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A great-looking new Tangled mini-series! “What new adventures await Rapunzel and her friends? Find out in an all-new series of Tangled: The Series. Every day in Corona brings something new for Rapunzel, Eugene, Cassandra, and their friends, and with two tales guaranteed to please, you won’t want to miss this first issue. A brand-new three-issue series featuring stories written by fan-favorite Katie Cook starts with this issue. Get ready for all-new adventures featuring Rapunzel, Eugene, Cassandra, Pascal, Maximus, and more. Each issue features an exclusive retailer incentive cover illustrated by artist Gabby Zapata.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: DISNEY, DISNEY PRINCESS

Another cool-looking mini-series from Brian Michael Bendis under his new Jinxworld imprint at DC! “Years in the making, from the award-winning team of Brian Michael Bendis and multimedia sensation David Mack, comes a brand-new graphic novel experience. And it’s all kind of based on a true story. Sort of… Deep in the American intelligence community, someone realizes that comic book creators, who travel all over the world to sell their wares, might make the perfect cover for operatives in the dangerous, topsy-turvy world of intelligence and counterintelligence…and that’s when all hell breaks loose. This is the story of the time the world of comics and the world of international spywork smashed together-with unexpected results. Artist David Mack, follows his Emmy […]

Hilarious concept for this new series from Image, the question being if they can only see the aliens when they’re wasted, are the aliens really real? Hehe. “Writer DENNIS CULVER (E Is for Extinction) and artist GEOFFO (layout artist of Marvel Rising) team up for a new ongoing series that combines the paranoia of They Live with Stranger Things. To save their friends and families, a group of high school teenagers must fight off an attack on their town by a secret alien invasion… but they can only see the aliens if they’re completely wasted. The Burnouts are saving the world one puff at a time.” Buy It Now

The original manga source material for the beloved U.S. market Star Blazers anime is finally translated in English! This looks very, very cool!! “The classic manga behind the anime Star Blazers, from space adventure master Leiji Matsumoto, in English at last. The human race has one year left to live. Aliens known as the Gamilas have attacked Earth, poisoning it with radioactivity and driving humans underground. As humankind grows sicker by the day, their final hope is the space battleship Yamato, constructed from secret plans and equipped with advanced technology. Its mission: to reach a distant planet and bring back a cure to save humanity. Will the ship and its crew rescue the Earth in time?” Buy It Now Related […]

The Infinity Wars spins on iconic characters’ origins are some of the freshest rehashes I’ve seen. This one mashes up Iron and Thor into one origin. Cool. “INFINITY WARPS? When Stark Odinson, the brainy but arrogant son of the All-Father, was kidnapped by Ice Giants and forced to make them an armory, he turned their forges against them and became the armored Asgardian, Iron Hammer. Rated T+.” Buy It Now

The long-running WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES relaunches with a new #1…legacy numbering #744!! Jump on now! “This issue, Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories becomes Disney Comics and Stories and launches with an all-new #1. What better way to start things off than to present two tales featuring two iconic characters: Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. ‘My Friend Mickey Mouse’ explores the friendship and bond between Mickey and Goofy, and why nothing can come between them, and in ‘Oh, Grow Up.’ Donald demands respect from his nephews. But will he actually get the respect he deserves-and if so, at what cost? Get ready for exciting new tales and an exciting new direction. Continuing from the Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories […]

An interesting, new Vertigo ongoing series. “Don’t miss the start of this all-new ongoing Vertigo series by writer Eric M. Esquivel (Gregory Graves, Ricanstruction) and artist Ramon Villalobos (Nighthawk, America). When a crack in the border between worlds releases an army of monsters from Mexican folklore, the residents of Devil’s Fork, AZ, blame the ensuing weirdness-the shared nightmares, the otherworldly radio transmissions, the mysterious goat mutilations-on ‘God-dang illegals.’ With racial tensions supernaturally charged, it’s up to new kid in town Frank Dominguez and a motley crew of high school misfits to discover what’s really going on in this town torn between worlds.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: DC VERTIGO

Who else loves a good paranormal showdown? “Meet Pamela Evans. Much more than a typical Manhattan cab driver, she also happens to be a badass monster-fighter who wields an enchanted tire iron. Welcome to the year of her greatest adventure. JOE CASEY and IAN MacEWAN team up for MCMLXXV: modern mythology for a new generation.” Buy It Now

Another one-shot from the world of RICK AND MORTY! Gotta love these deep dives into interesting characters we only met in passing in the animated television series. Check it out! “Sleepy Gary may be a parasite, but when Jerry is with him, he’s… happy. Does it matter if it isn’t really real? Can either of them even know what’s real anymore? Explore the nuances of love, perception, and high-speed vespa chases in this darkly funny and poignant one-shot, written by Magdalene Visaggio (KIM and KIM, ETERNITY GIRL) and illustrated by series artists CJ Cannon and Nick Filardi.” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In RICK AND MORTY comic books? Check out our guide here. Related shopping tags: RICK AND […]

Another Spider-Verse story has been quietly unfolding in EDGE OF SPIDERGEDDON. Now the main course, SPIDERGEDDON, gets underway with a #0 issue and the introduction of a new video game version of Spider-Man, who is the key to the storyline. “SPIDERGEDDON IS HERE. The end of all Spiders doesn’t exclude the star of the most anticipated video game of 2018. Marvel’s Spider-Man is out September 7, 2018 exclusively on PlayStation 4. He makes his Marvel Comics debut on September 26. How does he enter the Marvel Universe and what role will he play in the final chapter of SPIDER-VERSE? Rated T+.” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In SPIDER-MAN (PETER PARKER) comic books? Check out our guide here. Related […]