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Narco #1 is a hell of an opener that delivers shocking horror

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Narco #1

Marcus Wesphal has a rare form of narcolepsy— when he gets excited, he passes out. He’s adapted: homebound life, a harmless infatuation with the girl next door. But when he witnesses her murder and collapses, he becomes suspect #1. Now, he must leave his apartment to pursue a killer. Narco #1 is a great debut that sets up its premise well and delivers some classic horror vibes.

Written by Doug Wagner, Narco #1 is a fantastic start to the series that really keeps things focused. The issue introduces us to Marcus and through various moments, we learn when his heartbeat increases due to stress/excitement, he passes out. Wagner doesn’t tell us this and instead chooses to show us putting Marcus into situations where it happens or he’s trying to manage it.

But Wagner also gives us a character to like with Marcus. He has friends he regularly hangs out with and is rather shy. He’s relatable, an everyman, who is just trying to manage his life… and figure out how to ask his crush out. That’s the build up to the issue which ends with a blood splattering shock that is expected due to the premise of the comic but delivered with a surprise still.

Part of the enjoyment of the comic is due to the art of Daniel Hillyard. The style has a grounded feel about it making Marcus come off as a schlub and a bit weak in a way. This isn’t some super person who will run after some villain but instead he’s clearly borderline wimp. The color by Dave Sewart and lettering by Ed Dukeshire helps round out the look of the comic that’s in Hillyard’s distinct style but also visually is interesting in what it focuses on. Marcus running, the count of his monitor, the way the passing out is depicted, it creates an intriguing look. Then there’s the end which is presented in a fantastic way that ups the shocks and puts the comic squarely in the horror space.

Narco #1 is a fantastic debut that’s an interesting concept and done so in a way that’s just really well done. The characters are easy to connect with and even when you know the concept, it still delivers a punch at the end. It’s a great start that has us excited to see what’s next.

Story: Doug Wagner Art: Daniel Hillyard
Color: Dave Stewart Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Kindle

Gert goes on a Line-Wide Rampage in I Hate Fairyland Team-Up Variant Bloodbath Covers this April

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When Spawn team-up variants were announced, Gert was annoyed. When Youngblood team-ups were unveiled, Gert began sharpening her axe. And when Invincible team-up variants were revealed, Gert screeched: “I HATE TEAM-UPS!” Image Comics is all-in on Skottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland this April in celebration of the milestone #50 issue and warns fans of a highly deranged Gert, and her Fairyland pals, taking Image covers hostage all month long.

In addition to the characters’ cameo appearances on the covers of some of Image’s hottest ongoing series, the title logos on each book will be redesigned to mirror the instantly recognizable I Hate Fairyland look.

Created by Skottie Young, I Hate Fairyland #1 debuted in October 2015. The series has sold out and gone back-to-print multiple times and received mass critical acclaim. It remains one of the most popular, bestselling ongoing Image series to date.

I Hate Fairyland characters will appear on the covers of:

On sale Wednesday, April 8:

  • Blood & Thunder #12 Cover E I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by EJ Su – Lunar Code 0226IM8011
  • D’orc #3 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Brett Bean – Lunar Code 0226IM8016 
  • D’orc #3 Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Brett Bean – Lunar Code 0226IM8017 
  • Die Loaded #6 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by David Lafuente – Lunar Code 0226IM8014
  • Die Loaded #6 Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW David Lafuente – Lunar Code 0226IM8015
  • Spawn #374 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Brett Booth – Lunar Code 0226IM8030

On sale Wednesday, April 15:

  • Fireborn #1 Cover N I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Patrick Mulholland – Lunar Code 0226IM8021
  • Fireborn #1 Cover O I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Patrick Mulholland – Lunar Code 0226IM8022
  • Invincible Universe Battle Beast #8 Cover G I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Ryan Ottley – Lunar Code 0226IM8023
  • Lost Fantasy #9 Cover G I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Vanessa Cardinali – Lunar Code 0226IM8025 
  • Lost Fantasy #9 Cover H I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Vanessa Cardinali – Lunar Code 0226IM8026
  • Narco #2 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Daniel Hillyard – Lunar Code 0226IM8029
  • Witchblade (2024) #20 Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Giuseppe Cafaro – Lunar Code 0226IM8032

On sale Wednesday, April 22:

  • Invincible Universe Capes #6 Cover F I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Mark Englert – Lunar Code 0226IM8024
  • Youngblood #100 Cover M I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Rob Liefeld – Lunar Code 0226IM8035
  • Corpse Knight #1 Cover I I Hate Fairyland Team-Up – Lunar Code 0226IM8012
  • Darkness Vs Angelus Cover F I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Pat Boutin – Lunar Code 0226IM8013

On sale Wednesday, April 29:

  • Feral #22 Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Tony Fleecs – Lunar Code 0226IM8018
  • Feral #22 Cover E I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Tony Fleecs – Lunar Code 0226IM8019
  • Final Boss Masked Vigilante (one-shot) Cover H I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Tyler Kirkham – Lunar Code 0226IM8020
  • White Sky #3 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by J.P. Mavinga – Lunar Code 0226IM8031
  • Wrestle Heist #5 Cover B I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Kyle Starks – Lunar Code 0226IM8033
  • Wrestle Heist #5 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Kyle Starks – Lunar Code 0226IM8034

Preview: Narco #1

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Narco #1

(W) Doug Wagner (A) Daniel Hillyard

Marcus Wesphal has a rare form of narcolepsy — when he gets excited, he passes out. He’s adapted: homebound life, a harmless infatuation with the girl next door. But when he witnesses her murder and collapses, he becomes suspect #1. Now, he must leave his apartment to pursue a killer.

Narco #1

Narco launches a Fast-Paced Whodunnit in March 2026

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Fan-favorite writer Doug Wagner and artist Daniel Hillyard—the duo behind beloved series Plastic, Plush, Vinyl, and I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer—will reteam for the upcoming thriller, Narco. This five-issue miniseries is set to launch in March 2026 from Image Comics.

Marcus Wesphal blacks out from the slightest surge of excitement—a narcoleptic curse that’s kept him quiet, calm, and locked away at home. But when he witnesses the girl next door’s murder and collapses, he wakes to find himself the prime suspect. Now Marcus has one chance to clear his name: outrun his failing body, reconstruct the moments he lost, and hunt a killer before he blacks out again… possibly for good.

Narco #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, March 4, 2026:

  • Cover A by Hillyard
  • Cover B “Hitchcock homage” by Hillyard 
  • Cover C Blank Sketch cover
Narco #1

Preview: I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer #3 (of 5)

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I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer #3 (of 5)

(W) Doug Wagner (A) Daniel Hillyard
In Shops: Jun 18, 2025
SRP: $3.99

It’s midterms, and Rennie has decided no more scratching her skin, and no more murder until she’s finished school. She’s done with all that. Well, that was before Constance made Sofie cry, Bodhi started acting suspicious, and Sofie got called to the Dean’s office. Skch skch skch.

I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer #3 (of 5)

Preview: Gotham City Sirens #4 (of 4)

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Gotham City Sirens #4 (of 4)

(W) Leah Williams (A) Ted Brandt, Daniel Hillyard, Ro Stein
In Shops: Aug 28, 2024
SRP: $5.99

When a violent and highly illegal energy drink-sponsored hunting operation threatens the lives of wildlife and the residents of Gotham City alike, the only ones fit to save the day are the criminal trio of Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn. Back together again for the first time in years. Sometimes the only way to fight bad is with even worse! With special appearances by White Rabbit, Punchline, and introducing the himbo cowboy henchmen sensation soon to be sweeping the nation known as The Nasty Boys! Get your chaps, spurs, and hats out cause it’s hunting season! By the end of story you’ll be covered in guts, goo, and grit! Featuring the talents of Leah Williams, Matteo Lolli, Daniel Hillyard, and more! If you’re not chanting Hot tubs and headshots and hotties, oh my! by the end of this four-week-long series, you’re doing it wrong!

Gotham City Sirens #4 (of 4)

Preview: Gotham City Sirens #2 (of 4)

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Gotham City Sirens #2 (of 4)

(W) Leah Williams (A) Daniel Hillyard
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $3.99

When a violent and highly illegal energy drink-sponsored hunting operation threatens the lives of wildlife and the residents of Gotham City alike, the only ones fit to save the day are the criminal trio of Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn. Back together again for the first time in years. Sometimes the only way to fight bad is with even worse! With special appearances by White Rabbit, Punchline, and introducing the himbo cowboy henchmen sensation soon to be sweeping the nation known as The Nasty Boys! Get your chaps, spurs, and hats out cause it’s hunting season! By the end of story you’ll be covered in guts, goo, and grit! Featuring the talents of Leah Williams, Matteo Lolli, Daniel Hillyard, and more! If you’re not chanting Hot tubs and headshots and hotties, oh my! by the end of this four-week-long series, you’re doing it wrong!

Gotham City Sirens #2 (of 4)

DC’s Gotham City Sirens are back in August for a monthlong adventure!

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The Gotham City Sirens are back! For the month of August, DC’s Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy ongoing comic book series will pause while a new four-issue Gotham City Sirens series connects the characters for a monthlong adventure! It’s been over a decade since Gotham City’s most notorious female criminals converged as the Sirens, and in August 2024 they don’t care which side of the law they’re on! After Gotham City Sirens concludes, all three titular characters’ series will return in September with ongoing numbering.

In Gotham City Sirens by Leah Williams, Matteo Lolli, Daniel Hillyard , and Brandt & Stein,a violent and highly illegal energy drink-sponsored hunting operation kicks off the action, threatening the lives of wildlife and the residents of Gotham City alike, and the only ones fit to save the day are the criminal trio of Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn! They’re back together as a team and ready for action…for the first time in years!

Gotham City Sirens will have special appearances by White Rabbit and Punchline and introduce the cowboy-henchmen sensation soon to be sweeping the nation known as the Nasty Boys! Get your chaps, spurs, and hats out, ’cause its wild west himbo-hunting season for the Gotham City Sirens! Gotham City Sirens has guts (thanks to Harley), goo (we see you, Ivy), and grit (Selina, naturally), and maybe some gristle, too (Bud and Lou are involved!). If you’re not chanting “Hot tubs and headshots and hotties, oh my!” by the end of this four-week-long series, you’re doing it wrong!

Gotham City Sirens #1, on sale August 7, is written by Leah Williams with art by Matteo Lolli, Triona Farrell (colors), and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (letters). Main cover is by Terry Dodson with variant covers by W. Scott Forbes, Guillem March, and Jeehyung Lee. Guillem March’s cover will be offered as an open-to-order foil variant along with a 1:25 variant cover by Ben Harvey.

Gotham City Sirens #2, on sale August 14, is written by Leah Williams with art by Daniel Hillyard, Triona Farrell (colors), and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (letters). Main cover is by Terry Dodson with variant covers by W. Scott Forbes, Guillem March, and Jeehyung Lee. Guillem March’s cover will be offered as an open-to-order foil variant along with a 1:25 variant cover by Daniel Hillyard.

Gotham City Sirens #3, on sale August 21, is written by Leah Williams with art by Matteo Lolli, Triona Farrell (colors), and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (letters). Main cover is by Terry Dodson with variant covers by W. Scott Forbes, Guillem March, and Jeehyung Lee. Guillem March’s cover will be offered as an open-to-order foil variant along with a 1:25 variant cover by Natacha Bustos.

Gotham City Sirens #4, on sale August 28, is written by Leah Williams with art by Daniel Hillyard, Brandt & Stein, Triona Farrell (colors), and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (letters). Main cover is by Terry Dodson with variant covers by W. Scott Forbes, Guillem March, and Jeehyung Lee. Guillem March’s cover will be offered as an open-to-order foil variant along with a 1:25 variant cover by Tirso.

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