Hyde Street #13
(W) Geoff Johns (A) Ivan Reis
THE BUTCHER, Part Three Now that we’ve seen exactly why he’s called The Butcher, we feel the trembling of every Resident shocked to their core. Next on Butcher’s list: the agoraphobic Miss Goodbody. Judging by the cover, they have a nice chat.
Geiger #25
(W) Geoff Johns (A) Gary Frank
Twenty-five issues! Thirty-two story pages! One amazing comic! Join us in celebrating GEIGER’S 25th anniversary issue with an action-packed story where the Glowing Man, Tariq Geiger, finally faces off against the mysteriously bandaged President Griffin! This issue also kicks off a special prelude to the upcoming GEIGER/REDCOAT crossover: “Radioactive Revolution”!
Breakout hit Hammerfist by New York Times bestselling author Rick Remender and acclaimed artist Steve Epting has sold out yet again at the distributor level. The debut issue of this hot new series will be rushed back to print by Image this week in order to keep up with escalating demand.
In Hammerfist, readers meet Mike Denton: a dirtbag hitman, junkie, and absentee father. He’s spent his life chasing the easy fix—drugs, cheap sex, and murder for money—all while failing the one person who still believes he can be better: his daughter.
Now, on the eve of Black Noon—an ancient darkness that erases the light in all things—Mike has to drag himself out of the gutter, awaken a supernatural weapon powered only by love, and fight his way through the living embodiment of evil to save her. This is the story of an unredeemable killer forced to do the one thing he’s avoided his entire life: stand for something other than himself.
Reservoir Dogs collides with Evil Dead in this filthy crime story that mutates into a savage splatter-horror nightmare.
Hammerfist #1, third printing (UPC: 70985304826800113) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 21.
Skybound, Image Comics, and Universal Products & Experiences have revealed Luana Vecchio‘s connecting covers for Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives. The new four-issue comic book series from the Eisner-Award winning writer Kelly Thompson and her longtime creative collaborator, Eisner-Award nominated artist Mattia De Iulis debuts in comic book ships on October 28, 2026.
Luana Vecchio’s beautifully illustrated connecting cover series comes together to form one continuous piece of artwork, creating a haunting, gothic portrait of the Universal Monsters icon across all four issues of Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives.
HERE COMES THE BRIDE…Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis reunite once again to deliver the most haunting new horror series of the year. Born in the heart of a thunderstorm, made of stolen flesh, electricity, and monstrous desperation, The Bride lives!
With no memory of her past or understanding of what she is, The Bride took her first steps into the world and was…displeased. Now, she must discover where and who she came from and begin what every living thing begins…the process of staying alive.
The full list of Vecchio’s connecting covers is below:
A famous Hollywood Animal Trainer, Doctor Kermit Groeden, and his only client/best friend—Amigo the Ape, the first gorilla ever nominated for an Academy Award—are framed for a crime they didn’t commit. Now they’re on the run. And to clear their names and save their lives, Kermit and Amigo will be forced to reveal their darkest secrets and confront each other’s hidden past. Will their friendship be able to survive? A story about secrets, sins, and simians. Crimes Against Nature #1 is a hell of a start that shouldn’t be missed.
With Eliot Rahal as the writer, Crimes Against Nature #1 was very likely to be a good read. It’s far more than that, it’s a great read and another amazing debut this year. The concept is fresh, interesting, and delivers some layers that readers can contemplate or ignore and just enjoy the basic concept.
Individuals being framed for a murder and having to prove their innocence has been done many times before. But Crimes Against Nature #1 gives it a spine where the individual that’s maybe guilty is a gorilla… an Academy Award nominated gorilla, who’s on the run with his trainer/best friend. It’s a story of an unlikely duo in a bad spot in so many ways. It builds and builds until it hits you… well technically Amigo hits someone.
Rahal delivers an interesting pair of lead characters. Groeden as the main human lead is an intriguing character. Rahal paints him as an asshole generally. Someone that flies off the handle, being aggressive and a bit mean to others. He’s protective of Amigo, acting as his interpreter but also his friend. He comes off as that slightly asshole manager where you can’t tell if they really care for their client or they care because they’re a client. Still, Groeden is shown protecting Amigo in some ways, while Amigo performs for audiences. The individual who’s told what to do with little input or layers to go through to give it, feels like it could be so much, the state of creatives hired in general, the non-managerial worker. Groeden comes off as the manager class, able to get away with a bit more than the lowly worker and abuse those around him with only major fuck ups coming to bite them in the ass. And that’s what happens…
The art by Mattia Monaco is fantastic. The comic’s style has a bit of insanity to it where it feels a bit over the top in that exaggerated Hollywood sort of way. From talk shows to Vegas casinos, the art adds so much setting the tone and vibe of the comic. It could have been played off as serious and gritty but it’s somewhere between that and camp when it comes to the art… and that’s a really good thing. The comic would be very different if played straight and serious. Instead, there’s a bit of an excess to it all. Monaco also does a fantastic job of delivering the emotion. Groeden comes off as angry and unhinged at times while Amigo has a reserved, almost sad, aspect to him. This is a great combo of writer and artist.
I loved the sound of the concept going into the comic but it exceeded my already high expectations. It nails it’s concept and has me hooked to see where it goes. Under its surface, the concept is one we’ve seen many times before, the wrong person is killed forcing others to go on the run. But, the details and how it’s presented is new and fresh and has us putting the series on our “must read” list.
Story: Eliot Rahal Art: Mattia Monaco Letters: Mattia Monaco
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize winning writer Alex Segura and acclaimed writer and Best Issue Ever podcaster Sara Century will team up with fan-favorite artists Pat Kennedy and Dean Kotz for a fresh new spin on superheroes in the upcoming The Forgotten Five. This all-new, ongoing series is set to launch Wednesday, December 16 from Image Comics.
The series will also boast eye-popping variant cover art by Nickolej Villiger, Michel Fiffe, Inkpot Award winning Jerry Ordway, and Kotz himself.
Decades ago, five teens with strange powers barely managed to escape the clutches of a shadowy organization known as The Contingency. Aided by former Contingency agent Polly Napier and her partner Gilly Stokes, they became The Five: a team of freedom-fighting outcasts!
Years later, with the Contingency defeated, The Five have grown up and moved on, leaving the world-saving to new teams of heroes across the country. But when rumors of their old foes begin to resurface, can the Forgotten Five cast off their civilian lives in order to reconnect and resume the fight?
Skybound and Image Comics have shared interior art and variant covers for Creepshow Vol. 5 #2, the next issue of the hugely popular comic book anthology based on Greg Nicotero’s Shudder TV series. Creepshow Vol.5 #2 features stories by the creative team of Chris Killian and Andrew Sanders, Baldemar Rivas and Tyler Crook and arrives in comic book shops on October 21, perfectly timed for Halloween reading.
In the spirit of all iterations of Creepshow in pop culture, every issue of the Creepshow comic series comes packed with two stomach-churning stories from your favorite creators, designed to shock, disturb, and delight in equal measure.
In Creepshow Vol.5 #2, Chris Killian, Andrew Sanders, and Baldemar Rivas present a skull-cracking tale about a former corrections officer who’s imprisoned in the very cellblock he used to patrol. Let’s hope his new roommates can forgive and forget before they call for…. lights out! Then, Tyler Crook tells the touching story of a devoted husband who will stop at nothing to protect the ones he loves, even from beyond the grave. It’ll rip your heart out!
In addition to the main cover by Kyle Hotz and Dan Brown, Creepshow Vol. 5 #2 features two open-to-order variant covers by Baldemar Rivas and Luana Vecchio.
The full list of covers is below:
The Walking Dead Deluxe #145 has Rick and his people dealing with the fallout of Alpha’s actions.
The Walking Dead returns in full color with extras! The Walking Dead Deluxe takes us back to the beginning with each issue now featuring full color. There are also extras of what might have been with notes as part of “The Cutting Room Floor.”
What’s it like to revisit this modern classic? How does it change all these years later… and in color? Find out!
Story: Robert Kirkman
Art: Charlie Adlard
Ink: Stefano Gaudiano
Color: Dave McCaig
Letterer: Rus Wooton
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Yumi: 00EX #2
(W) Doug Wagner (A) Hoyt Silva
Yumi didn’t find Richard. So, she stole MI6’s entire spy database. Now she’s hunting down every one of his exes… one by one, across the globe. No rules. No mercy. No survivors. Love is lethal.
Feral #26
(W) Tony Fleecs (A) Tone Rodriguez, Trish Forstner
A PERFECT JUMPING ON POINT FOR NEW READERS! After the chaos of last issue, Elsie finds herself all alone in the woods. Lost in the dark, she’s haunted by something worse than the bad kind.
The ghostly Spirit Guide is back. And it wants Elsie on her own forever!
