Welcome back to New Number Ones!!
This is where we give our readers a preview of the exciting new comic book series debuting each month. We have compiled an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from PREVIEWSworld. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you some more about the new comics in question.
There is a bunch of new series of interest starting in November. There is a good mix of both existing and new characters featured in these books. Below you will find a slate of new books from a wide variety of publishers. Some of our favorite comic book talents are bringing us some of these new series.
Both Marvel and DC are significant represented here which is a change from the past few months. These are not just rebooted number ones either. We are very excited about the creativity being rewarded with new series by all comic publishers.
We hope you will take a look and think about giving these a try. We will bring you reviews of most of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.
CRONE #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by: Dennis Culver
Art by: Justin Greenwood
Cover Art by: Greenwood
The Sword Saviour and Champion of Men once known as BLOODY BLISS is now nothing more than a reclusive old CRONE. Does she have the strength to answer the call for one last adventure? Only Dennis Culver and Justin Greenwood know for sure in this story that is equal parts Unforgiven and Xena: Warrior Princess.
One more battle for Bloody Bliss!
Release Date: November 6, 2019
PCS NOTES: We are genuinely intrigued by the solicitation for this book. We are looking forward to what Blood Bliss has left.
DEADPOOL #1
Marvel Comics
Written by: Kelly Thompson
Art by: Chris Bachalo
Cover Art by: Bachalo
Deadpool’s newest mercenary job has him going after the King of Monsters, who has claimed a new kingdom for his monstrous subjects…on Staten Island! But you know what they say, when you come at the king, you better not miss! The Merc with a Mouth finds himself neck deep in political intrigue, monster law, and a monster hunter out for blood! It’s like The Crown but with even more swords and monsters! Can Deadpool’s smooth charisma and deft diplomacy allow him to keep his head, or will he be royally screwed?
Release Date: November 20, 2019
PCS NOTES: Typically we would not be interested in a Deadpool ongoing, but we are supremely excited to see what this creative team has to offer.
DOLLHOUSE FAMILY #1 (OF 6)
DC Comics / Hill House
Written by Mike Carey & Joe Hill
Art by Peter Gross, Vince Locke, & Dan McDaid
Cover Art by Jessica Dalva
On Alice’s sixth birthday, her dying great-aunt sent her the birthday gift she didn’t know she always wanted: a big, beautiful 19th-century dollhouse, complete with a family of antique dolls. In no time at all, the dollhouse isn’t just Alice’s favorite toy…it’s her whole world. And soon, young Alice learns she can enter the house to visit a new group of friends, straight out of a heartwarming children’s novel: the Dollhouse family. But while the Dollhouse family welcome her with open arms, in the real world, her family life is becoming much more complicated…and deep within the Dollhouse’s twisting halls, the black room waits, with an offer to Alice. The house can fix all this, the black room says. All she has to do is say the words…
Longtime collaborators Mike Carey and Peter Gross are joined by Vince Locke, to bring their most horrifying vision yet to Hill House Comics-a story that echoes into centuries past, into Alice’s tormented future, and into the beating heart of the madness that makes up our world…literally.
Plus, in chapter two of the “Sea Dogs” backup story written by Joe Hill, spymaster Benjamin Tallmadge’s monstrous scheme is underway as his coerced crew of bloodthirsty colonial lycanthropes prepare to gut the Royal Navy from within!
Release Date: November 13, 2019
PCS NOTES: Mike Carey and Peter Gross creating a story for a Joe Hill led imprint?? Take my money please!!!
DRAGONFLY & DRAGONFLYMAN #1 (OF 5)
Ahoy Comics
Written by: Tom Peyer
Art by: Peter Krause
Cover Art: by Jamal Igle
Following from AHOY’s widely-read Free Comic Book Day edition, this prequel to The Wrong Earth follows gritty vigilante The Dragonfly and his innocent, campy counterpart Dragonflyman, before they became trapped on each other’s Earths! Can two versions of the satanic Devil-Man corrupt both of their souls? EXTRA: Prose fiction and fact, beautifully illustrated.
Release Date: November 6, 2019
PCS NOTES: This book set in the “multiverse” of The Wrong Earth is super interesting. Getting more backstory on the doppelganger characters is a great idea and the execution of story from this publisher has been consistently excellent. Looking for to it.
FAMILY TREE #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Phil Hester, Ryan Cody, Eric Gapstur
SERIES PREMIERE! When an eight-year-old girl literally begins to transform into a tree, her single mom, troubled brother, and possibly insane grandfather embark on a bizarre and heart-wrenching odyssey across the back roads of America in a desperate search for a way to cure her horrifying transformation before it’s too late.
But the farther they get from home, the more forces threaten to tear the family apart as fanatical cults, mercenaries, and tabloid Paparazzi close in, determined to destroy the girl-or use her for their own ends.
A new genre-defying series written by New York Times bestselling author JEFF LEMIRE and illustrated by acclaimed artist PHIL HESTER, FAMILY TREE combines mystery, action, and horror into an epic story about the lengths a mother will go to in order to keep her children safe.
Release Date: November 13, 2019
PCS NOTES: How do you not get excited for this based on the creative contributors and this solicitation?
FAR SECTOR #1 (OF 12)
DC Comics / Young Animal
Written by N.K. Jemisin
Art by Jamal Campbell
Cover Art by Campbell
N.K. Jemisin, the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Broken Earth and Inheritance science fiction trilogies, makes her comic book debut with artist Jamal Campbell as they thrust you into a stunning sci-fi murder mystery on the other side of the universe!
For the past six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein has been protecting the City Enduring, a massive metropolis of 20 billion people. The city has maintained peace for over 500 years by stripping its citizens of their ability to feel. As a result, violent crime is virtually unheard of, and murder is nonexistent.
But that’s all about to change in this new maxiseries that gives a DC Young Animal spin to the legacy of the Green Lanterns!
Release Date: November 13, 2019
PCS NOTES: The idea of seeing how the Green Lantern Corps fits into the Young Animal narrative is interesting. Jamal Campbell is excellent. Sounds good to us.
FOLKLORDS #1 (OF 5)
Boom! Studios
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Matt Smith
Cover Art by Smith
* From Narnia to Harry Potter, we’ve seen our hero leave the real world for a fantasy world-but in Ansel’s world of monsters and magic he’s haunted by visions of our world with tailored suits and modern technology!
* Ansel embarks on his Quest to find the mysterious Folklords, hoping they can explain his visions…but looking for the Folklords is punishable by death. What will Ansel risk to find out about the world he has never truly belonged in?
* Eisner Award-nominated writer Matt Kindt teams with acclaimed artist Matt Smith to challenge everything you know about the line between fantasy and reality in a new series.
Release Date: November 13, 2019
PCS NOTES: This book seems right up the alley for fans of folklore and fantasy epic stories. We are intrigued.
GLOW VS THE BABYFACE #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Aimee Garcia & AJ Mendez
Art by Hannah Templer
Cover Art by Veronica Fish
The women of GLOW are preparing for an all-new sort of a foe… a news anchor! As they learn the art of the promo to convince the media that GLOW isn’t a bad influence on children thank you very much, they discover a much bigger problem-a runaway who’s been living under the ring!
Release Date: November 20, 2019
PCS NOTES: IDW is bringing back GLOW with a new writer team and new plot. Hannah Templer stays on and we are willing to give this new run a shot because we so loved the previous one.
GREEN LANTERN: BLACKSTARS #1 (OF 3)
DC Comics
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Xermanico
Cover Art by Liam Sharp
What has Hal Jordan done? Following the catastrophic events of The Green Lantern #12, no Green Lanterns can be found patrolling their space sectors…and not a single power ring lights the darkness. Across the universe, once-familiar faces now wear a different uniform and enforce a new type of galactic law. The Green Lantern Corps is dead-long live the Blackstars! Who are they? What are they? Answers will be revealed as the unstoppable Blackstars set their sights on the demons of Ysmault, Mongul…and a tiny, backwater planet called Earth. A dangerous new chapter of the Green Lantern mythology starts now!
Release Date: November 6, 2019
PCS NOTES: This is the follow up to Grant Morrison’s The Green Lantern series and while we will certainly miss Liam Sharp’s interiors, Xermanico is great, and we are interested in seeing where this book leads.
HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE MULTIVERSE #1 (OF 6)
DC Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Dan Fraga & Richard Friend
Cover Art by In-Hyuk Lee
The scourge of Anti-Eternia is unleashed on the Multiverse! Blazing a trail across the dimensions, he’s devastating each version of Eternia and stealing its power. Now it’s up to a ragtag team of surviving He-Men to recruit the one man in existence who might save them: Prince Keldor, the man who would be Skeletor! This all-new miniseries features the most iconic eras and beloved takes on the Masters of the Universe!
Release Date: November 20, 2019
PCS NOTES: This is a matter of trust, and I trust Tim Seeley implicitly to rock the legend of He-Man whenever he has the chance!!
HEART ATTACK #1
Image Comics
Written by Shawn Kittelsen
Art by Michael Garland
Cover Art by Eric Zawadzki
SERIES PREMIERE! Superpowers and teenage romance collide in the newest Skybound original by SHAWN KITTELSEN and ERIC ZAWADZKI!
Gene therapy has saved Americans from disease-only to give birth to Variants: people with powers so unique, the government denies their human rights. But a rebellion has begun…
Charlie North is on the run from the police when he crosses paths with Jill Kearney. Instant attraction becomes mass destruction when they unlock powers neither knew they had. Now, the question isn’t how to use them-but how far they’re willing to go.
Release Date: November 20, 2019
PCS NOTES: This is a book that grabbed us with the solicitation. A new comic from an unfamiliar (to us) creative team with an interesting premise. Worth a try for sure.
HEARTBEAT #1
Boom! Studios
Written by: Maria Llovet
Art by: Llovet
Cover Art by: Llovet
* Eva, a high school outcast, finds herself witness to a horrible secret: the most popular boy in school enjoys the taste of blood and will kill to get his hands on it.
* Horrified and intrigued, Eva lets herself be pulled into Donatien ‘s macabre world. He offers the escape she has been looking for but how much is Eva willing to betray her moral code in order to find something that gives her life meaning? And will she.or Donatien.ever find redemption?
* Maria Llovet presents a dark, violent, decadent, disturbing story, in which life and death, blood, and love are inextricably intertwined.
Release Date: November 20, 2019
PCS NOTES: Maria Llovet has an enthralling (Yes, that is the right word.) style and we are eagerly anticipating what she does in this book.
JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER #1
DC Comics / Sandman Universe
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Aaron Campbell
Cover Art by John Paul Leon
John Constantine is back in London, back to his old tricks-and just in time, as things have become very dark indeed in his old stomping grounds. A small-time gang lord has found himself dealing with a big-time outbreak of supernatural weirdness…and without any allies to call on and nothing left to call his own, John doesn’t have much choice about taking a paycheck from one of London’s worst, or accepting the help of one of the gang lord’s would-be foot soldiers. But what should be an open-and-shut exorcism turns out to be nothing but…and the author of this madness may just be getting started on their terrible masterpiece!
The original Constantine is back in this series from Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell, with nothing to his name but decades of bad memories and an unearned second chance. How, exactly, will he squander it? There’s only one way to find out…
Release Date: November 27, 2019
PCS NOTES: Who doesn’t love some gritty John Constantine? Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell have the makings a great team and we are here to see how it goes.
LAST STOP #1
Scout Comics
Written by Trey Walker
Art by Hoyt Silva
The newest entry in the new NONSTOP! Imprint where Scout releases a World Premiere issue followed by the entire story a few months later in one volume. Time is ticking for the World’s last superhero. Disillusioned, Lincoln Adams (AKA Unstoppable) must make peace with the changing world around him-can there truly be a place for him in a world without Supers? After learning of his terminal disease, Lincoln sees an easy way out; however, the re-emergence of an old Arch-Nemesis, and a new shadowy masked figure, turn Lincoln’s plans of an easy passing on their head. Can Lincoln stop this new threat before the disease stops him?
Release Date: November 27, 2019
PCS NOTES: This is another book that the solicitation grabbed us with. The premise is intriguing and we are going to give it a shot.
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1
DC Comics
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Ryan Sook
Cover Art by Sook
Welcome to the 31st century! Inspired by the acts of and lessons learned from the greatest heroes of all time, the Legion of Super-Heroes have gathered together to stop a galaxy from repeating its past mistakes. The greatest lineup of heroes in comic book history returns with new, fresh, and reader-friendly stories!
Eisner Award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis reteams with master artist Ryan Sook for one of the most ambitious mainstream comic books ever created! Why have the Legion of Super-Heroes broken the cardinal rule of the United Planets and inducted Jon Kent, a.k.a. Superboy, into the Legion? What are they hiding? And what does it have to do with Aquaman’s long-lost trident?
Release Date: November 6, 2019
PCS NOTES: Alright, I would be lying if I didn’t say that this is the book I am most looking forward to this month. I have four words for you: LONG LIVE THE LEGION!!
NEW MUTANTS #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman & Ed Brisson
Art by Rod Reis
Cover Art by Reis
THE NEW GENERATION CLAIMS THE DAWN!
The classic New Mutants (Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Mirage, Karma, Magik, and Cypher) get together with a few new friends (Chamber, Mondo) to seek out their missing member and share the good news… a mission that takes them into space alongside the Starjammers!
Release Date: November 6, 2019
PCS NOTES: When the new “X” books were announced, this group of characters caught my eye and I smiled. I can only hope it is a good as the other books have been.
OGRES #1
Source Point Press
Written by Bob Salley
Art by Shawn Daley
After a band of marauders called the Taesh’aar destroy their village, a group of young ogres hire an exiled dwarf to help track down these creatures and avenge their kind. The bickering crew is not alone as the dwarf has a prisoner of his own and a horde of savages hunting him down. Bob Salley and Shawn Daley bring us back into their fantasy world and show us the human condition in the harshness of decaying times for all mystical creatures.
Release Date: November 27, 2019
PCS NOTES: This just sounds like a fun and exciting book. We are hoping to bring you a Preview Review of this in advance of the release date.
QUESTION THE DEATHS OF VIC SAGE #1 (OF 4)
DC Comics / Black Label
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Denys Cowan, Bill Sienkiewicz, & Chris Sotomayor
Cover Art by Cowan, Sienkiewicz, & Sotomayor
For years, Vic Sage has worn the faceless mask of the Question to clean up the streets of Hub City by sheer force of will. He knows right from wrong. He knows black from white. But what happens when he is drawn into a conspiracy that reaches from the heights of Hub City power to the depths of its underground tunnels? What happens when things stop being black-and-white and start getting a little gray? And what happens when, in a secret chamber deep beneath the city, Vic Sage meets his own end…and his new beginning? Eisner-winning writer Jeff Lemire joins forces with the legendary art team of Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz to resurrect Vic Sage, only to destroy him all over again…and again…
Release Date: November 20, 2019
PCS NOTES: Let’s be honest, the writing in this book could be terrible, and I would buy it for the art. But with Jeff Lemire on as writer, this super powered art team will be delivering a phenomenal story as well. Definitely don’t miss this.
RV9 #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Ben Goldsmith
Art by Travis Mercer
Cover Art by Nicolas Salamanca
Former assassin Velveteen is on the run from the Order of the 9, the organization that took her from her family and forced her into a life where all she knows is secrecy, violence, and death. Now, after years of running, she is bringing the fight to them. With help from an American hacker, Jasper, and a rookie officer with an attitude, Inspector Pazzi, Velveteen will use everything she was taught by the Order of the 9 against them.
Release Date: November 13, 2019
PCS NOTES: There is an increasing level of excitement for this book. We definitely want to see what this story is all about.
UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #1
Image Comics
Written by Charles Soule & Scott Snyder
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Daniele Orlandini
Cover Art by Camuncoli
SERIES PREMIERE! This November, New York Times bestselling writers SCOTT SNYDER and CHARLES SOULE will team up with artists GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and DANIELE ORLANDINI and 2019 Eisner Award-winning colorist MATT WILSON to embark on an epic adventure in the brand-new ongoing series, UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY!
In this special oversized first issue, readers will journey into the near future, and an unknown nation that was once the United States of America-a land that’s become shrouded in mystery after walling itself off from the rest of the world without explanation over thirty years ago. When a team seeking a cure for a global pandemic breaches U.S. borders, they quickly find themselves in a struggle to survive this strange and deadly lost continent!
Release Date: November 6, 2019
PCS NOTES: This is the Indie book that needs the least boosting from us, but we will be here to see what this top notch comic creating team delivers to us. I have faith that it will be good.
