DC and Marvel: Must-Reads of Dec. 2012

Today, I post up lists of DC and Marvel Hero comic book issues/one-shots I recommend you should check out this November, depending on what you're into that is. On important note, starting this month, I will make sure that whenever I post up a must-read list for a month, I devide it to go according to not only publisher, but also release date since it is every Wednesday that new comic book issue releases occur.

DC Comics

DC Releases of 12/05/2012

  • Before Watchmen: Comedian No. 4
  • Before Watchmen: Minutemen No. 5
  • Earth 2 No. 7: The secret origin of the Post-Flashpoint Earth-2's Hawkgirl revealed.

DC Releases of 12/12/2012

  • Ame-Comi Girls No. 3: The origin of Duela Dent and the first comic book appearance of Ame-Comi Braniac.
  • Batman (Vol. 2) No. 15: In part 3 of "Death of The Family", Batman's allies must overcome the impossible in order to save themselves from The Joker's plan for Batman as the Clown Prince of Crime himself is proving to more dangerous than before.
  • Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan No. 3
  • Before Watchmen: Rorschach No. 3
  • Green Lantern Corps (Vol. 3) No. 15: This part of "Rise of The Third Army" reveals more of the Guardian's plot to eradicate the Green lantern Corps.

DC Releases of 12/19/2012

  • Batwoman No. 15: Part 4 of the Batwoman/ Wonder Woman team-up story.
  • Green Lantern (Vol. 5) No. 15: In this part of "Rise of the Third Army", Simon Baz meets Guy Gardner for the first time.
  • Green Lantern: New Guardians No. 15: In this part of "Rise of The Third Army", the Orange Lantern Lafleeze helps Kyle Lantern learn the use of orange power of avarice in order for Kyle to fend off the Third Army.
  • Wonder Woman (Vol. 4) No. 15: The nature of the New Gods revealed as this issue presents round 1 of Wonder Woman Vs. Orion.

DC Releases of 12/26/2012

  • Aquaman (Vol. 7) No. 15: In part 2 of "Throne of Atlantis", the Atlantean race begins to invade the surface world.
  • Before Watchmen: Nite Owl No. 4
  • Justice League (Vol. 2) No. 15: In part 1 of "Throne of Atlantis", which continues from the prelude story featured in Aquaman (Vol. 7) No. 14, the Justice Leaguers must join forces to fight the forces of Atlantis. As a bonus, this issue contains another chapter of the New 52 saga of Shazam, where Shazam enters conflcit against Black Adam.

Marvel Comics

Marvel Releases of 12/05/2012

  • All-New X-Men No. 3: What's next for the Pheonix 5 since the Avenger Vs. X-Men conflict?
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) No. 699: In part 1 of "Dying Wishes", several villains plan to join a dying Dr. Octopus' campaign for vengeance against Spider-Man.
  • The Avengers (Vol. 5) No. 1: The Avengers begin expanding their roster on both planetary and interplanetary levels.
  • Deadpool (Vol. 3) No. 3: Deadpool battles a resurrected Dick Nixon
  • Fury Max No. 7: In a tale featuring Frank Castle in his Pre-Punisher years, Frank joins up with Nick Fury to terminate a Vietnamese Cong general.
  • Iron Man (Vol. 5) No. 3: A new stealth Iron Man armor makes its debut.
  • Marvel's Iron Man 2 Adaptation No. 2: Part 2 of the comic book adaptation of the 2010 film Iron Man 2.
  • Thunderbolts (Vol. 2) No. 1: Red Hulk forms a new Thunderbolt roster with Deadpool, Venom, Elektra, and The Punisher.

Marvel Releases of 12/12/2012

  • The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) No. 699.1: The supervillainous vampire Micheal Morbius enters a struggle to overcome his addiction to bloodsucking and avoid being sent back to jail by Spider-Man in this lead-in to Morbius The Living Vampire No. 1.
  • Avengers Arena No. 1: 16 superheroes, coming from different superhero academies, trapped on an island are forced to compete to Murder World, a fight-or-die sport testing their skills and morals, but there's a catch: only one will escape alive.
  • Iron Man (Vol. 5) No. 4: It's a case of discoverer vs. deadly truth when Tony Stark's hunt for extremis leads him to ancient catacombs of Paris.

Marvel releases of 12/19/2012

  • A+X No. 3: Rogue and Black Widow Vs. Sentinels.
  • All-New X-Men No. 4: The X-Men face an unfriendly conflict against the past selves of the team's five founding members.
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) No. 700: Final issue of the series! Part 2 of "Dying Wishes". Look out for multiple cover variants on Dec. 26!
  • Avengers Arena No. 2: Cammi Vs. Deathlocket.
  • FF No. 2: Will the new replacement core members of the Future Foundation become accepted by the rest of the organization?
  • The Indestructible Hulk No. 2: Guest-starring Iron Man in a tale of frenemy relationship between Iron Man and Hulk.
  • Uncanny Avengers No. 3: The Red Skull plots to use his new power to bring violence against mutants worldwide.

Marvel Releases of 12/26/2012

  • Avenging Spider-Man No. 15.1: It's the epilogue to "Dying Wishes", and possible, a lead-in to The Superior Spider-Man No. 1.

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