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Featured Title of the Week

COBRA COMMANDER #3 (OF 5)
Cobra Commander must take control... or destroy!


Cobra Commander isn't the only one looking to harness the alien energy source known as Energon. That means he has to either take control of the new organization he's encountered... or destroy them. 


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BATMAN DARK AGE #1 (OF 6)

(W) Mark Russell (A/CA) Michael Allred


Meet Bruce Wayne, Gotham’s favorite delinquent son. In an origin story like no other, witness the boy become a dark knight shaped by a city in turmoil as it marches towards its prophesied doom. Set against the backdrop of actual historical events, Gotham comes alive, filled with the iconic characters who've loved and hated Batman over the years like you've never seen them before. Spinning out of the Eisner-nominated Superman: Space Age, Mark Russell and Mike Allred return to give audiences a look at Batman as a figure in American history fighting for justice in a world gone mad.



DEPROG #1 (OF 4)
DEAD SKY PUBLISHING LLC
(W) Tina Horn (A) Lisa Sterle (CA) DaNi
Meet Tate Debs, a hardboiled hard drinking leather loving dyke detective with an office in the back of Los Angeles's last video store. When a femme who may just be fatale hires Tate to infiltrate a mystical group that sounds suspiciously like the cult Tate escaped years ago, she must decide if Vera's charms are worth being re-traumatized. Deprog is a new crime thriller from Tina Horn (SfSx) and Lisa Sterle (Witchblood) that's John Constantine meets Jessica Jones with a kinky Midsommar twist.  


FERAL #1
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(W) Tony Fleecs (A) Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez (CA) Trish Forster, Tony Fleecs
Series Premiere. A new horror from the creators of Stray Dogs! Meet Elsie, Lord Fluffy Britches, and Patch, three indoor cats lost in the not-so-great outdoors during a nightmarish rabies outbreak. Without their humans to protect them, the cats rush to find their way home before they're eaten by the forest full of rabid beasts on their tails. Don't get bit. Don't get scratched. Don't become... feral


GHOSTBUSTERS BACK IN TOWN #1
DARK HORSE PRH
(W) Greg Pak, David M. Booher (A) Blue Delliquanti (CA) Kyle Lambert
A year and a half after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Ghostbusters are officially back in business and headed to where it all began: New York City! Callie, Gary, Trevor, and Phoebe are moving into the Firehouse and ready to take on the Spengler family business... or are they? Ghostbusting on top of changing family dynamics has a way of going awry-and that's exactly what one paranormal force is counting on. See what the Big Apple has in store for the latest generation of Ghostbusters with the first installment of an all-new series that bridges the gap between Ghostbusters: Afterlife and the upcoming sequel! 


GOON THEM THAT DONT STAY DEAD #1
DARK HORSE PRH
(W/A/CA) Eric Powell
To mark the 25th anniversary of The Goon, Eric Powell returns with an all-new miniseries, Them That Don't Stay Dead! The return to Lonely Street hasn't been easy for the Goon and Franky. And just as they've finally got the various gangs of blood suckers and night stalkers back in line, and they can finally relax with a nice night out bowling, a new threat appears. One that will shake the very foundations of Nameless Town. Also, Spider gets hooked on the junk. Drama! With an alternate special edition cover by Craig Davison. Davison's work is well known for its depiction of childhood pop culture fantasy. From Star Wars to Marvel superheroes, Davison's art reminds us what it was like to be a kid using creative ways to transform into our favorite heroes and villains.  



MY LITTLE PONY: MANE EVENT #1
IDW-PRH
(W) Stephanie Cooke & Various (A) Various (CA) Andy Price
Everypony let your hair down-it's time for the mane event! First, Pipp dragonsitting Sparky becomes a hairy situation when she mixes up her mane products and Sparky grows some luscious locks. Then, Zipp and Hitch split hairs about the best morning mane-care routines. Finally, Izzy is having a hair-raisingly bad mane day and decides a wash day is just what the curls need.  


JACKPOT AND BLACK CAT #1
MARVEL PRH
(W) Celeste Bronfman (A) Emilio Laiso (CA) Adam Hughes
LUCK BE THE LADIES!
The most exciting new hero in the Marvel U, JACKPOT, A.K.A. Mary Jane Watson, gets her first action-packed limited series as a super hero alongside the other best female character in comics, BLACK CAT! When someone blackmails Black Cat into a public and blatant crime spree, Jackpot comes to her aid! What classic Spider-Villain is behind the blackmail?! Someone with history with at least one of our titular heroines!
Rated T 


JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER DEAD IN AMERICA #1 2nd Printing
(W) Si Spurrier (A) Aaron Campbell (CA) Jock
At last, as you demanded: The celebrated creative team of Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell have returned to Hellblazer! John Constantine has cheated death once again--but his heart's not beating, his body is decaying, and he, his friend Nat, and his son Noah are on the run in America, wanted for murder. Naturally, it's all John's fault--it always is. But as it turns out, Dream himself needs John's help. Something terrible has taken root in America, and it's using the sand from Dream's pouch to impose its will. If John can put a stop to it, he might be able to parlay that favor into a chance to save all their lives--but he's going to need help from someone he hasn't spoken to in years. Someone he wasn't always...all that kind to. Someone...or some...Thing? Spurrier and Campbell's first run on Hellblazer was the best-reviewed comic of 2020, reintroducing the character to a new generation, and their second act, told in extra-length 28-page issues, is ambitious and unmissable! 


LA MUERTA DEVIOUS #1
COFFIN COMICS
(W) Mike MacLean, Brian Pulido (A) Joel Gomez (CA) Sorah Suhng, Juan Castro
In the aftermath of her trip to the Amazon rainforest, Maria Diaz, aka La Muerta, learns that a killer stalks the midnight streets of Mexico City, ruthlessly eliminating its criminal elite. Who is this killer? What motivates her murderous ways? And why does she wear the skull face of the infamous vigilante La Muerta?   


LADY DEATH IMPERIAL REQUIEM #1 (OF 2)
COFFIN COMICS
(W) Brian Pulido, Mike MacLean (A/CA) Diego Bernard
Stranded in an alternative dystopian future Earth where her evil persona "Empress Death" has nearly extinguished the human race, things get worse for "our" Lady Death. Empress Death's mission to murder the last 999 souls on Earth and finally achieve megadeath is within reach. Can Lady Death conquer the cruelest opponent she's ever faced or will Empress Death be victorious and set her murderous sights on "our" Earth. 


PRIMER #1 (OF 4)
(W) Jennifer Muro, Thomas Krajewski (A/CA) Gretel Lusky
With a father in prison, Ashley Rayburn has bounced from foster home to foster home and represents a real challenge to the social workers who try to help her--not because she's inherently bad, but because trouble always seems to find her. But her luck might just be changing when a new couple offers to take her in.


PS ARTBOOKS MAGAZINE THUNDA KING OF CONGO #1
PS ARTBOOKS
(W) Gardner Fox (A) Frank Frazetta
Thun'da was a Tarzan-esque character scripted by Gardner Fox and created by artist Frank Frazetta that first appeared in comics in 1952 and later on film in Columbia Pictures serial King of the Congo starring Buster Crabbe. Unfortunately, the comic only ran for a few issues after Frank Frazetta refused to drop the prehistoric story elements and left the title, but at least we still have this little classic to enjoy! Reprints Thun'da, King of the Congo #1 (1952).  


SAM AND TWITCH CASE FILES #1
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(W) Todd McFarlane (A) Szymon Kudranski (CA) Kevin Keane
Series Premiere. Your fan-favorite detectives are back in their new ongoing series, Sam and Twitch: Case Files. From the world of Spawn, acclaimed creator Todd McFarlane and artist Szymon Kudranski bring you a tale of murder, intrigue, and deception in this noir crime drama. 



SIX FINGERS #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG
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(W) Dan Watters (A) Sumit Kumar, Lee Loughridge (CA) Sumit Kumar & Various
MINISERIES PREMIERE
Neo Novena archaeology student JOHANNES VALE_ has always been so very in control of his life. But when he commits a brutal murder using the M.O. of a historic and notorious serial killer, everything begins to spiral out of control...primarily as Johannes doesn't remember doing it.
What follows is a deadly cat-and-mouse game as Johannes seeks refuge in the rain-soaked streets of Neo Novena. He will stop at nothing to unravel the secrets and ciphers of what he did and why he did it; but each revelation only leads further into the dark heart of his future-metropolis and Johannes' own heartbroken soul.
Grippingly written by writer DAN WATTERS (HOME SICK PILOTS, Loki) with hauntingly atmospheric art and covers by SUMIT KUMAR (Man-Bat, These Savage Shores) and **LEE LOUGHRIDGE **(DEADLY CLASS), THE SIX FINGERS is a miniseries that will keep you on the edge until the very end.
For fans of Blade Runner,_ Ghost_ in the Shell, and Black Mirror_.  


STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC PHASE III CRASH LANDING ONESHOT #1
DARK HORSE PRH
(W) Daniel Jose Older (A/CA) Rachele Aragno
"Crash" Ongwa and her ragtag crew have been fighting against anyone who had a hand in the Nihil infiltration that plunged her home planet of Corellia into chaos. Even though an uneasy peace has been reached, if they don't continue to fight, everything they sacrificed for could slip away. Now, Crash has a lead on the person behind the entire Nihil plot-if her crew can accomplish this mission, could true peace be on their horizon? 


UNDER YORK #1 (OF 6)
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(W) Sylvain Runberg (A/CA) Mirka Andolfo
Series Premiere. New York's destiny is written in its depths... Alison Walker is a promising young painter in Manhattan. But she has a secret. She's also a witch. She and her family belong to the world of Under York, a mysterious, underground New York where five powerful clans of witches have reigned for centuries. These families with their strict codes of life, drawn from the country's main communities (African, Irish, Chinese, Mexican, and Amerindian) practice magic as powerful as it is dangerous. For generations, they have been hunted and persecuted. Today, they secretly influence life on the surface and its inhabitants. Their revenge is to participate in the destiny of a world that banished them. And this is the universe in which Alison Walker grew up. The universe she fled and doesn't want to hear about anymore. Until fate catches up with her... 


VOID RIVALS #1 7TH PTG
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(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Lorenzo De Felici, Matheus Lopes (CA) Daniele Di Nicuolo
SERIES PREMIERE The blockbuster OBLIVION SONG team of ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI debut the biggest new comic book series of 2023 with the launch of AN ALL-NEW SHARED UNIVERSE and a SURPRISE you won't see coming! War rages around the Sacred Ring, where the last remnants of two worlds have collapsed around a black hole in a never-ending war. However, when pilot Darak and his rival Solila both crash on a desolate planet, these two enemies must find a way to escape together. But are they alone on this strange planet? And what dark forces await that threaten the entire universe? 


X-MEN 97 #1
MARVEL PRH
(W) Steve Foxe (A) Salva Espin (CA) Todd Nauck
THE OFFICIAL PRELUDE TO THE HOTLY ANTICIPATED DISNEY+ SHOW! The X-Men are back - and the '90s have never looked better! In this official prelude to the upcoming X-Men '97, created in collaboration with the showrunners, discover what Storm, Jubilee, Wolverine and the rest of the beloved '90s X-Men cast have been up to in the time before their return! Startling revelations here lead directly into the hotly anticipated new series - don't miss out!
Rated T+ 

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