From Strange New Worlds season 4 writer Robbie Thompson (The Sin Bin, Marvel’s Silk) and Star Trek knockout artist Travis Mercer (Cyborg, Teen Titans) comes a Lovecraftian horror the likes of which the crew of the Enterprise has never seen before!After plodding through uneventful mission after uneventful mission, Christine Chapel is itching for a real adventure. So, when an opportunity to reunite with her old scientist friend Jinare for research on the planet Poilant crops up, Chapel is excited to finally do what Starfleet does best: explore strange new worlds. However, when the Enterprise arrives in Poilant’s space, the crew cannot get into contact with Jinare or any of her researchers. Chapel, Una, Spock, La’An, and Scotty beam down, and they are greeted by…nothing…no one…and no signs of what caused their disappearance, only a robot named D6 who urges them to descend into the planet’s depths in search of his friends. But there’s more than scientists lurking in the watery abyss. Ancient life-forms and behemoths await—and they might mean more adventure than even Chapel can handle.

THE LEGEND BEGINS! The Norse Myths tell of Gods who walked the Earth, doing great deeds for the mortals who believed in them. But Asgard isn’t real, and never was. The Gods never soared in our skies, never stood with our heroes, never fought for kindness or justice. It was all just a story. Nobody’s coming to help us. But somewhere in the city… a man is waking up. A man with a hammer.

In development with Sony Entertainment! Tall Jacks tells the story of Stiv, a trickster gang member whose rebellious nature puts a target on his back. While the wicked and supernatural gangs of Blood World City rise to power, Stiv threatens to tear it all apart. Brimming with manga-style action, stakes, and a promise for chaos, Tall Jacks preludes the Night of the Cadillacs comic book world from Ex Posse.

Centuries in the future, a battle is fought over control of the Biometals – living artifacts that contain powerful weapon data! One person stands in the way of the destructive Pseudoroids and their hidden master using this power for evil – Vent, a Mega Man with the combined powers of Biometal Z and Biometal X!

Austin, TX. 2075. When a breakthrough in “botany tech” ushers in a new business boom centered around hyper-efficient energy production, two companies race to unlock the full potential of the technology in this story of corporate espionage, sibling rivalry, and merciless betrayal.

When an ambitious and troubled video game programmer dares to audition for a secret society in the gaming/tech industry, composed of cutthroat, genius masterminds that promise to help their members achieve their wildest dreams, he and his rebellious co-worker find themselves in a gauntlet of real-life puzzles that quickly turn deadly. Are they truly smart enough to survive the mysterious game of the Masterminds?• Squid Game meets David Fincher’s The Game.• A modern noir series about the gamification of success.• Five issue series.

It’s a Power Rangers and VR Troopers double feature! This flipbook facsimile features two classic stories in one book! Follow Ninja White Ranger Tommy as he faces off against Lord Zedd and the Loan Sharks in this 10-page archival adventure, then flip the book to follow VR Trooper Ryan as he rushes to reunite a son with his kidnapped father!

HOW DID TWO OF MUTANTKIND’S MOST DANGEROUS VILLAINS BECOME PART OF CYCLOPS’ X-MEN? When they met across the battlefield, Henry McCoy and Max Eisenhardt were a brilliant, jovial athlete turned super hero and a mutant revolutionary, respectively. By the time they ruled the world as leaders of Krakoa, Hank was a Beast in deed as well as name, while Magneto was a longtime ally of the X-Men shocked by the inadequacy of his fulfilled dream. Cast back into a world that hates and fears them, a pair of chance encounters will show each why that world still needs them and the X-Men! Collecting the fan-favorite X-MEN: FROM THE ASHES #13-18 for the first time in print!

MINISERIES PREMIERE JAMES TYNION IV & DANI RESSURECT A HORROR ICON! ** Jack Griffin has always been invisible to the people around him—at least in his own mind. But when an experimental breakthrough presents a path to make his dreams of invisibility a reality, no one—not even the woman he loves—will stand in his way.    Witness Griffin’s legendary descent into madness as his humanity fades away and the monster inside is revealed, leaving only…THE INVISIBLE MAN!    The horror dream team of JAMES TYNION IV (SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN, EXQUISITE CORPSES) and DANI (The Low, Low Woods**) reveal their vision for one of the most horrific monsters in cinematic history!

Nemesis is the world’s most dangerous man and now he’s made himself into one of the richest. No longer content just to terrorize the forces of law and order, his new plan is to wreak havoc on his enemies and seize control of the world itself and enslave humanity with super-technology.• The return of Millarworld’s most popular character, with incredible artwork by Matteo Scalera!• Five issue series.””A protagonist this bad has never looked so good.”” —Lotusland Comics

KYLE HIGGINS AND MAT GROOM KICK-START A NEW SCI-FI BATMAN EPIC! Humanity broke the barrier between our universe and our universe’s shadow. From the void came horri?c apparitions that craved nothing but destruction. But from this terror…a legend was born. A warrior who found a way to access the energy that binds our universe and the shadow universe, transforming him into a cosmic dark knight. This immortal legend was named Batman. He fought to keep us safe but then one day abandoned the war. Though he didn’t disappear entirely. Now they say he hunts a rouges gallery of monsters…born from the shadows!

MEPHISTO\’S EPIC SCHEMES COME TO A FIERY CONCLUSION! Victory is in Mephisto\’s grasp as he prepares to take control over all souls on Earth! But who is the mysterious figure who stands against him? Guest-starring the entire villain lineup of the original Bring on the Bad Guys: DR. DOOM, DORMAMMU, the RED SKULL, the GREEN GOBLIN, LOKI and the ABOMINATION! Part SEVEN of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!

In the slums and gutters of ancient Rome a broken ex legionary named Marcus wanders in a drunken stupor, haunted by the shame of loss and failure of duty. Suddenly, he stumbles across a young girl being chased by strange, hooded demons, and in his attempt to help he is plunged into a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy the Empire. Step into a vision of ancient Rome that moves away from the temples of marble and clean white togas and into the dirty underbelly of one of history’s greatest empires. Combining magic, myth, violence, and intrigue into a story that is equal parts HELLBOY, BPRD, and a little bit of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.

A paranoid antiquities professor goes missing, and Hellboy’s search for him takes a dangerous turn when the same person who was after the professor might be after Hellboy as well.Mike Mignola writes and Giuseppe Manunta (le dîner de Noël, Hellé Nice, une Table pour 2) draws this new one-shot!

The city of Blackstone is propped up by corruption and fear. Public defender Jaime Nuñez—former baseball hero, now a divorced dad—has tried his best, but the criminal justice system targets the weak and poor. So Jaime has chosen a more direct way to make a difference: as the masked hero known as The Dusk. When his newly inherited wealth garners him an invite to an elegant gathering of the city’s elite, he decides to confront corruption at the highest levels, unaware of the secrets that await him.

When an elusive master thief threatens to rob the Mythsonian Museum, which detectives are better on your side than Team Chaotix?! Can Vector, Espio, and Charmy get to the bottom of the museum’s true mystery and crack the case? Sure they can! If they could just get their story straight…Join Daniel Barnes and a rotating cavalcade of artists in this Chaotix 30th anniversary caper that shifts art styles as our heroes recount the tale!

SPINNING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE PAGES OF IMPERIAL! Left behind on New Sakaar to keep the peace, Jen Walters discovers that in this savage realm, what’s needed isn’t a litigator, it’s a liquidator! Fortunately, She-Hulk is accomplished at being both!

Cora Martinez has seen her fair share of conflict– as a Sonoran Desert Park Ranger, she straddles the line between sheltering desperate immigrants and steering others away from an uncertain fate. She longs for a place where disputes such as these no longer exist. But a clash far bigger than any on Earth is about to rip the heavens apart and crash land upon her doorstep with the arrival of two opposing combatants in an alien civil war through a rift in space! The earthbound space opera from the creators of Morning Star and Crush Depth begins! When the stars fell, war came to Earth.

Joe Asakura thought he found family…but as it turns out, he found a trap. Racing to a city under Galactor control, the Condor walks straight into a web of lies, covert killers, and weaponized hope. Now it’s war, and Joe’s out for blood.

SPINING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE PAGES OF IMPERIAL! Blamed for the assassinations that have started an all-out galactic war, T’Challa will first need to survive a brutal assault from the World-Breaker Hulk and Amadeus Cho before he can even think about hunting down the true culprit! And all while his spacecraft spirals towards certain doom! Sounds like another day at the office for the Black Panther!

It’s . . . ALTERNATE UNIVERSE TIME! From the mind of Eisner Award–winning cartoonist Caroline Cash (PeePee PooPoo), experience all the fun of college (and none of the stress) in this giant-sized spectacular starring Princess Bubblegum and Marceline!  What, do you think Ice King should get to have all the fun?! Heck nah! Fanfics are cool and all, but you know what’s even cooler? Peering into alternate universes—and Prismo’s got the perfect one in mind . . .  Princess Bubblegum has just started school at Ooo University (double majoring in chemistry and princess, of course!). But between difficult roommates, overreaching bodyguards, assassination attempts, and—more importantly—a full class schedule, will Bubblegum be able to survive her first year in college?! With the help of one super-cool, super-mysterious flying vampire who she is mayybeee falling in love with, it shouldn’t be all that hard. Turns out Marceline and Bubblegum are made for each other in any universe!

Meet Hazel: Talented Spellcaster and Walking Disaster. Spells fizzle, side gigs go sideways, and magical villains wreak havoc! For Hazel, it’s just another day as a witch-for-hire. Luckily, her friends, her crush, and her familiar Noot are there to pick up the pieces (or make things worse). Monsters, Magic and Mayhem? Hazel’s definitely not getting paid enough for this! This deluxe printing features a cardstock cover with foil accents, fun activities, and an included sticker sheet!

THE THING VS. THE MARVEL UNIVERSE – A 50-Page epic told entirely in splash pages! Ben Grimm, A.K.A. The Thing: He’s the ever-lovin’ idol of millions and powerhouse of the Fantastic Four. He’s strong, he’s kind, and he never gives up. And he’s also tired, and he’s sore, and he’s grumpy. There’s always a new threat facing the world or the galaxy or the universe – and somehow, he and the rest of the Fantastic Four are always the only ones who can stop it. Ben Grimm is sick and tired of it. He just wants a break! But when he returns to Earth after a solo mission in space to discover the Fantastic Four have turned against him – along with the rest of New York City, and, apparently, the entire world – he’s got a mystery to solve…and a whole wide world to clobber. Ben Grimm takes on the entire planet in this special Marvel Anniversary issue – across 50 pages of incredible nonstop action so bold, so colossal, that the only pages that aren’t splash pages are double-page spreads! •It’s Marvel as you’ve always wanted to see it, at our biggest – our baddest – our most clobberingest! It’s the wildest story we’ve ever published! It’s Marvel All-on-One!

Miniseries premiere! An all-new cosmic horror story set in the universe of the terrifying cult-classic film!The Event Horizon was a revolutionary spaceship designed for one mission: faster-than-light travel with a top secret and experimental gravity drive. But upon activating the device, the ship journeyed across the borders of HELL ITSELF. In a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining, Captain Kilpack and the first crew of the Event Horizon must resist all manner of demonic forces including Paimon, the eyeless King of Hell, and their own descents into madness and bloodlust, if they’ve any chance of escaping back to their own world.Abandon all hope and board the Event Horizon with multiple Eisner Award–winner Christian Ward (writer of Batman: City of Madness, Two-Face) and powerhouse sci-fi artist Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance, Tales of the TMNT), in this unbelievable story of the true and final fate of the original Event Horizon crew. This original five-issue miniseries serves as an official prequel to the film!

WHO DARES TEST THE DREAD DORMAMMU?! BRING ON THE BAD GUYS takes a mind-bending turn as DORMAMMU is drawn into a battle across generations! The arcane horrors of the DARK DIMENSION come to vivid life as you’ve never seen them before! But what could possibly move Dormammu to help anyone seeking his aid? Part SIX of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!

WE ARE VENOM! A collection of VENOM stories from across the history of the symbiote begins here, all rendered in Venom’s own black and white (and red)! David Michelinie and Jonas Scharf take us to the jungle, as Venom stalks a vicious paramilitary science outfit bent on weaponizing BROCK’s symbiote! In the aftermath of MAXIMUM CARNAGE, J.M. DeMatteis and Dave Wachter pit Eddie Brock against a family matter – and a dark truth – in “”FATHERS & SONS””! Ryan North and Creees Lee put the LETHAL in lethal protector as VENOM helps a kid…get REVENGE! RATED PARENTAL ADVISORY.

SUPER-THIEF, SUPER…HERO?! FELICIA HARDY is the BLACK CAT, the world’s slyest and most skilled super-thief! She loves a good score. The longer the odds – the better! But her entire world turned upside down after THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN’s battle with HELLGATE, so Felicia is turning over a new leaf as New York City’s newest…super hero?! The first super villain on her list – THE LIZARD! But will the Black Cat risk it all after her do-gooding moral high ground attracts dangerous attention from the lowest of the city’s underworld? Easy, KINGPIN OF CRIME, she’s still skimming off the top – honest! Superstar G. WILLOW WILSON joins rising star GLEB MELNIKOV to chart the winding road of twists and turns, laughs and mind-bending action of BLACK CAT’s next exciting chapter!

Return to Patience, USA, the seemingly sleepy town with numerous mysteries and secrets—and a handful of those are interplanetary! Harry and Asta, having recently welcomed their child Clover into the world, now welcome several visitors from Harry’s home planet. Agent Jones returns, and a new Resident Alien comics arc begins!• Read the comics that inspired the TV sereies!• Four issue series.

A BRAND-NEW DAY FOR SPIDER-GWEN! Gwen Stacy isn’t from this Earth but she’s here to stay, so it’s time to make herself at home! A new costume, a new home life- heck, she’s even starting a new band! Unfortunately for Gwen, new threats are also heading her way, starting with one that just might be her own fault! Follow the Ghost-Spider as she settles into Earth-616 to stay!

A LOST PIECE OF TMNT HISTORY BROUGHT BACK TO LIGHT!Twenty four years ago legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird joined forces with Jim Lawson and the legendary talent at Mirage Studios to continue the epic journey of the Ninja Turtles in the fourth volume of their ongoing series. TMNT: Journeys reprints that epic series here for the very first time! The Ninja Turtles are growing up and facing off against new, frightening dangers that could tear the four brothers apart and change New York City forever. Meanwhile, April and Casey Jones prepare for the next step in their relationship as they’re expecting a baby. And Master Splinter trains with Shadow Jones for the dark forces threatening the family ahead. With a brand-new variant cover by TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman, this is a can’t-miss story for all TMNT fans!

THE NEW ERA OF VALIANT COMICS CONTINUES!Designed as the ULTIMATE jumping-on point, the Valiant Beyond line of comics are ABSOLUTE must-reads that will ENERGIZE your love for superheroes!The city of New Orleans is home to a rich history of music, art, and culture that has achieved unparalleled progress and success. It’s the magic capital of the world and home to a hard-nosed detective trained in the ways of Voodoo who has dedicated her life to keeping New Orleans safe! When an ultra-dangerous monster invades her jurisdiction and threatens the peace they’ve fought so hard to protect, she must disobey her orders and summon the mysterious being known as “Shadowman” in order to save the city she loves!Discover the secrets of the Shadowman in this all-new story from the fan-favorite team of AJ Ampadu and artist Sergio Monjes (SHADOWMAN: SOUL EATERS)!

What happens when a 2,000-year-old Immortal Warlord decides he’s done? In EAT YOUR YOUNG, EDMUND IRONS names his six-year-old daughter, ELSA, as the next Alpha of his immortal clan. But every hundred years, during a brutal 27-day window known as The Centurium, his children have one chance to rip out his heart and claim the throne — or lose their immortality forever. Now, Edmund’s thirty offspring — an iconic cast of genre archetypes like The Cold War Spy, The Serial Killer, The Vigilante, The Punk Rocker, and The Billionaire Futurist — turn on their father and each other in a zero-sum battle for eternal life.

Your phone buzzes. A message awaits. Someone you love – your spouse, your parents, your child – is in danger. And the only way to save them is to kill. Not only that, but you need to livestream it so everyone can see what you’ve done. He’s known as the Friendship Killer and this is his twisted game. But when one of his victims decides to fight back and expose the killer, it leads him into the dark underbelly of the tech industry and social media in this near-future illustrated prose thriller from acclaimed novelist Peter Tieryas (Mecha Samurai Empire) and visionary artist Mike Choi (Moths, U & I).

ALL-STARS SALADIN AHMED AND CLAYTON HENRY SOUND THE ALARM! The Justice League has a new spec-ops team so covert, the founders can’t know it exists. And its leader is the only hero who could keep JLR off its radar…because he is the radar. Red Tornado is the heart and mind of the Watchtower–watching, projecting into the future, and his projections point to apocalypse as a direct result of the concentrated power of the JLU. When your Justice League ID card lights up red, Reddy needs you. For the fate of humanity, and for yourself, because you don’t want to find out what Red can do with what he knows about you. Join a best-in-the-biz creative team–Saladin Ahmed (Wolverine, Daredevil) and Clayton Henry (Action Comics, We Are Yesterday)–and an all-star team of heroes, and find out how far they’ll go to keep the peace and keep Red Tornado’s secrets.

A NEW ERA OF SUPERHERO STORYTELLING BEGINS HERE!Designed as the ULTIMATE jumping-on point, the Valiant Beyond line of comics are ABSOLUTE must-reads that will ENERGIZE your love for superheroes!A powerful new drug is unleashed on Japan and has set the underworld ablaze! There’s only one force strong enough to stop the B-S… and he’s not looking for an invitation to start kicking butt!It’s Bloodshot like you’ve never seen him before in this all-new cutting-edge series from rising star writer Mauro Mantella (BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED: RELOADED) and artist Fernando Heinz Furukawa (Dragon Age, Starcraft: Ghost Academy)!

As a dark new power rises from the shadows of New York, so does a much darker power return to the city’s streets…for revenge. One of the most terrifying villains in the history of comics is back—and more deadly than ever!Returned forever changed by a maddening ordeal beyond imagining, the Shredder is a man out of time, betrayed by all around him, without the Foot Clan, and quite possibly insane. When one of his former Foot prodigies forms their own rival clan with infernal designs on New York, a recovering Shredder must quest deep into the criminal underworld, where enemies both old and new will discover what defiance will bring them at the end of the Shredder’s blades.Dan Watters, the celebrated writer of Batman: Dark Patterns, Nightwing, Lucifer, Six Fingers, and Home Sick Pilots, teams with Michele Bandini (Batman Incorporated, Spider-Man: City at War) to tell the rags-to-revenge story of the ultimate ronin.

When the Black Demon attacks a cruise ship in 2006, Dr. Bella González teams up with the corporation Nixon-Ivo to take out the massive megalodon once and for all. To do so, she has to pilot a thirty-foot-tall mecha in an unprecedented offensive move. But when the divine avenger causes her to hallucinate and lose the battle, Bella must turn to the mystic harbinger Mateo and his acolyte Rey for a spiritual boost to her technological prowess. Will she prevail against the sentinel of the seas, or will she fail once again?

Appearing in their first starring series- the Marvel Zombies! On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe’s, an alien virus has mutated all of the world’s greatest super heroes into flesh-eating monsters! It took them only hours to destroy life as we know it -but what happens when they run out of humans to eat?! Witness the arrival of the Silver Surfer!

Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards are best known for creating the smoking-hot superhero comic-book Bluntman and Chronic—a tour de force of the dick and fart joke genre. For Holden, it’s a way to pay the bills, but he longs to create the kind of art he and Banky did at the beginning of their career. Something personal. Something that means something. Enter Alyssa Jones. The coolest girl in the world, and someone who means something. This is the comic Holden wrote about her. A comic about love. A comic about insecurity. A comic about growth. A comic about Chasing Amy.• Renowned director, podcaster, actor, and writer Kevin Smith returns to the View Askewniverse with the third installment of Quick Stops.• Cover A is a tribute to Mike Allred by John Sprengelmeyer!• Four issue series.

For the first time in over a decade, Monster High and IDW have partnered to bring out-of-print comics back to unlife for the fandom. Each short story from I Only Have Eye for You by Heather Nuhfer and Kellee Riley is back in a new format for fangs to enjoy.In Party Monster, Heath Burns carries a torch for Abbey Bominable, but she’s only interested in the frighteningly adorable furry fiends the student bloody council is selling. If only Heath could trade his flames for fur…

The crossover sensation is back for a third epic adventure! With Rita and Krang defeated, the bad guys aren’t cutting the Rangers and Turtles no slack! Lord Zedd and Shredder have a new plan to take down the radical teen heroes and if they don’t act carefully, they may just succeed. The amazing new series from veteran Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Ryan Parrott and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation artist Vincenzo Federici kicks off with a moment you have to see to believe!

YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THIS GAME, EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS. Acclaimed creators Zac Thompson (Into the Unbeing—Parts 1 & 2) and Daniel Irrizari (Judge Dredd, XINO) enter an synapse-shredding new level of the groundbreaking science-horror hybrid that began with CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE! One year ago, four friends barely escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely. But after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep. That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery’s digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways. The sold-out series that AiPT! called “compelling sci-fi horror . . . that feels closer to home than it should” returns with a perfect new jumping-on point for the series that challenges Stephen King, Clive Barker, and David Cronenberg to a three-way PVP deathmatch in a cyberpunk haunted house!

RATED PARENTAL ADVISORY.

The planet has been conquered by alien invaders, the CONNOISSEURS, nefarious hoarders of the rarest antiquities from throughout the cosmos. As they tear the Earth apart, pillaging its fabled treasures, only the world’s greatest adventurer can possibly stop them. But SCROOGE McDUCK is facing a battle unlike any he’s ever fought, trapped inside his own mind, fighting to preserve his most precious memories. From writer Jason Aaron (UNCLE SCROOGE & THE INFINITY DIME, plus some other things) and an extravagance of all-star artists comes the most epic adventure in Duck history.

The team behind the critically acclaimed Ice Cream Man comic comes to DC to apply its singular storytelling style to none other than the Man of Steel! Four new Kryptonites have been discovered in deep space, and Superman needs to know just what, exactly, they do to him–lest the colorful rocks of his home planet fall into evil hands! With Batman at Superman’s side, this DC Black Label Superman event explores the consequences of each never-before-seen variety of Kryptonite–all in the formal and boundary-pushing fashion that W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran are celebrated for!

RED SKULL AT HIS MOST SINISTER! •A story of Red Skull\’s ruthless past from the dark days of World War II…and what horrible future awaits Captain America as a result, thanks to a deal with the devil himself! Acclaimed writer and military-history buff STEPHANIE PHILLIPS (PHOENIX, SPIDER-GWEN: GHOST SPIDER) and moody, dynamic artist TOMMASO BIANCHI (THUNDERBOLTS: DOOMSTRIKE) dive deep into their dark sides-plus a thrilling backup by legends Marc Guggenheim and Michael Sta Maria! Part FIVE of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!

Melody Nelson and Jesse Harmon fell in love long ago in the tiny town of Perennial Harbor, but since they parted ways, that place has grown stranger and stranger… Everything is just as it was decades ago, and the strained smiles of its residents mask a bizarre secret. When Melody’s life begins to unravel and she finds herself slipping backward in time, she must uncover the truth behind this mystery before it destroys her… And the only one she’s ever cared for. A mind-bending new fairy tale begins from writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN (Kill Your Darlings), debut artist KEITH BROWNING, and colorist BRAD SIMPSON (Stray Dogs)!

THE VIRTUAL PET THAT WANTS TO KILL ‘EM ALL! PANICK ENTERTAINMENT unleashes its debut title T.A.M.A.. We all had ‘em—virtual pets like Tamagotchis, NeoPets, and Digimon. But what if, after years of neglect, one returned… for revenge? When a grieving, lonely teen stumbles upon an old virtual pet system, he finds comfort. But when gruesome deaths begin to follow, he wonders—could his digital companion be responsible? T.A.M.A. mixes the nostalgia of virtual pets with the generational phenomenon of Pokémon. Interior art by Daniel HDR (Masters of the Universe), Cover A by Dustin Nguy?n (Descender, Robin & Batman).

Black History: For painter Melvin Waring, it’s an actual super power! When Melvin’s wife mysteriously disappears, he must call on the most important Black figures of all time to help him in his search. A gripping new saga from two Milestone Initiative members: writer Jordan Clark (Aquaman, Star Wars Adventures) and artist Atagun Ilhan (Poison Ivy, Milestone Universe: The Shadow Cabinet).

Hot on the heels of the launch of THE HERO TRADE: HERO FOR SALE TPB, New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (BRZRKR) joins forces with world-renowned artist David Lapham (STRAY BULLETS) once more to bring you this thrilling 64-page issue, the first in a two-part action-packed epic, PROJECT CHIMERA, the biggest HERO TRADE story yet. As lead agents at Project Chimera, Hank and Ingrid are tasked with a vital mission: keep Trey and Trina, twin teenagers with world-destroying powers, in check. Under Hank and Ingrid’s watchful eye, the teens remain locked away in a tightly-secure black site, conditioned to believe they cannot survive the outside world and unleashed only when lethal force is required. Hank and Ingrid have always kept to the mission and followed orders. Until now. Trey is beginning to unravel, becoming a bloodthirsty berserker when he’s let off the leash, leaving Hank and Ingrid shaken. And Trina, once the model asset, is starting to question everything. With whispers of a mole embedded deep within the organization threatening to bring the entire operation down, Hank and Ingrid find themselves tangled between duty, deception, and a forbidden affair that could just cost them their lives.

Wolverine’s archnemesis strikes in one of the rarest X-Men tales of all by legendary writer Chris Claremont! Previously only available in a limited-edition package, this story sees the savage Sabretooth catching his prey by surprise – and determined to claim the life of Mariko, the woman Logan loves! Wolverine may be the best there is, but Victor Creed is the worst! Yet even if Sabretooth can get the upper hand on his bitter rival, Logan has one thing he doesn’t: friends! Get ready for one of the bloodiest fights you’ve ever seen the X-Men in, in which Creed shares some shocking insights with Marvel’s mutants! Plus: bonus materials celebrating Chris Claremont’s fifty-plus years in comics! Reprinting MARVEL PARAGON COLLECTION: CHRIS CLAREMONT WOLVERINE #1

The Hernandez family’s role in the history of comics is undeniable. With Love and Rockets, Gilbert Hernandez, along with his younger brother Jaime (and occasionally his older brother, Mario) have pushed the boundaries of what comics can do. In Roy #1, the family’s legacy expands, as Gilbert teams up with his daughter, Natalia! Fan favorite everyman Roy returns in a two-part story, teaming up with the Little Stunt Boy to deal with Roy’s arch nemesis — the Froat! Or, should we say: the Froats?!? They’re multiplying! Meanwhile, Natalia delivers a surreal eight-pager detailing an Alien spiritual encounter! It’s a family affair!

All the world’s a stage, and these ponies are happy players! Join the Mane 6 and friends in their biggest theatrical performances!While Canterlot is full of epic battles and great magic, some of the most memorable moments happen on the stage! From magic to movies to dancing, this collection has all of the best theatrical moments that these ponies have to offer!Collects My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #9, #21, #66, and #79 by a troupe of talent, including Ted Anderson, Sam Maggs, Agnes Garbowska, Katie Cook, Andy Price, Toni Kuusisto, and Tony Fleecs.

What’s going on inside the Deadzone?! Find out in the second book of the KAI-SEI ERA, IDW’s new connected Godzilla universe!Inside the new IDW Godzilla universe, there exists a mystery larger than any other…what is the Deadzone? Inhabitants of this new world know the Deadzone to be a walled-off portion of the Pacific Northwest, sequestered after the most disastrous Godzilla attack the country has ever faced. The government would have its citizens believe that nothing is still alive inside the Deadzone…but do you believe that?There are stories of a man. Or rather…a half kaiju, half man…who travels freely throughout the Deadzone. Some say he can even kill a kaiju. Some say…he’s not the only of his kind.Journey into this mysterious new world in Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone with the Eisner-nominated writing duo Griffin Sheridan and Ethan S. Parker (Kill Your Darlings) and fan-favorite artist Pablo Tunica (TMNT/Ghostbusters 2, Sea Serpent’s Heir).

Jack King is the eldest in the care home. A prodigy of imagination, always telling fascinating stories, but recently suffering from extreme fatigue and lack of motivation. Then comes Mike, a young orderly who will help restore Jack’s spirit and his much-loved library, a place fallen into disarray and near abandonment, certainly not unrelated to the sinister pestilence lurking on its shelves… A fictionalized tribute to JACK KIRBY, to the men who better took care of his work, and to others who suffered the same creative and editorial constraints throughout their careers.

A soldier wakes with his bionic limbs missing and finds that he’s the target of a manhunt. Fortress #1 is the beginning of a new, ongoing action sci-fi series self-published by Joel van der Knaap. Genre mayhem at it’s finest!

New York Times bestselling writer and master of the macabre, Mike Carey (LUCIFER, X-MEN) makes his long-awaited return to comic books, combining his powers with groundbreaking fine art illustrator Jonathan Wayshak (SPAWN: VIOLATOR) to deliver a nightmarish new vision for the horror genre. What lurking evil lies hidden at the end of the cul-de-sac? Nestled in a tucked-away corner of sleepy suburbia, the Kingsley, Herriman and Ortega families seemed like any other close-knit neighbors. So nothing seems amiss when Mrs. Kingsley piles all the neighborhood kids into the family RV for their annual summer camp-out. But in the dark of the woods, she unleashes a grisly, bloodcurdling display, revealing their families’ shocking secret—their parents are vampires and they’re eager to pass on their legacy. Now the children must choose—to join them and revel in their awesome dark powers or live out their lives as mortals. But when they return home, they confront a gruesome scene—their parents dead on the floor, brutally murdered by an elite squad of vampire hunters. And the hunters? They’re looking to finish the job. Now the kids are on the run, chased by vampire hunters, the police, and even a shadowy cabal of their fellow vampires as they search for answers to unlock the secret of what they really are before their fates are sealed forever.

INTERDIMENSIONAL PARTY CRASHERS?! When the Krakoa of the timestream-entangled world of Marvel Rivals throws a Hellfire Gala, the heroes of the Multiverse assemble in the finery to wine and dine the night away. But who invited Ultron? Answer: No one – but he’s not observing decorum! The living machine has set his sights on Cerebro, the device holding the archive of all mutant DNA and the key to their resurrection protocol! Can the heroes hold back his waves of drones and save the most precious relic of mutantkind? Can the heroes decide on the best course of action? And will Squirrel Girl, Jeff, Rocket and the Thing make it to the battle or just hang out at their private beach party on the Krakoan shores? All will be revealed within!

Hellboy and archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield trek to Iceland for evidence of a seemingly impossible network of occultists, but a fresh dig site holds answers that come at a steep—and risky—price.Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden join artist Alex Nieto in a return to Hellboy’s adventures of both the supernatural and the heart. • Continues Hellboy in Love with a new, two-issue story arc.

Not a hoax! Not a dream! The fun-loving teens of Riverdale collide with the crooked super-criminals of Twilight City in the most bombastic crossover of the year! It’s your favorite high schoolers forced to FIGHT your favorite costumed villains in a story that will have lasting ramifications on all involved! ARCHIE, BETTY, VERONICA, JUGHEAD and friends are on on their way to a field trip to Twilight City when the magical meddling of SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH lands them in the seedy underbelly of Redport, the most villainous part of town controlled by Frankie Follis AKA PLAYTIME and her gang of MINOR THREATS. Archie and the others suddenly find themselves drafted into both sides of the war Playtime is waging against magic users in her turf. One thing is for sure . . . blood and milkshakes will be spilled! Issue one of the four issue mini is written by Minor Threats co-creators Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum with Timmy Heague (Archie Comics’ Fear the Funhouse: Toybox of Terror) and art by Scott Koblish (Deadpool).• Four issue series.

AT THE STAR-LINED EDGES OF INFINITY, EC COMICS’ SCI-FI SMASH HIT RETURNS TO DRAW MORE WORLDS INTO THE MAW OF ITS GRAVITATIONAL VORTEX WITH AN ALL-NEW AND UNRELENTING 12-ISSUE MAXI-SERIES! Whether future or past, Earth or a distant world, no man can outrun the infinite singularity within us all: FEAR! Join this doomed expedition into the cold, unforgiving galaxies beyond our own as nihilistic navigators Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), J. Holtham (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss), Kano (Immortal Iron Fist), Ann Nocenti (Daredevil), David Rubín (Sherlock Frankenstein), and Greg Pak (Planet Hulk) smash the laws of science . . . and splice the immortal EC Comics genome into a new breed of parasitic extraterrestrial tales with an endless appetite for pain! Plus, as an added bonus: A nerve-rending science-fiction classic from the EC vaults, painstakingly remastered and newly restored to its original coloring! BEYOND SPACE, BEYOND OBLIVION. . . . There is something vast, unsympathetic, and envious that yearns to consume us all in this CRUEL UNIVERSE! Let’s make it work for it, shall we?

A brand-new tie-in to the hit video game!Rita Repulsa has teamed up with herself, Robo-Rita, from 30 years in the future to bring down the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers before they even get started.What they weren’t counting on is the Power Rangers of the future: Rocky, Kat, Billy, Zack, and Minh to travel back in time and help the Rangers out behind the scenes!A totally 90s adventure perfect for fans of any age!

A RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE TIE-IN EXTRAVAGANZA! Get your tiny tiara on, because universal destructors Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) & Jody Houser (Stranger Things) are teaming up with artist Phil Murphy (Star Trek vs. Transformers) to send Summer rocketing into a Smith family crisis with cosmic implications!  Rick and Morty are doing their bachelor party thing with Prime Universe, so Summer decides to throw her own bachelorette shindig for Parmesan! No naughty gummies or pennysaver strippers here—Summer will throw a bachelorette party to remember, complete with debauchery, violence, and destruction! Hey, gurl, hey, this will end well! (News flash: It won’t.)

SUPERSTAR CREATORS GREG RUCKA AND NICOLA SCOTT TEAM UP FOR THE HEIST OF A LIFETIME! A daring heist aboard the most secure facility in the DCU! Cheetah and Cheshire assemble a team of misfits and oddballs to pull off the impossible–robbing the Justice League Watchtower…and getting away with it. All that stands between them and pulling off the most daring heist in history are a few tiny complications, such as the most sophisticated orbital platform ever constructed, its AI-driven security system, and one other thing…the smartest and most powerful heroes in the DCU. Eisner Award winners Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott bring you a slick, stylish heist that guarantees fun, laughs, and more than a few twists and turns.

Now packed with 30 PAGES of story content, including a BRAND NEW STORY! Archie’s won free tickets to a brand-new waterpark in Riverdale, and he wants the whole gang to join him! But someone like Veronica doesn’t just go to a water park—she’s there to make a SPLASH!

THE BALANCE OF POWER IS FOREVER CHANGED! An ancient artifact known as the SOUL FORGE has the power to collect all the souls on Earth! DOCTOR DOOM must stop it at all costs! Who is the mysterious SISTER SORROW, and what is her connection to DR. DOOM? Part One of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!

THE BALANCE OF POWER IS FOREVER CHANGED! An ancient artifact known as the SOUL FORGE has the power to collect all the souls on Earth! DOCTOR DOOM must stop it at all costs! Who is the mysterious SISTER SORROW, and what is her connection to DR. DOOM? Part One of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!