Nightwing #143
(W) Dan Watters (A) David Lapham
BATMAN’S PRODIGAL SON RETURNS TO GOTHAM – BUT IS IT TOO LATE? With Robin by his side and the plants of Bad Seeds spreading through Gotham City, Nightwing realizes an old foe is attempting to use this night’s chaos to settle a grudge. But with so much water under the bridge, can the two boy wonders still work together as they used to? Or are the good old days really gone for good?
At the official Energon Universe comics panel at New York Comic Con this past weekend, Skybound, Image Comics, and Hasbro, revealed highly anticipated news from Transformers, G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K. and Void Rivals, featuring Robert Kirkman, Jason Howard, Tom Reilly, Conor Hughes, Dan Watters, and Ben Abernathy.
Recently celebrating its third anniversary and having sold over 7.6 million copies, the Energon Universe comics continues to bring readers into comic shops, and this year’s panel was packed with new reveals and shocking first appearances of fan-favorite characters and teams!
The world of Transformers has changed over the last year as Robert Kirkman and the industry’s top artists introduced us to Elita Prime, Arcee Magnus, a new Superion and more. What’s next?
Meanwhile, within the pages of Void Rivals, the series that launched the Energon Universe, the surprises continue.
Coming back to Earth with M.A.S.K., series writer Dan Watters discussed the Baron Karza cameo and teased what’s to come.
G.I. Joe is in the middle of its biggest arc yet as the war with Night Force rages on. While we can’t tell who wins, we can tease who may look a little different when the dust settles.
Blumhouse is partnering with IDW Publishing to bring even more spine-tingling terror to the comic book horror imprint IDW Dark.
The petrifying partnership tears into comic shops late 2027 with the fan-favorite The Purge. Eisner Award-winning writer Dan Watters and artist Juan José Ryp brings the dystopian and compelling premise – a world in which any and all crime, especially murder, is legal one night a year – to the pages of the comics with a gripping new chapter that features all the action, tension, and emotion that fans crave from the thrilling franchise. Following The Purge will be more unforgettable hits from Blumhouse making their comic book debuts with all-new stories, including M3GAN and New York Times best-selling writer Tim Seeley taking a stab at Happy Death Day.
A darkly comedic slasher with a sci-fi twist, Happy Death Day made an undeniable impact on pop culture with its mystery about a murder victim being forced to relive the day of their death over and over again to discover the shocking truth and unmask their killer.
Happy Death Day was written by Scott Lobdell known for writing numerous comics for Marvel, DC, and more. He generally has left the comic industry and was embroiled in controversy for past behavior and comments. Lobdell wrote the original film script though not its sequel Happy Death Day 2U.
Packed with chills and twisted humor with rich themes, the beloved sci-fi horror M3GAN is the saga of an advanced A.I. doll which takes its good-intentioned programming to extreme and bloody measures.
Matt Trakker thought he could keep his son safe from V.E.N.O.M.
He was very wrong.
Story: Dan Watters
Art: Pye Parr
Color: Pierluigi Casolino
Letterer: Rus Wooton
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Skybound, Image Comics, and Hasbro have revealed streetwear variant covers by artist Fadime Yildirim starting with M.A.S.K. #7 and continuing through M.A.S.K. #12.
Following her gorgeous G.I. Joe streetwear variant series, Fadime Yildirim is back with expertly styled variant covers each featuring a member of the M.A.S.K. network with unique, customized keychains and will be available as 1:25 incentive variants across six can’t-miss issues that begin this December.
M.A.S.K. #7 kicks off a new action-packed story arc for the hit Energon Universe series from writer Dan Watters, artist Pye Parr, colorist Pierluigi Casolino, and letterer Rus Wooton, landing in comic book shops on December 2, 2026.
T-BOB…WHAT IS YOUR FUNCTION? M.A.S.K. and V.E.N.O.M., no one may trust Matt Trakker ever again.
Can he prove he’s fit to lead the M.A.S.K. network?
In addition to the 1:25 incentive variant cover by Fadime Yildirim, M.A.S.K. #7 features a main cover by series artist Pye Parr, two open to order variants by Nick Bradshaw and Jim Charalampidis, and Derek Charm, a 1:50 incentive manga variant by Satoshi Shiki, a 1:100 foil incentive variant by Arist Deyn, a blank sketch cover, and a T-BOB die cut mask cover by Pye Parr, Luke Preese, and Andres Juarez.
M.A.S.K. #7 (Lunar Codes Coming Soon | SRP: $3.99, unless otherwise noted) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, December 2, 2026.
A full list of the themed covers is below:
Ignition Press is heading to Baltimore Comic-Con from September 25th-27th, 2026 at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center, with a Gold Sponsorship for the Ringo Awards and special Murder Podcast-branded badges for attendees of the show. Additionally, the publisher is partnering with the convention for the early debut of Dinner Date #1 by Joanne Starer and Khary Randolph with a Baltimore Comic-Con exclusive cover by Alitha Martinez and Emilio Lopez, available for purchase at the Show Exclusives Booth located in the hall lobby. The show exclusive is limited to 500 copies available to the public, each one featuring a unique serial number. Fans can meet cover artist Martinez at the show at Booth #1710. Tickets are now available online!
Fans can meet some of their favorite Ignition Press creators at Booth #1901, including Olivia Dufault and Rebekah Isaacs, the creative team behind Prima Apparata; Dan Watters, writer of Mad Science Division; and Jeremy Haun, writer of The Folk of Dooney Hollow and The Beauty. Guests of Baltimore Comic Con also include Dave Wachter (Bad Thoughts) at Booth #2101 and Shawn Martinbrough (Murder Podcast) at Booth #205.
Ignition Press is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards—more commonly known as the Ringo Awards—which is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics. The publisher is thrilled to celebrate a nomination for Best Series with Murder Podcast from Jeremy Haun and Mike Tisserand, and celebrates nominations of Stefano Simeone (NO Place) for Best Colorist, Tula Lotay (Minotaur, Voyeur) for Best Cover Artist, and Riley Rossmo (Mad Science Division, Deluge) for Best Cover Artist. Attendees of the Ringo Awards will enjoy Prima Apparata-branded badges where co-creators Dufault and Isaacs will be among the award presenters. The publisher will also contribute to the Ringo Awards famous gift bag.
The publisher will host the Doing Comics Differently: Ignition Press Year One and Beyond panel on Saturday, September 26th at 11:00am in Room 343.
Join Ignition Press co-founders Filip Sablik (Publisher) and Jeremy Haun (Creative Director), along with an all-star panel of comic creators—Olivia Dufault (Prima Apparata), Rebekah Isaacs (Prima Apparata), Dave Wachter (Bad Thoughts), and Dan Watters (Mad Science Division)—reflect on their record-setting inaugural year, discuss thrilling upcoming series, and unlock announcements for their next phase of publishing. Plus, every attendee will receive a free gift for attending!
Oni Press, the Nacelle Company, and Rebellion have revealed the first look inside the highly anticipated Judge Dredd/Biker Mice From Mars #1 – the double-sized, 40-page debut of the 22nd Century’s first blockbuster crossover event from writers Dan Watters and Ryan O’Sullivan and artist Jordi Tarragona! Brace yourself for the wreckage-strewn collision of the future’s most feared lawman against its hardest-charging mutant outlaws – Mega-City One’s Judge Dredd versus the Red Planet’s Biker Mice From Mars – crashes into comic shops on December 2nd with 40 pages of deluxe format fury!!
Across the frayed cordons of space-time, the greed-fueled oligarchs Limburger and Karbunkle have identified a strange new world to plunder, but they never anticipated that Throttle, Vinnie, and Modo—the extraterrestrial antiheroes known as the Biker Mice From Mars—would dare to foil their latest cross dimensional conquest: the smog-clogged metropolis known as Mega-City One.
Now, the Martian brothers and their bikes are stranded between blocks in Mega-City’s endless, chaotic sprawl, alongside 400 million citizens who want them dead and the one man committed to delivering them to justice at any cost: the unforgiving Judge Dredd! The law has no place for vermin on Mega-City One’s streets… but when the Biker Mice’s otherworldly abilities draw the gaze of the inhuman entity called Judge Death, man and mouse alike will be caught in the crosshairs!
Featuring full-throttle covers by David Finch, Karl Kerschl, and Andrew Krahnke, maximum thrill-power meets maximum attitude when Judge Dredd/Biker Mice From Mars #1 revs into the red – only in comic shops on December 2nd!
Plus: Available exclusively on Judge Dredd/Biker Mice From Mars #1, get one of four randomly intermixed “Badge Variant” covers (designed by Oni’s Winston Gambro in the style of Brian Bolland’s classic 2000 AD design), featuring Judge Dredd’s iconic shield or one of three alternates spotlighting each of the Biker Mice from Mars on a Department of Justice badge: Throttle, Vinnie, and Modo!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder #12
(W) Dan Watters (A) Giona Zefiro
It has all been leading to this. Shredder’s plan falls into place in one epic standoff with the E.P.F.’s Director Braunze! With every single move expertly calculated, Shredder unleashes his final play in his war with the E.P.F. But he might have something besides a couple blades up his sleeve… this time he isn’t after just blood, now it’s winner take all.
Nightwing #142
(W) Dan Watters (A) David Lapham
DOWNWIND FROM DISASTER! When Gotham is struck by a terraforming disaster, the downwind city of Blüdhaven falls victim to unanticipated side effects. After a truck full of TNT is stolen from a Blüdhaven construction yard, Nightwing learns it’s headed toward Gotham as a form of righteous vengeance for everything the city has done to Blüdhaven … and only he might be fast enough to stop it before things get explosive.
Detective Comics #1113
(W) Tom Taylor, Dan Watters (A) Jeffrey Spokes, Scott Hepburn
TOM TAYLOR AND SUPERSTAR GUEST ARTIST JEFF SPOKES CONTINUE BATMAN’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE EPIC BAD SEEDS EVENT! Spores, vines, and lumbering floronic monsters have invaded the Dark Knight’s city. Now, as chaos runs rampant in the streets Batman has sworn to protect, Batman finds that Vandal Savage and his TUCO squads may prove even more deadly than the prehistoric flora that has taken the city for its own. Can Batman save Gotham from this lethal convergence of human evil and verdant violence before it’s too late? Find out in this can’t-miss issue that continues directly where Batman #13 leaves off!
Also featuring a back-up story showcasing the winning villain design from the BUILDING BAD sweepstakes!
