Zenith's backstory begins in World War Two, where British scientists have created a superhuman called Maximan to combat the Nazi menace and their evil creation, Masterman. The two are killed when the US drops an A-bomb on Berlin (sparking a hilarious letter from a po-faced reader correcting Tharg on his facts about which cities actually got flattened by atomic bombs), but the British government continues its research into eugenics, and seven babies are born after the war who grow up to become the supergroup Cloud Nine.

Indie comics auteur and Silverfish creator David Lapham hasn’t embarked on a monthly series since Stray Bullets, his magnum opus that garnered industry awards and international acclaim. Now Lapham’s back with Young Liars, his first full-color monthly series, about a group of misfits and their desperate attempt to salvage their crushed dreams.

Between writer Geoff Johns's Blackest Night and Blackest Night: Green Lantern hardcovers, the former is obviously the "parent" volume. Blackest Night has a handful of holes where events happen in other titles, but can more or less be read as a complete story beginning to end;

NME is a British weekly music magazine. Featuring agenda-setting news, the UK’s most comprehensive gig guide, definitive reviews of the week’s hottest gigs, tracks and albums, and fiery comment from the nation’s most opinionated writers, it’s the essential guide to the week in music.

Kind of a waste of purchase from a Phantom Stranger POV, but the story's a lot of fun, plus there's a great back-up drawn by Jill Thompson, and a killer pin-up by Brian Bolland.