Monday, May 29, 2023

New Titles Arriving at Dr. No's on May 31, 2023!

Featured Title of the Week

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #26
Who Will Make the Ultimate Sacrifice?!?!

Now fully in the present, the Emissary has returned and his power is so far beyond Spider-Man's abilities. The heroes may figure out a way to win, but the cost of victory will be so immense that you may hope they don't...


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CAT FIGHT #1
IDW-PRH
(W) Andrew Wheeler (A/CA) Ilias Kyriazis
John Wick meets Kill Bill, meets CATS?! Felix lives a life of high fashion and indulgence. Sure, he steals to get it, but he gets it on his own, nonetheless. When a mysterious character by the name of Schrodinger threatens Felix's only surviving family member in an attempt to recruit him into a crime syndicate, Felix is sent on a globetrotting game of cat and mouse in a heightened world of colorful criminal masterminds.


DC PRIDE 2023 #1 (ONE SHOT)
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Mateus Manhanini
Written by Grant Morrison, Nicole Maines, Christopher Cantwell, Nadia Shammas, and others! Art by Hayden Sherman, Paulina Ganucheau, Stephen Sadowski, Skylar Patridge, Mildred Louis, and others! DC Pride is back again with a brave and bold and all-new collection of stories starring DC's fan-favorite stable of LGBTQIA+ characters--many of whom will find themselves in thrilling team-ups the likes of which you've never seen before! Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time...but there's nowhere on the planet Crush can't crash! Jon Kent gets a comprehensive course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem on him. Tim Drake and Connor Hawke learn that there's nothing more awkward than reuniting with an old friend after you've both come out and one of you was indoctrinated by the League of Shadows for a while. Circuit Breaker struggles to stifle his powers after the Flash of Earth-11 leaps out of the time stream and knocks them both into another dimension. Just how far would Flashlight go to honor his lost love? All these stories and many more in DC Pride 2023! This year's anthology also includes: An introduction by Phil Jimenez! A 5-page preview of Dreamer's YA debut written by Nicole Maines and drawn by Rye Hickman! A parade of pinups by Babs Tarr, Maria Llovet, Brandt & Stein, Noah Dao, Travis G. Moore, and more!  


FRANKLIN AND GHOST #1 (OF 8)
SOURCE POINT PRESS
(W) Garrett Gunn (A) Nic Touris (CA) Marcelo Trom
In anticipation of the upcoming animated series, Franklin and Ghost are back, re-mastered in a brand new format! In a last-ditch effort to see more of the universe before accepting their inevitably boring lives as miners on their home planet Defilion, Franklin and Ghost steal a ship and head out for one last adventure. When they accidentally crash to Earth, they seek shelter in the bodies of a couple unsuspecting hosts. Hell bent on having a good time, they start a rage-filled quest putting them on the radar of galactic police forces.  
 

LADY DEATH DIABOLICAL HARVEST #1 (OF 2)
COFFIN COMICS
(W) Brian Pulido, Mike MacLean (A/CA) Diego Bernard
Chapter 16 (Part 1) in the Coffin Comics Lady Death Universe. "World War Death!" official tie-in! Suffering a devastating defeat at the hands of the psychotic Lady Virtue, the diva of death nearly meets a gruesome fate. Only one thing pulls Lady Death back from the edge of oblivion-Vengeance! But how do you defeat an adversary who can steal your very life essence? Can Lady Death and warrior angel Serena finally put a stop to HALO and Matthias? Or will they fall victim to Lady Virtue's twisted desires?  


LEGION OF EXCEPTIONAL GORILLA MEN #1
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
(W) Alexander Banchitta (A) Gerardo Gambone (CA) Buz Hasson
It's a bird...it's a plane...it's a super simian?  When the world is in danger and no mere mortal man can save it, we need the only super group in the ape nation - the Legion of Exceptional Gorilla Men!  Gorillas with powers beyond the wildest dreams of an ordinary chimp join forces to save their captured comrades from a diabolically evil mad scientist, Dr. Fang. Despite their exceptional abilities the question remains; can they set aside their savage instincts for the good of gorilla-kind?  Or will they slip on the banana peel of destiny?  Find out here!  
  

NORTH VALLEY GRIMOIRE #1 (OF 6)
MASSIVE - WHATNOT
(W) Blake Northcott (A) Giuseppe Cafaro (CA) Fay Dalton
Fay Dalton is the artist behind the glamorous illustrations on Ian Fleming's 007 (Hard Case Crime). Her iconic style amplifies the classic spycraft at the heart of THE NORTH VALLEY GRIMOIRE. SPYCRAFT MEETS SPELLCRAFT in North Valley: a slick, James Bond-style adventure fused with the supernatural suspense of The Magicians. In this thrilling debut, a CIA black-ops division clandestinely hunts - and eliminates - the most dangerous threat in history: MAGICK. On a routine assignment, Agent Malek discovers a grimoire more powerful than a nuclear weapon ... but when The Agency wants to recover the spellbook instead of destroy it, he begins to question their endgame. Written by bestselling author Blake Northcott (Catwoman) with art by Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad), The North Valley Grimoire is an enchanted tale of espionage like none other.  


PATHFINDER WAKE DEAD #1
DYNAMITE
(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Eman Casallos (CA) Steve Ellis
New creative team! New party of Iconics! New lands of Golarion to explore! The tantalizing prospect of a rendezvous with a Geb defector in possession of priceless secrets from that undead nation brings a diverse group of adventurers to the Nexian metropolis of Ecanus. When they find themselves cornered by the city's remorseless Deathsealers, can the Iconics band together for survivalescape a city full of hostile wizards alive?
(this will be tweaked when I get info from Paizo): Featuring playable character stats for Seelah, the iconic paladin, and new character options for inhabitants of the magical military city of Ecanus; officially sanctioned by the Pathfinder Society!
Written by Fred Van Lente, with incredible art by Eman Casallos and covers by Eman Casallos, Steve Ellis and Biagio d'Alessandro!
And look for the Dynamite Debut of Starfinder #1 next month! These two series will weave in and out of comic shops throughout 2023!
Fred Van Lente is a six-time New York Times bestselling comics writer, novelist and playwright whose work spans mystery/thrillers to historical fiction to superheroes to comedy.
Van Lente burst onto the scene with his first collaboration with cartoonist Ryan Dunlavey, Action Philosophers, which became a YALSA Best Book for Teens and the NYT called ""intensely goofy but intellectually rigorous".
From there he went on to a long career at Marvel and has also written for DC, Archie Comics, Dark Horse, Boom! Studios, Dynamite Comics, and Valiant, where his run on Archer & Armstrong was nominated for a Harvey Award for Best Continuing Series.
Van Lente has continued writing non-fiction graphic novels, often with his artistic collaborator Ryan Dunlavey, including the bestselling Comic Book History of Comics and the middle grade series Action Presidents.
After years of short story writing (including ""Neversleeps," which shortlisted for Best American Science Fiction), Van Lente graduated to prose novels with the acclaimed mysteries Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist. 


POWER GIRL SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT)
(W) Leah Williams (A/CA) Marguerite Sauvage
POWER GIRL TAKES CENTER STAGE! With new powers and a new mission, Power Girl faces a challenge unlike any she's experienced before in this shocking one-shot rising from the events of Lazarus Planet and Action Comics! With Omen's guidance, Power Girl now strives to battle the demons—literal and figurative—lurking within the minds of some of the greatest superheroes in the DC Universe! But the nefarious Johnny Sorrow has been searching for a connection to Earth-0, and the superheroines' work may unwittingly give him the means to make their world his personal stage! Can Power Girl and her estranged Super-Family bring down the curtain on Sorrow's evil plans? And at what cost?


RAWHEAD REBORN #1
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
(W) Alexander Banchitta (A) Ev Cantada (CA) Roy Allen Martinez
A dying man utters a name which curses his killers and seals their fates...Rawhead. One by one they begin dying in strange and gruesome ways, until there's only two left. The remaining survivors struggle with what to do next and wonder is it all a coincidence? Or is there really something that's out to get them?  


SANJULIAN QUEEN LOST WORLD #1
OPUS COMICS
(W) John Reppion, Leah Moore (A/CA) Ariel Olivetti
Legendary Spanish artist Sanjulián is known throughout the world for his beautiful and haunting covers for Creepy, Eerie, Famous Monsters, Vampirella, and many more. Now his most vivid paintings are coming to life in Queens of The Lost World, in this collaboration with the master himself! Written by Leah Moore & John Reppion (Doctor Who) with art by Silvia Califano (Star Trek: Year Five), this ongoing series features characters inspired by iconic paintings like "Dragon Queen", "Warrior", and "Glass of Death" in a thrilling fantasy adventure! 


SAVAGE STRENGTH OF STARSTORM #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Drew Craig (A) Drew Craig, Jason Finestone (CA) Drew Craig
SERIES PREMIERE
Orphaned amnesiac high school student Grant Garrison is just attempting to navigate his present and recall his past when a meteor decimates his school. In the rubble, Grant discovers a strange artifact from another galaxy, the weapon known as the Starstorm, and the power that resides within it will determine not only his and his friends' future-but the fate of the entire universe.  


SERENO #1
CEX PUBLISHING
(W/A/CA) Luciano Vecchio
Meet Sereno, the Mystic Master of Light and guardian of New Teia, a city where magic and science intertwine by night! An avatar of collective Paranoia, a shepherd of Nightmares, and a Cult of Hate are just the start of an evil conspiracy transforming the city. Can Sereno fight back while keeping super cat burglar Rufián from stealing... his heart?  


TMNT SATURDAY MORNING ADV CONTINUED #1
IDW-PRH
(W) Erik Burnham (A/CA) Tim Lattie
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Saturday Morning Adventures continue in our first multipart adventure! After an accidental encounter with an unknown element in the sewers of the city, the Rat King finds his ability to control the hearts and minds of rodents is waning. But in its place, he finds the ability to control reptile life, which will totally make things harder for the heroes in a half shell! Grab a bowl of cereal and be there for part one of "The Turtle King!" 


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