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GlobalComix Continues its Expansion with Magma Comix, Marvel, Chispa Comics, and DC

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GlobalComix has spent 2025 focusing on growth and expanding the publishers available on the digital comic platform.

Earlier this year, IDW Publishing, Kodansha, and Archie Comics joined the platform, and expanded its offerings when it comes to manga. In the past month, GlobalComix has announced the addition of DC Comics, Chispa Comics, Marvel, and now Magma Comix.

In September, DC Comics went day-and-date as well as adding back catalog releases, more than 30,000 individual issues, volumes, and collected editions.

Chispa Comics followed in late September, bringing six series to the platform with more to come including GlobalComix-first exclusives.

On October 15, Marvel comics to the digital platform as part of the GlobalComix Gold membership which is available for $6.99/month or $69/year. eekly new releases will also be offered for individual purchase, with exclusive discounts for Gold members. Hundreds of Marvel comics will be available for Gold members with day-and-date releases starting on the 15th available for individual purchases with exclusive members-only discounts.

Today, Magma Comix and GlobalComix have announced an exclusive vertical scroll edition of The Pedestrian.

The Pedestrian has quickly established itself as one of the standout titles of 2025. Recognized by peers and fans alike, earlier this year, the series was nominated for “Best New Series” at the Eisner Awards, and has also been nominated for the prestigious Ringo Award for “Best Series”, with the Ringo Awards ceremony taking place on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at Baltimore Comic-Con in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Pedestrian is the first vertical scroll original that GlobalComix is producing in partnership with Magma Comix. This collaboration represents a new chapter for both companies, combining Magma’s bold, creator-driven storytelling with GlobalComix’s innovative publishing formats to deliver a reading experience tailored for modern audiences.

Black Demon Tales arrives in April from Scout Comics

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When Mexican naval researcher Bella Gonzalez is wounded in an attack by a massive shark, she dedicates herself to destroying it. But can science eradicate something as ancient and supernatural as the Black Demon? This is Scout‘s first mass market release from its Latin comic imprint CHISPA!

Based on the Mexican legend, the film stars Josh Lucas, Fernanda Urrejola, and Julio Cesar Cedillo. Adrian Grünberg, who previously directed Rambo: Last Blood, is attached to helm the project. Boise Esquerra pens the film’s screenplay with its story by Carlos Cisco. The movie premiere’s in theaters nationwide on April 28th!

The film focuses on Paul Sturges, an oilman who takes his family to Bahia Negra, which has now become a ghost town. During his time there, he learns that an offshore platform has awoken a beast from legends. Deciding to investigate further into the issue, he and his family travel to the platform, where they go face-to-face with a giant black shark, which kills anything in its path and repeatedly attacks the oil rig. Now trapped with his family alongside several other men, Paul must race against time if he wants him and his family to survive nature’s deadliest creature.

Black Demon Tales is an anthology based on the lore of real Mexican fishermen blended with Indigenous beliefs written/lettered by Héctor Rodríguez III, pencils/inks by Vincenzo Sansone, color by Saul Shavanas, cover art by José Meléndez, and edited by David Bowles.

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Batman #130

It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d you all get? What did you enjoy? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

ICv2 – Chispa Comics to Launch Latinx Universe, ‘The Thirteen’ – Honestly, kind of forgot about this publisher.

Reviews

Comicbook – Batman #130
Comicbook – Dark Web #1
Collected Editions – Detective Comics Vol. 2: Fear State
Comicbook – It’s Only Teenage Wasteland #1
Atomic Junk Shop – Red Scare
CBR – Thanos: Death Notes #1

Scout Comics New Chispa Imprint Announces The Black Demon Movie And Comic Series

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Attack at Acapulco: A Black Demon Tale

At New York Comic Con 20221, Scout Comics announced that it’s partnering with Mucho Mas Media to launch the LatinX comic imprint Chispa Comics. The new imprint, helmed by veteran comics creators David Bowles, Hector Rodriguez III, and Javier Chapa, was created to explore within the global LatinX community and communities of color to find diverse creators and curate stories that are culturally relevant across various mediums of entertainment.

Their first release, Attack at Acapulco: A Black Demon Tale, puts readers in the middle of the busiest week of the season when things on the Pacific coast of Mexico are not as they seem. Written by Sebastian Martinez-Kadlecik and illustrated by Bruno Oliveira, Attack at Acapulco is rooted in the Mexican myth of the Black Demon, an ancient megalodon that lurks the seas, guarding nature at the behest of Tlaloc, the supreme Aztec god of rain, earthly fertility, and water.

Revealed this week, Josh Lucas will battle a giant shark in The Black Demon, a survival thriller from Rambo: Last Blood director Adrian Grunberg. The film was written by Boise Esquerra and is set to start principal photography in December on location in the Dominican Republic.

The film follows oilman Paul Sturges (Lucas) as he takes his family on vacation to Bahia Azul. There, the coastal town he and his wife once knew has mysteriously crumbled and the locals are nowhere to be found. Paul starts off his day with a routine visit to inspect his nearby oil rig, but before he knows it, his entire family has landed with him on the rotting metal tower. From the depths of the ocean rises a massive megalodon known only by its name: the Black Demon. Under constant threat from this primeval species of shark, Paul must find a way to get his family back to shore alive.

The Black Demon is produced by Mucho Mas’ Javier Chapa and Silk Mass’ Jon Silk, alongside R.U. Robot’s Petr Jákl. The movie is executive produced by production company Mucho Mas’ Phillip Braun, Simon Wise, Bruce Barshop, Vincent Cordero, Highland Film Group’s Delphine Perrier, Arianne Fraser, and Henry Winterstern, The Avenue’s JJ Caruth and R.U. Robot’s Martin J. Barab. The Avenue and R.U. Robot are on board for financing.

NYCC 2021: Scout Comics and Mucho Mas Media Launch a Latinx Imprint

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As New York Comic Con is about to start, Scout Comics has announced a new Latinx imrpint. The publisher will be partnering with Los Angeles production company Much Mas Media for the venture. The imprint, Chispa Comics, will launch its first title Attack at Acapulco: A Black Demon Tale at New York Comic Con.

David Bowles, Hector Rodriguez III, Javier Chapa, and and creative director Phillip Braun will oversee the imprint.

Attack at Acapulco takes its concept from the Mexican myth of the Black Demon, an ancient megalodon that guards nature for Tlaloc. Tlaloc is the Aztec god of rain, earthly fertility, and water. Sebastian Martinez-Kadlecik wrote the comic which features art by Bruno Oliveira.

Chispa Comics titles announced so far include:

  • The Fantastic Flame – written by Alex Segura and Chantel Acevedo with art from Richard Ortiz
  • Thanks! – Romina – by Giulie Speziani
  • Dial “F” for Foodie – by Aaron Duran
  • Mashbone & Grifty – by Oscar Garza and Rolando Esquivel
  • Catrina’s Caravan – a horror anthology edited by David Bowles and Hector Rodriguez III
Attack at Acapulco: A Black Demon Tale