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Here’s a new, cool-looking GOOSEBUMPS mini-series from IDW. Apparently, Goosebumps is the second-best-selling book series ever! I’m sure there’s some fans out there that need this… “When young tech entrepreneur Veruca Curry buys the old Whaley House, the kids in town are worried the ghosts who haunt it will get her. But when they discover Veruca’s horrible secret, it will turn their world upside-down.” Pre-Order Now Related shopping tags: GOOSEBUMPS

I’m intrigued with the look of this new comedy series from Image about an assassin who hires 20 other assassins as bodyguards. “SERIES PREMIERE. Hot off her breakout success at Marvel, two-time Eisner award winner ERICA HENDERSON (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jughead) teams up with KYLE STARKS (writer of sales beast Rick and Morty) for a hilarious twist on the hitman trope that will have readers laughing in the aisles over ASSASSIN NATION. The World’s Former Greatest Hitman hires the 20 best assassins in the world to be his bodyguards. These mean-as-hell hired guns and murderers must work together to keep the new crime boss safe while attempting to solve the mystery of who’s trying to off him. With the […]

Here’s something different… “‘We are the last warriors, the last pacifists of that school, and I leave her inheritance in your hands… you are a Gaijin.’ A feudal Japan with anthropomorphic and samurai animals inspired by Homer’s poem on ‘War of Mice and Frogs,’ Batrachomyomachia. As in the classic poem, one tells of the futility of war and the desire for peace by Gaijin, a foreign salamander in a Japan of frogs invaded by lizards.” Pre-Order Now Related shopping tags: SAMURAI

Own a piece of history with this one!! ‘Nuf said. “The issue that introduced an icon. Just when you thought a battle between the Incredible Hulk and the Wendigo couldn’t get any more ferocious – the Wolverine crashes the party. It’s the deadly debut of the world’s first and greatest Canadian super hero – who would soon go on to become arguably the most popular and successful member of the X-Men. Encounter the Wolverine for the first time all over again in an action-packed throwdown that establishes a rivalry for the ages between the Jade Giant and the Best There Is. It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all. Rated […]

A new TRANSFORMERS series kicks off from IDW…wait, IDW? Ok, I’ll go with it. The Bumblebee movie must be the impetus to relaunch the whole franchise. “A NEW ERA DAWNS. In the infinite universe, there exists a planet like no other: Cybertron. Home to the Transformers, and a thriving hub for inter-stellar commerce, it is a world brimming with organic and constructed diversity. Immense structures line its landscape. Mechanical giants roam across its surface. Starship-sized titans orbit its skies, keeping a constant protective watch above and below. Ancient Transformers merge into its very fabric. Small, mysterious creatures skulk in its shadows. It is a truly amazing realm, long untouched by war, and exuberantly reaching for the stars. This is the […]

Here’s another cutting-edge offering from Image. They’re saying if you liked MONSTRESS and DESCENDER, you’ll love this one. Can’t wait to see it! “MINISERIES PREMIERE. Director/screenwriter DARCY VAN POELGEEST boasts a long list of awards and accolades for his storytelling prowess and brings the same writing finesse to IAN BERTRAM’s breathtakingly detailed artwork in the gorgeous, hyper-detailed miniseries LITTLE BIRD. With the same limitless scope as a new EAST OF WEST or SAGA and the drama and surrealism of Akira, LITTLE BIRD follows a young resistance fighter who battles against an oppressive American Empire and searches for her own identity in a world on fire.” Pre-Order Now

Here’s a new (presumably mini-) series from Dynamite set in the chronology of the 2009 re-imagined Battlestar Galactica universe. Still going… “It’s a dangerous time for the last remaining humans. Captured by the Cylons on New Caprica, the colonists live in fear of what every new day will bring. As the Cylons press their oppressive-and life-threatening agenda-the survivors grow more desperate to reclaim their freedom. But there’s hope. Out in the wilds of New Caprica, beyond the Cylon boundaries, is a band of human freedom fighters. They answer to no one. They fear no Cylons. They are Twilight Command–and they have a plan. From writer Michael Moreci (Wasted Space, Archie Meets Batman ’66) and artist Breno Tamura (Batgirl and the […]

Star-Lord gets the ‘Old Man’ treatment next in this maxi-series from Marvel. It’s always interesting to see how heroes and anti-heroes end up decades past their prime. I hope this ‘Old Person’ theme continues with lots of other characters. “THE FAR-FLUNG SAGA OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE STAR-LORD BEGINS. Meet Peter Quill. He used to be Star-Lord – you know, the legendary outlaw – but it’s been quite some time since he’s gone by that name. Taking over for his father as the Emperor of Spartax, Quill put the life of spacefaring adventure behind him for one of leadership and responsibility. Quill grew up. But things didn’t go as planned. Decades have passed, and Peter is haunted by tragedy. Down […]