H.G. WELLS’ WAR OF THE WORLDS ADAPTED AND RELEASED BY TITAN COMICS
FRESH TAKE ON THE STORY OF HMS THUNDER CHILD, COMING JUNE 2026
Titan Comics’ War of the Worlds: Thunder Child graphic novel follows the crew of the eponymous ironclad torpedo ram, the HMS Thunder Child, as they face the Martian invaders from H.G. Wells’ classic 1898 science-fiction tale War of the Worlds. Set to be released in March 2026, the story unfolds against the backdrop of strange occurrences, culminating in the Thunder Child’s final heroic showdown.
This is a terrifying and thrilling story soaked in blood, sacrifice, and loss – the first act in a new take on the well-known classic, featuring a unique cast and its own story to tell. It is a tale of horrors and conflicts of the crew as they experience the first desperate days of the Martian invasion and face the possible collapse of civilisation itself, threatened both from the stars… and from within.
The team working on War of the Worlds: Thunder Child share an impressive background. Writers Matt Hardy (Cadavers, Last Exit to Brighton) and Rob Jones (Hell in Stalingrad) teamed up with artist Kevin Castaniero (The Reason for Dragons, Cocaine Disco) to bring to life this dramatic original graphic novel that parallels the events in the classic story.
“We set out to make this both a contemporary piece that could be accessible to new readers whilst also something that fans of the book, the musical, or any other adaptation of Wells’ work would enjoy,” said artist Rob Jones about adapting H. G. Wells’ classic.
Matt Hardy, the writer and editor behind War of the Worlds: Thunder Child, emphasised how the artwork enhances the story: “Kevin Castaniero’s detailed, sometimes brutal art and his ability to convey the painful emotions have elevated the impact of our story and its power to resonate with readers.”
The graphic novel will come with a special DM edition cover by Norm Konyu (Downlands), which will be exclusive for comic shops.
WAR OF THE WORLDS: THUNDER CHILD is on sale June 2, 2026!
PRAISE FOR THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: THUNDER CHILD VOL. 1...
“A gripping story with a fantastic cast and a great respect for the source material. 5/5” Mark Scott (Big Comic Page)
“Offering stunning art, a great-looking story, Thunder Child is a tensely enthralling sci-fi steampunk adventure drama, with a cast of complex characters.” Down The Tubes
“There is a blockbuster feel…a big budget vibe that sometimes only comics can accomplish.” SHIFT
“For comic readers, it's recommended. For Wells fans, it's essential. All aboard the Thunder Child!” Altered Instinct
ABOUT THE CREATORS
Matthew Hardy’s writing credits include Cadavers, Last Exit to Brighton, Madhouse, Murder Most Mundane and the upcoming Vehi-Killer. A graduate of Andy Schmidt’s Comic Experience class and founder of Mad Robot Comics. He can be found on X at @MattPHardy.
Rob Jones has lettered work for comic publishers and has co-written Hell in Stalingrad and Thunder Child. He can be found on X at @RobJonesWrites.
Kevin Castaniero is a freelance illustrator hailing from Atascadero, California. He has done backup stories for several books, including The Reason for Dragons, Cocaine Disco and Death Saves II. He can be found on Instagram as @Countpagan.
MASK #1
Writer: Dan Watters
Artist: Pye Parr Pye Parr
40 pages, $4.99
NEW SERIES
THE NEXT PHASE OF THE ENERGON UNIVERSE STARTS HERE!
The world is becoming a terrifying place. Matt Trakker needs your help saving it. Enter M.A.S.K. -- a network of specialists recruited to respond to the next global emergency. At a moment’s notice, Trakker and his agents can deploy bleeding-edge technology that converts their vehicles--and their drivers--into the ultimate weapon. But Miles Mayhem and V.E.N.O.M. are one step ahead in a secret arms race, scouring the globe for deadly weapons from this planet and beyond, ready to sell out the entire human race. Only M.A.S.K. can stop them… but will Trakker’s own secrets jeopardize their entire mission? Powerhouse creators DAN WATTERS and PYE PARR launch the most anticipated new series of the year, where anyone--and everyone--in the Energon Universe must join the fight for humanity’s survival. This is the first-ever Energon Universe blind?bag?program. The blind?bags will include a chance to get ANY of the solicited M.A.S.K. #1 covers, A-K, intermixed at varying degrees of rarity. However, there are rare SURPRISE variant covers related to the Energon Universe that can be found in these blind?bags. Those SURPRISE covers will not be announced publicly in advance of the M.A.S.K. #1 release.
First Look: Superstar Creator Matt Kindt Declassifies MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 – Coming in June!
Kindt’s Acclaimed FLUX HOUSE Imprint Debuts at Oni Press in June with an All-New, Self-Contained Entry Point into a World of Psychic Spies, Psychological Subterfuge & Sabotage by Subversion
“You Are Reading MIND MGMT Again … Or Is It Reading You?”
PORTLAND, ORE (February 5, 2026) NEW AGENTS. NEW MISSION. NEW BEGINNING. … Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – and Flux House are proud to reveal your first look inside of MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of an all-new, entirely self-contained entry point into the genre-bending, Eisner Award-nominated series that Entertainment Weekly calls “one of the most experimental and fascinating books in mainstream comics.” Sit back, relax, and feel your pulse steadily escalate to dangerous levels of over-adrenalized anxiety as New York Times best-selling creator and multiple Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Matt Kindt returns to the scene of his definitive statement on the art of psychic espionage.
Ten years ago, the extra-governmental agency known as Mind Management exploded in a barrage of bullets and brain matter. Those that survived have gone underground – forging new lives with unremarkable identities and falsified pasts to obfuscate the strange abilities that once made them highly prized assets in the global war for psychic control. Now, two investigators – Detective Delphi and Detective Swan – have found themselves at the center of an unexpected puzzle. Here: A man poisoned in a coffee shop with a sophisticated neurotoxin. There: A supposed suicide victim run over by a train … with his arms found in a trashcan five miles from the tracks. Their connection: Someone is killing former Mind Management agents in improbable and arcane ways … Seemingly impossible crimes committed by a faceless killer capable of evading even the most pervasive digital surveillance. What secret are they killing to protect? Who will be next? Has Mind Management returned? Did it ever go away? You are paranoid … but are you paranoid enough?
“If you have followed Matt Kindt’s work at any point over his wide-ranging, 20-plus year career, you have undoubtedly seen slivers of his genius embedded in everything from blockbusters like BRZRKR to brain-bending mysteries like DEPT. H and GILT FRAME. But even with a litany of hits, awards, and accolades behind him, I dare say that MIND MGMT is the best and most powerful example of Matt’s relentlessly innovative, hyper-powered creativity as both a writer and cartoonist – and, with his new series at Oni, you’ll soon see why,” said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson. “A perfect introduction for first-time readers and a concentrated dose of retroactive obsession for longtime fans, you’ll soon see why MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED is the perfect opening salvo for the new Flux House line at Oni Press.”
The first series to be released under Kindt’s acclaimed FLUX HOUSE banner at Oni Press, MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED marks Kindt’s first ongoing return to the world of MIND MGMT since the original series’ conclusion in 2015. Readers with a strong enough pineal fortitude can take an experimental test dose of FLUX HOUSE’s mind-altering effects on Free Comic Book Day 2026 as Oni Press prepares to release the MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIAL, which will feature TWO, ALL-NEW STORIES torn from the pages of Kindt's first two shrapnel-laced new series under the FLUX HOUSE banner at On Press: MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 in June, and FORT PSYCHO #1 with co-creator/artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun) in August.
MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 will arrive in comic shops in June 2026.
MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1
WRITTEN BY MATT KINDT
ART BY MATT KINDT
COVER A (DIE-CUT) BY MATT KINDT
COVER B BY J.H. WILLIAMS III
COVER C BY BLIND BAG ($7.99)
VARIANT COVER (1:100) BY PATRICIA MARTIN
ORIGINAL ART SKETCH COVER (1:250) BY MATT KINDT
BLANK SKETCH COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
ON SALE JUNE 24TH, 2026 | $5.99 | 32 PGS. | FC
THE RING AND DARK HORSE COMICS ANNOUNCE A NEW EIGHT-ISSUE SERIES “THE RING: THE MAN WHO BEAT THE MAN”
MILWAUKIE, Ore., (April 17, 2026)— Ring Magazine known as The Bible of Boxing for more than a century, is stepping into the world of comics through a new partnership with Dark Horse Comics, launching an eight-issue series that explores boxing’s timeless pursuit of the true champion.
Written by Gail Simone and illustrated by Elisa Romboli, with colors and lettering by Iolanda Zanfardino, and series covers by Oliver Barrett, The Ring: The Man Who Beat The Man blends the drama of the fight game with a fictional look inside the sport’s global chase for boxing’s top prize.
Produced in coordination with the editorial leadership at the Ring Magazine, the series’ first issue will be released in June 2026.
The story follows veteran Ring Magazine journalist Cameron Duggan and rising broadcast personality Lisa Wolfe, a former podcaster who has transitioned into television commentary. As the pair travel the boxing world covering a new wave of contenders chasing championship glory, they encounter the ambition, rivalries and politics that shape the sport at its highest level.
Each fighter approaches the pursuit differently, but the goal remains the same, reach the top of the sport and prove himself as the man who beat the man. As Duggan and Wolfe document the journey of these fighters, they also find themselves navigating the pressures and personalities that surround the sport.
The Ring: The Man Who Beat The Man #1 (of 8) will be available in comic shops and bookstores on June 3, 2026, with a cover price of $4.99. Visit Find your comics store (FYCS) for more details and stores near you.
Aoashi (3-in-1 Edition) Vol. 1 (Vols. 1-3)
Volume 1 of the Aoashi Omnibus from Titan Manga collects and translates Volumes 1-3 of the original award-winning Japanese manga series.
To the world stage! Glory and ambition lie ahead of young Ashito Aoi as he takes the first steps to becoming a pro soccer player. But after being catapulted into a new harsh environment, can he hold onto his spider’s thread and climb his way to the top?
A fateful encounter on Futami Beach in Ehime, Japan leads to the meeting between Fukuda Tatsuya; once a rising star and a player on the cusp of greatness whose career ended all too soon, and Aoi Ashito; a brash and hot-headed striker who loves soccer despite his selfish tendencies.
After being selected to try out for the Tokyo City Esperion Youth club, Ashito Aoi stakes his future on the chance to create a better life for his single mother and older brother, all while realizing his own shortcomings and dealing with the highly competitive world of J-Youth Soccer.
With a mix of competitive high school soccer and a true-to-life representation of soccer and youth academies, Aoashi volume 1 starts the journey of the award-winning manga series.
DOCTOR WHO: THE FIFTEENTH DOCTOR: THE PRISON PARADOX VOL. 2
Author: Dan Watters
Artist: Sami Kivela
Publisher: Titan Comics
SC, 112 pages, FC, $17.99
ISBN: 9781787748439
On sale June 16, 2026
The Doctor and Belinda star in a spectacular new adventure as they encounter new foes and new friends aboard an inescapable prison facility in a forgotten part of the universe.
The Doctor continues his adventures through time and space alongside a team of allies from across the universe, fellow prisoners held captive in a maximum security space prison! Each has a story to tell and a role to play in uncovering the mysteries of their incarceration.
ANNIE THE ADIPOSE: The Adipose are a parasite race, only able to reproduce through the death of others. When discovered they are euthanized or imprisoned to prevent interplanetary epidemics. Conviction: Existence as a parasitic lifeform.
H-8 THE CYBORG: A ship of Theseus of pilfered cybernetics, H-8 doesn’t remember what part of him is biological anymore, or what species he started out as. A hulking being obsessed with firepower, he’s bristling with weapons- including a Dalek gun attached to his arm! Despite this, he’s surprisingly affable. You’d like him. Conviction: Weapons theft.
FELIK THE SLITHEEN: Embarrassed by her family’s history, Felik fled them to become the pirate scourge of two galaxies. Endlessly hunted by her own kind. Conviction: Piracy.
MEEZAN THE TENTACULON: An aquatic squid being made entirely out of twisting tentacles; Meezan is the last of her kind and very sad about it. After her underwater planet became a desert, she returned to try and flood it. Which was not taken well by the land-dwelling species that had come to settle there. Conviction: Attempted terraforming without a permit.
Marvel's Venom: The First 40 Years
Author: Titan
Publisher: Titan Comics
SC, 128 pages, FC, $7.99
ISBN: 9781806182787
On sale June 30, 2026
A celebration of 40 years of Marvel’s strangest, deadliest, and funniest anti-hero: Venom!
This deluxe book explores the comic book history of Venom, from his origins as a foe in the Spider-Man comic book to his greatest battles, deadliest enemies, and his unlikeliest allies. Lavishly illustrated with stunning art, this tribute to one of Marvel’s most iconic characters also includes profiles of the talented creators behind Marvel’s deadliest anti-heroes’ ongoing adventures.
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