ComicsPRO 2026 is taking place and during the first day, DC announced two new series set in the Absolute Universe: Absolute Green Arrow by Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque, launching May 20, and Absolute Catwomanby Che Grayson, Scott Snyder, and Bengal, launching June 10. Both titles continue the imprint’s mission to reimagine iconic DC characters in bold, continuity-free stories from top creators.
Absolute Green Arrow #1 features covers by Albuquerque and Gerald Parel, Guillem March, Reiko Murakami, and Tula Lotay.
Absolute Catwoman #1 features covers by Bengal, Kaare Andrews, Manhanini, and Nakayama.
DC also teased that the first Absolute Universe event miniseries will arrive in Q4 2026, with additional details to be revealed later this year.
(W) Charles Soule (A) Luke Ross (C) Nolan Woodard (L) Joe Caramagna (CA) Derrick Chew (VCA) Bengal, Josemaria Casanovas, Luke Ross and Alex Sinclair
DARK VISIONS IN THE DEPTHS OF VADER’S CASTLE! KYLO REN goes on a quest through unseen caverns within VADER’S CASTLE! The young tyrant comes face-to-face with grotesque visions of his past! Can Kylo make his way out of the depths of darkness with his sanity intact?!
(W) Charles Soule (A) Luke Ross (C) Nolan Woodard (L) Joe Caramagna (CA) Derrick Chew (VCA) Bengal, Josemaria Casanovas, Luke Ross and Alex Sinclair
DARK VISIONS IN THE DEPTHS OF VADER’S CASTLE! KYLO REN goes on a quest through unseen caverns within VADER’S CASTLE! The young tyrant comes face-to-face with grotesque visions of his past! Can Kylo make his way out of the depths of darkness with his sanity intact?!
(W) Alex Segura (A) Phil Noto (L) Clayton Cowles (CA) Phil Noto (VCA) Bengal, John Tyler Christopher, Josemaria Casanovas, Luke Ross and Alex Sinclair
New Republic on the brink of war! LUKE, HAN and VALANCE face off against a swarm of Clone War-era threats! PRINCESS LEIA plays the only card she has left against the mounting threat! RYNN ZENAT discovers a clue that sheds light on the struggles of the mysterious NAGAI!
DC Comics has announced that Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo are reuniting for a fresh all-ages take on an old legend in a new DC comic book series launching on September 10, 2025, with C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table! Taylor and Di Nicuolo will team up with colorist Rain Beredo and letterer Wes Abbott to bring a new kind of hero to DC in this original IP comic book series!
For centuries, an elite force known as the Camelot Corps has protected ancient secrets, waiting for the day when these myths are needed by the world. That day is today.
Young Fel, Connor, and their friends are stunned when they’re almost crushed by a giant stone falling from the sky. Their lives are changed forever when they find a sword stuck fast in the stone. Fel pulls the sword from the stone, her friends all receive their own Arthurian legend, and the game is on for a new generation of champions!
These children of destiny will soon face a great evil. But they won’t do so alone. For these friends have been chosen to wield ancient, magical weapons. Great weapons bonded to knights of legend. Weapons that… speak? Weapons that argue. The bickering weapons are fused with the spirits of the Knights of the Round Table, and the kids have been chosen to wield these weapons as a new dark age falls upon the world.
With the evil Mordred’s power growing, the fate of the world rests in the hands of these new Children of the Round Table!
C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #1 arrives in comic shops and digital platforms on September 10, 2025, and will be available to preorder and add to pull lists beginning Friday, June 20. C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #1 will be 40 pages, followed by 32-page comics for the remainder of the run.
C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table will launch with a main cover by Di Nicuolo and variant covers by Darko Lafuente and Nicoletta Baldari. Artists Mattia De Iulis (#2), Bengal (#3), Jon Sommariva (#4), Tony Valente (#5) and Tirso (#6) will also contribute variant covers throughout the new series. Main covers will retail at $3.99 US, with card stock variants at $4.99 US. C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table will carry DC’s All Ages content descriptor (rated E for Everyone).
(W) Peter Warren (A/CA) Francesco Mobili, Chris Chuckry In Shops: Sep 18, 2024 SRP: $4.99
Series Premiere. The first stunning issue of a brand-new series from Giant Generator showcasing the first graphic novel work by screenwriter Peter Warren (The Incal feature film, Kill Me) with jaw-dropping art by Francesco Mobili (X-Men, Scumbag) and beautifully colored by Chris Chuckry (New X-Men). Johnny Moore is a world-famous tech mogul known as much for his work pioneering mobility aids for people with disabilities (like himself) as he is for moonlighting as the metal-suited vigilante, Caliburn. But when Johnny is found murdered and his suit stolen, his estranged childhood best friends reunite to solve the mystery of his murder. The Tin Can Society is a heartfelt and human look at the evolution of friendships across a lifetime, at disability and ableism, and the destructive power of fame.
The New York Times bestselling writer Rick Remender and showrunner/writer Peter Warren team up with fan-favorite artist Francesco Mobili for an all-new cyberpunk, super-powered adventure in the forthcoming The Tin Can Society. The nine issue miniseries and is set to launch from the Giant Generator line at Image Comics in September.
In The Tin Can Society, Johnny Moore is a world-famous tech mogul known as much for his work pioneering mobility aids for people with disabilities (like himself) as he is for moonlighting as the metal-suited vigilante, Caliburn. But when Johnny is found murdered and his suit stolen, his estranged childhood best friends reunite to solve the mystery of his murder. The Tin Can Society is a heartfelt and human look at the evolution of friendships across a lifetime, at disability and ableism, and the destructive power of fame. The book is a superhero story as if it was told through the lens of Stephen King. Not the horror version of King but more the Stand by Me version. It’s a story about a bunch of kids who grew up together and one of them became a superhero. The comic opens up with his death and the rest of them trying to figure out who did it.
The Tin Can Society #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 11:
Cover A by Mobili & Chris Chuckry – Lunar Code 0724IM277
Cover B 1:10 copy incentive by Bengal – Lunar Code 0724IM278
A child with unimaginable power is raised to believe he is God by a cult of zealots utterly confident in the moral authority of their religion. The Magnificent Leader has imposed his will on humanity and created the ultimate theocracy. Join them, or be cast out to suffer with the masses. Napalm Lullaby #1 is an interesting debut that delivers a fast paced dive into this world and teases some depth.
Napalm Lullaby #1 is an interesting debut, teasing out its underlying concept enough to get readers to come back for more. Written by Rick Remender, the comic hits the zeitgeist starting with a religious protest ad then pivoting to the arrival of a baby that’s familiar, but quite different.
The debut issue dances around its world that has been subjugated by religion and those pushing against it. There also seems to be a twist as to the origin of it all that’s teased and could lead to further discussions about fate and whether things are written in stone. But, overall, the comic feels like it’s focused on the tyranny of the minority that rises due to an individual.
Remender in Napalm Lullaby #1 feels like he’s tapping into a lot of what society is struggling with today but wrapping it in layers of flashy tech and action.
Bengal provides that with art that delivers some excitement enough to distract from the depth within. With lettering by Rus Wooton, the comic takes us from a quiet opening to quickly ramping up into future tech and a future ruled by fear and religion. That future presented itself has no problem playing with smoke and mirrors to keep readers guessing as to what’s real and not and a creative action sequence that’ll get you to go back and reread parts of the comic.
Napalm Lullaby #1 sets up an interesting concept and world that feels like it has something to say. It entertains with solid art and action sequences while laying things out. It shows potential as a series and concept but it’s long term interest will really rely on how much it’s willing to explore its underlying concepts beyond the surface level art. There’s something there and more enough to tune in to see what Remender, Begnal, and Wooton deliver in the second issue.
Story: Rick Remender Art: Bengal Letterer: Rus Wooton Story: 7.5 Art: 8.0 Overall: 7.5 Recommendation: Read
Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Coda #4, from writer Simon Spurrier, artist Matías Bergara, color assistant Patricio Delpeche, and letterer Jim Campbell, available on December 27, 2023.
As Hum ruminates on his personal connection to stories of the past and how it left him in his current state, the threads of connectedness continue to weave through the tale as he wrestles with feelings over his own body. Meanwhile, Mildew crosses paths with Hum and Serka after a harrowing rescue in the midst of a brutal battle. While things may not turn out how they hope, Serka has a new plan to set things right…
Coda #4features main and variant cover art by series artist Matías Bergara, with variants by Ariel Olivetti, and Bengal.
The bestselling creative duo behind fan-favorite series Death or Glory—Rick Remender and Bengal—reteam for an all-new dystopian epic in, Napalm Lullaby. This ongoing series is set to launch in March 2024 from the Giant Generator line at Image Comics.
Issue #1 will feature variant covers by superstar artists JG Jones, Yanick Paquette, Eric Powell, Jeff Dekal, Andrew Robinson, Davi Go, James Harren, and Daniel Warren Johnson.
What if a child with unimaginable power was discovered and raised to believe he was God by a cult built upon hatred and populated by zealots utterly confident in the purity and absolute moral authority of their religion? Enter a world ruled by The Magnificent Leader, where just such a cult imposed their will on an entire world to create the ultimate theocracy. Join up and buy in—or be cast out to suffer in the toxic slums with the masses of humanity.
The story of Napalm Lullaby begins 50 years after the cult’s subjugation of Earth, when two of the messiah’s bastard children—each with powers that are strange and difficult to control—set out to escape the slums of their birth. Determined to infiltrate the Magnificent Leader’s domed fortress of adulation, they’ll stop at nothing to kill the man responsible for the nightmare they were raised in.
