Welcome to the New Number Ones!
Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this week. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.
We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this month. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.
DC Comics has had a quiet summer publishing its Knight Terrors event, but they are coming out the gate strong in September with a few definite adds to the pull list.
This week, we have books on the list from: Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Archie Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Boom! Studios.
One thing to remember, we continue to measure the “comic week” as Wednesday. #NCBD is Wednesday.
We will bring you reviews 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.
New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions
New Series This Week
Birds of Prey #1
DC Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Leonardo Romero & Jordie Bellaire
Cover Art by Romero & Bellaire
BREAKING HEARTS AND FACES—THE BIRDS OF PREY ARE BACK!
Every mission matters. Every life saved is a miracle. But this time, it’s personal. Dinah Lance is one of the DCU’s most elite fighters, and combined with her sonic scream, she’s a fearsome foe in any scenario…but sometimes even the Black Canary needs help. Faced with a personal mission brought to her by a mysterious new ally, and up against near-impossible odds, she re-forms the Birds of Prey with an unrivaled group of badasses—Cassandra Cain, Big Barda, Zealot, and Harley Quinn—and only one goal: extraction without bloodshed. What could possibly go wrong? Kelly Thompson (Captain Marvel, Black Widow) makes her long-awaited DC Universe writing debut, and is joined by her Hawkeye partners-in-crime Leonardo Romero (BATMAN) and Jordie Bellaire (WONDER WOMAN) to debut an all-new, all-deadly Birds of Prey series…still breaking hearts and faces after all these years!
Release Date: September 5, 2023
PCS NOTES: Kelly Thompson writing the book is a win for me. People may question the lineup but I will give her the benefit of the doubt in being able to make it work.
Blue Beetle #1
DC Comics
Written by Josh Trujillo
Art by Adrian Gutierrez & Wil Quintana
Cover Art by Gutierrez & Luis Guerrrero
Jaime Reyes’s graduation is over, but his new life in Palmera City and as the Blue Beetle has only just begun! With two new Beetles to train in Dynastes and Nitida, Jaime has his hands full navigating being a leader. Thankfully, he has Paco and Brenda by his side as they settle in at Palmera State University. But what lurks in the shadows of Blue Beetle’s new home and what does it mean for the Blue Beetle legacy?
Release Date: September 5, 2023
PCS NOTES: Anyone who has seen the Blue Beetle movie will be eager to jump into this new series.
Crusader #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Matt Emmons
Art by Emmons
Cover Art by Emmons
A Templar Knight finds himself transported to a dangerous realm known as the Beastlands. With sinister entities known as The Masters hunting him down, all he has is his sword and a weird, goblin-like creature named Grimbel to guide him through this strange new world.
Release Date: September 6, 2023
PCS NOTES: This book looks facinating.
Fire & Ice #1
DC Comics
Written by Joanne Starer
Art by Natacha Bustos & Tamra Bonvillain
Cover Art by Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson
Things could not possibly be worse for Fire and Ice, in Beatriz da Costa’s professional opinion. Superman sent the former Justice Leaguers packing for Smallville following an extremely public and utterly disastrous mission (that was all Guy Gardner’s fault, thank you very much) and in doing so doomed them to a fate worse than death: irrelevance. Ice finds herself drawn to the quiet life and dreams of planting roots. But Fire…well, Fire will do just about anything to get the heck outta Dodge and back on the hero circuit—including challenging the DCU’s biggest villains to a knock-down, drag-out, live-streamed brawl in the streets of Smallville! A raucous, timely, unflinching comedy about a decades-long friendship on the brink of disaster and what it means to be a superhero at a crossroads in your life, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville reintroduces the iconic duo to the Dawn of DC, in a series from rising star Joanne Starer (The Gimmick, Sirens of the City) and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur co-creator Natacha Bustos!
Release Date: September 5, 2023
PCS NOTES: This is definitely my most anticipated New Number One this week. Joanne Starer is a fantastic writer and the art team is tremendous. I can’t wait to read this book.
Firefly: The Fall Guys #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Sam Humphries
Art by Jordi Pérez & Francesco Segala
Cover Art by Francesco Francavilla
The crew is broke and out of luck, and will have to deal with some less-than-trustworthy associates if the Serenity is going to keep flying.?
What seems like an easy job in town for half the crew, is primed to turn sideways with feds, uneasy locals, and a high profile politician in the mix…
Superstar Marvel and DC writer Sam Humphries (Star-Lord: The Saga of Peter Quill, Harley Quinn) teams up with fan-favorite artist Jordi Pérez (How I Became a Shoplifter) to bring Firefly fans a new limited series filled with assassins and organized crime!
Release Date: September 6, 2023
PCS NOTES: My expectation is that fans of this franchise will be very happy with this creative team guiding this book.
Hunt for the Skinwalker #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Valeria Burzo
Cover Art by Martin Simmonds
Unidentified flying objects. Animal mutilation. Terrifying otherworldly cryptids. Countless strange phenomena. For more than 50 years, a remote ranch in the Uinta Basin has been the most significant nexus for the paranormal.
Inspired by one family’s confrontation with the unexplainable and terrifying… and what happened when they invited the largest scientific investigation of the paranormal to their ranch.
Based on the 2005 groundbreaking, electrifying nonfiction book by Dr. Colm Kelleher and veteran investigative journalist George Knapp that revealed the captivating true history of Gorman Ranch for the first time, seizing mainstream imagination and inspiring high profile investigations, documentaries, and genre fiction in various media.
Now, working hand-in-hand with Kelleher and Knapp, and incorporating never-before-seen new revelations, writer Zac Thompson (X-Men Unlimited, Undone By Blood) with Valeria Burzo (Castle Full of Blackbirds) adapts the category-defying tale in a series perfect for fans of I Hate This Place and The Low, Low Woods!
Release Date: September 6, 2023
PCS NOTES: I am anxious just reading this solicitation. Looking forward to reading the actual book.
Kill Your Darlings #1
Image Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker & Griffen Sheridan
Art by Bob Quinn
Cover Art by Quinn
SERIES PREMIERE
Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own; from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth. A new epic begins from debut writers ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN, and superstar art team BOB QUINN (Knights of X) and JOHN J. HILL (VANISH)!
Release Date: September 6, 2023
PCS NOTES: This series by comic writer newcomers has a fantastic art team and has been a long time coming. I am excited for it.
Masters of the Universe: Forge of Destiny #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Eddie Nunez & Brad Simpson
Cover Art by Nunez
A “He-Man Year One” prequel to the hit Netflix series Masters of the Universe: Revelation! On the world of Eternia, a fragile balance exists between science and magic, a balance kept by the universe’s mightiest hero, He-Man! On a peaceful mission to the island nation of Anwat Gar, the royal Eternian caravan comes under attack by the minions of the evil Skeletor! And on the island itself, the nefarious Evil-Lyn sets in motion a plan that could lead to all-out war!
Release Date: September 6, 2023
PCS NOTES: Tim Seeeley Plus Eternia = Happiness. Sometimes math is simple.
Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Ron Marz
Art by Ron Lim, Don Ho, & Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Cover Art by Lim, Ho, & Fajardo
The Sentinel of the Spaceways has taken the son of Captain Mar-Vell, Genis, under his wing, but even the Power Cosmic can’t replace the love of a father! The Surfer knows something that might just be able to soothe a broken heart, but is it worth a clash with THE INFINITY WATCH? Beloved creators Ron Marz and Ron Lim return to a story from their celebrated run on Silver Surfer and they’re not the only time travelers…
Release Date: September 6, 2023
PCS NOTES: I do enjoy it when creators get second cracks at properties that they have experience with.
Tear Us Apart #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jay Baruchel & Van Jensen
Art by Alessandro Micelli
Cover Art by Micelli
Deep in the Canadian wilderness, a vicious cult, dedicated to an ideology of pain, trains children to become deadly assassins. In the midst of this world of cruelty, two teenagers break the cardinal rule-by falling in love. The only thing standing between them and happily ever after is an army of murderers with a taste for blood.
Release Date: September 6, 2023
PCS NOTES: Sounds like your basic high-school romance, but ,you know, with assassins. LOL. Seriously, we are looking forward to this one.
New One-Shots and Specials
Gotham City: Year One HC
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, & Jordie Bellaire
Cover Art by Hester, Gapstur, & Bellaire
COLLECTED EDITION
There once was a shining city on the water, a home for families, hope, and prosperity. It was Gotham, and it was glorious. The story of its fall from grace, the legend that would birth the Bat, has remained untold for 80 years. That’s about to change.
Superstar creators Tom King and Phil Hester team up for the first time to tell the definitive origin of Gotham City: how it became the cesspool of violence and corruption it is today, how it harbored and then unleashed the sin that led to the rise of the Dark Knight. Two generations before Batman, private investigator Slam Bradley gets tangled in the kidnapping of the century as the infant Wayne heir disappears in the night…and so begins a brutal, hard-boiled, epic tale of a man living on the edge and a city about to burn.
Collecting GOTHAM CITY YEAR ONE #1-6.
Release Date: September 5, 2023
PCS NOTES: This is the collected edition of the recently completed series. If you haven’t read it and like detective noir stories, this is the book that you should be getting.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Annual Spectacular #1
Archie Comics
Written by Jamie Lee Rotante
Art by Jim Amash, Holly Golightly, & Glenn Whitmore
Cover Art by Dan Parent
ONE-SHOT
BRAND NEW STORY: “Power of Three.” Amber Nightstone, Sabrina’s new nemesis, refuses to be defeated, and her power in numbers is growing. Now with two brand new comrades by her side, Jade and Sapphire, Amber has a thirst for power. She decides to kidnap any magic-doers she can find, including members of Sabrina’s family. Sequestering them away to gain their magical insights, Sabrina’s going to have to go at defeating Amber and her cronies alone… unless she can find other magical beings to help her out. All that plus more magical Sabrina content!
Release Date: September 6, 2023
PCS NOTES: Who doesn’t love a good Sabrina story? Also there are a bunch of Dan Parent covers to chose from for this one-shot.
