New Independent Titles For May/June 2026
This May/June are an insane for indie books. So many fantastic books by so many incredible writers and artists. Loads of stuff that are not miss. If you say anything you fancy please get in touch!
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ODIN #1 (of 9)
(W) James Tyrion IV & Marguerite Bennet (A) Letizia Cadonici
Standard Cover by Alex Eckman-Lawn (£4.35)
Green Room meets Midsommar in JAMES TYNION’s most relentless Horror story yet! Adela will do anything for the perfect story. Including going undercover with Neo Nazi punks headed to the frozen forests of Norway under the misbegotten belief that they can summon Odin and achieve their promised white destiny. But what awaits them in the woods is far older and stranger than any of them can comprehend. And no gods are coming to answer their prayers for help. Multiple Eisner Award-winning creator JAMES TYNION IV (Exquisite Corpses), no-holds-barred writer MARGUERITE BENNETT (Witchblade), rising star artist LETIZIA CADONICI (House of Slaughter), and Eisner Award-winning colorist JORDIE BELLAIRE (Redlands) conjure a hallucinogenic horror story that leaves absolutely no taboo unbroken.
IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT #1
(W) Matthew Rosenberg & Mark Elijah Rosenberg (A) Andy McDonald & Francesco Segala
Standard Cover by Andy McDonald (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Jerome Opeńa (£4.35)
Humanity is extinct and all that remains are the robots who once helped us. The robots who once helped us are happier now, doing their work without human interference. But not Abe. He believes there must be something more out there. After nearly getting killed, he's determined to wander the Earth until he finds it—or gets recycled trying. Brilliant artist ANDY MACDONALD (Doctor Strange, Wonder Woman), and adequate writers MARK ELIJAH ROSENBERG (Approaching the Unknown, Year Million) and MATTHEW ROSENBERG (WE'RE TAKING EVERYONE DOWN WITH US, 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank) bring you an ongoing sci-fi adventure about finding purpose, holding onto hope, and really lonely robots.
LADY MECHANIKA: THE MECHANICAL MENAGERIE #1 (of 4)
(W) Madeline Holly-Rosing (A) Joe Benitez & Martin Montiel
Standard cover by Joe Benitez (£3.60)
Variant Cover by Joe Benitez (£3.60)
BENITEZ IS BACK on a brand new LADY MECHANIKA story by guest writer MADELEINE HOLLY-ROSING (Boston Metaphysical Society)! Lewis, Fred, and Allie stumble upon an abandoned amusement park and inadvertently awaken something that should have remained forgotten. Meanwhile, Lady Mechanika and Inspector Singh investigate the whereabouts of Mistress Grimm and her elusive Reapers!
OF THE EARTH #1 (of 6)
(W) Chris Condon & Andrew Ehrich (A) Charlie Adlard
Standard Cover by Charlie Adlard (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Jacob Phillips (£4.35)
Tabitha “Tabby” Black, a woman desperate to escape her troubled past. She returns to Solitude, Texas, seeking refuge in the only place that once felt safe: her grandmother’s home.
SHE-SPAWN #1 (of 5)
(W) Gail Simone (A) IG Guara
Standard cover by IG Guara (£3.60)
Variants
Francesco Mattina Variant (£3.60)
Brett Booth Variant (£3.60)
Brett Booth Variant B (£3.60)
A former solider, assassin, superhero, and mother, Priest now finds herself pulled into a brutal confrontation with an angelic cult determined to sacrifice a child in the name of their God. What begins as a mission quickly becomes something far more personal, forcing Jessica to confront the regret and responsibility that have followed her long after she stepped into the role of She-Spawn.
IDW Publishing
SEVEN WIVES #1
(W) Zoe Tunnell (A) V Gagnon
Standard Cover by Mirka Andolfo (£4.35)
Variant Cover by V Gagnon (£4.35)
Forty-nine witnesses, seven wives, one dead husband.
On Monday, April 17, at 9:04 a.m., two police detectives are dispatched to investigate a death on a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints compound in remote Arizona. Matthew Dunn, the patriarch of the Dunn family, has been found stabbed on the pulpit of his temple, basking in the blood-soaked gaze of his savior.
Detectives Aguilar and Halwell begin the arduous task of questioning each of Matthew’s seven wives and quickly encounter a brick wall of memorized Scripture, canned platitudes, and locked lips. It becomes clear that the women’s intricately braided hair, voices with sweet affectations, and modest clothing aren’t just signs of Matthew’s brainwashing but armor they use to protect their family. But with each interrogation, the cracks begin to show — the abuse, the truth of living and surviving in this cult — and the detectives uncover the unholy gospel of Matthew Dunn.
STAR TREK CELEBRATIONS 2026 #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Various (A) Various
Standard cover by Adelle Kincel (£5.10)
Variants
Noah Dao Variant (£4.35)
Adelle Kincell Variant (Price TBD)
You are cordially invited to the party that is this year's Star Trek: Celebrations anthology! This one-shot features the universe's queer characters in tales of love and triumph, exemplifying Gene Roddenberry's mission for us all to one day celebrate infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
Our cast of all LGBTQIA+ creators — including Meghan Fitzmartin, Ben Kahn, Jamila Rowser, and more (!) — are serving up the fun with stories like a botanical adventure with Sulu and Ben, a bar brawl bash with Mariner and Jennifer, and a nostalgic holodeck date gone wrong with Seven and Raffi, so don't miss out on this talent-packed extravaganza.
GODZILLA VS AMERICA: TEXAS #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Various (A) Various
Standard Cover by Matt Frank (£7.10)
Variant by Sam Lotfi (£7.10)
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Godzilla couldn’t settle for one city in the Lone Star State, so it’s going to trample over all of them. Hopefully those cowboys have a saddle big enough for the King of the Monsters... or else things are about to get ugly.
Join Godzilla and a cast of comic book creators from this great state on a whirlwind tour of Texas! Featuring four 10-page stories by comic book legends like Matt Frank (Mothra, Godzilla: Rulers of Earth) and more!
ZORRO #1
(W) Howard Chaykin (A) Jorge Fornés
Standard Cover by Jorge Fornés (£4.35)
Variants
Francesco Tomaselli Variant (£4.35)
Jaun Ferreyra Variant (£4.35)
Rodrigo Yoshimiya Variant (£4.35)
THE MASKED AVENGER ZORRO IS BACK IN AN ALL-NEW SERIES FROM COMICS LEGENDS HOWARD CHAYKIN (American Flagg!) AND JORGE FORNÉS (Batman)!
Don Diego de la Vega, known to the world at large as Zorro, is no stranger to facing down dangerous foes and risking his life to help the less fortunate. Now, he will face his biggest challenge yet as he goes up against the might of Napoleon Bonaparte and his armies!
Can Zorro overcome the odds and continue his quest for justice or will his story be cut short by Napoleon? The first chapter of this three-part epic starts here!
DARK HORSE COMICS
SKATE ALI #1
(W) Sam Humphries & Kelly Sue DeConnick (A) Natcha Bustos
Standard Cover by Natcha Bustos
Variants
Joe Quinones Variant (£4.35)
Jamie McKelvie Variant (£4.35)
Rosemary Valero-O’Connel Variant (£4.35)
Welcome to near-future Los Angeles—a neon-scorched city where skateboarding has been ruthlessly outlawed. But nothing stops Skate Ali.
By day, she’s just another student dodging detention. By night, she’s a rebel on wheels, an enigmatic loner defying the law on the Los Angeles streets.
But when Ali slams headfirst into the infamous world of underground skateboarding, she comes face to face with a crew of outcast skaters called the LA Skull Clan, and their masked leader, Skull Queen 9. Fueled by a magical force called the Rush, the clan pulls off explosive moves and defiant acts of resistance.
Faced with the opportunity to level up her game, but afraid of actually being perceived by others, Ali must decide: will she play it safe, or kickflip straight into a revolution?
CONCRETE STARS OVER SAND #1 (Of 5)
(W/A) Paul Chadwick
Standard Cover by Paul Chadwick (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Paul Chadwick (£4.35)
The Eisner, Harvey and Reuben Award-winning Concrete is back with a 5-part story of amnesia, wilderness, and suspense.
Concrete has entered the desert and not come back. Larry and Maureen are frantic. Reports come that he is wandering the nearby arid mountains, covered with blood, attacking people. Concrete, lightning-struck, confused, roams a frightening world he can’t understand. Roars tear across the sky. A strange globe rises. His body is sheathed in stone. He thinks he is being hunted. People are a threat.
His journey back to life, and his friends’ dire search against a looming deadline, is as strange and tense as any Concrete story ever told.
THE RING THE MAN WHO BEAT THE MAN #1
(W) Gail Simone (A) Elisa Romboli
Standard cover by Oliver Barrett (£4.35)
Influential writer Gail Simone (Uncanny X-Men) launches a new series that mixes boxing lore and strategy with a fictional, merciless landscape where everyone wants to beat—and be—The Champ!
The Ring: The Man Who Beat the Man is an exciting action series that takes a look at both the rich history of boxing and the mindsets of those who step in the ring! Produced with the editorial leadership at the historic boxing magazine The Ring—Dark Horse pairs Simone with the creative team of artist Elisa Romboli (You Never Heard of Me) and colorist/letterer Iolanda Zanfardino (The Least We Can Do) to deliver a boxing tale like no other!
MONSTERS IN LOVE A PRIDE ANTHOLOGY #1 (One-Shot)
(W) James Tynion IV & Tate Brombal (A) Isaac Goodheart
Standard cover by V Gagnon (£9.10)
Variants
Bradley Clayton Variant (£9.10)
Rian Sygh Variant (£9.10)
We need love and monster now more than ever!!!
Beloved anthology Monsters In Love turns romance comics on their ogre-sized head with 10 swoon-worthy stories by fan-favorite LGBTQIA+ creators, including James Tynion IV, Jadzia Axelrod, Vita Ayala, Zoe Tunnell, Sina Grace, Josh Trujillo, Claudia Aguirre, Tench, and many others, just in time for Pride Month.
This super-sized special also includes a framing story by the creative team from The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos!
ONLY THE SAVAGE ARE LEFT #1
(W) Zack Kaplan (A) Stefano Raffaele
Standard Cover by Stefano Raffaele (£4.35)
Variants
Marco Mastrazzo Variant (£4.35)
Todd Beats Variant (£4.35)
A strange virus has spread across the world, transforming its victims into monsters. The only cure is to kill another infected soul. When a nonviolent young man sets out from the safety of his settlement to find his missing true love, he must face the corrupted world of monsters and monster-killers. A dramatic survival adventure that dares to ask what we should stand for in the monster apocalypse.
HELLBOY IN LOVE: OBSIDIAN #1 (of 2)
(W) Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden (A) Alex Nieto
Standard Cover by Alex Nieto (£4.35)
Anastasia is called to Crete when an excavation team unearths a tomb with striking similarities to the engraved skull stolen from her by a witch in India. The trail for proof of the mysterious Suaren Artea society may not have gone as cold as she thought, but danger still lurks behind every turn.
HELLBOY & THE BPRD: THE MONSTER OF NIVOLA #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden (A) Daniele Serra
Standard Cover by Daniele Serra (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Matteo Scalera (£4.35)
Rumors of a monster bring Hellboy to a nearly abandoned town in Sardinia, where the search for the creature leads to a local abbey with a shocking secret of its own.
Writer Christopher Golden and artist Daniele Serra join Mike Mignola in exploring the meaning of true monstrosity in this standalone Hellboy one-shot!
He-Man Masters Of The Universe Wings Of Fate #1
(W) Tim Sheridan (A) Will Sliney
Standard Cover by Will Sliney
In the aftermath of Skeletor’s siege on Eternos, a down-and-out refugee gives sanctuary to a mysterious, injured falcon. Now, to save her life, he must embark upon a perilous journey through the Mystic Mountains and seek aid from the storied inhabitants of the realm of Avion.
From writer Tim Sheridan (Masters of the Universe: Revolution) and artist Will Sliney (Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren) comes an all-new adventure set in the film universe of Masters of the Universe (2026).
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
ALADDIN #1
(W) James III (A) Agnese Eterno
Standard Cover by Nicoletta Baldari (£4.35)
Variants
Natcha Bustos Variant (£4.35)
J Scott Campbell Variant (£4.35)
Agnese Eterno Cartoon Head Variant (£4.35)
WELCOME TO AGRABAH! Your wish is our command in this all-new series starring everyone's favorite diamond in the rough, Aladdin!
Life is good these days for the former street rat...he's with his love Jasmine, he's got his buddies Abu and Carpet, and Genie is free to do...whatever it is that Genie wants to do. But trouble always seems to pop up around Al, and he'll need the help of everyone he loves to save himself and the entire city of Agrabah!
LILO & STITCH 626 #1
(W) Daniel Kibblesmith & George Kambadais (A) Elisa Pocetta & George Cambadais
Standard Cover by Sean ‘Cheeks’ Galloway (£4.35)
OHANA! An all-new series that features the extended family and friends of Lilo & Stitch! In this issue, we learn the secret origin of Agent Cobra Bubbles! (Or at least, Lilo’s interpretation of said origin). And Captain Gantu finds himself going solo on an Old West-style planet where he’ll encounter dangerous criminals from his past!
BEN 10 #1
(W) Joe Casey (A) Robert Carey
Standard cover by Robert Carey (£4.35)
Variants
Duncan Rouleau Variant (£4.35)
Dustin Nguyen Variant (£4.35)
Sebastian Piriz Variant (£4.35)
Eric Canete Variant (£4.35)
A fresh take on a 21st Century classic! Fan favorite BEN 10 returns in an all-new series that will appeal to longtime fans and new readers alike. When a mysterious meteor crashes to Earth, 10-year-old Ben Tennyson discovers the Omnitrix, a high-tech alien gauntlet of incredible power and potential. With this device on his wrist, Ben has the power to transform into incredible alien forms. But can he control this power? If the story sounds familiar, think again!
RED SONJA: SHE-DEVIL WITH A SWORD #1
(W) Rory McConville (A) Pablo De Bonis
Standard Cover by Stuart Sayger (£4.35)
Variants
Lucio Parillo Variant (£4.35)
Joseph Michael Linsner Variant (£4.35)
Mike Rooth Variant (£4.35)
Cosplay Variant (£4.35)
Know also, 'o prince, that in the self-same days that the Cimmerian did stalk the Hyborian Kingdoms, one of the few swords worthy to cross with his was that of Red Sonja, warrior-woman out of majestic Hyrkania." A bold new series, featuring the Dynamite Debut of writer Rory (King Spawn) McConville and artist Pablo de Bonis!
Red Sonja must protect the last descendent of an ancient bloodline from a revolutionary movement determined to reshape all of Hyboria! Featuring the debut of the Cult of the Rising Sun and several new friends and foes of the She-Devil with a Sword! Be there!
BOOM STUDIOS
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #1
(W) Tate Brombal (A) Adriano Turtlici
Standard Cover by Sam Wolfe Connelly (£4.35)
Variants
Wether Dell’Edera Variant (£4.35)
Elsa Charretier Variant (£4.35)
Sam Wolfe Connelly Virgin Variant (£4.35)
TBD Artist Variant (£4.35)
As the House of Slaughter’s ailing Old Dragon enters his final days, Cecilia Slaughter and the other Heads gather to determine his successor.
Deadly ambitions begin to take shape as the House and the Order prepare for a new legacy to begin — and the conflict will no doubt be lethal in this all-new miniseries set in the world of Something is Killing the Children!
Can the House of Slaughter survive a new Dragon coming into power?
BRZRKR: LIGHT DRAWS BREATH #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Season Butler & China Miéville (A) Alessio Avallone
Standard Cover by Esad Ribić (£9.10)
Variants
Ronald Wimberly Variant (£9.10)
TBD Artist Variant (£9.10)
Esad Ribić Virgin Variant (£9.10)
Esad Ribić Foil Variant (£9.10)
Ronald Wimberly Foil Variant (£9.10)
The latest and greatest from Keanu Reeves’s BRZRKR universe is now here!
It’s the Bronze Age and B. is dead. Again. Not for long, of course. But two rogue scientists have siphoned off a tiny portion of his protoplasm before he can fully reconfigure, and something else has been born anew…
Something that must learn what it is, what its powers are, how to be in the world—and how to fight those who would try to control it.
Drawing on real historical figures and events, and the secret histories of alchemy, award-winning writer Season Butler, NYT-bestselling author China Miéville, and seasoned artist Alessio Avallone craft a story that’s at once grim and funny, poignant and touching, about what it is to be human in this all-new, oversized one-shot.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LUCAS DREAMWALKER #1 (One-Shot)
(W) RL Stine (A) Francesco Francavilla
Standard cover by Francesco Francavilla (£5.10)
Variants
Rebecca Puebla Variant (£5.10)
Francesco Francavilla Black and White Virgin Variant (£5.10)
Journey with the Dreamwalker through new realms of terror!
How many times can you be killed in a dream before you die?
Legendary horror author R.L. Stine and award-winning artist Francesco Francavilla explore that very question as the mystery of Lucas’s third death is foretold in this pulpy, noir, somnambulist adventure!
Originally published in the hit horror anthology series Hello Darkness, this dreamy oversized issue collects Parts 1–3 of the nightmarish saga into one thrilling read!
ONI PRESS
RICK AND MORTY FOREVER #0 (One-Shot)
(W) Daniel Kibblesmith (A) Troy Little
Standard Cover by Troy Little (£8.10)
THIS IS IT—THE FINAL END OF RICK AND MORTY! In one last shamelessly transparent promotional stunt, Oni Press, unsatisfied with the end of The End, proudly presents Rick and Morty Forever... the final issue of Oni Press' immortal run on the sci-fi, dimension-hopping, foul-mouthed, pretentiously beautiful, intellectual temper tantrum turned cultural phenomenon known as Rick and Morty from nigh-omnipotent writer Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and franchise uber-veteran Troy Little (Cult of the Lamb)!
How do you punish the smartest man in the universe? Show him everything—everything—he's ever wanted to know or see... and afford him no power to do anything about it. Rick Sanchez, the destroyer of worlds. Now he sits in endless observation of all there is to see, tortured by cosmic impotence, the ultimate expression of "go to your room and think about what you did."
But in his endless torment, Rick realizes that a fate of unspeakable horror also awaits his unwitting companion: his grandson, Morty. Can Rick save the soul of the only being that ever stood by him through all his indiscretions? Can the transformative power of love give rise to the triumph of the human spirit? Or is everything just #@$%@?
DESTINATION KILL #1 (Of 4)
(W/A) Joe Palmer
Standard Cover by Joe Palmer (£5.10)
Variants
Riley Rossmo Variant (£5.10)
Ronald Wimberly Variant (£5.10)
Tango Variant (£5.10)
THE FUTURE IS A RIOT! In the footsteps of JUDGE DREDD, V FOR VENDETTA, and TANK GIRL, the first great milestone in 22nd-century science fiction is here! Written, illustrated, and hand-lettered by British comics virtuoso Joe Palmer (Time Before Time), DESTINATION KILL is powered by the thrum of a million gigawatts of nonstop visual firepower... as rendered by one of the most incendiary visual storytellers in comics today.
The year is 2125, and the all-powerful corporation Overcon uses its robot workers to pour our drinks and dispense our meds, all while rebuilding London's Central City into a hyper-modern megalopolis bolted together in its own image. But as Overcon prepares to celebrate the first year of its Paradise Loop—a superfast transatlantic train that connects the Central City to New York in under 60 minutes—an unwieldy army of displaced human workers floods the streets with weapons, plotting an attack at the anniversary gala. Enter: Gina Serene, a stressed-out, pill-popping police detective in desperate need of a vacation and her ex-partner turned P.I., Lance Wingman—who are now the only thing standing between Overcon's skyscraper-sized fist and the worker uprising that threatens to bring Britain's capital crashing down around them.
MAD CAVE
DOG TAG #1 (of 6)
(W) Mark Russell (A) PJ Holden
Standard Cover by PJ Holden (£4.35)
Variants
Sebastián Piriz Variant (£4.35)
Erica Henderson Variant (£4.35)
Dog Tag is a fictional story about a very real war. It follows the life and thoughts of Corporal Tom Fuller through the final year of World War II as his service takes him from the invasion of Normandy to the surrender of Japan. Borrowed from real world stories and little known events of the war, Dog Tag asks big questions about the war while focusing on the heroism of the ordinary people who lived and died during the conflict.
BABYLON COVE #1 (Of 5)
(W) Rafer Roberts (A) Joe Eisma
Standard Cover by Joe Eisma (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Eric Powell (£4.35)
This is a story about Heather, a no-nonsense career-gal who returns to her picturesque New England hometown for the first time in a decade to attend a family funeral; Dennis, the all-American dreamboat who broke Heather’s heart in high school; Charlie, the late-blooming shy boy who Heather never gave the time of day, and Karthon, the ancient demon with plans to feast on the flesh of everyone in town.
If you ever wondered what would happen if Stephen King were allowed to write one of those Hallmark holiday movies...Welcome to BABYLON COVE.
IGNITION PRESS
BAD THOUGHTS #1
(W) Ande Parks (A) Dave Wachter
Standard Cover by Dave Wachter (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Fernando Blanco (£4.35)
He knows every terrible thing you've done. And he's coming for you.
Jack Coates can look inside your mind and see every awful thing you've ever thought or done. It's painful, but it serves him very well at his private security firm that deals with difficult situations and even more heinous people. He's a good soldier with a good team that he trusts... but he's about to find out what happens when you put your trust in the wrong people.
Veteran writer Ande Parks, the co-creator of Extraction, and killer artist Dave Wachter (Godzilla) invite you to unlock a story about a terrifying new kind of hero.
INNARDS #1
(W) Rob Guillory (A) Sam Lofti
Standard Cover by Sam Lofti (£4.35)
Variants Cover by Rob Guillory (£4.35)
Powerhouse creative team Rob Guillory and Sam Lotfi (Mosely) reunite for a psychological sci-fi thriller at the center of the Earth!
It’s Roy Wilder’s first day on the most dangerous job in the world.
After a catastrophic nuclear attack, humanity’s last energy source is Lucifium. The mineral, buried miles beneath Earth’s surface, is accessible only by teleportation and navigation through an inhospitable subterranean maze.
The motley brotherhood of “divers” employed by the ONIS corporation gambles their bodies and minds in pursuit of a better future for themselves and their loved ones. The high-risk, high-reward mission attracts the daring and desperate alike, and all must be unflinching to survive under the leadership of grizzled rig boss Jax Ridley. But even the boldest will break when Roy’s initiation cracks the seal on a harrowing corporate secret... and the depths come alive to awaken the crew’s inner demons.
Innards is a high-pressure, terrifying thrill ride for fans of Event Horizon and The Abyss.
SHOWDOWN #1
(W) Dave Wielgosz (A) Tadd Galusha
Standard Cover by Steve Lieber (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Tadd Galusha (£4.35)
Some things you just can’t get over.
When Trish Sullivan left her hometown for college, she left behind unfinished business. Now she’s back and looking to settle up.
Trish blames Harvey Harlowe for the death of her little brother, so Trish’s homecoming is an eye-for-an-eye mission. She’s going to kill him, and Harvey should get his affairs in order.
But Harvey’s dad has just died, and an injury destroyed his football scholarship. Without a future ahead of him, Trish’s challenge is all the more welcome. He’s more than ready to go down fighting, and no one is going to step in and save him.
Showdown is a grounded drama rooted in the burden of family and the weight of revenge from writer Dave Wielgosz (Batman: Man-Bat; TMNT: Mutant Nation) and artist Tadd Galusha (Godzilla: Unnatural Disasters). It’s a gritty and emotional pulp drama in the vein of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Criminal, with main covers by artist Steve Lieber (Whiteout). Knuckles will be bruised and noses will be broken... but so will hearts.