Join Bob and Mike as they chat about current Pop Culture events. Cullen Bunn will be returning to be our guest this week. We will talk about some of the incredible things he has worked on since his last appearance and what is coming next.
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Join Bob and Mike as they chat about current Pop Culture events. We will have comic creators Ande Parks and Dave Wachter join the show to talk about Bad Thoughts, their new upcoming book from Ignition Press. I am sure we can find some more cool stuff to chat about as well.
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Join Bob and Mike as they chat about current Pop Culture events. As we bring Women’s History Month to a close, we are thrilled to return two amazing women comic writers to the show. Leah and Stephanie Williams (only related in our hearts) will join us to talk about their work and the comics industry as a whole. I am sure we can find some more cool stuff to chat about as well. Be there.
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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.
November is here. Daylight Savings Time is over in America. Grab some of these comics, make some hot apple cider, and settle down for a nice read. Along with some intriguing new series, there are some important pieces of comics history in the Special Editions section 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, Fantagraphics Books, Oni Press, Ignition Press, Dynamite Entertainment, Ahoy Comics, Mariner Books, Titan 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
Alien vs. Captain America #1THE RED SKULL’S NEWEST RECRUITS!
It’s World War II, and Hydra seeks a new weapon to defeat the Allies and win the war. To that end, the Red Skull has sent Baron Strucker on an expedition to the Himalayas to find the fabled city of Attilan. But instead of finding the Inhumans, Strucker uncovers something much more deadly. Much more… Alien. Can Captain America and the Howling Commandos stop the Skull and his newfound Xenomorph weapons…or will the First Avenger learn that in war-torn Europe… no one can hear you scream?
Release Date: November 5, 2025
PCS NOTES: I do like the concept for the conflict in this series. I am confident that this creative team can pull it off with excellence.
Circus Maximus #1Rome. 64 AD. The most daring heist in history is being planned by an unlikely crew – a former slave, a Vestal Virgin, a charioteer and a disgraced architect – each with their own personal motives. While Rome is distracted by the chariot racing and gladiatorial games of the Circus Maximus, the crew plans to rob the Imperial treasury under the Temple of Saturn. But when Emperor Nero sets fire to the city, they’ll be lucky to escape his wrath with their lives, let alone the loot.
From Mark Sable (Graveyard of Empires, Miskatonic) and Giorgio Pontrelli (Miskatonic) CIRCUS Maximus is GLADIATOR meets HEAT – a blood-soaked historical thriller.
Release Date: November 5, 2025
PCS NOTES: Yeah. This sounds like a fun ride.
Crownsville #1SINS OF THE PAST DON’T STAY BURIED . . . THEY ALWAYS FIND A WAY OF RISING FROM THE GRAVE! From Eisner Award–nominated writer and master storyteller Rodney Barnes (Batman: Full Moon, Killadelphia) and phenomenal artist Elia Bonetti (Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy), enter a century-spanning tale of suspense and sorrow as true crime meets shocking terror inside an infamous asylum with a tortured past in this double-sized, 48-page debut…
Founded at the turn of the 20th century outside of Annapolis, Maryland, the Crownsville Hospital was a notoriously segregated, all-Black psychiatric institute. After decades of overcrowding and neglect—alongside darker, more-persistent rumors of patient abuse and illegal medical experiments—it was finally closed. Today, it stands condemned—a crumbling testament to a legacy of all-too-real terror inflicted on a marginalized and vulnerable community. But even as a ruin of its former self, Crownsville still casts a long shadow…
When an unexplained death inside the abandoned hospital is ruled a suicide, Annapolis police detective Mike Simms and journalist Paul Blairare are compelled to dig deeper, only to discover the reality of the horrors that once took place there… and the powerful connection they share to the anguished spirits of the dead that are still locked within its walls.
Release Date: November 5, 2025
PCS NOTES: I simply cannot wait to read this book!!! Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 11/5/2025”
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.
It’s a fifth week of October for new comics, and the “Special Section” has more to offer than the new series releases, but the list is full of interesting books and a bunch of Halloween themed stories.
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 Publishing, Oni Press, Ignition Press, Dynamite Entertainment, Random House, First Second Books, Abrams Books and Vault 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
The Beauty #1Soon to be a television series produced and showrunner by Ryan Murphy and premiering on FX this fall, the smash-hit comic The Beauty returns to comic shops with a brand-new volume.
Set in a world not unlike our own, The Beauty chronicles what happens when a new sexually transmitted disease begins to spread. Only, this is a disease that people actually want, as those who contract it are literally changed into more beautiful versions of themselves. The only hitch is a slight fever and, eventually, death. But isn’t that an easy price to pay to be gorgeous?
This new series follows several characters as they deal with the Beauty and how it has changed society around them. A thief for hire on a dangerous job, a meteorologist with plummeting ratings, and special agents specializing in Beauty-related crimes will all find their lives converging in unexpected ways. And some fan favorite characters from the original series will return, as well.
The Beauty is written by co-creators Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, and this time around they are joined by superstar artist Ema Lupacchino (World’s Finest: Teen Titans) for an intriguing morality play that blends crime, horror, and action for a comic book unlike any other.
The main covers for this series are by Haun and colorist Nick Filardi (Powers)!
Release Date: October 29, 2025
PCS NOTES: A fan favorite series returns from a new and exciting publisher just in time for it to make its transition to a live-action series. Can’t wait.
Cloak or Dagger #1GHOSTED!
X YEARS LATER, and Tandy and Tyrone have tied the knot — but their bond has come with a terrible cost. Now they can no longer exist on the same plane at the same time. Reunited at last, the fan-favorite characters from the hit Marvel Rivals face a love story warped by power and fate.
Release Date: October 29, 2025
PCS NOTES: The first “Age of Revelation” new release on the list this week brings a great pair of characters back to the page.
Disney Villains: Maleficent #1JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS! The Queen of the Forbidden Mountain returns for an all-new tale of villainy crafted by writer PAULINA GANUCHEAU and artist THEO STULTZ!
Set in the time just after the vengeful Maleficent leveled her curse against Princess Aurora, this hypnotic new adventure follows the power-hungry regent as she sets out to build up her arsenal of magical energy to the point that she will be invulnerable to any force that would dare challenge her reign.
When her goblin minions return from a raid against a neighboring kingdom bearing a mysterious glowing grimoire, the Queen senses an ancient and otherworldly presence between its covers — a force that could deliver to her a new wellspring of nearly unlimited power. To take possession of it, however, she must leave the safety of her kingdom and venture into an unfamiliar and dangerous realm — a place from which few humans ever return!
Featuring darkly beautiful covers by PAULINA GANUCHEAU, ELLERY SANTOS, ROBERT QUINN, and THEO STULTZ, Disney Villains: Maleficent Vol. 2 #1 adds a new layer of complexity to one of Disney’s most compellingly sinister antagonists!
Release Date: October 29, 2025
PCS NOTES: I can’t think of a better Disney Villains series to debut during Halloween week.
Expatriate X-Men #1UNITED BY WAR!
X YEARS LATER, like the fallen and reassembled United States, the new team of MS. MARVEL, BRONZE, MELEE and RIFT rises! They have seized control of the Mississippi River waters that divide mutantkind from the rest of humanity. Feared and powerful, their guerrilla tactics keep them in control — until a high-stakes mission to extract a valuable asset threatens to tear them apart. Can they hold together when everything’s on the line?
Release Date: October 29, 2025
PCS NOTES: This one definitely looks fun. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/29/2025”
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.
Wow! This is a big list of new number ones. Both Marvel and DC have kicked off their big fall crossover events, and particularly for Marvel, that means a bunch of renaming books and new numbering. Besides the Big Two, the smaller publishers have a bunch of really interesting looking new series kicking off this week.
One other note: We are encouraged to see that quite a few of the new creator-owned debuts this week are written by women. Keep it up industry.
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, Ignition Press, Fantagraphics Books, Vault Comics, Oni Press, IDW Publishing, 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
The Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #1Straczynski is teaming up with fan-favorite artist Pere Pérez (TVA, Venom War: Carnage) to tell a story that takes readers back to Peter Parker’s college days at Empire State University. Expect appearances from Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, MJ, and Flash Thompson — plus classic villains and an all-new threat that could shake the Marvel Universe to its core.
Release Date: October 8, 2025
PCS NOTES: JMS returning to a monthly Spider-Man book is pretty exciting.
Amazing X-Men #1HOPE THEY SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE!
X YEARS LATER, on the run after a deadly clash with Revelation’s chief assassin, the shattered X-Men desperately gamble everything on one last mission. With help from an unexpected ally, they venture into the haunted ruins of Graymalkin. What they find there may change everything… if they survive.
Release Date: October 8, 2025
PCS NOTES: This is one of the renamed/renumbered X-Books as a result of the Age of Revelation storyline. League of Comic Geeks has an excellent checklist for this event here.
Binary #1THIS IS BINARY… AND THE UNIVERSE BURNS WITH HER!
X YEARS LATER, in the ashes of the old world, to survive she is reborn — a cosmic force channeling the Phoenix itself. With the universe crumbling, BINARY returns to save what’s left. But power this great always comes with a price… and the end of everything might begin with her.
Release Date: October 8, 2025
PCS NOTES: Phoenix has become Binary for the Age of Revelation.
DC K.O. #1The Heart of Apokolips has transformed Earth into a hellscape in preparation for the return of Darkseid! The end of the DC Universe is here!
The Justice League’s only chance to defeat Darkseid is to enter a deadly tournament, an epic and over-the-top battle royale that will surprise you! The World’s Greatest Heroes fight to become the champion to enter the ring against Darkseid, but there’s a catch… the closer you get to the Heart of Apokolips, the more it corrupts you, changes you into something dangerous.
Which DC character has what it takes to make it to the end? Who is willing to do what it takes to win it all, even if it means taking down their friends and family? You want to get nuts? Let’s get nuts!
Release Date: October 8, 2025
PCS NOTES: DC’s big Royal Rumble kicks off here. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/8/2025”
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.
October is here. That means that publishers will be releasing more and more spooky comics as the month goes along, and that starts now.
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, Ignition Press, Fantagraphics Books, Panick Entertainment, IDW Publishing, 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
The Author Immortal #1A story about the stories that shape us — and the power they still hold.
Hector Ramirez is a failed writer who gets the opportunity of a lifetime: to help reboot the fantasy book series that defined his childhood. But when he discovers the original author has mysteriously vanished into his fictional world, Hector is pulled into a realm where stories are alive, and some are willing to kill to stay in control.
From acclaimed writer Frank J. Barbiere (Five Ghosts, Violent Love) and rising-star watercolor artist Morgan Beem (Swamp Thing: Twin Branches, You Belong Here) comes a literary fantasy for fans of Locke & Key, The Magicians, and Saga with an oversized 40-page debut issue.
Release Date: October 1, 2025
PCS NOTES: We are supremely excited to read this book by an amazing creative cast.
Gotham Academy: First Year #1THE SCHOOL HAS SECRETS. SO DOES SHE. IT’S GOING GREAT.
Olive Silverlock has a problem, and it is shaped like Gotham’s favorite hero: Batman. He “saved” her when her mom lost control and got Commissioner Gordon to pawn her off on Bruce Wayne, who promptly shuffled her off to Gotham Academy. Boarding school. With a bunch of awful rich kids! As if she wasn’t traumatized enough already!
How will Olive navigate her trauma as a new student? Who will she share her first kiss with? And… why are the existing fans talking so much about maps?
Fall in love with the fan-favorite characters all over again in this revealing prequel taking readers back to Gotham Academy! Artist Marco Ferrari joins the original team as we return to the hallowed halls for even more mystery, romance, and teen drama. Guaranteed to delight fans of the original series and introduce new readers to the lovable cast; don’t miss the year it all began!
Release Date: October 1, 2025
PCS NOTES: This fan favorite property returns, and we are excited for it.
Gunpowder Prophets #1Huck and Marley help people for money. Well, in theory anyway… For some reason, their “help” always seems to involve massive amounts of property damage, a somehow guaranteed collision with the supernatural, and if Marley has his way, a huge body count. They’re the Gunpowder Prophets, and a simple job rescuing a girl from a backwoods cult turns weird when the super groovy leader’s supernatural powers turn out to be very, very real. It’s seventies-style horror mixed with grindhouse action in Gunpowder Prophets. Gonzo over-the-top action horror from Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode), Patrick Piazzalunga (Monsters are My Business), Roman Stevens, and Taylor Esposito.
Release Date: October 1, 2025
PCS NOTES: Mad Cave keeps making good decisions to greenlight books like this. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/1/2025”
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
The Bat-Man: Second Knight #1The 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 #1This 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 #1In 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”
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 is full of so many cool books. There are legacy characters returning, new interesting series from industry veterans, and a brand new publisher’s first comic hitting the stands 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, Ahoy Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Ignition Press, Simon & Shuster, Dynamite Entertainment, Bad Idea Comics, Drawn and Quarterly, 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
The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt #1Secure in their luxurious penthouse high above the downtown streets, wealthy inventor and art collector Radley Crown and his faithful canine companion enjoyed a charmed existence — until the fateful day a vicious gang of thugs shattered his complacency.
In the aftermath of the vicious attack, Crown focused his incredible technical skills to rebuild both himself and his four-legged companion into the ultimate instruments of retribution: The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt, Dog Wonder!
In this all-new take on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon, legendary comics author JIMMY PALMIOTTI (Harley Quinn, The Invincible Red Sonja) and acclaimed artist PASQUALE QUALANO (Gargoyles: Quest) bring to life a dark tale of justice and revenge that reimagines Big City’s crimefighting duo for a new era — featuring gorgeously gritty covers from LUCIO PARRILLO, AMANDA CONNER, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, and FRANCESCO MATTINA!
Release Date: September 10, 2025
PCS NOTES: More nostalgia comics from a writer who gets it.
C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #1For centuries, an elite force known as the Camelot Corps has protected ancient secrets, waiting for the day when these myths are needed by the world. That day is today. Young Fel, Connor, and their friends are stunned when they’re almost crushed by a giant stone falling from the sky. Their lives are changed forever when they find a sword stuck fast in the stone. These children of destiny will soon face a great evil. But they won’t do so alone. For these friends have been chosen to wield ancient, magical weapons. Great weapons bonded to knights of legend. Weapons that… speak? Weapons that argue. With the evil Mordred’s power growing, the fate of the world rests in the hands of the Children of the Round Table. New York Times #1 bestseller Tom Taylor (Superman, Star Wars, The Deep TV series, Neverlanders) and Daniele Di Nicuolo (Seven Secrets, Nightwing) team up to bring a new kind of hero to DC Comics
Release Date: September 10, 2025
PCS NOTES: We’ve been interested in see what this is all about since it was announced.
It Killed Everyone But Me #1In the summer of 1996, Sutton Reed had it all. A popular teenage girl with amazing friends, a loving family, and a bright future. But it all came crashing down over one mysterious weekend that saw her friends brutally murdered and left Sutton as the sole survivor of the legendary Riverton Massacre. Now, three decades later, the death and disappearance of two local teens strike the Riverton community again, forcing Sutton, now a divorced single mother, to face the truth she tried so desperately to hide. Because to catch one killer, she’ll have to dig up the real monster she buried away all those years ago.
Written by New York Times best-selling author RYAN PARROTT (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Rogue Sun) and drawn by acclaimed artist LETIZIA CADONICI (House of Slaughter, The Neighbors) comes a chilling, supernatural slasher for the next generation.
Release Date: September 10, 2025
PCS NOTES: We are interested in this.
Murder Podcast #1From the co-creator of The Beauty, soon to be a prestige FX television series from Ryan Murphy, comes a whole new concept of modern horror.
Fans of true crime podcasts are noticing brand-new episodes of a show they thought was over appearing in their feed, but when they cue up the first episode, they find themselves overtaken by a murderous urge. One that only stops when the killer is stopped, leaving a gruesome death toll in its wake. For Mina and her friends, these killings are just another topic of their daily gossip, a potential new case for the next true crime show they can’t get enough of. Yet, as the killings get closer and closer to their own lives, it’s becoming clear that there is more going on below the surface than any of them realizes.
Written by Jeremy Haun (The Beauty; The Realm) with art by animation veteran and comics’ next superstar, Mike Tisserand, this debut Ignition Press title will make you think twice the next time you fire up those ear buds and press play on your phone.
Release Date: September 10, 2025
PCS NOTES: Ignition Press has its first release, and we can’t wait to get our hands on it. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/10/2025”
