TOP 10 PUBLISHERS
NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
1776 #1 (OF 5), $4.99: I found Neil Gaiman's 1602 perversely compelling, in that it seemed to have no reason to exist and did strange things with modern characters. I found Jack Kirby's Captain America Bicentenniel Treasury less so -- it was just ham-handed ultra-patriotism. That's two ends of a spectrum, and I fear that this book will fall on the wrong end.
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Art by RON LIM & SEAN DAMIEN HILL
AUGUST 8, 2025 -- In advance of America's 250th anniversary, Marvel Comics pays tribute to the country’s founding this November in 1776, a five-issue limited series written by legendary writer J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by superstar artist Ron Lim and acclaimed artist Sean Damien Hill.
Revealed to retailers last month at San Diego Comic-Con, the series presents a one-of-a-kind team-up as a band of Marvel super heroes travel to the dawn of the American Revolution where they join forces with the likes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams to stop history from being rewritten. In an inspirational saga that blends super hero storytelling with America's revolutionary past, these heroes of yesterday and today must ensure pivotal moments remain intact to safeguard both America’s legacy and their own existence!
REVOLUTIONARY WARRIORS, ASSEMBLE!
Calamity strikes when a mysterious force dares to tamper with the sacred threads of history. Captain America and his formidable squad of Marvel heroes leap into action! Their mission? To safeguard the founding of the United States of America! The fate of the nation hangs in the balance at the dawn of the Revolution, as these valiant heroes must navigate the treacherous waters of the past to ensure a future that remains untarnished.
On what made him excited to write this unique story, Straczynski shared, "One of the (many) things that I like about the Marvel Universe is that it takes place in the real world, our world. It's New York, or Chicago, not some imaginary location. This also applies to our history, and the opportunity to view the events of 1776 through the lens of our characters, and to better understand the meaning of those events, and the sacrifices involved, was way too good to pass up. At a time when so much of American discourse has become factionalized, it is a good time to look back and see where this began, and what it still means today."
PREDATOR: BADLANDS #1, $4.99: I find myself looking forward to the movie, after enjoying Predator: Prey. Predator: Killer of Killers less so. Maybe I just need Amber Midthunder in all Predator movies.
Comic book adaptations are usually not very good, being confined to the existing continuity of the movies. The occasional Alien book has surprised me, though, so who knows?
New York, NY— October 3, 2025 — “Predator: Badlands,” the thrilling new entry in the “Predator” film franchise, arrives in theaters on November 7. That same week, Marvel Comics will publish PREDATOR: BADLANDS #1, a tie-in comic by writer Ethan Sacks, known for his stellar work on Marvel’s Star Wars titles, and, in his Marvel Comics debut, artist Elvin Ching, a promising recent participant of Marvel’s Art Atelier program. Serving as the official prelude to the highly anticipated film, the one-shot is being produced in close collaboration with director Dan Trachtenberg, who will also write a foreword for the issue. Today, fans can check out never-before-seen interior artwork as well as all three of the issue’s covers.
“Predator: Badlands,” which stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, is set in the future on a remote planet, where Dek, a young Predator outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. Taking place shortly before these events, the “Predator: Badlands” comic explores the film’s bold new approach to “Predator” franchise storytelling, introducing readers to Dek and other key characters.
THE HUNT BEGINS.
In the one-shot, a young Yautja warrior named Dek is given a seemingly simple task by his father: retrieve a piece of technology from a derelict spaceship that crashed years ago. Inside, however, an ancient and deadly threat lies in wait.
“For a writer who grew up a lifelong fan of the “Predator” franchise, there is no bigger game than the chance to hunt with the Yautja,” Sacks shared. “Working hand in hand with the filmmakers behind “Predator: Badlands,” we made sure this prequel story fits into the cinematic saga like a puzzle piece. It's going to give fans a deeper, richer experience – especially when they get to feast their eyes on Elvin Ching's art.”
“Badlands is the first Predator movie to draw inspiration so heavily from the comic books. So it’s with great delight that you and I now get to look at splash pages, from the minds of Ethan and Elvin, of a formative adventure for our characters that serves as a perfect companion to the film,” Trachtenberg raves. “Dek kicking ass in his very own comic book is a dream come true.”
'AGE OF REVELATION'
IRON AND FROST #2, $3.99
Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art by RUAIRÍ COLEMAN
WELCOME TO SANCTUARY!
X YEARS LATER, Emma Frost has come looking for Tony Stark. Tony Stark is looking for a cure to the X-Virus. But is Iron King of the all-new Hellfire Club about to lose everything he holds dear?
ROGUE STORM #2, $3.99
Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Roland Boschi
CHAPTER TWO: BEST SERVED COLD!
X YEARS LATER, many secret events have taken place among the mutants of the world – including the one that changed Gambit and Rogue’s marriage forever. As Storm embarks on her quest to destroy Eegun, the devourer of Sorcerers Supreme, Gambit has a score to settle with Storm…for the fate of his marriage. But what is the fate of the mystical world compared to the fate of two mutants’ marriage? Well, Storm and Gambit will have to figure out the answer to that question on the dirt road to hell and carnage.
SINISTER'S SIX #2, $3.99
Written by DAVID MARQUEZ
Art by RAFAEL LOUREIRO
SIX AGAINST WOLVERINE!
X YEARS LATER, Sinister’s Six race to find the cure that could save them! But is the chance at life worth an encounter with Revelation’s Angel of Death — Wolverine? Or will the team kill each other first?
MARVEL KNIGHTS
THE WORLD TO COME #4 (OF 6), $4.99: So delayed I lost the press release. I'm not reading it, so I will shed no tears.
'ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM'
RED HULK #10, $3.99: The entire Marvel Universe seems to have moved on from this crossover, and it's not over yet! The good news part is that this is the final issue Red Hulk, which I have forced myself to read, despite the mental anguish it caused. Fantastic Four has already moved on, (and I reluctantly dropped the title), and most or all of the miniseries have come to an end. So, really, I'm just waiting for One World Under Doom #9, currently scheduled for next week. And then whatever repercussions issues there are. I've heard of a couple, and can remember Dungeons of Doom as one of them. I won't feel compelled to read any except those that interest me.
ULTIMATE COMICS
ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #22, $4.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #11, $4.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN BY PEACH MOMOKO VOL. 3: THE REALM OF THE MIND TP, $19.99
NO. 2: DC COMICS
BATMAN/STATIC BEYOND #1 (OF 6), $4.99: I'm something of an outlier in that I never cared for Batman Beyond. I didn't care for how Bruce Wayne turned out, it didn't feel like a Batman series to me, and the revelation about Terry McGinnis' family history came too late fore me -- I already disliked the character. But some people love it, and this is for them:
DC today announced Batman/Static: Beyond, a bold new six-issue limited comic book series launching this fall under its DC Elseworlds imprint. The series pairs acclaimed writer Evan Narcisse with visionary artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey for a futuristic team-up unlike anything seen before. Launching November 12, 2025, the series unites two of DC’s most dynamic heroes—Terry McGinnis, the cyberpunk guardian of Neo-Gotham, and Virgil Hawkins, the electrifying architect of Dakota City’s future, both renowned for being breakout animated stars—for a high-stakes mission that could reshape Earth’s place in the cosmos.
In the debut issue, Terry McGinnis patrols the neon-lit streets of Neo-Gotham while Virgil Hawkins pioneers a technological revolution with the launch of the Q-Wave Energy Grid. As Earth prepares to join a powerful interplanetary alliance called the Cooperative, the Justice League Beyond stands ready to usher in a new era of peace. But when a mysterious villain triggers a global blackout, the planet’s future hangs in the balance. With technology crippled and chaos rising, Static and Batman Beyond must forge an unlikely alliance and take a grounded approach to saving the world before it’s too late.
“I loved the dynamic Nik set up between Static and Batman in the Milestone 30th Anniversary Special where these characters first teamed up with each other,” said Evan Narcisse, “and the most exciting part of this new project has been exploring how different Terry and Virgil are from each other.”
“This story is intended to be a commentary on our overreliance on technology and the imminent dangers becoming complacent and too comfortable using AI to substitute our own imagination and human ingenuity,” continued Nikolas Draper-Ivey. “We now use our watches to find our phones, we use our phones to connect to everything else. We don’t rely on our own memories. We rely on technology to remember for us. That deeply concerns me. I worry that we are getting to a point where if all these things were to be suddenly taken away from us in an instant—at the rate we’re going now, humanity will be at a huge disadvantage.”
“Static is a former teen hero who grew up to take on even more responsibility for his city and the larger world, while Terry is still figuring out how to do those things in his own way,” added Narcisse. “Terry's still a high school student but he's also got the weight of the Batman mantle and the expectations that come with it as key parts of his life now. As an adult member of the Justice League, Virgil's at a different part of his journey. But he's driven by an adolescence where systemic injustice changed what it meant to live in his hometown of Dakota. Their approaches to making the world a safer, more just place are extremely different. That difference energizes the big question they have to deal with: can they learn to work together during a critical moment when everything they've taken for granted has fallen apart? The whole creative team is going to try and answer that question in Batman/Static: Beyond with a story where deep emotions collide against the backdrop of an uncertain future.”
Writer Evan Narcisse (Rise of the Black Panther, Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City) brings his signature blend of character-driven storytelling and high-concept futurism to Batman/Static: Beyond, while artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey (Static: Shadows of Dakota) delivers bold, kinetic visuals that fuse cyberpunk grit with electric energy. Together, the creative team reimagines two fan-favorite heroes for a new generation, pushing the boundaries of legacy and innovation within the DC Elseworlds imprint.
Batman/Static: Beyond #1 will feature a main cover by Nikolas Draper-Ivey, retailing for $4.99 US. Variant cardstock covers will be available for $5.99 US, including artwork by Dustin Nguyen, Rahzzah, and a 1:25 incentive variant by Denys Cowan and Ho Che Anderson. Nguyen’s cover will also be released as a foil variant. The series will run for six issues, with a collected edition scheduled for release on August 4, 2026.
DC FINEST: WAR -- THE BIG FIVE ARRIVE TP, $39.99: War! What is it good for? Lots of comic books, for one thing. This DC Finest collects stories from the publisher's five war titles in the '60s: Our Army at War #54-57, Our Fighting Forces #17-20, All-American Men of War #41-44, G.I. Combat #44-47 and Star Spangled War Stories #53-56. Plus, mysteriously, Blackhawk #108-111. It's very unlikely that I have read these, so I'll be first in line.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #21 FACSIMILE EDITION, $3.99: Something important happened in this issue. but I can't put my finger on it.
SUPERMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR OMNIBUS VOL. 1: PRELUDE TO WAR HC, $125.00, collects Action Comics #763, #777, and #779-780; Adventures of Superman #576, and #592-593; Batman: Our Worlds at War #1; Green Lantern: Our Worlds at War #1; Superboy #89; Supergirl #59; Superman #151-154, #159, and #170-171; Superman: Lex 2000 #1, Superman: Our Words at War Secret Files & Origins #1; Superman: The Man of Steel #98, #109, and #114-115; Superman: Y2K #1; Wonder Woman #171; Young Justice: Our Worlds at War #1; and stories from Adventures of Superman #586, President Luthor Secret Files & Origins #1, Superman #165, and Superman: Metropolis Secret Files & Origins #1. I am sorely tempted, because, while I have read all these stories, they weren't handed to me curated in the proper order. But I have read them, and it was only a quarter-century ago or so, so I'll probably pass. (Even though I really liked the Ed McGuinness Superman. Just the right amount of cartoony!)
NO. 3: IMAGE COMICS
BLOOD & THUNDER #7: New story arc.
LOS ANGELES 10/17/2025 — Today Skybound and Image Comics revealed interior pages and the lineup of variant covers for Blood & Thunder’s seventh issue. 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 first chapter of this thrilling new arc will kick off with a bang in comic book shops on November 12, 2025.
After the shocking revelations in the last issue, Blood finds herself relentlessly hunted by her enemies. Also in this issue, meet the unforgettable OOLA-LAH!
"Blood literally kicked the door down and started sprinting in issue #1," said senior editor Nachie Marsham. "This second arc shakes up the people we've met and places we've been, while giving Blood problems that even Thunder can't shoot his way through. And E.J. and MSassyK are lighting up the page every month with their art."
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.
COLOSSAL KAYA #1 (ONE-SHOT), $4.99: A bonus for those reading the ongoing series, evidently.
PORTLAND, Ore. 08/05/2025 — Bestselling, fan-favorite cartoonist Wes Craig (Deadly Class) invites a star-studded cast of guest artists to join him for the extra-length, upcoming Colossal Kaya Special. This exciting jumping-on point for the ongoing series—Kaya—will hit shelves this November from Image Comics.
Colossal Kaya Special will be jam-packed with the artwork of Nathan Fox (The Weatherman), James Harren (Rumble), Mike Huddleston (Decorum), Declan Shalvey (Bog Bodies), Ryan Stegman (The Schlub), alongside Craig. It will showcase 48 eye-popping pages of breakneck storytelling, bold visuals, and jaw-dropping extras—including a wrap around cover and classic centerfold by Jim Mahfood (Grrl Scouts).
There are no plans for this shelf-busting single issue to be collected into trade paperback.
This series will provide the perfect jumping-on point for new readers and feature a six-page introduction to the Kaya series.
“I can’t believe the calibre of artists that agreed to work with me on this book," said Craig. "Everyone’s gonna be blown away with what they’ve done. Colossal Kaya is one of the highlights of my career.”
DIE: LOADED #1, $3.99: I believe this series is popular among the Legionnaires.
PORTLAND, Ore. 08/11/2025 — Bestselling We Called Them Giants juggernauts Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans will return to the twisted RPG realm of Die in an all-new story arc, Die: Loaded. The brand new campaign will invite fans back to the British Fantasy Award winning, three-time Hugo Award nominated Image Comics series this November.
Alongside this spectacular new issue, will be The Die RPG Quickstart Game Guide, by Gillen and Hans—released simultaneously in November—for fans interested in trying out the Origin Award winning Die RPG in a standalone and inexpensive format. It includes everything needed to play—rules, characters and a multi-session scenario fans need to play. Just add dice, friends, and a desire to get sucked into a game.
“DIE was created by us to talk about fantasy and reality, for as long as we have stories to tell. Suffice to say, we do, and DIE: Loaded exactly how much else we have to share, to delight, move and horrify you,” said Gillen. “Plus it’s also important for DIE that we give other people a chance to tell their stories. It’s why we wrote the RPG, and with the Quickstart, we want to let even more people in on the party.”
A year after the hellish game world events of Die #20, the players reunite in Die: Loaded to gather for Chuck’s wake. They’ve finished with the game. But the game isn’t finished with them. Get ready to roll initiative. Who’s going to DIE this time?
Hans added: “As an artist, it is such a unique to come back and expand a universe in which we poured so much love. Die is an ever extending work of art and I have the privilege to shape it alongside Kieron.”
Over the course of its original run, Die topped Image Comics' sales charts, with multiple distributor-level sellouts and strong reorder activity fueling its rise. Often described as “goth Jumanji,” the series has gained a cult following since its 2019 debut and helped spark a wave of RPG-inspired storytelling.
DIE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME QUICKSTART EDITION GAME GUIDE, $6.99: Related!
FRIDAY: THE COMPLETE SERIES DELUXE EDITION HC, $49.99: It's been so long since I've read anything written by Ed Brubaker that wasn't drawn by Sean Phillips, I'm not sure if I liked him back then or not! I think I did.
PORTLAND, Ore. 07/31/2025 — Critically-acclaimed, Eisner and Harvey Award winning series Friday—by crime writer extraordinaire Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Reckless, Kill or be Killed) and superstar artist Marcos Martín (The Private Eye, Daredevil) with coloring genius Muntsa Vicente—will be collected in its entirety and available in hardcover this November from Image Comics.
The Friday Deluxe Edition hardcover will collect the entire Panel Syndicate digital comic series, Friday issues #1-9, plus extra features.
Dashiell Hammett mystery, John Hughes’ coming-of-age drama, and I Know What You Did Last Summer thrills collide with a dash of Lovecraftian supernatural horror in this must-read standalone story.
In Friday, readers meet Friday Fitzhugh, an amateur sleuth who spent her childhood solving crimes and digging up occult secrets with her best friend Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world. But that was the past, now she's in college, starting a new life on her own. Or trying to, at least, until a trip home for the holiday tugs her back into Lance's orbit and the two discover something very strange and dangerous is happening in their little New England town...
Friday is a chilling tale about growing up, letting go, and uncovering the darkness hidden in familiar places.
GEHENNA: NAKED AGGRESSION TP, $16.99: I don't know much about this series, except that it was delayed because one of the variant covers of the first issue (by Maria Llovet) showed nipples and had to be re-drawn. The Puritans really won in the end, didn't they?
PORTLAND, Ore. 08/06/2025 — Fan-favorite creators Patrick Kindlon (Frontiersman), Marco Ferrari (Scarlet), and artist Maurizio Rosenzweig (Dylan Dog) present non-stop action in the upcoming, Gehenna: Naked Aggression. This standalone graphic novel will hit shelves this November from Image Comics.
Gehenna: Naked Aggression trade paperback collects issues #1-4 plus a cover gallery and presents readers with a bold, breakneck tale inspired by The Punisher, Gun Honey, and Elektra: Assassin.
"For anyone who longs for the days when new miniseries were often hardboiled hits like Chris Claremont & Frank Miller’s Wolverine, Steven Grant & Mike Zeck’s The Punisher, or Robert Loren Fleming & Trevor Von Eeden’s Thriller—Patrick Kindlon, Marco Ferrari & Maurizio Rosenzweig have got you covered," said Eric Stephenson, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer at Image Comics. "The comparisons to those '80s classics are right on the money, too—if someone snuck the four issues collected here into your longbox alongside your Daredevil and Elektra: Assassin comics, they’d fit right in."
There’s a contract out on Gehenna. But she’s managed to stay alive long enough the contract has been resold several times as repackaged debt between criminal organizations. Now she intends to put a stop to the chain of custody on that debt for good. Because this time it’ll be with a bullet.
JIM APARO'S DC CLASSICS ARTIST'S EDITION HC, $150.00: I suspect quite a few Legionnaires will be made happy by this one.
LOS ANGELES 06/10/2025 — Today Skybound and Image Comics, in partnership with Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing, revealed a new extended preview of Jim Aparo’s DC Classics Artist’s Edition, available everywhere books are sold September 2025.
Fans can fully immerse themselves in over 200 pages of original art from Aparo’s legendary runs featuring Batman (Brave and the Bold, Detective Comics) and The Spectre (Adventure Comics).
Truly honoring one of DC’s most prolific artists through the 1970s and 1980s, this gorgeous hardcover presents classic Aparo art from what is regarded as his peak period and features ten stories, including four complete The Brave and the Bold stories, one Batman story from Detective Comics, five complete Adventure Comics issues featuring The Spectre, as well as a selection of classic covers and pages.
Although appearing to be in black and white, nearly all the art is scanned in color, enabling the reader to see the work as close to the original as possible – ink gradients, blue pencil, and all the unique nuances that make original art so special – are all clearly visible and printed at the same size as drawn.
The Artist’s Edition of Jim Aparo’s work is an art book disguised as a comic collection. The only better way to see these pages is by looking over Aparo’s shoulder at his drawing board!
Jim Aparo’s DC Classics Artist’s Edition is the first book in the publishing partnership between Act 4 Publishing and Skybound, with Darwyn Cooke’s The Complete Spirit Connoisseur Edition quickly following in October 2025. Wally Wood's EC Stories Artist’s Edition- EXPANDED and Mike Mignola's Hellboy in Hell Book 2 Artist’s Edition will follow in February 2026 and April 2026, respectively.
Future releases within the publishing partnership include J. Scott Campbell’s Danger Girl Artist Edition, Dave Stevens’ Covers and Stories’ Connoisseur Edition, Jason Pearson’s Body Bags Artist’s Edition, and Paul Smith’s Leave It to Chance Artist’s Edition. Publishing details for these books will be announced in the coming months.
TRANSFORMERS #26, $3.99
NO. 4: IDW PUBLISHING
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES X GODZILLA #1, $4.99: It was only a matter of time.
WRITER: Tim Seeley
ARTIST: Fero Pe
COVER A: Fero Pe
The Heroes in a Half-Shell are taking on the King of the Monsters!
Long before the organization was corrupted by Shredder, the Foot Clan’s original purpose was to save Japan from kaiju! Now, in the present day, Godzilla and its fellow monsters have reappeared. Not only is the Foot not prepared to stop them…it would seem Shredder himself is behind the attacks! The villainous ninja is attempting to use the kaiju to create a new mutagen—one that would give his henchman a massive upgrade.
Can the Turtles make it to Japan in time to stop this madness?! Join superstar writer Tim Seeley (Godzilla, Grayson, Revival) and incredible
NO. 5: DARK HORSE COMICS
AMERICAN CAPER #1 (OF 12), $4.99: They sent me a lot on this. Must have high hopes.
MILWAUKIE, Ore., (July 22, 2025)—Dark Horse Comics and Absurd Ventures present American Caper, a new crime fiction comic series created and written by Dan Houser, who was co-founder of Rockstar Games and longtime head writer and creative director of the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series. American Caper boasts a murderer’s row of crime fiction and comics talent including fellow Grand Theft Auto veteran Lazlow, who is producing and contributing additional writing to the series. Illustrated by Eisner Award-winning artist David Lapham (Stray Bullets, EC Epitaphs from the Abyss) with finishes by Chris Anderson (Creepshow, Lost Angels), colored by Lee Loughridge (Nemesis: Rogue’s Gallery, G.I. Joe), and lettered by Nate Piekos (Minor Threats, The Umbrella Academy: Plan B), the American Caper saga is a brutal crime fiction satire set against the backdrop of our current, hopelessly fractured, preposterous political nightmare.
The first arc of American Caper is a 12-issue series set in Verona, Wyoming edited by former Vertigo/DC Comics Executive Editor, Shelly Bond and Dark Horse Comics’ Executive Editor, Daniel Chabon. Each issue of American Caper will feature main cover art by Tyler Boss and various variant cover artists. Issue #1 arrives in comic shops on November 12, 2025 and is now available to preorder for $4.99. Issue #1 will feature variants by Simon Bisley (who also created the original concept and character art for the series), Martin Simmonds, Joe Quinones, and Marguerite Sauvage.
American Caper is a tale of two totally normal, completely damaged families in a world of corrupt business, inept politics, bungling crime, self-righteous justice, and problematic leisure wear. We follow the fortunes of two neighbors who are on the point of collapse: a Mormon hitman and a gambling addict lawyer, both intertwined in a real estate deal gone wrong. Added to the mix are a Mexican beauty queen on the run from her past, two escaped convicts in love, a Wall Street billionaire who has become a cowboy, and a maniac hell-bent on revenge.
From the tax avoiders in the manicured wilderness of Wyoming, to the thought police of Brooklyn, to the confused political battlegrounds of Florida, one thing is certain: this tragedy is someone else’s fault.
Here's a PREVIEW.
HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: THE GHOST SHIPS OF LABRADOR #1 (OF 2), $4.99: I've completely lost track of what I have and haven't read, vis-a-vis all these flashback Hellboy stories. I think I'll just wait for collections.
Writer: Mike Mignola, Rob Williams
Artist: Laurence Campbell
A town overrun by ghosts would be enough of a problem, but Hellboy has an even bigger problem on his hands when a fellow B.P.R.D. agent disappears amongst the paranormal chaos.
• Rob Williams and Laurence Campbell return to the Hellboy universe!
• First of a two-part standalone Hellboy story.
NO. 7: DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT has three first issues this week.
GARGOYLES X FANTASTIC FOUR #1, $5.99: I didn't see this coming, but maybe I should have, with Fantastic Four: First Steps in theaters around the time this would have been planned. It might even be of interest to some Legionnaires.
Writer: Greg Weisman
Artist: George Kambadais
When the Manhattan Clan are invited on a tour of the world-famous Baxter Building — the high-tech home of the Fantastic Four — things quickly go from impressive to destructive when Coldsteel joins forces with the Dragon Man to unleash the terror that is Annihilus — trapping Franklin, Valeria, and Gnash in the Negative Zone in the process!
Now, both of these heroic extended families — enchanted stone and super-human alike — must team up in an all-out effort to save their children, their city, and their whole world from destruction!
Written by Gargoyles creator GREG WEISMAN and illustrated by celebrated artist GEORGE KAMBADAIS, the 40-page special features non-stop action and adventure, with cosmically iconic covers provided by LUCIO PARRILLO, DECLAN SHALVEY, AMANDA CONNER, MARK BAGLEY, and NICOLETTA BALDARI!
"What could be better for Gargoyles' first crossover than having them meet the first family of the Marvel Universe?" said writer Greg Weisman. "Gotta love shared values and super-villains. Plus, Mole Man!"
PETER CANNON THUNDERBOLT #1, $4.99: Wow, I REALLY didn't see this one coming! I'd forgotten Dynamite had the rights.
Writer: Fred Van Lente
Artist: Jonathan Lau
Covers: Robert Quinn (A), Jonathan Lau (B), Dave Acosta (C), Alex Ross Icon (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Action/Adventure | $4.99 | Teen+
Dynamite’s millionaire martial artist returns in this all-new action-packed reimagining from enlightened author FRED VAN LENTE (Die!namite) and ascended artist JONATHAN LAU (Space Ghost)!
As a child, Peter Cannon grew up in the secluded culture of “The Awakened,” a isolated movement blending New Age psychology, Tibetan Buddhism, extreme fitness, and other esoteric disciplines. But when a mass suicide wiped out almost all of the Awakened’s followers, an orphaned and abandoned Peter was left to find his own way in the world.
Now, years later, the last surviving member of a mysterious mystical order arrives in New York City on a mission of revenge. His target? The renegade master who destroyed his clan — Peter Cannon! But taking out the fabled Lightning Vessel of the Awakened is easier said than done — especially considering that Cannon’s mind-and-body-perfected moves can collapse time and defy death itself!
Featuring harmoniously honed cover art by ROBERT QUINN, JONATHAN LAU, and DAVE ACOSTA, each issue of Peter Cannon Thunderbolt will also include a special Icon cover from master painter ALEX ROSS!
THUNDERCATS PANTHRO #1, $5.99: ThunderCats aren't my jam, but I suspect they would be if I had been born at the right time.
Writer: Ed Brisson
Artist: Dave Acosta
Covers: Dave Acosta (A), Sebastian Piriz (B), Robert Quinn (C), Will Robson (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 40 pages | Science Fiction/Adventure | $5.99 | Teen
On a solo excursion beyond the boundaries of the Cat’s Lair, Panthro is enjoying the solitude of the wilderness and a brief respite from his responsibilities when he is set upon by a pack of giant, hostile creatures. For a warrior of his nature, this just became the best vacation ever! But as the battle is joined, the true intent behind the attack is revealed — and this secret could spell doom for all the Thunderans on Third Earth!
Acclaimed ThunderCats: Lost author ED BRISSON joins artist DAVE ACOSTA for an all-out slugfest starring the strongest of the ThunderCats in ThunderCats: Panthro #1 — featuring two-fisted covers from ACOSTA, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, ROBERT QUINN, and WILL ROBSON!
And here are some more previews, because why not:
BLUE FALCON AND DYNOMUTT #3, $4.99
DIE!NAMITE BLOOD RED #2 , $4.99
VAMPIRELLA: ARMAGEDDON #5, $4.99
MORE PUBLISHERS
ANTARCTIC PRESS
TOMORROW GIRL X ATOMIC MOUSE #1 (ONE-SHOT), $4.99: This is why comic books exist.
(W) Ben Dunn, Fer Sosa
(A) Fer Sosa
(CA) Ben Dunn
A spell gone wrong sends Tomorrow Girl to another world, where she meets its native hero, Atomic Mouse. The new allies must work together to stop an alien experiment run amok before it destroys an entire city!
DRAWN AND QUARTERLY
REEL POLITIK TP, $20.00: "An absurdist comic strip satire of cinephilia in the attention economy." Here's a PREVIEW.
YOKAI SHIGERU MIZUKI'S SUPERNATURAL PARADE HC, $39.95: "Manga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan’s most entertaining myths to the modern age" Here's a PREVIEW.
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
COMFORTLESS GN, $19.99: "Miguel Vila magnifies the petty and morbid narrowness of the human soul with a precision to rival storytellers such as Mike Leigh, Andrey Zvyagintsev, or Michael Haneke."
LOVERS AND HATERS: A LOVE AND ROCKETS BOOK TP, $19.99: "In the next chapter of the Palomar saga, actress Fritz contends with a sex cult, mad scientists, and her inner demons." Here's a PREVIEW.
MY YEAR IN VIETNAM GN, $30.00: "The myth of Pax Americana is revealed in Vietnam vet George Ryan's harrowing story, illustrated by Eve Gilbert."
UNCLE SCROOGE: FLINTHEART GLOMGOLD'S SINISTER SECRET #2 (OF 3), $5.99, is actually Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #462.
MAD CAVE STUDIOS
LIQUIDATOR #1 (OF 5), $4.99: Peter Milligan (Shade, Enimga) can be interesting. Not always, but sometimes.
(W) Peter Milligan
(A/CA) Piotr Kowalski
When Aubrey Street arrives in 1891 looking for a feminist masterpiece that won’t be published for almost 100 years, she worries that 1981 might be rejecting her. Aubrey is a Liquidator, her job is to fix glitches in time. She just wishes she could fix the glitches in her life. In another part of Gilded Age New York, John Hawksmore plans to kill a servant girl whose life has been turned upside down by the book she found in her employer’s library. Somehow, all their lives are connected. They just don’t know it yet…
TITAN COMICS
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #26, $4.99
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In case anyone missed it, that "B" cover is an homage to the variant cover of Spider-Man #583.
JIM APARO'S DC CLASSICS ARTIST'S EDITION HC: I suspect quite a few Legionnaires will be made happy by this one.
I completely missed this in the solicits (which is something I suspect I'll be saying a lot more frequently from now on). Jim Aparo is probably my favorite Bat-artist (although with so many, who can say?) and I might even have pre-ordered this, but without my discount it's not likely I'll be picking this one up.
[It] is the first book in the publishing partnership between Act 4 Publishing and Skybound...
Never even heard of it (nor of any of the other AEs you mentioned).
Publishing details for these books will be announced in the coming months.
Yes, but where?
I have not been following the current Ultimate books from Marvel, but I think that I read (probably at Bleedin' Cool News) that it may be about to end. Apparently it began with a situation or trap of some sort for the Master, from which he would take two full years to escape, and presumably these books follow real time and will no longer exist once he returns.
I posted the press release for the end of the Ultimate universe in the new "coming comics" section (which probably isn't in its final form). They really are going to end it, because -- from what I read somewhere -- Jonathan Hickman said he wouldn't launch the line it if it didn't have a definite end. He apparently felt burned when the Krakoa storyline was extended well beyond what he had planned. (For what its worth, I agree, and dropped the X-books when I began to feel like they were treading water. As a result, I've never read the end of the Krakoa story.) Marvel agreed, but Hickman was as surprised as anybody when they stuck to the agreement, even though the Ultimate books are some of their best sellers. I think I read that on Bleeding Cool, as you say, but it could have been elsewhere and should be taken with several grains of salt.
I bought the first few issues of the Brubaker/Martin Friday in digital form, and it completely dazzles. I can't wait to have it in a collection and read the whole thing. It doesn't mention them in the publicity blurb, but I think the best analogy for Friday is it's if Encyclopedia Brown and Sally Kimball came back from college after a bit of a falling out, and weren't quite sure how to act around each other anymore. But then a mystery arises...
Brubaker did a masterful job of this with nods to the Riverdale teens in The Last of the Innocents, and this takes a similar -- but also vastly different -- look at people that resemble a pair of my childhood heroes.