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.
Lots of great books debut this week, highlighted by two books about super animals.
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, Titan Books, Boom! Studios, AWA Studios, 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
Benjamin #1
Oni Press
Written by Ben H. Winters
Art by Leomacs
Cover Art by Christian Ward
IN ONE L.A. MOTEL ROOM, A COSMIC QUEST IS ABOUT BEGIN. . . . Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award-winner Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, The Last Policeman Trilogy) and rising star Leomacs (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss, Refrigerator Full of Heads) unravel a three-part, prestige format series exploring the hallucinatory second life of a brilliant author who imagined our desperate future but never imagined he’d become part of it . . .
More than just a writer, more than just a science-fiction icon, Benjamin J. Carp was a cultural revolutionary. Across 44 novels and hundreds of short stories-including the counterculture classic The Man They Couldn’t Erase-Carp pushed the boundaries of literary respectability for the sci-fi genre and his readers’ perception of reality itself . . . until decades of amphetamine abuse and Southern California excess finally ended a mind-bending career that always just escaped mainstream success. He died in 1982.
Until 2025 . . . when Benjamin J. Carp awakens, alive, in a burned-out motel on the fringes of Los Angeles. He remembers dying. He knows he shouldn’t exist. Is he a dream? A robot? A ghost? A clone? A simulation? In his own time, Carp pondered all of these scenarios intensely through his fiction-and, now, as he treks from Studio City to Venice Beach and onward into the paranoid sprawl of 21st-century Los Angeles, he will be called to investigate his greatest mystery yet: himself.
In the tradition of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly and Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice comes a uniquely fascinating and hilariously deranged excursion into the metatextual nexus where existence and oblivion, past and future, genius and madness, and glitter and grim reality all meet just beyond Hollywood Boulevard . . .
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: I am certainly interested.
Bloodletter #1
Image Comics
Written by Tim Seeley & Joseph Illidge
Art by Christian Rosado
Cover Art by Rosado
Tasha Thornwall is THE BLOODLETTER, mystical mercenary of the world’s secret underground. A former CIA operative forced to live in the shadows after being outed by Al Simmons 10 years ago, Tasha is now out for revenge when she learns Al Simmons is alive as Spawn. The mission to hunt down and kill Spawn begins in this debut miniseries by JOSEPH P. ILLIDGE (DC Comics’ The Shadow Cabinet) and TIM SEELEY (HACK/SLASH, LOCAL MAN, Nightwing), along with the incredible art talents of CHRISTIAN ROSADO.
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: We are very much enjoying the new exploration of the Spawn Universe and look forward to this one.
Bytchcraft #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Aaron Reese
Art by Lema Caril
Cover Art by A.L. Kaplan
Set against the backdrop of modern-day New York City during a seemingly permanent supernatural eclipse, Bytchcraft follows a queer coven bound by magic and blood, each bringing their own flair to the craft: a pretentious oracle who speaks with gods, an emo necromancer with a forked tongue, and a nature witch with the soul of a fairy tale princess. Under the guidance of their enigmatic guardian MTHR, the coven discovers they’re at the center of an ancient prophecy, and all wytchkind hangs in the balance!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: This book is special. It means a lot to everyone involved that this book is out there. We are looking forward to hearing what you think.
Emma Frost: The White Queen #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Amy Chu
Art by Andrea Di Vito & Antonio Fabela
Cover Art by David Nakayama
IN THE DARKEST DAYS OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB!
Before she became a mainstay of the heroic X-Men, Emma Frost had another role: White Queen of the Hellfire Club! As she grapples for power with the rest of the Inner Circle, witness Emma’s ruthless ascent to the top! And when she discovers there is a mole within the Hellfire Club leaking secrets to their sworn enemies, the X-Men, Emma will stop at nothing to uncover the truth! Take a deep dive into Emma’s past, learn shocking secrets and be prepared to bow down to the White Queen!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: Great cast for this classic character’s return to her own book.
Jeff The Land Shark #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Kelly Thompson
Art by Tokitokoro & Jim Campbell
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover Art by Gurihiru
FRIENDS AND RIVALS! Hot off his star-making appearance in Marvel Rivals, everyone’s favorite walking fish-boy has bitten off his first starring miniseries! Join Jeff as he teams up with many of the friends he’s made over the years and outsmarts more than a few rivals along the way… and this time, he’s got some all-new abilities on his side! Join Jeff co-creator Kelly Thompson and artist Tokitokoro as they sharpen the teeth of the undeniable star of the entire Marvel Universe — love him or hate him, you know you want to see MORE JEFF!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: Who doesn’t love Jeff?!
Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1
DC Comics
Written by Ryan North
Art by Mike Norton & Ian Herring
Letters by Lucas Gattoni
Cover Art by Jae Lee & June Chung
ALL-STAR WRITER RYAN NORTH CRASH-LANDS KRYPTO ON EARTH! There will come a day when Krypto stands beside Superman, helping him fight off monsters, aliens, and supervillains — a day when this dog will save his adoptive world thanks to the incredible powers granted him by Earth’s strange yellow sun. But he’s not there yet. Today, Krypto is a normal puppy on Krypton, spending each happy, snoozy, endless day alongside his family: Jor-El, Lara, and baby Kal-El. But when a rocket test goes wrong, Krypto finds himself lost in space — and soon crash-landing, all alone, on a strange and alien world called Earth.
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: Look it’s a book about the best dog ever and it’s got Ryan North and Mike Norton working together on it. What is not to like..
The Last Witch: Blood & Betrayal #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Conor McCreery
Art by V.V. Glass & Natalia Nesetrenko
Cover Art by Glass
The one thing Saoirse has always known: witches are evil. But now she is one, and she has to contend with what that means for herself and her brother Brahm.
All the while, Nicneven has plans that can mean the end of Ireland as they know it. Saoirse must learn to control her magic — and her temper — if they want any chance of defeating her.
Are her own prejudices against witches creating more of a barrier between herself, her powers, and her family?
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: Get this book. You will like it. I know I did!
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos: Children of the Night #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Tynion IV & Tate Brombal
Art by Isaac Goodhart & Miguel Muerto
Cover Art by Noah Dao
A new school year begins for Christopher Chaos and his friends as he finds himself divided from his mentor, Adam Frankenstein, and searching for answers outside of any textbook. But when a dangerous, new monster arrives in New Briar City with a mysterious hunter on his trail, a strange case develops that only Christopher can solve! Will the Monster Club survive their latest foe or will they be torn apart-piece by bloody piece?
This terrifying new arc for the series introduces the Chaosverse’s Dr. Henry Jekyll and a brand-new monster hunter known only as Helbound!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: We have loved these characters since the beginning and are excited to see them back.
Return to Skull Island #1
Titan Books
Written by Simon Furman
Art by Chris Jones & Charlie Kirchoff
Cover Art by InHyuk Lee
AN OFFICIAL CONTINUATION OF the SKULL ISLAND ANIMATED SERIES! KONG RETURNS! SPINNING OUT OF THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW!
A ragtag group of castaways must return to an island steeped in dark secrets and danger!
After Kong’s battle with the Kraken, survivors soon discover that far worse lurks in the shadows… and that their unlikely ally may not be able to protect them from Skull Island’s horrors!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: This looks like a fun monster comic.
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Cherish Chen
Art by Gabriel Guzman & Michael Atiyeh
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover Art by E.J. Su
Out from the shadow of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra returns! An all-new ongoing series featuring the rogue archaeologist as she makes her way through the galaxy in the era of the New Republic! Aphra must team up with Luke Skywalker to track down a rare artifact! And what will she do when her tattoos no longer function?!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: It’s been a while since this fan favorite character has had her own series, and we are glad to see her return.
They Choose Violence #1
AWA Studios
Written by Shelon Allen
Art by Mauricio Campetella & Daniele Caramanico
Letters by Matt Bowers
Cover Art by Rahzzah
Laneka, Deidre and Karen, three HBCU besties turned professional career women, enraged by the systemic injustice plaguing their community, band together to form a vigilante squad that targets White Supremacists deemed to have circumvented the justice system and gotten away with protected murder. Serving up grisly justice in increasingly creative ways, the vigilante posse becomes front-page news while always staying one step ahead of the law. It’s liberating, it’s addictive and it’s kinda fun – until a copycat killer emerges. They Choose Violence asks what happens when you go down the dark, unforgiving road of revenge? What happens when the only path forward is escalation? There’s no turning back now – for anyone.
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: This is an interesting premise.
New One-Shots and Specials
Bring on the Bad Guys: Doom #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Stefano Raffaele & Neeraj Menon
Cover Art by Lee Bermejo
THE BALANCE OF POWER IS FOREVER CHANGED! An ancient artifact known as the SOUL FORGE has the power to collect all the souls on Earth! Doctor Doom must stop it at all costs! Who is the mysterious Sister Sorrow, and what is her connection to Doom?
Part One of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: This looks like the beginning of something interesting.
Godzilla vs. Avengers #1
Marvel Comics
Written by David F. Walker
Art by Georges Jeanty, Karl Story, & Frank D’Armata
Letters by Cory Petit
Cover Art by Leinil Francis Yu & D’Armata
ROUND FIVE: VS. THE NEW AVENGERS!
The original New Avengers return to face an unstoppable enemy — GODZILLA! In the aftermath of a massive battle between Godzilla, Fin Fang Foom, the Avengers, and Jet Jaguar, S.H.I.E.L.D. tries to make sense of what went down — but everyone’s telling a different story! What really happened during that fateful clash? Find out when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes take on Earth’s Mightiest Kaiju!
ROUND FIVE IN A SERIES OF SIX ONE-SHOT THROWDOWNS!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
Hawkmoon: The Black Jewel HC
Titan Books
Written by Jérôme Le Gris
Story by Michael Moorcock
Art by Didier Poli & Benoît Dellac
Cover Art by Poli & Dellac
ADAPTED FROM THE MICHAEL MOORCOCK NOVEL!
SET IN A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE WITH ALIENS, MONSTERS AND MAGIC CREATURES ALL FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL!
Set in a post-apocalyptic age of primitive technology and strange magic, Europe has been conquered by the tyrannical Granbreton empire led by King-Emperor Huon. When the city of Köln falls under the empire’s iron ire and its Duke, Dorian Hawkmoon is captured, it’s up to one of the last strongholds of civilization to rescue him and end the Granbreton’s evil rule.
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: This is sure to be a delight.
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen TP
Dynamite Entertainment
Written by Liz Marsham
Story by Shea Ernshaw
Art by Ismael Canales & Alessio Petillo
Cover Art by Jill Thompson
A NEW NIGHTMARE COMES TO HALLOWEEN TOWN!
An all-new graphic novel based on the New York Times best-selling Disney novel Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw!
Jack and Sally Skellington seem like the perfect couple – but all is not well in Halloween Town!
After escaping from Dr. Finkelstein and marrying her true love, Jack, Sally has become the realm’s official Pumpkin Queen. But as much as she adores her skeletal husband, the spotlight of popular attention and the weight of her many new royal obligations have left Sally wondering if she might have actually just traded one form of captivity for another. To make matters worse, when Sally and Zero discover a hidden doorway leading to the previously unknown Dream Town, the resulting cascade of calamities threatens not only her new position as Pumpkin Queen, but also the very foundations of her world!
To save her beloved home, Sally will have to summon all the strength she has within her seams – or else the future could become a nightmare without Halloween!
Featuring the timeless characters from Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, this all-new graphic novel is adapted by acclaimed author LIZ MARSHAM (Disney Princess: Ariel and the Sea Wolf, Disney Tangled: The Series) and illustrated by ALESSIO PETILLO and ISMAEL CANALES, and features hauntingly beautiful cover art by comics legend JILL THOMPSON!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: I love this story being adapted into comic medium.
Red Sonja: Noir #1
Dynamite Entertainment
Written by David Avallone
Art by Edy Menna
Cover Art by Lesley Li
The crimson-maned warrior of song and legend muscles her way into trouble once more in this all-new tale of hard-boiled Hyboria!
When her mercenary partner is murdered, Sonja is drawn into a feverish hunt for a priceless artifact known as the Crimson Calypso. The She-Devil with a Sword is out for revenge-but first she’s got to slice her way through a web of deception and violence, waging a war of both weapons and wits against a pitiless and implacable foe.
Gimlet-eyed wordsmith DAVID AVALLONE joins legendary ink-slinger EDU MENNA for this special 40-page one-shot packed with two-fisted betrayals and bloody retribution-all wrapped in treacherously alluring covers from LESLEY “LEIRIX” LI, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, and cosplay by MOLLY STEWART!
Release Date: June 18, 2025
PCS NOTES: David Avallone writing Sonja sounds like a good idea to me.
