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Mini Reviews: Death Fight Forever #1, he Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #1, The Muppets Noir #1, Street Sharks #5, and Wonder Woman #30

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Wonder Woman #30

Sometimes, the staff at Graphic Policy read more comics than we’re able to get reviewed. When that happens you’ll see a weekly feature compiling reviews of the comics, or graphic novels, we just didn’t get a chance to write a full one for.

These are Graphic Policy’s Mini Reviews and Recommendations.

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Death Fight Forever #1 (Image) – After an intoxicating flash forward, Andrew Maclean and Alexis Zirritt bring the world of old school beat ’em up arcade games to comics in Death Fight Forever #1. It’s a simple take out an evil guy in a creepy pyramid type of story, and both sides have tricks up their sleeves. Death Fight Forever is a visuals driven book focusing on the next sprayed on the side of tour van set piece. Maclean’s writing adds pitch black humor and brotherly love to the proceedings, and there’s some heart beneath badassery. But, yeah, this comic is like playing your favorite arcade game late at night with a little bit of a beer buzz. Overall: 8.5 Verdict: Buy

The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #1 (Mad Cave) – With a name like that, I had to check out Fred Kennedy and James Edward Clark‘s new series The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #1. (TFHCM from here on out.) TFHCM #1 satirizes Reagan era America with big guns, lines of blow, and plenty of action, and the antagonist seems a lot like Trump too even though he’s technically a Pablo Escobar type. Clark’s approach to the visuals is VHS fever dream meets Reefer Madness meets Miami Vice with a side of those hyperactive toy ads, especially in his figure work. This is a book that definitely gets overstimulating at time, but it’s chock-full of so many jokes, wacky characters, and moments of pure badassery that it’s well worth your time and money. Overall: 8.0 Verdict: Buy

The Muppets Noir #1 (Dynamite) – Once again, Roger Langridge seamlessly brings the world of Muppets from TV puppets to comics in The Muppets Noir #1. His writing is clever, his visuals are absurd, and once Kermit gets hit by that brick and enters a dreamworld where he’s a private eye with a phobia of pies, he creates a fully realized world of mansions with singing pig statues, Gonzo doing stunts at the cabaret, Sam Eagle abusing his arrest powers, and more. The story really feels like Kermit casting a film noir with his fellow Muppets, and Roger Langridge has a ball with the language and casting. Plotwise, The Muppets Noir #1 is establishing and exploring, but there’s a bit of a curve ball in the last few pages. Overall: 8.4 Verdict: Buy

Street Sharks #5 (Oni Press) – This marine pun and punching filled series wraps up in Street Sharks #5 as Stephanie Williams and Ariel Medel pit the titular heroes against Dr. Paradigm once and for all at the ultimate 90s destination: the shopping mall. But beneath the quips and cool wrestling moves, this story (And honestly the series as a whole.) follows the throughline of the Street Sharks trying to be loved and not feared. Seriously, Dr. Paradigm is very good at blackmail, but maybe a Super-Adaptoid version of the Street Sharks was a step too far. I love that Williams and Medel cut away from the action to show the reaction of onlookers, including characters from previous issues. Street Sharks #5 is about muscular mutant sharks kicking mad scientist butt, but it’s also about a community defending itself against predatory capitalism and finding heroes in unlikely places. I seriously need some Street Sharks merch. Overall: 8.7 Verdict: Buy

Wonder Woman #30 (DC) – In the conclusion to her two part arc, Stephanie Williams shows her command over Wonder Woman’s robust supporting cast putting both their strengths and flaws on display as they battle Eris for Lizzie. She and Jeff Spokes make one hell of a team as insightful dialogue pairs with muscular action. Spokes’ colors also set the tone for each stage of the fight with Eris. It’s so cool to see Nubia, Philippus, Diana, Yara, Donna, and Cassie as three dimensional characters in just 40-odd pages as Williams and Jeff Spokes bring dense, old school type storytelling, but loses the old school attitude. Plus the text and visuals complement each other nicely, and Spokes kicks ass at drawing powerful, loving women. Overall: 8.8 Verdict: Buy

Preview: Street Sharks #5

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Street Sharks #5

(W) Stephanie Williams (A) Ariel Medel

It’s all built up to this… the series finale!

In each of the previous issues, Dr. Paradigm, A.K.A. Dr. Piranoid, A.K.A. the fishiest mad scientist in Fission City, has subjected the Street Sharks and the city to an array of schemes. All the while, he’s been building… plotting… and now, the doctor’s most devastating creation will be unleashed upon the world! It’s the Street Sharks versus Dr. Paradigm’s “Perfect Predator”! Standing eight feet tall and made from the combined DNA of an octopus, a crab, and a great white shark, this is the scariest foe the Sharks have ever fought! If they lose, we may have to retitle this series…

Street Sharks #5

ComicsPRO 2026: Welcome to Destination Kill #1 – Cartoonist Joe Palmer’s Explosive Solo Debut

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In advance of the upcoming Comics PRO Comic Book Industry Meeting, Oni Press has announced Destination Kill #1, a hyper-timely, visually arresting, and brutally addictive dystopian thrillride written, illustrated, and hand-lettered by British comics virtuoso Joe Palmer! Destination Kill #1 is powered by the thrum of a million gigawatts of nonstop visual firepower . . . as rendered by one of the most incendiary visual storytellers in comics today – coming May 13th!

The year is 2125, and the all-powerful corporation Overcon uses its robot workers to pour our drinks and dispense our meds, all while rebuilding London’s Central City into a hyper-modern megalopolis bolted together in its own image. But as Overcon prepares to celebrate the first year of its Paradise Loop—a superfast transatlantic train that connects the Central City to New York in under 60 minutes—an unwieldy army of displaced human workers floods the streets with weapons, plotting an attack at the anniversary gala. Enter: Gina Serene, a stressed-out, pill-popping police detective in desperate need of a vacation and her ex-partner turned P.I., Lance Wingman—who are now the only thing standing between Overcon’s skyscraper-sized fist and the worker uprising that threatens to bring Britain’s capital crashing down around them.

Don’t miss the extra-sized, 40-page first chapter of 2026’s most spectacular comics debut – featuring cardstock covers from creator Joe Palmer, Riley Rossmo, Ronald Wimberly, Tango, and Liana Kangas – when Destination Kill #1 punches a ticket for comic shops everywhere May 13th!

Destination Kill #1

ComicsPRO 2026: Curt Pires and Juan Gedeon Un-Leash Super Mondo Mega Mutts #1

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Oni Press has announced Super Mondo Mega Mutts #1 (of 4) – a monstrous new milestone from superstar-in-the-making Curt Pires and powerhouse artist Juan Gedeon beginning with a double-sized, 40-page introduction to a brand-new team of raucously rowdy, anthropomorphic anti-heroes with TEETH this July!

One year ago, a fragment of an inter-dimensional civilization collided with Downtown L.A. – creating an impregnable no-man’s-land where the laws of physics no longer apply. Convinced that no human being could survive the terrain within, the US government’s most morally compromised contractors decided to explore the area codenamed “The Gleam” by sending in four research animals in the hopes of capturing its precious technological wonders. They were hoping to find a new kind of weapon. What they got instead was four radically transformed dogs with minds and a mission all their own. WOLF! FRANKEE! GRIFFY! FREDDY! Together with their brilliant mentor MOJO, the SUPER MONDO MEGA MUTTS are going to bring justice back to the avenues and alleyways where out-of-control federal forces and gangs powered-up by pilfered alien technology now reign. They thought they could put this band of outlaw misfits on a leash… Now the world is going to discover what happens when these mutts BITE BACK.

This summer, prepare to face the fur and fury as four new comics icons enter the fray and clamp their jaws down tight on the dirty underbelly of the City of Angels! Who are they? What have they become? And can they ever truly find their way home? Find out only in Super Mondo Mega Mutts #1 (of 4) – on sale in comic shops everywhere in July!

Plus: don’t miss Pires and Gedeon signing a CLASSIFIED art print at the ComicsPro Comic Book Industry Meeting in Glendale, CA from February 18th to February 21st!

Super Mondo Mega Mutts #1 (of 4)

ComicsPRO 2026: You’re Being Sent to Fort Psycho #1 – Now Get the %#% Down!

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In advance of the upcoming Comics PRO Comic Book Industry Meeting, Oni Press has revealed the first flame-retardant look inside Fort Pyscho #1  – the next shrapnel-laced series debuting at Oni Press under superstar creator Matt Kindt’s Flux House banner! Exploding into comic shops everywhere this August, Fort Pyscho #1 unites writer Matt Kindt with artist Brian Hurtt for the power-burned first chapter of a Flux House’s 12-issue maxi-series stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them to a secret island prison with no hope of escape. 

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as The Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate The Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows – until their final, explosive confrontation with The Seven Seals resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore. 

Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side-by-side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone – now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.” 

And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong.

WARNING: YOU HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 2026 TO REACH MAXIMUM SAFE DISTANCE FROM Fort Pyscho #1 – the brand-new, ticking time bomb of comic book firepower coming soon from master storytellers Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt with covers from Hurtt, Lewis LaRosa, and more to be revealed soon! 

Fort Pyscho #1

Lewis LaRosa Joins Fort Psycho #1 with Co-Creators Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt for Highly Flammable Cover Run

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Oni Press has announced that comics master Lewis LaRosa is joining the hugely anticipated debut of New York Times best-selling creator Matt Kindt’s Flux House imprint at Oni Press as a new cover artist for all 12 issues of Fort Psycho – the brand-new, high-intensity, compulsively page-turning maxi-series from Kindt and acclaimed artist Brian Hurtt!

Beginning with Fort Psycho #1 (of 12) – hitting stands everywhere in August – LaRosa will join series co-creator and interior artist Brian Hurtt on ongoing shelf covers for the shrapnel-laden, nerve-tightening action epic that will soon unravel the many secrets and betrayals of a team of disgraced secret agents … and the truth about the classified island prison where they have been sent to atone for their innumerable crimes. LaRosa’s raw black-and-white artwork will additionally be made available as additional, incentive covers from Fort Psycho #1 onward through the series’ long-planned, closely held conclusion.

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as The Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate The Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows – until their final, explosive confrontation with The Seven Seals resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore. Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side-by-side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone – now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.” And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong.

Who will live? Who will die? And where do they keep getting all that ammo? MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE meets LOST on a tropical island paradise stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them there when Fort Psycho #1 (of 12) comes barrelling into stories in August 2026! 

Crownsville #4 goes in an unexpected direction in this deeply layered horror series

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Staring deeply into the mouth of madness, Detective Mike Simms must confront his family’s secret past to unlock the dreadful secrets which lie buried in the long-condemned halls of the abandoned Crownsville mental institution. The spirits of the past demand retribution for the sins visited upon them in their waking life, and only the souls of the living can offer peace to the torment of the damned . . . and they don’t care how they get it!

Can Mike and his partner unlock the secret to freeing these tormented spirits or will the halls of Crownsville once again run red with the blood of the innocent?

Story: Rodney Barnes
Art: Elia Bonetti
Letterer: Marshall Dillon

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
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Exclusive Preview: Crownsville #4

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CROWNSVILLE #4

WRITTEN BY RODNEY BARNES
ART BY ELIA BONETTI
COVER A BY JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
COVER B BY ELIA BONETTI
FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
$4.99 | 32 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE FEBRUARY 11, 2026

From master storyteller Rodney Barnes (Batman: Full Moon, Killadelphia) and otherworldly artist collaborator Elia Bonetti (Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy), this long-buried tale of suspense and sorrow based on true events from an infamous asylum with a tortured past is about to come raging back to life . . .

Staring deeply into the mouth of madness, Detective Mike Simms must confront his family’s secret past to unlock the dreadful secrets which lie buried in the long-condemned halls of the abandoned Crownsville mental institution. The spirits of the past demand retribution for the sins visited upon them in their waking life, and only the souls of the living can offer peace to the torment of the damned . . . and they don’t care how they get it!

Can Mike and his partner unlock the secret to freeing these tormented spirits or will the halls of Crownsville once again run red with the blood of the innocent?

CROWNSVILLE #4

Preview: EC Comics’ Totured Hearts # 1

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EC Comics’ Tortured Hearts #1

(W)  Jordie Bellaire, Tini Howard and Blake Howard, Ann Nocenti, Amy Roy (A) Sebastián Cabrol, Fabiana Mascolo, Dan McDaid, Arjuna Susini

LOVE HURTS! Oni Press are wrenching romance comics out of the grave in Tortured Hearts #1 – a 56-page tome of terror forged in the unrelenting tradition of EC Comics! In advance of the giant-sized special’s February 11th release date, take a lovelorn first look at “A Pocket Full of Nails” by legendary comic writer and editor Ann Nocenti and ardent artist Dan McDaid with colors from the mighty Michelle Madsen.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here’s one for all of you lovesick lunatics, rancid romantics, and forlorn fatalities as Oni Press proudly presents a giant-sized Valentine’s bouquet full of soft whispers and death rattles from hot-blooded writers Jordie Bellaire, Tini Howard and Blake Howard, Ann Nocenti, and Amy Roy, alongside candy-coated artists Sebastián Cabrol, Fabiana Mascolo, Dan McDaid, Arjuna Susini, and many more!

Plus, as an extra-added bonus: Another newly restored and authentically remastered classic from the EC vaults by legendary fiends William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein, and Reed Crandall!

Eat your heart out – but make sure to save some for the rest of us! This Valentine’s Day, EC Comics is gifting you a box of poison chocolates and cyanide-laced champagne in Tortured Hearts #1 – featuring a slate of salacious covers that will make your eyes linger a second too long from Dustin Weaver, Miguel Mercado, Tom Fowler, Shawn McManus, and Patricia Martín! Warm your heart to the boiling point – only in comic shops on February 11th! 

Tortured Hearts #1
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