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EC Comics is Lovelorn and Lusting for Revenge in Tortured Hearts 2 #1 – Featuring 56 Fearful Pages of Gut-Wrenching Romance in January!

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Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. have lifted the veil on Tortured Hearts 2 #1 – the next tenderly terrifying tome of romance gone dangerously awry hitting store shelves everywhere in January!! Just a few weeks before Valentine’s Day, the infectiously infamous EC Comics is putting it all out there with our latest 56-page, splatter de spectacular celebrating heart- ripping, artery-spurting tales that’ll really get your blood pumping! New relationship got you down? Marital woes weighing too heavy? Here’s some free advice: Sometimes you just need to cut things off—so better start hacking, heh heh!

Join us as we officiate this year’s crop of tenderly terrifying tales with a robust cast of hopelessly deranged romantics left waiting at the altar: Michael W. Conrad, Melissa Flores, Sarah Gailey, Malachi Ward, Ryan Kelly, Sami Kivelä, Jenna Cha, and more surprise blind dates!

We demand justice for the jilted! Get ready to be lovelorn, lonely, and lusting for blood as we grab St. Cupid’s arrow and start twisting in EC’s most frantic collection of sinful symphonies yet! Accept your most volatile valentine of all time when Tortured Hearts 2 #1 arrives in comic shops everywhere on January 27th – featuring horrifically heartbreaking covers from Dustin Weaver, Reiko Murakami, Shawn McManus, and Patricia Martín!

  • Cover of the comic book 'Tortured Hearts' featuring a monstrous octopus-like creature with a bloody mouth, interacting with two seated men in front of a vibrant backdrop that reads 'Your Dream Date' and stylized flowers.
  • Cover of the comic 'Tortured Hearts' featuring a girl with a sinister smile, blood on her shirt, and menacing hands emerging from behind her, set against a dark, eerie backdrop with foliage.
  • Cover of the comic book 'Tortured Hearts' featuring a terrified man sitting on a couch, surrounded by eerie characters including The Grim Inquisitor, The Tormentor, and The Grave-Digger in a whimsical horror style.
  • Black and white comic book cover for 'Tortured Hearts' featuring an octopus, two men sitting on a set, and the text 'Your Dream Date'.
  • Cover of the 'Tortured Hearts' comic book featuring a red heart on a white plate with a knife and fork, surrounded by splatters of red. The design includes ornate decorations and a checkered black and white background.

NYCC 2026: Michael E. Uslan, Steven S. DeKnight and Sebastián Cabrol Present Dr. Syn #1 – A Fiery, Blood-Soaked Tale of Revolution & Rebellion

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Oni Press has unveiled Dr. Syn #1 (of 4), the fiery FIRST ISSUE of a rebellious new resurrection for the infamous vigilante-turned-freedom fighter … and a brand-new beginning for one of history’s first proto-pulp heroes in a daring new incarnation. Traitor. Rogue. Revenant. Rebel. He’s been known by many names . . . and now writers Michael E. Uslan and Steven S. DeKnight join artist Sebastián Cabrol to chronicle the fearsome origin of the once-forgotten revolutionary who first watered liberty’s tree with the blood of tyrants — beginning in comic shops everywhere in January 2027. 

Once, the Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn waged a guerrilla insurgency across 18th-century England— justice for the cruel deaths of his family at the hands of King George III and the rest of England’s persecuted and oppressed. Hidden behind a terrifying mask to keep his true identity concealed, Syn’s rebellion soon became legend, inspiring copycat uprisings across the English countryside as the “Scarecrow of Romney Marsh” became a beacon of resistance against his nation’s mad monarch. 

But that’s where history’s chronicle of the Scarecrow’s reign is about to go violently, terribly wrong . . . ​Now Dr. Syn has been captured, tried, and condemned for his crimes. Forced into death by exile in the British Empire’s most inhospitable outpost—the American penal colony known as “Georgia”—Syn has found himself imprisoned alongside a hardscrabble crew of his king’s most notorious “undesirables.” With a mismatched team of allies fueled by the same burning vengeance for justice at his side, can England’s most dangerous revolutionary finally bring the empire down in an inferno of roaring flames . . . and could this backwater collection of pestilence-ridden colonies called America provide the spark? ​The year is 1775. And Dr. Syn’s war is about to begin.

Across more than a century, Dr. Syn has been a recurring fixture of feature film, pulp fiction, and comics book publishing. Always clad in his trademark Scarecrow mask, Syn was first introduced in 1915 by author Russell Thorndike as the titular smuggler hero at the epicenter of Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh. As his adventures continued across six more novels, Syn’s exploits were the subject of multiple film adaptations from the 1930s onward, culminating in 1963’s Disney feature film The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, which also resulted in a tie-in comic book series published by Dell Comics. Uslan, DeKnight and Cabrol’s new reinvention of the character will be the first major appearance of the character – frequently counted alongside Tarzan, Conan, and Buck Rogers as one of the first and most influential proto-pulp archetypes – in the 21st century and will mark the first time the legendary British character has walked American shores.

With covers from Dustin Weaver, Jeffrey Alan Love, Elia Bonetti, and Kelley Jones, in stores January 2027!

Don’t miss Oni Press’s panel at New York Comic Con on Friday, October 9, 2026 between 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM in North-Room S 406.1—featuring Dr. Syn co-writer Michael E. Uslan as a panelist as well as creators George Northy (Yuletide), Oliver Mertz (A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts), Ryan O’Sullivan (Judge Dredd / Biker Mice from Mars), and Dave Baker (Halloween Boy) and Oni Press editors Karl Bollers and Bess Pallares.

  • Cover of 'Dr. Syn' No. 1 featuring a skeletal figure in a pirate costume riding a black horse, with ominous text below.
  • Cover art of 'Dr. Syn' comic book issue No. 1, featuring a skeletal figure in a pirate outfit on a black horse, surrounded by a dark, atmospheric backdrop.
  • Cover page of 'Dr. Syn' No. 1, featuring bold typography and a black and white design.
  • Cover of 'Dr. Syn' comic book featuring a scarecrow figure with a skull head, surrounded by flames and eerie purple hues.
  • A skeletal figure dressed as a pirate, known as Dr. Syn, stands confidently with a gun in hand. He wears a black coat and broad-brimmed hat, surrounded by a dramatic blue background that highlights his ominous presence.
  • A skeletal figure in a black cloak and a tricorn hat holds a gun, riding a dark horse with glowing red eyes, set against a smoky, mysterious background.
  • Cover of 'Dr. Syn No. 1' featuring a mysterious pirate figure with a skeletal face and a noose, set against a dark, textured background.
  • A tense scene depicting armed figures confronting horseback riders bursting through a doorway, illustrated in dramatic black and white style.
  • A chaotic scene depicting a group of individuals on horseback charging through a building, with one person in the foreground appearing shocked and surprised. The setting includes a chandelier and ornate stairway.
  • A comic-style illustration depicting a series of dramatic scenes with a mounted figure using a rope to capture a fleeing person in a snowy forest setting.
  • A black and white comic style illustration featuring three characters near a large tree with a noose. The scene depicts tension, with one character holding a weapon on horseback while another is tied up. Various expressions of fear and authority are shown through close-up panels.

Get a first look at Archie in Hell #2, arriving this December from Patrick Horvath and Tyler Crook

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Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc.have revealed a first look inside Archie in Hell #2, the next shocking chapter of Oni Press’ monumental new line of star-studded Archie Comics series. The year’s red-hot horror hit from superstar creators Patrick Horvath and Tyler Crook lands this December, just in time for the 85th anniversary of America’s favorite teen icon!

Torn from the world he once knew and thrown back to a dark reflection of the year 1690, Archie Andrews has taken cover as “Archibald” Andrews—a humble inhabitant of the bleak and zealous Puritan community called Riverdale. And he’s not the only one on edge . . . Strange and unearthly occurrences plague this small countryside hovel, and, as the search for the collaborators of the devil’s business begins, Archie won’t be able to hide for long— especially not with that flaming red hair! But when strange echoes of his best friends from the modern day—Elizabeth “Betty” Cooper, Berenice “Veronica” Lodge, and Forsythe “Jughead” Jones—begin to emerge, Archie will quickly come to fear that while he may have been the demon A’ldarax’s first sacrifice, he may not be its last . . .

No one is safe . . . and the flames only rise higher . . . as America’s most iconic teenager locks horns with evil incarnate in Archie in Hell #2 featuring covers by series artist Tyler Crook as well as Dustin Weaver, Jonathan Case, Abigail Harding,​ Dan Parent, and Patricia Martín!

Comic book cover for 'Archie in Hell' #2 featuring a young boy with a worried expression surrounded by dark foliage and dripping red leaves.
Cover of 'Archie in Hell' #2 featuring Archie and his friends surrounded by dark figures and flames, conveying a supernatural theme.
Cover of 'Archie in Hell' #2 featuring Archie and four female characters, with Archie appearing frightened and surrounded by dark, skeletal hands. The background shows a dramatic, colorful sky.
Cover illustration for 'Archie in Hell' #2 featuring a seated character labeled 'Andrews,' surrounded by a devilish goat, a pig, and a black dog, all in a comic book art style.
Cover of 'Archie in Hell' #2, featuring colorful illustrations of Archie and his friends with expressive faces, surrounded by swirling lines and flames.
Cover art for "Archie in Hell #2" featuring a stylized illustration of a character with fiery red hair surrounded by flames, wearing a blue and yellow striped shirt, against an orange background.
Illustration featuring a group of diverse characters in a comic style, with a central male figure surrounded by several females and shadowy antagonists in the background.
Illustration depicting a historical scene with characters in colonial attire gathered near a church in a rural setting, discussing religious themes and community.
A comic strip depicting a conversation between two characters, one on a horse and the other standing beside a house. The horseman is dressed in period clothing, and the scene includes rural scenery with trees and a farmhouse.
A comic panel featuring several characters discussing a boy's extraordinary story. One character questions if the boy could be their returned nephew, while others express concern and curiosity. The setting appears to be a rural area, with characters dressed in historical attire.
A comic strip depicting a scene where a young boy apologizes for mess and is suggested to work outside. Various characters discuss tasks like clearing a meadow, milking goats, and tending to chickens.
A comic page featuring dialogue between several characters in a rural setting, discussing their struggles and the role of a minister in a community. The scene includes a minister, townspeople, and elements of countryside life.

‘Tis the Season for Terror! EC Comics’ Haunting Holiday Tradition Returns in Shiver Suspenstories 3 #1

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Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are proud to unveil the giant-sized Shiver Suspenstories 3 #1 – an all-new, all-unhinged 56-page giant featuring EC Comics’ most terrifying assembly of sickenin’ stocking stuffers yet! That’s right, Shiver Suspenstories is back . . . and we’re bringing three times the chills, three times the spills, and three times the murderous intent with us for our most vengeful celebration of X-mas anarchy and New Year’s nightmares ever attempted on December 9th! 

For the third year running, gather ʼround our flaming hearth and join tortured (literally!) creators John Arcudi, Sarah Gailey, Ryan Kelly, David Lapham, Jay Stephens, and more surprise guests as we begin a frightening festival of merciless merriment and holiday horror, all tinseled up in the mangled EC Comics manner!

Plus: For your reading displeasure, feast upon another restored and remastered EC classic straight from the Vault-Keeper’s lair! Heh heh, ho ho, this Christmas season, someone’s gotta go! Just remember, kids: Some stains don’t come out . . . especially under Luminol!

Get into the spirit with killer covers from Dustin Weaver, Steve Lieber, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes! Tell Santa to make with the comic – or else!!!– when Shiver Suspenstories 3 #1 comes calling on December 9th!

  • Cover of 'Shiver SuspenStories' comic book featuring a chaotic holiday scene with a demonic creature among frightened partygoers wearing Santa hats.
  • A comic book cover featuring two men in military attire preparing to perform an unsettling procedure on a Santa Claus figure, who is tied to a chair. The title reads 'SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES' with a subtitle indicating the issue number.
  • Cover of the comic book 'Shiver Suspense Stories' depicting a frightened man reaching toward a door with a woman visible inside, surrounded by eerie, icy surroundings.
  • Cover illustration of Shiver Suspense Stories comic, featuring two men restraining a bearded man in a chair while preparing a medical procedure.
  • Cover of 'Shiver SuspenStories' Volume 3, featuring a green background with various Halloween and winter-themed illustrations, including a haunted house, skeleton, snowman, and Christmas gift, along with titles and author names.

Randy Taylor and Dustin Weaver’s Assassins’ Guild gets collected in 2027

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The cyberpunk hidden gem Assassins’ Guild—the debut series from fan-favorite artist Dustin Weaver, and written by Randy Taylor—will finally be collected and available in stunning hardcover format in 2027 from Image Comics. This long-anticipated collected edition of the cult favorite will include issues #0-4 of the rarely seen, but much beloved, action-packed series.

Assassins’ Guild first introduced the industry to Weaver’s unique style and was followed by his eye-catching run on S.H.I.E.L.D. with Jonathan Hickman at Marvel. Weaver’s subsequent variant covers for Hickman and Nick Pitarra’s popular sci-fi miniseries, The Red Wing at Image cemented him as a frequent collaborator with Hickman and fans saw the duo reunite again at Marvel for their buzzy Avengers run. Weaver quickly skyrocketed to fame with further work on high profile series such as Edge of the Spider-Verse and Infinity Gauntlet (2015) as well as his popular run on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

America is run by corporations and, in Assassins’ Guild’s future-set story, violence and corruption are business as usual… with the exception of one highly trained rogue operative who could bring it all down! When tactical officer Alex Dayne suddenly grows a conscience, the Valentine Corporation sets out to destroy him. Bent on revenge and with nothing left to lose, Alex goes back into the underworld of New Washington and gathers a team of outcasts to wage war on the corporate machine and assassinate its CEO.

The Assassins’ Guild hardcover (ISBN: 9781534351738) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, January 20, 2027 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, February 16, 2027.

Assassins’ Guild 

Avengers: Time Runs Out gets a Marvel Premier Collection and collects the lead up to Secret Wars

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One by one, the realities of the Multiverse have collided and been destroyed, leaving the Marvel Universe as one of the last standing. Now the final Incursion is drawing near — and in the wake of the desperate, world-shattering actions taken by the shadowy group of heroes known as the Illuminati, the Avengers are fragmented. While one group seeks to confront their former Illuminati allies, another takes the fight to a dark new threat! But what has become of Tony Stark and Doctor Strange? Will all the battles they’ve endured — and the sacrifices they’ve made — prepare the Avengers for the inevitable? Time runs out as the stage is set for SECRET WARS!

COLLECTING: Material from Avengers (2012) #35-44; New Avengers (2013) #24-33

Story: Jonathan Hickman
Art: Jim Cheung, Paco Medina, Nick Bradshaw, Dustin Weaver, Mike Deodato Jr., Mike Perkins, Valerio Schiti, Szymon Kudranski, Dalibor Talajic, Stefano Casselli, Kev Walker, Mike Mayhew
Ink: Mark Morales, Guillermo Ortego, Juan Vlasco, Nick Bradshaw, Dustin Weaver, Rick Magyar
Color: Frank Martin, David Curiel, Dono Sanchez-Almara
Letterer: Cory Petit, Joe Caramagna

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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SDCC 2026: The Predator’s greatest hunt begins in Predator vs. Punisher

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Announced during the Marvel Comics: Next Big Thing Panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Predator vs. Punisher, a four-issue series by Frank Tieri and Jesús Saíz, launches in November.

After explosive battles against Marvel’s greatest heroes, the galaxy’s deadliest hunter sets his sights on Marvel’s most relentless vigilante! It’s a matchup that fans have dreamed about for decades as Frank Castle and the Predator face off in a collision that pushes both legendary hunters to their absolute limits!

THE PUNISHER TAKES ON THE PREDATOR!

New York City becomes a hunting ground when a Predator arrives looking for worthy prey and finds Frank Castle! As crime bosses fall, the body count rises and the streets run red, two legendary killers violently collide in a brutal showdown featuring a murderer’s row of underworld villains including KINGPIN, JIGSAW, SILVERMANE, THE OWL and more!

Check out a promo piece by Dustin Weaver, along with a variant cover by Alex Maleev and an homage variant cover by Leinil Francis Yu inspired by Frank Castle’s iconic first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #129.

SDCC 2026: The Ultimate Exclusive is the… Fort Psycho “Comic In A Can”!?!

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Fort Psycho Psycho Mart

In advance of Comic-Con International in San Diego, Oni Press has unveiled the ultimate Comic-Con exclusive: the Fort Psycho “Comic In A Can”! Not a hoax! Not a psyop! Priced at just $25 and limited to only 250 copies made, this is a fully functional, resealable can that includes “SARDINES,” an exclusive, 16-page mini-comic (6″ x 4”) featuring a brand-new Fort Psycho short story by New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and hard-charging artist Brian Hurtt set before the events of Fort Psycho #1!*

AND THAT’S JUST THE TIP OF THIS (CAN-SHAPED) ICEBERG! 

Also included inside:

  • A full-sized, souvenir bumper sticker (11″ x 3″) commemorating the deep and indelible impact that the upcoming release of Fort Psycho #1 (on sale August 5th) is sure to have on your central nervous system!
  • A forward operating battalion of pacifist pink army men for you to play with back in your hotel room!
  • Wait, your can has a 1:5 chrome army man? Then you WIN a free (and equally shiny) Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 BLIND BAG! 
  • Got a 1:50 gold army man? Then you WIN a hand-painted Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 Original Art Sketch Cover by Matt Kindt! 
  • Oh, and there’s a brand-new, never-before seen text story by Matt Kindt printed right on the damn label!
  • Plus: You get to keep the can, which is its own kind of glory!

Already feeling the pull of “Comic in a Can” fever? Us, too … and there’s only way to stop it: By visiting Psycho Mart inside the Oni Press booth (#1829) at San Diego Comic-Con to put your all-American sense of consumerism to the test. Better yet: Get it signed! Series creators Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt will be appearing as special guests of Oni Press and signing throughout the weekend, so there will be plenty of opportunities to watch two tenured comics veterans figure out how to apply their signatures to a three-dimensional cylinder. 

And that’s just the story picks up where the “Comic in a Can” left off on August X in Fort Psycho #1 (of 12) –  the brand-new, ticking time bomb of comic book firepower from master storytellers Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt detonating this summer with covers by Hurtt, Lewis LaRosa, Inaki Miranda, David Rubin, Kyle Starks, and Dustin Weaver!

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as The Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate The Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows – until their final, explosive confrontation with The Seven Seals resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore. 

Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side-by-side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone – now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.” And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong.

Don’t miss Fort Pyscho #1! You’ve been warned. 

* Are you the kind of guy or gal who plans ahead? Then you surely ordered the Fort Pyscho #1-12 PRE-ORDER BONUS BUNDLE … which means you’ll be receiving Fort Pyscho #0, which will also include a reprint of “SARDINES” alongside two other short stories by Kindt & Hurtt. Congrats on being ahead of the game, soldier!

Fort Pyscho "Comic in a Can"

Preview: The Juniper Lodge

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The Juniper Lodge

(W) Dustin Weaver, Jeremy Barlow (A) Dustin Weaver

A dreamy and haunting collection of standalone tales where perception unravels, identity fractures, and reality bends — delivered with visionary style by Dustin Weaver.

A twisted town in the Old West sacrifices one of its own every twelve hours at the demand of a demonic gun. A man finds his mind is trapped in the brain of an insect, and believes the normal world he sees is a delusion. An abandoned roadside motel is home to an entity that has captured the imagination of a passing comic book artist and is drawing him back.

The Juniper Lodge is a self-contained collection of five stories from the pages of Dustin Weaver’s anthology series PAKLIS. Unpredictable, idiosyncratic, and original, each story explores themes of perception, memory, and identity while expertly moving between genres with a dynamic style.

The psychological and surreal become alluring through Weaver’s engaging characters and vivid worlds, while never failing to get under the skin.

Collects stories previously published in PAKLIS: #0,1,2,6,9.

The Juniper Lodge

Fort Psycho #1 Electrifies with High-Voltage Covers by Brian Hurtt, Lewis LaRosa, Inaki Miranda, David Rubín, Kyle Starks, Dustin Weaver, and More!

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Oni Press and Flux House unleash a barrage of armor-piercing covers for Fort Psycho #1 (of 12), the 40-PAGE FIRST ISSUE of a powerful new maxi-series from New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt and adrenaline-racing artist Brian Hurtt! This August, enter an off-the-grid island prison stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that led them there as Fort Psycho #1 unleashes one of the summer’s most formidable line-ups of covers and variants from artists including series co-creator Brian Hurtt alongside ​Lewis LaRosa, Inaki Miranda​, David Rubin, Kyle Starks, and Dustin Weaver— including foil, black & white, metal and blank sketch variants.

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as The Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate The Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows – until their final, explosive confrontation with The Seven Seals resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore. 

Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side-by-side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone – now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.” 

And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong.

WARNING: YOU HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 2026 TO REACH MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCE FROM Fort Pyscho #1 –   the brand-new, ticking time bomb of comic book firepower!

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