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Preview: 51 Vol. 1

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51 Vol. 1

(W) Curt Pires (A) Jok

The lighter side of classified black sites? 51 is the perfect blend of workplace comedy, humanist drama, and larger than life comic book storytelling. Just don’t let the government know!

When the president’s black sheep son is caught on a bender in Malibu, he’s sent off to Area 51 to work in the warehouse as discipline. It doesn’t take long for him and his coworkers to mess up. When they do they mess up big–and all the secrets, horrors and wonders housed at the black site are now leaking into the world and wrecking havoc. Their task: to put the genies back in the bottle and bury the stories, and to do so they’ll have to contend with aliens, superheroes, and all manners of experimental weaponry.

51 Vol. 1

Curt Pires Expands His Creature-Battling Mythology with World of Creature Corps Anthology Stories

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Writer Curt Pires will expand the mythology of his upcoming Image Comics series, Creature Corps, with a line of additional back-up stories written and drawn by the industry’s ascendant talent, included for free in each giant-sized issue. Illustrated by Jok, the main Creature Corps series features a world where survivalist, fantastical beasts from a broken future slip into the present, pitted against each other for vicious sport. Starting with the first issue debuting on December 2, 2026, The World of Creature Corps will expand the dystopian creature-battling world of the core title with these new mini-chapters included in each issue at no additional cost.

Writer Timmy Heague and artist Stefan Tosheff present the first story arc, revolving around a rehabilitation center for former trainers that paints a harrowing portrait of their former careers. Franklin Jonas and Drew Rende will follow with a psychedelic tale of cosmic horror. Future installments will feature writing by Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre breakout Fred Kennedy, newcomer Juanse Eslava, and more creators to be announced at a later date.

  • Cover of 'The World of Creature Corps' featuring a colorful, chaotic illustration of various creature characters, with bold text highlighting anthology stories by new stars and comics' best. The release date is December 2020.
  • A comic book scene depicting a dialogue in a futuristic setting with armed guards and a medical facility named 'New Horizons.' Characters are engaged in a heated conversation, with a mix of frustration and concern. A woman in a lab coat tries to maintain order, while others express their frustrations. The setting conveys a sense of urgency and tension.
  • A comic book page featuring a dialogue between characters. One character, a bearded man, expresses his feelings about his past and relationships, while other characters listen or interact in various settings.
  • A dark and surreal illustration featuring a character standing on a pile of ancient artifacts surrounded by tentacles, with a large, shadowy creature looming in the background and stars scattered across the cosmos.
  • Cover art of the comic book 'Creature Corps' featuring a group of humanoid creatures and a character holding a weapon, set against a vibrant, fiery background.
  • Colorful illustration of various whimsical creatures in a collage-style background with the text 'Creature Corps Booster Bundle' in bold green font.
  • Comic book cover for 'Creature Corps' featuring a young man in a teal jacket and red pants navigating through debris, with a small dog beside him. The title is prominently displayed at the top.
  • Cover of 'Creature Corps,' featuring colorful illustrations of fantastical creatures and a character in casual attire surrounded by butterflies.
  • Comic book cover for 'Creature Corps' featuring a muscular character in a blue jacket and beanie standing in front of a city skyline, with a small, fierce-looking dog beside him.
  • A boat sailing on open water under a sunset, with two characters inside discussing a potential meeting with someone. One character expresses skepticism, while the other shows determination. The scene captures a moment of contemplation and tension.
  • A comic panel depicting three characters on a boat. One character, wearing a vest, speaks to a young woman with a pink jacket and shoulder tattoos, while an older man with a beard and a cap gestures animatedly. The background features a serene seascape with islands.
  • A dynamic comic-style illustration featuring a character in a vibrant outfit, striking a pose with a card in hand. Surrounding the character are various creatures, including a dragon and other fantasy animals, emitting colorful effects. The design has a playful and energetic vibe, with text that reads 'THE TRIPLE CROWN!' and visible crowns, stars, and social media icons in the background.
  • A colorful comic panel featuring a character sitting on a rock by a waterfall, surrounded by tropical plants and a sunset. Dialogue bubbles express emotions and thoughts, including phrases like 'Let's get this over with' and 'How'd you find me?'.

Preview: Lost Fantasy #12

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Lost Fantasy #12

(W) Curt Pires, Timmy Heague, Franklin Jonas (A) Alex Diotto

Help arrives in the form of an unlikely ally, but it’s already too late. The walls between worlds are crumbling and something is breaking through. The show stopping conclusion to the third arc of LOST FANTASY is here!

Comic book cover for 'Lost Fantasy' featuring a person standing on a large, fierce red dragon against a colorful background.
A comic book page depicting a nighttime scene in a forest. The top panel shows a muscular man and a boy walking by a serene stream beneath a large moon. The middle panel features a close-up of an older man gesturing, with a campfire and two figures in the background. The bottom panel showcases a smiling boy stating, 'I'm hunting with my father.'
A comic book panel featuring a rugged man with a beard teaching a young boy how to use a bow, surrounded by a lush green forest. Below, a fierce battle scene shows the man covered in blood fighting a green goblin-like creature and wielding a weapon. The last panel features the man instructing companions to gather supplies for a feast.
A comic book page depicting a family scene around a campfire with a muscular man and a woman holding a baby, expressing themes of happiness and family love, alongside reflective text about memories.
A comic book page featuring an intense scene where a boy awakens abruptly to his father's voice, surrounded by chaos. Flames and smoke are visible in the background, indicating a fire. The father is depicted in a distressed state, and the atmosphere conveys urgency and danger.
Comic book cover titled 'Lost Fantasy' featuring a character wielding a sword, facing a giant creature in a desert landscape. Other characters appear in the background, ready for action.
A person standing triumphantly on the back of a large red dragon, which has its mouth open and wings spread wide against a colorful background.
A fierce battle scene featuring a monstrous black creature and three characters: one wielding a sword, another with a gun, and one crouching down. The setting is a barren desert landscape with rocky formations in the background.

Preview: 51 #5

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51 #5

(W) Curt Pires (A) Jok

Everything Everywhere All At Once. The group splits up to tackle the mass outbreaks of chaos caused by the shocking events of the prior issue, and salvation comes crashing through spacetime in the form of an unlikely ally.

Cover of the comic book '51' #5, featuring a character in a stylized helmet holding a miniature White House, with colorful background elements and dynamic designs.
A comic book panel featuring a character, Jack Slaughter, drifting in a surreal environment with swirling patterns and floating rocks. The scene conveys themes of time, memory, and a divergence in space-time, with explosive effects in the background.
A comic book page showing a chaotic scene with soldiers outside a building marked '51,' a conversation among four characters, and a graphic of an attack on the White House.
A comic book page depicting a group of characters discussing the aftermath of an event involving rioting and looting. One character expresses concern while another outlines their responsibilities and a rescue mission.
A dynamic comic book cover featuring various characters in action. Central figure in a purple coat and mask shoots a laser gun, while other characters, including a robot and a green, monstrous figure, are depicted in a vibrant, explosive background. The title '51' is prominently displayed along with credits for the writer, artist, and letterer.

Curt Pires and Jok reveal Creature Corps, a Dystopian Critter-Battle Coming in December

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Writer Curt Pires is reuniting with artist Jok for Creature Corps, a new time-rending monster-battling remix comic series launching from Image Comics on December 12, 2026. Creature Corps revolves around a reality where survivalist, fantastical creatures from a broken future slip into the present, pitted against each other for vicious sport. The series will launch with a 60-page issue priced at $4.99. 

Creature Corps is not just a comic. In the announcement, Pires teased that we can expect a trading card game to go with it, with cards available in the “booster bundle” packaged covers.

The mysterious animals soon fuel an unethical creature battling league that generates unprecedented profit, often using teenage “trainers” to manage the time-displaced fighters. One of those trainers was Dusty Rockem, who ascended to World Champion when he was 14. A devastating event forced Gotem to leave the trade in disgust, leaving him to seek solace in the wilderness. Years later, Gotem’s former colleagues seek him out with news of a much more devastating battle: Gotem’s mother lies in critical condition drowning in medical bills, forcing him to rejoin the trade—and the chronological refugees—he hasn’t faced for decades. 

Creature Corps #1 features 14 variant covers in addition to the main cover from Jok: 

COVER A: JOK
COVER B: JOK BOOSTER BUNDLE ($6.99)
COVER C: JARRET HARTNELL VARIANT
COVER D: JOK JAPANESE VIDEO GAME MAGAZINE VARIANT 
COVER E: BLANK SKETCH VARIANT
COVER F: TYLER KIRKHAM VARIANT

COVER G: FLOPS VARIANT
COVER H: JAE LEE STANDARD COVER
COVER I (1:25): JOK ABSOLUTE BATMAN HOMAGE VARIANT 
COVER J (1:50): JOK JAPANESE VIRGIN FOIL VARIANT
COVER K (1:75): FLOPS CORNERBOX VARIANT
COVER L (1:100): JAE LEE VIRGIN GOLD FOIL VARIANT ($5.99)

Cover B is a booster bundle containing a polybagged secret cover of Creature Corps #1, as well as one of five random trading cards from the Creature Corps Trading Card Game, including a chance to win a rare full art holofoil.

Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2 ups the action with a retro feel that hearkens back to the 80s/90s

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Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2

When the Mega Mutts—Wolf, Frankee, Freddie, and Griffy—step in to stop the Goo Gang from unleashing total mayhem on the streets of Los Angeles, they don’t just save the day, they paint a target on their backs. Now the powerful and shadowy Grey Cube corporation is coming for them—and this time it’s personal. Outgunned and on the run, the Mutts are pushed to their limits as the action erupts into full-blown, city-shaking mayhem. And just when things couldn’t get any wilder . . . enter Krusher Kat! Explosions! Attitude! And claws-out combat as the fur flies in an all-out battle for survival! Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2 keeps the series focused as Grey Cube hatches a plan to capture the Mega Mutts.

Written by Curt Pires, Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2 keeps things simple in that the Mega Mutts have regrouped after the first issue’s battle while the evil Grey Cube corporation is doing what it can to capture them.

Pires is going for a fun comic that goes heavy on the nostalgia with a world and story that feels like it’d be right at home with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the many properties that came after them. This is a series that hearkens back to the 80s and 90s when doing your own spin on TMNT felt like it was a genre all to its own. That’s not a bad thing as Pires’ take has been fun so far with a lot of personality and enough that has us wanting a toyline to go along with the comic series.

In Grey Cube, Super Mondo Mega Mutts has its villain that both feels like it’d fit in the 80s but also fits in today, an evil corporation with no morals and doing questionable experiments. Oh yeah, also willing to work with criminals to achieve their goals. Some things never change apparently.

The story has the team split taking on various flashpoints and while the action is short, it does move the comic along at a nice pace and getting to the point, skipping long and drawn out battles where they’re not needed, especially when you have multiple of them to cover.

The art by Juan Gedeon captures that 80s/90s feel for the comic with a style that’s cartoony with a mix of a little gritty and all of it exaggerated. With color by Graphikslava and lettering by Jeff Powell, the look of the comic has a lot of detail to help tell the story and deliver the personality of each character. It also at its core has a style about it that feels like the cartoons of the time with designs that’d fit right in to so many cartoons that aired on Fox Kids.

Super Mondo Mega Mutts #2 is a fun issue that moves things along nicely. It’s having fun with the concept, not taking itself too seriously and clearly loves what has come before it’s an homage of. There’s some solid mystery to it as well, pulling off the “cool character tease” that will have readers want to know more. Overall, exactly what comics should be, a hell of a lot of fun.

Story: Curt Pires Art: Juan Gedeon
Color: Graphikslava Letters: Jeff Powell
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5 Recommendation: Read

Oni Press provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Galactic #2 is a sci-fi adventure that takes a little from everything and mixes it with solid art

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Caught in the crossfire of an raging interstellar war, Jecht, Wolf and Seriah make an escape attempt to the frozen wastes of a feral planet. As new chemistry heats up, sadistic bounty hunter CYN VENTA makes her grand entrance!

The legendary second chapter of the greatest science fiction comic in the history of recorded communication is here. And yes, there’s still a dog flying a spaceship!

Story: Curt Pires
Art: Amilcar Pinna
Color: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Micah Myers

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