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.
There is not a tremendous amount of quantity on this week’s list but quite a lot of quality.
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 week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.
We have books on this week’s list from: Marvel Comics, Mad Cave Studios, DSTLRY Media, Dark Horse Comics, Titan Books, Dynamite Entertainment, and Image Comics.
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
Avengers Assemble #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Cory Smith
Cover Art by Leinil Francis Yu
RETURN TO AVENGERS MANSION! When vampires attacked, a ragtag group of volunteer Avengers changed the tide of battle. And in the aftermath, Captain America has formed the Avengers Emergency Response Squad! Steve’s handpicked team of veterans and newcomers live and train in Avengers Mansion, and when Captain America sounds the mission horn, whoever’s on base has seconds to pack up and deploy. When the Red Skull’s daughter discovers a dangerous artifact, Cap, Wasp, Photon and Shang-Chi set out to stop her – while Hawkeye hosts a poker game for the late arrivals. Will the AVENG.E.R.S. pass their first real test? And did someone say… jackets? Spinning out of Jed MacKay’s AVENGERS, comics powerhouses Steve Orlando (SCARLET WITCH, SPIDER-MAN 2099) and Cory Smith (WOLVERINE, GHOST RIDER) join forces to expand the world of the Avengers!
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: This looks like a excellent opportunity to explore non main team Avengers and this is a great creative team to do that.
Dark Empty Void #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Zack Kaplan
Art by Chris Shehan & Francesco Segala
Letters by Justin Birch
Cover Art by Shehan
Scientists have created a stable, microscopic black hole in a secret underground compound, but when they lose control, the black hole spews out a cosmic maelstrom, strange dangerous creatures, and most surprisingly…a mysterious human teenage girl. Now, a depressed but brilliant psychologist must help her estranged husband and the other scientists solve the mystery and close the black hole before it consumes all of Earth. Dare to witness a cosmic horror series that will amaze and terrify you, with hit comic creator Zack Kaplan (Kill All Immortals, Beyond Real, Mindset), fan-favorite artist Chris Shehan (The Autumnal, House of Slaughter), rising star colorist Francesco Segala (Nights, House of Slaughter) and Ringo-nominated letterer Justin Birch (Road of Bones, House of Slaughter).
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: We thought this book was coming out last week, but it will be in your shops this week for sure.
Dead Eyes: The Empty Frames #1
Image Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by John McCrea & Mike Spicer
Letters by Joe Sabino
Cover Art by McCrea
MINISERIES PREMIERE
DEAD EYES IS BACK!
The world’s most unkillable comic is out of hiding and back stomping around Boston. At the end of the first volume, the masked hood known as Dead Eyes picked up a clue as to the location of the paintings swiped in the largest private art heist in America. Can Dead Eyes and Wheels take down the score while avoiding the cops and the mafia? DUGGAN and McCREA are back and knocking teeth down throats.
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: Man. I love me some John McCrea art!!!
Groo: Minstrel Melodies #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Sergio Aragonés & Mark Evanier
Art by Aragonés & Carrie Strachan
Letters by Stan Sakai
Cover Art by Aragonés
The Groo-verse’s hapless wandering minstrel and his smart daughter, Kayli, roam the land… Traveling from town to town, they sing tales of Groo wherever they go, bringing laughter, joy, and lessons to the townsfolk… and hopefully some kopins to their pockets! Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier begin another epic, hilarious Groo series, with colors by Carrie Strachan and letters by Stan Sakai!
Each issue features a Rufferto backup story!
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: Legendary comic creators on a legendary comic character?… Yes, Please!
Red Sonja: Death and the Devil #1
Dynamite Entertainment
Written by Luke Lieberman
Art by Alberto Locatelli
Cover Art by Joseph Michael Linsner
Sonja has dealt death many times in her travels. Thing is, blood doesn’t wash out and sometimes it comes back to haunt you. Killing the Sultan of Turan has left the nation in a bloody chaos of serpent cults and warring rivals for the throne, and it is all Sonja’s fault. She returns to save the Sultan’s true heir bring peace to the land. At least, that’s the plan.
She is not the only one hunting the boy, Bloodless, an undead assassin, stalks her every step. He will force Sonja to face her demons!
Release Date: September 11, 2024
Summer Shadows #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by John Harris Dunning
Art by Ricardo Cabral & Brad Simpson
Letters by Jim Campbell
Cover Art by Cabral
Nick Landry is on the unspoilt Greek island of Avraxos to look for his ex. Anthony was the love of his life, and without knowing why he left, Nick can’t move on. But Anthony isn’t the only one to disappear on Avraxos. Coast guard officer Alekos Kourkoulos is on the trail of another young man missing on the island. They learn they both fell in with the glamorous set onboard a jet-black super yacht, the Nyx, before vanishing. As the mystery deepens, Nick and Alekos discover that the brighter the sunshine, the darker the shadows…
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: This looks like an interesting mystery as the shadows set on the summer season.
Time Waits #1
DSTLRY Media
Written by Chip Zdarsky & David Brothers
Art by Marcus To, Marvin Sianipar, & Matt Wilson
Letters by Ariana Maher
Cover Art by To
NEW SERIES DEBUT FROM DSTLRY!
Join Chip Zdarsky, David Brothers, and Marcus To for a sci-fi adventure that defies expectation and time itself! Meet Blue, a man trapped in the past, which is our present. Sent back in time for a mission he could not bring himself to complete, the former soldier Blue builds a life with Grace, the Sheriff of a small rural town. The pair build a foundation of happiness on a history of bloodshed, as far away from the trigger-happy corporate overlords that used Blue as a human gun. After ten years together, Blue and Grace are on the cusp of taking the next step in their relationship: adoption. Before Grace can fully convince Blue to expand their family, the future comes calling. The overlords want their first deserter and to complete the mission Blue could not. They have one simple rule: kill anyone who stands in their way. The first of four miniseries by Chip Zdarsky from DSTLRY! 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.
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: Despite the DSTLRY hype at the end of this solicitation, this looks like an interesting story with great creative talent on it.
Venom War: Wolverine #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Tim Seeley & Tony Fleecs
Art by Kev Walker
Cover Art by Ken Lashley & Romulo Fajardo Jr.
The only thing more dangerous than Wolverine… is Wolverine bonded to a mindless symbiote hungry for flesh! As Zombiotes spread across NYC, transforming everyone in their path into uncontrollable killing machines, Logan’s only hope to save lives and avoid infection lies in returning to a dark chapter from his past. Logan slashes his way into a horror story from the twisted writing team behind LOCAL MAN and the incredible art of Kev Walker (MARVEL ZOMBIES, VENOM)!
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: Seeley and Fleecs with Kev Walker on art? That sounds like a win to me.
Wolverine #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Martín Cóccolo & Bryan Valenza
Letters by Cory Petit
Cover Art by Cóccolo & Valenza
THE LEGEND BEGINS ANEW IN THE ADAMANTIUM-TOUGH NEW ONGOING SERIES! There’s a killer in the woods — and as WOLVERINE’s attempt at piece is shattered, an OLD ENEMY will re-emerge as a NEW VILLAIN rises who will bring LOGAN to the brink of his berserker rage. But NIGHTCRAWLER knows his old friend is capable of doing what’s right, and before long, Logan will have to unleash his claws, push his healing factor to the limit and demonstrate he’s the best there is at what he does once and for all — nice be damned! The legendary WOLVERINE ongoing series kicks off anew with the superstar creative team of Saladin Ahmed (DAREDEVIL, MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL) and Martín Cóccolo (DEADPOOL, IMMORTAL THOR) beginning their epic journey with Logan! Collector’s Note: A key FIRST APPEARANCE and a major addition to the lore of Wolverine in this issue!
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: The oldest X-Man rises from the Ashes as well.
New One-Shots and Specials
Hagar, The Horrible: The First 50 Years HC
Titan Books
Written by Dik Browne
Art by Browne
Cover Art by Browne
The world’s best-known Viking returns for a collection celebrating his 50th anniversary. Featuring the first ten epic years hand-picked by Dik Browne’s son, Chris Browne.
It’s time to set sail with the worlds mildest marauding Viking, Hägar the Horrible and his hapless (and helpless) sidekick, Lucky Eddie and his long suffering family, his wife Helga and his duck Kveck.
This collection is a celebration of the first 50 years of Hägar’s epic, never-ending quest to put meat, mead and loot on the family table, while doing as little as possible. The collection presents over 1000 daily cartoon strips, including 600 hand-picked by Dik Browne’s son Chris Browne.
Release Date: September 11, 2024
PCS NOTES: This looks like any fan on of the Sunday Funnies would want this collection on their shelf.
Midst: The Valorous Farmer #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Jasmine Walls
Art by Aviv Or
Cover Art by Will Kirkby
In the Un, the Trust can make or break you…. For years Hildebrand has run the family farm alone, with only their reliable old truck, a few far-off neighbors, and their own common sense to rely on. When they’re hit by a series of disasters, they must take desperate measures to keep the farm going. But the source of those disasters isn’t done with Hildebrand, even as their life starts unraveling….
Release Date: September 11, 2024
