Monday, July 24, 2023

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Featured Title of the Week

ULTIMATE INVASION #2 (OF 4)

The Maker plans to make sure Earth's Mightiest Heroes never become heroes at all. And then he can reshape the universe into exactly what he wants it to be...
Rated T+  


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ALICE NEVER AFTER #1 (OF 5)
BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Dan Panosian (A) Giorgio Spalletta, Dan Panosian (CA) Dan Panosian
Alice finally got her wish. Wonderland has become her new home, but with her abuser's avatar with the uncanny grin turning the mad residents of a moonstruck world against her, she's clawing for a little rationality amongst the chaos.

As Alice's sister Edith and her childhood friend Earl fight for a way to bring her back, Alice has to contend with whether or not her torment is due to her father, herself, or maybe a curious combination of both...

Superstar writer Dan Panosian (Unkindness of Ravens, Black Tape) and artist Giorgio Spalletta (007: For King & Country) explore the morbid side of escapism in this twisted tale that blurs the line between fantasy and reality.  


ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW POINT ONE #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
MARVEL PRH
(W) G. Willow Wilson, VARIOUS (A) Adrian Alphona, VARIOUS (CA) Salvador Larroca
Kamala Khan makes her full debut as Ms. Marvel to help usher in a landmark era for Marvel Comics! See the 21st century's greatest super-hero sensation in action for the first time, against the menace of the Inventor! And fresh chapters begin for a host of other iconic characters as well: Loki embarks on a mission for Asgard! The Silver Surfer and Dawn experience the cosmic rays of Nautikos! A Kree Pursuer and her Special Forces team prepare to invade the Earth! The Black Widow takes on a deadly assignment in Russia! And can Avengers buddy-duo Cannonball and Sunspot keep the Hulk's power out of A.I.M.'s hands? It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE #1.
Rated T+  


BATMAN BEYOND NEO-GOTHIC #1
(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A/CA) Max Dunbar
Terry McGinnis defeated the evil A.I. controlling Neo-Gotham and asserted himself as the one true Batman, but his next battle will bring him to the remains of Old Gotham. Children are going missing and being swallowed by the city's old bones. Batman Beyond will have to go underground, led by a mysterious splicer named Kyle the Catboi, to find the children and confront the city's buried sins. What happened to the green of the city? What happened to magic? And what villains never left old Gotham? All these questions will be answered by the red-hot creative team of Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (Batman - One Bad Day: Clayface, Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty) and Max Dunbar (Batman: Urban Legends).


BLAKEMORE #1 (OF 2)
ADVENT COMICS
(W) Jamal Blair (A/CA) Albert Sawal Dela Cruz
A new nightmare wakes the city that never sleeps in the follow-up to the Blakemore motion picture. Blakemore investigates a rash of seemingly unrelated missing persons only to find out a supernatural force has targeted the city. 


BRZRKR POETRY OF MADNESS #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Keanu Reeves, Steve Skroce (A/CA) Steve Skroce
     A sea of gore and devastation awaits as B, through a fateful chance encounter, safeguards the advanced and ancient realm of Atlantis as its unstoppable protector.
     But a sickly king serves as a symbol for the rot inside, as the security and bliss created through B's violence is shallow... The cracks created by a secret cult might spell a monstrous end for the legendary city, one beyond even B's ability to save.
     Renowned filmmaker and record-shattering comic creator Keanu Reeves joins acclaimed writer and artist Steve Skroce (Doctor Strange) for a one-shot special that fans of Lovecraftian horror would be mad to miss!   
  

BY THE HORNS DARK EARTH #11
SCOUT COMICS
(W) Markisan Naso (A/CA) Jason Muhr
Haru leads an assault on Yun Ma's forces in the Middle Fields as they attempt to destroy the Augernaut. An ocean away in an undersea cavern, Elodie and her friends fight for their lives against a horde of creatures blocking their path to pure magic.  


CHARM CITY #1
SCOUT COMICS
(W) Josh Eiserike (A) Scott Van Domelen (CA) Hugo Petrus
The Baltimore police are baffled when a Ravens cheerleader is found floating in the Inner Harbor with an arcane symbol carved onto her corpse. And only Alyssia Singer, music blogger at the Baltimore Sun, knows what it means: that a serial killer is targeting Baltimore's underground witching community. Alyssia-an excommunicated witch who no longer uses magic-must decide: take the case and confront her estranged family and long buried demons... or risk more bodies piling up... 


CHILDREN OF THE COMET #1 (OF 5)
SUMERIAN COMICS
(W) Damian Connelly (A/CA) Gabriel Kikot
A new series set in the world of You Promised Me Darkness and Follow Me Into The Darkness! Ten years after the events of Follow, Sage and the children of the comet live prosperously in New Kolosimo. But one day before the birthday of Miracle, the daughter of Sage and Daversa, new threats appear and the children of the comet must go into action again. Satanists, psychedelic dimensions, chihuahuas that shoot laser beams from their eyes, a deadly villain who wakes up after many years of being asleep and many other oddities. Welcome back to Kolosimo, where everything is weird.  


CRESTAR & KNIGHT STALLION #1 (OF 5)
CHAOS QUILL COMICS
(W) Paul Allor & Various (A) Garrie Gastonny (CA) Photo
In a Detroit teetering on the edge of destruction, Crestar, a battle worn vigilante discovers a young man with superhuman abilities. Coming to be known as the Knight Stallion, this new hero fears only one thing... his Arab mother. 


GODZILLA MONSTERS PROTECTORS SUMMER SMASH #1
IDW-PRH
(W) Erik Burham (A/CA) Dan Schoening
Ahh, summer vacation. Cedric's ready for sunny beaches, cool drinks, and not being at school! Nothing could go wrong... short of a Xilien invasion! Between alien attacks, maybe-evil robots, and the return of the scariest monster Cedric's ever had to face, it's going to take him, his friends, and all Earth's protectors to fight back! If only they could find Godzilla... An extra-length one-shot completing the Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors in the perfect Godzilla adventure for middle graders!
All Ages 


HOPE VOL 2 #1 (OF 4)
SOURCE POINT PRESS
(W) Dirk Manning (A/CA) Sally Scott
Julie Lavelle's superhero identity has been revealed, her daughter has been taken from her, her home has been destroyed, and she finds herself the target of villains and the media alike. Now, her husband is awakening from a coma... but will it make things better or worse? 


JACIN AND THE OLYMPIANS #1
BAND OF BARDS
(W) Shane Berryhill, Alex Ogle (A) Mattia Monaco (CA) Alex Ogle, Maja Opac
Zeus and his Pantheon have been wiped out by the Titans of Myth! Jacin Mukai and her genetically-engineered demigoddess friends use divine technology to protect the remnants of humanity aboard the Starship Olympia as they quest to find the legendary Colossi. Humanity's last hope is Jacin and the Olympians! All audiences, woman-led sci-fi action adventure double issue that mixes Giant Mechs in a space opera epic with fast paced manga influenced comics.  


KENT MENACE QUARTERLY #1
BRILLIANT ENTERPRISE LLC
(W) Scott Braden, Various (A) Matthew Plog & Various (CA) Matthew Plog
He is known by many names... "Mysterious Mariner," "Supernatural Sailor," "Weird Hero!" He is Kent Menace, two-fisted sailor of the limitless Pangean Sea, and four-color comic book hero-turned-reality's-champion. And he once again takes up his mystical harpoon - the Tritonblade - to fight the good fight across time and reality in 2023! Overseen by art director Belinda Miller, chronicling some of his greatest moments will be co-creators Scott Braden and Mike Malborough, as well as: John Charles, Frank Fosco, Marty Grosser, Mark Herr, Dan Lawlis, Tom Newell, Chuck Patton, Eraklis and Erin Petmezas, Matthew Plog, Meggan Groves Robinson, Dillon Samuelson, Nate Shelton, Mark Wheatley, Lance Woods, and Hiroshi Kanatani! And get your first look at Brilliant's upcoming Weird Western in a preview of Marty Grosser's The Gunhand! What else is there to say but: HUZZAH!  


KNIGHT TERRORS ACTION COMICS #1 (OF 2)
(W) Leah Williams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Vasco Georgiev, Mico Suayan (CA) Rafa Sandoval
Slipping into the world of nightmares is only the beginning as Power Girl faces off with the scariest dream of all...herself! Paige may have narrowly escaped the grasp of the devious Johnny Sorrow, but all of that was just a warm-up for the real villain inside. Meanwhile, the Super-Twins are lost in a terrifying dreamscape and being hunted by a nightmare version of their own adopted father, the murderous Cyborg Superman. Can Superboy, Kong Kenan, and the Steel family find the twins in time to save them, or will they join his bloody list of victims? 


KNIGHT TERRORS ANGEL BREAKER #1 (OF 2)
(W) Tim Seeley (A) Acky Bright (CA) Matteo Lolli
STARRING THE BREAKOUT NEW CHARACTER! Deep in an abandoned Kobra safe house is a device able to access the dream powers of John Dee, a.k.a. Doctor Destiny. As heroes across the world succumb to nightmares, Angel Breaker wants it. Now, to infiltrate a hall of horrors, she'll need the help of a professional thief--the man known as Raptor. But Angel Breaker and Raptor aren't exactly friends. Can the mysterious merc trust a man who feels nothing but grudges as the strange pair encounter a horror as old as the Coda Sisterhood and even more dangerous? While the world sleeps, Angel Breaker might be the final girl still awake!


KNIGHT TERRORS DETECTIVE COMICS #1 (OF 2)
(W) Dan Watters (A/CA) Riccardo Federici
BATMAN TRAPPED IN THE NIGHTMARE REALM! Jim Gordon stumbles upon a sacred ritual held by three disciples chanting around an enchanted clock...and one of them is wearing the robotic Batsuit that he donned many years ago as Batman...except this metal suit seems to have have soldered directly into the flesh of the wearer! What do these creatures want with Gotham, and why are they targeting Jim's daughter, Babs, too? This has to be a dream, right? Or perhaps it's a nightmare, but if you die in it, you can die in real life as well...  


KNIGHT TERRORS HARLEY QUINN #1 (OF 2)
(W) Tini Howard, Leah Williams (A) Hayden Sherman, Ben Templesmith (CA) Hayden Sherman
Imagine a world--beyond both the waking world and that of dreams. A world where your every choice creates a series of infinitely rippling profane reverberations. Where donuts and soda cans can do the cancan and I actually am goin' steady with yer mom. Our story takes place there, in the realm beyond the limits of the liminal. A place we call...the Harley Quinn Zone. I'm your host, Dr. Ryleha Q. Niun, attorney of drawers--Just kiddin'. It's still me, Harley! But hey, this one is real freaky--and my life is already pretty dang bananas! Hold on to your buns, 'cause this one is gonna give you some interdimensional chafing for sure! Plus, Leah Williams and Ben Templesmith help me crack a cosmic-mystery night terror! This case goes so many layers deep it's practically a true turductective story, if you will...  


KNIGHT TERRORS TITANS #1 (OF 2)
(W) Andrew Constant (A) Scott Godlewski (CA) Yanick Paquette
TITANS VS. TERROR TITANS! The kids are not all right! After plummeting into the Nightmare Realm, the remaining members of the Titans come face-to-face with a fever dream turned reality: the Terror Titans! These warped versions of our heroes are prepared to do anything to become the next Justice League...even kill! 


MURDER BY MAIL #1 CVR A (MR)
SOURCE POINT PRESS
(W/A/CA) Joshua Werner
     You're a Private Investigator working for Illicit Investigations, Inc. in Cleaver County,
and your first client just brought you a case you'll never forget...
     In Murder By Mail, a fully interactive role-playing experience, you are presented with
evidence from an unsolved murder case, and through the favors you call in, the
interviews you conduct, and your own wits and attention to detail, you can discover the identity of the killer and put the case to rest.
     Annie Donovan's father has been brutally murdered in a hit-and-run, mere months after the unsolved murder of her mother. Has a killer marked her family for death? Will she be next? Can you navigate the twists and turns of this case and find the true killer? 


MY LITTLE PONY CAMP BIGHOOF #1
IDW-PRH
(W) Stephanie Cooke (A/CA) Kate Sherron
Welcome, campers, to Camp Bighoof! The Mane 5 have taken over an old camp, named after the elusive Bighoof creature (Bridlesquatch if you're a unicorn, Yakuti if you're a Pegasus), to teach fillies and colts about their powers. Plus, arts & crafts with Izzy, singing with Pipp, obstacle courses with Zipp, what could be better?! Surely nothing could go wrong, right? Right?!
All Ages  


POISON IVY UNCOVERED #1 (ONE SHOT)
(W) Jessica Berbey (A) Various (CA) Guillem March
AN UNFORGETTABLE GALLERY OF POISON IVY'S GREATEST VARIANT COVERS! Art by Jenny Frison, Joshua Middleton, Warren Laow, Frank Cho, Sozomaika, and others. This gallery of Poison Ivy's greatest variant covers celebrates the first year of the verdant villainess's acclaimed, GLAAD Award-winning ongoing series.  


PURR EVIL #1 (OF 6) CVR A BRAGA (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Mirka Andolfo (A/CA) Laura Braga
MINISERIES PREMIERE!THERE IS NO ESCAPING THE MEWING EVIL...
     Rita loves her daughter Deb, but a dark evil from her past threatens the lives of anyone who gets too close to it. Can the bond between two women overcome a life built on blood and lies? And what secret is lurking in the Morando family's apartment?
     Written by Harvey Award-winning superstar MIRKA ANDOLFO (SWEET PAPRIKA, MERCY, UNNATURAL, Punchline) and illustrated by fan-favorite LAURA BRAGA (WITCHBLADE, Future State: The Next Batman, Harley Quinn, DC Bombshells), PURR EVIL is a stand-out story about the relationship between a mother who gave everything for her daughter and a daughter who needs to figure out her role in a world that she's about to doom! 


REBEL GRRRLS #1
KEENSPOT ENTERTAINMENT
(W) Danny Harrell (A) Robert Ahmad (CA) Francesca Fantini
Cursed with the power to resurrect the dead through music, three girls from rural Alabama set out to tour dive bars, basements and county fairs throughout the south. If making it as an all-girl punk band wasn't difficult enough, these cursed souls are pursued by a ghoul, disguised as a record executive, who has been tasked with using them to resurrect enough of the dead to overthrow the living. Despite the forces of hell patiently awaiting its time to rise, these riot grrrls are intent to prove that they're no sellouts, and that they can make their mark on their own. Will it be revolution, girl style... or Armageddon?  


RIVERS OF LONDON HERE BE DRAGONS #1 (OF 4)
TITAN COMICS
(W) James Swallow & Various (A/CA) Jose Maria Beroy
CO-WRITTEN BY NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR, JAMES SWALLOW!
     A dangerous monster is at large above the streets of London. And its name... Wyvern!
     After a Met Police helicopter on night patrol is attacked by an unidentified aerial phenomena, the Met's only sanctioned wizard, Peter Grant, and his mentor, Thomas Nightingale, are called in to investigate.
     Peter and Nightingale find themselves drawn into a battle between two groups of hunters - one human, and one fae- as they uncover a legacy of events that extend back to the 1960s. To save the skies of the city, Peter must face the enraged beast - but can he end things peacefully... or will he be forced to destroy the last wyvern?



SDCC 2023 RED SONJA 2023 #1 EXCLUSIVE VARIANTS
DYNAMITE
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Walter Geovani (CA) Joseph Michael Linsner
Following directly from the pages of Red Sonja #0, the She-Devil finds herself on the run, framed for murder, and with an unseen force tugging at the back of her mind. Join Sonja as she races to unravel the mystery of "His Master's Voice!" Written By Torunn Grønbekk and featuring art by Red Sonja superstar Walter Geovani (with colors by Omi Remalante, Jr.), this brand-new series dives deep into Sonja's world, exploring the darkness of Hyboria like never before. And all this is wrapped up in an amazing series of covers: Shannon Maer, Jimmy Cheung, Alan Quah, Bryan Hitch, Joanie Brosas (Cosplay), Jenny Frison, and MANY more - including the Dynamite Debut of Bjorn Barends! 


SPACE OUTLAWS #1 (OF 3)
SCOUT COMICS
(W/A/CA) Marco Fontanili
The most dangerous criminal in the solar system-the F-24K prisoner-has escaped from the Maximum Security Prison on Mars. Upon fleeing the facility, he manages to reach planet Earth, where he is intent on resuming his criminal exploits. The prison's wardens, however, send the deadliest of their robots to stop the dangerous villain.  


SUPERMAN THE LAST DAYS OF LEX LUTHOR #1 (OF 3)
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Bryan Hitch
Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch reunite to tell a tale centered on their favorite superhero. Superman learns Lex Luthor is dying, and he wants the Man of Steel to help him find the cure for whatever is causing his rapid decline. While the world wants to say good riddance to Luthor, Superman will go to the ends of the universe, through different dimensions, and across time to save his foe. But just why does he want to save the person who's spent his life trying to destroy him? And will he even be able to find the solution?


TALYN SEEDS OF DARKNESS #1
SCOUT COMICS
(W) Caspian Darke, Geoffrey Rickett (A/CA) Banished Shadow
Nonstop. Rulers Vlad Vorden & Amelia are bent on exterminating the witches whom they blame for spreading the bubonic plague known as The Black Death. They pursue the witch queen, Aradia, the last survivor. While seeking refuge, Aradia buries a bloody Seed of Darkness, a seed harnessing the power of the first true magic, the Ars Magica. Meanwhile... Talyn mourns the mysterious abduction of her sister at the hands of an unknown ghostly dark entity.


THE RIBBON QUEEN #1 (OF 8)
AWA
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows, Guillermo Ortego (CA) Declan Shalvey
There is something ancient and terrible loose in the world of men. Something that hates them with burning passion, that bears a grudge born of ten thousand years. Something that wants its revenge.
NYPD Detective Amy Sun has a problem: Three years ago, a young woman was rescued from a serial killer by a police tactical unit. Now she's dead, and Amy has a bad feeling that the SWAT team leader is responsible. As she investigates the existence of a corrupt cabal within her own precinct, Detective Sun soon discovers that there is something else on their trail - a force of vengeance older than the human race itself has awoken, invoked by the tormented murder victim in the weeks before she died, and is out for the blood of the guilty, who soon find themselves suffering a fate more gruesome than anything they could have dreamed of. The Ribbon Queen has come to New York City...and when she learns the truth, Amy is not at all certain that it should be stopped.


TRAKOVI #1 (OF 5)
SCOUT COMICS
(W/A) Adriean Koleric (CA) Dave Thomas
A Slovenian thug in Edmonton, Canada, tries to put his criminal past behind him, but there are those who know where the bodies are buried who refuse to allow the dead to rest in peace...


UNDER A BLOOD RED MOON #1
DREN PRODUCTIONS AFTER DARK
(W) James Mascia (A) Vladamir Aleksic (CA) Renato Camilo
The Earth has been invaded by a race of aliens who are only interested in finding new slaves for their empire. This creates a problem for some of the other species living here-vampires and werewolves. The more humans they take off-planet, the less food they have. Humanity's fate is locked in between these two warring factions whose only desire is to retrieve their food source... so one way or the other, the human race is screwed. Vampires vs. Werewolves vs. Aliens - who will claim the human race as their own? Whoever wins... we lose.


WHAT IF DARK SPIDER-GWEN #1
MARVEL PRH
(W) Gerry Conway, Jody Houser (A) Ramon Bachs (CA) Greg Land
Spider-Legend Gerry Conway returns to his most famous Spider-Story for this WHAT IF along with co-writer Jody Houser! WHAT IF Gwen Stacy didn't die on the bridge that day, but Spider-Man DID?! 'Nuff said, I presume!
Rated T


WILD COSMOS #1
SCOUT COMICS
(W) Curtis Clow (A) Mauro Mandalari (CA) Chun Lo
Captain Cooper and his crew struggle to stay afloat in The Wild Cosmos. But after finding a derelict space station they have a chance at a big score. The Captain makes the call, they're going after the dangerous loot... And he'll have to live with the consequences of that choice. 


X-MEN HELLFIRE GALA 2023 #1
MARVEL PRH
(W) Gerry Duggan (A) R. B. Silva, Luciano Vecchio (CA) Phil Noto
THE FALL OF X BEGINS HERE! The Hellfire Gala is always the biggest event of the season...but this year's will change everything for Krakoa. What is meant to be mutantkind's biggest night becomes their biggest nightmare as the Fall of X begins! All your favorite X-Men are going to be left reeling after this one - shocking revelations, stunning betrayals, horrifying tragedy, impossible deaths...and of course the most glamorous looks of the year, all in one CANNOT-MISS package!
Rated T+ 


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