Hi there Comic Shop Friends! We’re making every effort to keep our regular hours with the freezing temps and winter weather happening this week, so it’s business as usual in the shop. We’re here for you if you want to brave the cold!

Thank you to everyone who came out for the Purge! It was the busiest Late Nite Comics trafficwise! Thank you for your participation in the Purge. Let’s make next year’s Purge even more of a success.

February 27th will be the next Late Nite Comics! We’re pushing it back a week to the fourth Thursday of the month because Ben, John Dudas, and John Shearer will be out in California for ComicsPro on our usual Thursday.

Now for comics!

MARVEL COMICS

The first of six one-shots from writer J. Michael Straczynski uniting unlikely duos from across the Marvel Universe! After their experience of switching bodies, Doctor Doom knows there is only one other genius he can ask for a favor: Rocket Raccoon! Doom desires to know “why?” He requires Rocket’s knowledge of science to build a new type of time travel device, and Rocket agrees as long as Doom pays his fee. What’s in store for this odd couple? An emotional journey across time and space! With art by Will Robson.

Missty’s pick of the week again! Robbed of her own destiny, for a gig she don’t want! After finding Silver Surfer crashed on Earth, rebellious teenage Rogue tries to save him, only to absorb the Power Cosmic. Now her entire future is forever changed, as she tries to deal with the burden of becoming Galactus’s new herald! Not wanting to be part of the destruction of worlds, Rogue is prepared to go head to head with Galactus to stop him, and save planets! Written by Ann Nocenti, with art by Stephen Byrne.

In print for the first time, X-Men: Xavier’s Secret collects the Infinity Comics X-Men: From the Ashes series written by Alex Paknadel with art by Diogenes Neves. Featuring two stories set in the wake of the fall of Krakoa, as the X-Men are forever changed. First, as Jean Grey prepares to leave Earth, she and Scott Summers share what was supposed to be a last night together, but a force that’s invading minds will pull them apart. Then, journalist Sally Floyd is given a chance with a piece about Charles Xavier’s monstrous acts during the war. But what she uncovers in her interviews leads her into uncovering Xavier’s secret and will change her life.

DC COMICS

What a wonderful week when we get both Wonder Woman and Absolute Wonder Woman! Do yourself a favor and make sure you’re reading both of these series.

Diana and Steve need assistance to bring down the Tetracide and bring up Diana’s strength. Enter Etta Candy! With her sister Gia, the Candy siblings are ready to help Gateway City however they can. Will their efforts be enough to help Diana defeat the Tetracide once and for all? Can they recover what she has lost? If you’re a fan of Wonder Woman’s giant sword, you’re in for a treat!

The Wonder Girls move in for the final takedown of the Sovereign after revealing his plans to the entire nation. Going up against Wonder Woman’s foes, the Battle of Wonder begins! The Sovereign finds himself in quite the pickle, with the loss of his resources and not enough time to rebuild, but surrounding himself with Wonder Woman’s greatest enemies gives him a false sense of security. “It was not one and one and one makes three. It was one and one and one makes wonder.”

SMALL PRESS COMICS

What’s behind the door? What do you remember? Retired FBI agent John Reader is slowly losing his memories while living with a brain tumor. Estranged from his children, and living in a retirement home in the town of Harmless Montana, he’s trying to hold on to his past, and who he is. Part of that past is the unsolved case of the Chatter Man. Never proven to actually exist, the Chatter Man may be responsible for dozens and dozens of unsolved murders over that past fifty years, and it’s those cases that haunt John. Now a killer only John believes exists has returned to Harmless and the detective must fight his own mind and body to hold on to the memories that may help him solve his final serial killer case. Mixing the warmth of nostalgia with the cold reality of aging, Scott Snyder and Jock kick off a murder mystery mini-series with creeping dread, and a creepy masked murderer.