UPCOMING RELEASES for 07/09/25
We’re firmly into July, and that means just one* thing: it’s time for SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS, both in comics and the cinema! This week sees the relaunch of FANTASTIC FOUR – still by Ryan North, but now joined by Marvel-mainstay Humberto Ramos – plus the IN-UNIVERSE Fantastic Four origin comic, FIRST STEPS! We also keep rolling in the Summer of Superman with the Treasury-sized extravaganza HERO FOR ALL with art by Eisner Award-winner Bruno Redondo! And just in case you forgot, we’ve even got a few killer books that don’t tie into massive superhero movies: The hotly-anticipated sequel to BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES, and the probably not anticipated but sort of fascinating Mature Readers crossover of ARCHIE and CLERKS! It’s a blockbuster week, which is what this time of year is all about!
(*: it also means the debut of the fall’s new Kamen Rider through merchandise announcements and cast interviews, but that’s beyond the purview of this post.)
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NEW BOOKS OF NOTE
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FANTASTIC FOUR #1
When the Fantastic Four take on Doom, things go well until they suddenly go catastrophically wrong - and they're sent to four different eras in Earth's history! Alone and isolated in wildly different time periods, Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue all have to fight to survive. Also featured in this extra-big, extra-special issue: Ben Grimm fights a dinosaur! No other comic DARES to feature the Thing battling several Mapusauruses, but that's just where WE get started! And it's all brought to life by the incredible new series artist Humberto Ramos!
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS #1
FROM THE WORLD OF THE UPCOMING FILM, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE FUTURE FOUNDATION! Four years ago, the world was transformed as an amazing cosmic-powered quartet revealed themselves and their astonishing abilities to the public! Since that time, they have become world-famous as the Fantastic Four! Now, to celebrate that anniversary, Marvel Comics recounts their very first exploit that saved our city from near destruction! MATT FRACTION and MARK BUCKINGHAM bring you this all-new adventure marking the moment that all of history changed!
BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES: RITE OF SPRING #1
It’s been eight long years since a bloodlusting brown bear drove into the city, kidnapped a kind young duck, dissected his body, and buried the pieces in the woods. The duck’s family painstakingly sought justice…but this brown bear was smart…she covered her tracks…and in the ’80s, there simply wasn’t a way for the duck’s family to find answers. But it’s not the ’80s anymore. Almost a decade after cuddly brown bear Samantha Strong solidified herself as the sole serial killer in Woodbrook, the world is entering a new era. As Samantha will soon find out, there are no secrets in the age of the internet. And those who lost loved ones to her massacre haven’t given up the flame of justice. A reckoning is coming to Woodbrook. Join visionary writer and artist Patrick Horvath for one of the most anticipated comics of 2025.
SUPERMAN TREASURY 2025 HERO FOR ALL
Legends collide as the Man of Steel goes supersized for the Summer of Superman! In this all-new treasury edition, quintessential Superman writer Dan Jurgens pairs with the modern master of sequential art, Bruno Redondo, to craft a larger-than-life story of power, tragedy, action, and, above all--hope. It's a tale so titanic we had to tell it at treasury size to celebrate the Summer of Superman in style!
ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB #1 (ONE SHOT)
Yes, you read that right—acclaimed writer, director, actor, producer, and podcaster Kevin Smith takes the teens you know and love from Riverdale on the wildest ride of their lives. What’s supposed to be a summer job at Quick Stop for Archie Andrews turns into so much more; from a budding friendship with co-worker Randal Graves, crashing a Pussycats concert, a potential new love interest, Jay and Silent Bob being, well, Jay and Silent Bob, and a musical number that will be burned into your brain forever.
UNCHOSEN #1
13-year-old Aida wakes in a city laid waste by a massive explosion—a scene of devastation that SHE caused. Pursued by rival forces wielding incredible powers, she must discover who truly wants to help her, who wants to control her, and the truth behind her own mysterious past. Acclaimed creator DAVID MARQUEZ (Uncanny X-Men, Miles Morales) makes his highly anticipated debut as both writer and artist on his first creator-owned series.
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GRAPHIC NOVELS / COLLECTIONS
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DC FINEST JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA THE PLUNDER OF THE PSYCHO-PIRATE TP
DC W.I.P. ALL STAR SUPERMAN #1
DEADPOOL EPIC COLLECTION TPB AGENT X
FLEX MENTALLO MAN OF MUSCLE MYSTERY DELUXE HC (2025 EDITION)
HATE REVISITED TP
HERO TRADE HERO FOR SALE TP
JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER BY JAMIE DELANO OMNIBUS HC VOL 02
MEAT EATERS TP
MICRONAUTS EPIC COLLECTION ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS TPB VOL 01
NEAL ADAMS' DC CLASSICS ARTIST'S EDITION
POISON IVY TP VOL 05 HUMAN BOTANY
PSYLOCKE TPB VOL 01
SENTINELS TPB
STAR WARS EWOKS TPB
SUPERMAN THE LAST DAYS OF LEX LUTHOR HC
SUPERMAN TREASURY 2025 HERO FOR ALL
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES LAST RONIN II HC
ZOMBIE TALES COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB
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YOUNG ADULT / ALL-AGES
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BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #336
BLUEY CRICKET
KRYPTO HERO IN TRAINING
TRANSFORMERS WORST BOT EVER TP
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NEW #1’s
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ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB #1 (ONE SHOT)
BATMAN GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT A LEAGUE FOR JUSTICE #1 (OF 6)
BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES: RITE OF SPRING #1
FANTASTIC FOUR #1
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS #1
IT'S JEFF: INFINITY PAWS #1
MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL: FRIENDS FOES & RIVALS #1
PREDATOR: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #1
THEY CHOOSE VIOLENCE #1 (OF 5)
TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #1
WILD ANIMALS #1 (OF 5)
UNCHOSEN #1 (OF 4)
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MARVEL
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DOCTOR STRANGE OF ASGARD #5 [DOOM]
FANTASTIC FOUR #1
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 ASRAR FOIL
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 CHIANG
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 DAVIS
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 DISNEY WHAT IF?
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 LEE
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 MARVEL RIVALS
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 MARVEL STUDIOS
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 ROMERO RETROVISION
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 ROSS
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 1:25 CASTELLINI
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 1:25 OPENA
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 1:50 BUSCEMA REMASTERED
FANTASTIC FOUR #7 FACSIMILE EDITION
FANTASTIC FOUR #7 FACSIMILE EDITION FOIL
FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS #1 BUCKINGHAM
FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS #1 NOTO A
FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS #1 NOTO B
IT'S JEFF INFINITY PAWS #1
IT'S JEFF INFINITY PAWS #1 ZULLO
MAGIK #7
MAGIK #7 QUINONES RETROVISION
MAGIK #7 1:25 PUTRI
MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1
MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1 BROOKS
MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1 CLARKE
MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1 DAUTERMAN
MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1 DODSON
MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1 VILLALOBOS
MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1 WERNECK
MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #35
PREDATOR BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #1
PREDATOR BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #1 ASRAR
PREDATOR VS SPIDER-MAN #2 (2ND PRINT)
RED HULK #6 [DOOM]
RED HULK #6 ALLRED RETROVISION [DOOM]
STAR WARS LEGACY OF VADER #6
STAR WARS LEGACY OF VADER #6 DI MEO
STAR WARS LEGACY OF VADER #6 FORCE AWAKENS 10TH ANNIV
SUPERIOR AVENGERS #4 [DOOM]
SUPERIOR AVENGERS #4 HOTZ [DOOM]
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN INCURSION #2
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN INCURSION #2 CAFU
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN INCURSION #2 GREENE
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN INCURSION #2 1:25 CAMUNCOLI
WOLVERINE AND KITTY PRYDE #4
WOLVERINE AND KITTY PRYDE #4 BAZALDUA
LAURA KINNEY WOLVERINE #8
UNCANNY X-MEN #17
UNCANNY X-MEN #17 EJIKURE
UNCANNY X-MEN #17 FRENZ RETROVISION
UNCANNY X-MEN #17 1:25 REIS
UNCANNY X-MEN #17 1:50 EJIKURE VIRGIN
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DC
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ABSOLUTE BATMAN #3 (4TH PRINT)
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #9
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #9 LEIRIX
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #9 PAREL
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #9 1:25 NGUYEN
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #9 1:50 LEIRIX VIRGIN
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #4 (2ND PRINT)
AQUAMAN #7
AQUAMAN #7 GALMON
AQUAMAN #7 SPEARS
BATMAN AND ROBIN #23
BATMAN AND ROBIN #23 DE LATORRE
BATMAN DARK PATTERNS #8 (OF 12)
BATMAN DARK PATTERNS #8 (OF 12) SIMMONDS
BATMAN GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT A LEAGUE FOR JUSTICE #1 (OF 6)
BATMAN GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT A LEAGUE FOR JUSTICE #1 (OF 6) FIUMARA
BATMAN GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT A LEAGUE FOR JUSTICE #1 (OF 6) SIENKIEWICZ
BATMAN GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT A LEAGUE FOR JUSTICE #1 (OF 6) 1:25 MITTEN
FIRE & ICE WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER #4 (OF 6)
FIRE & ICE WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER #4 (OF 6) FONG
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #2 (OF 5)
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #2 (OF 5) NOOBOVICH
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #2 (OF 5) MARCH
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #2 (OF 5) MARCH FOIL
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #6
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #6 GALMON
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #6 GONZALES
SUPERGIRL #3
SUPERGIRL #3 ARTGERM
SUPERGIRL #3 1:25 JONES
ACTION COMICS #1088
ACTION COMICS #1088 ROMERO
ACTION COMICS #1088 1:25 PATRIDGE
TRINITY DAUGHTER OF WONDER WOMAN #2 (OF 6)
TRINITY DAUGHTER OF WONDER WOMAN #2 (OF 6) OLIVER
TRINITY DAUGHTER OF WONDER WOMAN #2 (OF 6) EJIKURE
TRINITY DAUGHTER OF WONDER WOMAN #2 (OF 6) LOTAY
TRINITY DAUGHTER OF WONDER WOMAN #2 (OF 6) 1:25 FORBES
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IMAGE
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BLOOD SQUAD SEVEN #9
FARMHAND #23
FREE PLANET #3
FREE PLANET #3 DOUGHERTY LADDER
I HATE FAIRYLAND #1 FACSIMILE
I HATE FAIRYLAND #1 FACSIMILE FOIL
I HATE FAIRYLAND #42
I HATE FAIRYLAND #42 B&W
INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE BATTLE BEAST #1 (3RD PRINT)
POWER FANTASY #10
POWER FANTASY #10 VECCHIO
RADIANT BLACK #35
SAVAGE DRAGON #277
SAVAGE DRAGON #277 70S TRADE DRESS
TRANSFORMERS #22
TRANSFORMERS #22 CORONA
TRANSFORMERS #22 1:10 NAKAYAMA
TRANSFORMERS #22 1:25 YASHIRO
TRANSFORMERS #22 1:50 PYE PARR
UNCHOSEN #1 (OF 4)
UNCHOSEN #1 (OF 4) AIDA
WITCHBLADE #1 FACSIMILE FOIL
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OTHER PUBLISHERS
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ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB #1 (ONE SHOT)
ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB #1 (ONE SHOT) GREYSCALE
ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB #1 (ONE SHOT) HESTER
ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE III #6
BENEATH THE TREES RITE OF SPRING #1
BENEATH THE TREES RITE OF SPRING #1 FLEECS
BENEATH THE TREES RITE OF SPRING #1 ROSSMO
BENEATH THE TREES RITE OF SPRING #1 YOUNG
BENEATH THE TREES RITE OF SPRING #1 1:25 FLEECS FULL ART
BENEATH THE TREES RITE OF SPRING #1 1:50 ROSSMO B&W
BURIED LONG LONG AGO #3 (OF 5)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #22
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #22 FEDERICI
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #22 ALEXANDER
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #9
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #9 HORLEY
DARK REGARDS #3 (OF 4)
DARKSTALKERS X STREET FIGHTER BLOOD THRONE #1 (ONE SHOT)
DARKSTALKERS X STREET FIGHTER BLOOD THRONE #1 (ONE SHOT) GORDINE
EC BLOOD TYPE #2 (OF 4)
FML #5
FML #5 THOMPSON
FUTURE IS ****** #3
GODZILLA HERE THERE BE ALIENS #2
HELLO DARKNESS #12
HELLO DARKNESS #12 BOOM 20TH ANNIV
HELLO DARKNESS #12 FRISON
LIFE #5
LIFE #5 WALSH
MAGIC ORDER 5 #6
PLANET DEATH #0 (OF 4) (2ND PRINT)
PLANET DEATH #1 (OF 4)
PLANET DEATH #1 (OF 4) YU
RED HULK (2008) #1 PAN DIMENSIONAL 3D EDITION
SLASHERS APPRENTICE #3 (OF 5)
SOLOMON KANE THE SERPENT RING #4 (OF 4)
STAR TREK LOWER DECKS #9
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MUTANT NATION #8
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MUTANT NATION #8 DUNBAR
THEY CHOOSE VIOLENCE #1 (OF 5)
THEY CHOOSE VIOLENCE #1 (OF 5) BAKER
TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #1
UNCANNY VALLEY #10
UNCANNY VALLEY #10 FLEECS
WILD ANIMALS #1 (OF 5)
