New Marvel and Indie Comic Book Releases for Wednesday, May 12th!

CHILDREN OF ATOM #3
(W) Vita Ayala (A) Paco Medina (CA) R. B. Silva
ORIGIN REVEALED! Who are the X-Men’s sidekicks behind the masks? Meanwhile, a brand new alternative medicine is changing lives at school, but who’s recruiting the victims – I mean patients?

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #21 
(W) Jim Zub (A) Cory Smith (CA) Geoff Shaw
THE DEADLY SECRET OF HENG THE INSURGENT!
•  CONAN must fight for his life against the Bandit King’s deadly power!
•  But will Conan have what it takes…even if it costs his very soul?
•  The barbarian’s surprising saga in the LAND OF THE LOTUS takes a startling turn!
Parental Advisory

GEIGER #2
(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank, Brad Anderson
They found it-out in the atomic wasteland, a relic from before the war! But what is it: a tool to bring hope back to humanity, or a weapon to finish what the bombs started? Depends on who gets it: the Casino Warlords of Las Vegas or the man called Geiger!
By the critically acclaimed team of GEOFF JOHNS, GARY FRANK and BRAD ANDERSON!

GIANT-SIZE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN KINGS RANSOM #1
(W) Nick Spencer (A) Roge Antonia (CA) Mark Bagley
• Everything comes down to this!
•  Kingpin’s quest that violates all natural law!
•  Tombstone and Robbie Robertson’s years’ old enmity!
•  Randy Robertson and Beetle’s timeless love!
•  Boomerang’s scheme!
•  Spider-Man’s whole status quo!
Rated T+

HEROES REBORN #2 (OF 7)
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Dale Keown, Ed McGuinness (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
Make way for the adventures of Marvel’s Mightiest Megastar, the all-powerful Hyperion! When America’s solar-powered, super-sentinel of liberty looks to return his archenemy Victor Von Doom to the other-dimensional prison of the Negative Zone, mighty Hyperion must deal with a breakout of his most powerful enemies, such as Ultron, General Annihilus and the Immortal Hulk. Plus: A special backup tale starring Blade, Earth’s last living vampire.
Rated T+

HEROES REBORN PETER PARKER AMAZING SHUTTERBUG #1  
(W) Marc Bernardin (A) Rafael De Latorre (CA) Mike McKone
Peter Parker is the biggest Hyperion fan in the world, and he also just happens to be chummy with his favorite hero thanks to a photography gig at the Daily Bugle! SURELY, nothing can go wrong, with his camera (and him) in the heart of the action… Right?
Rated T

MAGIC THE GATHERING (MTG) #2 (W) Jed MacKay (A) Ig Guara (CA) Matteo Scalera
* A NEW ERA FOR MAGIC CONTINUES HERE!
* With their homes rocked by an attack – and Jace Beleren’s life hanging in the balance – Planeswalkers Kaya, Ral and Vraska must discover who is behind it all.
* But as they begin to suspect one of Ravnica’s biggest Guilds is behind the attack, it becomes clear their enemy may be plotting something even more destructive…

MANIAC OF NEW YORK #4
(W) Elliott Kalan (A/CA) Andrea Mutti
Detective Zelda Pettibone and mayoral advisor/angel of vengeance Gina Greene are onboard the death train and determined to end Maniac Harry’s rampage of terror once and for all! But what chance do two people have against an unkillable, mindless engine of death? And with Harry hot on the heels of the train’s only survivors, will there be anyone left to save? Plus: a glimpse of Gi-na’s earliest summer camp encounter with the Maniac!

PROCTOR VALLEY ROAD #3 (OF 5)
(W) Alex Child, Grant Morrison (A/CA) Naomi Franquiz
The girls are supposed to stay out of trouble…and away from the haunted stretch of Proctor Valley Road.
But a stolen police car leads to the return of the Proctor Valley Bull and more danger than anyone could imagine…

RESISTANCE UPRISING #2
(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) C. P. Smith (CA) Rahzzah
Acclaimed writer J. Michael Straczynski returns to the prescient, ambitious world of The Resistance! In the wake of the assassination of their leader, the Resistance is in disarray, disconnected from each other and hunted by authorities around the world – including an army of “reborns” recruited by the American government. To avert decimation at the hands of a fascistic government crackdown, the Resistance must discover the ace up their sleeve,
and then the key to unlocking it. Introducing Weird Willy, the most powerful – and bent – “reborn” of them all.

SILVER CITY #1
(W) Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (A) Luca Merli (CA) Roberta Ingranata
When a young roughneck lands in Silver City, the gritty, purgatorial metropolis of the afterlife, she must adapt to her new existence, while attempting to uncov-er how and why she died. Her mission is derailed, however, when she rescues a newly dead girl from a mysterious kidnapping attempt, and discovers powerful, kinetic abilities.
Welcome to Silver City, where the sun never rises and nothing ever chang-es…until now.

SILVER COIN #2
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Kelly Thompson (CA) Michael Walsh

Part two in the saga of THE SILVER COIN from all-star creators MICHAEL WALSH, CHIP ZDARSKY, KELLY THOMPSON, ED BRISSON, and JEFF LEMIRE! In 1993, classic mean girls bully a misfit teen at an idyllic summer camp. When the teen reclaims her power after a violent encounter with The Silver Coin, what follows is the stuff of horror movie legend.

SPIDER-MAN SPIDERS SHADOW #2 (OF 5)
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Pasqual Ferry (CA) Phil Noto
WHAT IF PETER PARKER BECAME VENOM?
Spider-Man’s vicious new approach to crime has every villain on high alert! No one is safe as Peter succumbs further to his new dark powers. Wilson Fisk wants to put an end to this deadly new Spidey once and for all, but who is really the one coordinating this takedown attempt? And with Peter haunted more by his past each day, will someone be able to save him from his own mind?
Rated T

STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC #5
(W) Cavan Scott (A) Ario Anindito (CA) Phil Noto
ATTACK OF THE HUTTS!
•  The HIGH REPUBLIC JEDI clash with HUTT forces. GAMORREANS! NIKTO! BATTLE RANCORS!
•  STARLIGHT BEACON over-run by a creeping alien horror! Can VERNESTRA RWOH and her Padawan IMRI CANTAROS find a way to save Starlight’s infected masses?
•  Plus, KEEVE TRENNIS learns the terrible secret MASTER SSKEER has been carrying for so long. Can she ever trust him again?
Rated T

TIME BEFORE TIME #1
(W) Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville (A) Joe Palmer, Chris O’Halloran (CA) Declan Shalvey

 The year is 2140, and to escape a world with no future, many turn to the Syndicate, a criminal organization who, for the right price, will smuggle you back in time to a better life. After working for the Syndicate for years, Tatsuo and Oscar decide to steal one of their boss’s time machines-but soon find that the one thing you can’t run from is your past.

TIME BEFORE TIME is a brand-new ongoing series where writer/artist DECLAN SHALVEY (BOG BODIES) joins forces with the WRITE IT IN BLOOD team of RORY McCONVILLE and JOE PALMER. Looper meets SAGA in this extra-sized debut issue

X-CORP #1
(W) Tini Howard (A) Alberto Foche (CA) David Aja
KRAKOA IS FOR CLOSERS!
The deals have been made. Mutantkind is safe on Krakoa.  As the Reign of X continues, what are the wants of the mutants who have everything? Leading the charge is X-CORPORATION, headed by CXOs Monet St. Croix and Warren Worthington, a duo as cutthroat and ruthless in the boardroom as they are on a battlefield. But X-Corp needs more than just its figureheads. As Monet sets out to staff their team with some of the brightest and most deviant minds in mutantkind, Warren finds himself in a tense meeting with one of Krakoa’s first allies who wants to know the truth: on Angel’s wings, will X-Corp crash or soar?  
Rated T+