Carol Danvers is still having trouble remembering moments from her past long after Rogue messed with her memory. Flashes are coming to her, but she is having trouble distinguishing between her real memories and the seventh sense that allows her to see into the future. Superhero friends like Tony Stark and Jessica Drew are trying to help her process what is happening. Meanwhile a group of low threat villains throw her for a loop, and a piece of evidence might help find some answers.

Matt Murdock has thrown himself into a new challenge by becoming a law professor at Empire State University. The job is already presenting some challenges – like contrary students and a fellow professor who doesn’t seem keen on having Matt and his public reputation at the school. Fortunately, Daredevil still has his tried and true evening exploits of stopping criminals from preying on the good citizens of Hell’s Kitchen. And that’s about the time for a mysterious villain to show up who presents new and unique challenges to the Man Without Fear.

Gaston is finally facing the repercussions for his pompous bravado and unapologetic lack of concern for the consequences of his actions. When he took the job of finding an alchemist deep in the forest, Gaston approached the job with his usual overconfidence, and paid the price. The crafty magical woman turned Gaston into a fuzzy little squirrel. 

In the aftermath of Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Legends mini-series further established DC’s new single universe and reintroduced the Charlton superheroes that DC Comics had acquired as part of it. Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle, was part of that.

Spinning out of the origin story from Solar, Man of the Atom – perhaps the best actual science fiction ever in a superhero title – one reality’s Erica Pierce kills her counterpart in another, setting off a chase that leads to the Lost Land, which she is worshipped as Mothergod. The heroes of the Valiant universe are gathered for the first time to fight her and her forces the everything the then-young company had been doing up to that point came together in the Unity event.

Included in this massive hardcover – the thickets volume in this series to date – are also Avengers-related issues such as Super-Villain Team-Up #9, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2, Marvel Premiere #35, #36, and #37 (3-D Man), and #49 (The Falcon), What If? #3 (Iron Avengers) and #9 (1950s Avengers) and material from Marvel Tales #100 (Hawkeye and the Two-Gun Kid) and Marvel Treasury Edition #13.

The Superman / Spider-Man special begins with Doctor Octopus working hard in his lab where he receives an invitation to do a little deadly science with a villain from Superman’s roster of foes. When radioactive material is stolen from a high tech facility, reporter Clark Kent and photographer Peter Parker travel to the facility to get the scoop.

Jack Griffin is a scientist with a high level of ambition and a low bar for ethics. He also has a lofty opinion of himself, disdain for his coworkers, and sociopathic tendencies. The combination quickly proves lethal in Universal Monsters The Invisible Man, which is now available in a hardcover collection.

Daniel Wise is a former police detective in a near-future Los Angeles, a city that has been victimized by terrorists who set off an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) and rendered the city without power. Months after the incident, electricity still won’t work in the affected area. Horses and walking are the preferred modes of transportation, lighting is by candles or sunlight, and much of the region has plunged into looting. Now the mayor has been kidnapped and Wise finds himself in the middle of it.

Angel and Faith are back, but not together, not even on the same continent. While delivering Giles to Buffy in the US, Faith has joined Kennedy for a mission and the possibility of joining her security organization Deepscan.

Kate Kane is in a bad place in the new Batwoman series. The first issue is set in an upscale health facility where she is being treated for both mental and physical wounds. Much of the issue is dedicated to a therapy session in which she expresses hopelessness and despair. Interspersed between those moments are scenes from her last, terrible fight with the chaotic villain Alice, who also happens to be Kate’s long-thought-dead twin sister Beth.

Detectives Macintosh and Skorzeny have finally had a break in the case of the missing boy, Billy Kinderman. And that break has led to a winding conversation with the Mad Hatter, filled with riddles and a sinister undertone. This is the first chapter in the “Unholy Ground” story arc and leaves readers with a genuinely surprising ending.