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Preview: Showdown #5

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Showdown #5

Written by Dave Wielgosz
Illustrated by Tadd Galusha
Colors by Triona Farrell
Cover A by Steve Lieber
Cover B by Tadd Galusha 

FINAL ISSUE. Time’s up! Let the rumble begin!

Trish came back home and told Harvey to get his affairs in order, because the two of them were going to settle their grievances with violence. Two will enter, and as far as they are both concerned, they don’t care if neither of them leaves!

Read the bloody and emotional conclusion to 2026’s best crime comic. Showdown has established writer Dave Wielgosz (Man-Bat) and artist Tadd Galusha (Bubba Ho-Tep) as major talents, and this brutal finale will only cement that reputation.

Comic book cover for 'Showdown' issue #5, depicting two characters in a fierce fight. One character is swinging a baseball bat while the other appears to be defending with a weapon, both showing signs of struggle and aggression.
A funeral home with a sign reading 'Water O'Connell Funeral Home.' A group of people gathered at the entrance, while two individuals stand nearby, conversing. In the background, cars are parked in the lot. The scene is depicted in a muted color palette, emphasizing a somber mood.
A comic panel depicting a tense scene with a woman in a dress running toward a car while shouting angrily. A man inside the car looks shocked, and another man in a suit stands nearby, observing the confrontation.
A tense comic panel depicting a heated confrontation between a woman and a man in formal attire. The woman expresses anger, claiming the man killed her brother, while he appears nervous and defensive. Background characters observe the interaction.
A comic book scene depicting a character holding a weapon, looking intense, while another character's voice is heard in speech bubbles discussing themes of identity and morality against a dramatic, fiery background and an old photograph.
A dramatic comic panel depicting a showdown between two characters, Trish Sullivan and Harvey Harlowe. The background features flames and a mystical atmosphere, emphasizing tension in the scene.
A comic book cover titled 'Showdown' featuring two characters facing each other in a dramatic pose amidst a fiery background. One character, with long hair and a determined expression, stands with a weapon in hand, while the other character, wearing a casual jacket, appears confrontational. A spiked object lies in the snow between them.

Showdown #4 has Trish exploring what she didn’t know about her brother

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It’s the last day before the showdown, and both Harvey and Trish have to face some hard truths. For Trish, she is starting to see that her brother may not have been the perfect young man she thought he was. For Harvey, it’s that there isn’t as much in his life to settle as he thought there might be. And for both, it’s the very real fact that the town they call home has very little regard for either of them. This penultimate issue sets up everything before the real final showdown begins.

Story: Dave Wielgosz
Art: Tadd Calusha
Color: Triona Farrell
Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Get your copy now!

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Preview: Detective Comics 2026 Annual #1

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Detective Comics 2026 Annual #1

(W) Tom Taylor, Dave Wielgosz (A) Nicola Scott, Fran Mariscal

GUEST-STARRING THE MAIN MAN HIMSELF, LOBO! Batman has been falsely accused of a political assassination on a distant planet, and someone has been sent to track down the Dark Knight and bring him to justice — someone with a special talent for hunting. That’s right, Lobo’s come to Earth with a bounty on Batman! Now, in the clutches of the Main Man and being carted across the cosmos to be judged for a crime he did not commit, Batman must find a way to clear his name! Tom Taylor and Nicola Scott bring you a thrilling tale of bounties, battles, and bastiches.

Detective Comics 2026 Annual #1

Showdown #1 is a solid debut with a simple concept that allows it to focus on its characters

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Some things you just can’t get over.

When Trish Sullivan left her hometown for college, she left behind unfinished business. Now she’s back and looking to settle up.

Trish blames Harvey Harlowe for the death of her little brother, so Trish’s homecoming is an eye-for-an-eye mission. She’s going to kill him, and Harvey should get his affairs in order.

But Harvey’s dad has just died, and an injury destroyed his football scholarship. Without a future ahead of him, Trish’s challenge is all the more welcome. He’s more than ready to go down fighting, and no one is going to step in and save him.

Story: Dave Wielgosz
Art: Tadd Calusha
Color: Triona Farrell
Letterer: Clayton Cowles

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: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation, Vol. 2

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation, Vol. 2

Caleb Goellner, Omar Francia, Nelson Daniel, Erik Burnham, Michael Shelfer, Tom Waltz, Declan Shalvey, Drew Moss, Dave Wielgosz, Vitor Cafaggi, Paul Allor, Gavin Smith, Barnaby Bagenda, Andy Khouri
February 3, 2026

In this bombastic volume, Bebop and Rocksteady interrupt the boxing match of the century―costing some very dangerous people a lot of money. With an entire city hot on their heels, can they escape Las Vegas without destroying it?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation, Vol. 2

Preview: DC’s Supergirl Next Door #1

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DC’s Supergirl Next Door #1

(W) Nathan Fairbairn, Alex Galer, C. R. C. Payne, Dave Wielgosz, Dorado Quick, Nicole Maines, Rosie Knight, Sarah Kuhn (A) Paulina Ganucheau, Laura Braga, Sweeney Boo, Rafael Perez, Arielle Jovellanos, Michael Shelfer, Max Sarin, Dylan Dietrich

SHE’S A SMALL TOWN GIRL IN A SUPER-POWERED WORLD… AND SHE’S LOOKING FOR LOVE! There’s something about Kara. She’s effortlessly cool, adored by all, and looks great in a cape — she’s truly all that! She could have fifty first dates lined up in a minute, but love actually wasn’t on her radar… until now! In this hot new anthology, join Supergirl and a host of lovestruck heroes and villains as they bravely embark on quests for love, even if it means running through every rom-com trope to get there. You’d be hard pressed to find ten things to hate about this book, so pick it up this Valentine’s Day — and place it on the shelf next to all the books you’ve loved before!

DC's Supergirl Next Door #1

Feel Your Brain Matter Boil in EC Comics’ Cruel Universe 2 #2 – On Sale in September!

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EMBRACE OBVILION AS YOUR PHYSICAL BODY SACRIFICES ITSELF … ALL IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE! Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. have revealed a first look at the story “Ham Radio” by Melissa Flores and Claire Roe from Cruel Universe 2 #2 (of 12) – the next installment of the Eisner Award-nominated science-fiction anthology series featuring a stellar group of creators forcing readers beyond the brink of reality itself! 

For millennia, mankind has earned to explore the stars. Foolish humans—that was your first mistake! Like a stray space capsule that’s unexpectedly escaped our solar system and is now cursed to rocket forward at ever-escalating velocities that will slowly reduce its crew to a slick film of goo, EC Comics proudly presents a new roster of callously cosmic tales positively oozing with pain, paranoia, and the pent-up regret of human ambition! To copilot this doomed survey of the stars, join writers Chris Condon, Melissa Flores, and Dave Wielgosz as they execute the logarithmic calculations that could save our explorers . . . only for the danger-defying artists Sami Kivelä, Claire Roe, and Riley Rossmo to bear witness to inescapable galactic calamity of their all-too-human hubris. Whoops!

Yes, human, it has been foretold in our data tablets: You will gaze in slackjawed wonder as Cruel Universe 2 #2 (of 12) crosses the vacuum of space to deliver new allotments of optical ingenuity in the form of comic book covers by Lee Bermejo, Tom Fowler, Albert Monteys, and Malachi Ward to begin a eons-long rein of EC Comics-inspired cosmic terror! You wanted to live life as a sentient being … Now pay the price in Cruel Universe 2 #2 (of 12) – on sale September 3rd!

Cruel Universe 2 #2 (of 12)

Preview: DC’s Kal-El-Fornia Love #1

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DC’s Kal-El-Fornia Love #1

(W) Bryan Q. Miller, Brandon Thomas, Joshua Hale Fialkov, George Mann, Christof Bogacs, James Reid, Dave Wielgosz and Meghan Fitzmartin (A) Gerardo Sandoval, Juni Ba, Travis Mercer, Bruno Abdias, Jacoby Salcedo, Jon Mikel, Joey Vazquez and Marcial Toledano
In Shops: Jul 30, 2025
SRP: $9.99

BRIGHTER THAN A HOLLYWOOD STAR, MORE POWERFUL THAN SILICON VALLEY TECH, ABLE TO LEAP TALL REDWOOD TREES IN A SINGLE BOUND…IT’S DC’S KAL-EL-FORNIA LOVE! The whole Super-Family is hitting the road in a series of action-packed adventures across the great state of California. Supergirl’s day at the beach is interrupted by a demonic creature from the deep and John Constantine! Jon and Conner Kent team up to wrangle an escaped beast in the Redwoods! Bizarro (literally) crashes an audition for a major motion picture! And join Superman and Lois as a kaiju from the California Ocean comes for their family vacation! The Summer of Superman is heating up, so slather on some sunscreen and snag your latest beach read–in stores this July!

DC's Kal-El-Fornia Love #1

New History of the DC Universe #1 Resurrects the Classic Guidebook

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New History of the DC Universe #1

In celebration of 90 years of DC, super fan and writer Mark Waid turns back time to the very beginning of the DC Universe in a four-issue miniseries drawn by some of DC’s greatest artists and told by the newest chronicler of time, Barry Allen, the Flash! In our debut issue, Barry takes us from the very birth of the DC Universe to the rise of the Justice Society. The Golden Age of heroes begins here! New History of the DC Universe #1 takes us from the beginning of creation to Superman’s escape from Krypton.

New History of the DC Universe #1 is an attempt to compile a single, clear, timeline of the DC Universe from the beginning to who knows when. While not so much a flowing narrative, Waid treats the series like an updated guidebook. Years ago, we regularly got guidebooks giving fans loads of information about characters and more. This feels more like that breaking down key moments and the characters involved. And it’s a deep dive that delivers a large amount of obscure characters and events. Waid does a solid job of bringing together recent editions to DC’s mythos for what had already been established decades before.

The art by Todd Nauck and Jerry Ordway is good. With color by Matt Herms and John Kalisz and lettering by Todd Klein, the comic looks good and it’s interesting to see the designs over the years and all of the characters. This isn’t a comic full of action but each page has interesting visuals and layouts showing off the history and key players and events. It’s not flashy but it is intriguing.

Where New History of the DC Universe #1 really stands out is what comes after the tour through time. A definitive timeline is laid out including what comics you’d find references or events themselves. That’s written by Dave Wielgosz with research by Wielgosz and Waid and a special thanks to John Wells. Here’s hoping DC takes advantage of this listing to give readers an easy way to explore every reference highlighted.

While it’s nice to finally get a definitive history of the DC Universe, New History of the DC Universe #1 is just one slice of an existence spanning breakdown of DC’s history. If you really want to know the history now, it’s worth checking out but this is one that’s probably best to wait for the likely eventual beautiful hardback collection. New History of the DC Universe #1 is an interesting debut overall but is a rather bland presentation of the history that’s really only for the diehard fans invested in continuity.

Story: Mark Waid Art: Todd Nauck, Jerry Ordway
Color: Matt Herms, John Kalisz Letterer: Todd Klein
Story: 7.0 Art: 7.0 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read

DC Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Discover Chuck Tingle’s First Ever Story in Comics this July in Hello Darkness #12

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Hello Darkness #12, the horrifying continuation to the ongoing anthology series featuring the comics debut of USA Today Bestselling author and Hugo Award Winner Chuck Tingle with artist Chris Shehan, in the short story “Out”. This newest issue will be available in comic shops July 9, 2025. 

Also included in this terrifying issue, “Tiny Little Men” by Dave Wielgosz and Riley Rossmo, “We Welcomed Them With Open Arms” by BRIXIDE, “You Can’t Make a Silk Purse from a Sow’s Ear” by Jenna Cha, and the conclusion to “Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar” by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera, plus more madcap mayhem from Robert Hack’s “I Can’t Take You Anywhere”! 

Hello Darkness #12 features a main cover by Miguel Mercado, and variant covers by Jenny Frison, Martín Morazzo, Dan Panosian, and a limited BOOM! Studios Direct Reserve exclusive variant by Jenny Frison!

Hello Darkness #12
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