An immortal ninja cursed with a vengeful war spirit is forced out of hiding to protect the last descendants of his sworn family, even if it means unleashing the monster within. Six hundred years ago, ninja warrior Genshi Sakagura vanished from history—cursed with immortality and haunted by a war-hungry spirit known as the Tengu. Now living in modern-day New York, Genshi’s centuries of silence shatter when a terrorist strike and a kidnapping tied to his ancient past force him back into battle. To reclaim his honor, he must once again unleash the curse he’s spent lifetimes trying to contain.

1887: Arch-villain DOCTOR NIKOLA teams with PAUL MASON’S legendary THE SOLDIER LEGACY (a bare-knuckled Aussie hero) to stalk a mystic killer in the dark of Whitechapel’s streets! Written by Christopher Sequeira and drawn by Paul Mason. Also features an 8-page back-up story of SHERLOCK HOLMES, encountering the hideous truth about history’s CROGLIN GRANGE VAMPIRE, by Sequeira and J. Scherpenhuizen. Cover by Oscar winner Dave Elsey!

A brand-new one-shot from Mark Spears, set in the record-breaking Mark Spears Monsters Universe, introduces the origin of an all-new superhero: MidKnight Man. Who is he? Where did he come from? And how does he fit into a world overrun by monsters and madness? All will be revealed in this standalone origin story that launches a bold new hero into the Monsters Universe. Every legend has a beginning. This one begins at midnight. [This is a Keenspot publication.]

When a beloved comic book creator is devoured by a massive shark, several cosplayers join a has-been TV superhero to catch the killer! Created by Saturn Award-nominated author/actor Pat Jankiewicz, COSPLAYER! VERSUS SHARK is Antarctic Press’s deep dive into the Jaws of Terror!

How do you redeem your family’s name when your ancestor is history’s most notorious villain? One bullet at a time. But Henry Hitler (yes, that Hitler) must convince the Son Chasers he’s on the side of good before it’s too late. This one shot also features a Doc Odyssey adventure with the Abominable Snowman!

The spotlight falls on Karin Kanzuki, world famous martial artist and CEO of the Kanzuki Zaibatsu! Karin has always sat at the top of high society… but now punk rock Silat fighter and fellow heiress Olive Ong threatens to take her down a peg! It’s a rich girl showdown in the Swiss Alps!

LEGENDARY CREATORS TAKE ON THE MAN OF STEEL AND YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN! Written by Mark Waid, Tom King, Matt Fraction, Sean Murphy, Gail Simone, Christopher Priest, Greg Rucka and Jeff Lemire Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jim Lee, Steve Lieber, Sean Murphy, Belen Ortega, Daniel Sampere, Nicola Scott and Rafa Sandoval The Last Son of Krypton meets your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! When journalists Clark Kent and Peter Parker find themselves chasing the same story, the conspiracy they uncover could change the world–especially if Brainiac and Doctor Octopus have anything to say about it. (And we bet they do!) Good thing our intrepid newshounds are secretly Superman and the amazing Spider-Man. Brought to you by legendary storytellers Mark Waid and Jorge Jimenez. And don’t miss these bonus stories: Tom King and Jim Lee tell a tale of Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson. Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber revisit Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen…and Carnage! Sean Murphy, meanwhile, takes us to the future with Superboy (Legion) and Spider-Man 2099. Gail Simone teams up with Belen Ortega for a look at what happens when Power Girl meets Punisher. Christopher Priest and Daniel Sampere show us a time when Superboy Prime (who reads all the comics) decided to visit Spider-Man right after he got the black suit. Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott take us on an exciting race–between the Daily Planet and the Daily Bugle. Plus, we finally get to answer the age-old question of who would win in a fair fight, Pa Kent or Uncle Ben! Just kidding, those guys are too nice to fight each other, but Jeff Lemire and Rafa Sandoval will take us deep into the past to see the two men bond in the face of adversity. Celebrate 50 years of DC/Marvel crossovers with eight new original stories by some of DC’s top talent!

Young scholar of the strange Martin Magus and the supernatural giant robot MegaGhost defend the city of Dunwich Heights against the threat of the Occult Kaiju. But a new menace looms, for the sinister necromancer known as Ultraghoul has made a deal with the Nethergods, dark powers from another dimension, to give him the power to defeat his arcane archenemy for once and for all! Written by Gabe Soria (Jimmy Olsen’s Supercyclopedia, Midnight Arcade) and illustrated by Eisner Award-winning artist Gideon Kendall (Marley’s Ghost, Lester of the Lesser Gods), Megaghost series 2 is an action-packed thrill ride, a macabre mystery, and a massive monster throwdown all in one!• The hit MegaGhost comic series returns in the brand-new arc!• MegaGhost is an action-packed, arcane adventure that mixes Saturday morning cartoon thrills with supernatural chills! • Four-issue series.

YOU CAN BURY THE BODIES, BUT NEVER THE GHOSTS! Hell’s Kitchen is full of secrets – but no secret stays buried for long! As a fearsome new super villain named OMEN has targeted MATT MURDOCK, it will be his alter-ego DAREDEVIL who takes the hits! BUT BEWARE! This mysterious new player isn’t all that they appear – a secret Daredevil will have to learn quickly as he scrambles to settle into a life and status-quo we’ve NEVER SEEN HIM IN BEFORE! Look alive, Marvelites, an all-new and unprecedented era of DAREDEVIL starts right here!

SKOTTIE YOUNG AND JORGE CORONA TAKE THE MAIN MAN TO THE NEXT LEVEL! VRRRRROOOOOOMMMMMMMM! The Main Man’s back, baby! And his ride is a motorcycle that moves at the speed of sound, but only if that sound is a rippin’ guitar solo, and you better hop on before he leaves you in the dust with all the bastiches he’s fragged for money or convenience! The Eisner-nominated creative team that brought you a fantastic parable of adolescence in the Midwest, the story of an artist who embraces darkness a little too closely, and the tale of a gunslinger with too much grit to stay buried brings you a classic yarn spun in the star-kissed threads of the cosmic DC Universe. It’s a guts-soaked path from DC K.O. to the end of the universe, where Lobo is going to scratch his name and number in the Source Wall with a cool knife. Don’t miss the mayhem, special guests, or tasty, tasty continuity! Don’t you do it!

What if life in a super-villain organization was less like a James Bond movie and more like working at Walmart Corporate? Rafael Garcia: Henchman brings the old familiar tropes of a dark workplace comedy by way of a brand-new cinematic superhero universe. From Emmy Award-winning writer Peter Murrieta (Mr. Iglesias) and writer/filmmaker David Schrader (Baby Badass), comes an action comedy that mixes the daily grind of The Office with the slacker absurdity of Stripes – if the General in charge was more like Lex Luthor.

This St. Patrick’s Day, pray that luck is on your side! The mischievous, creative trickster spirits (a.k.a. comic book artists) of Antarctic Press, including the likes of David (Teether) Hutchison, are willing to share their treasure of unsettling images and terror-tinged tales of irrascible Irish imps…for a price. (It’s $7.77. Gold coins accepted, but not necessary.)

THERE’S NO ESCAPING HIGH SCHOOL! Since 1997, five friends have been trapped in the ultimate nightmare as a mysterious entity forces them to relive their first prom night over and over again . . . and re-kills them in new and increasingly insane ways each time. They dress up. They party. They make out. And no matter what they try to change, they always die . . . until now. Something is about to break the cycle that has kept Alicia, J.T., Ryder, Brandy, and their group of friends locked in a bizarre purgatory beyond all understanding . . . but what they find on the other side will be the most disturbing revelation of all. Hell is the ’90s in this brash and brutal, genre-distorting ode to the generation that gave us Scream and Buffy the Vampire Slayer—and what’s become of them since—as GLAAD Award–nominated writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Maw, Be Not Afraid) and hyper-talented artist Caitlin Yarsky (Black Hammer Reborn, EC’s Cruel Universe) unleash the year’s most clever and compulsively page-turning horror thriller.

THE COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE BEGINS! In this special 40-page one-shot, acclaimed author ED BRISSON (ThunderCats: Lost, SilverHawks, Apex) and artists ELTON THOMASI and ALICE LECLERT bring readers three special tales that set the stage for a cataclysmic crossover event to come! THE PAST: Claudus’s heir to the throne of Thundera, the cub Lion-O, struggles to understand his destined place at the head of the kingdom. How can he protect an entire realm when he can barely lift a sword? And with the destruction of their planet looming, will the young prince be able to shoulder the burden of leadership? THE PRESENT: With mob boss Mon*Star gone, criminals from the furthest reaches of the galaxy are moving to fill the power vacuum left in his wake — and it’s up to the SilverHawks to stop them. But with their resources stretched thin, the team has to expand — and when Quicksilver and new recruit Chromium take on an intergalactic biker gang, the veteran and the rookie will face a real trial by fire! THE FUTURE: For the ThunderCats trapped in the far future of ThunderCats: Lost in Time, the quest to find a way back to the past is proving to be an exercise in frustration. A restless Neko begins pulling away from her teammates to wage a one-woman war against the Darkbirds, whose secrets may hold the key to the ’Cats survival — past, present, and future! Featuring spacetime-spanning covers from SEBASTIÁN PÍRIZ, MEGHAN HETRICK, FABIO FAILLA, and DECLAN SHALVEY, as well as a special piece of classic ANIMATION ART, ThunderCats X SilverHawks: Road to War #1 also includes a special PREMIUM MYSTERY BLIND BAG! The Premium Blind Bag contains three limited editions of the one-shot selected randomly from a range of covers exclusive to this offering — including virgin variants, colored blanks, and more! Please Note: The number of Blind Bags is limited, and allocations may occur.

THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST ASSASSIN HITS THE NEXT LEVEL WITH TONY FLEECS AND CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO! Soldier-turned-superhuman assassin for hire Slade Wilson has made hundreds of enemies in his day, and now one of them is taking his world apart piece by piece. The hit is out on Deathstroke as he evolves into his purest form…a terminator out for revenge and ready to kill anyone who stands in his way. Prepare for brutal violence with over-the-top action and intrigue from the twisted mind of writer Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs, Uncanny Valley) with pulse-pounding art by Carmine Di Giandomenico (Flash). DC’s contract killing bogeyman is back and bloodier than ever!

MINISERIES PREMIERE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST SUPERHERO HORROR SERIES ASSEMBLES! The most star-studded superhero epic of the year begins with a pair of skin-crawling stories! First up, superhero comic icon KIERON GILLEN (Young Avengers, Darth Vader) and ROSSI GIFFORD deliver a terrifying story that will have your spider sense tingling! Then, Eisner Awardwinning creators RYAN NORTH (Fantastic Four) and DEREK CHARM (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) make the case that super speed is the most horrific power of all!

Nick Nolan is a rising star in the Influencer world. His audience: men desperately seeking advice on how to get a date. But when Nick inadvertently records the evidence of a murder in the background of one of his videos, he gets in over his head trying to untangle the mystery of what happened. Pick-Up is a sexy, Hitchcockian tale of obsession that updates Rear Window for the Influencer Age.

In 1984 Osaka, the bloodline of Miyamoto Usagi lives on through Kaitō Usagi, a cunning rabbit thief with a rebellious spirit. He embodies his ancestor’s legacy in a way the stoic samurai we know and love never could. A daring new heist for a legendary spear sets Kaitō down a perilous path, forever altering his destiny and placing the fate of Osaka, and perhaps the world, on his shoulders.• A brand-new era of Usagi Yojimbo!• Features Miyamoto Usagi’s descendent in 1984.• A heist for a legendary spear possessed by evil.• Five-issue series.

WELCOME TO GRAYMATTER LANE, LEARN TO SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE! “Build a school,” Charles Xavier told them, and the X-Men have done so – but in a manner nobody saw coming! Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants anywhere in the world can come together in unity to teach one another the skills needed for their survival! With instructors including Wolverine, Beast, Prodigy, Magneto and more, and a campus unlike any before seen, it’s the crossroads of the X-Universe as a student body from across the globe works to take mutantkind to the next step in their evolution – and to cope with a brewing threat to all of their number!

Twenty years after Phase II of the High Republic, a brand-new team of Republic Pathfinders is dispatched to a distant corner of the galaxy to investigate the strange death of a Jedi Master! But as the team wades into a web of mystery, they discover not everything about this mission is as it seems. Can the team save the day and solve the Jedi’s mysterious demise? • Jump into an all-new, six-issue Star Wars miniseries.• Return to the High Republic! Set 20 years after the end of Phase II, when Republic Pathfinders explored the furthest, and most dangerous, reaches of the galaxy! • Written by George Mann, the author of fan-favorite Star Wars titles The High Republic Adventures: Echoes of Fear and Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon! • Six-issue series.

MINISERIES PREMIERE From PATRICK KINDLON (GEHENNA) and EPHK (HARPY). A group of down-on-their-luck actresses are kidnapped to an island prison run by a sadistic female warden. Working together is their only chance of escape, but trust issues abound! Action-adventure inspired by exploitation films. Ridiculously fun. Seriously sexy.

EISNER AWARD-WINNER GREG RUCKA AND VISIONARY ARTIST DANI BRING ON THE NEXT LEVEL FOR BATWOMAN! Batwoman. Daughter. Sister. Soldier. Hero. But since she was 10 years old, Kate Kane has lived in the shadow of a prophecy and the machinations of a religion devoted to the end of all things. How do you fight the devil when the devil is real? And how do you win? Acclaimed writer and co-creator of the modern Batwoman Greg Rucka returns to the story of Kate Kane alongside visionary artist DaNi for a DC Next Level series that will redefine Batwoman and her mission for a new generation.

DICK TRACY’S LUCK RUNS OUT in this special St. Patrick’s Day-themed one-shot. When a masked vigilante starts taking out some of the City’s wealthiest – and most corrupt – citizens, Tracy and Sam must solve the crime while putting aside their own feelings. Can the new partners crack the mystery while trying to stay alive? From the team that brought you last year’s acclaimed and bestselling DICK TRACY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Plus what’s a lovelorn Acres O’Reilly to do? Can she finally shed her bad luck and get the opportunity for happiness she so deserves?

What if all the secrets housed in AREA 51 leaked out into the world?  Who would be responsible for that mess?  Who would be responsible for cleaning it up?  After the President’s screw-up son, Harvey, gets in trouble with the law, his dad calls in a favor and gets him assigned to THE real life Area 51 AKA Hangar 51. But it’s not the thrill ride the conspiracy theorists would have you believe. Harvey spends most of his days cataloging items he’s forbidden from even looking at. That all changes when Harvey and his coworkers decide to throw a rager and wake up from their bender to find that EVERY SINGLE ITEM from Hangar 51 has been stolen. Now in the deepest trouble of his life, Harvey and his ragtag crew will have to go out into the world and put the genie back in the bottle, capturing rogue aliens, stolen formula for superpowers, experimental energy weapons and all manner of insane objects. All this while slowly unraveling the simmering conspiracy behind who actually broke into Hangar 51 and the nefarious plans they have for using the objects they stole. Writer Curt Pires and artist Jok take you on a trip like you’ve never been to explore a conspiracy theory you won’t ever believe!

NEW DSTLRY SERIES DEBUT FROM SIMON SPURRIER AND MATÍAS BERGARA! Mar has a secret. Sometimes, without warning, he falls out of the world. This would be an inconvenience if his life wasn\’t already such a drag. When he\’s gone, he finds himself in an extraordinary city. A city which is also a machine, endlessly crossing a shoreless ocean. A city of two halves: the bright, bustling spires above the waves, and the beast-haunted twilight halls below. And between, clowning along the rusting beach, a troupe of anarchic magpies with all the answers but none of the questions. Recipients of the Angoulême Sélection Officielle, GLAAD Award, and multiple Eisner Award nominations, creators Simon Spurrier and Mat as Bergara present a new fantasy masterpiece in the tradition of Coda and Step By Bloody Step, driving the comics medium into new, beautiful, baleful waters. Every issue from DSTLRY is presented in our perfect bound Prestige format, featuring wraparound covers with spot gloss on robust cover stock, complemented by 48 pages of exquisite interior stock. It\’s the DSTLRY difference. For fans of THE NEVERENDING STORY, ARCANE, and THE BOY AND THE HERON.

AT LAST — A SERIES WORTHY OF THE NAME GASTON! The unfairly maligned antagonist of Beauty and the Beast will be the first to tell you that he’s the greatest tracker in the land, a fact that has been confirmed by his totally unbiased sidekick, LeFou — and who would know better than these two fine, upstanding citizens? So when a nobleman offers a sizable reward for the return of his runaway horse, Gaston pursues the escaping steed with a single-minded focus — directly into the king’s private hunting grounds! Arrested for trespassing, Gaston faces a long stay in the royal lock-up — except that his obviously superior abilities impress the king’s wily advisor, the Comte du Soufflé, who has a dangerous mission that only someone as unthinkingly brave as the great Gaston would ever contemplate taking on. If he succeeds, he’ll be free to go — but when he finds out what he’s up against, prison might seem like the safer bet! Highly animated authors GREG PAK (Lilo & Stitch) and FRED VAN LENTE (Conan the Avenger) join forces with artiste extraordinaire MILENA CICCARELLO to finally bring readers the tale that they have surely been clamoring for with Disney Villains: Gaston — featuring appropriately adoring covers courtesy of CICCARELLO, LESLEY “LEIRIX” LI, TED BRANDT & RO STEIN, and WILL ROBSON!

In partnership with Devolver Digital and Massive Monster, Oni Press presents the epic culmination of Cult of the Lamb’s groundbreaking comics expansion from esteemed creators Alex Paknadel (Cyclops) and Troy Little (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas: The Graphic Novel) in our next double-sized, 48-page special! The cult is decimated and its faith shaken in the wake of a shocking and bloody betrayal. Power, duty, and determination will all be tested as Lamb must reckon with the remaining threats of the Old Faith Meanwhile, Ratau—still firm in his faith in the Red Crown—tries to protect and guide Lamb’s remaining followers and undermine the blasphemy of the rival camp. As The One Who Waits prepares their return, great sacrifices must be weighed for the future of the Cult of the Lamb.

Intergalactic bounty hunter SHAMAN KANE has warped free of the pages of Planet Comics into his own miniseries! Get on board with the intergalactic bounty hunter as he chases after the scum of the galaxy! Another Sci-Fi thriller from Antarctic Press!

The Fallbacks now serve the Lady of Loudwater, and their first taste of authority is bittersweet. They finally have fame, fortune (or at least a steady paycheck), and the power to make real change. But when confronted with the injustices of the system they enforce, the Fallbacks must decide where their priorities lie. Plus, Cazrin makes a shocking discovery about the white dragon terrorizing the town! • Perfect for fans of the Fallbacks and newcomers alike! • Featuring connecting back cover art by acclaimed fantasy artist Julie Dillon, whose work has been featured in the Magic: The Gathering card game! • Four-issue series.

Don’t bury the lede. Bury your enemies. Kirby Kuo might be late to her true purpose in life–but no one would call the 30-something journalism intern out of time. When she uncovers a shocking secret about tech billionaire Cole Saxon, Kirby does what she has always wanted to do and publishes it. But the violence and vengeance that follows is like nothing she could have anticipated–pitting Kirby, her agoraphobic roommate, and the writing staff of the defunct magazine RIOT! to bring justice to a world where the rich get what they want without consequence. Exploit is a timely, biting satire of the state of the American tech oligarchy with a pop-punk edge.

A stormy night in the mountains forces a lone traveler to take shelter in a witch’s house, where the witch spins a yarn of the mysterious and merciless Skinless Man who is in pursuit of new skin at any cost, and the gang of warlocks who were foolish enough to try to deceive him.“The Skinless Man” marks Stenbeck’s first story in the horror-fantasy Lands Unknown universe, co-created with Hellboy’s Mike Mignola. • Two-issue series.

An island village off Salem, Massachusetts, is inundated by a strange species of butterflies that spread the Dancing Plague and have a very particular taste in nectar…human blood. New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Robinson and Italian phenom artists Annapaola Martello & Francesco Francini horrify readers with a quaint village’s descent into madness.

MINISERIES PREMIERE Marcus Wesphal has a rare form of narcolepsy— when he gets excited, he passes out. He’s adapted: homebound life, a harmless infatuation with the girl next door. But when he witnesses her murder and collapses, he becomes suspect #1. Now, he must leave his apartment to pursue a killer.

LIVEWIRE AND THE CREEPER FORGE A DEADLY NEW VILLAINOUS ALLIANCE! AND THEY MAKE OUT! GROSS! Love is in the air–also death–in Superman: Chains of Love Special! Step aside Daily Planet–a new news force is taking the city of Metropolis by storm! When the former felon Livewire is released from prison, an unholy alliance and (frankly, wholesome) romance with the Creeper is forged in the fires of a super-villain battle! But with two of Metropolis’s most notorious shock-jock media personalities getting together comes the debut of a new outlet to rival even that of the Daily Planet. Witness the rise of the Wiretap and some shocking surprises in the Superman: Chains of Love Special!