Summer is here, and July has a great bunch of new comics series making their debut! We have compiled 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 month. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.
This month, we have books on the list from: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, AfterShock Comics, Image Comics, Boom! Studios, Behemoth Comics, AWA/Upshot Studios, Valiant Entertainment, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, Dark Horse Comics, and Scout Comics.
This month is the first in person Comic-Con International in San Diego since 2019 and publishers are definitely making plans with that in mind. Also this is a big month for two creators in particular. Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman each have a few comics coming out this month, including one book together.
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.
You will find the books listed below in the order of when they are released.
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Absolution #1
AWA / Upshot Studios
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Mike Deodato
Cover Art by Deodato
Nina Ryan was a hired killer who brought nothing but pain and suffering to the world. Now, she has a month to prove that she can change. A month to make up for her crimes and find absolution, or the bombs that have been implanted in her head will explode, killing her instantly. As her journey of atonement is live-streamed to a fickle public, Nina is about to discover that the road to redemption might be splattered with blood.
Release Date: July 6, 2022
PCS NOTES: This is a fantastic creative team that makes us excited about what they will do together.
Mega Centurions #1
Scout Comics
Written by Jon Parrish
Art by Dexter Wee
Cover Art by Wee
Join Scout Comics for their exciting new sci-fi series Mega Centurions: Mega No More! As the Mega Centurions, Cassidy, Reggie, and Thad saved the world from an alien invasion by the evil Prince Venkor. Today, they are barely scraping by in dead end jobs. Things are flipped upside down when a face from their past comes crashing back into their lives.
Release Date: July 6, 2022
PCS NOTES: The concept of this book seems pretty interesting.
Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Farel Dalrymple
Cover Art by Dalrymple
MIND MGMT is: weird, mind-blowing, paranoid storytelling. It is the first ever comic book from Flux House, Matt Kindt’s all-new imprint which features crime, science fiction, and humor stories, all told in startling and untraditional ways. Upcoming publications will take many forms, and the polybagged variant versions of MIND MGMT will contain a card that is playable as a playing card or as part of a new Flux House game. Previously in MIND MGMT: a covert government agency of psychic superspies fell into oblivion after one of their top agents went rogue. What looked like the end was only the beginning as a former leader of MIND MGMT explores the darkest parts of the world and recruits a team of forgotten agents to rebuild the organization, bend reality, and go to war with a competing agency.
Release Date: July 6, 2022
PCS NOTES: We are excited for what Matt Kindt is going to bring us with this new imprint, and this is the first book in the line. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series Coming in July 2022”