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.
This is a big week with a lot of new titles from a bunch of different publishers. There is quality up and down this list.
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: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Alien Books, Dark Horse Comics, Vault Comics, Boom! Studios, IDW Entertainment, Verso Books, Abrams Books, 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
The Body Trade #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Jok
Letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover Art by Jok
Kim Krilic is a divorced ex-con who’s trying to atone. However, his short temper tends to get the best of him. When he returns to Florida to bury his estranged son. He’s sickened to find an empty grave. His son’s remains were sold into “The Body Trade”. Armed with righteous fury, Kim sets out to reclaim his child’s corpse. But one act of vengeance causes everything to spiral out of control.
The Body Trade is an unrelenting revenge story set against the backdrop of America’s aftermarket for dead bodies. Critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Blow Away, Into The Unbeing) and star artist Jok (In Hell We Fight) team up for this neo-noir crime thriller rife with bloodshed and brutality, in the tradition of Blue Ruin and Hell or High Water!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: A fantastic group of comic creators teaming up on an interesting story sounds like a win to me.
Dazzler #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Jason Loo
Art by Rafael Loureiro & Javier Tartaglia
Letters by Ariana Maher
Cover Art by Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson
SO BRIGHT THIS STAR! DAZZLER, Marvel’s glittering mutant songstress, has been in and out of the limelight over the years – but now the time has finally come for her to take center stage! Dazzler embarks on a new world tour, the culmination and celebration of her entire musical career! And along for the ride is her new road crew: Domino, Strong Guy and Multiple Man! But while Dazzler may be ready to focus on her music, her celebrity-mutant status and a violent attack may sideline the entire endeavor before it’s even begun… Each issue features original song lyrics from Ali’s notebook! Don’t miss the concert – and comic – event of the year!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: I’ve always had a soft spot for Ms. Blaire. We are excited to see what this new series brings for her.
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Kyla Vanderklugt
Art by Giorgio Spalletta
Cover Art by Miguel Mercado
Ahead of the landmark 40th Anniversary of Jim Henson’s seminal film in 2025, BOOM! Studios proudly presents the FIRST EVER graphic adaptation of A.C.H. Smith’s beloved novelization, which includes moments and scenes never shot or captured in the final feature film! Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, join Sarah for the very first time, or discover this brand new adaptation of her surreal adventure through the twisting and changing paths to the castle beyond the Goblin City, determined to save her brother Toby from the Goblin King, Jareth. Dance to the magic as writer Kyla Vanderklugt (Demon in the Wood) and artist Giorgio Spalletta (Alice Never After, Alice Ever After) visualize the entire story for the first time!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: Fans of Labyrinth will definitely want to get their hands on this series.
Lilith #1
Vault Comics
Written by Corin Howell
Art by Howell & Warnia K. Sahadewa
Letters by Jim Campbell
Cover Art by Howell
Lilith is an immortal who’s been banished from her home, a dimensional plane suspiciously similar to mankind’s idea of Hell. She’s been posing as a model on Earth while secretly preying on humans… that is, until she runs into Penelope, a sweet bookstore owner with a tome that might hold the secret to returning Lilith to her dimension. If the mismatched pair doesn’t end up falling in love first! “Watch out, boy, she’ll chew you up.”
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: We are very excited to see Corin Howell bring this character into a comic series.
The Masked Macher #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by David A. Goodman
Art by Alex Andrés
Cover Art by Andrés
It’s the 1930s and aspiring actor Tony Hollywood is about to make his big break! He’s finally got an audition for the role that will change his life, but a flat tire sends him to a different stage. Breaking down outside a wrestling arena lands him a new part to play… the Masked Macher! Hey, it pays (even if no one knows what a “macher” is).
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: Comics and Wrestling fans pay attention to this one.
The Moon Is Following Us #1
Image Comics
Written by Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by Johnson, Riley Rossmo, & Mike Spicer
Cover Art by Rossmo
SERIES PREMIERE
Sam and Duncan LaMarr love their six-year-old daughter, Penny, more than anything in the whole world. But half a year ago, she was taken by the Cascade, an evil force they barely understand. Now, Sam and Duncan must fight side by side with the magical beings Penny cherished to try and get her back…before she’s gone forever.
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: YES. Full Stop. I need this book!!!
Multiversus: Collision Detected #1
DC Comics
Written by Bryan Q. Miller
Art by Jon Sommariva
Cover Art by Dan Mora
THE HIT VIDEO GAME IS NOW A CAN’T-MISS COMIC!
Bruce Wayne, Diana Prince, and Clark Kent each wake in a cold sweat, troubled by strange dreams they’ve had about the rabbit, the star child, and the witch. Their investigation into these enigmatic visions brings them to unexpected locales and unusual characters, but none more unusual than the mysterious rabbit from their dreams as they find themselves face-to-face with the one and only Bugs Bunny. What the heck is going on here? And who in the name of the Multiverse are the star child and the witch?
The hit video game spills from your screen and into the DCU, and it’s bringing a whole lot of friends from some of your favorite universes with it!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: This could be fun.
Resurgence #1
Alien Books / Valiant
Written by Becky Cloonan & Michael Conrad
Art by Guillermo Fajardo
Cover Art by Fajardo
Welcome to the Resurgence of the Valiant Universe! This is it. The series that will change our heroes forever. The event of the summer is here!
Prepare to see the unexpected: the rise of Dr. Silk, once an infamous villain, now a beacon of hope. He brings forth radical ideas of a utopian world where death is no longer a part of the human experience.
Many people will see him as a leader of peace and change, while others question his actions as everything has a cost, and Earth starts to break into different realities. With the help of Master Darque, Silk makes his silent magical/technological attack on the Faraway, causing many sinkholes to appear and panicking the world. Conflicts break out. War emerges…
Dr. Silk and his weavers craft webs of eternal life in a world shattered. Can our heroes navigate this new world order? The battle lines are drawn, and the only question is whose side you will be on when the dust settles – featuring X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Eternal Warrior, Ninjak, Ivar, Rai, Livewire, Faith, and more!
Crafted by the stellar team of Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, (X-O Manowar Unconquered, Wonder Woman), and new rising star artist Guillermo Fajardo, the Valiant Universe will never be the same!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: This has been building for the last year. I am interested in seeing what Cloonan and Conrad have up their sleeves for this storied comic universe.
Spirits of Vengeance #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Sabir Pirzada
Art by Sean Damien Hill
Cover Art by Kendrick Lim
JOHNNY BLAZE! DANNY KETCH! ROBBIE REYES! THE HOOD! KUSHALA! Many have borne the title SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE and as its most recent claimant has embarked on its final ride to explosive results, others still stir in the darker corners of the Marvel Universe! And one, in particular, has a stronger connection to two Ghost Riders than the rest, and after years, it’s ready to show its fangs again at last…
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: Hellfire galore in this series.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Tom Waltz & Erik Burnham
Art by Vincenzo Federici & Mateus Santolouco
Cover Art by Javier Ferna`ndez & Patricio Delpeche
After the events of “The Armageddon Game,” the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles found themselves at a crossroads, attempting to keep their family united while individually feeling the need to break away and explore life in a world that knows about mutants.
To clear his head, Raphael jumps on his motorcycle and heads west on a solo road trip with the wind at his back and no destination in mind… until a dormant enemy out for revenge on the Turtles engineers a dangerous detour to Area 51. When Raphael is held hostage with some unexpected old friends, his soul-searching quest mutates into a crisis as he brawls in the desert to keep the E.P.F.’s cache of coveted technology out of the wrong hands.
Will Raphael find his new purpose away from his brothers… or just more trouble than he can handle alone?
Tom Waltz, the TMNT mastermind and co-writer of TMNT: The Last Ronin, returns to tell brand-new stories about everyone’s favorite anthropomorphic misfits with artist Vincenzo Federici.
Plus, writer Erik Burnham presents a four-issue bonus backup: after the events of The Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan, can Casey Jones tolerate Karai’s descent into ruthlessness, or will he turn his back on the Foot? The answer ripples into the upcoming action in Jason Aaron’s TMNT!
Each arc of Mutant Nation will feature two stories exploring different corners of the TMNT universe, easily accessible to casual fans but with ties connecting the ongoing series and Nightwatcher. Expect old favorites and new surprises!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: This looks really good. I will check it out.
The Tin Can Society #1
Image Comics
Written by Peter Warren
Art by Francesco Mobili & Chris Chuckry
Cover Art by Mobili & Chuckry
MINISERIES PREMIERE
The first stunning issue of a brand-new miniseries from Giant Generator showcasing the first comics work by screenwriter and incredible talent PETER WARREN (The Incal feature film, Kill Me) with jaw-dropping art by FRANCESCO MOBILI (X-Men, SCUMBAG) and beautifully colored by CHRIS CHUCKRY (New X-Men, Gen 13).
Johnny Moore is a world-famous tech mogul known as much for his work pioneering mobility aids for people with disabilities (like himself) as he is for moonlighting as the metal-suited vigilante, CALIBURN. But when Johnny is found murdered and his suit stolen, his estranged childhood best friends reunite to solve the mystery of his murder.
THE TIN CAN SOCIETY is a heartfelt and human look at the evolution of friendships across a lifetime, at disability and ableism, and the destructive power of fame.
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: I am very interested in this story.
Venom War: Deadpool #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Roberto Di Salvo
Cover Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli
DEADPOOL KILLS… A SYMBIOTE PLAGUE?! The Merc with a Mouth bit off more than he can chew – a horde full of ravening ZOMBIOTES! Who has Wade not @#$’d off badly enough to actually lend him a hand? Fan-favorite DEADPOOL scribe CULLEN BUNN is back for more mercenary mayhem!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: Cullen Bunn returns to Deadpool? Sound like a good idea to me.
Venom War: Lethal Protectors #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Sabir Pirzada
Art by Luca Maresca
Cover Art by Crees Lee
SILVER SABLE AND THE SYMBIOTE SQUAD… JOIN THE VENOM WAR! Sable’s assembled a new, hyper-lethal mercenary team of: (REDACTED) in order to steal (CLASSIFIED). Standing in their way? Bloodthirsty ZOMBIOTES. Time to fight fire with fire – by unleashing the Life Foundation Symbiotes – SCREAM, RIOT, AGONY, LASHER and PHAGE – against their foes!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: The second new series from writer Sabir Pirzada this week also looks like fun.
New One-Shots and Specials
Absolute Power: Super Son #1
DC Comics
Written by Sina Grace & Nicole Maines
Art by John Timms & Travis Mercer
Cover Art by Timms
ONE-SHOT SPECIAL
Following the events of Absolute Power #1 and #2: Jon Kent will have suffered the most at the hands of the Trinity of Evil, but he will soon summon the will to fight back. Co-written by Nicole Maines (Suicide Squad: Dream Team) and Sina Grace (Superman: The Harvests of Youth) with art by John Timms and Travis Mercer, Absolute Power: Super Son is an oversized one-shot that takes Jon Kent to the depths of despair, reckoning with his own past to save his future while paving the way for a critical new chapter in his heroic journey.
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: The impact of Absolute Power on Jon Kent have been distressing. Here’s hoping for some steps toward redemption in this book.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees TP
IDW Publishing
Written by Patrick Horvath
Art by Horvath
Letters Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover Art by Horvath
COLLECTED EDITION
Don’t. Murder. The locals.
This is small-town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear Samantha Strong’s cardinal rule. After all, there’s a sea of perfectly ripe potential victims in the big city just beyond the forest, and when you’ve worked as hard as Sam to build a cozy life and a thriving business in a community surrounded by friendly fellow animal folk, warm decor, and the aroma of cedar trees and freshly baked apple pie… the last thing you want is to disturb the peace.
So you can imagine her indignation when one of Woodbrook’s own meets a grisly, mysterious demise — and you wouldn’t blame her for doing anything it takes to hunt down her rival before the town self-destructs and Sheriff Patterson starts (literally) barking up the wrong tree.
Cute critters aren’t immune to crime in this original graphic novel debut by writer-artist Patrick Horvath.
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: If you missed this series when it came out. Here is your chance to catch the whole story.
A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali GN TP
Verso Books
Written by Naji al-Ali
Art by al-Ali
Cover Art by al-Ali
ONE-SHOT SPECIAL
Naji al-Ali grew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in the south Lebanese city of Sidon, where his gift for drawing was discovered by the Palestinian poet Ghassan Kanafani in the late 1950s. Early the following decade he left for Kuwait, embarking on a thirty-year career that would see his cartoons published daily in newspapers from Cairo to Beirut, London to Paris. Through his most celebrated creation, the witness-child Handala, al-Ali criticized the brutality of Israeli occupation, the venality and corruption of the regimes in the region, and the suffering of the Palestinian people, earning him many powerful enemies and the soubriquet “the Palestinian Malcolm X.” For the first time in book form, A Child in Palestine presents the work of one of the Arab world’s greatest cartoonists, revered throughout the region for his outspokenness, honesty and humanity.
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: This seems like an important book.
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation HC
Abrams Books
Written by Cormac McCarthy
Art by Manu Larcenet
Cover Art by Larcenet
ONE-SHOT SPECIAL
The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning postapocalyptic classic, The Road, approved and authorized by McCarthy and illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist Manu Larcenet
“Superb. A suitably dark graphic treatment of McCarthy’s postapocalyptic masterpiece.” (Kirkus)
The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with their humanity intact in a postapocalyptic wasteland where Earth’s natural resources have been diminished, and some survivors are left to raise others for meat, The Road is one of Cormac McCarthy’s bleakest and most prescient novels.
Dedicated to his son, John Francis McCarthy, McCarthy’s The Road is one of his most personal novels. Ranked 17th on The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels of the 21st century, it was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for literature, and the James Tait Black Memorial Award, the Believer Award, and it was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
This first official graphic novel adaptation of McCarthy’s work is illustrated by acclaimed French cartoonist Manu Larcenet, who ably transforms the world depicted by McCarthy’s spare and brutal prose into stark ink drawings that add an additional layer to this haunting tale of family love and human perseverance.
Cormac McCarthy personally approved the making of this book before his death, and the adaptation bears the approval of the McCarthy estate.
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: I can’t wait to read this one.
Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Justina Ireland & Christopher Priest
Art by Dale Eaglesham, Denys Cowan, Matthew Waite, & Luke Ross
Cover Art by Ken Lashley & Juan Fernandez
ONE-SHOT SPECIAL
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE WORLD’S MOST OFFBEAT SUPER HERO! LUTHER MANNING became one of MARVEL’S most recognizable CYBORGS as his ASTONISHING TALES set the standard for comic-book sci-fi and dystopian futures! Now we travel back to the ruins of MANHATTAN for an action-packed, laser-blasting, building-smashing, explosive adventure uncovering secrets of a world that will excite new and longtime fans. Travel to the world of tomorrow that went horribly wrong, filled with danger around every corner, brutal villains, a reluctant half-man, half-machine hero named DEATHLOK and an ending DESIGNED TO SHOCK YOUR TECHNOLOGY-TORMENTED BRAIN! Featuring story and art from Justina Ireland, Christopher Priest, Dale Eaglesham, Carlo Pagulayan, Denys Cowan, Luke Ross, and Matthew Waite.
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: Great creators on an historically underrated character.
The Graveyard Club #1
Boom! Studios
Written by R.L. Stine
Art by Carola Borelli
Cover Art by Miguel Mercado
ONE-SHOT SPECIAL
Graves End is as sleepy a town as they come… especially being surrounded by cemeteries, and the local kids could think of nowhere else they’d rather wreak harmless havoc. But being surrounded by graveyards comes with the pervasive reminder that… there are more dead than there are living.
This town is an endlessly eerie place with no shortage of strange and dangerous happenings, and when high schooler Parker West pulls what seems like a harmless prank, he may be putting his friends in more danger than he can imagine…
Legendary author R.L. Stine (Goosebumps, Fear Street, Stuff of Nightmares) and rising star artist Carola Borelli (Spider-Woman, The Deadliest Bouquet) launch a coming-of-age horror series, a Breakfast Club in a graveyard filled with frights both nostalgic and new, for fans of Locke & Key and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
Heebie Jeebies TP
Mad Cave Studios / Papercutz
Written by Matthew Erman
Art by Shelby Criswell
Cover Art by Criswell
ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
Blue and Herschel, two bumbling losers, seek a cursed treasure buried beneath their middle school, but there is one problem; It’s haunted by those who tried… and died in their attempt to get the treasure for themselves!
AT AMBERLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE’S MORE THAN ONE THING THAT GOES BUMP IN THE NIGHT…
Blue and their best friend Herschel are definitely not the coolest kids around, but when a group of popular bullies tell our main characters that their problems can be solved by finding the treasure buried beneath the school… well, Blue, Herschel and one annoyed night janitor have to investigate their school after dark!
What nightmares guard the treasure? The kind to give our heroes one bad case of the Heebie Jeebies!
Matthew Erman and Shelby Criswell re-team for this hilarious and spooky middle grade graphic novel perfect for the spookalicious kid or kid-at-heart that’ll be sure to surprise, delight and terrify!
Release Date: September 18, 2024
PCS NOTES: Yep. This looks like a lot of fun.
