For anyone sick of superhero comics, let us introduce to Rondel, the witch-fighting, cleaver-swinging, bear-befriending hero of Hillbilly. The latest from The Goon creator, Eric Powell, Hillbilly is Brothers Grimm fairy tale meets Robert E. Howard epic fantasy, with a hefty dollop of rural American idiosyncrasy.

I’ve been trying to make some sense all morning of the current state of Marvel comics, following the weekend reveal of 52 new covers (sort of rings a bell) that will chart the direction of the Marvel Universe in the wake of Secret Empire and the Legacy mini-series that aims to re-establish the status quo of several familiar icons. All I see is creative bankruptcy.

If Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo really did lay some clues at the beginning of their Batman run, maybe they can be found right in front of us. Thanks to Dark Days: The Forge, we’ve already received one massive clue as to the focus of the mystery metal that plays so pivotal a role in the series: Immortality. Spoilers below.

If you happen to be a fan of Batman: Arkham Knight and have a pre-order in for the upcoming Hot Toys version of Bruce Wayne’s world of fisticuffs and high tech armour then here’s some good news for you: Hot Toys has an Arkham Knight to go with your sophisticated Dark Knight.

So how did one puppy-loving extinction event on two legs become a legend in a secret society? That’s the question that comic book writer Greg Pak and artist Giovanni Valletta will be answering in a new solo John Wick series that chronicles the early days of the hitman before he earned his reputation as an unstoppable gun for hire.

This week wrapped up the final chapter in that saga, Dark Knight III: The Master Race. A chapter that had Batman facing a threat of monumental proportions but more importantly rebuilt the world’s finest as he buried the hatchet with Superman to focus on doing what the two always did best: Save the world. Spoilers below.

Take Gal Gadot home with you this holiday season! Come November you'll be able to get your grubby mitts on the new Wonder Woman figure joining Square Enix's popular Play Arts Kai line.

Marvel’s latest Darth Vader series is taking a different route in its tale of the newest Sith Lord, thanks to writer Charles Soule and the gorgeous art of Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, and David Curiel. It's Darth Vader's first year in action, where the Sith hits the fan.

How did the LEGO company shake off $800 million worth of debt and survive to become the most powerful brand in the world? By checking in with its fanbase and realising that it didn’t need to make obscene profits at first, that’s how.

His wife Lois Lane, unborn child and most of Metropolis dead thanks to the machinations of the Joker, Superman did what any living solar battery powerhouse would do: End the Joker once and for all, crossing a line that he never came back from as he descended further into tyranny over the course of the first year of the Injustice comic books. A plot twist that earned writer Tom Taylor plenty of hate from the internet.

Spawn was the DOOM of comic books in the 1990s. It was everything that your mom didn’t want you to read, a bad influence with gorgeous art. It was also almost completely different before Todd McFarlane applied some of the brimstone undertones to it. An early version of the iconic antihero hailed not from the pits of Hell but rather space.

Secret Empire #3 further solidifies the reach of Captain America and HYDRA, but a resistance is growing. While Star Lord’s attempt to recruit some help from the Skrull, Kree and Shi-Ar goes disastrously wrong (hey at least we know that Rocket Raccoon is a Wu Tang fan now), the likes of the Black Widow and Hawkeye are busy cooking up a plot all of their own in this very busy issue.