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Dark Horse Books brings Retroverse, Blood Oath, and New America to print in 2024

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Dark Horse Comics will bring Retroverse, the horror sci-fi series written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by John Bivens, Blood Oath, the dark vampire crime story co-written by novelist Rob Hart and acclaimed writer Alex Segura with art by Joe Eisma, and Curt Pires’ dense, action-packed political thriller New America with art by Luca Casalanguida to print for the first time in 2024.

Retroverse

Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by John Bivens

· After a wild, drunken party, 19-year-old Kacy wakes up in an alternate universe—one where she has been dead for thirteen years. She must navigate the heartbreaking waters of a world that seems to have turned out much better without her in it. And she must do so while wielding newly-discovered terrifying abilities against alien horrors.

Retroverse [152 pages / color / MSRP $22.99/$29.99 pbk / ISBN: 978-1-506737225 / on sale February 6, 2024 bookstores and February 7, 2024 comic shops / Dark Horse Books] is available for pre-order through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and your local comic shop. Retroverse was first released as a 5-issue series from Comixology Originals and is available to read digitally at aAmazon.com/comixology.

Retroverse

Blood Oath

Written by Rob Hart and Alex Segura
Art by Joe Eisma

It’s 1922 in New York. The peak of Prohibition. Hazel Crenshaw just wants to be left alone, to tend to her farm, to care for her younger sister, and to run her business. But her business is inescapably tangled up with the New York gangs that will eventually coalesce into the mafia, and a new, unknown partner. When the Crenshaw farm is attacked, Hazel must not only defend her home, she must cope with the realization that her flirtation with the other side of the law might also put her in the crosshairs of something else—something much more sinister…

Blood Oath [152 pages / color / MSRP $22.99/$29.99 pbk / ISBN: 978-1-506737157 / on sale February 20, 2024 bookstores and February 21, 2024 comic shops / Dark Horse Books] is available for pre-order through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and your local comic shop. Blood Oath was first released as a five issue series from Comixology Originals and is available to read digitally at  amazon.com/comixology.

Blood Oath

New America Vol. 1

Written by Curt Pires
Art by Luca Casalanguida

New America Vol. 1 follows the formation of a secessionist state within America and the trials and tribulations both personal and political of the people leading and living in this newly emergent country.

New America [152 pages / color / MSRP $22.99/$29.99 pbk / ISBN: 978-1-506737201 / on sale March 5, 2024 bookstores and March 6, 2024 comic shops / Dark Horse Books] is available for pre-order through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and your local comic shop. New America was first released as a four issue series from Comixology Originals and is available to read digitally at amazon.com/comixology.

New America Vol. 1

Preview: Star Trek #3

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Star Trek #3

(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A) Joe Eisma (A/CA) Ramon Rosanas
In Shops: Jan 04, 2023
SRP: $4.99

When strange malfunctions begin to plague the USS Theseus mid-warp, Benjamin Sisko and his crew must band together to unveil the source behind the mysterious phenomena aboard the ship. But what initially appear as mere technological quagmires and strange happenings become a test that will determine the very fate of the universe.

Star Trek #3

Star Trek #3 delivers a bump in the road named Q

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Star Trek #3

Star Trek #3 has been a fun new addition to the world of Star Trek. Not only is it the return of Benjamin Sisko but the crew of this mission features a diverse group of characters from throughout various Trek franchises. This issue sees the return another much beloved character, Q, who has decided to show up to deliver one of its famous tests.

Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, Star Trek #3 feels like a nice self-contained story that has Sisko dealing with the meddling being. Things have gone haywire on the USS Theseus with strange events threatening the crew. Q has decided to pop up and challenge everyone, a speed bump on their mission to find out whos’ killing godlike aliens.

It’s a fun issue delivering a regular Trek episode in comic form and keeping it isolated to a single issue. Even if you haven’t read the series so far, it’s a nice issue to pick up and read. Much of it is self-contained and there’s not a lot you need to know from the first two issues.

What the issue interestingly does is focus on Sisko. His return has been filled with questions and this issue dances around that. What secrets has Sisko be hiding and how has he changed? The issue begins to dig into all of that. But, it also digs into Sisko’s personality and how he’s commanding this mission. Q seems to test that for unknown reason.

The art by Ramon Rosanas and Joe Eisma is good. With Lee Loughridge on color and Clayton Cowles on lettering the comic delivers some fun with the concept. Pages are turned into gauntlets as team members must make their way through the ship. Weird spectral beings haunt other parts of the crew. The interaction with Q has visuals that hearken back to classic episodes of the television series. And overall, the characters are recognizable from their real world versions.

Star Trek #3 is a nice issue to dive in to. You can pick it up without having read the first two and my gut says there’s something more about this encounter to come. Only time will tell.

Story: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing Art: Ramon Rosanas, Joe Eisma
Color: Lee Loughridge Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

IDW Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle

Preview: Star Trek #3

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Star Trek #3

(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A) Joe Eisma (A/CA) Ramon Rosanas
In Shops: Jan 04, 2023
SRP: $4.99

When strange malfunctions begin to plague the USS Theseus mid-warp, Benjamin Sisko and his crew must band together to unveil the source behind the mysterious phenomena aboard the ship. But what initially appear as mere technological quagmires and strange happenings become a test that will determine the very fate of the universe.

Star Trek #3

Preview: Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)

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Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)

Script: Frank Tieri, Joanne Starer, Joe Corallo
Art: Joe Eisma, Butch Mapa, Patrick Piazzalunga
Colors: Matt Herms, Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Adam Gorham
Variant Cover: Robert Hack
On Sale Date: 12/14
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a… werewolf?! The holidays look a little different in Riverdale this year—Santa’s nowhere in sight but Krampus is on the rampage! Who can take him down? Why only someone who can meet his match, and that someone’s best friend/monster hunter. That’s right, WereJug returns to do battle with the horned and hoofed holiday beast with Betty Cooper in his corner! Then, we dive into the true story of the Icelandic yule cat, Jólakötturinn, and her master—Sheila Wu?! Finally, Reggie meets a nice girl that he takes to the holiday dance—but things aren’t as they seem when she systematically dismantles Reggie’s life! The holidays are horrifying in this special horror anthology that reunites the team of Jughead: the Hunger!

Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)

Preview: Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)

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Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)

Script: Frank Tieri, Joanne Starer, Joe Corallo
Art: Joe Eisma, Butch Mapa, Patrick Piazzalunga
Colors: Matt Herms, Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Adam Gorham
Variant Cover: Robert Hack
On Sale Date: 12/14
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a… werewolf?! The holidays look a little different in Riverdale this year—Santa’s nowhere in sight but Krampus is on the rampage! Who can take him down? Why only someone who can meet his match, and that someone’s best friend/monster hunter. That’s right, WereJug returns to do battle with the horned and hoofed holiday beast with Betty Cooper in his corner! Then, we dive into the true story of the Icelandic yule cat, Jólakötturinn, and her master—Sheila Wu?! Finally, Reggie meets a nice girl that he takes to the holiday dance—but things aren’t as they seem when she systematically dismantles Reggie’s life! The holidays are horrifying in this special horror anthology that reunites the team of Jughead: the Hunger!

Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)

Preview: Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)

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Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)

Script: Frank Tieri, Joanne Starer, Joe Corallo
Art: Joe Eisma, Butch Mapa, Patrick Piazzalunga
Colors: Matt Herms, Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Adam Gorham
Variant Cover: Robert Hack
On Sale Date: 12/14
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a… werewolf?! The holidays look a little different in Riverdale this year—Santa’s nowhere in sight but Krampus is on the rampage! Who can take him down? Why only someone who can meet his match, and that someone’s best friend/monster hunter. That’s right, WereJug returns to do battle with the horned and hoofed holiday beast with Betty Cooper in his corner! Then, we dive into the true story of the Icelandic yule cat, Jólakötturinn, and her master—Sheila Wu?! Finally, Reggie meets a nice girl that he takes to the holiday dance—but things aren’t as they seem when she systematically dismantles Reggie’s life! The holidays are horrifying in this special horror anthology that reunites the team of Jughead: the Hunger!

Happy Horrordays (One-Shot)
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