While it’s not a deep week of releases, it’s one that has some exceptional headliners. So, let’s get to highlighting my buys, recommendations, and curiosities from an irresistible slate of comic releases this week in another edition of The Pull.

Comic of the Week: Assorted Crisis Events #2

I previously recommended Assorted Crisis Events #1 in this slot, which typically would ensure that I would not recommend #2 here. That’s because I have rules I don’t tell anyone about, which are often silly things like, “You can’t have the same comic in the Comic of the Week slot two issues in a row.” It ensures that I highlight a variety of books. I had to break that rule here, though, because this issue — which I read an unfinished version of a few months back — is so good it has to be highlighted again. This is one of the better issues of any comic I’ve read in…years? It’s been a bit. But I have to warn you: This is not for the faint of heart. There’s a reason I told writer Deniz Camp at some point that this issue made me highly consider becoming a vegan. It’s brutal, both to the humans and animals in its pages. But it’s a hell of an achievement by an electric creative team that I wholeheartedly recommend.

Trade/Graphic Novel of the Week: Tokyo Alien Bros Vol. 2

This was a close call between another graphic novel that shows up in the next section, but when there’s a tough decision to make, my rule is tie goes to Keigo Shinzo. The mangaka behind my top comic of 2024 in Hirayasumi also has his already created series Tokyo Alien Bros. being released by Viz, and the first volume was a kooky delight with one of the most truly shocking scenes of any comic I’ve read in a long time (if you’ve read it, you know what I am talking about). The whole series is just three volumes long, so I’m excited to see what Shinzo cooks up with the two alien bros adjusting to life in Tokyo, with one taking to humanity far better than the other — or is he??? It’s a great manga series with the incredible art you’ve come to expect from Shinzo. I can’t wait to read it.