BOOM! Previews: 2/5/25 New Releases
BRONZE FACES #1 (OF 6)
(W) Shobo & Shof (A) Alexandre Tefenkgi (CA) Shof
Soho, London. Childhood friends Timi, Sango, and Gbonka reunite on the eve of the British Museum's historic purchase of the works of Timi's father, the seminal Nigerian artist Adewale Balogun.
Timi has been invited as a "guest of honor," but what the Museum is heralding as a triumphant acquisition, the trio see as nothing short of brazen cultural theft. Emboldened by a night of drinking and shared outrage, they concoct a bold scheme... to steal back the artwork themselves!
But when they come into possession of a document called "the Register," outlining dozens of colonial-era stolen artifacts, their sights turn even higher to the Benin Bronzes - the British Museum's cache of nearly 1,500 works of art stolen from the Kingdom of Benin.
Celebrated authors Shobo & Shof Coker (New Masters) draw from their Nigerian heritage for the heist of a lifetime, joined by acclaimed artist Alexandre Tefenkgi (Once Upon a Time at the End of the World, The Good Asian).
Prepare for a story that's at once an exhilarating adventure and simultaneously a breathtaking descent into mythology, history, and the horrors of colonialism, perfect for celebrating the start Black History Month.
GRIM #21
(W) Stephanie Phillips (A/CA) Flaviano
Jess is enraged and ready to take on Annabel, restoring the balance with an army at her back. But will her anger be enough, even if it drives her more than a desire for the throne itself? The road to the end of GRIM begins here in an unmissable, unforgettable issue!
WHEN I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEE #2 (OF 5)
(W) Gus Moreno (A/CA) Jakub Rebelka
The mystery of Puerto Cristina deepens as the veteran exorcist and his apprentice are drawn to a remote farmhouse in the hopes of saving a young boy's soul.
What they find there, however, is an unimaginable nightmare, abominations of nature that the villagers believe is the work of a mythical creature called El Peuchen...
