The men and women who breathe colourful life into the art are some of the most unrecognised talents on the planet today. Colour makes a page pop, it makes a story sing and it conveys a certain mood.This month, Image Comics is looking to pay tribute to that talent with the #WeBelieve in Colourists (I am NOT spelling it as Colorist, sorry guys) initiative, that showcases just how varied the spectrum of skill is even when its applied to the exact same cover.

Expect the DC Universe to get a LOT bigger, wilder and crazier as new Justice Leagues rise to fight the good fight. Justice League: No Justice kicks off this May with a four-part mini-series that shows just how different the new DC status quo is now that the dust of Dark Nights Metal has settled.

To celebrate the enduring legacy of the Power Rangers, Boom! Studios is kicking off the year with Shattered Grid. It’s the first Power Rangers event for the series since the publisher started pushing out monthly issues of the superb series written by Kyle Higgins and drawn by talented artists such as Hendry Prasetya and Daniele Di Nicoulo, which opens with tragedy.

In a world where Apes wear modern clothes, drive modern cars and rule the late night talk show scene, the arrival of one man will forever change how Apes – and Humans – view themselves.

For the price of a cup of coffee, you can own a story in your hand. A story that you can not only read, but gawk at as page after page contains the most delightful art available in the finest of narrative mediums on shelves today. This week’s selection of comic books is about as eclectic as things come: DC kicks off the Milk Wars with the Doom Patrol running into the Justice League, really really ol’ Jack Burton has something to say and Deadpool is the biggest bastard around.

In April, as the mystery of Stark’s disappearance will be solved when the original Iron Man returns to action in Invincible Iron Man #599.

Humanity isn’t alone. In a universe of a trillion stars and even more planets, life always finds a way. Not a question of “if” but rather “when”, first contact will eventually be made between our species and visitors from another world. And when it happens, they’re going to have one hell of a deal to offer us as the galaxy expands in ways we never thought possible.

True romance never dies, as Gothic Tales of Haunted Love proves. It’s a revival, a tribute and a sequel to an age of underappreciated comic books. 200-plus pages of love being true, bitter and horrific.