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This looks like another genre-smashing diamond in the rough from Vault comics. I’m getting a bit of an Akira vibe from the description. And that’s a good thing…no, that’s a great thing. “There’s Weep, your average machine-gun-wielding teenager raised on an Earth overrun with vampires. There’s Poli, who landed on Earth with the mission to kill every damn vampire there. And then there’s King Luc’s heavily fortified blood farm. You do the math. From Donny Cates (God Country, Redneck) and Dylan Burnett (Weavers) comes Reactor, a whole new entry into the world of vampire warfare, overpowered mechsuits, and 10-year-old presidents that Interceptor kicked-off.”

This is a cool looking new series from Cullen Bunn and Aftershock Comics. What if another ark was built by someone other than Noah to survive the Flood…but this one was built for all the unnatural creatures of the world–vampires, dragons, etc? Yeah, that’d be an interesting boat to be on for 40ish days and nights. “NEW SERIES. The wickedness of mankind has moved the Creator to destroy the world by way of the flood. Noah has been tasked with building an ark to save his family and the animals of the world. But this is not Noah’s story. For darker powers have commanded the sorcerer Shrae to build his own ark and save the unnatural creatures of the world-such […]

A fourth title is added to Lion Forge’s Catalyst Prime Universe. This one feels a lot like Valiant’s Harbinger. Could be interesting. “One Year after The Event that transformed a small portion of the world’s population into superhumans, billionaire Bo Vincent Chen has gathered his team of enhanced operatives for secret missions. Their latest task: saving the life of the extraordinary teenager called Seven. The world’s first mysterious superteam of the Catalyst Prime Universe is revealed in this new series, but what secrets are they all hiding?”

Interesting…”Homeland meets Mr. Robot in this international political thriller!” Tall order to fill. The sample graphics look strikingly good. Fans of those television shows will likely enjoy. “At the end of the year 2020, a team of military veterans are out to uncover a secret fortune built from the ashes of 9/11 so vast that it could disrupt the entire global economy. Their primary target is a beautiful young billionaire who crosses time zones with disconcerting ease.”

A very cool-looking science fiction retelling of the Greek legend of Hercules. The interior sample pages look gorgeous. A comic book legend himself, Walter Simonson, does the main cover. “AS WAR RAGES ACROSS THE GALACTIC FRONTIER, ONE HALF-HUMAN, HALF-GOD SUPER-SOLDIER FACES HIS GREATEST ENEMY – HIS OWN DEMONS – IN A BID FOR TRUTH AND REDEMPTION. TITAN COMICS PRESENTS THIS STUNNINGLY ILLUSTRATED, SCIENCE FICTION RETELLING OF THE LEGEND OF HERCULES BY MULTI AWARD-WINNING WRITER, JEAN-DAVID MORVAN (WOLVERINE: SAUDADE). WITH ORIGINAL COVER ART BY COMICS LEGENDS WALTER SIMONSON AND LAURA MARTIN.”

Bill Willingham, who started his career as a staff artist for TSR way back in the day, goes back to those roots with this fantasy tale of swords, dragons and magic. “Lark is a runaway living rough on the streets of LA, when suddenly she’s transported to an alien world of swords, dragons and magic, where everyone wants her dead. And she likely won’t live long enough to find out why. Covers by Jen Bartel, Mark Dos Santos, Paulina Ganucheau, and Kari Lynn Smith.”

The first rule of Fight Club is… Wait, this isn’t that club. It’s a different one. One where indie record store teens fight. It could possibly be cooler. “Film and TV director Carly Usdin (Suicide Kale, RuPaul’s Drag Race) teams up with breakout artist Nina Vakueva for a new series that’s music to our ears. New Jersey, 1998. Chris has just started the teen dream job: working at Vinyl Mayhem, the local record store. She’s prepared to deal with anything-misogynistic metalheads, grunge wannabes, even a crush on her wicked cute co-worker, Maggie. But when Rory Gory, the staff’s favorite singer, mysteriously vanishes the night before her band’s show in town, Chris finds out her co-workers are doing more than just […]