The March issue of PREVIEWS has arrived so here are our picks of what’s arriving from May 2024! We’ve separated our Marvel Previews Picks as well as our DC Comics Picks, which you can find over on The Blog! As always, if you see anything you like make sure to let us know by shooting us a message!
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Dan's Top pick
NINJA VS GOKUDO GN VOL 01
(W/A) Shinsuke Kondo
An outrageous new action series, like Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure meets Fist of the North Star!
Shinoha is a frickin’ ninja. He can’t even smile because of a dark trauma in his past that you’ll find out about later. But for now, what you need to know is, he kicks ass and can kill so many guys. Kiwami, on the other hand, looks like a regular business guy, but actually he’s a flipping yakuza. Everyone knows ninjas and yakuzas have been at war for three hundred years, so when Kiwami and Shinoha meet, it’s like, fwoosh, slice, kabloop, stab stab stab…
The point is, this manga has Real Ultimate Power and, if you read it? Maybe you can too.
Ross' Top pick
HACK/SLASH: BACK TO SCHOOL TP
(W/A) Zoe Thorogood
Slasher hunter Cassie Hack is only just getting used to her man-monster partner, Vlad, when she’s drawn into a new case involving a murderous bunny mascot, dead kids, and an entire squad of maladjusted teenage serial killer-hunters!
A completely new chapter in the beloved, long-running series by Eisner-nominated ZOE THOROGOOD (IT’S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH) that’s perfect for new readers and old fans alike.
Collects HACK/SLASH: BACK TO SCHOOL #1-4
Brayden's Top pick
TRANSFORMERS VOL 01 TP
(W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A) Mike Spicer (A/CA) Daniel Warren Johnson
The Transformers Join The Energon Universe!? Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots to victory. Instead, the fate of Cybertron is unknown, and his allies have crash-landed far from home, alongside their enemies-the Decepticons. As these titanic forces renew their war on Earth, one thing is immediately clear: the planet will never be the same. New alliances are struck. Battle lines are redrawn. And humanity’s only hope of survival is Optimus Prime. Superstar creator Daniel Warren Johnson, alongside showrunner Robert Kirkman, reimagines Hasbro’s robots in disguise for a brand-new generation.
Featuring a limited time Direct Market Exclusive cover by Jonboy Meyers that will only be printed once.
Collects Transformers #1-6.
MArk's Top pick
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: DRACULA HC
(W) James Tynion Iv (A/CA) Martin Simmonds
The Department of Truth creators James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds reteam to tell a new tale of the monster who started it all!? When Dr. John Seward admits a strange new patient named Renfield into his asylum, the madman tells stories of a demon who has taken residence next door. But as Dr. Seward attempts to apply logic to the impossible… his daughter falls under the spell of the twisted Count Dracula!
Featuring a limited time Direct Market Exclusive cover by Stephanie Pepper that will only be printed once.
Collects Universal Monsters: Dracula #1-4.
Nick's Top Family pick!
CLOUD PUPPY GN
(W/A) Kelly Leigh Miller
Narwhal and Jelly meets The Amazing World of Gumball in this first book in a delightful graphic novel chapter book series about Cloud Puppy-part puppy, part cloud, and all adorable-and her forays into friendship, adventure, and all things geeky!
Meet Cloud Puppy! Her hobbies include making rainbows, super sniffing, and, of course, reading the Pretty Princess Warrior Dragonetta series with her best friend, Berry Rose.
After Cloud Puppy finds out that her favorite author will be a guest at the local comic book convention, she and Berry Rose decide to attend in homemade costumes. But when they both insist on dressing up as the same character, Cloud Puppy and Berry Rose have their first fight ever! Now, they’re going to the convention separately. Will these feuding friends be able to make amends?
Graphic Novels & Collections!
BREATHE: JOURNEYS TO HEALTHY BINDING GN
(W) Maia Kobabe, Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier (A) Maia Kobabe
Real stories and research-backed advice from bestselling Gender Queer author Maia Kobabe and University of Michigan professor Sarah Peitzmeier.
HEXAGON BRIDGE TP
(W/A) Richard Blake
He parents are trapped in a strange parallel dimension, alongside a sentient robot she embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue them.
DARK SOULS: THE WILLOW KING TP (MR)
(W) George Mann (A) Maan House (CA) Diego Yapur
Venture back into the fallen decaying world of Dark Souls with an all-new series, from George Mann (Star Wars) and horror artist Maan House!
THE RIBBON QUEEN TP VOL 01 (MR)
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows (CA) Declan Shalvey
Something ancient is loose in the world of men. Something that hates them and bears a grudge born of ten thousand years. It wants revenge.
NIGHTS TP VOL 01
(W) Wyatt Kennedy (A/CA) Luigi Formisano
A new vision of urban gothic adventure starts here! Welcome to Florida, where the youth is wasted on the young…
TMNT: JENNIKA - THE FIFTH TURTLE TP
(W) Tom Waltz, Brahm Revel, Ronda Pattison (A) Jodi Nishijima, Dave Wachter
The newest member of the TMNT team, Jennika, embarks on her own adventures in these standalone stories!
DEER EDITOR TP
(W) Ryan Lindsay (A/CA) Sami Kivela
A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets.
THE PRISM TP VOL 01 (MR)
(W/A) Matteo DeLongis
A far-out premise that builds a visually stunning new world that will have you mesmerized, it’s a story of man’s greatest feat in space so far.
A HAUNTED GIRL TP
(W) Ethan Sacks & Naomi Sacks (A) Marco Lorenzana (CA) Joe Quesada & Richard Isanove
A horror story that explores the real-life terror that comes with the struggles of anxiety and depression.
EDENWOOD VOL 01 TP
(W/A) Tony S. Daniel
Swords and sorcery meet horror and sci-fi warfare in an epic tale of human spirit and survival that’s not to be missed!
BLOOD COMMANDMENT VOL 01 TP
(W/A) Szymon Kudranski
A father and son are terrorized by a supernatural presence. Only the father’s dark secrets can save them… or damn their souls for all eternity!
BRANDON SANDERSON'S WHITE SAND OMNIBUS TP (MR)
(W) Brandon Sanderson & Rik Hoskin (A) Julius Gopez, Fritz Casas & Julius Ohta (CA) Nabetse Zitro
The epic tale by the NYT best-selling author returns in an incredible deluxe anniversary omnibus edition!
KARATE PROM GN
(W/A) Kyle Starks
Fast-paced and completely free of any kind of redeeming or morally thoughtful content, this is a loving homage to teen comedies of the ’80s.
GARBAGE NIGHT COMPLETE GN
(W/A) Benji Lee
A tale of friendship, trust and survival in a post-apocalyptic world. In a barren and ransacked backyard, a dog lives with his two best friends.
SUNHEAD GN
(W/A) Alex Assan
She befriends a shy classmate and avid book lover, who seems to be as swept away by the romance of the ‘Sunrise’ book series as she is.
STAR WARS: HYPERSPACE STORIES - QUI-GON TP
(W) George Mann (A) Andrea Mutti, Gigi Baldassini, Comicraft (A/CA) Michael Cho
Hyperspace Stories will now be character story GN’s, with Qui-Gon celebrating his 25th anniversary!
ANZU & THE REALM OF DARKNESS HC
(W/A) Mai K. Nguyen
She must find the courage to free spirits and reach the gate leading home before nightfall…
LUNAR BOY GN
(W/A) Jes & Cin Wibowo
A debut by twin creators, which follows the story of a young trans boy from the moon in a touching coming-of-age story.
HOTELITOR: LUXURY-CLASS DEFENSE AND HOSPITALITY UNIT GN
(W/A) Josh Hicks
When a giant alien attacks their ship, Hotelitor’s surviving guests and staff find themselves stranded in space.
MAELSTROM: A PRINCE OF EVIL GN
(W/A) Lorian Merriman
He’s a half-demon prince pining for a place in history… honestly, he’s just bored and searching for a way to pass the time.
New #1 Comic Issues!
AIN’T NO GRAVE #1 (OF 5)
(W) Skottie Young (A/CA) Jorge Corona
Eisner Award-winning writer Skottie Young and Eisner Award-nominated artist Jorge Corona, the team behind the hit series ‘Middlewest‘ and ‘The Me You Love In The Dark‘, are back together with an all-new miniseries! This Unforgiven-style journey is an original macabre Western/fantasy tale for mature readers, told through a Guillermo Del Toro-esque lens. Ryder put her violent past behind her when she fell in love and became a mother. But that was before she learned it was all going to be taken
away. Now she’ll have to pick up her guns once again and ride to kill the one who’s behind the threat. Which just happens to be Death. The genre-bending adventure begins in this DOUBLE-LENGTH FIRST ISSUE, with forty pages of story and no ads!
ONE FOR SORROW #1
(W/A) Jamie McKelvie
BACK WITH HIS FIRST SOLO CREATOR-OWNED PROJECT IN OVER A DECADE! London, 1900. The capital hums with the energy of the new era, but something darker lurks beneath the surface. A monstrous figure stalks the city’s criminal underworld at night, leaving a trail of bloody corpses in its wake. Rumors about the mysterious killer spread like wildfire. It’s a demon. A phantom. An angel of vengeance. Nothing can kill it. Nothing can stop it. And once it picks a new target, well, he better have a coffin picked out, because he’s already dead. The only clue that a baffled police force has to work with is the black and white feather left on each corpse. The artistic mastermind behind THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, CAPTAIN CARTER, and CATWOMAN: ONE BAD DAY is back with a new comic unlike anything he’s created before. ONE FOR SORROW is an intensely stylish, supernatural suspense thriller, full of kinetic action, bloody revenge, and ghostly mystery.
TMNT: BLACK, WHITE & GREEN #1
(W/A) Various (CA) Declan Shalvey
It’s the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles like you’ve never seen them before! This special series gathers up some of comics’ most eclectic and exciting talent to bring their takes on TMNT to the page, taking the characters back to their origins in black-and-white independent comics… but with a touch of green! Thrill to all-new adventures by the likes of Paulina Ganucheau, Declan Shalvey, and more. With covers by Shalvey, Ganucheau, and superstar James Stokoe!
THE WHISPER QUEEN #1 (OF 3)
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Kris Anka
CHIP ZDARSKY (NEWBURN, Batman) and KRIS ANKA (Across the Spider-Verse), the ALL-STAR TEAM behind THE WHITE TREES, return to the fantastical land of Blacksand! The royal guard has sent their most capable bounty hunters after the accomplices in the king’s murder! Javro, once the king’s most skilled assassin, must find the killers before they and the bounty hunters-including her son-are wiped out by the kingdom’s most feared specter: The Dark Whisper!
BEYOND THE PALE #1
(W) Christofer Emgard (A/CA) Tomas Aira
War correspondent Hetta Sawyer is looking into the disproportional loss of black soldiers in the Vietnam War. Leads say losses are especially high at Firebase Tartarus, with most of them simply gone missing, their fate unknown. Something sinister is happening at Tartarus, and Hetta intends to uncover the truth. A new eldritch horror from writer Christofer Emgärd!
BEAR PIRATE VIKING QUEEN #1 (OF 3)
(W) Sean Lewis (A/CA) Jonathan Marks Barravecchia
From SEAN LEWIS (KING SPAWN) comes a blood-splattered story of conquest. Bears. Pirates. Vikings. And Queens-all battling for their claim to determine what the world will become. Rendered in stunning watercolor by artist JONATHAN MARKS BARRAVECCHIA, it’s a gorgeous story of the blood spilled to make countries. And what’s cooler than bears, pirates, vikings, and queens??? With 72 stunning pages, it’s sure to be one of the most beautiful and thought-provoking books of the year.
INTO THE UNBEING PART ONE #1
(W) Zac Thompson (A/CA) Hayden Sherman
A group of climate scientists working in a remote base camp on the Australian outback discover an impossible landform. They venture inside expecting the unexpected, and the titular Unbeing delivers. True to the traditions of cosmic horror, they discover an anomalous environment that defies everything they think they know about the world. From critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson and visionary artist Hayden Sherman.
GODZILLA 70TH ANNIVERSARY (ONE-SHOT)
(W/A) Various (CA) E. J. Su
Celebrating 70 years of Godzilla! Since 1954, Godzilla has been King of the Monsters, and what better way to celebrate than with a gigantic anthology of tales that get to the heart of Godzilla’s lasting popularity! From the American Old West to modern Tokyo and beyond, this collection features stories of the King of the Monsters fighting with its allies like Mothra, against old enemies like the terrible Mechagodzilla, and reshaping the lives of all who fall in its path!Nine titanic stories by first-time and beloved Godzilla creators alike, including Jo lle Jones (Catwoman), Michael Conrad (Wonder Woman), Matt Frank (Godzilla: Rulers of Earth), James Stokoe (Godzilla: The Half-Century War), Adam Gorham (Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant), Dan DiDio (Metal Men), and many more!
MONSTER HIGH: PRIDE 2024 #1
(W) Megan Brown, Hannah Templer (A) Siobhan Keenan, Bowen McCurdy (CA) Betsy Cola
Hi, Ghouls. Rainbow-striped flags are flying everywhere, which must mean it’s the best time of year: Pride Month. At Monster High, everyone belongs, and Pride Month is a time to skelebrate and show extra love to the LGBTQIA+ community. First, Hannah Templer and Siobhan Keenan conjure a story about expectations and role models. Then, Megan Brown and Bowen McCurdy brew a fang-tastic love story. Get in from the start as IDW kicks off a whole new run of comics set on the most spooktacularly inclusive campus!
New Manga & Manhwa!
HIRAYASUMI GN VOL 01
(W/A) Keigo Shinzo
In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, they are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.
THIS MONSTER WANTS TO EAT ME GN VOL 01
(W/A) Sai Naekawa
“I’ve come to eat you.” So softly utters the mermaid as she emerges from the sea.
MONSTER CATS GN VOL 01
(W/A) Yoshie Kaoruhara
A full-color manga about humans living with adorably monstrous cats, from the author of Yokai Cats and The Evil Secret Society of Cats.
YOU AND I ARE POLAR OPPOSITES GN VOL 01
(W/A) Kocha Agasawa
Will she be able to overcome her anxieties and ask him out, or will she discover that opposites don’t attract?
SENPAI THIS CANT BE LOVE GN
(W/A) Shinta Harekawa
Veteran CG designer Yanase has been asked to teach the hardworking new hire, Kaneda, the ropes!
A SINNER OF DEEP SEA GN VOL 01
(W/A) Akihito Tomi
A mermaid has been whiling away her days in peace. But that tranquility is shattered when her friend breaks the gravest of undersea laws…
PENGUIN HIGHWAY GN VOL 01
(W) Tomihiko Morimi (A) Keito Yano
One day, penguins are suddenly spotted in a suburban town. This is the slightly curious, unforgettable tale of that summer.
A SIGN OF AFFECTION OMNIBUS GN VOL 01
(W/A) Suu Morishita
She is used to sign language and her phone. But when a tourist asks for directions, a stranger steps in to help.
MY GIRLFRIENDS NOT HERE TODAY GN VOL 01
(W/A) Kiyoko Iwami
In this yuri/GL from the creator of Transparent Light Blue, a woman becomes trapped in a vicious cycle.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES GN VOL 01
(W/A) Nujima
Will she survive her brush with the supernatural? Or does the demonic Ren have other plans for her?
I SEE YOUR FACE TURNED AWAY GN VOL 01
(W/A) Rumi Ichinohe
From the creator of My Sweet Girl, follow four teenagers and their stories of unrequited love.
SECOND HAND LOVE GN (MR)
(W/A) Yamada Murasaki
These stories mark the triumphant return of Yamada Murasaki, one of literary manga’s most respected feminist voices.
JEALOUSY BLINDS LOVE GN (MR)
(W/A) Eiji Nagisa
After a lifetime of loneliness, can this former child prodigy pianist find salvation in a young professor without dragging him down?
VILLAIN ACTOR GN VOL 01 (MR)
(W) Mikumo Seto (A) Kentaro Harada
One day he transforms into a legendary villain! Now a mysterious voice is guiding him, as he’s thrown into the battle between GOOD & EVIL!
MOBSTERS IN LOVE GN VOL 01
(W/A) Yoshie Kaoruhara
A wholesome BL rom-com between a handsome but oblivious mob boss and his young, simplehearted but moody second-in-command!
BL FIRST CRUSH ANTHOLOGY GN
(W) Kaori Tsurutani (A) Various
Features 29 short stories, including the creators of Metamorphosis, Manly Appetites, I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl, and more!
ONLY STARS KNOW GN VOL 01
(W/A) Shinsuke Kondo
A self-contained Boys’ Love romance about two young men connecting after a serendipitous first meeting under a meteor shower!
KEI X YAKU BOUND BY LAW GN VOL 01
(W/A) Yoshie Kaoruhara
Opposite sides of the law flirt with danger-and each other-in a web of political intrigue.
TURNS OUT MY ONLINE FRIEND IS MY REAL LIFE BOSS GN VOL 01
(W/A) Nmura
A nerdy workplace BL dramedy perfect for fans of Cherry Magic! and Yagi the Bookshop Goat.
STAR WARS: VISIONS ANTHOLOGY GN
(W) Kamome Shirahama, Keisuke Sato, Yusuke Osawa, Haruichi (A) Kamome Shirahama, Keisuke Sato, Yusuke Osawa, Haruichi
Featuring adaptations of: “The Elder,” “Lop and Och?,” “The Ninth Jedi,” and “The Twins.”
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