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British Comic Shop Comic Releases (10th September 2014) – Beware of Springheeled Jack!

By John Freeman on September 9, 2014

The cover of 2000AD Prog 1898 by Dave Kendall, featuring the new Carnifex hunting down Aquila.

Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from tomorrow, Wednesday 10th September 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with a British connection we’re aware of.

Releases include 2000AD Issue 1898 (also on sale in newsagents) which sees the wrap of the current “Jaegir” story and all other stories reach their penultimate episodes, making way for the long-awaited landmark, Prog 1900. The prog of course features “Judge Dredd” along with “Aquila”, “Brass Sun” and “Black Shuck”.

Doctor Who 11th Doctor #2 from Titan Comics is also on sale, written by Al Ewing with art by Simon Fraser and Gary Caldwell, with four variant covers on offer including this cracking image from Alice X. Chang. When the Doctor last visited Rokhandi, it was a planet of such stunning natural beauty that an entire solar system had sworn to preserve it. What better place to take new companion Alice Obiefune on her first off-world adventure?

And it would have been a magical vacation… if the TARDIS hadn’t overshot by fifty years. Now the austerity-hit pleasure planet has become a ‘theme safari’ corporate hell, overrun by eerie, giant-headed mascots and a trillion tramping tourist feet!

But there’s something more sinister at play than rampant commercialism and ecological devastation… and the Doctor and Alice need to uncover all of Rokhandi’s long-buried secrets if they’re to escape with their lives!

It’s another fun Who story from Al Ewing with great art from Simon, perfectly capturing the style of the Eleventh Doctor’s adventures for me in comic form.

IDW is offering three variant covers for its new Judge Dredd: Anderson Psi Division series, the second issue offering another all-new adventure from Cassandra Anderson’s early days in Psi-Division from writer Matt Smith and artist Carl Critchlow – ‘King of the Six Sectors.’ The theft of Cursed Earth artifacts has led Anderson deep into the swamplands near Texas City, where she grapples with mutant creatures and a heart of darkness… Plus, Judge Dredd!

Also in comic shops this week is Titan’s collection of the Eagle Award-winning Victorian gothic masterpiece, Springheeled Jack by David Hitchcock, described by Alan Moore as “An ambitious and masterfully executed Victorian fever-dream” and Dave Gibbons as “Expertly told and truly creepy”.

High above a steampunk London of Penny Dreadfuls, Jack the Ripper and pea-soup fog stalks the legendary demon, Springheeled Jack! From his quarters in Bedlam lunatic asylum, Sir Jack Rackham hunts the creature. Across the gothic rooftops of necropolis London and through the labyrinths of his tortured mind, he pursues the creature that took his beloved.

But just who or what is Springheeled Jack? Does the answer lie amongst the lunatics of Rackham’s sanatorium – or in the very heart of the British Empire: with Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace?

For fans of From Hell to lovers of Sherlock Holmes, this wonderfully pencilled art and riveting story from David Hitchcock is a must.

The release list below features mainly US titles from Marvel Comics, DC Comics, IDW, Image Comics and other publishers, including Trade Paperbacks. We’re not including merchandise releases in these news items.

Don’t forget the latest issue of The Beano is also out tomorrow in newsagents!

2000AD Prog 1898
Abe Sapien 16
All New Ultimates 8
Amazing Spider-Man 6
Annihilator 1
Archer And Armstrong 24
Armor Hunters Harbinger 3
Astro City 15
Avengers 34.1
Avengers Undercover 10
Batgirl Futures End 1
Batman Eternal 23
Batman Futures End 1
Black Market 3
Caliban 6
Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers 2
Captain Marvel 7
Chastity 3
Coffin Hill 11
Constantine Futures End 1
Copperhead 1
Dawn/Vampirella 1
Deadpool 34
Death of Wolverine 2
Death Vigil 3
Doctor Who 11th Doctor 2

Edge Of Spider-Verse 1
Fantastic Four 10
George Romero’s Empire Of The Dead Act Two 1
GFT Grimm Fairy Tales 102
GT Realm War 2
Green Lantern Corps Futures End 1
Hawkeye 20
Hexed 2
Imperial 2
Infinity Man And The Forever People Futures End 1
Inhuman 5
Injustice Gods Among Us Year Two 11
Invincible 114

Judge Dredd Anderson Psi-Division 2
Justice League Hard Cover Volume 5 FOREVER HEROES
Justice League Of America Hard Cover Volume 2 SURVIVORS
Justice League United Futures End 1
Knights Of The Dinner Table 212
Lady Zorro 3
Lazarus 11
Legends Of The Dark Knight 100 Page Super Spectacular
Lola XOXO 4
Magneto 9 MTAX
Marvel 75th Anniversary Magazine
Marvel Graphic Novel Collection 72 X-MEN SCHISM Hard Cover
Marvel Mightiest Heroes Volume 19 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble 12
Morning Glories 40
MPH 3
Ms Marvel 8
My Little Pony Friends Forever 9
New 52 Futures End 19
New Suicide Squad Futures End 1
New Warriors 9
Nightcrawler 6
Number One 1
Powers Bureau 11
Prometheus Fire And Stone 1
Shadow Year One 10
Sheltered 11
Smallville Season 11 Chaos 2
Spread 3
Stumptown Volume 3 Issue 1
Superannuated Man 3
Superboy Futures End 1
Superman Unchained 8
Teen Dog 1
Terminal Hero 2
Transformers Primacy 2
United States Of Murder Inc 5
Velvet 7
The Walking Dead 131
Wilds End 1
Worlds Finest Futures End 1
X-Force 9

• First Age Comics is at 3 Moor Lane, Lancaster LA1 1QD. Open: Tuesday-Friday 10am-16.30pm, Saturday 10am-17.30pm. Find them on Facebook • First Age Comics also has a shop site on e-Bay: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/First-Age

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.