New Independent Comics January 2026
New Independent Comics Titles Jan/Feb 2026
The following are comics being released in January (in some cases February) the major publishers that aren’t Marvel and DC.
If you would like to subscribe to any of these titles or take a look at the variant covers described please email archerscomics@gmail.com
Image Comics
Bug Wars: The Spyder Wytch Special #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar (A) Baldemar Rivas, Mahmud Asrar and David Messina and Matt Wilson
Standard Cover by Mahmud Asrar and Matt Wilson
Variants:
NSFW Polybagged variant by Mahmud Asrar and Matt Wilson
Variant by Tula Lotay
Variant by Michael Avon Oeming
The bug war wages on in this extra-length special that burrows deep into the shadowy world of the Mytes — the insectoid warriors who fight, live, and die in the grass-stained trenches of The Yard. But this time, the story is spun from an even darker thread... through the many eyes of the Spyder Wytches of Wyrdweb — the most mysterious, seductive, and feared denizens of this twisted ecosystem.
Created by comics powerhouses JASON AARON (Thor, TMNT) and MAHMUD ASRAR (Conan the Barbarian, X-Men), and joined by breakout art phenom BALDEMAR RIVAS (DC’s Two-Face, Godzilla Vs. Kansas City), BUG WARS: THE SPYDER WYTCH SPECIAL is crawling with new lore, explosive action, and web-woven secrets that will forever change what you think you know about the Yard.
And bee prepared for the return of the BUG WARS series later in 2026.
Malevolent #1
(W) Justin Jordan (A) John Bivens and Felipe Sobreiro
Standard cover by John Bivens
Variants:
Variant by Jorge Corona
Variant by Zander Cannon
Variant by Jon Wayshak
Variant by Ben Templesmith
Blank Sketch Variant
Thirty years ago, we unleashed demons into the world. But humans can adapt to anything, even a demon haunted world. But now, humanity has created something new. A weapon that can kill demons. If she doesn't kill us first.
Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls Adventures #100 (One- Shot)
(W) Troy Little and David Avallone (A) Troy Little
Cover by Troy Little
The villainous Overdog returns, and steals every fish in New York City. What is his nefarious plan, and will the Ragdolls stop him in time? Straight from the pages of Kevin Eastman’s DRAWING BLOOD come the crime-fighting cat-girls you love, in a double-length special issue! An in-universe comic plucked from the pages of Kevin Eastman and David Avallone’s fan-favorite DRAWING BLOOD series and brought to life to enrich the world building.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero-Hama Files Edition #49 (Reprint)
(W) Larry Hamma (A) Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky and George Roussos
Standard cover by Mike Zeck
Variants:
Variant by Chris Mooneyham
Foil variant by Mike Zeck
SERPENTOR RISES! One of the most demanded G.I. Joe issues ever returns in a new printing featuring the first appearance of the Cobra Emperor who changed everything — SERPENTOR! But what are the shocking secrets behind Destro and Dr. Mindbender’s plan to create the ultimate soldier?
Every Hama Files Edition will feature a special letter from Larry Hama, offering new behind the scenes information and special insights into the most iconic issues of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
IDW Publishing
Monster High: Boomuda Triangle #1
(W) Megan Brown (A) Eileen Widjaja
Standard cover by Lisa Sterle
Variants:
Connecting variant by Felia Hanakata
Paper Doll Variant by Bowen Mcurdy
Fang-favorite characters Spelldon Cauldronello and Kieran Valentine are starring in their scary first miniseries: a multiverse adventure that includes glimpses into monstrous steampunk, pirate, and Wild West worlds, featuring alternate versions of popular Monster High characters.
Spelldon is eek-vited to a once-in-an-unlifetime summer internship with the all-powerful guardian of the Boomuda Triangle, the place where all worlds are kept in balance. His boyfriend, Valentine, is defrighted for him, but he can’t help worrying about what the weeks apart will do to their relationship. What if Spelldon forgets him? What if the guardian is scary hot?! What if he falls into a wormhole?!?! So Valentine secretly follows Spelldon to the Boomuda Triangle to make sure no shenanigans happen and accidentally kind of unintentionally causes all the universes to rip apart and converge…oops! Spelldon and Valentine will have to overcome their insecurities, mend the rips, and find each other in every universe. Easy queasy!
Dynamite Entertainment
Thundarr The Barbarian #1
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Kewber Baal
Standard cover by Michael Cho
Variant:
Variant by Francesco Mattina
Variant by Björn Barends
Variant by Joseph Michael Lisner
Variant by Rob Liefeld
Foil Variant by Michael Cho
Blank Sketch Variant
Blind Bag Variant
When a runaway planet hurtled between the Earth and the Moon, cosmic destruction was unleashed — and mankind’s proud civilizations were cast into ruin! Two millennia later, the planet is nearly unrecognizable — a harsh and savage realm where sorcery and super-science both reign over the powerless masses.
Now, rising up from their ranks, one man is breaking the bonds that restrained him. With the help of his faithful companions, Ariel and Ookla the Mok, he has dedicated his life — and the power of his mystical blade, the Sunsword — to liberating his world from the forces of evil. He is Thundarr, the Barbarian, and his story begins here!
Visionary comics author JASON AARON (Thor, Avengers, Conan) and acclaimed artist KEWBER BAAL (Vampirella, James Bond) return to the halcyon days of Saturday morning TV in the Dynamite debut of Thundarr the Barbarian, bringing with them all-new tales of the origins of the heroic trio and their ongoing battles against the corrupt forces that dominate their strange new world!
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver Of Christmas Town #1
(W) Torrun Grønbekk (A) Edu Menna
Standard cover by Jae Lee
Variants:
Variant by Soo Lee
Variant by Alan Quah
Disney Library variant
Blank Sketch Variant
BOYS AND GIRLS OF EVERY AGE — TIME FOR SOMETHING NEW AND STRANGE! Dynamite’s first-ever ongoing comic book series set in the world of the beloved film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is coming this January! Written by acclaimed author TORUNN GRØNBEKK (Red Sonja, Catwoman, Thor) and illustrated by the supernaturally talented EDU MENNA, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town returns to the enchanted lands of Halloween Town and Christmas Town for an all-new tale of adventure that will have readers in stitches!
It all begins with the unveiling of Dr. Finkelstein’s newest creation, specially designed to be the scariest creature ever to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve. But something has gone awry in the process, and the final result is more cute and cuddly than fearsome and menacing. The disappointed scientist hands the newcomer over to Sally for safekeeping, who dubs it Shiver for its freezing breath.
Meanwhile, the Mayor has tasked Lock, Shock, and Barrel with teaching the residents of Christmas Town how to trick-or-treat, as the two realms have embarked on a new campaign to share their holiday traditions. With Christmas Town celebrating Halloween for the first time ever, the trio are taking their assignment seriously — perhaps a bit too seriously! In an effort to make their pranks extra lifelike and terrifying, they decide to “borrow” some ingredients from Dr. Finkelstein’s lab — and end up with much more than they bargained for in the form of the deceptively adorable Shiver!
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #1
(W) Greg Weisman and Tad Stones (A) Ciro Cangialosi
Standard cover by Tad Stones
Variants:
Variant by Ivan Bigarella
Variant by Declan Shalvey
Variant By Ciro Cangialosi
Blank Sketch Variant
Blind Bag Variant
JUSTICE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES! Worlds collide as two of the most beloved entries in the legendary Disney Afternoon lineup of animated shows meet for the first time ever in a brand-new title crafted by both series’ original authors!
Gargoyles creator GREG WEISMAN and Darkwing Duck creator TAD STONES join forces with acclaimed artist CIRO CANGIALOSI to bring the Defenders of St. Canard and the Manhattan Clan together for an adventure so epic that no single continuity could contain it!
After contacting a wary Morgana Macawber through her magic mirror, the scheming Demona whisks the uncooperative sorceress out of St. Canard and into her New York City lair, where she proceeds to grill Morgana for the location of a certain mystical tome with enough eldritch energy to allow Demona to finally conquer the world.
Darkwing Duck, of course, isn’t about to take this lying down. As soon as he learns about Morgana’s abduction, DW and his stalwart sidekick Launchpad McQuack are in the air, racing towards the Big Apple to rescue his avian amour. But will the Terror That Flaps in the Night be able to handle the City That Never Sleeps — not to mention the stone guardians who protect it?
Thundercats Lost In Time #1
(W) Ed Brisson (A) Chris Campana
Every copy will be a blind bag, with one cover at random inserted.
THE FUTURE ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE! Ripped from their adopted home of Third Earth, the ThunderCats Pumyra, Neko, Lynx-O, and Ligon find themselves trapped on the distant future world of Sixth Earth — a broken, dystopian planet ruled by a totalitarian police state, where cats are outlawed and hunted to the brink of extinction.
To prevent this nightmarish future from ever coming into existence, the quartet must find a path back to their own time — and that means infiltrating the government’s omniscient surveillance grid and shutting it down. But what they discover at the center of the all-seeing network chills them to their very cores — and what they learn about a certain upcoming event will send shockwaves though the lives of every Thunderan past, present, and future!
ED BRISSON, the acclaimed author of Apex and ThunderCats Lost, joins special guest artist CHRIS CAMPANA (Red Sonja, Vampirella) for this pivotal 40-page one-shot that bridges two different worlds — and sets the stage for a universe-shaking crossover event that will change the course of ThunderCats history!
Vampirella Winter Special 2026 #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Liam Johnson (A) Jordan Michael
Standard cover by Mike Rooth
Variants:
Variant by Joseph Michael Linsner
Variant by Celina
Cosplay Variant
Blind Bag Variant
THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED! Vampirella is many things, but she’s never been anyone’s prey — until now!
Ambushed and overpowered, the Daughter of Drakulon finds herself a prisoner of the mysterious billionaire, Steven Dallas — a man famed for his single-minded pursuit of immortality. With the tables turned and her own blood being drained, Vampi is getting a clearer picture of Dallas’s true intentions for her — and one way or another, there’s going to be Hell to pay!
Boom Studios
Alice Forever After #1
(W) Dan Panosian (A) Giorgio Spalletta
Standard cover by Dan Panosian
Variants:
Anniversary Variant by Michael Dialynas
Alice faces her most perilous adversary yet—her own past!
It’s been years since Alice returned to the real world, now living peacefully with her endlessly curious, young daughter Evelyn.
Wonderland may now be a distant memory, but beyond the looking glass, things are far from what they once were as the realm cracks and crumbles into decay. A resentful Cheshire Cat seeks out the one thing that can fix what’s broken, but this time it isn’t Alice he’s set his sights on…
With time running out, Alice will have to confront her past adventures—before they claim her beloved daughter.
Fence Breakthrough: Quarter Clash #1 (One-Shot)
(W) C.S. Pacat (A) Johanna The Mad
Standard cover by Johanna The Mad
Variants:
Challengers homage variant by Sina Grace
The King’s Row fencing team has successfully made it to the quarterfinals, which puts them one step closer to their goal of beating Exton!
But Aiden, as usual, has started to check out, and worse—no one’s even surprised.
Can Harvard figure out how to keep Aiden’s head in the game before the team falls apart? Or will they be faced with the difficult choice to press on to victory without him?
Dark Horse Comics
The Crown: A Tale Of Hell #1 (of 2)
(W) Mike Mignola (A) Warwick Johnson-Cadwell
Standard Cover by Warwick Johnson-Cadwell
Variants:
Variant by Mike Mignola
A new Hellboy Prequel
Deep within Castle Azzael, a new crown is being forged in secret for a potential king — sparking treachery and backstabbing among Hellboy’s father, uncle, and half-brothers, each vying for control of Satan’s dormant throne.
Knight City #1 (Of 3)
(W) Matt Kindt (A) David Lapham
Cover by David Lapham
A brand-new action-adventure series by BRZRKR’s Matt Kindt and Stray Bullets’ David Lapham that’s Fight Club meets Superman.
A legendary hero is caught between two worlds. By day, he soars as a symbol of hope, but the moment he falls asleep, he enters a universe devoid of heroes and he leads a mundane life. As the pressure of his dual universes mount, his heroic self begins to crack, pushing him toward a mental breakdown.
In a world that measures the loss of human life that occurs when he takes one night off, the weight of his responsibilities becomes too much. Ultimately, he’s left with a choice: embrace his extraordinary abilities or seek solace in the ordinary.
Will he stand tall in a world that needs him, or find peace in a simpler existence?
Magic The Gathering: Untold Stories Jace #1 (of 4)
(W) Michael W Conrad (A) Caitlin Yarsky
Standard Cover by Caitlin Yarsky
Variants:
Variant by Francesco Francavilla
Variant by Aleksi Briclot
Jace Beleren is the most talented mind mage in the Multiverse. A master of telepathy, illusion, and memory distortion, Jace’s heroic feats are tainted by a duplicitous past that threatens to unravel him at any given moment.
Dive deep into Jace’s lost memories to uncover the manipulation by his mentor, Tezzeret, in pursuit of a dangerous magical artifact with the potential to reshape or destroy the Multiverse as we know it.
Titan Comics
Escape From Skull Island #1 (of 4)
(W) Simon Furman (A) Christopher Jones
Standard cover by Maria Wolf
Variants:
Variant by Chris Jones
Variant by Sunghan Yune
Variant by Serg Acuña
Foil Variant by Maria Wolf
Blank Sketch Variant
AN OFFICIAL CONTINUATION OF THE SKULL ISLAND ANIMATED SERIES! Trapped on Skull Island, a desperate band of survivors struggles against the land’s relentless horrors while an ancient threat rises from below. But as chaos unfolds, flashbacks reveal Kong’s turbulent youth: his battles, losses, and the primal instincts that shaped him into the island’s sovereign. Now, as hordes of monstrous beasts close in on the stranded humans, the most dangerous enemy of all regains strength to once more challenge Kong’s throne.
Oni Press
Spirit Of Shadows #1 (of 5)
(W) Nick Cagnetti & Daniel Ziegler (A) Nick Cagnetti
Standard cover by Nick Cagnetti
Variants:
Variant by David Lafuente
Variant by Karl Kerschl
Variant by Matt Lesniewski
EMBRACE YOUR FEAR... THE SPIRIT OF THE SHADOWS DRAWS NEAR! From the darkest recesses within acclaimed cartoonist Nick Cagnetti (Pink Lemonade, XINO) and co-creator Daniel Ziegler (Elodie) comes the most visually stunning, outrageously otherworldly, and hauntingly heartfelt superhero-horror hit of 2026!
Once, Erik Leroux was a mortal musician, selflessly devoted to his music and his true love, Katrina... until his sudden death plunged his soul into the carnival-like torments of the Spirit World beyond our own. Now, reborn as a phantom with fleeting memories of his life among the living, and forever cursed to bear the arcane costume his corpse wore to the grave, Erik will claw his way back from the infernal planes to uncover the mysteries of his own life... and avenge the dark sins that transformed him into the SPIRIT OF THE SHADOWS!
Archie Comics
Archie’s Valentines Spectacular #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Holly Golightly (A) Steven Butler
Standard cover by Dan Parent
Variants:
Variant by Dan DeCarlo
The OFFICIAL COMIC BOOK OF VALENTINE’S DAY returns with a BRAND NEW STORY! A-POP is a vibrant world fueled by music and love—and when Sabrina, Betty, Veronica, and Josie form a band (managed by Archie!) to spread joy and compassion, they catch the eye of a dark spirit that’s threatened by their positivity. Can they rise above his dark influence? Find out in this fun KPOP DEMON HUNTERS-style story, along with even more romance-filled tales than ever!
Mad Cave Studios
Gatchaman Jimpei Henshin #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Tommy Lee Wdwards (A) Daniel Hansen
Standard cover by Tommy Lee Edwards
Variants:
Variant by Alessio Zonno
When Galactor’s new menace, Professor Toxoid, infects the God Phoenix with a bio-mech virus, Ken, Jun, Joe, and Ryu are fused to their stations and powerless to fight back. As a monstrous Mecha-Beast crushes South City Harbor, the fate of the Science Ninja Team falls to the youngest member, Jinpei. Armed with nothing but a spool of wire, raw nerve, and ninja-science ingenuity, he must reboot the Phoenix before the team — and the city — are lost forever. A pulse-pounding tech-horror one-shot with explosive battles and a blazing Firebird finale!
Astro Quantum #1 (of 5)
(W) Andrea Mutti and Arturo Fabra (A) Andrea Mutti
Standard Cover by Andrea Mutti
Variants:
Variant by Ricardo Burchielli
Cast out to die on the toxic world of Maku, young Ishmaeel finds an unlikely ally in the sharp-tongued Soliumite exile Quee-Keg. Together, they claw their way through underground bazaars, brutal creatures of the Galaxy and bitter rivalries to chase a destiny bigger than either imagined: a place aboard the legendary Molok-hunting starship PEKUOD. An all-new epic space saga of survival, rebellion, and the hunger to reach beyond the stars starts here!
Where Does The Rainbow End #1 (of 4)
(W) Francesco Perillo (A) Stefano Cardoselli
Standard cover by Stefano Cardoselli
Variants:
Variant by Stephen Byrne
Gilda has been abandoned by her parents, but fortunately, she has been discovered in the Cacace Bros. Robot Dump... and has been raised by the robots who discovered her. She was lucky to be found in the Rainbow Sector by robots that cared for her. However, she has also been shielded from the outside world, other humans, and from a dangerous section of their robot world called the Dark Cage, where the most hostile of robots live. Word has spread about her ability to fix robots, though, and one vicious robot from the Dark Cage wants her to repair all of the violent robots that live there... and nothing will stop him.
Artist Stefano Cardoselli (Don't Spit In The Wind, Long Cold Winter) and writer Francesca Perillo (Long Cold Winter) reunite once again in this exciting prequel to their hit story Love Me: A Romance Story.