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.
I can’t remember a week full of so many intriguing new releases as we have this week. So many fun new series and memorable special editions on 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, Vault Comics, IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Boom! Studios, Archie Comics, Titan Books, Fantagraphic Books, Drawn and Quarterly, Ten Speed Press, Alien 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
Batman & Robin: Year One #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Chris Samnee & Mat Lopes
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover Art by Samnee & Lopes
REUNITING THE ACCLAIMED TEAM OF MARK WAID AND CHRIS SAMNEE! While Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out for answers, but it’ll take everything they have to navigate both sides of their relationship as father and son and dynamic duo, with Dick Grayson’s present and future hanging in the balance!
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: All signs point to this being a fantastic comic. We are wholeheartedly looking forward to it.
Batman: Full Moon #1
DC Comics
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Stevan Subic
Cover Art by Subic
An ancient and supernatural force stalks the streets of Gotham City — a Lycan so powerful it’ll defy Batman’s most trusted resources: his brilliant mind and extensive gadgetry. But are Batman’s physical strength and resilience alone enough to put the creature down for good? Or will this fight strip him down to his very bones? Even powerful magical allies like Zatanna caution that Bruce might not walk away from this one unscathed… Eisner-nominated writer Rodney Barnes (KILLADELPHIA) and breakout artist Stevan Subic (THE RIDDLER: YEAR ONE) tear into a horrific tale of pain and redemption as Batman meets his match: the werewolf of Gotham City! Each issue of this series will boast striking glow-in-the-dark main covers!
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: A werewolf Batman story just in time for Halloween! Sounds like a howling good time.
The Exorcism at 1600 Penn #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Hannah Rose May
Art by Vanesa R. Del Rey & Jordie Bellaire
Letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover Art by Del Rey
This October, IDW debuts a chilling new four-issue original supernatural horror series perfect for fans of the Nice House on the Lake and the Haunting of Hill House. From the pen of rising comics writer Hannah Rose May (Rogues’ Gallery) and acclaimed artist Vanesa Del Rey (Scarlet Witch).
Kelly Doyle has just been elected the first woman president of the United States of America, and boiling political tension could spill over at any second. Having to balance being a mother to two teenagers and navigating the shifting media landscape, all while preventing World War III, has Kelly spread thin, but she could never predict that the nation’s hallowed halls would soon become a demonic battleground for good versus evil.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: From the moment I heard about this comic, I have been eagerly awaiting the day I could get it in my POSSESSION!
Godfather of Hell #1
Vault Comics
Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Pius Bak
Cover Art by Bak
Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccolò Mechini. He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk. Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering… unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity. Neo-noir hellfire from New York Times Bestseller Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Shadow Service, Dead Seas) and Bram Stoker Award-winning artist Pius Bak (Eat the Rich, The Magicians, Stranger Things).
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: A pair of fantastic creators teaming up for this book has me excited.
Jupiter’s Legacy: Finale #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Tommy Lee Edwards
Cover Art by Edwards
The superheroes have been trapped and murdered on an alien world while the enemies of Earth, who have been watching our planet with envious eyes, launch their invasion now there’s no-one to protect it. The return of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely’s series for an epic and shocking finale.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: We are looking forward to a satisfying conclusion to this epic story.
Minky Woodcock: The Girl Called Cthulu #1
Titan Books
Written by Cynthia Von Buhler
Art by Von Buhler
Cover Art by Celina
FROM HARD CASE CRIME – THE PUBLISHER OF HIT SERIES GUN HONEY!
THE PLUCKY DETECTIVE RETURNS WITH AN OCCULT HORROR TWIST!
Sensational artist, author, and playwright, Cynthia Von Buhler melds her glorious illustrations with the eldritch elements of HP Lovecraft and Aleister Crowley.
Inspired by a true WWII maritime operation, shocking satanic events, monstrous men, and one salacious sea creature, this third series tells the tale of Minky’s encounter with legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, creator of the dreaded Cthulhu.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: This looks tantalizingly good.
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Alessandro Cappuccio & Rachelle Rosenburg
Cover Art by Davide Paratore
MARC SPECTOR… BACK FROM THE BEYOND! As an avatar and agent of the Egyptian God of the Moon, Khonshu, former mercenary MARC SPECTOR has died and come back to life on more than one occasion. To the ignorant, his fate beyond death’s grasp may seem idyllic, but being chosen as a Fist of Khonshu comes with a heavy cost! And, like bones in a street fight, Marc Spector, and the multitudes he contains, may be about to break!
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: We are looking forward to the return of Marc Spector.
Mystique #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Declan Shalvey
Art by Shalvey & Matt Hollingsworth
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover Art by Shalvey
Reminding the world to hate and fear her! How do you track a subject with a history that contradicts itself? How do you stop a force whose motives change like quicksilver? How do you stop a target that can be anyone? That’s the question that confronts Nick Fury as he stumbles upon a web of lies and espionage leading back to Mystique. From the ashes of Krakoa, the shape-shifting mutant terrorist returns to remind the world exactly why it hates and fears her. From award-winning creator Declan Shalvey (MOON KNIGHT), MYSTIQUE sifts through the dark underbelly of the Marvel Universe to tell a tale of action and espionage targeting Marvel’s most mysterious mutant.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: We are interested in Declan Shalvey’s virtuoso performance with this character.
Vicarious #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Eleonora Carlini, Mattia Iacono, & Luca Mattioni
Letters by Becca Carey
Cover Art by Dan Panosian
Enter Justin: an aimless 20- something desperate for human connection and excitement.
After a dangerous encounter reveals itself as a fortuitous opportunity, Justin finds just what he’s looking for in the secret world of Proxies-young, pretty, ambitious hustlers like himself who allow the rich access to their feelings and experiences through a technological implant.
Does Justin have what it takes to make it in this seductive new world?
New York Times best-selling and fan favorite Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Ryan Parrott (The Infernals, Rogue Sun) debuts his first original comic and is joined by acclaimed artist Eleonora Carlini (Marauders, Radiant Black) for this brand-new original sci-fi psychological thriller!
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: We are very excited to see what this book is all about. What a gorgeous cover, though!!
Where Monsters Lie: Cull-De-Sac #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski & Vladimir Popov
Letters by Joshua Reed
Cover Art by Kowalski
The hit meta-horror comedy by Eisner-nominated writer Kyle Starks returns just in time for Halloween!
Come join us, friends, for it’s time to visit another gated community for slashers and meet a new cast of horrible monsters as we return to the world of Where Monsters Lie. Connor Hayes, final girl turned apex monster hunter, has been brought to Site B and expected to be a good little killer, but will he cooperate? And what sort of bone-tingling secrets inhabit this new horror hamlet?
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: This is a fantastic story that Kyle Starks and Piotr Kowalski started, and we want to see what is next for these psychopaths. You can check out our recent interview with the author HERE.
New One-Shots and Specials
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined HC
Ten Speed Press
Written by David F. Walker
Art by Marcus Kwame Anderson
Cover Art by Anderson
ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
A thrilling graphic novel reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that follows Jim, an enslaved man on a journey towards freedom, and his sidekick, Huck, in the antebellum South—from the team behind the Eisner Award–winning The Black Panther Party.
Commonly regarded as one of the great American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers since 1885. But since its publication, critics have rightfully condemned Mark Twain’s troubling portrayal of Black Americans as stereotypes and caricatures, with contemporary fans searching for a modern update to this iconic tale.
Big Jim and the White Boy is a radical retelling of this American classic, centering the experiences of Jim, an enslaved Black man in search of his kidnapped wife and children, along with his cheeky sidekick, Huckleberry Finn. Jim and Huck’s high-stakes adventures take them on an epic voyage across the antebellum South and Midwest, through Confederate war camps and runaway safe houses, into Old West standoffs, and on the road as covert Underground Railroad agents. Intertwined into the story of Jim and Huck are the stories of Jim’s descendants in the 1930s, 1980s, and 2020s, making this a multigenerational family epic as well as an adventure story. Big Jim and the White Boy takes readers on a journey through Jim and Huck’s past, present, and future, delving into their incredible friendship and years of adventures—a bond that transcends the gruesome racism of the Civil War era.
With compelling artwork and riveting storytelling, David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson push the boundaries of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in this incredible graphic novel, exploring the triumphs and tribulations of Jim and his family, and finally giving his due as a hero of American literature.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: Yeah. We need to read this one!
Chilling Adventures Presents… The Nine Lives of Salem #1
Archie Comics
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Dan Schoening, Ben Galvan, & Matt Herms
Letters by Jack Morelli
Cover Art by Schoening
ONE-SHOT SPECIAL
Salem was once a powerful warlock whose misuse of powers led him to live the rest of his life in servitude, acting as a cat familiar to a family of witches. But even in feline form, he can’t escape the sins of his past. And when some familiar faces return seeking revenge, he might just use up all of his nine lives trying to save himself from their wrath.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: You can’t have October without Chilling Adventures or Cullen Bunn. This book has both!!!
Crypt of Shadows #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Steve Orlando, Benjamin Percy, Jason Loo, & Chris Condon
Art by Claire Roe, Raffaele Ienco, Carlos Magno, Djibril Morissette-Phan
Cover Art by Leinil Francis Yu
ONE-SHOT SPECIAL
CRACKING OPEN THE CRYPT! As All Hallows’ Eve approaches, the heroes of the Marvel Universe find themselves once again facing the terrors that lie in the dark! From creatures that lurk in the deep to sinister sorcery, don’t miss out as your favorite heroes get put through the wringer and are forced to face down the malevolent forces of the Marvel Universe! Pick up this terrifying tome at your own peril, True Believers!
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: Marvel Halloween Party!!!
Dog Days TP
Drawn and Quarterly
Written by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Art by Gendry-Kim
Cover Art by Gendry-Kim
ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
The author of Grass and The Naked Tree returns with a profound tale of family. Yuna never wanted to adopt a dog. But with her partner in mourning — and in desperate need of a boost in morale — she gives in to his humble request. And in the grand tradition of reluctant pet owners, she and their puppy soon become inseparable. The young couple even goes so far as to relocate to soothe their new canine pal’s anxiety. After all, there’s nothing like a move to the country to set yourself right. Right? The idyll of a quiet life soon gives way to a surprising degree of antagonism, including clashes with long-time local residents of a different generation. The culture shock is palpable for all three urban transplants as the isolation of their new environs starts to sink in. They eventually adopt another dog, and still another — all while reckoning with the ups and downs of middle-age and childlessness in an unforgivingly traditional milieu. Dog Days is critically-acclaimed and multi-award-winning cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s first foray into contemporary fiction. With the aid of veteran translator Janet Hong, Gendry-Kim’s twenty-first century tale of an unconventional family building trust with one another and their neighbors is a heartfelt exploration of compassion and the unlikely places we find the love we all need.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: This looks excellent.
Eternal Warrior: Resurgence #1
Alien Books / Valiant
Written by Fred Van Lente
Art by Alvaro Papagianni
Cover Art by Guillermo Fajardo
ONE-SHOT SPECIAL
A RESURGENCE TIE-IN! Discover why Gilad is the Fist and the Steel, eternally called to serve by the Geomancer’s side. This one-shot unveils the origin of a formidable new adversary, The Kaggen. As the Resurgence event unfolds, chaos and danger loom over all.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: Everyone in the Valiant Universe is resurging.
Innocence and Seduction: The Art of Dan DeCarlo HC
Fantagraphic Books
Written by Bill Morrison
Art by Dan DeCarlo
Cover Art by DeCarlo
SPECIAL COLLECTION
The first career retrospective of the great Archie comics artist: a fitting tribute to the life and art of one of the world’s all-time best cartoonists, lavishly designed with over 300 illustrations, including rare cartoons and strips, and of course, lots of those fabulous DeCarlo girls!
Dan DeCarlo was one of the greatest artists working in humor comics in the latter half of the 20th century. He was without a doubt the most prolific, and for that reason was often referred to as “The Jack Kirby of humor comics.” But he might have been likewise compared to pinup artist Gill Elvgren for his ability to render the female form in a way that was at once funny, charming, and unbelievably sexy. DeCarlo worked mostly on wholesome all-American features like Archie’s Girls Betty and Veronica and My Friend Irma, but he populated these innocent stories with his irresistibly attractive women. This unique blend of hilarious homespun humor and libido-sparking art made DeCarlo’s work outshine the competition.
For nearly six decades, DeCarlo entertained the world with his special talents. Though best known as the definitive Archie Comics artist and creator of Josie and the Pussycats, DeCarlo also brought his unique style to dozens of other characters including Millie The Model, Willie Lumpkin, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Big Boy, Batman and even The Simpsons.
In 2005, Fantagraphics published The Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo, a beautiful two-color knock-out of a collection featuring his best pin-ups from the 1950s/’60s Humorama digest. With Innocence and Seduction: The Art of Dan DeCarlo, Fantagraphics Books presents a fitting tribute to the life and art of one of the world’s all-time best cartoonists in a wider-ranging career retrospective. DeCarlo fan, friend, and fellow cartoonist Bill Morrison has written and produced the ultimate book on this remarkable artist, lavishly designed with over 300 illustrations. Included are rare World War II-era cartoons, original Humorama pinups, seldom-seen newspaper strips, examples of his justly famous commercial comics work, and of course, lots and lots of those fabulous DeCarlo girls! Full-color and black-and-white illustrations and photographs throughout.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: This is something fans of comic art will not want to miss this book.
Last of the Gladiators HC
Dynamite Entertainment
Written by Jonathan Vankin & James M. Larosa
Art by Giorgio Pontrelli
Cover Art by Butch Guice
ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
“From the 1960s until the turn of the 21st century, New York City was the world’s epicenter of organized and white-collar crime. During those four decades, the most feared Mafia chiefs, assassins, defrocked stockbrokers, Orthodox Jewish money-launderers, and Arab bankers sought the counsel of one man: my father, Jimmy LaRossa, a Kennedy-era prosecutor who became the defense lawyer of first resort.”
– James M. LaRossa Jr.
James LaRossa was truly a larger-than-life figure – an attorney who was at the center of some of the most important criminal cases of the 20th century. He was also the father of four children: Susan, Nancy, Thomas – and James M. LaRossa Jr., who would spend the last five years of his father’s life learning and recording the amazing history presented here.
Based on LaRossa Jr.’s acclaimed memoir of the same title, Last of the Gladiators tells the story of how he found his own identity and place in the world while growing up as the son of one of the most outsized and outrageously successful personalities in the history of New York City – a father whom LaRossa Jr. always called his “true north.”
Written by LaRossa Jr. and Jonathan Vankin and illustrated by Giorgio Pontrelli, Last of the Gladiators is filled with true tales of the New York mob and features some of the most colorful characters of the era (including Paul Castellano, John Gotti, Don King, and Frank Sinatra) but is, at its heart, a love story between a father and a son – one that ultimately reveals what it takes to become, and what it means to be, a real man.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: This looks like an intriguing story.
The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic HC
IDW Publishing
Written by Steve Moore & Alan Moore
Art by Kevin O’Neill, Steve Parkhouse, Rich Veitch, Melinda Gebbie, John Coulthart, & Ben Wickley
ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL
The most acclaimed writer in comics history, Alan Moore, joins his late mentor Steve Moore (no relation) for one last graphic grimoire: a sprawling and stunning introduction to magic in all its timeless forms, brought to life by six wondrous and whimsical artists.
Splendid news for enquiring minds, and guaranteed salvation for humanity! Messrs. Steve and Alan Moore, proprietors of the celebrated Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels (sorcery by appointment since circa 150 AD), have produced a clear and practical grimoire of the occult sciences that offers endless necromantic fun for all the family. Exquisitely illuminated by a host of adepts including Kevin O’Neill, John Coulthart, Steve Parkhouse, Rick Veitch, Melinda Gebbie, and Ben Wickey, this marvellous and unprecedented tome promises to provide all that the reader could conceivably need in order to commence a fulfilling new career as a diabolist.
Its contents include profusely illustrated instructional essays upon this ancient sect’s theories of magic, notably the key dissertation “Adventures in Thinking,” which gives reliable advice as to how entry into the world of magic may be readily achieved. Further to this, a number of “Rainy Day” activity pages present lively and entertaining things to do once the magical state has been attained, including such popular pastimes as divination, etheric travel, and the conjuring of a colourful multitude of spirits, deities, dead people, and infernal entities from the pit, all of whom are sure to become your new best friends.
Also contained within this extravagant compendium of thaumaturgic lore is a history of magic from the last ice age to the present day, told in a series of easy-to-absorb pictorial biographies of fifty great enchanters and complemented by a variety of picture stories depicting events ranging from the Palaeolithic origins of art, magic, language, and consciousness to the rib-tickling comedy exploits of Moon and Serpent founder Alexander the False Prophet (“He’s fun, he’s fake, he’s got a talking snake!”).
In addition to these manifold delights, the adventurous reader will also discover a series of helpful travel guides to mind-wrenching alien dimensions that are within comfortable walking distance, as well as profiles of the many quaint local inhabitants that one might bump into at these exotic resorts. A full range of entertainments will be provided, encompassing such diverse novelties and pursuits as a lavishly decorated, decadent pulp tale of occult adventure recounted in the serial form. Completing this almost-unimaginable treasure trove is a lengthy thesis revealing the ultimate meaning of both the Moon and the Serpent in a manner that makes transparent the much-obscured secret of magic, happiness, sex, creativity, and the known Universe, while at the same time explaining why these lunar and ophidian symbols feature so prominently in the order’s peculiar name. (Manufacturer’s disclaimer: This edition does not, however, reveal why the titular cabal of magicians consider themselves to be either grand or Egyptian. Let the buyer beware.)
A colossal and audacious publishing triumph of three hundred and fifty-two pages, beautifully produced in the finest tradition of educational literature for young people, The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic will transform your lives, your reality, and any spare lead that you happen to have lying around into the purest and most radiant gold.
Release Date: October 16, 2024
PCS NOTES: Alan Moore. Kevin O’Neil. You know what Stan used to say..
