Welcome to the New Number Ones!
Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.
So many excellent returns to comics in terms of characters and creative cast litter the list this week.
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, Oni Press, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, First Second Books, IDW Publishing, Ahoy Comics, AWA Studios, and Dynamite Entertainment.
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
Blood Type #1
Oni Press / EC Comics
Written by Corinna Bechko
Art by Andrea Sorrentino & Dave Stewart
Letters by Richard Starkings & Tyler Smith
Cover Art by Miguel Mercado
Out of the pages of Epitaphs From the Abyss… A monstrous new EC comics milestone rises from the grave this June!
Oni Press presents the first look inside the next chapter of EC Comics’ resurrection with Blood Type #1 – the first issue of EC’s first-ever serialized horror spectacle from Hugo Award-nominated writer Corinna Bechko (Cruel Universe, Green Lantern: Earth One) and Eisner Award-winning artist Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls, Old Man Logan)! Rising from the pages of her first appearance in last fall’s Epitaphs From the Abyss #3, EC’s own blood-splattered, bon vivant vampire will be making history as the first character to claw her way out of an iconic EC Comics short story… and into the first-ever standalone, serialized horror series from the most notorious name in terror!
When you’re a vampire, everybody sucks… sooner or later! Meet Ada, an immortal vampire whose misdeeds have landed her on the doorstep of an idyllic Caribbean resort… an island paradise teeming with wealthy tourists and superstitious locals—an ample food supply for the thirsty vamp looking to get away from it all! But as Ada stalks the boundaries of her new hunting ground, she’ll soon become embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse by moonlight… as an older, wiser, and entirely different kind of predator reveals its own carnal hunger for greed and power. Who will survive when a brand-new kind of Blood Type declares war on a cunning bloodsucker with nothing left to lose… and what will be left of them?!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: Sign me up!
Blue Palo Verde #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Ray Fawkes
Art by Rimanti
Cover Art by Rimanti
On her first day out of jail, Kristine Woods discovers that her father has disappeared into a mysterious isolated town hidden in the New Mexico desert. Now it’s up to her to find him and rescue him from a bizarre and unnatural threat. An atmospheric folk-horror story of dread and redemption set in the American Southwest, starting in June 2025!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: This looks interesting.
Death of the Silver Surfer #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Sumit Kumar & Frank D’Armata
Cover Art by Dike Ruan
SILVER SURFER’S FINAL VOYAGE?!
The Silver Surfer returns to defend a war-ravaged Earth, but Norrin has a galaxy-sized target on his back. A new enemy will stop at nothing to steal away everything the Surfer is or ever will be. A single human life may be all that decides the Surfer’s salvation… or damnation. If the Surfer falls, who then wields the awesome Power Cosmic? And what of the Surfer’s old master, Galactus, Devourer of Worlds?!
Guest-starring: The Fantastic Four!
Greg Pak (Planet Hulk, Star Wars: Darth Vader) pens the Sentinel of the Spaceway’s next tragic epic with superstar illustrator Sumit Kumar (Web of Spider-Verse: New Blood, Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood)!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: Greg Pak with Sumit Kumar sounds like a winning combination for this story.
Gargoyles: Demona #1
Dynamite Entertainment
Written by Greg Weisman
Art by Frank Paur & Robby Bevard
Cover Art by Meghan Hetrick
A THOUSAND YEARS OF ADVENTURE BEGINS HERE!
After kicking off with a special prologue story in Dynamite Entertainment’s Free Comic Book Day issue #0, the long-awaited tale of Goliath’s former love and sworn enemy of the Manhattan Clan gets underway in earnest with a return to the Dark Ages and the aftermath of the destruction of Castle Wyvern!
The year is 1093, and the now-immortal Demona has become a lonely and hunted creature. Bereft of both clan and home after her betrayal of Scotland’s king, she wanders south to Northumberland in search of a safe haven – only to find that her old nemesis, Canmore, is raiding the city.
Canmore’s destruction is visited upon human and Gargoyle alike, and when she discovers the depths of his cruelty and the fate of her kind at his hands, Demona’s fury sets in motion a cycle of vengeance that will last for centuries – and may yet consume the entire world!
Written by Gargoyles creator GREG WEISMAN and illustrated by acclaimed artist – and veteran of the original animated series – FRANK PAUR, this first chapter of the brand-new, centuries-spanning saga Gargoyles: Demona features cover art for the ages from PAUR, MEGHAN HETRICK, MARK SPEARS, and JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: Heck yeah. Let’s let Greg Weisman explore the untold stories of Demona.
The New Avengers #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Sam Humphries
Art by Ton Lima & Rain Beredo
Cover Art by Steven Segovia & Beredo
Carnage. The Hulk. Namor. Clea. Wolverine.
Five of the most dangerous loners and antiheroes in the Marvel Universe.
Nothing could make them work together… but Bucky Barnes and the Black Widow are going to give it a shot. Demented duplicates of the Illuminati are threatening the world, and if they figure out how to work together, they’ll be as unstoppable as the originals.
Bucky and Natasha need allies who will do anything to take the duplicates out — but wrangling a team of killers and monsters presents its own dangers. Welcome to the New Avengers — hope you survive the experience!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: We are very excited to see Sam Humphries name on this book. Looking forward to it.
Robin & Batman: Jason Todd #1
DC Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Letters by Steve Wands
Cover Art by Nguyen
Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen return to spotlight the early days of a very different Dynamic Duo, with a very different dynamic.
Batman has a new Robin: a rash, impulsive, reckless kid with a troubled past, who Batman was certain he could mold into Gotham’s next crime-fighter. But can the Dark Knight save Jason Todd from the darkness within himself? And when a mysterious new villain sets his sights on Jason, Batman finds himself doubtful that even he has what it takes to train the anger and torment out of his new young ward.
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: This is a subject that has long been overlooked and this is the perfect creative team to tackle it.
Runaways #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Art by Elena Casagrande & Dee Cunniffe
Cover Art by Stephanie Hans
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BREAK A FAMILY?
Superstar writer Rainbow Rowell (She-Hulk) returns to the Runaways with visionary artist Elena Casagrande (Black Widow, Blade) for a new chapter… but Marvel’s best and scrappiest found family has seen better days! Nico Minoru has lost her girlfriend, her best friend, and her magic. With Karolina, Chase, and Alex all out of the picture, Gert’s doing her best to shake the remaining Runaways out of running on autopilot. But when Doctor Doom tries to reclaim one of their own — Doombot! — it’s time to start running…
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: We were big fans of Rainbow Rowell’s first stint on the Runaways, and we will be there for this one.
Spider-Girl #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Art by Andre Risso & Javier Tartaglia
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover Art by David Nakayama
HERE COMES THE SENSATIONAL SPIDER-GIRL!
Spinning out of the pages of Spider-Boy comes the sensational Spider-Girl! After Bullseye’s betrayal, Spider-Girl is trying her hand at being a hero. But when a clash with Vermin reveals that a major Spider-nemesis is tracking her, Spider-Girl will have to figure out what this villain wants — and which of their allies will try to kill her next.
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: This looks cool.
Toxie Team-Up #1
Ahoy Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Richard Pace
Cover Art by Fred Harper
Spinning straight out of his acclaimed solo title, the Toxic Avenger battles alongside some of comics’ greatest and most controversial superstars in this surprise limited series. First up, from AHOY’s own SECOND COMING: Jesus Christ, the Son of God! Written and drawn by that smash hit comic’s creative team, Mark Russell (Batman: Dark Age) and Richard Pace, with a cover by Toxie’s own artist, Fred Harper!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: Ahoy has great concepts for making comics and this is another example.
Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman #1
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Belén Ortega & Alejandro Sánchez
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover Art by Ortega
Tom King and Belén Ortega take breakout star Trinity into her own miniseries!
Back by popular demand and now with her own miniseries… Trinity! It all begins when the daughter of Wonder Woman embarks on her most dangerous adventure yet to enter the timeline to find her father. As the young hero knows, messing with time has its consequences, but that doesn’t mean she learned her lesson the first time. Things are about to get ruff and the Super Sons have gone to the dogs. Prepare for a Crisis of Infinite Corgis!
Writer Tom King and artist Belén Ortega return to Trinity after their celebrated run of backup stories in the pages of Wonder Woman. Trust us, you won’t want to miss Lizzie’s first full-size adventure!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: This looks fun.
The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá
Art by Bá & Dave Stewart
Letters by Nate Piekos
Cover Art by Bá
After the mass release of The City’s greatest foes and the chaos that followed in Hotel Oblivion, the Umbrella Academy faces their most fearsome challenge to date — their other brothers and sisters. Known only as The Sparrows, they share a different connection to Sir Reginald Hargreeves and Mom. No one knows how to hurt each other more than family, and this powerful, ruthless brood will spare no brutality in favor of their sole objective — control and the obedient glare that comes with it.
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: Way and Bá returning to this property makes me happy.
New One-Shots and Specials
Breadcrumbs TP
First Second Books
Written by Kasia Babis
Art by Babis
Cover Art by Babis
A moving graphic memoir in the vein of Almost All American Girl and Persepolis, Breadcrumbs is a coming-of-age story set in Poland as the country transitions from communism to capitalism.
In the late 1980s, Poland faces debilitating food shortages, worker discontent, and astronomical inflation. Seemingly overnight, the country transitions from communism to capitalism. During this period of flux, Kasia Babis is born.
In the shadow of national change, Kasia experiences her own journey of growth, from rebellious teen to politically minded activist. She grapples with her country’s deep-rooted Catholicism and forges her own beliefs, leading to her becoming an active part of Poland’s left-wing Razem party. Each new experience is a reminder that broader societal upheavals reverberate on a deeply personal level.
With a deft balance of the intimate and geopolitical, Kasia Babis chronicles her fight to uphold her progressive values while her country heads in the opposite direction. Breadcrumbs is a coming-of-age story―not only of Kasia but of Poland as a modern state.
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: I want to get a look at what is in this book!!
Dimwood HC
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Richard Corben & Beth Corben Reed
Art by Ricard Corben, Beth Corben Reed, & José Villarrubia
Letters by Nate Piekos
Cover Art by Corben & Villarrubia
Dimwood is the next book in a series of deluxe graphic novels from renowned creator Richard Corben’s library to be published by Dark Horse Comics.
This special edition collects the never before published graphic novel Dimwood, and also features bonus material, restorations and an epilogue from long-time Corben collaborator Jose Villarrubia, letters by Nate Piekos of Blambot, and an introduction by Joe Lansdale, all presented in a gorgeous hardcover with a dust jacket.
In the densely vegetated forest of Dimwood, a young woman returns to her family home after many years’ absence. Xera has gaping holes in her memories of her childhood and family, as obscured and dim as the surrounding forest. In Dimwood Mansion, with its decaying, labyrinthine levels she seeks the missing pieces of her past and makes connections with mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders in this original gothic tale, Corben’s final graphic novel.
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: This is truly an amazing surprise. I never thought we would get previously unpublished work from Richard Corben, and Villarrubia’s involvement ensures the best care was taken in getting this to the public.
Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Al Ewing, Chip Zdarsky, Kevin Smith, & Mitsuyasu Sakai
Art by CAFU, Gerardo Sandoval, Mark Buckingham, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Daniele Orlandini, Erick Arciniega, & David Curiel
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover Art by Greg Capullo & Alex Sinclair
Summer starts with a bang with Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man #1! Kevin Smith makes his triumphant return to Marvel with a Spider-Man story that will have your heart beating in overdrive and your sides hurting from how much you’re laughing. As if that wasn’t enough, Al Ewing and Mark Buckingham spin a decade-spanning adventure with Spider-Man and some of his best friends! And if that weren’t enough, Chip Zdarsky and CAFU introduce a brand-new character who will play a big role in the future of Marvel Comics! Don’t miss it!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: Great creatives on this new special one-shot.
Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Art by Rod Reis
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover Art by Adam Kubert & Laura Martin
The past isn’t set in stone.
Kamala Khan is locked in a battle through time against an unstable and unleashed Legion — and she’s gone from the frying pan into the Phoenix fire. As the history we know is destroyed in front of her eyes, the new mutant must team up with Jean Grey in her darkest hour… and master her dangerous new mutant power! X-Hivemind Lanzing and Kelly team with superstar Rod Reis for a cosmic, emotional story that turns history upside down.
PLUS: A Revelations backup story that reveals the hidden secret that binds Scott Summer and Jean Grey together, as written by Steve Foxe and drawn by Lucas Werneck !
THE SECOND OF FIVE GIANT-SIZE ONE-SHOTS!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: One-Shot-a-rama continues with this entry.
It Rhymes with Takei HC
IDW Publishing / Top Shelf
Written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, & Steven Scott
Art by Harmony Becker
Cover Art by Becker
Following the award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, George Takei’s new full-color graphic memoir reveals his most personal story of all — told in full for the first time anywhere!
George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing — one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared… and it rhymes with Takei.
Now, for the first time ever, George shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything. Following the phenomenal success of his first graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei reunites with the team of Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger, now joined by the award-winning colorist José Villarrubia, for a jaw-dropping new testament. From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame as an actor and the paralyzing fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes With Takei presents a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history.
Combining historical context with intimate subjectivity, It Rhymes With Takei shows how the personal and the political have always been intertwined. Its richly emotional words and images depict the terror of entrapment even in gay community spaces, the anguish of speaking up for so many issues while remaining silent on his most personal issue, the grief of losing friends to AIDS, the joy of finding true love with Brad Altman, and the determination to declare that love openly — and legally — before the whole world.
Looking back on his own astonishing life on both sides of the closet, George Takei presents a charismatic and candid witness to how far America has come… and how precious that progress is.
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: We are super interested in getting a look at this memoir.
Marvel Rivals: Ignite #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Peach Momoko
Art by Momoko
Cover Art by Yuji Kaku
Marvel Rivals tacks our heroes back in time — and to Japan — for all-new adventures! Hot off the debut of Marvel Rivals, Peach Momoko designed a wave of costumes bringing the Marvel Heroes to Japan! First: Sai takes on the symbiotic chaos of Venom! Yuji Kaku brings Frank Castle — the unbeatable Punisher — face-to-face with… Peni Parker?! Where Peni is, SP//dr isn’t far behind… Plus: K-Pop star Luna Snow is brought to the depths of Hel/Asgard and right into the hands of Hela!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: If there was going to be a Marvel Rivals comic, it was going to be written and drawn by Peach Momoko.
Marvel United: A Pride Special #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Al Ewing, Wyatt Kennedy, Zoe Tunnell, & Anthony Oliveira
Art by Kei Zama, Irma Kniivila, Brittay Peer, Bayleigh Underwood, Federica Mancin, Tamra Bonvillain, Pablo M. Collar, & Michael Wiggam
Letters by Ariana Maher
Cover Art by Lucas Werneck
Marvel heroes unite against fear and hatemongering! Visionary Marvel creators and bright rising stars deliver an action-packed anthology to take a real look at the world outside your window! From Al Ewing, Captain America of the Railways Aaron Fischer confronts the inimical and despicable Hate-Monger; Anthony Oliveira pens a story about the past that will reshape the future; and more! You won’t want to miss this special of righteous rage, longing love, captivating catharsis, and most of all, solidarity!
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: Marvel delivers a Pride anthology full of the work of excellent creators.
The Purpose Project #1
AWA Studios
Written by Danny Hogan
Art by Felipe Cunha & Lee Loughridge
Cover Art by Rahzzah
This imaginative odd couple workplace comedy pairs an unambitious stoner with a salty soon-to-be-retiree as part of a new government initiative dubbed “The Purpose Project.” Its goal: to help everyday citizens adjust to a world in which most jobs have been made obsolete and where people have an opportunity to find alternative sources of purpose beyond the traditional concepts of “work.”
Release Date: June 11, 2025
PCS NOTES: This the second release in the very interesting Protopias Collection.
