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New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/2/2026

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/2/2026

Posted on by Bob Harrison

It time that we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming on New Comic Book Day this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

Holy Moley Folks! What an amazing list of new series and special editions!? There are so many must reads this week that thank goodness there is a long weekend coming to help us catch up.

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, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom! Studios, Vault Comics, Bad Idea Comics, Oni Press, 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 

Archie #1
Oni Press
Written by Ben H. Winters
Art by Fábio Moon & Jason Wordie
Cover Art by Stuart Immonen

BEING YOUNG NEVER GETS OLD! THE MILESTONE COMICS PUBLISHING EVENT OF THE YEAR STARTS HERE AS ONI PRESS AND ARCHIE COMICS PROUDLY PRESENT A GROUNDBREAKING NEW ONGOING SERIES FOR THE MOST JOYOUS COMIC BOOK ICON OF ALL!

A new day is dawning in Riverdale as New York Times bestselling writer, Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, Benjamin) joins multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon (Daytripper, Casanova) to reintroduce America’s favorite teenager — and begin a star-studded countdown to Archie’s 85th anniversary — with a 21st-century testament to teenage idealism and the limitless joy of Archie Comics!

For his entire life, 17-year-old Archie Andrews has had it all: adoring friends, football glory, and a natural charm that always seems to make him the center of attention. Now, through his eyes, experience the warmth and wonder of Riverdale and its near-infinite roster of residents — the popular kids, the endearing oddballs, and everyone in between — as Archie embarks on a whirlwind, all-star adventure through his town’s past, present, and future… beginning with a local film festival that’s about to turn everything upside down!

And, at the center of it all, lies an enigmatic paradox that only Archie’s pal Jughead Jones can possibly unravel…

Plus: Puzzles! Pin-ups! Bountiful bonus stories! And a veritable sweet shop of surprises that all link to the same inextricable mystery… Finally, your antidote for postmodern malaise has arrived. Welcome to the all-new ARCHIE #1!

Release Date: September 2, 2026

PCS NOTES: A new chapter in the publishing life of Archie Andrews starts here, and it is a really good start.

Black Panther / Namor: Doomed #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan
Art by Stefano Nesi & Jesus Arbutov
Letters by Travis Lanham
Cover Art by Dave Johnson

BLACK PANTHER AND NAMOR TRAPPED IN HELL… WITH DOOM!!!

Black Panther and Namor must investigate Hell when Wakanda and Atlantis are attacked by demons! But once there, these rival kings discover they aren’t alone, as they cross paths with the wandering soul of Doctor Doom!

Release Date: September 2, 2026

PCS NOTES: An unlikely team up may make for interesting storytelling.

Crowbound #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Letters by Steve Wands
Cover Art by Nguyen

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road with echoes of Kill Bill and Pan’s Labyrinth when a noncompliant mother makes a dark pact with an ancient, violent Scarecrow Queen to stop a totalitarian government from taking her daughter.

Rose isn’t special. She works in the Factory just like everyone else — a dark, sprawling monolithic structure that runs along the coast and cuts the world in two. All that’s left now are desolate settlements that exist in its shadow, made up of submerged villages, derelict woods, and deadly swamps. No one knows what’s left of the world on the other side…

But when Rose’s young daughter Ava is violently taken from their shanty town home a year before she is meant to join the work force, Rose will come face-to-face with the surreal, harrowing forces outside the Factory’s walls — including a terrifying figure called the Scarecrow Queen, who has an offer: one last chance to save her daughter, in exchange for her soul.

Release Date: September 2, 2026

PCS NOTES: When this creative team works together, magic happens. Can’t wait to see what they have in store for us this time.  Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/2/2026” →

Pop Culture SquadCast – Live: Episode #162 with Special Guests Jacoby Salcedo and Julio Anta

Pop Culture SquadCast – Live: Episode #162 with Special Guests Jacoby Salcedo and Julio Anta

Posted on by PCS Staff

Join Bob and Mike as they chat about current Pop Culture events. Comic creators Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo will join the SquadCast and talk about their careers and their collaborations including the latest No Gods, No Masters. It is sure to be a great conversation. Be there.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

If you don’t catch it live, you can watch later.

 

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/5/2026

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/5/2026

Posted on by Bob Harrison

It time that we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming on New Comic Book Day this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

This week’s list is chock full of superstar creators and super intriguing new concepts that have our wallets crying uncle.

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, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Boom! Studios, Vault Comics, Scholastic Books, Penguin Random House, Archie Comics, Oni Press, 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 

Chachu #1
Image Comics
Written by Iman Velani
Art by Marianna Ignazzi & Jordie Bellaire
Letters by Lucas Gattoni
Cover Art by Ignazzi

1979. Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian girl, stands on the cusp of adulthood, eager to experience the “real world” for the first time. With a head full of Hollywood dreams and a penchant for pulp novels, she ventures to California to connect with her estranged uncle — her “Chachu” — a middle-aged, semi-retired private eye who gained brief fame after marrying the starlet he was initially hired to find. But when Chachu’s wife goes missing once again, the two are forced on an impromptu road trip to track her down — with Leila navigating young adulthood and Chachu confronting his own mortality and regrets.

Inspired by her own coming-of-age experiences in the entertainment industry, CHACHU is the solo writing debut of superstar IMAN VELLANI (Ms. Marvel), a reinterpretation of the classic neo-noir private investigator story brilliantly illustrated by MARIANNA IGNAZZI (EXQUISITE CORPSES) and colored by JORDIE BELLAIRE (Absolute Wonder Woman).

Release Date: August 5, 2026

PCS NOTES: 

Death Vigil #1
Image Comics / Top Cow
Written by Stjepan Šejić
Art by Šejić
Cover Art by Šejić

The smash hit series is back! Bad news: You’re dead. Good news: You can join a band of Death Knights and help protect the world from necromancers and cosmic horror. The pay’s not great, but you’ll love your co-workers. So grab your spirit weapon and prepare for battle against the Primordial Enemy — join Death Vigil today!

From critically acclaimed creator STJEPAN ŠEJIC (STJEPAN ŠEJIC, RAVINE, APHRODITE lX, WITCHBLADE, Harleen) comes the exciting return of his creator-owned series DEATH VIGIL! The story of modern-age Death Knights locked in an ongoing war against the ever-growing power of the ravenous primordial Elder Gods. The only catch is you have to die first. Become a corporeal immortal Death Knight, and obtain reality-altering weaponry in the never-ending battle between Good and Evil.

Release Date: August 5, 2026

PCS NOTES: Fans of Death Vigil and Šejić will definitely be excited for this new release.

Fort Psycho #1
Oni Press / Flux House
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Brian Hurtt & Bill Crabtree
Letters by Becca Carey
Cover Art by Hurtt

WELCOME TO FORT PSYCHO — THE EXTREME ACTION COMIC THAT ONLY STOPS TO RELOAD! From New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT) and adrenaline-racing artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun, Manor Black), enter the 40-page first chapter of a powerful new maxi-series stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that led them to an off-the-grid island prison with no hope of escape…

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as the Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate the Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows — until their final, explosive confrontation resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore.

Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side by side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone — now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.”

And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong…

Release Date: August 5, 2026

PCS NOTES: What a fantastically intriguing solicitation from some excellent comic creators. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/5/2026” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 11/19/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 11/19/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

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.

The biggest news of this week is the second of the planned DC/Marvel crossovers. Along with that, there are some really interesting new series kicking off.

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, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, IDW Entertainment, Dynamite Entertainment, Boom! Studios, Archie Comic, 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 

Ferocious #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Luke Piotrowski
Art by Emanuela Ercolani & Paolo Raiteri
Letters by Carlos M. Mangual
Cover Art by Andy Clarke & Jose Villarrubia

A tavern boy’s sheltered life is overturned by the arrival of a towering, draconic woman, a wayward soldier from a distant war who single-handedly lays waste to his entire village. He swears an oath of righteous vengeance but in order to fulfill it he’ll have to seek training… from the warrior woman herself. Ferocious is epic fantasy on an intimate scale, a revenge thriller like no other, one that stirs the heart as it goes for the jugular.

Release Date: November 19, 2025

PCS NOTES: We are interested in this new original series from Mad Cave Studios.

Final Boss #1
Image Comics
Written by Tyler Kirkham
Art by Kirkham, David Miller, & Ifansyah Noor
Cover Art by Kirkham

From the dynamic creator and artist, Tyler Kirkham (Amazing Spider-Man, Green Lantern), comes a thrilling new action hero: Tommy Brazen in FINAL BOSS! Get ready for an over-the-top adventure that’s a high-octane nod to classic action stories. Trying to forge a new path, Tommy uses his newfound powers for various paid enforcer gigs and street fights, only to uncover a past far more complex than he ever imagined.

Release Date: November 19, 2025

PCS NOTES: Tyler Kirkham is super talented, and we are excited to see what he has been up to.

John le Carré’s The Circus: Losing Control #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Ibrahim Moustafa & Brad Simpson
Letters by Simon Bowland
Cover Art by Moustafa

Every day, the intelligence agents of the Circus are enmeshed in high-stakes, high-wire acts that the average citizen would never notice. They protect Britain’s most sensitive secrets — and in modern Britain, secrets are everything. At the head of it all is Control: the all-powerful puppet master who decides who goes where, who does what, and sometimes, of necessity, who lives and who dies. But now, Control has vanished.

He doesn’t show up at the office. He misses his meetings. He won’t — or can’t — answer his phone. He is, simply, nowhere. Control’s assistant Maggie is the only one who knows he’s gone, and with an imminent and critical mission in Vienna, the clock is ticking. Maggie knows every protocol, every password, and every operative — but whether something has happened to Control or whether this is part of his plan, she has no idea. Either way, she can’t trust anyone with the knowledge of his absence. Can she even trust him?

Secrets within the Circus have a way of coming unraveled, and Maggie will have to act fast… or risk the walls tumbling down around her.

Release Date: November 19, 2025

PCS NOTES: This looks like an interesting adaptation of this material. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 11/19/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/22/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/22/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

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 has a lot of high quality new stories, and as Marvel continues to roll out its “Age of Revelation” releases, Halloween themed books are finding there way to your LCS 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, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Ahoy Comics, Oni Press, Boom! 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 

Captain Henry and the Graveyard of Time #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola & Bruce Zick
Art by Zick
Letters by Clem Robins
Cover Art by Zick

An intrepid time traveler voyages to a new dimension, but the monsters he finds there may be less of a danger than time itself.

Mike Mignola and Bruce Zick cowrite and Zick (Thor, The Atomic Legion) draws this new series that explores an uncharted corner of the Hellboy universe!

Release Date: October 22, 2025

PCS NOTES: We are always interested in exploring uncharted corners of the Hellboy universe.

The Last Wolverine #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Edgar Salazar & Carlos Lopez
Letters by Cory Petit
Cover Art by Martin Cóccolo & Matt Wilson

WHAT HAPPENED TO WOLVERINE?

X YEARS LATER, the people of Vancouver cheer a new hero: the WONDERFUL WOLVERINE, A.K.A. the WENDIGO, Logan’s last student. But what happened to LOGAN? A secret from Wolverine’s past will set the Last Wolverine on a mission to uphold his mentor’s legacy… unless a dire threat burns it all down first!

Release Date: October 22, 2025

PCS NOTES: This has an interesting idea.

Omega Kids #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Andrés Genolet & Fernando Sifuentes
Letters by Travis Lanham
Cover Art by Rod Reis

KID OMEGA’S ALL GROWN UP!

X YEARS LATER, Quentin Quire protects the dream of mutant supremacy and independence as head of the Revelation Territories’ spy network. But when a conspiracy threatens the mutant utopia, Quire and his psychic students will have to distinguish friend from foe. Has Quentin got what it takes to carry the dream forward, or will the next generation replace the former revolutionary?

Release Date: October 22, 2025

PCS NOTES: Quentin Quire in a quandary? Sounds fun. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/22/2025” →

Rapid Reviews: New Comics for the Week of 10/8/2025 – Marian Heretic #1, Mary Sue #1, Temporal #1

Rapid Reviews: New Comics for the Week of 10/8/2025 – Marian Heretic #1, Mary Sue #1, Temporal #1

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to our latest Rapid Reviews column. We are excited to talk about these three new number ones. They have some things in common; one of those things is they have a female lead character whose personal sense of self is challenged by the outside world. Each one of them is presented with different obstacles and approach those challenges in ways unique to their circumstances. We enjoyed all of these first issue. Read below to find out why and let us know what you think if/when you read them.

For all the New Number Ones that came out this week check out our weekly rundown Here.

Our reviews are spoiler free and focus on the positive aspects of comic storytelling in each issue. You can find all of these books at your Local Comic Shop now or wherever you get your comics.

Marian Heretic #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Tini Howard
Art by Joe Jaro
Colors by Walter Baiamonte
Cover Art by Jaro

ORIGINAL SOLICITATION:

Experience a bold new series where divine conviction meets dark compromise.

Sister Marian is a witch hunter, a Mother Superior and a heretic — guided by a Goddess the Church refuses to acknowledge. When the Holy Father Church brands her order blasphemers, Marian strikes a dark bargain to become their personal enforcer. As she delivers murderous judgment night after night in the city of Vespers, she can feel her soul fracture… but what can she do with the lives of her sisters at stake?

Acclaimed writer Tini Howard and artist Joe Jaro, launches a provocative new take on nunsploitation, religious horror, and rebellion!

PCS Review:

What at fantastic start to this highly anticipated series. Let’s talk about the concept for a second. This is the story of a woman who sacrifices her freedom and wellbeing to protect her family while maintaining a façade of subservience, despite a core belief that goes against that subservience. The power dynamics that are at play are masterfully orchestrated by both writer and artist for maximum evocation of compassion for the protagonist. We are immediately “Ride or Die” with Marian.

Joe (Jose) Jaro and Walter Baiamonte combine to craft a spectacular visual narrative that has a gorgeous anime-like feel. In particular there is a sequence in the middle of the book involving a fire that is, well.. “fire”.

The exploration of faith as a concept and religion as structure is on display in this tale. Tini Howard it tackling some heavy themes, and we are here for every panel of it.

Mary Sue #1
Boom! Studios / Boom! Box
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin
Art by Lisa Sterle
Colors by Dearbhla Kelly & Heather Breckel
Letters by Jodie Troutman
Cover Art by Lisa Sterle

ORIGINAL SOLICITATION: Continue reading “Rapid Reviews: New Comics for the Week of 10/8/2025 – Marian Heretic #1, Mary Sue #1, Temporal #1” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/17/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/17/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

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 is a big list of new releases this week, and there is a super special big deal at the end of it.

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, Dark Horse Comics, Ahoy Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Ignition Press, First Second Books, Titan Comics, Penguin Random House, Boom! Studios, Abrams ComicArts, 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 Bat-Man: Second Knight #1
DC Comics
Written by Dan Jurgens
Art by Mike Perkins & Mike Spicer
Cover Art by Perkins

The year is 1940. Most of the Western world is embroiled in a war against a fascist regime whose march across Europe shows no sign of defeat. With the specter of global war looming, it’s a time of fear and paranoia for those living in Gotham. It’s only been a few months since the city was rescued from undead monsters by the masked vigilante known as The Bat-Man, but a vicious killer has been on a murder spree that’s taking the city to its breaking point. Bodies are turning up in theatrically gruesome ways… all staged with the killer’s calling card: a hangman’s noose. While The Bat-Man endeavors to solve the spate of murders, a young reporter from the Daily Star named Lois Lane arrives in Gotham. Meant to cover a movie premiere, it doesn’t take long for Lane to find herself caught in the grips of a new villain in Gotham. One whose mastery of fear will plunge the city into chaos!

Release Date: September 17, 2025

PCS NOTES: We were big fans of the first series in this line by this team of excellent comic creators

Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Las Vegas #1
Titan Comics
Written by Nancy Collins
Art by Jesús Hervás
Cover Art by Kael Ngu

This all-new series sees the deadly Replicant combat model Elle — aka The Black Lotus Killer — continue searching for answers about her mysterious past. Elle’s quest takes her to the irradiated city of Las Vegas (later seen in Blade Runner 2049), a sand-choked ghost-town of forgotten memories following the detonation of a dirty bomb. There she finds a community of role-playing Replicants, abandoned hospitality models from the old casinos now living as embodiments of ancient Egyptian and Roman royalty. Meanwhile, Niander Wallace, smarting from his last encounter with Elle, has dispatched a seasoned kill team to bring back her head.

Release Date: September 17, 2025

PCS NOTES: Another reentry into a property that we love by someone who has done it well before.

Creepshow #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams & Rosie Knight
Art by Eduardo Risso & Oliver Ono
Cover Art by Lorenzo De Felici

In the debut issue of the fourth volume, writer Jeremy Adams and artist Eduardo Risso brings you a tale as old as time — a younger woman, an older man, and a million-dollar estate! Then, writer Rosie Knight and artist Oliver Ono’s sinister story follows an aspiring writer getting a remote rental to focus on his work with only a single caveat from the owner — don’t enter the little house on the left!

Release Date: September 17, 2025

PCS NOTES: Great cast for this new number on in the Creepshow line. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/17/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/25/25

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/25/25

Posted on by Bob Harrison

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. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/25/25” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/18/25

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/18/25

Posted on by Bob Harrison

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.  Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/18/25” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/4/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/4/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

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.

June is here, and it is Pride Month once again. We will definitely start to see some LBGTQIA+ celebrations in the comics racks starting 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, Boom! Studios, Oni Press, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Titan Books, Drawn and Quarterly, 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 

Be Not Afraid #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Art by Lisandro Estherren
Cover Art by Reiko Murakami

Cora Reims lived the isolated life of a simple farm girl until one fateful summer day, prophetic visions brought her a visitor made of pure light… an angel. In the aftermath, Cora gave birth to a child, a Nephilim: the offspring of an angel and a human woman, seemingly imbued with evil itself.

17 years later, that child’s cherubic appearance can no longer hide his monstrous nature. Frogs boil in their skins as he passes. Crops rot. The townspeople live in fear, knowing that atrocities follow closely behind him.

Now, on the eve of his 18th birthday, Cora receives a new vision… Heaven itself has called upon her to destroy the abomination born of her own flesh and blood.

Be Not Afraid is a breathtaking new series from visionary writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Maw, Hello Darkness) and acclaimed artist Lisandro Estherren (Nightmare Country, Redneck).

Equal parts feminist rage and folk horror, this descent into Hell itself is fueled by the mythological underpinnings of American Evangelical tradition, presenting brutal cosmic horror through the lens of Southern Gothic; a truly otherworldly journey that can not be missed.

Release Date: June 4, 2025

PCS NOTES: Color me terrified. I can’t wait.

Endless Night #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Mark London
Art by Tom Derenick & Juancho Velez
Letters by Simon Bowland
Cover Art by Chris Weston

When Axel Black, an obsessive tech billionaire and head of the sinister Order of Nine, sends his operatives to Exit City in search of a dangerous mystical artifact, only a team of unlikely allies from different corners of the underworld can prevent an apocalyptic catastrophe: VELVETEEN, the elite rogue assassin hellbent on revenge; McCORMICK & MILLER, two detectives keeping peace in a lawless city; and OWEN BLACKWOOD, a monster hunter duty-bound to stop evil. But tensions are mounting, and time is running out!

ENDLESS NIGHT is Mad Cave’s miniseries event of Summer 2025, a genre-smashing collision of archetypal heroes by celebrated writer MARK LONDON (Battlecats, Hunt.Kill.Repeat.) and acclaimed artist TOM DERENICK (Justice League), set in the universe of dark conspiracies, hard-boiled mystery, and unnatural menace known as UNDERWORLD!

Release Date: June 4, 2025

PCS NOTES: An excellent creative team takes a big swing, and we are here for it.

Heat Seeker: Exposed #1
Titan Books
Written by Charles Ardai
Art by Ace Continuado, Juan Castro, & Asifur Rahman
Cover Art by Stanley Lau

When a relentless investigative reporter threatens to expose her criminal activities, mistress of misdirection Dahlia Racers needs to disappear — from the reporter, the police, and her own former clients who want to silence her… permanently!

Release Date: June 4, 2025

PCS NOTES: These stories written by Charles Ardai have real appeal. 

Imperial #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Iban Coello, Federico Vincentini, & Federico Blee
Letters by Travis Lanham
Cover Art by Marco Checchetto & Marte Gracia

JONATHAN HICKMAN, FEDERICO VICENTINI AND IBAN COELLO TAKE ON THE UNIVERSE!

A sweeping Marvel cosmic event! Imperial is a story of intrigue, mysteries and war, which takes place against the backdrop of the formation of new galactic order in the Marvel Universe. Featuring HULKS, BLACK PANTHERS, NOVAS, GUARDIANS and COSMIC KINGS and QUEENS. It’s the must-read book of the summer!

Release Date: June 4, 2025

PCS NOTES: I will be reading this one for sure.  Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 6/4/2025” →