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Transhuman #1 by Jonathan Hickman and (Image comics)

What if Huxley’s Brave new world took place in today’s aggressive market economy and capital ventures? That’s the angle Jonathan Hickman chose for Transhuman. This first issue takes us through a documentary presenting the protagonists of a story that hasn’t begun yet. Hickman’s characters are less talkative than in Pax Romana or the Nightly news, but his itchy-direct-but-not-too-first-degree-society-criticizing style is still there.

All-Star Superman 10 by Grant Morisson and Frank Quitely (DC comics)

This is definitely one of the best super-heroes comics available these days. Morisson pictures Superman as a blue but not resigned dreamer who has only one year to live after having been exposed to too much solar radiations (thank you Lex Luthor). Quitely’s art is as always superb and matches Morisson’s poetic stories. Jim Grant’s digital coloring also adds to the melancholic mood of this great take on the Man of Steel that will unfortunately be completed with issue 12.