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Flash Gordon #0 kicks off a new era, new status quo, new arc, and new creative team

Mad Cave Studios and King Features have announced Flash Gordon #0, a special prelude issue marking the start of an all-new era for the iconic sci-fi hero!

Written by New York Times bestselling author Dan Abnett, with art by Manuel Garcia, colors by Ceci de la Cruz, and letters by Taylor EspositoFlash Gordon #0 sets the stage for Abnett and Garcia’s upcoming run—officially launching the following month with Flash Gordon #16, a new arc positioned as a bold new #1 for readers. Issue #0 features a main cover by Joe Quinones and a variant cover by Miguel Mercado.

This oversized issue reveals what comes next: a grounded Flash Gordon, a world once again reaching for the stars, and a looming cosmic threat that refuses to stay distant.

A NEW ERA OF FLASH!

Flash Gordon has always been a maverick, on the football field and in the stars. But when he’s offered a job training the next generation of explorers, he’ll end up fighting for top gun! A “quick trip” around Neptune’s moons with Flash’s cadets turns into a deadly alien hunt – and one of the new recruits thinks they can save the day without the dusty instructor.

Introducing a new supporting cast—enemies and allies alike—and setting the stage for a swashbuckling new story, Flash Gordon #0 is a can’t-miss!

Flash Gordon #0 arrives in comic shops on April 8, 2026, and serves as the official prelude to the new ongoing arc beginning with Flash Gordon #16, where the final order cutoff is April 9.

Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2465

2000 AD Prog 2465

UK and DIGITAL: 14 January £3.99
COVER: TOBY WILLSMER

In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // DEATH OF A JUDGE by John Wagner (w) Mike Perkins (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
HERNE & SHUCK // POWER TRIP by David Barnett (w) Lee Milmore (a) Gary Caldwell (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
YOUNG DEATH // FITTING IN Kek-W (w) Tom Foster (a) Simon Bowland (l)
AZIMUTH // CORNERED by Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Jim Campell (l)
THE DISCARDED by Peter Milligan (w) Kieran McKeown (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)

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2000 AD Prog 2464

UK and DIGITAL: 7 January £3.99
COVER: GREG STAPLES

In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // DEATH OF A JUDGE by John Wagner (w) Mike Perkins (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
HERNE & SHUCK // POWER TRIP by David Barnett (w) Lee Milmore (a) Gary Caldwell (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
YOUNG DEATH // THE DEAL by Kek-W (w) Mike Dowling (a) Simon Bowland (l)
AZIMUTH // CORNERED by Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Jim Campell (l)
THE DISCARDED by Peter Milligan (w) Kieran McKeown (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)

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2000 AD Prog 2463

UK and DIGITAL: 17 December £5.99
NORTH AMERICA: 21 January $11.75
DIAMOND: OCT250132
COVER: GREG STAPLES

In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // MIK-MAK’S BIG MEGA-CITY ADVENTURE by Ken Niemand (w) Stref (a) Fin Cramb (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
HERNE & SHUCK // POWER TRIP by David Barnett (w) Lee Milmore (a) Gary Caldwell (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
AZIMUTH // BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW by Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Jim Campell (l)
THE DISCARDED by Peter Milligan (w) Kieran McKeown (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)
YOUNG DEATH // DOG EAT DOG by Kek-W (w) Clint Langley (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
HAWK THE SLAYER // THE CALL by Alec Worley (w) Staz Johnson (a) John Charles (c) Rob Steen (l)
ROGUE TROOPER // GHOST PATROL by Alex de Campi (w) Neil Edwards (a) Matt Soffe (c) Jim Campbell (l)
STRONTIUM DOG // THE NECKS CASE by Karl Stock (w) Colin MacNeil (a) Dylan Teague (c) Rob Steen (l)

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Dan Abnett and Marcelo Ferreira introduce a New Era of Cosmic Super Hero Storytelling in Imperial Guardians!

In the wake of Jonathan Hickman’s Imperial, the power structure of the Marvel cosmos has been shattered and reborn as the Galactic Union. As this new empire rises, so do new heroes, including the Imperial Guardians, a bold new evolution of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Follow their space-faring missions to defend this newly formed and perilous cosmic landscape in Imperial Guardians, a new ongoing series launching in March.

The series marks the grand return of one of Marvel’s greatest cosmic architects, Dan Abnett, the mastermind behind epics like Annihilation and the writer who redefined the Guardians into the icons we know them as today. Now, he’s back to do it all again! Joining him will be acclaimed artist Marcelo Ferreira, known for his explosive work on recent hits like Predator Vs. Spider-Man and Predator Kills the Marvel Universe.

Assembled in secret by Maximus, the grand orchestrator behind the events of Imperial, the team of heroes represent an exciting mix of characters from different corners of the Marvel Universe including Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy icon Gamora, and fan-favorite cosmic adventurer Darkhawk. Following up on the biggest developments of Imperial, the series will serve as the centerpiece for Marvel’s cosmic storytelling.

Gamora, Captain Marvel, Amadeus Cho, Darkhawk, Cosmic Ghost Rider! Five unlikely operatives recruited by Maximus of the Inhumans. Their mission? Protect the delicate balance of new Galactic Union by ANY means necessary…and failure is NOT an option. Expendable, deniable and disavowed, they are the Imperial Guardians. But can they do Maximus’ dirty work and keep their consciences clean? Why has a Kree Grand Admiral gone rogue and attacked Hala? What’s going on with Darkhawk’s mind? What deluded fool thought COSMIC GHOST RIDER was a team player? And, most importantly…what kind of game is Maximus REALLY playing?

Check out the main cover by Sean Izaakse along with a variant cover by Netho Diaz and preorder Imperial Guardians #1 at your local comic shop today!

Two New Zorro Mini-Series are Launching in 2026 from Alien Books

Alien Books, building off the success of the Zorro Remastered crowdfunding campaign from earlier this year, has announced plans for two new comic book mini-series starring the iconic masked avenger Zorro. Zorro and Zorro’s Legacy will be produced in collaboration with the team at Zorro Productions, Inc. and sold into direct market comic shops next year through Alien’s sub-distribution partnership with IDW Publishing.

The first mini-series, titled Zorro, will launch in April 2026 from the team of comics legend Howard Chaykin and super star artist Jorge Fornés. The series will follow Don Diego de la Vega as the crime-fighting Avenger faces off against Napoleon Bonaparte forces in a showdown for the ages.

Zorro’s Legacy, launching in June 2026, pairs fan-favorite writer Dan Abnett and artist Aaron Lopresti as they break new ground for the franchise, exploring the adventures of a modern-day descendant of Zorro in Los Angeles and his quest to live up to his newly-discovered heroic roots in a grounded series perfect for fans of mature street-level stories.

Additional details and artwork for both Zorro and Zorro’s Legacy will be shared in the months to come.

Battle Action Vol. 3 is a solid anthology collection with a mix of stories and creators

All new Battle Action stories from series writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys), who is now joined by new all-star writers and artists including Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Y: The Last Man) and Chris Burnham (Batman).

BATTLE RETURNS – NOW WITH MORE ACTION!

The third Battle Action collection features the return of Action favourites Hook Jaw, the controversial Kids Rule O.K., and Death Game – one of the culprits behind the suspension of Action in 1976.

Joining these stories are new adventures for El Mestizo, the Civil War-era bounty hunter, on the trail of a double-agent; German Panzer commander Hellman, who discovers the hard truth behind the cause he fights for; Major Eazy, fighting alongside American paratroopers in the invasion of Sicily; Nina Petrova and the Angels of Death, as the Soviet airwoman sets out to rescue a comrade from behind enemy lines; and Dredger, the ice cold secret agent, whose origin is revealed for the first time.

Featuring an all-star roster of talent, as writers Brian K. Vaughan, Torunn Gronbekk, Dan Abnett, Rob Williams, John Wagner, Garth Ennis and Steve White team up with artists Chris Burnham, Tom Foster, PJ Holden, John McCrea, Henry Flint, Mike Dorey, Dan Cornwell, Patrick Goddard and John Higgins to bring you the latest and greatest edition of Battle Action.

Story: Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughan, John Wagner, Steve White, Rob Williams, Dan Abnett, Torunn Gronbekk
Art: Chris Burnham, Dan Cornwell, John McCrea, Henry Flint, Tom Foster, Mike Dorey, PJ Holden, Patrick Goddard, John Higgins
Color: Len O’Grady, Matt Soffe, Jack Davies, John Higgins, Sally Jane Hurst
Letterer: Rob Steen

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.

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Preview: Superman: Red and Blue 2025 Special #1

Superman: Red and Blue 2025 Special #1

(W) Paul Dini, Dan Abnett, Michael Walsh, Rainbow Rowell (A) Caitlin Yarsky, Michael Walsh, Cian Tormey

A special Superman one-shot from eisner-nominated creators! The beloved, Eisner-nominated series returns with a special one-shot to put a cap on Superman’s monumental year! Witness visions of the Man of Steel in his signature colors of red and blue brought to you by comics’ finest writers and artists.

Paul Dini soars from Gotham to Metropolis for a touching tale. Meanwhile Dan Abnett (Titans) gives a reporter the Superman scoop of the century, Michael Walsh (Exquisite Corpses) makes his DC debut, and Rainbow Rowell (Runaways) revisits Lois and Clark!

Superman Red and Blue 2025 Special #1

Preview: Superman: Red and Blue 2025 Special #1

Superman: Red and Blue 2025 Special #1

(W) Paul Dini, Dan Abnett, Michael Walsh, Rainbow Rowell (A) Caitlin Yarsky, Michael Walsh, Cian Tormey

A special Superman one-shot from eisner-nominated creators! The beloved, Eisner-nominated series returns with a special one-shot to put a cap on Superman’s monumental year! Witness visions of the Man of Steel in his signature colors of red and blue brought to you by comics’ finest writers and artists.

Paul Dini soars from Gotham to Metropolis for a touching tale. Meanwhile Dan Abnett (Titans) gives a reporter the Superman scoop of the century, Michael Walsh (Exquisite Corpses) makes his DC debut, and Rainbow Rowell (Runaways) revisits Lois and Clark!

Superman Red and Blue 2025 Special #1

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Ultramarines, Drukhari, Chaos Space Marines, and Da Red Gobbo

It’s a Warhammer 40K heavy pre-order weekend coming up as Games Workshop begins to release the wave of Ultramarines recently revealed.

Crush the enemy with a force entirely built of the toughest, strongest, most experienced Space Marines around – the mighty Terminators. Battleforce: Crux Terminatus is the first place to get the brand new Assault Terminators, which come with enough options to build two sets of five with either thunder hammers and storm shields,or a pair of lethal lightning claws – making ten Assault Terminators in total.

Alongside this unstoppable wall of ceramite you also get the new Ancient in Terminator Armour miniature, who flies an impressive standard, a multi-part Terminator Captain, a Terminator Chaplain, and five regular multi-part Terminators.

You also get a new Space Marines Terminator transfer sheet, containing 579 transfers. This box will be available only while stocks last.

  • Battleforce: Crux Terminatus
  • Battleforce: Crux Terminatus
  • Battleforce: Crux Terminatus

The greatest Ultramarine besides the Primarch himself, Marneus Calgar is equally potent a warrior on the battlefield as he is a leader in the command bunker. While he often deploys in an artificer-crafted suit of Gravis armour, he has also been known to still wear the ancient Armour of Antilochus. This relic Terminator armour suit incorporates the Gauntlets of Ultramar – and Calgar operates it with enough agility that he can join almost any infantry squad the Ultramarines choose to field in battle.

Marneus Calgar

No longer leading the Second Company, Cato Sicarius has taken up perhaps an even more prestigious role – the commander of the Ultramarines’ honoured Victrix Guard. His skill with his trusted Talassarian tempest blade lets him fight in three distinct ways during close combat, each one tailored for a different kind of enemy, be they hordes of chaff or deadly champions. This multi-part plastic miniature comes with two head options – one shouting, and one stoically observing the battlefield.

Cato Sicarius

Defend your heroes and champions with the legendary Victrix Honour Guard, a band of veteran Ultramarines chosen to safeguard the Chapter’s officers with their lives in the heat of battle. Each kit builds three Victrix Guard with interchangeable heads, arms and greaves, with the option of building one as a Chapter Champion armed with blades of honour, and one as a Chapter Ancient carrying a massive Banner of Macragge. Victrix Guard can be deployed as a unit of six, and as such two boxes will contain enough parts to build either six regular squad members or four – with unique combinations of leg and arm poses – plus the Chapter Champion and Chapter Ancient.

  • Victrix Honour Guard
  • Victrix Honour Guard

Give your warriors of Macragge the glow up they deserve with a new set of Ultramarines Upgrades and Transfers, containing a vast assortment of optional parts to give your miniatures some additional character. Each set includes the following parts:

  • Eight bare heads
  • Four helmeted heads
  • Two holster/pouch attachments
  • One tilting plate
  • One sheathed combat blade
  • One empty sheath
  • One combat blade arm
  • Six Phobos armour shoulder pads
  • Nine Tacticus armour shoulder pads
  • Three Bladeguard Veteran shoulder pads
  • Five Gravis armour shoulder pads
  • Three Aggressor Squad shoulder pads
  • The following parts for Terminators:
  • Six Terminator armour shoulder pads
  • One helmeted head
  • One bare head
  • One Terminator armour chest piece with a stylised Ultramarines icon
  • One storm bolter barrel with iconography
  • One tilting plate
  • One power sword arm

And the following parts for vehicles:

  • Six Ultima symbols
  • Two Ultima symbols with wings
  • Four large Ultima symbols with laurels

In addition to these upgrade parts you also get a new Ultramarines transfer sheet with 255 individual decals, suitable for both infantry and vehicle miniatures.

Ultramarines Upgrades and Transfers

Combat Patrol: Ultramarines allows you to start an army or expand your collection. the box features Chief Librarian Tigurius, three Aggressors, three Bladeguard Veterans, five Reivers, and five Intercessors, as well as the full Upgrades and Transfers set, giving you a balanced and durable force that can get stuck in to both ranged combat and close combat.

Combat Patrol: Ultramarines

Finish off your Ultramarines expeditionary force with the Ultramarines Dice Set, approved by the Lord Commander himself. You get 16 six-sided dice cast in pearlised blue plastic with gold ink pips and the symbol of the Ultramarines on the six face – perfect for defending Ultramar alongside Marneus, Cato, and the gang.

Ultramarines Dice Set

Lead your kabals on a vicious realspace raid with the new multi-part plastic Archon, bristling with options to customize your merciless commander. Each kit comes with two torso options, two collars, a choice of blast pistol, splinter pistol or iconic soul trap for your right arm choice, a choice of agoniser, huskblade or master-crafted power weapon for the left arm, and three different heads, so you can create the Archon of your dreams – or nightmares – to reap a healthy harvest of captives for the arenas.

Archon

Chaos Space Marines Repacks are three kits previously seen in Kill Team will now be available in Warhammer 40,000 packaging. The Chaos Space Marine Legionaries builds a unit of 10 fearsome Heretic Astartes with 18 head options, 22 interchangeable shoulder pads, an assortment of special and heavy weapons, and enough parts to equip the squad for either ranged or melee combat. The box also comes with a Chaos Space Marines transfer sheet.

The Traitor Guardsmen kit builds 10 scrappy warriors including parts for a squad Sergeant with either a chainsword, close combat weapon, or power sword, and a choice of corrupted pistols. Up to three Traitor Guardsmen can be assembled with one of the following weapons: grenade launcher, sniper rifle, plasma gun, meltagun, or flamer.

Also available is the Traitor Enforcer with their Ogryn bodyguard, lending discipline and punching power to units they join.

Da Red Gobbo’s Tinboy is here to celebrate the season. Christmas is coming, and Da Red Gobbo is back to his usual antics – delivering explosive gifts to anyone foolish enough to leave their chimneys open. This time he’s riding onto the scene in a clanking mechanical Tinboy that looks suspiciously like a Vostroyan soldier, and woe betide any who try to stop him from distributing festive cheer to all the good boys and girls of the 41st Millennium. This miniature will only be available while stocks last, so make sure to get yours post-haste!

Da Red Gobbo’s Tinboy

The Relentless Dead by Steve Lyons comes in regular hardback, eBook, and audiobook editions, as well as a sombre special edition that adds the short story The Forge and comes wrapped in a stylish monochrome, canvas-effect cover, with printed page edges, and a brown ribbon place marker with a barbed wire design running down it. This special edition will be available strictly while stocks last.

The faceless regiments of the Death Korps of Krieg are unrelenting in their pursuit of victory, and they’ll need to double down on their die-hard determination in The Relentless Dead by Steve Lyons – the next Death Korps novel after Dead Men Walking captured the bleak horror of life in a Krieg trench line.

Colonel Graven of the 401st Krieg Regiment has been tasked with finding a missing inquisitor in an endless warren of bone caverns wracked by Chaos plagues, but the dead are stirring, and down in the labyrinthine darkness his kill team comes face to face with unspeakable horrors. Adding to it all, the colonel has ghosts of his own to battle, and his lingering doubt could be the death of him.

  • The Relentless Dead
  • The Relentless Dead

Da Red Gobbo’s Last Stand is a new novel by Andi Ewington and coming in hardback and eBook editions. When his band of Freeboota grots are ordered onto a recently discovered space hulk, Bodgit knows that the odds of survival are slim – after all, it’s tough enough to get through the average day, let alone one aboard a haunted wreck filled with monsters. To add to his misery, the infamous Kaptin Bludhook is out to make his life a living hell! Bodgit’s days are numbered – unless he can embrace the spirit of Da Red Gobbo and rise above his lowly status to outwit Bludhook.

Da Red Gobbo’s Last Stand

Da Red Gobbo Collection combines three novellas and two short stories into a riotous package of anarchic fun – Da Gobbo’s Revenge by Mike Brooks, Da Gobbo’s Demise and Da Wrong Type of Green by Denny Flowers, and Da Gobbo Rides Again and The Instigator by Rhuairidh James. This action-packed collection will be available to pre-order in paperback in English, French, and German languages, as well as eBook editions for French and German readers.

Da Red Gobbo Collection

Death and Duty is a collection of twelve short stories including three new stories: The Redoubt by John Sollitto, Resounding by Russell Zimmerman, and Worm of Valhalla by Tom R Pike. It’s coming in paperback, eBook, and audiobook editions. For all of their firepower and limitless numbers, the true strength of the Astra Militarum lies in the courage of its Guardsmen, as ordinary men and women stand up to the unimaginable horrors of the 41st Millennium day after day – and win. Death and Duty celebrates the valour that keeps the Imperium from sliding into chaos.

Death and Duty

Double Eagle and Interceptor City by Dan Abnett return in paperback editions. Double Eagle finds the planet of Enothis on the brink of ruin as Chaos forces sweep across its beleaguered surface, and the elite fighter pilots of the Phantine XX are the only ones who can turn the tide – so long as they can avoid becoming the Chaos ace Khrel Kas Obarkon’s next kill tally.

Two decades after the events of Double Eagle, a veteran pilot of the Phantine Air Corps is forced out of retirement when the hive city of Vesperus comes under attack in the sequel Interceptor City. Bree Jagdea is none too pleased to be back in the fray after a cosy life piloting supply transports, especially now that she’s been seconded to the infamous Circus 66 squadron – notorious for their death-defying missions and lethal interceptions through Vesperus’ rat runs.

Double Eagle and Interceptor City

No Peace Among Stars is an collection of new stories that will be available in paperback and eBook editions. So named for the chilling quote that ends ‘only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods’ – which encapsulates the 41st Millennium in a nutshell – No Peace Among Stars is an anthology of 16 short stories from a wide variety of Black Library authors, telling tales of the Space Marines, Astra Militarum, and Mechanicum as they fight to defend the Imperium.

No Peace Among Stars

Lelith Hesperax: Queen of Knives by Mike Brooks gets a German Edition. An assassin’s blade drags Lelith Hesperax back to the Dark City for a blood-soaked return to form. Pretenders to Lelith’s crown have infested the arena in her absence, and with Asdrubael Vect himself pulling the strings of a murderous game, her blades may not be enough to save her this time. It will be available in hardback and eBook editions.

Lelith Hesperax: Queen of Knives
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