There are press releases for a lot of this material in Comics for April 2026.
TOP PUBLISHERS
NO. 1: DC COMICS
BIZARRO: YEAR NONE #1 (OF 4)
(W) Kevin Smith, Eric Carrasco (A/CA) Nick Pitarra
KEVIN SMITH, ERIC CARRASCO, AND NICK PITARRA TELL THE INDEFINITIVE ORIGIN OF SUPERMAN'S BESTEST ENEMY EVER! This am how Bizarro got finished! Kevin Smith and Eric Carrasco team up with visionary artist Nick Pitarra to tell the definitive, indefinitive origin of the beloved backward bad boy! When Superman's pal Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent's boss Perry White leave the Planet for a strange adventure in outer space, they discover a dimension that mimics Metropolis and reveres its legendary newspaper as an article of faith! But is the being behind it all a Superman fan, a creature of chaos, or is he no one at all? Don't be a square: buy Bizarro: Year None!
This looks like fun.
JSA #18
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Gavin Guidry (CA) Dave Johnson
YEAR ONE CONCLUDES! Year One comes to an end as the greatest heroes of the Golden Age assemble to face down this devious threat plaguing Gotham City and all of America!
if you've been following my JSA re-read, you know where this story stands — and my predictions for how it will end. I hope for a few twists that I don't expect, but there won't be a lot of room left over after all the story I do expect.
MAD ABOUT DC #1 (ONE SHOT)
(W) The Usual Gang Of Comic Book Creators Who Needed The Extra Money (A) The Usual Gang Of Comic Book Creators Who Needed The Extra Money (CA) Dan Panosian
LOOK, IT'S NOT FARTACULAR BUT THEN AGAIN WHAT IS? Chip Zdarsky is a funny guy. Remember when he made that whole April Fools' gag comic with rub 'n' smell farts? Oh, wait, that was me, DC Comics E-I-C Marie Javins. Chip was the one saying, I'd turn back if I were you, but he couldn't stop me. Editors are a self-destructive lot. Which is why this year, I said, I give up, you do it, Chip, you are so much funnier and prettier and also better with cats than I am. And look, he went and did it. Chip demoted himself to editor. Chip is turning the DC universe on its ear and bringing you savage mockery of all we hold dear, and he is assisted in this brutal task by Matt Fraction, Gail Simone, Skottie Young, and many, many more. Next year? Back to farts. Includes MAD favorite Sergio Aragones with A MAD Look at Comic Book Stores, Guy vs. Spy by Jim Zub and Ramon Perez, and a DC Fold-In by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne. Plus a slew of MAD-style parodies of all DC Comics you hold dear, and some you've always hated anyway. MAD About DC #1 will fulfill your every comic book dream, or at least three or four of them.
I outgrew MAD in the '70s, and remember how crestfallen I was when I realized it. I still say MAD should be required reading in middle school civics classes. If there are middle school civics classes. Because all Americans should learn to question authority, which has a tendency to metastasize when it's not challenged.
Where was I? Oh yeah,MAD ABOUT DC #1. Grown-up or not, I admit I'm tempted by this one.
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #18
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: BOOK OF EL #7 (OF 12)
BATGIRL #18
BATMAN #8
BATMAN/STATIC BEYOND #5 (OF 6)
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #50
POISON IVY #43
BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED COMPENDIUM TP
BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS TP
BATMAN: R.I.P. ABSOLUTE EDITION HC
BATMAN THE GOLDEN AGE OMNIBUS HC VOL 03 (2026 EDITION)
DC FINEST: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA — STARRO THE CONQUEROR TP: This book collects the first JLA adventures, which I already have in several formats already. Still tempted to re-visit these old favorites, though!
GREEN ARROW (2023) TP VOL 05 CRIMSON SANDS
SUPERGIRL (2025) TP VOL 01 MISADVENTURES IN MIDVALE
WONDER WOMAN: SPIRIT OF TRUTH HC (2026 EDITION): I bought all these Paul Dini/Alex Ross JLA books when they first came out in softcover, and I've always been reluctant to embark on a re-purchase of all of them in hardback. I sure would like them, though, as the softcovers won't survive very many re-reads.
NO. 2: MARVEL COMICS
Writer: Stephanie Phillips
Penciller: Lee Garbett
Cover Artist: Mark Bagley, Lee Garbett, Mike Hawthorne, Mike Henderson, Dave Johnson, Greg Land, Alex Maleev, Justin Mason, Frank Miller, Dan Panosian, Bill Sienkiewicz, Cory Smith, Pete Woods
YOU CAN BURY THE BODIES, BUT NEVER THE GHOSTS! Hell's Kitchen is full of secrets -- but no secret stays buried for long! As a fearsome new super villain named OMEN has targeted MATT MURDOCK, it will be his alter-ego DAREDEVIL who takes the hits! BUT BEWARE! This mysterious new player isn't all that they appear -- a secret Daredevil will have to learn quickly as he scrambles to settle into a life and status-quo we've NEVER SEEN HIM IN BEFORE! Look alive, Marvelites, an all-new and unprecedented era of DAREDEVIL starts right here!
Marvel hasn't put out a bad Daredevil series in a long time, going from strength to strength.
Writer: Gerry Duggan
Penciller: Mark Buckingham
Cover Artist: Paulo Siqueira
LIGHTS, CAMERA, SUPER-HERO ACTION! SIMON WILLIAMS has had his ups and down, from being manipulated into villainy by the Enchantress, to being one of the brightest stars in the Avengers! But just like HOLLYWOOD, no matter how low the lows, Simon keeps fighting the good fight! But what happens when the past finally catches up to him? Enter Randolph Chancellor: Simon's former cellmate! A true love letter to L.A. as well as the history of WONDER MAN, Legendary artist MARK BUCKINGHAM joins Marvel Mainstay GERRY DUGGAN!
Strangely, I don't think I got a press release on this one. But that's a solid creative lineup. While I've never been much of a Wonder Man fan, Duggan and Buckingham are the kind of guys who can turn me into one.
ALIEN: KING KILLER #1
ALL-NEW SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST SPIDER #9
CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK PAST #1: Are they re-writing Carol Danvers' past again? Maybe Marvel should hire Tom King to make this character interesting to me.
DEADPOOL: APRIL POOL'S DAY (2026) #1: If you're in the mood.
DOCTOR STRANGE (2025) #5
ETERNALS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (2026) #1
LOGAN: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD (2026) #4
MARVEL RIVALS: DUEL OF KINGS (2026) #1
NOVA: CENTURION (2025) #6: I thought this was canceled with issue #5. Maybe it's going to #10.
VENOM (2025) #256
X-MEN (2024) #28
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. OMNIBUS
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION: ABSOLUTE VISION
MARVEL STUDIOS' THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS -- FAMILY PORTRAITS: PHOTOS FROM THE SET (HARDCOVER)
STAR WARS: LEGACY OF VADER -- THE REIGN OF KYLO REN VOL. 2 (TRADE PAPERBACK)
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VOL. 2: LOGAN (TRADE PAPERBACK)
NO. 3: IMAGE COMICS
GHOST MACHINE THE OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK #1 (OF 5) CVR A GARY FRANK & BRAD ANDERSON WRAPAROUND
(W) Geoff Johns, Brad Meltzer, Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul (A) Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Brad Anderson (CA) Gary Frank, Brad Anderson
How hot does Geiger burn? What is the Committee on Spectral Affairs? Did George Washington really die? This new limited series collects all-new entries teasing tantalizing stories to come, as well as updated goods on Ghost Machine’s characters from across its hit titles beginning with The Unnamed Universe from GEIGER, JUNKYARD JOE, and REDCOAT! With interior character art from Ghost Machine’s all-star artists, don’t miss the outstanding classic homage covers that let you decide what ’80s inspired guidebook look you want to collect! This initial volume covers the first half of the world of The Unnamed from Albert Einstein to the High Plains Zoo!
The Ghost Machine books are very professionally crafted, with terrific art across the board. And I enjoyed the first Geiger, Redcoat and Hyde Street storylines. I haven't read Junkyard Joe yet, but it's in the Wall of Shame, so I'll get there. The only hitch in the giddy-up is the line doesn't seem to have a central, breakout book yet. They're all very good, but none are great. Maybe that's enough.
As you can see below, two variant covers mimic the trade dress for Marvel's Official Guidebook and DC's Who's Who.
Here's a late press release.
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO SSSILENT MISSIONS BARONESS #1 (ONE SHOT)
Your First Look at G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Baroness #1 by Joëlle Jones & Declan Shalvey
Cobra's Iconic Baroness Executes Her Mysterious Mission on April 1
LOS ANGELES 03/05/2026 — Today Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with leading games, IP and toy company Hasbro, revealed a first look at interior pages from G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Baroness #1, an all-new one-shot debuting for Skybound’s Silent Missions month. From the talented team of writer/artist Joëlle Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and writer Declan Shalvey (Mystique), G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Baroness #1 hits comic book shops on April 1.
The face of comic books changed forever when G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #21 introduced fans to the “Silent Interlude,” an action-packed story with no dialogue. This April, Silent Missions Month returns for a second year, but with a new twist: the focus turns to Cobra as its most lethal members take center stage in a new series of silent, high-stakes stories, featuring superstar creators.
In this standalone thriller, the BARONESS must prevent Cobra intelligence from falling into the hands of G.I. Joe... and Destro?
In addition to the main cover by Joëlle Jones, the lineup of variant covers includes an open to order cover by Jorge Fornés (Rorschach), a 1:10 incentive black and white version of Jones’ cover, and the beginning of the 1:25 incentive foil letter cover series by Fornés, ultimately spelling COBRA.
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions - Baroness #1 is the first of five all-new Silent Missions one-shots, each releasing on a Wednesday this April, from an elite assembly of talent including Gabriel Hardman, Jöelle Jones & Declan Shalvey, Pat Olliffe & Tom DeFalco, Howard Porter, and Jorge Fornés.
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Baroness #1 (Lunar Codes Below| $3.99, unless otherwise noted) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
KILROY IS HERE (ONE SHOT)
(W) Joe Pruett (A/CA) Dalibor Talajic
Throughout history, KILROY, a being of unknown origin and power, has been cursed to wander the Earth, avenging the innocent and protecting the weak, always leaving his trademark signature “Kilroy Was Here” to mark his presence. But what if his life has been a lie? The war to end all wars is imminent. Which side will he choose? From Eisner Award winner JOE PRUETT (VIKING MOON, VOICES IN MY HEAD, X-Men) and legendary artist DALIBOR TALAJIC (Deadpool, THE KIDS, Hit-Monkey) comes this tale of timeless horror. What would you do if you could decide the fate of the world?
ROYALS #1 (OF 6)
(W) Derek Kirk Kim (A/CA) Jacob Perez
MINISERIES PREMIERE Twin brothers Paul and Castor have crafted the perfect poker hustle using their uncanny telepathic connection. But they might have finally met their match when they risk it all against the leader of the Bloody Cocks, the most ruthless criminal syndicate in Seoul. Eisner Award-winning writer DEREK KIRK KIM (THE LAST MERMAID, Same Difference) and rising star artist JACOB PEREZ (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) invite you to the shadowy back alleys of Seoul, South Korea, for a thrilling, mind-bending crime caper unlike any other!
Telepathic Korean poker. Wouldn't have been my first choice for a comic book premise.
MORE IMAGE
GI JOE TP VOL 03
INVINCIBLE OMNIBUS HC VOL 01
KAYA #34
THE SACRIFICERS #20
THE WALKING DEAD DELUXE #134
NO. 4: IDW PUBLISHING
CASEY JONES #6
GODZILLA #9
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES VOL. 9 (THE IDW COLLECTION)
TMNTxGODZILLA #5
NO 5: DARK HORSE
GROO: THE PROPHECY #1
Groo and Rufferto travel far over the land and across an ocean to get away from those who fear Groo and his infamous bad luck. Our hungry pair of adventurers seems to be running toward catastrophe, though! The priestess Sybilia has visions of terror after terror arriving to her village—with only Groo also arriving to seemingly save her townspeople! Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier deliver another wild Groo ride, with Eisner Award-winning lettering by Stan Sakai and exquisite colors by Carrie Strachan!
A new Groo tale of prophecy and catastrophe—as only Groo brings!
By hilarious comics maestro Sergio Aragonés with longtime collaborator Mark Evanier!
New Groo is always welcome. I have all the Groo miniseries complete through, I dunno, mid-2010s? And I have a few stray TPBs. I think, though, I'd rather have compendia, if any exist.
MORE DARK HORSE
AVATAR: THE GAP YEAR -- TIPPING POINT #6
MAGIC: THE GATHERING: UNTOLD STORIES -- JACE #1
MINOR THREATS: THE LAST DEVIL LEFT ALIVE #4
COLLECTIONS
THE GIRL WHO DRAWS ON WHALES TPB
URI TUPKA AND THE GODS: ANOTHER STORY FROM LANDS UNKNOWN HC
THE WITCHER VOLUME 10: THE BEAR AND THE BUTTERFLY TPB
NO. 6: BOOM! STUDIOS
BOOM! has been bought out by Penguin Random House, and is in the process of being absorbed. Yes, a lot of people are being fired. I don't know if BOOM! is currently releasing any books or not, as the website hasn't been updated in a while.
NO. 7: DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: THE SHIVER OF CHRISTMAS TOWN #4
NO. 8: VIZ MEDIA
None this week.
NO. 9: ONI PRESS
BLOOD TYPE TP: I read this in five-dollar-unit form. It's a spin-off from Epitaphs from the Abyss, which featured a vampire named Ada, whose distinguishing trait is her black humor. In this story she finds herself in a Caribbean tourist trap, where there's a meaner, older predator hiding. It was OK, but I wouldn't recommend it to the casual reader.
CRUEL UNIVERSE #2 (OF 9)
(W) Jeff Jensen, Greg Pak, Allen Wu (A) Daniel Gete, David Lapham (CA) Miguel Mercado
Dear reader: Surrender your hopes and dreams to UTTER ANNIHILATION as the notorious EC Comics wrenches away the controls for a one-way collision with the nearest solar body! Feel the burn as we turn the temperature up to ONE MILLION DEGREES with all-new talks of science-fiction subversion from corrosive cosmonauts Jeff Jensen (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss), Greg Pak (Planet Hulk), and Allen Wu (My Internet Friends), alongside fellow agents of artistic atomization Daniel Gete (Skin Police), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), and many more! Soon you will all discover just where the road to humanity’s hubris leads . . . and—spoiler alert—it all ends in FIRE!
NO. 10: KODANSHA
SENPAI IS AN OTOKONOKO: MY CROSSDRESSING CLASSMATE 5
THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME 29
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS: FOUR KNIGHTS OF THE APOCALYPSE 21
OTHER PUBLISHERS
ABRAMS
STYLE CODES HC TAYLOR SWIFT A GUIDE TO DRESSING LIKE A FASHION ICON
(W) Hannah Rogers
Bring you eras to life with inspiration and practical advice from the signature looks and glamorous wardrobe of Taylor Swift Calling all Swifties! Pop legend Taylor Swift is known for her iconic style transformations for each album, both her lyrics and outfits are a beloved part of the performance. From chapter to chapter, learn how to incorporate elements of Taylor Swift’s wardrobe into your own style. From her teenage country days to her bejeweled bodysuits and notable red lip, Swift’s silhouettes, color palettes, and aesthetics bring her eras to life. Are you feeling FEARLESS in cowboy boots and a sundress?Are you feeling like a LOVER in pastels and soft silhouettes?Are you feeling RED in a bold lip and retro sunglasses?Are you feeling EVERMORE in a cozy cardigan and braids?Style Codes: Taylor Swift is filled with practical tips, anecdotes, and inspiration to not only incorporate elements of Swift’s fashion legacy into your own wardrobe, but how to be fearless and tell your own style love story.
I'm posting this as a public service, in case anyone feels the need to jazz up their wardrobe.
AHOY COMICS
BABS: THE BLACK ROAD SOUTH #3 (OF 6)
(W) Garth Ennis (A/CA) Jacen Burrows
On their quest down the demon-cursed Black Road South, Babs and Izzy face murderous creatures, a murderous hobbit who’s into bondage, and a couple of particularly murderous, impossible-not-to-mock examples of cosmetic surgery attached to a narcissistic swordswoman! Is all of this stress worth the treasure that might await at road’s end? Of course. It’s treasure!
The only problem with this book is each issue ends too fast.
MORE AHOY
TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #8
ANTARCTIC PRESS
COSPLAYER VERSUS SHARK #1 (ONE SHOT)
(W) Pat Jankiewicz (A/CA) Shaun Spanky Piela
When a beloved comic book creator is devoured by a massive shark, several cosplayers join a has-been TV superhero to catch the killer! Created by Saturn Award-nominated author/actor Pat Jankiewicz, COSPLAYER! VERSUS SHARK is Antarctic Press's deep dive into the Jaws of Terror!
This is why there are comics.
FANTAGRAPHICS
(W/A/CA) Marcello Quintanilha
In 1950s Brazil, somewhere by the beach, not far from Rio, Hélcio, a young and promising soccer player, and his friend Noël, spot someone fishing with dynamite. They decide to take a boat and steal some of the dead fish to make some money. The boat trip turns into a perilous journey as the two thieves embark on an adventure that will challenge their friendship. Inspired by the life of Marcello Quintanilha’s father, Hélcio Quintanilha, this graphic novel is both a suspenseful thriller and a breathtaking story about friendship. In The Lights of Niteroi, internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Marcello Quintanilha returns to the city where he was born and raised. He dives into the waters of Guanabara Bay and crafts a plot based on real events that took place in the 1950s. It’s an adventure full of suspense, involving fishermen, soccer, the Brazilian feminist and striptease artist Luz del Fuego, and the first naturist camp in Brazil. Translated by the author with Bruna Dantas Lobato.
(W) Monte Schulz (A) Monte Schulz (CA) Hieronymus Bosch
Once there was a republic of boundless wonder and achievement whose bright horizon had gone dark, soiled by a populace it imagined as undisciplined, unhealthy, feebleminded, and whose very existence stained and subverted a great society. A solution appeared in the furious logic of Biological Dominion that named the ineffectual and weak, the criminally deformed and unwell, as the root cause of this decline. Now, imagine laws conceived in the high halls of government to rid this society of millions deemed infected by a curious disease supposedly responsible for that poverty of health and morality. Next, imagine those millions considered to be unfit and unworthy for daily life loaded onto freight trains and ushered away to perish in distant woods and fields. Imagine more thousands chased into the vast underground of labyrinthine caves and dark catacombs beneath vibrant city streets and lovely city parks to wither away and die. Undercity collects the voices of brave survivors, of those who’ve refused to submit to the indignities of eugenical persecution, the horror of gas chambers, and relentless warfare in rural provinces. Some of these stories demonstrate the moral disaster of eugenics, while others tell of courage and love and that indomitable magic of the human spirit that refuses to be silenced in the face of unspeakable crimes. Perhaps Undercity is a warning to us, as well, that what we might think is unimaginable needs only apathy and inattention to arise.
HARPER/COLLINS
SIMPSONS COMICS COLOSSAL COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01
(W/A/CA) Matt Groening
The Simpsons notoriety will be hard to keep under wraps with this brand new collection of comic stories that will catapult them once again onto the world stage. This new series, Colossal Compendium, will maintain the same recognizable series name throughout its run. Each volume will also have a unique name and volume number. Each collection will have a minimum of 5 comics, chosen carefully and specifically because the comics work together to provide a deeper, darker meaning than each on its own. Each new volume boasts upgraded heavier paper, and increased page count to 176 pages and includes a unique and collectible paper craft. As the series progresses, fans will be able to assemble their own three-dimensional version of the city of Springfield and usher in a paper paradise! Volume 1 kicks it off with a replica of Moes Tavern. The series will also feature artwork on the spine that creates an image of the Simpsons family when the volumes are aligned on the book shelf. The series will ultimately encapsulate Simpsons Comics issues #106 - #199. It is all the Simpsons Comics fun that fans have come to expect wrapped in an invigorating new package.
This is the perfect way to read these comics.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD A GRAPHIC NOVEL HC
(W) Harper Lee (A/CA) Fred Fordham
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement.Now, this most beloved and acclaimed novel is reborn for a new age as a gorgeous graphic novel. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, and the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, are all captured in vivid and moving illustrations by artist Fred Fordham. Enduring in vision, Harper Lee’s timeless novel illuminates the complexities of human nature and the depths of the human heart with humor, unwavering honesty, and a tender, nostalgic beauty. Lifetime admirers and new readers alike will be touched by this special visual edition that joins the ranks of the graphic novel adaptations of A Wrinkle in Time and The Alchemist.
This is the perfect way to be introduced to this book.
UNDERSTANDING COMICS TP
(W/A/CA) Scott McCloud
The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication. Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art form.
If you're a comics fan and haven't read this book, you probably should. In restrospect, it's all pretty obvious, but that's what they say about all great ideas, isn't it?
Weird: Three Harper/Collins books in one week that I kinda want!
PRANA PUBLISHING
COMICS! THE MAGAZINE #2
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Ryan Ottley, Rico Renz
THE COMIC BOOK MAGAZINE YOU DEMANDED RAMPAGES ON WITH THE MOST BRUTALLY SAVAGE COMIC BOOK OF 2026 - ROBERT KIRKMAN AND RYAN OTTLEY’S BATTLE BEAST! Straight from the INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE comes one of the wildest books of the 2020s, and we talk to the entire creative team about how it came to be, what it takes to make it, and where it’s going next. IS THERE MORE? YOU BET THERE IS! After our previous issue, the entire comic book community simultaneously stood up and profusely applauded.* They couldn’t believe how great a read it was, loved the insight into some of the industry’s biggest titles, previews of upcoming books, and – HOLY MOLY THEY BROUGHT BACK JOHN LAYMAN AND ROB GUILLORY’S CHEW FOR ALL-NEW STORIES! *Some creators did declare war over their positions in the Pullbox Power Rankings, a battle still raging on. ALL THIS AND MORE IN EACH AND EVERY ISSUE OF COMICS! THE MAGAZINE – THE “LET’S ENTHUSIASTICALLY DISCUSS COMICS” REVOLUTION HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN! KEY SELLING POINTS BATTLE BEAST, BABY! YET ANOTHER NEW CHEW STORY BY ROB GUILLORY AND JOHN LAYMAN! An Actual Price Guide (not what you were expecting, hm?) Creator Interviews About What You Do Read! Features On What You Should Read! Staff Picks Of What You Will Read! Actual Comics You Can Read! Power Rankings with Real Sales Data! Possibly Art Instruction and Classifieds! Comic-Sized to Fit on Store Racks!
I doubt anyone on this board will read this magazine, including me. But I feel like I should still do a head's up, at least through the first few issues, in case it turns out to be something we do want to read.
TITAN COMICS
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #13
(W) Roy Thomas, Enrique Dueñas González
(A) Roberto De La Torre, James Castillo
B&W, 64pp, $6.99, On Sale March 30, 2026
SAVAGE SWORD ENTERS ITS THIRD YEAR! Featuring the return of the now-classic team of Roy Thomas and Roberto De La Torre for a mesmerizing CONAN tale, a silent SOLOMON KANE story from writer Enrique Dueñas González and artist James Castillo, dynamic covers by Alex Horley and James Castillo, plus pin-ups and more.
COVER A ALEX HORLEY
COVER B JAMES CASTILLO
COVER C ALEX HORLEY FOIL ($16.99)
COVER D ALEX HORLEY VIRGIN
MORE TITAN
DOCTOR WHO: THE PRISON PARADOX #1-4 PACK
HEAT SEEKER: EXPOSED VOL. 1
REBEL MOON: NEMESIS VOL. 1
RUNESCAPE: UNTOLD TALES OF THE GOD WARS VOL. 1
VILLAIN ACTOR VOL. 2
WORKING FOR GOD IN A GODLESS WORLD VOL. 5
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This looks like fun.
Are you speaking "Bizarro"?
I outgrew MAD in the '70s, and remember how crestfallen I was when I realized it.
I don't remember who said it first, but MAD is something you used to grow into, not out of. It's not what it used to be. These days, it's very juvenile, but I still enjoy reading '60s issues, and I'm usually impressed by how "adult" (in a non-salacious way) the humor is slanted.
Grown-up or not, I admit I'm tempted by this one.
I wouldn't be. Take a look at those covers. This is all new stuff. If you're feeling nostagic for MAD's treatment of super-hero fare, I'd recommend Mad About Super-Heroes (2002), which goes back as far as the 1950s. This is what you want. Trust me.
(Yes, that's an Alex Ross cover.)
This book collects the first JLA adventures, which I already have in several formats already. Still tempted to re-visit these old favorites, though!
Ask yourself this question: "Next time I read it, whihc format am I going to read?'
I bought all these Paul Dini/Alex Ross JLA books when they first came out in softcover, and I've always been reluctant to embark on a re-purchase of all of them in hardback.
If they ever released a collection of them all in a single hardcover, I think I'd buy that.
I doubt anyone on this board will read this magazine, including me.
My shop doesn't carry it (at least I didn't see the first issue).
I have MAD About Super-Heroes, MAD About Comic Strips, MAD About the Mob and other compilations!