UPCOMING RELEASES for 05/17/23

This is one of the biggest First Issue weeks of the year!!

DC Comics is on such a roll! TITANS #1! It’s by TOM (Nightwing) TAYLOR and NICOLA SCOTT and is our most-anticipated DC release of the year, and it does not disappoint!
Nor does BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1 disappoint! This ongoing anthology title kicks off with a full-length TOM KING/MITCH GERADS Batman/Joker story (part 1 of 4) along with several other well-done Batman/Superman/Wildcats by creators such as Christopher Cantwell, Javier Rodriguez and Dan Mora! An anthology that’s totally worth it!

DC also gives us two more #1’s with both CYBORG #1 and THE VIGIL #1! Four DC Comics #1’s in one week is almost unheard of!!

AVENGERS #1 is coming out and it’s by the brand-new creative team of Jed MacKay (Moon Knight) and CF Villa! And it’s an all-new Avengers roster! If you’ve been waiting to start reading Avengers, your time is now!

Plus… FANTASTIC FOUR! DARK RIDE! NO/ONE! X-MEN! BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLD'S FINEST! LITTLE MONSTERS! SUPERMAN! HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER! So much more…!

     —SPOTLIGHT COMIC—

•TITANS #1 (DC)
The Dark Crisis is over, and the Justice League is no more. Now, a new team must rise and protect the Earth...Titans, go! The Teen Titans are ready to grow up. Each member joined as a much younger hero, certain that one day they'd be invited to join the Justice League. But the time has come for them not to join the League...but to replace it! Are the no-longer-teen heroes ready for the big leagues? Brought you by the all-star creative team of Tom Taylor (Nightwing, DCeased) and Nicola Scott (Wonder Woman Historia, Earth 2)!

     —NEW COMICS OF NOTE—

•BATMAN BRAVE AND BOLD #1 (DC)
Written by Tom King, Ed Brisson, Christopher Cantwell, and Dan Mora Art by Mitch Gerads, Jeff Spokes, Javier Rodriguez, and Dan Mora Coming off the spectacular success of Batman - One Bad Day: The Riddler, the Eisner Award-winning team of Tom King and Mitch Gerads reunite for a horrifying four-part retelling of the first bloody clash between The Joker and the Batman. A tale of loathing, lies, and laughter, this may be the most frightening Joker story in a generation. Everyone is going to be shocked. Plus so much more!


•AVENGERS 1 (Marvel)
The Star. The Icon. The Witch. The Construct. The God. The Engineer. The King. The Starchild. The Demon. The Catman. The Space Ace. The world is ever in peril, and a new team of Avengers mobilizes to meet any dangers that dare threaten the planet. But when TERMINUS attacks, a new and insidious danger rears its head: one that the Avengers know all too well, and one that comes to them in the most dangerous of guises - that of a friend. By Jed MacKay and CF Villa.


•ARCADE KINGS #1 (Image)
By Writer and artist DYLAN BURNETT (Ant-Man, Cosmic Ghost Rider). Joe, a mysterious new face in Infinity City, has suddenly become the hottest new player at the Round House Arcade. Anyone can challenge him, but no one can win. But Joe's secret past is about to catch up to him when his most formidable challenge yet rolls into town, forcing Joe to combo his powers with a joystick, his fists...and his fighting family legacy!


•CYBORG #1 (DC)
It's been a while since Vic's been able to lower his guard and seek a purpose outside of being Cyborg 24/7. But a lot has changed in Detroit while Victor's been away. An aggressive new company is turning the Motor City into an overclocked engine for revolutionary artificial intelligence...and no one knows better than Cyborg that technological transformation always comes at a steep human price Writer Morgan Hampton joins forces with veteran star artist Tom Raney to give Cyborg the Dawn of DC epic he deserves!


•DANNY KETCH GHOST RIDER 1 (Marvel)
Flashback to a time when innocent blood was spilled, a Spirit of Vengenace was born, and Danny Ketch found himself transformed into the GHOST RIDER! A gang war is breaking out across New York City, with Ghost Rider caught in the middle! But if it's just rival gangs killing each other, does Ghost Rider need to get involved? Written by Danny Ketch co-creator HOWARD MACKIE and artist DANIEL PICCIOTTO!


•DARK SPACES GOOD DEEDS #1 (IDW)
When the quaint community's festivities give way to bloodshed and Cheyenne is the sole witness, Jean begins an investigation and the women find themselves at the heart of a supernatural conspiracy linked to St. Augustine's colonial past. Together, they vow to expose the town's historical sins, but the deeper Jean digs, the less clear it becomes: Who is Cheyenne Collins, and when does a quest for truth become a thirst for vengeance?


•MALEFICENT (DISNEY VILLAINS) #1
Her realm is shrouded in darkness, and evil, and full of all things that go bump in the night. Her soul is cold, hardened by a lifetime of small-minded wanderers seeking to steal her powers to satisfy their mortal greed. Her patience wears thin. Her mystical might grows. It is a matter only of time before she descends the mountain and unleashes her horrible magics upon the powerless people below.


•VIGIL #1 (DC)
Who Are The Vigil? The shipping vessel Eastwind was taken captive by pirates off the coast of Thailand. 24 hours after the crew had been taken hostage the crew reported an intervention by a group of unknown individuals. There have long been rumors rogue metahumans targeting weaponized illegal technology. What were they after? Why did they intervene? Are there metas among us?


•MISS TRUESDALE & THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA #1 (Dark Horse)
One of the last followers of a failing Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra, the unassuming Miss Truesdale, finds herself on the receiving end of Brotherhood leader Tefnut Trionus's final vision. Connecting her life in Victorian London to a young gladiator's in ancient Hyperborea, Truesdale discovers she now has the chance to change the future by altering the bygone past. Mike Mignola and artist Jesse Lonergan team up tell an all new, supernatural-horror tale.

•HULK ANNUAL 1 (Marvel)
A documentary crew is on the hunt for a monster at the heart of a gamma radiation leak, but they get much more than they bargained for when they end up on Hulk's angry side - and caught in the middle of a brawl between two unstoppable giants, as Hulk battles an unleashed Giganto! Plus: A special preview, exclusive to this issue, of the shocking new direction Hulk is headed in this summer!


•RED ROOM CRYPTO KILLAZ #1 (Fantagraphics)
The media won't leave Brianna Fairfield alone since her father was arrested and identified as the Steel City Cannibal. But what more sinister forces are also following her? Mistress Pentagram and the Red Room Players return in this all-new, four-issue miniseries from Ed Piskor (X-Men: Grand Design)! Splatterpunk never looked so good! As seen on YouTube's Cartoonist Kayfabe!

•STAR TREK MOTION PICTURE ECHOES #1 (IDW)
A never-before-seen adventure from Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise! When a space anomaly thrusts a bounty hunter and her target-a criminal mastermind-into their universe, it's up to Kirk and his crew to stop them from unintentionally starting a war with the Romulans and unleashing a superweapon of foreign tech onto the system. But the strangers from another universe are more familiar than they assume for underneath their helmets are their doppelgangers from an alternate reality!

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GRAPHIC NOVELS / COLLECTIONS
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83 DAYS IN MARIUPOL WAR DIARY
BLACK ADAM VOL 01 THEOGONY
BLINK
CRITICAL ROLE MIGHTY NEIN ORIGINS MOLLYMAUK TEALEAF HC
DESTROYER DUCK HC GRAPHITE ED
EVERYTHING IS FINE VOL 01
FLAWED VOL 01
IRON MAN EPIC COLL THE CROSSING
LOST IN TAIWAN
ROADIE
ROGUE SUN VOL 02
SCIENCE COMICS ELECTRICITY
SELF
GUNSLINGER SPAWN VOL 02
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY WELLS VOL 4
MIGHTY THOR OMNIBUS VOL 4
TOM STRONG COMPENDIUM
X-MEN LEGENDS PAST MEETS FUTURE

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MANGA
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CHOUJIN X VOL 02
DARK GATHERING VOL 01
KAMEN RIDER KUUGA VOL 03
OGIS SUMMER BREAK VOL 01
SHIBANBAN SUPER CUTE DOGGIES
SQUIRE & KNIGHT GN VOL 01
ZOM 100 BUCKETLIST OF DEAD VOL 10

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YOUNG ADULT / ALL-AGES
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ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #340
MECH CADETS BOOK 01
STAR WARS THE NAMELESS TERROR #4
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #60 CVR A HAMMERSTROM
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #60 CVR B CURRY

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MARVEL
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AVENGERS 1
AVENGERS 1 ACUNA
AVENGERS 1 CHEW
AVENGERS 1 CHRISTOPHER
AVENGERS 1 NGU
AVENGERS 1 YOUNG
AVENGERS 1 CHECCHETTO 1:25
AVENGERS 1 CHEW VIRGIN 1:50
AVENGERS 1 SMITH 1:50
AVENGERS 1 (1963) FACSIMILE
BLOODLINE DAUGHTER OF BLADE 4
CAPTAIN AMERICA SENTINEL OF LIBERTY 12
DANNY KETCH GHOST RIDER 1
DANNY KETCH GHOST RIDER 1 TEXEIRA
DOCTOR STRANGE 1 (2ND PRINT)
FANTASTIC FOUR 7
FANTASTIC FOUR 7 KOBLISH*
FANTASTIC FOUR 7 KIRBY 1:25
FANTASTIC FOUR 7 LAND VIRGIN 1:50
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 WALKER 1:10
HULK ANNUAL 1
MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN 6
MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN 6 OKAZAKI 1:25
PLANET OF THE APES 2
PREDATOR 3
RED GOBLIN 4
SHE-HULK 13
SPIDER-MAN 2099 DARK GENESIS 3
SPIDER-MAN 7 (2ND PRINT)
STAR WARS BOUNTY HUNTERS 34
STAR WARS ROTJ JABBA'S PALACE 1 (2ND PRINT)
VENOM 19
X-FORCE 40
X-MEN (1991) 1 FACSIMILE
X-MEN 22
X-MEN 22 CHEW
X-MEN 22 BRADSHAW 1:25
X-MEN 22 CHEW VIRGIN 1:50

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DC
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BATGIRLS #18 CVR A CORONA
BATGIRLS #18 CVR B MARQUEZ
BATGIRLS #18 CVR C KUNG AAPI
BATMAN BRAVE AND BOLD #1 CVR A DI MEO
BATMAN BRAVE AND BOLD #1 CVR B CHEUNG
BATMAN BRAVE AND BOLD #1 CVR C CHO
BATMAN BRAVE AND BOLD #1 CVR D 1:25 HITCH
BATMAN BRAVE AND BOLD #1 CVR E 1:50 SZERDY
BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLD'S FINEST #15 CVR A MORA
BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLD'S FINEST #15 CVR B SAMPERE
BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLD'S FINEST #15 CVR C 1:25 SIMONSON
BLACK ADAM #11 CVR A GIANG
BLACK ADAM #11 CVR B BARROWS
CATWOMAN #55 CVR A NAKAYAMA
CATWOMAN #55 CVR B SWEENEY BOO
CATWOMAN #55 CVR C PANOSIAN
CATWOMAN #55 CVR D CHO AAPI
CYBORG #1 CVR A GALMON
CYBORG #1 CVR B RANEY
CYBORG #1 CVR C CORONA
CYBORG #1 CVR D 1:25 DRAPER-IVEY
FLASH #799 CVR A CLARKE
FLASH #799 CVR B PERKINS
SUPERBOY MAN OF TOMORROW #2 CVR A LINDSAY
SUPERBOY MAN OF TOMORROW #2 CVR B DI MEO
SUPERMAN #4 CVR A CAMPBELL
SUPERMAN #4 CVR B RODRIGUEZ
SUPERMAN #4 CVR C SUAYAN
SUPERMAN #4 CVR D SZERDY
SUPERMAN #4 CVR E 1:25 HOOGEBOOM
SUPERMAN #4 CVR H BERMEJO FOIL
TITANS #1 CVR A SCOTT
TITANS #1 CVR B JIM LEE
TITANS #1 CVR C BARTEL
TITANS #1 CVR E 1:25 MORA
TITANS #1 CVR F 1:50 DI MEO
TITANS #1 CVR G 1:100 SCOTT
VIGIL #1 CVR A KUMAR
VIGIL #1 CVR B MALAVIA
VIGIL #1 CVR C MHAN AAPI
WONDER WOMAN #799 CVR A PAQUETTE
WONDER WOMAN #799 CVR B RAHZZAH
WONDER WOMAN #799 CVR C DODSON

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IMAGE
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AMBASSADORS #2 (2ND PRINT)
ARCADE KINGS #1 CVR A BURNETT
ARCADE KINGS #1 CVR B LEWIS
ARCADE KINGS #1 CVR C 1:10 GIBSON
ARCADE KINGS #1 CVR D 1:15 BURNETT
DARK RIDE #6 CVR A BRESSAN
DARK RIDE #6 CVR B RICCARDI
DARK RIDE #6 CVR C GANUCHEAU
GIANT KOKJU #2 CVR A KOBLISH
GIANT KOKJU #2 CVR B HAWTHORNE
HEXWARE #6 CVR A LAVINA
HEXWARE #6 CVR B SEELEY
ICE CREAM MAN #35 CVR A MORAZZO
ICE CREAM MAN #35 CVR B BLUCHA
IMMORTAL SERGEANT #5
LAST BARBARIANS #4 CVR A HABERLIN
LITTLE MONSTERS #13 CVR A NGUYEN
LITTLE MONSTERS #13 CVR B ALEXANDER
LOVE EVERLASTING #7 CVR A CHARRETIER
NEMESIS RELOADED #3 (2ND PRINT)
NO ONE #2 (2ND PRINT)
NO ONE #3 CVR A BORGES
NO ONE #3 CVR B EARLS
NO ONE #3 CVR C ENGLERT
RADIANT BLACK #24 CVR C 1:10 MAHFOOD
GUNSLINGER SPAWN #20 CVR A BOGDANOVIC
GUNSLINGER SPAWN #20 CVR B COLAK
WALKING DEAD DLX #63 CVR A FINCH
WALKING DEAD DLX #63 CVR B ADLARD
WALKING DEAD DLX #63 CVR C HANS
WALKING DEAD DLX #63 CVR D TEDESCO

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OTHER PUBLISHERS
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ATONEMENT BELL #4
BACK ISSUE #143
BARBARELLA CENTER CANNOT HOLD #3 CVR K CHEW LTD
BLOOD LOVE GHOST AND A DEADLY SPELL #1 CVR A
VAMPIRE SLAYER (BUFFY) #14 CVR A PATRIDGE
VAMPIRE SLAYER (BUFFY) #14 CVR B YOSHITANI
BY THE HORNS DARK EARTH #8
DARK SPACES GOOD DEEDS #1 CVR A RAMSAY
DARK SPACES GOOD DEEDS #1 CVR C SHERMAN
DEJAH THORIS #3 CVR A YOON
DEJAH THORIS #3 CVR B LINSNER
DRACULINA BLOOD SIMPLE #3 CVR K LINSNER LTD
EARTHDIVERS #7 CVR A ALBUQUERQUE
ELVIRA IN MONSTERLAND #1 CVR A ACOSTA
END AFTER END #7 CVR A SUNANDO
FEAR OF A RED PLANET #4
THE GIMMICK #3
HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #15 CVR A MANHANINI
HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #15 CVR B DELL EDERA
HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #15 CVR C CONNECTING
JUNCTION JONES #2
LAMENTATION #1 CVR G SECRET
MASKERADE #5 CVR A SPRENGELMEYER
MASKERADE #5 CVR B LOTAY
MASTERS OF UNIVERSE MASTERVERSE #4 CVR A
MIGHTY BARBARIANS #2 CVR A DURSO
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #108 CVR A CLARKE
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #108 CVR B VILCHEZ
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #1 CVR A JAE LEE
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #1 CVR B SOO LEE
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #1 CVR C MEYER
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #1 CVR D PUEBLA
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #1 CVR E DURSO
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #1 CVR G 1:10
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #1 CVR H 1:10
DISNEY VILLAINS MALEFICENT #1 CVR V FOC CAMPBELL O
MISS TRUESDALE & THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA #1
MISS TRUESDALE & THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA #1
MOSELY #4 CVR A LOTFI
MOSELY #4 CVR B GUILLORY
NBX BATTLE FOR PUMPKIN KING #1 CVR A
ORDER AND OUTRAGE #3 CVR A MORALES
ORDER AND OUTRAGE #3 CVR B STARLIN
FRANK MILLERS PANDORA #5 CVR A KUBERT
RED ROOM CRYPTO KILLAZ #1 CVR A PISKOR
RED ROOM CRYPTO KILLAZ #1 CVR C 1:10 RUGG
RED ROOM CRYPTO KILLAZ #1 CVR D 1:15 MOMOKO
RED ROOM CRYPTO KILLAZ #1 CVR E SKETCH
RED ZONE #3
SCREAM MAGAZINE #77
SEASONS HAVE TEETH #2 CVR A KHALIDAH
STAR TREK #8 CVR A FEEHAN
STAR TREK #8 CVR B WIJNGAARD
STAR TREK MOTION PICTURE ECHOES #1 CVR A BARTOK
STRANGER THINGS TALES FROM HAWKINS #2 CVR A
TOYCOLLECTR MAGAZINE #5

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NEW #1’s
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ARCADE KINGS #1
AVENGERS 1
BATMAN BRAVE AND BOLD #1
CYBORG #1
DANNY KETCH GHOST RIDER 1
DARK SPACES GOOD DEEDS #1
HULK ANNUAL 1
MALEFICENT (DISNEY VILLAINS) #1
MISS TRUESDALE & THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA #1
RED ROOM CRYPTO KILLAZ #1
TITANS #1
STAR TREK MOTION PICTURE ECHOES #1
VIGIL #1

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MERCHANDISE
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MEGO DC JOKER 50TH ANN 8" FIGURE