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Ignition Press reveals Exclusives for Rose City Comic Con

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Ignition Press has revealed three variant covers available at Rose City Comic Con. If you’re planning to attend the show, make sure you snag your copy. If not, no worries, they’ll make any remaining copies available for purchase after the convention on ignitionpress.com.

Prima Apparata #1, the new series from Olivia Dufault and Rebekah Isaacs, has an exclusive cover by series artist Rebekah Isaacs. This cover is limited to 500 copies and will be available for purchase at Olivia Dufault’s Booth #D-09 and Rebekah Isaac‘s Booth #D-03.

Prima Apparata #1

The Folk of Dooney Hollow #1 makes an early debut ahead of its September 9th on-sale date. The new horror series from Jeremy Haun and Alex Lins has an exclusive cover by Jae Lee and June Chung. This cover is limited to 500 copies and will be available for purchase at Jeremy Haun‘s Booth #D-10.

The Folk of Dooney Hollow #1 RCCC variant cover

Cult-de-Sac #1 by Cullen Bunn and Fico Ossio has an exclusive cover by Inaki Miranda. This cover is limited to 500 copies and will be available for purchase at Cullen Bunn‘s Booth #D-04.

Cult-de-Sac #1 RCCC variant cover

Curt Pires and Jok reveal Creature Corps, a Dystopian Critter-Battle Coming in December

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Writer Curt Pires is reuniting with artist Jok for Creature Corps, a new time-rending monster-battling remix comic series launching from Image Comics on December 12, 2026. Creature Corps revolves around a reality where survivalist, fantastical creatures from a broken future slip into the present, pitted against each other for vicious sport. The series will launch with a 60-page issue priced at $4.99. 

Creature Corps is not just a comic. In the announcement, Pires teased that we can expect a trading card game to go with it, with cards available in the “booster bundle” packaged covers.

The mysterious animals soon fuel an unethical creature battling league that generates unprecedented profit, often using teenage “trainers” to manage the time-displaced fighters. One of those trainers was Dusty Rockem, who ascended to World Champion when he was 14. A devastating event forced Gotem to leave the trade in disgust, leaving him to seek solace in the wilderness. Years later, Gotem’s former colleagues seek him out with news of a much more devastating battle: Gotem’s mother lies in critical condition drowning in medical bills, forcing him to rejoin the trade—and the chronological refugees—he hasn’t faced for decades. 

Creature Corps #1 features 14 variant covers in addition to the main cover from Jok: 

COVER A: JOK
COVER B: JOK BOOSTER BUNDLE ($6.99)
COVER C: JARRET HARTNELL VARIANT
COVER D: JOK JAPANESE VIDEO GAME MAGAZINE VARIANT 
COVER E: BLANK SKETCH VARIANT
COVER F: TYLER KIRKHAM VARIANT

COVER G: FLOPS VARIANT
COVER H: JAE LEE STANDARD COVER
COVER I (1:25): JOK ABSOLUTE BATMAN HOMAGE VARIANT 
COVER J (1:50): JOK JAPANESE VIRGIN FOIL VARIANT
COVER K (1:75): FLOPS CORNERBOX VARIANT
COVER L (1:100): JAE LEE VIRGIN GOLD FOIL VARIANT ($5.99)

Cover B is a booster bundle containing a polybagged secret cover of Creature Corps #1, as well as one of five random trading cards from the Creature Corps Trading Card Game, including a chance to win a rare full art holofoil.

Exclusive: Get a look at Invincible, Maggie, Negan, and more cards from OverPower TCG: Skybound

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Coming August 28 from LRG Games, Skybound‘s Invincible, The Walking Dead, Birthright, and Excellence are coming to decks and tabletop with the OverPower TCG: Skybound set. It’s the biggest set the company has shipped since bringing OverPower back, and the first time the 30-year-old game has had a wide retail push since the original Marvel/DC era ended. 

Skybound brings 36 new playable characters into the Modern format and slots in cleanly alongside Legacy decks for players who’ve been around since the beginning. As with every OverPower release, the cards are full-art from household names including Jae Lee, Joe Jusko, Marc Silvestri, Philip Tan, and Adam Kubert.

Marking OverPower’s widest retail release in over 30 years, this set will be available at local gaming and comic book stores in the US and Canada — as well as over 900 Best Buy and 1800 GameStop locations nationwide. The game saw a pre-release reveal during San Diego Comic-Con and Gen Con earlier this summer.

We have an exclusive reveal of five cards from the set featuring Negan and Maggie from The Walking Dead, Invincible, and more! The cards feature art by David Finch, Ryan Ottley, Andrei Bressan, Daniel Acuña, and Adam Kubert.

Preview: Aladdin #2

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Aladdin #2

Writer: James III
Artist: Agnese Eterno
Covers: Nicoletta Baldari (A), Natacha Bustos (B), Jae Lee (C), Cartoon Head (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | Teen

And now… “Jetsetting Genie!” Finally free from the shackles of his lamp, the galaxy is Genie’s oyster! He could go to Ancient Greece! The Bermuda Triangle! Neptune!? (We hear there are great sandwiches there.) But when you can go anywhere…where do you really want to go?

Aladdin #2

Witchblade passes the Gauntlet around with Team-Up Variants this September

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Image Comics and Top Cow have revealed a line-wide Witchblade Team-Up variant covers in celebration of the milestone Witchblade (2024) #25 issue’s premiere this September. Some of the biggest names in comics will put their artistic spin on Witchblade as its iconic characters make an appearance across the covers of some of Image’s most popular ongoing series.

Witchblade is a comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, which ran from November 1995 to October 2015 and December 2017 to January 2020. The series was created by Marc Silvestri, David Wohl, Brian Haberlin, and Michael Turner. The comic series was made into a TNT television series in 2001 and was directed by Ralph Hemecher and starred Yancy Butler as Sara Pezzini. Later, Top Cow and Japanese animation studio Gonzo produced an anime adaptation of Witchblade, which debuted in 2006.

Marguerite Bennett and Guiseppe Cafaro’s current run on Witchblade (2024) features a reimagined origin, with contemporary takes on familiar characters, as well as fresh story arcs to hook new fans and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the ’90s Image Revolution. New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life is forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power? …Or will she be consumed by it?

Witchblade will appear on the covers of:

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 2:

  • Royals #6 Cover G Witchblade Team-Up by Jacob Perez – UPC: 70985304634900671
  • Tales of Wonder #1 Cover H Witchblade Team-Up by Steve Skroce & Neeraj Menon – UPC: 70985304861900181

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 9:

  • Blood & Thunder #17 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Ej Su & Dee Cunniffe – UPC: 70985304317101751
  • Death Vigil (2026) #2 Cover B Witchblade Team-Up by Stjepan Sejic – UPC: 70985304830500221
  • Geiger #25 Cover F Witchblade Team-Up by Gary Frank & Brad Anderson – UPC: 70985303965502561
  • Starhenge Book Two: A Kiss for Atticus #3 Cover G Witchblade Team-Up by Liam Sharp – UPC: 70985304788900361
  • Witchblade (2024) #25 Cover C Connecting Witchblade Team-Up by Pat Boutin & Steve Firchow – UPC: 70985304035402531

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 16:

  • The Darkness (2025) #8 Cover C Connecting Witchblade Team-Up by Pat Boutin & Steve Firchow – UPC: 70985304537300831
  • Die: Loaded #9 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Caspar Wijngaard – UPC: 70985304496300931
  • Exquisite Corpses: Fox Mask Killer #1 Cover I Witchblade Team-Up by Michael Walsh – UPC: 70985304858900191
  • Kaya #37 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Wes Craig – UPC: 70985303591603731
  • Monstress #64 Cover B Witchblade Team-Up by Sana Takeda – UPC: 70985302020206421
  • Regicide #2 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Akila Gabriel – UPC: 70985304831200251
  • Something Epic #15 Cover D Witchblade Team-Up by Szymon Kudrański – UPC: 70985303738501541

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 23:

  • Badrock #3 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Rob Liefeld – UPC: 70985304712400351
  • Bug Wars: The Coming of The Wardoom #2 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by  Justin Mason – UPC: 70985304828200231
  • Invincible Universe: Capes #11 Cover F Witchblade Team-Up by Mark Englert – UPC: 70985304498701161
  • Crimes Against Nature #1 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Gavin Smith – UPC: 70985304857200151
  • The Department of Truth #39 Cover D Witchblade Team-Up by Letizia Cadonici – UPC: 70985303032403941
  • D’Orc #8 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Brett Bean – UPC: 70985304572400831
  • The Eye Collector #4 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by GMB Chomichuk – UPC: 70985304709400431
  • Feral #26 Cover D Witchblade Team-Up by Trish Forstner & Tim Seeley – UPC: 70985303949502641
  • Ghost Pepper #15 Cover F Witchblade Team-Up by Ludo Lullabi – UPC: 70985304394201561
  • M1: Monster Racing League #4 Cover B Witchblade Team-Up by Jae Lee – UPC: 70985304702500421
  • Radiant Black #44 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Marcelo Costa – UPC: 70985303068304461
  • Yumi: 00EX #2 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Chris Bachalo – UPC: 70985304832900231

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 30:

  • Final Boss #10 Cover D Witchblade Team-Up by Tyler Kirkham – UPC: 70985304494901041
  • Hammerfist #2 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Brett Parson – UPC: 70985304826800231
  • Hyde Street #13 Cover E Witchblade Team-Up by Ivan Reis & Danny Miki – UPC: 70985304127601331
  • Spawn #379 Cover C Witchblade Team-Up by Brett Booth – UPC: 70985300214737931

Dark Horse announces Minor Threats: The Cleaner

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Gerry Duggan, Mark Torres, Patton Oswalt, and Jordan Blum return to the world of Minor Threats with Minor Threats: The Cleaner! This pulse-pounding four-issue noir series will be written by Duggan, Oswalt, and Blum, illustrated, colored, and designed by Torres, and lettered by Nate Piekos. Issue #1 will feature cover art by Scott Hepburn, Torres, Subversive Girl, Declan Shalvey, and Jae Lee. The Cleaner originally appeared in the anthology, From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight, but this new series is perfect both for readers familiar with Minor Threats and those who are new to the universe.

Twilight City is a hard place to live—and an easier place to die. But some bodies never make the headlines. When the capes make a mess too big to bury, they call one number: THE CLEANER.

By day, David O’Halloran is a struggling small-business owner. By night, he’s the spandex world’s last call for cleanup—disposing of the un-disposable with precision, secrecy, and a price. But when his path crosses with the deadly and dazzling Diamond Dahlia, everything changes. She has a secret past with the legendary vigilante The Insomniac, and it’s about to erupt onto the blood-slicked streets.

Minor Threats: The Cleaner #1 (of 4) will be available in comic shops on November 11, 2026. It is now available for preorder from your local comic shop for $4.99.

The OverPower TCG: Skybound release including Invincible and Walking Dead Hits Stores August 28, 2026

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LRG Games is putting Invincible and The Walking Dead into players’ hands this fall as OverPower TCG: Skybound lands at comic shops and game stores nationwide. It’s the biggest set the company has shipped since bringing OverPower back, and the first time the 30-year-old game has had a wide retail push since the original Marvel/DC era ended.

Skybound brings 36 new playable characters into the Modern format and slots in cleanly alongside Legacy decks for players who’ve been around since the beginning. Birthright and Excellence characters round out the set. As with every OverPower release, the cards are full-art from household names including Jae Lee, Joe Jusko, Marc Silvestri, Philip Tan, and Adam Kubert.

Marking OverPower’s widest retail release in over 30 years, this set will be available at local gaming and comic book stores in the US and Canada — as well as over 900 Best Buy and 1800 GameStop locations nationwide. Local game stores will have retail event support starting with the Top Cow release.

Booster displays, starter deck displays, and Power Card Stations are available for preorder now ahead of the August 28 street date.

This is the set we’ve wanted to make since we bought the company. OverPower’s whole thing is that you’re not watching the fight, you’re in it. Pair that with Invincible and Walking Dead, where the fans already know exactly what it feels like to be inside those stories. This IP was a no brainer.

-Joe Gagnepain, Co-Founder and CEO of LRG Games

M1: Monster Racing League #1 Rushes Back to Print

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Co-writers Robert Windom and Lily Windom, Eisner Award winning artist Jae Lee, and colorist June Chung have hit big with the launch of M1: Monster Racing League. This high-octane debut broke the speed barrier with a quick sell-out at the distributor level and is being rushed back to print by Image in order to keep pace with demand.

Check out our review of the first issue.

The M1: Monster Racing League#1, second printing will also feature road-ready new cover art by Lee.

M1: Monster Racing League#1, second printing (Lunar Code 0526IM8423) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 8.

M1: Monster Racing League#1, second printing

M1: Monster Racing League #1 Introduces us to a Different Tokyo Drift

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M1: Monster Racing League #1

When 17-year-old Dev moves to Japan, she stumbles into an underground world of illegal street racing, where speed is power and mutation wins championships. M1: Monster Racing League #1 is an intriguing debut that has us wanting to see what’s next.

With a description of “K-Pop Demon Hunters meets Fast & Furious,” we had to check out M1: Monster Racing League #1. The debut issue, from writers Lily Windom and Robert Windom is interesting and you can see its influences. The story is simple, a girl named Dev moves to Japan from San Diego, California and then gets into street racing. While the teaser text mentions Fast and Furious, it’s more specifically Tokyo Drift. A rather strict and ominous father, a rebellious kid, teases of trouble back in the US, and underground racing. All it’s missing is Han… might that might not be the case and we do have one in Kaito, a racer Dev outshines.

The Windoms put together an entertaining start with memorable characters that are full of personality. Dev is a grumbling teenager, angry over her move to Japan and what she left behind. There’s Marise, a chatty school mate who seems to be packed with energy and the inability to stay quiet as well as her brother Kaito, an underground racer.

All of that is draped in the art of Jae Lee with color by June Chung and lettering by Joe Sabino. The comic has style and the racing itself has visuals that pop. But, it’s Jae Lee’s art which you have to enjoy to appreciate the comic. For me, some of the faces look odd and at times look a bit similar. It’s a Lee’s style and it’s unique and distinctive. Overall, when it works, I think it works really well but when it doesn’t, it’s distracting. The page layouts, and color, also don’t keep this a pop infused comic. Instead, it’s more muted with the colors tending to be more muted and the page layouts handling the flow and excitement.

M1: Monster Racing League #1 is an interesting start with a lot of potential. There’s teases of something bigger as the racing progresses but the first issue dips its toes onto the track for an experience that’s entertaining, fun, and a lot of potential.

Story: Lily Windom, Robert Windom Art: Jae Lee
Color: June Chung Letterer: Joe Sabino
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Read

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle

Preview: The Muppets Noir #4

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The Muppets Noir #4

Writer: Roger Langridge
Artist: Roger Langridge
Covers: Roger Langridge (A), Jae Lee (B)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | Teen

This final thrilling issue reveals everything! Well, most things! One! At least one thing will be revealed! Probably! Kermit The Frog’s detective persona, Flip Minnow, finally meets the mysterious Meringue (a.k.a. Miss Piggy) in his private detective office – and now it’s time to reveal the dark secrets (or at least one secret) that will leads them to their destiny in a burning pie factory!

The Muppets Noir #4
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