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Out this week: Micronauts Original Marvel Years Omnibus, Volume 2 (Marvel, $125): 

This second omnibus of Marvel’s original Micronauts series collects issues #30-54, which saw the introduction of Devil and Fireflyte, a visit with Nightcrawler, an appearance by Doctor Strange and more. Creators for this volume include Bill Mantlo, Butch Guice, Pat Broderick, Gil Kane and many others, plus a cover by Michael Golden.

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Dynamite also announced Last of the Gladiators, a graphic novel adaptation of the prose memoir about defense attorney James LaRossa, who defended mobsters and white collar criminals. It’s co-written by his son, James LaRossa Jr. and Jonathan Vankin, with artwork by Giorgio Pontrelli.

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cover by Butch Guice

This is the Butch Guice art being used as a variant cover for Micronauts: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 1 (Marvel, April 2023)

Out this week: Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (DC, 10.99):

DC celebrates the anniversary of one of their biggest event comics of all time with new stories by the creators behind it, including Dan Jurgens, Brett Breeding, Roger Stern, Butch Guice, Jon Bogdanove, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway and more. It also includes the introduction of a new villain, Doombreaker. 

See what other comics and graphic novels arrive in comic shops and on digital this week.

Carla Hoffman shares her thoughts on Immortal Hulk #34 by Al Ewing and Butch Guice in our latest What Are You Reading? column:

You can tell it was my birthday this week because Immortal Hulk #34 by Al Ewing and Butch Guice feels like a story just for me.  Not in its main character, the life and times of Samuel Sterns aka The Leader, but in that it’s a tale of comic book history, woven through the Marvel Universe for a collective understanding in the present.  Comics can feel disposable in their continuity as one timeline jumps into another, always rewritten on a whim or the needs of the story at hand; if a creative team can reach back and create a throughline from a character’s origin and sell us that it’s all meant something this entire time?   That’s a chef’s kiss moment right there.

Marvel revives ‘Invaders,’ ‘Marvel Comics Presents’ as part of their 80th anniversary

Chip Zdarsky, Carlos Magno, Butch Guice and more dip into Marvel’s past to help celebrate the future.