5. JUNGLE GIRL #1
Written by Frank Cho and Doug Murray; art by Adriano Batista, cover by Frank Cho
Dynamite Entertainment
$2.99

Not to be confused with Marvel's Sheena the She-Devil comic that writer/artist Frank Cho did recently we have a totally original creationy by Cho here that only looks exactly like Sheena and is only slightly different in concept. But what really matters is that Frank Cho knows how to deliver what his fans want - expertly drawn boobies. Yes, I know he doesn't draw the interiors of this book but it's got his signature in every crisp cleavage line.

Mysterious jungle islands, dinosaurs and leopard-skin clad buxom girls are a winning combination as Frank Cho knows very well.

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4. MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1
Written by Marc Guggenheim, Stuart & Kathryn Immonen, Stuart Moore, Rich Koslowski; Art by Stuart Immonen, Clayton Henry, Dave Wilkins
Marvel Comics
48 pgs | $3.99

Marvel has revived their anthology title with a new #1 issue and the opening chapters of 4 new stories featuring a nice mix of popular and somewhat obscure characters from their universe. There is of course an obligatory Spider-man story in which he finds himself whisked off to space. There's two stories that affect the Marvel Universe as a whole- one that explores the mystery of something called "The System" and the other a murder mystery involving a man named Damien Cross. Then there's the story that kind of excites me - a Hellcat story by the husband and wife team of Stuart and Kathryn Immonen. Hellcat probably was at the height of her relatively low popularity in the 1970s when she was a member of the Defenders and has been on the outskirts of the Marvel universe lately. Stuart Immonen has been adding his unique style to a number of Marvel books lately like Ultimate Spider-man and Nextwave. You can see a sneak peak of their story in the thumbnails below.

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3. CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1 OMNIBUS
Written by Ed Brubaker; art by Steve Epting
Marvel Comics
720 pgs | $74.99

This is the big ticket item of the week. Unless you avoid all news related to comics you probably know what happened to Captain America recently. What you may not know is that the Captain America comic has been one of Marvel's critical hits over the past couple of years thanks to new writer Ed Brubaker. With his penchant for street level crime drama and 70s-era action films, Brubaker turned Cap's book into a cinematic spy drama. Thanks to the realism of Steve Epting's art, reading this book is like watching a Captain America movie.

The first 25 issues of Brubaker's Captain America series is collected here plus the 65th anniversary special, the Winter Soldier special and some other extras. Lots of big things happen in this volume including the return of Cap's WWII partner Bucky and the big death in issue #25.

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2. DR. THIRTEEN: ARCHITECTURE AND MORTALITY
Written by Brian Azzarello; Art and Cover by Cliff Chiang
DC Comics
144 pgs | $14.99

Recently, DC relaunched their Tales of the Unexpected anthology with a main feature starring the Spectre which received very little acclaim. The surrpise hit of that book was the backup story about a little known DC occult character named Dr. Thirteen. Thanks to the creative team of Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets) and Cliff Chiang (Human Target) this 8-part story was quirky, fun and full of supernatural strangeness. Now you can enjoy it on its own, minus the dire and drab Spectre story that it was backing up.

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1. UMBRELLA ACADEMY #1
Written by Gerard Way; art by Gabriel Ba
Dark Horse
32 pgs | $2.99

Gerard Way, frontman for the band My Chemical Romance, is the latest rock star to make the step up into the sexy business of making comics (not too long ago we previewed a comic by the bassist of the band Low so it's a trend). Way's comic has been hotly anticipated and he is joined by a fantastic pair of artists: Gabriel Ba (Casanova) on interior art and James Jean (Fables) on covers.

The concept of Way's book is about a team of child superheroes who have grown up into dysfunctional adults and regroup after the death of their leader and "parent". There is lots of global threats as well as family bickering.