From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the Multiverse, here's a look at the best comic book covers of the week!

Next weekend, the second now annualised Comic Con Africa kicks off, and fans are excited to attend, and mingle with the stars. Unfortunately, it seems a few of those stars are pulling out.

DC’s “Year of the Villain” begins its sin­ister conclusion! Lex Luthor has brought Perpetua back from her cosmic grave and restored her power! Now, the Multiverse lives in fear that she might wipe out all existence. The only thing that could stop her are the forces of the Dark Multiverse— which means it’s Luthor’s mission to defeat the Batman Who Laughs!

The most famous clown of all is without a doubt Pennywise. A terror beyond mortal reckoning, Pennywise is the apex predator of the clown species and perhaps Stephen King’s most famous creation. Immortalised by Tim Curry in the It mini-series originally, he’s had a resurgence of late thanks to a blockbuster film and a sequel which deserves no adjective. Bill Skarsgard put on a hell of a performance as the horror icon, and if you’re not too concerned about being choked to death in your sleep by tiny plastic hands, then you’ll probably want this collectible from Hot Toys:

From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the multiverse, here's a look at the best comic book covers of the week!

While I’m still trying to figure out how to accurately cosplay as Mysterio without suffocating to death on all the dry ice trapped within my mom’s fishbowl that I pilfered (REST IN PEACE SERGEANT FLIPPY!), owning a sixth-scale version of the truth-bending illusionist might just be the next best thing. Hot Toys has of course flexed their Marvel license, and they’ll be dropping their own take on the Spider-Man nemesis into stores soon enough.

Stuck in a reality where Superman had gone rogue, Bane was given a choice: Either serve the last son of Krypton as one of the enforcers of the Regime, or perish. Given free reign to begin a new war on Batman and the freedom to do so, Bane wisely chose to work for the Man of Steel as a lapdog. A dog with plenty of bite, as Storm Collectibles have taken that incarnation and given him a 12:1 scale makeover.

If you’re in the mood for everything from zombified superheroes running amok to supervillains being given the chance of a lifetime, horror from Joe Hill to the return of the best sleuth in the multiverse, then sit back and take a gander at what DC Comics still has in store for 2019!