Comic books in 'Binoculars', graded by CBCS

Written by Scott Snyder. Art by Rafael Albuquerque. Cover by Jorge Fornes. Its the beginning of the end. With their numbers cut and only hours left before the Earth cracks and humanity is conquered, the VMS has exhausted every smart defensive strategy. Their last hope is a marathon of increasingly desperate Hail Marys—culminating in a high-speed face-off with the Beast, freshly emerged from Hell in his terrifying final form. Before the score is settled, Travis taps into new powers to rally a surprising source of backup, Felicia takes control of the presidents nukes, Gus fights for freedom, and Skinner and Pearl rehearse an unthinkable farewell. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $4.99.

Written by Matt Kindt. Art by Tyler Jenkins. Cover by Matt Kindt. The team behind Grass Kings , reunite for a new ongoing series about a top-secret, elite branch of boy scouts tasked by the government to take on covert missions. Among their organization, the Black Badges are the elite; the best of the best. They are feared even by the other badges. The missions they take are dangerous, and they will only get worse as their leader's attention is split between their mission objectives and tracking down a lost team member. A team member who disappeared years ago, presumed dead. A haunting look at foreign policy, culture wars and isolationism through the lens of kids who know they must fix the worlds that adults have broken. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 15 Variant Cover. Written by Matt Kindt. Art and Cover by Tyler Jenkins. The team behind Grass Kings, reunite for a new ongoing series about a top-secret, elite branch of boy scouts tasked by the government to take on covert missions. Among their organization, the Black Badges are the elite; the best of the best. They are feared even by the other badges. The missions they take are dangerous, and they will only get worse as their leader's attention is split between their mission objectives and tracking down a lost team member. A team member who disappeared years ago, presumed dead. A haunting look at foreign policy, culture wars and isolationism through the lens of kids who know they must fix the worlds that adults have broken. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Arvind Ethan David. Art by Ilias Kyriazis. Cover by Robert Hack. A Spoon Too Short is Dirk Gently's most baffling and incomprehensible case. Inspired by the tantalizing alternative title for the Dirk adventure Douglas Adams was working on prior to his death, A Spoon Too Short follows the continuing adventures of the world's weirdest detective all the way to Africa! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Dustin Weaver and D.J. Bryant. Art and Cover by Dustin Weaver. A spy becomes involved with the subject of his surveillance in this issue's short story, 'An Empty Shell in the Ocean.' Then Tara heads deeper into the Shadow Zone where she battles Nerial pilots in a deadly dogfight and discovers an unbelievable binary planetary system while on her search for Amnia in 'Amnia Cycle,' Part Two. And we learn just how big the galaxy is in 'Sagittarius A*,' Part Three. 52 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $5.99.

Written by Peter Hogan. Art and Cover by Steve Parkhouse. A fiery explosion and a sudden death in the small town of Patience, Washington-but is it an accident or a calculated murder? The stranded alien who's known as Dr. Harry hunts for a dead drifter's daughter, and the local police look into a possible drug ring! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Jody Houser and Matthew Dow Smith. Art and Cover by Chris Fenoglio and Corin Howell. Before the FBI, before the X-Files, they were just two teenagers in search of the truth. On Martha's Vineyard, a strange encounter with a deaf girl sends 13-year-old Fox Mulder on the hunt for a mysterious signal. While in San Diego, young Dana Scully looks into a plane crash somehow tied to the man she helped put in jail. Two kids, two mysteries, one conspiracy that threatens the future of humanity. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.