NEW INDEPENDENT TITLES OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2026
Loads of new independent titles throughout October and November including a brand new ongoing Dungeons and Dragons series, a bunch of horror and some unconventional crossovers. If you want any added to your pull list let us know.
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G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO/TOMB RAIDER #1 (Of 5)
(W) Kyle Higgins (A) Elena Casagrande
Standard Cover by Elena Casagrande (£4.35)
Variants
Stjepan Šejić Variant (£4.35)
Stjepan Šejić Foil Variant (£5.10)
Blank Variant (£5.10)
KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE. RAIDING IS THE OTHER HALF!
G.I. JOE and LARA CROFT meet for THE FIRST TIME EVER in an all-new limited series from superstars KYLE HIGGINS (RADIANT BLACK) and ELENA CASAGRANDE (Black Widow) that reveals the classified connection between these pop culture icons. Lara Croft has explored some of the most dangerous locations on Earth, but nothing as treacherous as Cobra Island. For this adventure, she’ll need the help of her old acquaintance, Shipwreck, and several squads of Joes to mount a dangerous expedition into the heart of the island to recover a treasure that’s been hidden there for decades. One that Destro and Baroness will do anything to get their hands on first...
AVENGELYNE #1
(W) Rob Liefeld (A) Daniel Mainé
Standard Cover by Daniel Mainé (£3.60)
Variants
Rob Liefeld NSFW Variant (£9.10)
Diógenes Neves Variant (£3.60)
Shannon Mayer Variant (£3.60)
Dan Lawlis Variant (£3.60)
Andy Parks Legacy Variant (£3.60)
Ben Bradi Variant (£3.60)
Everyone’s favorite Avenging Angel is back! In Avengelyne, a Priest who is losing his faith is challenged by the emergence of a mysterious Angel. Avengelyne’s arrival invites the attention of Belisle, a wealthy demon lord as she is targeted by demonic forces seeking to turn her to their cause.
THE TRAP (Original Graphic Novel)
(W) Kyle Higgins & Lance Briggs (A) Danilo Beyruth
Cover by Danilo Bayruth (£14.99 standard prices, £13.49 Pre Order Price)
Jaylen Robinson is a rising sports star from a not-so-great part of the galaxy: Earth. The future is his. This is his chance. But when a desperate job goes wrong just days before a big race, Jaylen’s promising sports career threatens to succumb to THE TRAP.
Seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker and former Chicago Bear LANCE BRIGGS, Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer KYLE HIGGINS (RADIANT BLACK, Immortal Legend Batman), and rising star artist DANILO BEYRUTH (DEEP CUTS, Catwoman) bring you a fast-paced epic about second chances in a world where hard work and talent is no guarantee for success.
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN LIVES #1 (Of 4)
(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Mattia De Iulis
Standard cover by Mattia De Iulis (£4.35)
Variant
Joshua Middleton Variant (£4.35)
Stanley ‘Artgerm’ Lau Variant (£4.35)
Luana Vecchio Connecting Variant (£4.35)
Blank Variant (£5.10)
Stanley ‘Artgerm’ Lau Variant (£5.10)
Ryan Sook Wraparound Die-Cut Foil Variant (£5.10)
HERE COMES THE BRIDE...
Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis (Absolute Wonder Woman, The Cull) reunite once again to deliver the most haunting new horror series of the year. Born in the heart of a thunderstorm, made of stolen flesh, electricity, and monstrous desperation, The Bride lives!
With no memory of her past or understanding of what she is, The Bride took her first steps into the world and was...displeased. Now, she must discover where and who she came from and begin what every living thing begins...the process of staying alive.
MIRKA ANDOLFO’S SWEET PAPRIKA: BLACK, WHITE & PINK HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (One-Shot)
(W) Mirka Andolofo, Various (A) Various
Standard Cover by Mirka Andolfo (£5.10)
Variants
Rachta Lin Variant (£5.10)
Marco Albiero Variant (£5.10)
Miriam Andolof Hot NSFW Polybagged Variant (£9.10)
Blank Variant (£5.10)
SWEET PAPRIKA CASTS A WICKED SPELL THIS HALLOWEEN…IN BLACK, WHITE & PINK! From the world of the Eisner-nominated and Harvey Award-winning SWEET PAPRIKA comes a brand-new Halloween special brimming with spooky, spicy mischief! Night is falling, the jack-o'-lanterns are grinning, and temptation is in the air at Infernum Press, where every shadow glows in black, white & pink. As the costumes come off and inhibitions follow, Paprika and her mates chase tricks, treats, and a little trouble under the full moon. This devilish delight serves up sexy and hilarious tales by an all-star team: MIRKA ANDOLFO (SWEET PAPRIKA, MERCY, UNNATURAL), Hugo and Ringo Award winner BARTOSZ SZTYBOR (Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher), acclaimed illustrator LEIRIX in her very first interior work, RACHELE ARAGNO (Young Hellboy, Star Wars: The High Republic Phase III, Leonide the Vampyr), and more spellbinding talents… Treat yourself to the spookiest night at Infernum…Paprika style!
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: FRANKENSTEIN BLACK AND WHITE SPECIAL #1 (Of 2)
(W/A) Michael Walsh
Standard Cover by Michael Walsh (£6.10)
Variant by Mark Chiarello (£6.10)
FRANKENSTEIN LIVES AGAIN IN SILVER SCREEN BLACK & WHITE! Award-winning creator MICHAEL WALSH (EXQUISITE CORPSES) presents the first two issues of his jaw-dropping new vision of the seminal horror classic remastered in stunning black & white.
Dr. Henry Frankenstein begins his unholy quest to create life by robbing the grave of a decorated police officer to find necessary parts, specifically a strong pair of hands. But little does he know that the corpse has a son who is mourning a father—and that this young boy will forever change Frankenstein’s life.
WITCHBLADE: SAMHAIN SPECIAL #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Marc Silvestri, Matt Hawkins, Ryan Cady (A) Laura Braga & Pat Boutin
Standard Cover by Pat Boutin (£5.10)
Variants
Giuseppe Cafaro Variant (£5.10)
Linda Šejić Variant (£5.10)
On Halloween night, when the veil is thinnest, the Witchblade will be visited by three ghosts! But these spirits of past bearers come to help Sara Pezzini, not to haunt her, by sharing stories of their own untimely deaths. Featuring the Magdalena of the Dark Ages, the Darkness of the Renaissance, and the horrors of WW II!
DARK HORSE COMICS
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #1
(W) Jackson Lanzing & Colin Kelly (A) Ibraim Roberson
Standard Cover by Esad Ribić (£4.35)
Variants
Tyler Jacobson Variant (£4.35)
Antonio José Manzanedo Variant (£4.35)
Karen Darboe Variant (£4.35)
Mateus Manhanini Variant (£4.35)
A draconic apocalypse approaches the Forgotten Realms, and it has one name on its lips: MORDENKAINEN. Now, stripped of his magic but never out of the fight, the most powerful wizard in all reality will need the help of Faerûn’s most legendary heroes to restore the balance.
Creative hivemind Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly team with artist Ibraim Roberson for a brand-new ongoing epic that will shake the world(s) of Dungeons & Dragons!
CANTO: THE CLOCKWORK CHRONICLES #1
(W) David M Booher (A) Drew Zucker
Standard Cover by Drew Zucker (£4.35)
Variants
Duncan Fegredo Variant (£4.35)
Mr Oz Variant (£4.35)
The small knight with a big heart travels the Unnamed World to help those in need! That mission takes him to the mysterious Forgotten Isles, where jungle fauna mixes with strange machines. The mystery of what happened to the Forgotten People who once lived there is put on hold when catastrophe befalls his best friend Mico the Malorex! Will Canto’s courage be enough to save his companion?
Set sail with Canto across the Mechanical Sea in this all-new ongoing series. Join adventurers David M. Booher and Drew Zucker at the start of this thrilling journey, overflowing with action, suspense, and heart!
MINOR THREATS: THE CLEANER #1
(W) Gerry Duggan, Patton Oswalt & Jordan Blum (A) Mark Torres
Standard Cover by Scott Hepburn (£4.35)
Variants
Mark Torres Variant (£4.35)
Subversive Girl Variant (£4.35)
Declan Shalvey Variant (£4.35)
Twilight City is a hard place to live — and an easier place to die. But some bodies never make the headlines. When the capes make a mess too big to bury, they call one number: THE CLEANER.
By day, David O’Halloran is a struggling small business owner. By night, he’s the spandex world's last call for cleanup — disposing of the un-disposable with precision, secrecy, and a price. But when his path crosses with the deadly and dazzling Diamond Dahlia, everything changes. She has a secret past with the legendary vigilante The Insomniac, and it’s about to erupt onto the blood-slicked streets.
It's superhero noir from Gerry Duggan (X-Men, Deadpool, Falling in Love On The Path To Hell and superstar artist Mark Torres (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
THUNDERCATS #1
(W) Greg Pak (A) David Cousens
Standard cover by Mark Spears (£4.35)
Variants
David Cousens Variant (£4.35)
Daniele Cellini Variant (£4.35)
Stephen Byrne Variant (£4.35)
Seth Damose Variant (£4.35)
Blank Variant (£4.35)
Superstar writer GREG PAK (World War Hulk, X-Men, Superman/Batman) joins rising star artist DAVID COUSENS (Cheetara: Worldbreaker) to present a stunning new chapter in the ‘Cats history!
The THUNDERCATS face a strange, dangerous new life on their Earth, sharing the world with the SILVERHAWKS, a multitude of other societies, and the cat-hating MU’TANTS. This is a time for outreach and diplomacy... or it would be, if it weren’t for a mysterious omen from the sky that unleashes a beast within team leader LION-O, transforming him into the deadly FERAL KING!
ARCHIE VS TERMINATOR #1
(W) Rory McConville (A) Steven Butler
Standard Cover by Francesco Francavilla (£4.35)
Variants
Björns Barends Variant (£4.35)
Robert Hack Variant (£4.35)
Bill Gavlan Variant (£4.35)
Blank Variant (£4.35)
The crossover no one saw coming is here! When a teenage John Connor enrolls at Riverdale High, Archie and the gang soon find themselves in the crosshairs of a Terminator!
Written by RORY MCCONVILLE (Terminator, Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword, Spawn) and drawn by Archie artists STEVEN BUTLER and LILY BUTLER, this four-issue crossover event features covers by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA, ROBERT HACK, BJORN BARENDS, and BILL GALVAN!
SUPERNATURAL: DEAN WINCHESTER #1
(W) Chuck Brown (A) Ralph Lobosoco
Standard Cover by Marguerite Sauvage (£4.35)
Variants
Keyla Valerio Variant (£4.35)
Stephen Byrne Connecting Variant (£4.35 connects to Supernatural Sam Wicnchester #1)
Photo Variant A (£4.35)
Photo Variant B (£4.35)
Blank Variant (£4.35)
It’s an all-new adventure by Eisner-Award winning writer CHUCK BROWN (Bitter Root) and star artist RAPHA LOBOSCO (Mumm-Ra The Ever-Living)!
He’s hurt. He’s alone. It’s Mardi Gras. The streets of New Orleans are crawling with creepiness, and the elder Winchester brother is determined to close a case his dad never could. To do so, he might have to murder a god.
SUPERNATURAL: SAM WINCHESTER #1
(W) Kendall Goode (A) Paulina Ganucheau
Standards Cover by Paulina Ganucheau (£4.35)
Variants
Miriam Andolfo Variant (£4.35)
Stephen Byrne Connecting Variant (£4.35, Connects to Supernatural Dean Winchester #1)
Photo Variant A (£4.35)
Photo Variant B (£4.35)
Blank Variant (£4.35)
It’s a solo series for Sam Winchester from superstar writer PAULINA GANUCHEAU (Disney Villains: Maleficent) and rising star artist KENDALL GOODE (The Terminator: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town)!
After doing something to his brother that he can never take back, the younger Winchester brother finds himself drawn toward a mysterious farmhouse in the middle of nowhere... but what is it hiding?
PATHFINDER/VAMPIRELLA: BLADE OF DARKNESS #1 (of 4)
(W) Erik Burnham (A) Federico Dallocchio
Standard Cover by Steven Cummings (£4.35)
Variants
Andrew Huerta Variant (£4.35)
Wayne Reynolds Character Sheet Variant (£4.35)
Blank Variant (£4.35)
Welcome to Golarion! It’s a world of swords and of sorcery. A place where adventurers tempt fate, monsters lurk in every shadow, and powerful beings seek ever more power. One of those beings, the vampire lord Zaloch, has performed a ritual to summon a being that will give vampires a new advantage against any who would try to destroy them – but to Zaloch’s surprise, his ritual summons not a raging demon...but Vampirella. And then the monster hunters show up! There’s chaos, dark magic, a life-and-death battle...and that’s before we even mention legendary heroes Kyra and Merisiel! Roll the dice on a new adventure as Vampirella navigates her way through the world of PATHFINDER in this thrilling new four-issue miniseries by writer ERIK BURNHAM and artist FEDERICO DALLOCCHIO
VAMPIRELLA VS DARKSTALKERS SEPCIAL #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Time Seeeley (A) Drax Gal
Standard Cover by Drax Gal (£5.10)
Variants
Lucio Parillo Variant (£5.10)
Francesco Mattina (£5.10)
Björn Barends Variant (£5.10)
Joseph Michael Linsner Variant (£5.10)
Blank Variant (£5.10)
UDON and Dynamite present the first-ever pairing of the videogame sensation Darkstalkers and the first lady of horror: Vampirella!
Vampirella, daughter of Lilith and hunter of the night, is on the trail of a soul-sucking succubus whose habits defy those of earthbound fiends. At the same time, Morrigan, princess of the demon realm of the Makai, has been shirking her royal duties and sneaking away to Earth to indulge in the delicious dreams and souls of humans.
The two women engage in a cat and mouse game across New York City, both aware of their own similarities as outsider monsters on Earth – all the while both of them are hunted by the notorious monster hunter, Baby Bonnie Hood.
Written by TIM SEELEY and featuring art by UDON artist DRAX, this amazing one-shot features a sensational roster of cover artists including LUCIO PARILLO, FRANCESCO MATTINA, BJORN BARENDS, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, and interior artist DRAX!
BEN 10 CREATOR FILES #1 (One-Shot)
Standard Cover by Robert Carey (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Duncan Rouleau (£4.35)
Go behind the scenes of the red-hot new BEN 10 comic book series! See what it takes to create an issue, from script to sketches to line art to the finished page. This behind-the-scenes one-shot features new interviews with the creative team about the future of the series and previously unseen artwork, along with an EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK at the next classic villain set to be reimagined in an upcoming storyline!
IDW PUBLISHING
STAR TREK: ZERO POINT #1
(W) Charlie Jane Anders (A) Isaac Sánchez González
Standard Cover by Valeria Favoccia (£4.35)
Variants
Photo Variant (£4.35)
Viktor Farro Foil (£11.99)
Jose Jaro IDS Goes Dark Variant (£4.35)
Blank Variant (£4.35)
The tie-in series to Star Trek (2026) starts here!
From Nebula and Hugo Award-winning writer Charlie Jane Anders (New Mutants, Lessons in Magic and Disaster) and artist Isaac Sánchez González (TMNT, Godzilla) comes an extremely CLASSIFIED mission.
A starship graveyard on the moon. A captain haunted by failure. A mission that could change the future of the Federation... or end it entirely.
Raffi Musiker takes command of the U.S.S. Endeavour — and is immediately handed a classified directive from Starfleet. Follow the guidance of a powerful, untested A.I. that can predict threats before they happen. But these missions aren't exploration — they're a gamble. As systems fail, pressure mounts, and missions spiral out of control, Raffi must decide who to trust: her crew... or the machine guiding them.
Because some discoveries are better left buried.
And some warnings come too late.
GODZILLA REVENGE OF THE DEADZONE #1 (of 5)
(W) Ethan S Parker & Griffin Sheridan (A) Pablo Tunica
Standard Cover by Pablo Tunica (£4.35)
Variants
Kevin Anthony Catalan Homage Variant (£4.35)
Elizabeth Beals Movie Homage Variant (£4.35)
Martin Morazzo IDS Goes Dark Variant (£4.35)
The Wanderer is held captive by G-Force!
Far, far away from his home in the Deadzone, the Wanderer is a captive in New York City! As he’s poked and prodded by a team of scientists, he’ll fill in the gaps of his mysterious past... and learn of the government’s true plans for the future of the Deadzone.
Join Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and Pablo Tunica as they return to the Deadzone in this five-issue miniseries.
STARSHIP GODZILLA: INVASION X #1 (of 5)
(W) Chris Gooch (A) Oliver Ono
Standard Cover by Oliver Ono (£4.35)
Variants
Joëlle Jones Variant (£4.35)
Gavin Fullerton Variant (£4.35)
Starship Godzilla receives a massive upgrade as a galactic invasion begins!
The crew of Starship Godzilla may have won their first battle against the Xiliens, but in doing so they’ve started the war. As they reckon with their actions, they find themselves in need of upgrades for their ship... with bounty-seeking M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens hot on their trail. Meanwhile, the Xiliens put together the final pieces for their new cosmic kaiju weapon...
Join Chris Gooch and Oliver Ono in this five-issue follow-up to the fan-favorite Starship Godzilla series.
YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE ALIVE #1
(W) Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (A) Heather Vaughn
Standard Cover by Heather Vaughn (£4.35)
Variants
Alex Eckman-Lawn Variant (£4.35)
Morgan Breem IDW Goes Dark Variant (£4.35)
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life.
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets.
Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life — and finds something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary.
It’s a cage.
And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
From Eisner-nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, this paranoia-laced, socially conscious horror mystery will leave you questioning reality... and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream its residents were expecting.
BOOM STUDIOS
CASSIE #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Sam Humphries (A) Eleonora Carlini
Standard cover by Eleonora Carlini (£5.10)
Variants
Evangeline Gallagher Variant (£5.10)
Eleonora Carlini Black And White Virgin Variant (£5.10)
Play ball! Hell takes home-field advantage as Cassie and her team take to the plate in this thrilling one-shot from everyone’s favorite horror anthology!
From the pages of Hello Darkness, Cassie has been collected into one bloodsport-filled special for the first time!
This campy sports horror romp follows Cassie and her rowdy baseball team as the game takes a demonic turn, leveling the playing field into hellish new depths.
Straight from the brilliant mind of Sam Humphries with bold and expressive art from Eleonora Carlini, this demonically sporty slasher is sure to delight all your most evil impulses.
TITAN COMICS
HAWKMOON: THE MAD GOD #1
(W) Jérôme Le Gris (A) Luca Bulgjeroni & Benoit Dellac
Standard cover by Claudia Caranfa (£4.35)
Variants
Norm Konya Variant (£4.35)
Benoît Dellac Variant (£4.35)
Benoît Dellac Wraparound Map Variant (£6.10)
Claudia Caranfa Virgin Variant (£6.10)
Set in a post-apocalyptic age of primitive industrialist technology and futuristic dark magic, Europe has been conquered by the tyrannical Granbretan empire led by King-Emperor Huon.
Dorian Hawkmoon faces a race against a ticking clock to gain control over the black jewel embedded in his head and his only hope comes in the form of a hermit mage in a distant land. It is up to the Duke and a few strange allies to thwart the cult’s twisted beliefs and find the mage to allow Dorian Hawkmoon to lead the fight against the Granbretan Empire.
ONI PRESS
SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1
(W) Corinna Bechko (A) Kano
Standard Cover by Kano (£4.35)
Variants
Marguerite Sauvage Variant (£4.35)
Naomi Franquiz Variant (£4.35)
Caroline Cash Variant (£4.35)
Blank Variant (£4.35)
Kano Virgin Foil Virgin Variant (£8.10)
Caroline Cash Foil Variant (£8.10)
Your local teenage witch is conjuring up mischief!
Just in time for Halloween, Hugo Award–nominated writer Corinna Bechko (Green Lantern: Earth One, EC's Blood Type) and Eisner Award–nominated artist Kano (Daredevil, EC's Cruel Universe) summon a new spell of magic and mischief in a brand-new ongoing series hell-bent on launching comics' most iconic sorceress-in-training into a spectacular new era for Archie Comics!
Who'd ever want to be ordinary when you could be a teenage witch instead? Still reeling from the surprise revelation of her secret birthright, and with Halloween just around the corner, high schooler Sabrina Spellman is honing her craft one hex at a time and figuring out how to balance her magical new life with the crushing responsibilities of being 16 years old. But when her feline familiar, Salem, drops a mythical trickster onto Sabrina's literal doorstep, she might not be able to keep her two worlds from smashing together like busted pumpkins on All Hallow's Eve. No time for fate. No time for destiny. No time for homework. Sabrina's about to find out that being a teenager is far from magical... even when you're a teenage witch!
Plus, a special trick (and treat): Explore the inner workings of Sabrina's secret guide to familiars, featuring the spellbinding artwork of Nick Cagnetti (Spirit of the Shadows)!
FLUX HOUSE PRESENTS #1
(W) Matt Kindt (A) Brian Hurt, David Lapham
Standard Cover by Sharlene Kindt (£9.10)
Variant Cover by Emma Rios (£9.10)
New York Times bestselling writer and multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT) takes the reins to present a tense and turbulent spectacle of mind-bending comics storytelling from the prehistoric age through many dimensions beyond our own in a truly one-of-kind, quarterly comics showcase!
Packed with first appearances, shocking self-contained introductions to major new Flux House releases, and awe-inspiring surprises, join one of the medium's most widely acclaimed creative minds — alongside longtime collaborators Brian Hurtt (Fort Psycho), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), and more — for 64 pages of wildly unexpected and wholly unpredictable stories that will tattoo themselves onto your psyche in brilliant CMYK ink.
First: Enter the age of wonder and survival in the double-sized first chapter of new two-part tale, "Spark," as a young woman and her hunter-gatherer community set out to withstand the change of seasons and, with it, harness newfound tools to stave death off for one more cycle of the stars... Then: Kindt and Lapham present the key to "Room 101" — a seemingly derelict motel room that also possesses endless doorways to the crossroads of all time and space. And for the gargantuan finale: A brand-new tale of shrapnel and stamina, exploding out of the pages of Fort Psycho — Kindt and Hurtt's mayhem-infused, super-spy epic.
MAD CAVE STUDIOS
POP KILL: BUG CANDY #1
(W) Dave Johnson, Jimmy Palmiotti (A) Juan Santacruz
Standard Cover by Dave Johnson (£6.10)
Variants
JG Jones Variant (£6.10)
Amanda Conner Variant (£6.10)
Ben Caldwell Variant (£6.10)
Dave Johnson Foil Variant (£7.10)
Blank Variant (£7.10)
Brian Stelfreeze Black Bag Variant (£7.10)
The Cola Wars are over. The Sugar Wars are about to begin! Jon Pyle and Dina Delux survived the chaos of Pop Kill, but eight months later, their relationship is on shaky ground. Just as they struggle to move on from each other, Dina unveils a revolutionary sugar substitute that threatens the fortunes of the world's most powerful candy companies. Now a secret candy consortium has marked them for death, and Jon and Dina are once again running for their lives. A brand-new Pop Kill saga begins here!
THE LAST STARFIGHTER: BETA #1
(W) Ben Rabb, Deric Hughes (A) David Cutler
Standard Cover by David López (£6.10)
Variant Cover by Jessica Fong (£6.10)
THE BELOVED DUPLICATE GETS HIS DUE!
When the Ko-Dan Armada sent an assassin to kill small-town boy Alex Rogan, it was Alex’s simuloid duplicate Beta who saved the day, sacrificing himself to convince the Ko-Dan that Alex was dead. The move bought the Last Starfighter valuable time—enough to sabotage the Ko-Dan mothership and save the planet Rylos.
That’s been the story for forty years. Now, the original film writer Jonathan Betuel joins a star-studded creative team to reveal Beta’s true fate! Beta survived the Ko-Dan assault, but he’s not the only alien entity left on Earth. And with Alex far away, Beta’s stranded and alone. Can an organic robot with no orders to execute find his own purpose on an alien planet? Not if the Zando-Zan have anything to say about it! A hilarious and heartwarming one-shot from writers Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes (Syfy's WAREHOUSE 13, The CW's ARROW, NBC’s QUANTUM LEAP & more) and artist David Cutler (Marvel’s Voices, Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird), and a can’t-miss installment in The Last Starfighter mythos!
HAMMER HEAD #1
(W) Ed Brisson (A) Damian Couceiro
Standard Cover by Damian Coceiro (£4.35)
Variants
Justin Coffee Variant (£4.35)
Björn Barends Variant (£4.35)
Martin Simmonds Variant (£4.35)
Simmonds Foil Variant (£4.35)
TERROR CAN'T BE CONTAINED!
For 20 years, Jules has been hiding from her past. As the only survivor of the Hammer Head killing-spree, she carries the guilt and trauma of having watched as everyone she loved was brutally murdered. Every couple of years, Hammer Head rises from the dead to continue his reign of terror anew, and with each repeated massacre, Jules falls deeper into the warm embrace of her own dark coping mechanisms. When she's thrown into prison with no trial and no hope, Jules finds herself part of a dark ritual built to force her back into the past that she's spent her life trying to escape.
Co-creators, writer Ed Brisson (Predator, Old Man Logan, Ghost Rider) and artist Damian Couceiro (Wolverine & Kitty Pryde, X-Force, Old Man Logan) team up once again to bring you the ultimate horror throwback.
FILTHY LAMBS #1
(W) Pallie Paul Allor (A) Chris Evenhuis
Standard Cover by Chris Evenhuis (£4.35)
Variants
Meghan Hetrick Variant (£4.35)
Caitlin Yarsky Variant (£4.35)
Caitlin Yarsky Foil Variant (£4.35)
In the basement of Grimaldi Manor, the family patriarch says a prayer and stabs himself in the throat. Blood falls. The demon watches. A woman tries to scream. Upstairs, three generations of the Grimaldi family and a snapping turtle fill the house with unfulfilled promise and joyful childhood shrieks. These are tremendous, terrible times for the lineage! The Grimaldis hold a contract with Their Lord Below for ten more years of prodigious wealth and glory. But old contracts can sour. Monsters can misbehave. And a filthy little lamb can still have teeth.
SATANIC PANIC #1
(W) Matt Miner (A) Clayton McCormack
Standard Cover by Clayton McCormack (£4.35)
Variants
Justin Coffee Variant (£4.35)
Justin Coffee Foil Variant (£6.10)
Justin Coffee Glow In The Dark Variant (£6.10)
A sleepy 1980s town is stalked by a masked slasher at the height of the Satanic Panic, where every heavy metal record, Dungeons & Dragons campaign and teenage outsider is treated as evidence of devil worship. As fear spreads and bodies pile up, three local misfits become the prime suspects in a series of gruesome murders. Join D&D geeks and Ozzy enthusiasts Naz, Sal, and Terry as they race to clear their names, survive an increasingly blood-soaked town and unmask the real killer before paranoia claims more innocent lives. But in a community eager to blame the weird kids, proving their innocence may be deadlier than facing the murderer.
From Ringo Award and GLAAD Media Award-winning writer Matt Miner (Poser, Young Men in Love, Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins) and artist Clayton McCormack (Batman: White Knight Presents – Generation Joker) comes a brutal new horror series that blends slasher terror and the paranoia of the Satanic Panic into one unforgettable nightmare.
SPEED RACER: TALES FROM THE ROAD - FRANKENSTEINS DRAGSTER #1 (One-Shot)
(W) Brandon Thomas, Chris Roberson (A) Zoe Tunnell, Guillermo Sanna
Standard Cover by Sebastian Píriz (£6.10)
Variant Cover by Stefano Simeone (£6.10)
Speed Racer: Tales from the Road is an all-new quarterly release featuring a one-shot tale and backup shorts that expand the universe of Speed Racer!
In this issue's spine-chilling feature, a ghastly scavenger feeding on wrecked racers haunts the streets... until its car-nnibalistic feeding frenzy puts it on a collision course with Speed Racer AND Racer X! Don't miss the debut of a BRAND NEW RACER in this story by Eisner-winner Chris Robinson (Werewolf Frankenstein) and celebrated artist Guillermo Sanna!
Plus: short stories from writers Brandon Thomas (Excellence, Horizon) and Zoe Tunnell (Blade Maidens, Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special) featuring Trixie Turnwell and more!
BAD IDEA
THE DETECTIVE #1
(W) David and Maria Lapham (A) David Lapham
Standard Cover by David Lapham (£5.10)
Variants
Gus Ricca Old Masters Variant (£5.10)
Lee Elias Old Masters Variant A (£5.10)
Lee Elias Old Masters Variant B (£5.10)
Bill Everett Old Masters Variant (£5.10)
Gus Ricca Old Masters Glow In The Dark Variant (£9.10)
David and Maria Lapham, the Eisner Awardwinning creators behind STRAY BULLETS, redefine the noir with THE DETECTIVE. Deftly combining the master worldbuilding of both Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER and the Wachowski's THE MATRIX with the intricate storytelling of Steven Spielberg's MINORITY REPORT, and the groundbreaking visuals of Jack Kirby's FOURTH WORLD, the Laphams deliver a seminal neo-noir sci-fi eріс.
It's a cold morning in The City when Valencia Vallez wakes up in an unfamiliar bed with a revolver in her hand and a dead body at her side. She doesn't remember how she got there. She doesn't remember much of anything. Just the long list of names buzzing around her head--suspects in the brutal gangland execution of her husband.
Lucky for her, Val's a homicide detective. The only trouble? In the City, so is everyone else.
Val's hunt for answers has painted a target on her back. Caught between the crooked cops hot on her tail and the towering mechanical Judges looming over the City's rain-soaked streets, every lead Val runs down only raises more questions. What secrets lie hidden in Val's missing memories? Who is the Mastermind?
In The City, the truth doesn't come easy. And when it does, you'll wish it hadn't.
LANCER #1
(W) Mike Costa (A) Jake Baker
Standard Cover by Don Aguilo (£5.10)
Variants
Jake Baker Variant (£5.10)
Eugene Delacroix Old Masters Variant (£5.10)
Manix Abrera Augmented Reality Variant (£7.10)
Jake Baker Glow In The Dark Variant (£9.10)
Critically-acclaimed screenwriter and master storyteller Mike Costa (LUCIFER) joins forces with rising superstar artist Jake Baker and Eisner Award-winning colorist Lee Loughridge (SOMNA) for a pulse-pounding, new sci-fi action-horror blockbuster. Pete Sanborn is a broke former Marine picking up extermination gigs through LANCER – a freelance app connecting veterans with military-grade kill work. Wild hogs. Invasive predators. Things too big, too dangerous for the average person to deal with. Until a routine Texas hog mitigation job goes catastrophically wrong, leaving Sanborn the lone survivor of a grisly massacre. Now Sanborn’s been recruited into an elite crew with bigger guns, better pay, and a new assignment waiting beneath New York City: Descend into the sewers. Kill the horde of mutant alligators. Try to make it out alive.
IT DEMANDS SACRAFICE #1
(W) David Yarovesky (A) Philip Gelatt
Standard Cover by Adam Pollina (£5.10)
Variants
Tony Fleecs Variant (£5.10)
Patrick Horvath Variant (£5.10)
Skottie Young Foil Variant (£9.10)
Grant Wood Old Masters Variant (£5.10)
Adam Pollina Glow In The Dark Variant (£9.10)
Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Philip Gelatt (LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS), acclaimed filmmaker David Yarovesky (BRIGHTBURN), and visionary artist Adam Pollina (X-FORCE) carve up a shocking new horror comic book event.
On a quiet farm, Bronson, the youngest and smallest member of a close-knit family of goats, lives an idyllic life of sun-drenched fields, fresh hay, and sibling rivalries. His greatest concern is proving to his older siblings—and, more importantly, his imposing father—that he is more than just the runt of the herd.
Then, in a single night, everything changes.
A drug-fueled, sex-obsessed satanic hippie murder cult descends on the farm, slaughtering the family who raised and protected the goats before abducting Bronson and his loved ones. Deep in the wilderness, beneath a blood-red moon, hundreds of cult followers gather for an ancient ritual. Their purpose: to sacrifice the goats and summon a ravenous demon from beyond.
Now, the fate of his family rests on the shoulders of the one creature least prepared to save them.
Innocent, outmatched, and absurdly cute, Bronson must summon a courage he never knew he possessed as he confronts knife-wielding cultists, unspeakable horrors, and forces far beyond his understanding in a desperate attempt to rescue his family before they are offered up in blood.
IGNITION PRESS
12 FOOT SKELETON #1
(W) Aaron Campbell & Tim Seeley (A) Ben Templesmith
Standard Cover by Ben Templesmith (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Aaron Campbell (£4.35)
This might be Lola and Jimmy’s last Halloween. Not because they’re aging out at 12-years-old... there's a 12-foot-tall lawn skeleton on a rampage in their neighborhood!
Lola is a triple threat of social suicide: goth girl, new kid, and outspoken feminist. Meanwhile, Jimmy is a bookish, quiet, bullied kid trying to enjoy his favorite holiday between cancer treatments.
When Lola discovers she might have a much stronger connection with the malevolent force inhabiting the skeleton than she could ever imagine possible, it's up to Jimmy to inspire them to face certain danger and embrace the future rather than run from their traumatic pasts.
Aaron Campbell (Hellblazer), Tim Seeley (Inglorious X-Force), and Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) present a Halloween story with the heart and soul of a classic Spielberg film alongside all the spills, chills, and horrifying thrills of everyone’s favorite 1980s slasher movies!
MAD SCIENCE DIVISION #1
(W) San Watters (A) Brian Level
Standard Cover by Brian Level (£4.35)
Variant Cover by Riley Rossmo (£4.35)
It’s no secret Archimedes Anderson is a nepo hire. Assigned chief-coordinator of R&D at the American arm of genetic engineering and bioweapons development company Miyashi-Smith, everyone knows he’s here for one purpose: to slash the budget and trim the fat. If he can cut 30% from the unaffectionately nicknamed “Mad Science Division” budget, he’ll earn a cushy, high-level job at HQ.
He goes in with a move-fast-and-break-stuff attitude, knowing absolutely nothing about the dangerous genetic experiments taking place in the division. When he upsets the delicate equilibrium of the department factions and removes guard rails which protect the workers and the public, he winds up exposing them to terrible, evil experiments.
From the twisted minds of Dan Watters (Nightwing; TMNT: Shredder) and Brian Level (Venom: Black, White & Blood) comes a comedic, sci-fi horror series that asks, “What if DOGE dismantled the SCP Foundation?”