, a fully annotated retrospective of the entire normalman canon."

Normalman 20th Anniversary Special #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.

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FIRST LOOK: JLA #101

JLA #101 will arrive in stores on July 14 from DC Comics. The issue is written by Chuck Austen, with art and cover by Ron Garney.

Here's how DC describes the issue:

"The powerful 6-part saga 'The Pain of the Gods,' written by Chuck Austen with art by Ron Garney begins here. Superman faces one of his greatest tragedies when he's unable to prevent the death of a fellow super-hero. But how can a man with god-like abilities face the guilt of such a terrible failure? Especially when the event will have repercussions that could come back to haunt the JLA!"

JLA #101 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.25.

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FIRST LOOK: JUSTICE LEAGUE: ELITE #1

Justice League: Elite #1 will arrive in stores on July 21 from DC Comics. The issue is written by Joe Kelly, with art and cover by Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen.

Here's how DC describes the issue:

"An explosive 12-issue mini-series by writer Joe Kelly and artists Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen tackles a team dealing out a new kind of Justice. The new Elite team of the JLA sets out on their first mission, deep under cover. It's mission: to infiltrate a small brotherhood of assassins gathering to hit a major political target. Sounds like a piece of cake -- if they don't lose their heads."

Justice League: Elite #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.50.

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FIRST LOOK: CLOUDBURST

Cloudbursts will arrive in stores in June from Image Comics. The issue is written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, with art by Christopher Shy and Eliseu Gouvei and a cover by Amanda Conner and Palmiotti.

Here's how Image describes the issue:

"An experimental weather machine, a transport ship filled with hundreds of families and a troop of hired killers converge on a derelict colony world only to discover it's not abandoned. Lauren Moore is a brilliant young scientist and the creator of Cloudburst: a massive satellite designed to control rainfall on dry planets. Onboard a new colony ship carrying several hundred families, soldiers and cryogenically stored animal embryos, Lauren has been commissioned to use Cloudburst to terraform the planet. What Lauren doesn't know is the soldiers escorting the ship have been sent to remove the existing colonists to make room for the new ones. The corporate term is eviction. The human term is mass murder. The only man who can help her is a mysterious drifter who some say is only a myth, an invention of desert nomads and lunatics."

Cloudburst will be 64 pages and will cost $7.95.

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