The July issue of PREVIEWS has arrived so here are our picks of what’s arriving from September 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
TANK CHAIR GN VOL 01 (MR)
(W/A) MANABU YASHIRO
Living on Gui Cheng Island, called “the most dangerous city in the universe,” is no easy task. Genetic doping is common for gangs to gain ultimate power.
Shizuka, a young girl, takes on the most dangerous of assassin jobs, but she’s not the one doing the killing. Rather, it’s her brother, Nagi, a strong assassin who took a bullet to protect his sister, leaving him in a comatose state and having to use a wheelchair. However, Shizuka has figured out the key to waking her brother up: he must be faced with killing intent! Thus begins a violent journey of recovery, battling the most dangerous foes!
Ross' Top pick
BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES TP (MR)
(W/A) PATRICK HORVATH
Don’t. Murder. The locals.
This is small-town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear Samantha Strong’s cardinal rule. After all, there’s a sea of perfectly ripe potential victims in the big city just beyond the forest, and when you’ve worked as hard as Sam to build a cozy life and a thriving business in a community surrounded by friendly fellow animal folk, warm decor, and the aroma of cedar trees and freshly baked apple pie… the last thing you want is to disturb the peace.
So you can imagine her indignation when one of Woodbrook’s own meets a grisly, mysterious demise-and you wouldn’t blame her for doing anything it takes to hunt down her rival before the town self-destructs and Sheriff Patterson starts (literally) barking up the wrong tree.
Brayden's Top pick
DAWNRUNNER HC
(W) RAM V (A) EVAN CAGLE, DAVE STEWART & ADITYA BIDIKAR
A century ago, a portal opened over Central America and giant monsters known as the Tetza came through, changing everything we knew. Now the world bends all its effort to build the Iron Kings-great mechs driven by pilots-that battle the Tetza in gladiatorial combat for humanity’s continued survival.
War has turned to sport. Star jockey Anita Marr has been chosen to pilot a secret new prototype that could change the tide in humanity’s favor. After a difficult first battle together, Anita begins to uncover and understand the unusual connection forming between herself and the experimental new Iron King, Dawnrunner. As the Tetza threat grows, Anita, Dawnrunner, and their secrets will become mankind’s last hope. Are we doomed or will dramatic revelations push Anita and Dawnrunner to transcend into something new?
Collects Dawnrunner #1-5.
Check out this interview with Ram V & Evan Cagle over on Polygon!
MArk's Top pick
CHARLES BURNS FINAL CUT HC
(W/A) CHARLES BURNS
As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make sci-fi films in their yards, convincing their friends to star as victims of grisly murders, smearing lipstick on the “bodies” to simulate blood. Now a talented artist and aspiring filmmaker, Brian, along with Jimmy, Jimmy’s friend Tina, and Laurie-his reluctant muse-sets off to a remote cabin in the woods with an old 8 millimeter camera to make a true sci-fi horror movie, an homage to Brian’s favorite movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But as Brian’s affections for Laurie go seemingly unreciprocated, Brian writes and draws himself into a fantasy where she is the girl of his dreams, his damsel in distress, and his savior wrapped into one.
Rife with references to classic sci-fi and horror movies and filled with panels of stunning depictions of nature, film and the surreal, Burns blurs the line between Brian’s dreams and reality, imagination and perception. A master of the form at his finest, Final Cut is an astonishing look at what it means to truly express oneself through art.
Nick's Top Family pick!
BITSY & BOOZLE TELL A STORY GN
(W) NATALIE RIESS (A/CA) SARA GOETTER
Explore story structure with narrator-in-training Bitsy and her grumpy wizard protagonist Boozle in this entertaining, educational chapter book graphic novel!
Once upon a time there was a narrator named Bitsy, and all she wanted to do was tell a story. Thankfully, she had just the right protagonist to help her with that-Boozle, a grumpy old wizard without a lot to say. Join them both on the adventure of a lifetime as they make the journey up Story Mountain, discovering the magic of storytelling along the way.
Graphic Novels & Collections!
GODZILLA: WAR FOR HUMANITY TP
(W) ANDREW MACLEAN (A/CA) JAKE SMITH
She’s dedicated her life to showing that while Godzilla may be a monster, that doesn’t mean it and the other kaiju are enemies.
THE LAST MERMAID BOOK 01 TP
(W/A) DEREK KIRK KIM
A mermaid roams an endless wasteland. She must survive between pockets of water, roaming cybernetic cannibals, and mutant beasts.
G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO VOL. 01 TP
(W) LARRY HAMA (A) CHRIS MOONEYHAM & FRANCESCO SEGALA (CA) ANDY KUBERT & FRANCESCO SEGALA
A NEW ERA FOR G.I. JOE BEGINS! Larry Hama continues one of the longest running comics in history!
CRAVE TP
(W/A) MARIA LLOVET
Black Mirror meets Eyes Wide Shut in this erotic thriller from the creator of Faithless that explores how we connect with others in the dawn of AI.
TMNT: AMAZING ADVENTURES OMNIBUS TP (MR)
(W) LANDRY QUINN WALKER, MATTHEW K. MANNING (A) CHAD THOMAS
Collects all 14 issues of the series and the three-issue miniseries Robotanimals.
BATTLETOADS: THE LOST ADVENTURE TP
(W) SIMON FURMAN (A) GENOLET, ANDRES (CA) NINA MATSUMOTO
The graphic novel prequel to the 2020 Battletoads game! Wait… it’s 2024 already… oh my god…
DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO HC VOL 01
(W) BRIAN HERBERT, KEVIN J. ANDERSON (A) SIMONE RAGAZZONI (CA) RAYMOND SWANLAND
House Corrino was once the most powerful in the universe, playing a crucial role in events surrounding the major political players.
THE INFERNALS TP
(W) RYAN PARROTT & NOAH GARDNER (A/CA) JOHN J. PEARSON
Succession meets the apocalypse in this epic new series about family, power, legacy, heaven, hell, the antichrist and the end of the world.
THE EXILED TP VOL 01 (MR)
(W) WESLEY SNIPES, ADAM LAWSON, KEITH AREM (A/CA) ESKIVO
Wesley Snipes presents his original new series, a genre-bending sci-fi noir described as “Seven meets Blade Runner.”
GOOSEBUMPS GN VOL 01 THE HAUNTED MASK
(W) R. L. STINE, MADDI GONZALEZ (A) MADDI GONZALEZ
An ugly green, with fierce fangs, when the mask won’t come off, will the monster take over?
MY VAMPIRE VS YOUR WEREWOLF GN
(W/A) PAUL TOBIN
Gabe and Hayden have a vampire. Joon and Tradd have a werewolf. And they’re going to fight!
SURVIVING ON MARS GN (MR)
(W/A) BRANDON GRAHAM
Eisner Award winning Brandon Graham (Prophet, Moonray) offers a funny and touching look into the life of an artist in the 21st-century.
CORMAC MCCARTHY'S THE ROAD GN
(W) CORMAC MCCARTHY (A) MANU LARCENET
Cormac McCarthy personally approved the making of this adaptation before his death.
I FELT MYSELF SLIPPING GN
(W/A) RAY NADINE
A touching coming-of-age story about coping with anxiety, loss and forging friendship for fans of Spinning and Heartstopper!
MISMATCHED GN
(W) ANNE CAMLIN (A) ISADORA ZEFERINO
Can Evan learn to put the people closest to him before his misguided ambition? Or will he lose them and his own chance at romance, too?
DEATHSTALKER COMPLETE SERIES TP (MR)
(W) SLASH, TIM SEELEY, STEVEN KOSTANSKI (A) JIM TERRY (CA) NATHAN GOODEN
From an all-star lineup of creators including Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash) and more!
A QUICK & EASY GUIDE TO: COMING OUT GN
(W) KRISTIN RUSSO (A/CA) RAVI TEIXEIRA
From finding supportive resources, awkward conversations, and embracing queer joy and community.
REVIVAL COMPENDIUM TP
(W) TIM SEELEY (A) MIKE NORTON (CA) JENNY FRISON
ADAPTATION AIRS ON SYFY NEXT YEAR! The beautiful “farm noir” that puts a new twist on the zombie genre.
THE WOODS DELUXE HC
(W) JAMES TYNION IV (A/CA) MICHAEL DIALYNAS
The GLAAD Media Award-winning series by the Eisner Award-nominated team, collected in its entirety in a single volume!
EXTREMITY DELUXE HC
(W/A) DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON & MIKE SPICER
Thea was an artist with a family that loved her, but that was all taken away. Now, Thea dreams. Not of a better life, but of revenge…
New #1 Comic Issues!
THE MOON IS FOLLOWING US #1 (OF 10)
(W) DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (A) RILEY ROSSMO & DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (CA) RILEY ROSSMO & MIKE SPICER
From Daniel Warren Johnson (Transformers, Do A Powerbomb!, Murder Falcon, Space Mullet, Extremity, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth) & Riley Rossmo (Tim Drake: Robin, Harley Quinn) comes an original sci-fi epic! Sam and Duncan LaMarr love their six-year-old daughter, Penny, more than anything in the whole world. But half a year ago, she was taken by the Cascade, an evil force they barely understand. Now, Sam and Duncan must fight side by side with the magical beings Penny cherished to try and get her back… before she’s gone forever.
THROUGH RED WINDOWS #1 (MR)
(W) RAM V. (A/CA) JOELLE JONES
One of the hottest writers in comics, Ram V (The One Hand, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr) teams up with artist extraordinaire Joelle Jones (Catwoman, Lady Killer) to tell a modern horror story that will leave you guessing until the bitter end! When ailing Plutocrat, Harlan Roderick, invites his young protégé Athul Laal to live at Roderick Place in downtown Manhattan, what Athul believes this to be his first step into the inner circle of the world’s elite, soon turns into a living nightmare. Athul discovers that Harlan and his illness are inextricably connected to the 73-story building, in which, behind each door, lie secrets and monsters from both Harlan and Athul’s own lives. A pulse-pounding thriller loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe but with a very modern twist. Not for the feint of heart!
TMNT: MUTANT NATION #1
(W) TOM WALTZ (A) VINCENZO FEDERICI (CA) JAVIER FERNANDEZ
New ongoing series! Part 1 of the Raphael flashback adventure arc “Attack on Area 51”! Tom Waltz, the TMNT mastermind and co-writer of TMNT: The Last Ronin, returns to tell brand-new stories about everyone’s favorite anthropomorphic misfits with artist Vincenzo Federici. Plus, writer Erik Burnham presents a four-issue bonus backup of The Foot Clan. This all ripples into the upcoming action in Jason Aaron’s TMNT! Each arc of Mutant Nation will feature two stories exploring different corners of the TMNT universe, easily accessible to casual fans but with ties connecting the ongoing series and Nightwatcher. Expect old favorites and new surprises!
MINOR ARCANA #1
(W/A) JEFF LEMIRE
Theresa, the daughter of a small-town “psychic” fraud, returns home to care for her ailing mother, however begrudgingly. But when Theresa discovers that there may be more to the magic than she originally believed, she’ll find herself caught up in a town that desperately needs her help… One of the most renowned creators in comics, New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer and artist Jeff Lemire (Descender, Black Hammer) arrives at BOOM! Studios with an extra-length opening chapter of a must-read ongoing series inspired by, and intricately linked to, the tarot and perfect for fans of his creator-owned work as well as Helen of Wyndhorn and Locke & Key.
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS x USAGI YOJIMBO #1
(W) RYAN PARROTT (A) SHAWN DALEY (CA) TAURIN CLARKE
During a routine Rita Repulsa attack, the Rangers’ morphers do something unexpected… send them back to the Edo era of Japan! Using the Morphin Grid’s power, the mysterious Ogasawara pulls the Rangers through time and begs for help, but when the enemy they face isn’t what they expect, our heroes will face a painful revelation! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Usagi Yojimbo, discover the crossover between the Rabbit Ronin and the teenagers with attitude that fans have been waiting for!
ASSASSINS CREED: VISIONARIES - POWDER DECIMA #1 (MR)
(W) ED BRISSON, FRED KENNEDY (A) CHRIS JOHNSON (A/CA) NICK MARINKOVICH
In our first tale DECIMA, one bloody night, before recorded time, a young warrior watches as her family and the rest of their village are brutally slaughtered. The only hope of saving her tribe is to pick up an axe, steel her nerves, and join the fray. DECIMA is a tale of loss, respect, and valour, stepping into the far reaches of human history, further than previously ventured in the Assassin’s Creed universe. Then in POWDER, the Templars expand their influence around the globe, while expanding their coffers at home, flooding China with opium. And while the brotherhood is slow to act, a pair of Assassins from separate guilds sow chaos amid the Templar fleet.
IMBOKODO #1
(W) THABISO MABANNA, THABO RAMETSI (A/CA) KATLEGO MOTAUNG
In the land of the pyramid sun, a single step of the Badimu is a thousand Muntu life times. This is the land of NDAWO, home to the first Muntu. A thousand years after the great war between the Badimu that brought darkness to the land and birthed a new kind of Muntu-one that wants, owns, and is never sated-Ndawo remains divided. And recently, numerous young girls have gone missing from their villages, a trail of carnage left in their wake. In the empire of Monomotapa, Queen Nyameka commands the greatest warriors in all of Ndawo, the IMBOKODO. Here, a nameless woman will fight to secure her place amongst the Imbokodo-to stand for the Queen, the Empire, and for the freedom of all Muntu.
UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER #1 (OF 4)
(W) XAVIER DORISON (A) DENIS BAJRAM, BRICE COSSU, ALEXIS SENTENAC, YOANN GUILLO (CA) DERRICK CHEW
BASED ON THE 1970S CULT CLASSIC, UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER! DUKE FLEED’S STORY CONTINUES IN THIS LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO THE SEMINAL MAZINGER MECHA FRANCHISE! The war between the forces of Vega and Grendizer is but a distant memory. But from the confines of space, the RUIN DIVISION emerges with the most powerful Saucer Beast: THE HYDRAGON. Under siege, pilot DUKE FLEED has no choice but join the fight and reawaken the MIGHTY ROBOT GRENDIZER or risk the world he once fought so hard to protect.
SAGA #69
(W) BRIAN K. VAUGHAN (A/CA) FIONA STAPLES
nice.
New Manga & Manhwa!
THE GUY SHE WAS INTERESTED IN WASN'T A GUY AT ALL GN VOL 01
(W/A) SUMIKO ARAI
Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop.
I'M THE GRIM REAPER GN VOL 01
(W/A) GRAVEWEAVER
She finds herself doomed to Hell for a life she can’t remember. Satan offers her a deal: return to earth… as his grim reaper!
LAST QUARTER GN VOL 01
(W/A) AI YAZAWA
Two star-crossed lovers transcend time in this supernatural mystery from Ai Yazawa, the creator of the hit-series Nana!
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS GN COMPLETE BOX SET
(W/A) AKIRA HIMEKAWA
All 11 volumes of the smash-hit manga plus a collectible, double-sided poster!
THREE-BODY PROBLEM GN VOL 01 (MR)
(W) CIXIN LIU (A) XUDONG CAI
An adaptation of the award-winning novel, the first installment of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy.
SPOIL ME PLZZZ HINAMORI SAN GN VOL 01 (MR)
(W/A) TSUKE
Ichigo’s perfect image of Yaya is shattered when she comes across her wallowing in self-pity.
MARON THE MAGIC OCEAN GN
(W/A) MIMI
A bittersweet tale of self-destruction, pain, sadness, and depression. Sugar has lost all feeling, along with her memories.
FALLING IN LOVE WITH A TRAVELING CAT GN
(W) JUNO (A/CA) MOFUSAND
Make a plan and pack your little bag! These cute kitties conquered Japan and now, they’re taking a trip!
CORPSE BLADE GN VOL 01 (OF 3)
(W/A) HAJIME SEGAWA
An action packed romp through a zombie infested Tokyo! School, chores, killing the undead – all in an average day for Tsuranuki Tsutsuki!
WORKING FOR GOD IN A GODLESS WORLD GN VOL 01
(W) SONSHO HANGETSUBAN (A) AOI AKASHIRO
The son of a cult leader is transported to a world without religion…
86 EIGHTY SIX OPERATION HIGH SCHOOL GN VOL 01 (MR)
(W) ASATO ASATO (A) SUZUME SOMEMIYA, SHRIABII, I-IV
A story of heartwarming romance and glorious youth that could never have happened in the original 86!
TRILLION GAME GN VOL 01
(W) RIICHIRO INAGAKI (A) RYOICHI IKEGAMI
Something about making money blahblahblah, fun fact: $10,000 every day takes 274 years to reach a billion dollars. #EATTHERICH.
BLADE & BASTARD GN VOL 01 (MR)
(W) KUMO KAGYU (A) MAKOTO
It’s an action packed dungeon crawling fantasy with a companion called Garbage!
KUROKIYA-SAN WANTS TO LEAD HIM AROUND BY NOSE GN VOL 01
(W/A) POROROCA
An unexpected study-buddy rom-com so pure you can’t help but cheer it on!
LYCORIS RECOIL GN VOL 01
(W) SPIDER LILY (A) YASUNORI BIZEN
Japan – a nation where vicious crime and terror have been all but eliminated. And who keeps the peace? Cute schoolgirls, of course!
OTTOMAN: HENSHIN HERO HUSBAND GN VOL 01 (OF 2) (MR)
(W/A) SHINNOSUKE KANAZAWA
Boring salaryman Soya Gomi finds himself infected by a parasitic alien and now has the power!
SUZUME GN VOL 01 (MR)
(W) MAKOTO SHINKAI (A) AMASHIMA DENKI
Suzume opens a door, seemingly to nowhere, and finds a starry landscape stretch out on the other side of the frame.
LETHAL DOSE OF LOVE GN (MR)
(W/A) YOSUMI
College student Ryousuke was absolutely devastated when Shinobu confessed and then promptly disappeared from his life.
ULTRA HEAVEN GN VOL 01 (MR)
(W/A) KEIICHI KOIKE
In a richly-detailed, clear-line style, this psychedelic sci-fi tears apart the basic fabric of reality. What is the truth and what is a dream?
I.L GN
(W/A) OSAMU TEZUKA
His life changes forever when he receives an extraordinary gift; I.L, a mysterious mannequin with the power of shapeshifting.
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