Spiral Comics Blog

Get in on the ground floor with the first issue of a new Disney Princess comic book series from IDW…TANGLED… Or Rapunzel will hit you with a frying pan! “Further adventures inspired by the Disney Channel series. Join Rapunzel, along with her boyfriend Eugene and best friend Cassandra, in these adventures that take place after the events of the hit Tangled film.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: DISNEY, DISNEY PRINCESS

Here’s a super-cool sounding new Vertigo mini-series. I’m definitely intrigued by the ‘world.’ I’m less excited about the actual drama described in the solicitation text, but I realize there would be no ‘world’ to showcase without some kind of actual story to tell in it. That’s the trick. That’s the magic. “In a crazed future where unhinged technologies and interconnected parallel Earths have given rise to a spectacular class of super-criminal, the most beloved celebrities aren’t actors or rock stars, but the bounty hunters who traverse an exotic multiverse in search of impossible prey. But when the spotlight-shunning, strait-laced tracer known as Tab finds herself in an ultra-violent race for her greatest prize yet, she’s forced to work with her […]

This is one of the most promising of DC’s ‘New Age of DC Heroes’ initiative. A high school junior has an accident during the DARK NIGHTS: METAL storyline and gets superpowers. There’s a real ‘spider-man’ vibe with the age of the hero and the ‘with that much power comes great liability’ tagline DC threw into the solicitation text. That’s ok with me. I love Spider-Man. Marvel never really cracked the code on how to get lightning to strike twice with the concept. Speedball. Darkhawk. Sorry, no plans for them in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But I get a real good feeling from SIDEWAYS, simply because it is tied to a strong storyline and doesn’t feel like it was created in […]

A prequel comic book series to the upcoming sequel film. Jaegers and Kaiju clash! “Prepare to return to the epic universe of Jaegers and Kaiju with Pacific Rim Aftermath, the official comic book prequel to the highly anticipated new film Pacific Rim Uprising starring John Boyega and coming to theaters March 2018. Santa Monica, 2034. In a city that was once the jewel of the west coast, a new world has emerged: one rising up from the ashes of giant robots and giant monsters. In this futuristic aftermath, we will meet a new generation of survivors, including Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, who is searching for answers behind the death of his Legendary father; Griffin, a Jaeger pilot who […]

Holy, choose-you-own-adventure book! That’s what this is…but in a comic format. I know. So cool. “The classic you-choose-the-story format jumps to comics with this dungeon-crawling fantasy adventure for young readers. Urik the dwarf will need help from his trusty spirit guide if he’s to find the mysterious Dragon Relic, a quest assigned to him by the gods. There’s just one little problem: that spirit guide is you. New dangers and new decisions loom on every page. Help Urik overcome deadly demons, lying fairies, and beautiful, yet treacherous, unicorns. Will he return home a glorious champion, or fall in a hole? Combining the setting and decision-making of classic sword-and-sorcery RPGs with the captivating storytelling and art of comics, Relic of the […]

The latest addition to DC’s Hanna-Barbera Universe…Snagglepuss! And he’s a gay Southern playwright…wait! Wha?!? “It’s 1953. While the United States is locked in a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union, the gay Southern playwright known as Snagglepuss is the toast of Broadway. But success has made him a target. As he plans for his next hit play, Snagglepuss becomes the focus of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. And when powerful forces align to purge show business of its most subversive voices, no one is safe. Drama. Humor. Tragedy. It all starts in Exit Stage LEFT: The Snagglepuss Chronicles #1, a new miniseries from the writer who brought you the Flintstones. RATED T+” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: […]

Fans rejoice! Terry Moore is back with more Strangers in Paradise (SIP) with a new series called STRANGERS IN PARADISE XXV. His original long-running series is a masterfully crafted story with multi-dimensioned characters. After SIP, Moore published other great series like: ECHO, RACHEL RISING and MOTOR GIRL. But now, he’s thankfully revisiting the SIP universe. “America’s favorite couple is back. To celebrate its 25th-Anniversary, the Eisner Award-winning series is back with an all-new story beginning with this #1 issue. Francine and Katchoo are living the dream until they learn a former Parker Girl is in hiding and writing a tell-all book about the wicked empire Darcy Parker built with Katchoo at her side. Determined to stop her, Katchoo enlists the […]

Way cool! The on-again, off-again X-beauties get their own mini-series under the Marvel Legacy banner. The X-ual tension is killing me! (See what I did there?) “Ring of Fire Part 1 Everybody’s favorite X-couple is reunited. And boy, are they not happy about that… Kitty Pryde must send Rogue and Gambit on an undercover mission to find a group of kidnapped mutants. What they discover on this mission will shock them. But will it also bring them closer together…? It’s a high-stakes adventure caper that only the two hottest X-Men can deliver. Rated T+” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In X-MEN comic books? Check out our guide here. Related shopping tags: MARVEL LEGACY (2017), X-MEN FAMILY TITLES

This looks hilarious! “Hilarious parodies of the most famous and recognizable properties of the big screen. Laugh at the film industry and the characters that populate its ranks in this book of vignettes, perfect for pop culture and film lovers. What happens when a Wookie goes to the vet? When E.T. meets the MIB? When a house hanging from balloons floats into a Hitchcock scene? When a pirate needs to fix his eyeliner? Find these answers and more in this brilliant book of strips that reveal what’s happening on the set of your favorite movies when the cameras aren’t rolling-or when your favorite franchises cross the streams.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: MOVIE TIE-IN

Another attractive offering from Vault comics. Bethany, a minstrel, is determined to find a missing boy in a world where the bad guy can raise an army of dead. Oh, did I mention she’s a necromancer? Cool. That should help. A lot. “Bethany is a minstrel with a heart full of adventure, a would-be hero determined to find a missing boy from the town of Llyne, and a friend to all woodland critters. But mostly the dead ones. Because Bethany is also a necromancer. Captured by the vile Lord Rolland, Bethany will make an unlikely friend, who is all-too-good at providing more corpses to raise.” Buy It Now