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W0RLDTR33 Book One Explores the Darkest Corners of the Undernet this September

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The first three story arcs of the taboo-shattering techno-horror series by Multiple Eisner Award winning writer James Tynion IV and superstar artist Fernando Blanco, with colors by Jordie Bellaire and letters by Aditya Bidikar, will be collected for the first time into a deluxe hardcover format. The W0RLDTR33 Book One deluxe hardcover will collect issues #1-16—as well as a cover gallery and initial design material—and will hit shelves in September from Image Comics.

A dark techno-thriller about hackers who discover a hidden layer of the internet that can reshape reality and is rapidly learning how to control it. In 1999, Gabriel and his friends discovered the Undernet: a secret architecture to the internet. They charted their exploration on a message board called W0RLDTR33. Then they lost control.

Someone broke into W0RLDTR33… someone who welcomed the violent hold the Undernet had on them. At great personal cost, Gabriel and the others thought they sealed the Undernet away for good. They were wrong. And now the whole world will know the meaning of PH34R.

Since its launch in 2023, W0RLDTR33 has gone through multiple sell-outs and reprints and garnered massive critical acclaim.

W0RLDTR33 Book One deluxe hardcover (ISBN: 9781534333307, Lunar Code 0326IM0435) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, September 2 and independent bookstores, Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, September 29.

W0RLDTR33 Book One

Seven Seas Licenses As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea, a Boys’ Love Manga Series

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Seven Seas Entertainment has announced the license acquisition of the Boys’ Love manga series As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Chika Hongo. In this moving Boys’ Love manga, a merman far from home, stuck working in a mansion, meets a young man who could change his life for the better. But the first step to freeing the merman? They need to fall in love!

Van is a mermaid who has lost everything—his voice, his family, his very place in the world. Forced to work as a slave in a mansion located in a town by the sea, he dreams of the day when he can return to the water. One day he meets Jens, the sole inhabitant of the cursed island of Fiska, a young man who proves to be kinder than any human Van has ever met. As the two grow closer, Jens is determined to buy Van’s freedom and bring him to his island home. But in order for this to happen, Van and Jens need to become more than just good friends…they need to fall in love. 

Witness the beginning of their romance in this moving Boys’ Love fantasy!

As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea Vol. 1 will be released in February 2027 for $15.99 USA / $20.99 CAN, with the manga available in large-trim editions as part of the Seven Seas BL Label (Boys’ Love titles). An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.

As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea Vol. 1
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The woman who defined the Golden Age of comics. Ruth Roche: The Phantom Hand of Comics

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This fall, Mad Cave Studios brings long-overdue focus to Ruth Roche, a defining voice of the Golden Age who helped shape comics from behind the scenes. Ruth Roche: The Phantom Hand of Comics, a graphic biography written by Eisner-nominated editor Joe Corallo and artist Meghan Hetrick, with colors by Dee Cunniffe, and letters by Morgan Martinez, brings a long-overlooked figure in comics history into view, told in the medium she helped shape.

Finally, a book that highlights the pioneering, yet too often overlooked, comics career of Ruth Roche using the medium she most closely worked in as a writer, editor, and business partner to the legendary Jerry Iger. Following Ruth’s journey from a young woman with a penchant for storytelling, through the Golden Age of comics, where Ruth worked in the midst of the action–until the fateful Wertham Trials brought all of it to an end.

A biography with historical reconstruction, Ruth Roche: The Phantom Hand of Comics restores a key creative force to the broader history of comics, aligning with titles like Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund by Caitlin McGurk and the influential historical work of Trina Robbins, underscoring a growing interest in biographical and archival comics scholarship.

Ruth Roche: The Phantom Hand of Comics goes on sale October 13, 2026, in paperback (ISBN: 9781545812624 | $19.99) and hardcover (ISBN: 9781545827376 | $29.99) formats. Final order cut-off is September 21, and it is now available for preorder at your favorite bookstore, comics shop, and directly from Mad Cave.

Ruth Roche: The Phantom Hand of Comics

Marvel Celebrates Disability Pride Month with New Covers and Stories Spotlighting Misty Knight, Daredevil, and more!

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This July, Marvel Comics celebrates Disability Pride Month with an all-new saga starring heroes that represent strength and empowerment for the disability community. Written by Marieke Nijkamp and drawn by Andrea Di Vito, the story will be told in special backup stories across four issues: Amazing Spider-Man #32, Uncanny X-Men #31, Fantastic Four #14, and Wolverine #24. Each issue will also feature a Disability Pride Variant Cover by one of several seminal artists: Jamie McKelvie, David Mack, Aaron Kuder, Leinil Francis Yu, and Stephen Segovia.

Intersecting with a range of different disabilities, the iconic characters spotlighted include DAREDEVIL, MISTY KNIGHT, ECHO, HAWKEYE, SILHOUETTE and FINESSE. This formidable group of heroes will come together to save Colleen Wing from a deadly threat in an action-packed story highlighting the power of community and uplifting one another.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32

Featuring a special backup story celebrating Disability Pride Month by MARIEKE NIJKAMP & ANDREA DI VITO
Disability Pride Promo Cover by JAMIE MCKELVIE
Disability Pride Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
On Sale 7/1

UNCANNY X-MEN #31

Featuring a special backup story celebrating Disability Pride Month by MARIEKE NIJKAMP & ANDREA DI VITO
Disability Pride Variant Cover by DAVID MACK
On Sale 7/8

FANTASTIC FOUR #14

Featuring a special backup story celebrating Disability Pride Month by MARIEKE NIJKAMP & ANDREA DI VITO
Disability Pride Variant Cover by AARON KUDER
On Sale 7/15

WOLVERINE #24

Featuring a special backup story celebrating Disability Pride Month by MARIEKE NIJKAMP & ANDREA DI VITO
Disability Pride Variant Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
On Sale 7/22

Marvel’s Disability Pride Celebration is part of the Marvel’s Voices program, which delivers super-powered storytelling that explores the multitude of unique backgrounds, journeys and identities found in the Marvel Universe.

Check out Jamie McKelvie’s Disability Pride Variant Cover along with David Mack’s Disability Pride Variant Cover and preorder them at your local comic shop today!

Marvel Celebrates Pride Month in a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Star Wars Pride Variant Covers

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In addition to Wiccan & Hulking: Raid of Ultron, this year’s Marvel’s Voices Pride special, and a collection of Pride Variant Covers across Marvel titles this June, Marvel Comics is once again teaming up with Lucasfilm to celebrate Pride Month with all-new Star Wars Pride Variant Covers that honor the diverse LGBTQIA+ community of the galaxy far, far away.

This year’s collection is an epic connecting cover by acclaimed artist Rickie Yagawa that will span three June releases: Star Wars: Rogue One – Jyn Erso #1, Star Wars: Shadow of Maul #4, and Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #3. The artwork spotlights 18 characters from across Stars Wars storytelling, including films, television, publishing, and Marvel comics—all brought together to celebrate Pride!

From Jedi Knights and rogues to Rebellion heroes and Imperial leaders, here’s who fans can spot on the cover, from left to right:

  • Vildar Mac
  • Terec and Ceret
  • Mother Aniseya
  • Mother Koril
  • Tey Sirrek
  • Cinta Kaz & Vel Sarth
  • Sabé
  • Doctor Aphra
  •  Just Lucky
  • Ariole Yu
  • Larma D’Acy & Wrobie Tyce
  • Rae Sloane
  • Losha & T’Onga
  •  Sana Starros

Check out the full piece and preoder all three covers at your local comic shop today! 

  • STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE – JYN ERSO #1 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621534800121
  • STAR WARS: SHADOW OF MAUL #4 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621479200441
  • STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE – ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #3 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621593500341

The indomitable Gaul is back. Bigger, bolder, and ready to rumble! Asterix Collector Vol. 7 arrives in June!

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Papercutz has announced Asterix Collector Vol. 7, presenting one of the most beloved Asterix adventures in a bold, oversized hardcover collector’s edition, featuring restored artwork, rare archival illustrations, and new insight into the creative process behind one of its most enduring stories.

Created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Asterix has delighted readers worldwide for generations with its blend of adventure, humor, and unforgettable characters. Goscinny, born in Paris in 1926, co-founded Pilote magazine in 1959, where Asterix first appeared, while Uderzo, born in France in 1927, shaped the series’ iconic look and energy. Together, they created one of the most successful comic series of all time.

Recently adapted for an animated Netflix miniseries, “Asterix and the Big Fight” is one of the most beloved stories of the fearless Gaul battling supposedly unbeatable odds to protect his tiny village from the Roman Empire. Now the story gets new prestige treatment with illuminating commentary and insights into the original story and illustrations. 

The Romans are beginning to wise up! Instead of trying to conquer Asterix’s village, the Romans challenge Vitalstatistx, chief of Asterix’s tribe, to a “Big Fight”—a one-on-one battle with the Gallo-Roman Chief, Cassius Ceramix of Linoleum. The loser forfeits his entire tribe to the winner! It should be an easy fight with Vitalstatistx’s super strength—but the Romans have a plan for that, too. Get ready for an all-out Gaulish brawl!

Packed with action, humor, and heart, this edition will make a great gift for young readers, collectors, and longtime fans alike. Asterix Collector Vol. 7 goes on sale June 2, 2026 (ISBN: 9781545826621 | $19.99), and will be available wherever books and comics are sold.

Asterix Collector Vol. 7

Preview: Daredevil #2

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Daredevil #2

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Lee Garbett

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH! MATT MURDOCK, once a noted attorney, now goes by a new title: college professor! But when the mysterious, future-seeing villain OMEN targets Matt himself, it’s DAREDEVIL who’ll be taught a brutal lesson: When your enemy already knows what’s coming, every choice is a matter of life and death!

Daredevil #2

Preview: Civil War: Unmasked #1

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Civil War: Unmasked #1

(W) Christos Gage (A) Edgar Salazar

Whose side are you on? Revisit the event that unleashed shockwaves across the Marvel Universe! In this five-issue miniseries, follow the unseen stories of Iron Man, Spider-Man, Goliath, Tigra, and Captain America before, during and after the events of Civil War! An urgent mission from Bishop takes Tony Stark into the Days of Future Past, where the revelation of the apocalyptic future changes everything Tony thought he knew about the consequences of the Superhuman Registration Act.

Written by all-star Christos Gage (Battleworld), drawn by Edgar Salazar (The Last Wolverine), and returning colorist Morry Hollowell, you won’t want to miss this special anniversary series two decades in the making!

Civil War: Unmasked #1

Preview: Astonishing Miles Morales: Spider-Man – The Art of Thwip #1

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Astonishing Miles Morales: Spider-Man – The Art of Thwip #1

(W) Cody Ziglar (A) Alessandro Miracolo

MILES MORALES and his AMAZING FRIENDS! Need all the help they can get! Spider-Man does whatever a spider can – but he’ll need a hand from his super-powered friends (and frenemies) to handle Bumbler’s string of art robberies, Hightail’s super-speedy secret mission and Frost Pharaoh’s assault on Brooklyn Visions Academy! Astonishing Miles Morales: Spider-Man Infinity Comic (2025) #1-6 for the first time in print!

Astonishing Miles Morales: Spider-Man – The Art of Thwip #1

Preview: DC x Sonic the Hedgehog: The Metal Legion #1

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DC x Sonic the Hedgehog: The Metal Legion #1

(W) Ian Flynn (A) Adam Bryce Thomas

THE FAN-FAVORITE CROSSOVER RETURNS! The worlds of DC Comics’ Justice League and SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog collide once more in another thrilling crossover filled with action, adventure, laughs, and perils! Mysterious mechanical rings have appeared on both worlds, linking them together and leading to all things wonderful, worrisome, and weird! The heroes are happily reunited, but little do they suspect there’s a sinister origin to their reunions.

DC x Sonic the Hedgehog: The Metal Legion #1
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