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.
This list of debut issues this week is not long but is chockful of great comics, and their are a couple of excellent continuing graphic novels in the One-Shots and Specials section.
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, Oni Press, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Ten Speed Press, Boom! Studios, Fantagraphics 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
Biker Mice from Mars #1
Oni Press
Written by Melissa Flores
Art by Daniel Gete
Cover Art by Dustin Weaver
ROCK AND RIDE! THE ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES STARTS HERE WITH A 40-PAGE BOMBSHELL!
Hot on the heels-or in this case, wheels-of last year’s breakout limited series from the Nacelle Company and Oni Press, the most radical animation icons to ever ride across the Elysium Plains-aka the Biker Mice from Mars-are back and revvin’ it up in their FIRST-EVER ONGOING SERIES from the genre-bending imagination of writer Melissa Flores (Power Rangers Prime) and penciling-and-inking powerhouse Daniel Gete (Skin Police)!
The Red Planet is in revolt . . . and hard-charging rebels Throttle, Vinnie, and Modo are joining up with Mars’ Freedom Fighters to fight the invading army of alien Plutarkian invaders. But when a new, entirely unexpected threat to Mars rears its ugly head, threatening the existence of their families, friends, and the fourth planet itself, will the Biker Mice’s war become a full-fledged apocalypse?
Don’t miss the adventures of everybody’s favorite revolutionary rodent trio coupled with the return of RoboForce in an all-new back-up feature by writer Matt Hotson (Power Rangers: The Return) and artist EJ Su (Transformers) that will rock the foundations and set the stage for the future of the Nacelleverse!
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: This looks like a fun story in the realm of this classic cartoon.
Don’t Forget Your Briefcase #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Eliot Rahal
Art by Phillip Sevy & Warnia K Sahadewa
Letters by Frank Cvetkovic
Cover Art by Sevy
Everywhere the President goes, there is a military liaison who follows, carrying a briefcase with the codes to launch a nuclear strike — and it’s just been lost. This is the story about what happens when a ten-year-old boy finds a nuclear football and accidentally brings the world to the brink of annihilation.
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: Sounds Fantastic!
Lazarus: Fallen #1
Image Comics
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Michael Lark & Santiago Arcas
Letters by Ariana Maher
Cover Art by Lark
The Eisner-Award winning team of LARK and RUCKA return with the FIRST ISSUE of their final series about Forever Carlyle! In a neo-feudalist world ruled by the ultra wealthy Families, each has a Lazarus, raised and trained to be the instrument of that Family’s will. Finally free of her father’s control, Forever is going to burn it all down.
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: Fans of the previous stories about Forever Carlyle won’t want to miss this.
The New History of the DC Universe #1
DC Comics
Written by Mark Waid
Art by Jerry Ordway, Todd Nauck, John Kalisz, & Matt Herms
Letters by Todd Klein
Cover Art by Chris Samnee & Giovanna Niro
LEARN THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE! In celebration of 90 years of DC, super fan and writer Mark Waid turns back time to the very beginning of the DC Universe in a four-issue miniseries drawn by some of DC’s greatest artists and told by the newest chronicler of time, Barry Allen, the Flash! In our debut issue, Barry takes us from the very birth of the DC Universe to the rise of the Justice Society. The Golden Age of heroes begins here!
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: Its been almost forty years since DC tried this. Seems like a good time for an update.
News from the Fallout #1
Image Comics
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jeffrey Alan Love
Letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover Art by Love
Writer CHRIS CONDON (THAT TEXAS BLOOD, Ultimate Wolverine) teams with visionary artist JEFFREY ALAN LOVE (The Last Battle at the End of the World, The Thousand Demon Tree) for a thrillingly dark sci-fi horror story unlike any you’ve seen before!
In 1962 Nevada, a nuclear bomb test goes horribly awry and unleashes a contaminate into the atmosphere that turns people rotten. Otis Fallows, a private in the U.S. Army who is present for the test and is the only known survivor, flees the secret army base in search of a safe haven — but does such a place exist?
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: This book looks amazing.
Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins 2 #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Derek Fridolis
Art by Sunando C & Dan Jackson
Letters by Nate Piekos
Cover Art by Diego Galindo
The first of four new weird tales from Hawkins, Indiana-A small town that keeps getting stranger. After shaking off a mysterious encounter with a strange “dog” while out at the Drive-In Cinema, Hawkins science teacher Scott Clarke is inspired to teach his students all about how 3D glasses work and it spirals into theories about alternate dimensions and how they might be perceived. Dustin keeps secret that the weird “dog” could be nothing other than Dart, his missing pet demodog.
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: Fun sci-fi comics are a good thing.
Tramps of the Apocalypse #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Alice Darrow
Art by Darrow & Hugo Blanc
Letters by Frank Cvetkovic
Cover Art by Darrow
The year is 2094, and men rule the world. So what has changed in seventy years, you ask?
Following the ten-year Sildenafil wars of 2053, Earth has become a barren wasteland. Factions of surviving men led by “Quest Ragnor, King of Males” have taken over the remnants of cities and towns across the globe, capturing and enslaving all women… Well, all women except for three super bimbos with unparalleled bloodlust and an unquenchable thirst for violence: Baby, Belladonna, and Babette. Unwilling to bend to the whims and desires of the buffoons in charge, too slippery to be caught, and too sexy for chains, these three bangin’ babes are at the top of Quest Ragnor’s most wanted list. Unfortunately for him, they couldn’t care less!
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: Damn, This is definitely going to the top of the pile this week.
VR Troopers #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Mairghread Scott
Art by Sebastian Piriz & J.P. Jordan
Letters by Taylor Esposito
Cover Art by Taurin Clarke
We are VR! Spinning out of Power Rangers Prime, the first VR Troopers series in 30 years! The perfect jumping on point for Troopers fans old or new!
The VR Troopers are the most elite of the Eltarian empire’s human heroes on Earth, but what secrets are the Eltarian’s keeping? When VR Ryan tracks down a rogue Skug, he’ll come face-to-face with a foe who will change his understanding of VR — and himself — forever!
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: A great creative cast takes a swing at this new series.
New One-Shots and Specials
Clementine: Book 3 TP
Image Comics
Written by Tillie Walden
Art by Walden
Cover Art by Walden
From the world of ROBERT KIRKMAN’s THE WALKING DEAD comes the highly anticipated and heart-wrenching finale of CLEMENTINE.
Clementine finally has it all — a safe place to live, a girlfriend, even a cat… but nothing lasts forever. And when Clementine suffers a loss unlike anything she’s ever faced, a new mentor called the Gardener offers her a new family and a new way of living… but at what cost?
TILLIE WALDEN (On a Sunbeam, Spinning) doesn’t hold back in the epic conclusion of the Eisner Award-nominated CLEMENTINE.
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: The critically acclaimed predecessors to this book have fans excited for this finale.
Nothing Special: Vol. 3: Pride and Pompousness TP
Ten Speed Press
Written by Katie Cook
Art by Cook
Cover Art by Cook
Callie, Declan, Lasser, and Radish find themselves amidst a plot to overthrow fairy royalty in the third installment of the hit Webtoon series Nothing Special, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes material from the inimitable Katie Cook.
Laurel Poppyfield, matriarch of the fairy Poppyfield family, is dying. She holds the majority of the Poppyfields’ magic, and has no heir to give it to. Or so she thought until Callie, Declan, Lasser, and Radish walked into the family estate trying to find someone to heal Declan’s wing. It turns out Declan is Laurel’s grandson and practically fairy royalty, and the timing of his arrival could not be more perfect.
Not everyone is happy about Declan’s sudden appearance, though. Leir, one of Lasser’s older brothers, has worked for years to become a trusted presence in the Poppyfield home. He was Laurel’s top choice to inherit the family’s magic before Declan showed up, and he’s not about to let his plans get ruined. It’s up to Callie, Declan, Lasser, and Radish to thwart his nefarious schemes before the Poppyfield magic falls into the wrong hands.
The third installment of Katie Cook’s Nothing Special collects the final 25 episodes of Season 2 of the webcomic.
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: This series of graphic novels are super fun for anyone and we recommend them highly.
Superman: The World HC
DC Comics
Written by Dan Jurgens, Jorge Jimenez, Bernardo Fernandez, Flix, Stevan Subic, & more
Art by Lee Weeks, Jimenez, Flix, Fernandez, & more
Cover Art by Weeks
The hero who inspired a generation, Superman, has always strived to protect not just Metropolis but the entire world.
The Man of Tomorrow usually soars through the skies in Metropolis, but no matter where in the world a cry for help comes, Superman will always be there to save the day. Witness what makes Superman a global phenomenon as 15 countries tell tales that highlight what makes the Man of Steel the greatest superhero of all!
Written by teams of top international talent, including Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks (U.S. storyline)!
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: As the Summer of Superman gets going DC is pushing it global with this anthology.
The Wrestler HC
Fantagraphics Books
Written by John Kenn Mortensen
Art by Mortensen
Cover Art by Mortensen
John Kenn Mortensen’s mordant, black-and-white inked images have taken you to The Nightmare Factory, The Bestiary, and given you Night Terrors. Now, in the internationally bestselling visual artist’s first available graphic novel, you’re going to fight like hell!
Freestyle wrestler The Sledgehammer has never met defeat, not at the hands of Painkiller, Handsome Jens, Fezzik the Giant or the Angel of Death. But over the course of 80 pages, Danish illustrator John Kenn Mortensen’s surreal black and white graphic novel will take Sledgehammer to the limits of reality, to show that he’s motivated by far more than hubris—it’s also love.
Mortensen’s first English language graphic novel delivers on the promise that his bizarre, crowd pleasing books of illustration have previously made for readers around the world. With his spidery black-ink style, reminiscent of Edward Gorey’s gothic line, we’re taken to a world in which heavy metal meets The Seventh Seal meets Faust, all by the way of AEW.
Release Date: June 25, 2025
PCS NOTES: This looks pretty interesting for a first English book from this noted cartoonist.
