Secret Wars comes to a beautiful close and more in last week's new comics

Last week, comic book fans were treated to a few teases on both sides of the court.

Though Secret Wars just concluded, Marvel is already prepping for its next major comic event, Civil War II, which is being teased to turn the ecosystem of superheroes on its head once again. While the original Civil War event dealt with the Superhero Registration Act, this year's event will be about the ethics behind stopping a crime you know will happen, before it happens.

On top of this, Marvel has unveiled two seemingly unrelated teaser posters, the first with the words "Dead No More" and the second with the words "Best Beware My Sting." Now, we know the second one has to do with the All-New Wasp, but who is coming back from the dead? Hmm.

In DC's court, we got a short look at the soundtrack for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Also, it looks like Chris Pine is pumped to play Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman and Amber Heard may be signed up as Mera for Aquaman.

No matter which side you're on, let's take a look at last week's offerings:

Marvel Comics

Secret Wars #9

Wow, what a journey it has been. When Secret Wars first launched, it came with the promise of a slew of resurrected events for tie-ins and a ton of content to go through. Sure, they delivered on that promise, but as things progressed the tie-ins felt more and more isolated and didn't offer anything to the greater narrative (unlike previous Marvel event tie-ins.)

But the Secret Wars main series always served to keep things trucking along. The art from Esad Ribic was in plain words magical and more than a joy to flip through multiple times. As writer Jonathan Hickman's story progressed we were made angry, sad, confused but remained captivated. And with the bow now on issue nine, we can see how things have come together.

This final issue is nigh perfect, and makes us just a little bit sad that Reed and crew are taking a break. But hey, at least we've still got Ben and Johnny, right?

All-New All-Different Avengers #3

It's about time that this new ragtag group of superheroes adopted the name 'Avengers.' In this issue, with the giant Chitauri menace now seemingly taken care of, Iron Man poses the question. While Steve Rogers has his Unity Squad and A.I.M. has the New Avengers, the world needs a main team, and who better to join than Kamala Khan, Miles Morales and Sam Alexander?

One thing to note about this series is how great its presentation is. The cover artist, Alex Ross, sucks in new readers without fail, and between Mark Waid's written understanding of these complex characters and Mahmud Asrar's keen art, this series is a standout.

All-New Wolverine #4

The first few issues of this series have been... on point, to say the least. Laura Kinney is a great choice to follow-up Wolverine. Her history as a clone turned daughter of his and her ability to channel rage is more than enough to prove her worthy of wearing the yellow and blue.

But with Kinney comes a deeper, more tragic story than we were often presented with Logan. In this issue, she heads to Doctor Strange to see if he can save the three clones of her who are dying for seemingly no reason. The reason? Nanobots, so Strange can't do too much. The next issue promises a Wasp/Wolverine team-up, and we couldn't be more excited to see how that plays out.

Other releases to look out for: All-New X-Men #3, Sam Wilson Captain America #4, All-New Hawkeye #3

DC Comics

Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion #1

When Green Lantern: Lost Army premiered early last year, the premise seemed too good to be true. It's an ensemble book featuring Green Lanterns Guy Gardner, John Stewart (No, not that one) and Simon Baz tracking down remaining members of the Corps so they can return to their home universe.

This miniseries serves as a culmination of that idea, and it's off to a pretty good start. The Lanterns have grown in size, and 15 or so of them are working on a way to get back to their time when two warriors dubbed 'champions' show up. They strike a flimsy deal and things go south from there. Let's just hope our favorite Lanterns can survive long enough to find the rest of the Corps.

Robin War #2

Robin War has been an interesting event. What started as a plot to bring all of the original Robins together ended up involving the army of Robins from We Are Robin, Robo-Batman and now the Court of Owls. Basically, the Owls want and need Dick Grayson to accept his fate as a member of the court. And we all know Grayson, he wants none of it.

Or does he? When Damian decides to join the Owls as a way of keeping his family alive, Red Robin and Red Hood (and the army of Robins) have to take him down and remind him who he is, and that it's up to Grayson to solve this problem once and for all. Unfortunately, we're left with a bit of a cliffhanger.

Superman American Alien #3

Man, Max Landis just keeps knocking it out of the park with young Supes, and he doesn't even have a costume yet. In this issue, Clark Kent wins an island vacation, but the plane crashes near a private yacht sailing the seas. Who's yacht is it? Bruce Wayne's.

But of course, Wayne is off training with the League of Assassins, so Kent does what any other small-town boy with superpowers would do, he pretends to be Bruce. He meets a girl, falls in love, tells her the truth, but then it's time for him to go. With the promise of more Batman as the series continue, this could be a Superman book for the ages. You go, Landis, you go.

Other releases to look out for: Batman and Robin Eternal #15, Batman Superman #28, New Suicide Squad #16

Winner - Marvel Comics

Even if we only gave Marvel one book this week in Secret Wars, the publisher would still take the top prize. The final issue to this series is more than enough to tide us over and keep us intrigued to whatever they have planned next. After years of set-up, we saw the end and the beginning of the Marvel Universe, and it was glorious.

And yes, maybe we did tear up just a little bit.

Indie Spotlight

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #0

This week, publisher BOOM! Studios gave us a treat in the form of a new Power Rangers comic book series, with the original cast of characters and everything. The twist? It's set in present day and it's really, really good.

Enlisting some top, upcoming talent and a killer art team, this series promises to tell the secret story of Tommy, the Green Ranger. I won't spoil too much, but if you're on the fence, check out this zero issue and decide whether or not this series is worth picking up when it premieres in March.

(Hint: It is. It's that good.)