This Augusts comic selection includes several stories that bring back characters from the past.
Then theresWest Coast Avengers, which assembles some of Marvels newest and most offbeat superheroes into a brand-new formation.
Below, check out EWs selection of comics to check out this month.

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After both a second civil war anda secret empire, the Marvel superheroes are ready to start over again.
It will be very cosmic-y and very big, Slotttold EW last month.
After a brief detour into a parody version ofThe Sandman(very topical these days!)

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issue 3 ended with the new Black Hammer finally confronting Madame Dragonfly.
Its shocking to me how not sci-fi it feels right now, Bendis told EW in May.
I dont want it to happen, but I also cant stop writing about.

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It feels like an answer to what has happened to us as a country and a world.
Thankfully, though, those heroes adventures arent over yet.
Kelly Thompson (who wrote the canceledHawkeyeseries starring Kate Bishop) has assembled them all under one roof.

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Casellis expressive and zany art should be a good match for Thompsons witty writing, too.

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