Captain's Picks 10.31.2018

Marvel Pick of the Week:

Avengers Halloween Special #1

$4.99

What Previews said:

(W) Gerry Duggan, More (A) Laura Braga & Various (CA) Geoff Shaw

TRICK OR TREAT, TRUE BELIEVERS! PLUS! Spooky stories starring the X-Men & Doctor Doom! Epic thrills and ghastly horror awaits in these all-new twisted tales! Spanning the breadth of the Marvel Universe, through the macabre lens of a murderer's row of writers and artists assembled here, see your favorite heroes and villains as you've never seen them before! Also including the Marvel Comics writing debut of Jay Baruchel (This is the End; Goon)! Rated T

DC Pick of the Week:

Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth #10

$4.99

What Previews said:

(W) James TynionIV (A/CA) Howard Porter "Drowned Earth" part one! The Ocean Lords-ancient sea gods with a grudge against Aquaman and Wonder Woman-invade the Earth with an alien army and flood the globe. As Batman, Superman and the Flash race to stop the waters from rising and turning everyone into aquatic monsters, Mera seeks the advice of an old enemy, and Arthur must face down Black Manta...or lose his connection to the ocean forever!

Other Pick of the Week:

Hex Wives #1

$3.99

What Previews said:

(W) Ben Blacker (A) Mirka Andolfo (CA) Joëlle Jones "The women are too powerful. They must be tamed." For hundreds of years a war has been waged between a coven of perpetually reincarnating witches and the all-male conspiracy known as the Architects. After the death of the lead Architect in 2005 it seemed the witches had finally defeated their foes. Now, 13 years later, waking up in a perfect cookie cutter home at the end of a cul-de-sac in a sunny corner of suburbia, Isadora has no recollection of her past life as the leader of a witch coven, nor her soulmate Nadiya, let alone the centuries-old war she has waged in defense of the soul of America...