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FURY OF FIRESTORM #1 (OF 6)
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Rafael De Latorre
THE NUCLEAR MAN GOES NEXT LEVEL WITH JEFF LEMIRE AND RAFAEL DE LATORRE! The community of Bedford, Colorado, is a sleepy small town. The people say hello to their neighbors, attend town hall meetings, and root for the local high school football team on Friday nights. But this idyllic small town is thrown upside down when the Nuclear Man arrives and starts...experimenting. Firestorm has turned buildings to sand and people to glass with no remorse and no warning. But what exactly provoked Ronnie Raymond to commit this heinous act, and can anyone contain the fury that is Firestorm? Brought to you by the incredible team of Jeff Lemire (Absolute Flash, JSA) and Rafael De Latorre (The Penguin) comes the next epic in the Next Level line.
DC is re-launching some of its second-tier characters in an initiative called "Next Level," and Firestorm is one of the first beneficiaries. Zatanna and Lobo are also in the first wave.
I've never really cared for this character. I was put off at the get-go, as I felt they were trying too hard to re-create Peter Parker with Ronnie Raymond (I felt the same way about Christopher Powell, Danny Ketch, and especially Richard Rider). The costume was overly complicated and, I thought, hideous. The on-fire head is laughably impractical (especially indoors) and felt like a Ghost Rider swipe. Plus, his matter-transmuting powers made him waaay too powerful -- so powerful none of his early villains should have had a chance. (I felt that way about Barry Allen and his rogues, too, but at least that was charming.) He joined the Justice League quickly to increase his exposure, when the policy before that had been more or less the reverse -- the hero had to get popular first. It felt forced.
And now it's been "revealed" that Prof. Stein is a scheming so-and-so who planned the "accident" that created Firestorm. I'm not sure why Raymond would ever allow himself to join the matrix again, now that he knows that. I guess it will be addressed in this series.
But I don't fault DC for giving this character another chance. They need to sell something besides Batman!
ABSOLUTE
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #13
VERTIGO
BLEEDING HEARTS #3
NICE HOUSE BY THE SEA #9 (OF 12)
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ACTION COMICS #1097
ACTION COMICS #454 FACSIMILE EDITION: I have no idea why this issue is getting the facsimile treatment. Maybe the silly cover?
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #16
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #15
SIRENS: LOVE HURTS #3 (OF 4)
SUPERGIRL #12
SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #115 FACSIMILE EDITION: It's definitely the cover on this one! IIRC the story isn't great shakes, but man, Neal Adams knocked it out of the park with the cover. What kid in 1968 could possibly resist it? (Hint: Not this one.)
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BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION)
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: FIVE YEARS LATER OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 (2026 EDITION): Shocking at the time, but now really an artifact of a bygone era. I don't think I want to re-experience this grim take on the Legion any time soon, even for nostalgia's sake.
SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER TP (2026 EDITION)
NO. 2: MARVEL COMICS
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL (2026) #1
Writer: Gail Simone
Penciller: Sanford GreeneFrancesco MortarinoRyan Stegman
Cover Artist: David Marquez
From the pages of THE DARK ARTERY in UNCANNY X-MEN: Who are the Regulators, the turn-of-the-century mutants who once called Haven House their home? And what secret connection do they have to Wolverine's past?
I just binged Deadwood, so I'm kind of in a Western mood. If this is a Western. I'm guessing the turn of the century they refer to is 19th century to 20th. So it would be in the neighborhood. But with the super-powers evident on the cover, it's probably more of a superhero team-up against bad cowboys. But it looks to be standalone, which is a plus.
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Symbiotes.
MS. MARVEL FACSIMILE EDITION (2026) #20
This facsimile from 1978 features the debut of a terrific costume, courtesy of Dave Cockrum, who was a terrific costume designer. It's not really an appropriate costume for the character these days, but it will never not be awesome.
SAI: DIMENSIONAL RIVALS (2026) #4
STAR WARS: SHADOW OF MAUL (2026) #2
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2025) #26
Symbiotes.
It's just all symbiotes all the time now, isn't it?
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DEATH OF THE SILVER SURFER (HARDCOVER): Gosh, I wonder how it ends!
MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU VOL. 3 WE'RE OUTTA HERE (TRADE PAPERBACK)
WHAT IF?: INTO THE MULTIVERSE OMNIBUS VOL. 3 (HARDCOVER)
NO. 3: IMAGE COMICS
BLOOD & THUNDER #12
First Look: Blood Runs Out of Road in Blood & Thunder #12 by Benito Cereno, E.J. Su, MSassyk & Robert Kirkman From Skybound & Image Comics
The Intergalactic Action Series Levels Up with Bonus Story Pages on April 8
“Blood and Thunder is an example of why Image Comics was the best comic book company of the year. Writer Benito Cereno is telling deep tales, while artist E.J. Su creates striking, yet gorgeous characters.” – Bam Smack Pow
“E.J. Su continually surpasses expectations with his detailed and imaginative visuals.” – Fanlight Zone
LOS ANGELES 03/12/2026 — Today Skybound and Image Comics revealed interior pages and the lineup of variant covers for Blood & Thunder #12. An issue so action-packed; additional story pages were required! From the powerhouse team of writer Benito Cereno (Invincible Presents: Atom Eve), artist E.J. Su (Tech Jacket), colorist MSassyK (Gotham Academy), letterer Rus Wooton (TRANSFORMERS), and co-creator Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead, Void Rivals), the pivotal chapter of this explosive story arc arrives in comic book shops on April 8, 2026.
Friends. Enemies. There may be no difference for Blood as everyone’s agendas are revealed.
Blood & Thunder is a high-octane sci-fi action epic set in the far future. Earth has integrated alien species into society, but this new order has brought new kinds of laws, crimes, and dangers. The story follows bounty hunter Akeldama “Blood” Bledsoe and her cantankerous talking gun, Thunder, two of the galaxy’s best at tracking down the worst criminals.
In addition to the main cover by E.J. Su and MSassyK, the lineup of variant covers for Blood & Thunder #12 also includes an open-to-order cover by Khary Randolph & Emilio Lopez, a 1:10 incentive variant cover by Haining, and a 1:25 incentive variant cover by Erica Henderson.
Blood & Thunder #12 (Lunar Codes Listed Below | SRP: $3.99) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, April 8, 2025.
Here's a late press release.
DIE LOADED #6
D'ORC #3
FREE PLANET #11
GI JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #327
KING SPAWN #54
SPAWN #374
TRANSFORMERS #31
First Look: The Biggest Megatron Story Ever Begins in TRANSFORMERS #31 by Robert Kirkman & Ludo Lullabi
The Best-Selling Energon Universe Series Reveals Big Changes to the Decepticon Leader This April!
“One of the greatest strengths of Skybound’s TRANSFORMERS has been its ability to find humanity in these larger-than-life bots”- ComicWatch
“Robert Kirkman's ‘Energon Universe’ Just Keeps Getting Better (Especially TRANSFORMERS)” - ScreenRant
LOS ANGELES 03/12/2026 — Today Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with leading games, IP and toy company Hasbro, shared a first look at TRANSFORMERS #31, the next chapter of the two-time Eisner Award winning series from the powerhouse creative team of writer Robert Kirkman (Invincible, Void Rivals), artist Ludo Lullabi (Ghost Pepper), colorist Mike Spicer (Stillwater), and letterer Rus Wooton (Void Rivals).
TRANSFORMERS #31 is a standalone, unforgettable Megatron story that kicks off the new story arc of the tentpole Energon Universe series, available on shelves in comic book shops April 8, 2026.
The secret of Megatron revealed!
Megatron has a vision that will change the course of his life…and no one in the Energon Universe is safe.
In addition to the main cover by artist David Nakayama, the lineup of variant covers for TRANSFORMERS #31 includes an open-to-order cover B by Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer, a 1:10 incentive variant by Pye Parr, a 1:25 incentive variant by Manabu Yashiro, a 1:50 incentive variant by Ludo Lullabi, a 1:100 incentive foil variant by Patricia Martín, and a blank sketch cover.
TRANSFORMERS is the cornerstone of the Energon Universe, the crown jewel of the historic collaboration between Hasbro and Skybound, who has introduced a brand-new era of the TRANSFORMER and G.I. JOE franchises in one shared comic book universe. Other Energon Universe titles include the ongoing series Void Rivals by writer Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead), artist Andrei Bressan (Destro), and colorist Patricio Delpeche (The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country) and G.I. JOE by writer Joshua Williamson (Superman, Dark Ride), artist Andrea Milana (Cobra Commander), and colorist Lee Loughridge (Universal Monsters: The Mummy). Recently announced as the fourth Energon Universe title, M.A.S.K. by writer Dan Watters (Batman: Dark Patterns), artist Pye Parr (2000 AD), and Pierluigi Casolino (DC vs. Vampires) arrives in June 2026. Fans should expect can’t-miss moments from every issue of the Energon Universe, as secrets are unveiled along the path to answering the BIG questions from some of the biggest franchises in comics today.
TRANSFORMERS #31 (Lunar Codes Below| $3.99) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
Here's another late press release.
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AUTHOR IMMORTAL TP VOL 01
EVERYTHING DEAD & DYING TP
HACK/SLASH DLX ED HC VOL 06
HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED TP
SUNSTONE TP VOL 02 NEW EDITION (MR)
PAPER GIRLS BACKPACK EDITION TP VOL 02
PUNDERWORLD TP VOL 02
NO. 4: IDW PUBLISHING
TWILIGHT ZONE #6
Piper can’t take care of herself. She barely eats, and her apartment is a mess. In a last desperate attempt to quick-fix her life, she decides to order a food delivery service. But her first delivery includes an unexpected arrival: an unsettlingly baby-shaped vegetable. Its pudgy plant hands and feet may be too cute to eat, but Piper is about to learn that caring for another is far more complicated than caring for yourself. Especially if you love the other more than yourself...
36 pages · $4.99
I'm two issues behind, but have been enjoying it.
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GODZILLA’S MONSTERPIECE THEATER PRESENTS: ROMEO AND JULIET AND GODZILLA
Didn't anyone tell the Big G that three's a crowd?
STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS II #18
TMNT JOURNEYS #8
TMNT #17
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GODZILLA VS. AMERICA: BOSTON, CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY, LOS ANGELES
Godzilla’s destructive tour of America — all in one book! From Chicago to Boston to Los Angeles to Kansas City, the King of the Monsters is taking on the Land of the Free! Join a superstar team of comics creators for 16 incredible stories all set in these cities across the map! E pluribus — uh-oh.
Collects the entire anthology series:
- Godzilla vs. America: Boston by Steve Orlando, Matt Emmons, Hanna Cha, Jesse Lonergan, and Hayden Sherman.
- Godzilla vs. America: Chicago by Mike Costa, Ryan Browne, Ezra C. Daniels, Tim Seeley, and Caroline Cash.
- Godzilla vs. America: Kansas City by Buster Moody, Freddie E. Williams II, Kyle Strahm, Baldemar Rivas, and Jake Smith.
- Godzilla vs. America: Los Angeles by Gabriel Hardman, Dave Baker, Jordan Morris, Nicole Goux, and J. Gonzo.
PUNK'N HEADS
Dave Baker, Nicole Goux
This band plays together, lives together…and unfortunately two of them are sleeping together. Whatever, I’m sure it’s fine. Now put on your punk’n mask and let’s rock!
Hannah Lipsky isn’t sure what’s happening. She dreamed of becoming a fine art painter, but after breaking up with her girlfriend, she’s suddenly dropped out of art school, moved into a flophouse, and gotten roped into singing in a campy horror-punk band. With costumes. To make things even more complicated, she might be hooking up with her housemate/bandmate/high school crush, Jerry. Wherever this is leading, it’s going to be messy.
I can't resist a trailer.
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: SONIC PRIME VOL. 3
NO. 5: DARK HORSE
An ominously small week. But then again, DH's corporate overlord just fired Mike Richardson, the guy who founded Dark Horse and has been its CEO for 25 years. Might put a crimp in things.
CRITICAL ROLE: VOX MACHINA ORIGINS OMNIBUS--SERIES I AND II TPB
OLDBOY DELUXE EDITION: BOOK TWO HC
NO. 6: BOOM! STUDIOS
From award-winning, lauded author Sarah Gailey (Know Your Station, Eat the Rich) and fan favorite artist Haining (Absolute Flash) comes an all-new, mind-bending thriller about community in NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
Jill Hewett, community leader and wife of a respected police officer, has turned up with a grievous gunshot wound in a tunnel connecting the Will Harbor Gated Community with the neighboring Open Arms Collective.
And now, the VP of the HOA and the Kitchen Steward of the Collective have stumbled upon her body at the exact same time—instantly casting blame across the already fragile divide.
Forced into an uneasy alliance to uncover the truth, they’ll need to work together to unearth the secrets both communities hold to figure out who’s responsible for the crime—and what they could possibly gain from it.
And just what was Jill doing in the tunnel in the first place?
Here's another horror book from BOOM!, a publisher which has just been purchased by Penguin Random House. It looks good, but I haven't read it. I was enjoying another BOOM! horror book, Hello Darkness, until I dropped it in a spasm of frugality.
Speak of the devil! Still a good book, especially the Jenny Frison covers and pin-ups.
NO. 7: DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
We can't believe it's right around the corner! Fans have been anxiously awaiting this since February 2024, in fact many have been dreaming up this since 1986! The beloved animation classics clash in our epic THUNDERCATS X SILVERHAWKS crossover event! Writers Declan Shalvey and Ed Brisson have been leading up to this, and have crafted an intricate 15-part tale chronicled through three interconnected series, effectively replacing ThunderCats, ThunderCats Lost, and SilverHawks. It all starts with this first chapter on FOC now, an extra-sized opening not only written but also drawn by Shalvey. We're previewing this issue and following chapters in many of our books.
There are several press releases for this book already in the Comics for April 2026 thread. Here's a late one.
These franchises debuted far too late for my Saturday morning cartoon days, but I know they bring back warm memories for a lot of people.
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ASTRID AND THE SPACE CADETS ATTACK OF THE SNALIENS TP
BLUES CLUES AND YOU ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY TP
PAW PATROL RUFF N READY RESCUES TP
NO. 8: VIZ MEDIA
DRAGON QUEST: THE ADVENTURE OF DAI, VOL. 6
OTAKU VAMPIRE’S LOVE BITE, VOL. 7
NO. 9: ONI PRESS
COVENANT TP VOL 05 (MR)
ESTUARY A GHOST STORY #1 (OF 4)
(W) Tim Daniel, D.B. Andry (A/CA) Maan House
OUT OF THE BLOODSTAINED PAST OF OLD CALIFORNIA ... A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEVIL IS RISING WITH THE TIDE! From rising stars Tim Daniel & David 'D.B.' Andry (Crush Depth, Morning Star) and modern horror virtuoso Maan House (Mine is a Long Lonesome Grave) comes a chilling tale of secrets buried deep beneath the surf of the idyllic California coast ... Atop a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sits the Mission at Arbues Point, a 400-year-old Spanish mission made infamous as one of California’s oldest and most haunted historical sites. But beneath its crumbling, tourist-trap facade, a reclusive nun has spent decades within the Mission’s walls, honing her prayers and practice in pursuit of a secret long-buried beneath the majesty of the chapel, and under the dark waves of the tidal estuary below. When marine archaeologist Maris Cristobal accepts the nun’s offer to begun excavating a fabled shipwreck lying in wait beneath the Mission’s turbulent waters, she’ll soon discover that the sins of past and present are about to wash together into a harrowing surge of a vengeance that can no longer be contained ...
It's a big week for horror fans! Which is good. Man cannot live by superheroes alone!
RICK AND MORTY THE END #5 (OF 6)
NO. 10: KODANSHA
FAIRY TAIL: 100 YEARS QUEST 20
SHIMAZAKI IN THE LAND OF PEACE 8
THE FRAGRANT FLOWER BLOOMS WITH DIGNITY 12
WELCOME TO DEMON SCHOOL! IRUMA-KUN 19
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AVERY HILL
ACID BOX TP
(W) Sara Kenney (A) James Devlin, Ria Grix, Emma Vieceli (CA) Joe Stone
Jade Nyo just wants to party, but how is she supposed to enjoy herself when the world around her is falling apart?It's 2026 and Jade's out clubbing in Glasgow when she runs into a trio of mysterious women in the toilets. They tell her they're Liminals: guardians of portals that let you travel through space and time. They give Jade something called an Acid Box and tell her she needs to use it to avert a global disaster.But the Acid Box is broken, and Jade must travel back to 1994 in a quest to fix it. As she tries to change the future, the work and pressure of making friends and saving the world might just prove to be too much for her messy and imperfect brain…A celebration of rave culture through history, ACID BOX explores what it means to be human. Balancing joy and anger, scientific theory and creative response, the unbearable weight of responsibility and the drive to make change – this book shows how exhausting and exhilarating it can all be.
I'm tempted to joke that "rave culture" is a contradiction in terms, but that would just make me look old.
FANTAGRAPHICS
(W) Bill Everett, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo (A/CA) Bill Everett
Already a Marvel/Timely legend for his creation of the Sub-Mariner in 1939, Bill Everett returned to Marvel during the 1950s to become Atlas’ most versatile and effective practitioner of horror-fantasy. Everett’s art was a combination of Graham Ingels, Harry Anderson and Bernie Wrightson, with the slick ink line of Jack Davis, all melded within his own uniquely captivating imagery and in-your-face ghastliness. This mammoth Fantagraphics/Marvel volume is packed with Atlas pre-Code horror stories — the first volume of a series collecting the Atlas works of Sub-Mariner-creator Bill Everett. Including: “Spectacles of Doom,” “The Evil Eye,” “The Pit of Horror!” “Horror in the Moonlight!” “Don’t Bury Me Deep,” “One Head Too Many!” “Burton’s Blood!” Werewolf!” “The Madman” and “The Graymoor Ghost,” from titles like Menace, Journey into Unknown Worlds, Strange Tales, Uncanny Tales, Spellbound, Mystic and Suspense, as well as “Zombie!” from Menace #5, featuring a character rebooted as Simon Garth in the black-and-white Marvel Magazine explosion of the 1970s. An introduction by Atlas expert Dr. Michael J. Vassallo puts it all in context.
Whee! I can't wait!
CORTO MALTESE FABLE OF VENICE AND OTHER ADVENTURES TP
(W/A/CA) Hugo Pratt
Artist Hugo Pratt’s most famous creation, the indefatigable sailor Corto Maltese, sails back to American readers after a far too-long absence in Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Adventures. Corto, a modern Ulysses whose wanderings in the early decades of the 20th century take him to the most fascinating places on Earth, is a hard-luck, hard-driving iconoclastic anti-hero who values freedom and independence more than wealth and status. In “Fable of Venice,” a riddle from a deceased friend plunges Corto into a phantasmagorical mystery thriller that zigzags between the solidity of dreams and the fluidity of reality. A frantic chase in 1921 Venice ensues, up twisting stairs and down tangled alleys, as Corto vies against Freemasons, occultists, budding fascists, and his friend (suddenly back from the dead) in a mad scramble to secure a mystical emerald that will open the doors of forbidden magic and unravel time and space itself! In addition, this collection of quintessential seafaring adventures also presents the Corto Maltese classics “The Secret of Tristan Bantam,” “So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune,” and “The Seagull's Fault,” making this book an exciting introduction to Pratt’s work.
I have a lot of Corto Maltese from when IDW collected the series, most of which I have not read. I think I'll be content with what I've got.
(W) Carl Barks, Don Rosa, Romano Scarpa (A) Carl Barks, Don Rosa, Romano Scarpa (CA) Carl Barks
“Curse me kilts!” As soon as Scrooge McDuck became the world’s richest miser, a rascally rogues’ gallery assembled to rob him. Now Fantagraphics launches the new Disney Greatest Comics Collection with a wild anthology of these beloved bad guys at their best... and worst! Flintheart Glomgold, “The Second-Richest Duck,” is here in Carl Barks’ 1956 classic! Sorceress Magica De Spell is out to get “The Midas Touch,” then turns Duckburg sideways in Don Rosa’s “A Matter of Some Gravity!” The Beagle Boys pull Scrooge’s simoleons skyward in Barks’ “The Money Well,” then turn his assets liquid in Rosa’s “Cash Flow!” Playboy billionaire John D. Rockerduck debuts in Barks’ “Boat Buster,” then outspends Scrooge again in Flemming Andersen’s “Crash Course”! Plus never-before-collected tales starring Dutch tycoon Velma Vanderduck, space-monkey Tachyon Farflung... and more! See these classic adventures outfitted with new commentary by Disney historians Jim Fanning and David Gerstein, plenty of extras... and more surprises than Scrooge’s Money Bin has booby-traps. (With all these villains around, he’ll need them!)
I wonder how much Barks there actually is.
TIODORA'S LETTERS: AN ENSLAVED WOMAN'S FIGHT FOR FAMILY AND FREEDOM HC
(W/A/CA) Marcelo D Salete
In the mid-19th century, millions of Africans were enslaved and brought to Brazil. Among them was the real-life Teodora who, separated from her husband and her son, worked in the home of a priest in São Paulo. Wishing to reconstruct the family ties lost during the journey from Africa to Brazil and to achieve emancipation for herself and her family, she gave Claro, a Black man who could read and write, money to help her write letters: some addressed to her husband and her son, whereabouts unknown, in the hopes that the letters would find them and that they could achieve this quest together; and some addressed to enslavers, intended to either help locate her family or to persuade them to let her buy her freedom. Inspired by this correspondence, Tiodora’s Letters is a rigorously researched historical work, a compelling narrative based on her letters, and masterfully drawn by D’Salete, who graphically recreates her struggle. In the 1860s, Benê, a fictional Black young man who likes Tiodora because she was kind to him, takes it upon himself to seek Tiô’s family and deliver the letters. He embarks on a dangerous and world-building journey into the interior of Brazil and to the coffee plantations where they might be. There are many wordless passages of heartbreaking horror, character beats, breathtaking drawings of nature, and much more. In Tiodora’s Letters, D’Salete reconstructs a forgotten part of Brazil's dark history of slavery and pays tribute to the strength of a woman who fought for her rights single-handedly. Includes educational and contextual material.
Here's some history I'm not very familiar with.
MAD CAVE
PRETTY HATE MACHINE #1 (OF 5)
(W) Ryan O Nan, Tim Seeley (A) Paolo Armitano (CA) Todor Hristov
Thomas is in so much pain. As if high school wasn’t hard enough, when his father is killed in a freak accident, and his mother begins to take refuge in the company of his uncle, Thomas is visited by a ghoulish kid named Luther with knives for hands and rows of teeth like an ancient shark who tells Thomas his father was murdered and that anything his mother and uncle tell him is a lie. Thomas doesn’t know who or what to believe. Does he believe his friends, teachers, and mother, who tell him grief isn’t for the faint of heart, but it will pass? Or does he believe the demented Luther who pulls Thomas through a bloody whirlwind of conspiracies, vengeance, and slaughter, showing him the lies and corruption that surround him? Thomas must fight to discover the truth behind his father’s death, while struggling to keep his new friend from leaving a massacre in his wake. But that “truth” might be far more sinister than Thomas is prepared for…
"When his father is killed in a freak accident ... his mother begins to take refuge in the company of his uncle." Wait, I've heard this plot before. Is this ... Hamlet?
SPEED RACER: TALES FROM THE ROAD (ONE-SHOT)
(W) Ariel Kras Fred Kennedy Anthony Cleveland (A) Maggie Mae Martinmaas (CA) Sebastian Piriz
Speed Racer: Tales from the Road is an all-new Quarterly release featuring a one-shot tale and backup shorts that expand the universe of Speed Racer! Benched and burned, Snake Oiler swears Speed Racer stole his win—and he’s done playing nice. Stranded in a desert kingdom ruled by a Mad Max wannabe king, Snake turns a high-noon standoff into a brutal, weaponized race. Justice gets loud, fast, and personal at High-Speed Noon. Also featuring a Spritle and Chim-Chim back-up mystery!
A head's up for Speed Racer fans.
TITAN COMICS
DEAD BY DAYLIGHT: THE HILLBILLY #1 (OF 4)
FIRST LOOK: DEAD BY DAYLIGHT: THE HILLBILLY
Explore the origins of one of Dead by Daylight’s original Killers…
Covers include a glow-in-the-dark variant and a bagged gory variant by Ilan Sheady!
Explore the origins to one of Dead by Daylight's original killers!
Revealed today during Dead by Daylight’s Community Stream, Titan Comics are thrilled to announce it will team-up again with renowned video game developers, Behaviour Interactive for a brand-new comic book series based on the hugely popular horror video game franchise.
Arriving in comic shops and digital devices in April 2026, the launch trailer showcases Kotz and Hu’s stunning artwork, as well as reveal one cover from Issue #1, by renowned artist Alex Horley (Conan the Barbarian, World of Warcraft). Be sure to keep your eyes open for more variant cover reveals in the coming months!
"It's been so exciting to work on The Hillbilly,” said Titan Comics editor Phoebe Hedges. “Dead by Daylight is a rich tapestry of stories and this is something we've worked hard to reflect in the comic series. I'm so proud of what the team have created, and can safely say you'll never know what to predict with a new Dead by Daylight comic."
Titan Comics are thrilled to reveal the first lettered pages for Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly Issue #1 - a brand-new comic book series based on the hugely popular horror video game franchise from renowned developer Behaviour Interactive.
A ROOKIE COP UNCOVERS THE FACE OF PURE EVIL
EXCLUSIVE IN-GAME CODE INSIDE!
When Officer Darnell Hollis makes the largest drug bust in his small town’s history, the success draws the attention of City Hall. On the fast-track to success, this could be life-changing for Hollis and his young family. But the Rookie is haunted by horrific visions of violence and viscera in waking nightmares.
And on Coldwind Farm, Hollis is confronted by a monster who is kept in a dark basement and lives for the slaughter. In the dense fog, a man called Boy tests the strength of his chains, waiting for the day he’ll break free...
(W) Derek Fridolfs
(A) Dean Kotz, Allison Hu
FC • 32pp • $4.99
COVER A: ALEX HORLEY
COVER B: FRANCESCA CIREGIA
COVER C: ILAN SHEADY - GORY BAGGED ($6.99)
COVER D: NICLAS MORTENSEN
COVER E: DEAN KOTZ
COVER F: NICLAS MORTENSEN - GLOW IN THE DARK ($14.99)
COVER G: COLOR BLANK SKETCH ($5.99)
COVER H: ALEX HORLEY - FOIL ($14.99)
Lifted from the Comics for April 2026 thread. It appears to be based on a video game.
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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #115 FACSIMILE EDITION: It's definitely the cover on this one! IIRC the story isn't great shakes, but man, Neal Adams knocked it out of the park with the cover.
This is neither here nor there, but I like to pair the Jimmy Olsen #115 cover with this one by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson...
It's just all symbiotes all the time now, isn't it?
It's symbiotes all the way down...
I'm hoping Firestorm succeeds too, as I've always liked the character. My reaction and Cap's is probably a result of our difference in ages -- he saw Firestorm as a collection of tropes he's seen done better elsewhere, but I just saw him as a fresh new DC hero I could root for. (And the turnaround from cancellation to JLA membership and getting a back-up series in Flash to regaining his own title was a journey I really enjoyed.) The handful of preview pages I've seen look intriguing -- but Firestorm is acting wildly out of character for pretty much any version of him we've seen before (aside from maybe when he was struggling with being a fire elemental in the early 90s). It'll be a few weeks before I can set foot in my comic shop again, so by then I'll know how this was received and can make my buying decision then. I'm leaning toward waiting to read it on DCUI, as I'm not a giant Jeff Lemire fan .... and I'm not such a fan of Firestorm that he overcomes my mixed feelings, the way I am with JSA.
That said, Firestorm looks mood- and mystery-forward, which I think is a tack that plays to Lemire's strengths. Hopefully it's a success!
I like to pair the Jimmy Olsen #115 cover with this one by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.
I don't think we ever saw Aquaboy again. Maybe that issue didn't sell well.
I'm hoping Firestorm succeeds too, as I've always liked the character.
I'm not terribly interested in most of DC's "Next Level" plans, from Lobo to Deathstroke. But as you explained so well, Rob, fans of different ages and tastes have different feelings for different characters. These books might hit some fans right where they live.
And I hope they do! DC is doing what we always say the Big Two ought to do, which is expand into different genres, tell some different kinds of stories and publish the less-traveled characters. So I'm supportive intellectually, if not financially. As I've always said, I want to see a lot of books on the shelf that I don't want to buy. There are audiences out there besides me, and serving them expands the whole industry.