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The DC Compact Comics edition of Harley Quinn: Wild at Heart packs a lot in for a great price

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Experience Harley’s New 52 stories from the start! Compiling over 13 action-packed single issues, this brand-new DC Compact Comics edition of Harley Quinn spans Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner’s run with the character, taking her across the DC Universe with the iconic art talents of heavy hitters like Walter Simonson, John Timms, and Darwyn Cooke!

Collects Harley Quinn #0-13.

Story: Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner
Art: Chad Hardin, John Timms, Stephane Roux, Marco Falla, Amanda Conner, Becky Cloonan, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, Dan Panosian, Walter Simonson, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Bruce Timm, Charlie Adlard, Adam Hughes, Art Baltazar, Tradd Moore, Dave Johnson, Jeremy Roberts, Sam Kieth, Darwyn Cooke, Paul Pope, Javier Garron, Damion Scott, Robert Campanella
Color: Alex Sinclair, Paul Mounts, Brett Smith, Dave McCaig, Lovern Kindzierski, Tomeu Morey, John Kalisz, Lee Loughridge, Dave Stewart, Alex Sollazzo
Letterer: John J. Hill

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Abrams ComicArts and Marvel Comics to Publish John Bryne’s Complete X-Men Elsewhen Graphic Novel Series

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Abrams ComicArts has announced an expansion of its Marvel Arts line of original graphic novels featuring Marvel Comics characters with X-Men Elsewhen by writer/artist John Byrne.

X-Men Elsewhen is a three-volume series celebrating both the 50-year history of Marvel’s X-Men team featuring fan-favorite creations such as Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler; and also the culmination of longtime writer/artist John Byrne’s five decades of association with these characters.

X-Men Elsewhen began nearly seven years ago and featured John Byrne’s return to the X-Men, the comic-book franchise he helped grow to new heights with his work as co-plotter and artist alongside writer Chris Claremont and inker Terry Austin. That trio’s time on the series has served as inspiration for films, animated series, and numerous comic books that followed. Among the high-water marks co-plotted and illustrated by Byrne during this initial go-round were classic storylines, “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days of Future Past.”

In X-Men Elsewhen, written and penciled by Byrne, inked by Byrne and Paul Wills, colored by Lovern Kindzierski and Leonard O’Grady, and lettered by Byrne and Patrick Brosseau, the central conceit of the series involves Byrne’s return to those storylines, albeit with one major difference: the culmination of the “Dark Phoenix Saga” saw Jean Grey, the Phoenix, make the ultimate sacrifice to save the universe from her power, which had grown too great for her to contain. In Elsewhen, however, the storyline picks up from that point but explores the never-published ending where Jean Grey survived the experience, albeit in a drastically altered fashion.

That story change results in an entirely different future for the team and the surrounding Marvel Universe of characters. In X-Men Elsewhen Volume 1, the characters return to Earth and face very different experiences in the Savage Land and beyond, in an expansive storyline that also features the Sentinels, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Spider-Man, and many other familiar faces.

X-Men Elsewhen is the pinnacle of Byrne’s storied history of working on the beloved X-Men from Marvel. Volume 1 will be available April 2026 from Abrams ComicArts.

 X-Men Elsewhen

Celebrate 21 years of Geof Darrow’s Shaolin Cowboy with The Shaolin Cowboy: Beginning of the End Results—21 Years of Blood, Sweat, and Chainsaws

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Geof Darrow’s Eisner and Inkpot Award-winning Shaolin Cowboy series celebrates 21 years in print this year, and to honor that anniversary, Dark Horse Books will be collecting all of the essential stories in a brand-new collection, The Shaolin Cowboy: Beginning of the End Results—21 Years of Blood, Sweat, and Chainsaws. This hardcover book includes essential Shaolin Cowboy stories for all fans of the legendary and renowned artist Geof Darrow’s brilliantly detailed artwork.  It will be available in December 2025.

Collected in this special anniversary deluxe hardcover edition are The Shaolin Cowboy: Start Trek and the long out-of-print fan-favorite Bourbon Thret comics from Comics and Stories, originally published in France by Moebius’ publishing house Ædena, and featuring coloring by Lovern Kindzierski, Alex Wald, Pete Doherty, Nicole Thenan, Yves and Jean-Jaques Chagnaud, Isabelle Beaumenay, François Boucq, Gérard Bouysse, Gaetano Liberatore, and Mœbius with lettering by Doherty. What lies ahead are more than two hundred pages where every single panel is a work of art. You can look at these pages for years and always find something new in the details. 

Showcasing the essence of the Shaolin Cowboy over the last two decades, this commemorative and epic publication is a truly stunning must-have collection of art for Geof Darrow fans everywhere.

The Shaolin Cowboy: Beginning of the End Results—21 Years of Blood, Sweat, and Chainsaws (256 pages, 8” x 12”, hardcover) will be available in bookstores and comic shops on December 9 and 10, 2025. It is now available for pre-order at Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop or bookstore for $34.99.

The Shaolin Cowboy: Beginning of the End Results—21 Years of Blood, Sweat, and Chainsaws

Satan’s Swarm is Jurassic Park meets Arachnophobia

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Dark Horse Books presents Satan’s Swarm, a new horror graphic novel from horror masters Steve Niles and Piotr Kowalski, colored by Lovern Kindzierski and lettered by Nate Piekos.

Dr. Philip Morgan invites entomologists, young influencers, and a reporter, amongst others, to his secluded coastal research facility for a mysterious and bizarre study. What they find is a zoo of death, where local residents have been eaten to the bone, and the specimens they have come to understand have them on the menu next.

Perfect for fans of Hellblazer or Witchfinder.

Satan’s Swarm TPB (72 pages, 6.25 x 10.1875”) crawls into bookstores April 2, 2024 and into comic shops April 3, 2024. It is now available to pre-order for $22.99 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and indie bookstore.

Satan’s Swarm

Dark Horse reveals The Complete Norse Mythology

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Neil Gaiman’s 2017 bestselling book, Norse Mythology, has been adapted into an 18-issue comic series spanning three separate hardcover volumes. Now, Dark Horse Books will collect the entire series for the first time into one oversized, deluxe collection! The Complete Norse Mythology will include Volumes 1-3 of the comic series, adapted by P. Craig Russell, the Eisner award-winning writer, illustrator, and Hall of Fame Inductee who has adapted Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, Only the End of the World Again, Coraline, and others.

Each short story in the series features art by different artists, including: Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, Jerry Ordway, David Rubín, Piotr Kowalski, Jill Thompson, Matt Horak, Mark Buckingham, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Sandy Jarrell, Galen Showman, and Colleen Doran. Dave Stewart and Lovern Kindzierski provide colors, with Galen Showman lettering. This deluxe edition also features cover art by David Mack, a sketchbook section, and a cover gallery.

In Norse Mythology Volume 1, learn about the creation of the Nine Worlds to the epic origin and adventures of Thor, Odin, and Loki.

In Volume 2, explore the origins of poetry—good and bad—in this tale of malicious dwarfs, suspicious giants, and the wise god Kvasir, whose eventual fate leads to the creation of a powerful mead that many will fight and die for.

And in Volume 3, various Norse myths are brought to life, including a wild quest where Thor and Tyr face a multiheaded giantess, fire-breathing sea serpents, and more bizarre mythological creatures; the journey of Odin to the end of the world, and finally we reach the end of the world Ragnarok: the final destiny of the gods. 

The Compete Norse Mythology HC (448 pages, 8 x 12.1875”) arrives in bookstores November 21, 2023 and into comic shops November 22, 2023. It is now available to pre-order for $124.99 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and indie bookstore.

Get a first look at Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1

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Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1, the annual one-shot that celebrates LGBTQIA+ characters and creators, returns this June!

The groundbreaking anthology will continue its tradition of bringing the spirit of Pride Month to your local comic shop with a dazzling and diverse collection of tales, all brought together by an incredible lineup of new and established talent. Now in its third year, Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 will once again elevate and spotlight characters from all walks of life and identities in stories ranging from heartfelt and inspiring to action-packed and exhilarating!

In addition to favorites like Black Cat, Hulkling, and Wiccan, this year’s one-shot will up the ante with a multitude of exciting character debuts and lead-in stories to upcoming titles! The 2021 and 2022 Marvel’s Voices: Pride introductions of Somnus and Escapade sent shockwaves through the Marvel Universe before appearing in titles like Marauders and New Mutants. You won’t want to miss who’s next to take their place in the Marvel mythos! Fans from every arc of the rainbow and True Believers everywhere are invited to see the future of Marvel Comics in 2023’s Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1.

Here’s what’s in store:

  • Writer Steve Foxe and artist Rosi Kämpe bring Gimmick, the breakout character from 2020’s Children of the Atom, to the forefront along with more fan-favorite X-Men students for a prelude story to DARK X-MEN, a new series launching during FALL OF X!
  • An all-new hero takes on the classic mantle of “Nightshade” to protect her Chicago community in a rousing story by writer Stephanie Williams and artist Héctor Barros. Fans can see her for the first time on superstar artist Phil Jimenez’s MARVEL’S VOICES: PRIDE #1 variant cover!
  • Join Felicia Hardy at New Orleans Pride where a score for untold riches pits her against the Thieves Guild in a story by writer Sarah Gailey and artist Bailie Rosenlund.
  • Emmy-winning TV writer Shadi Petosky (The Sandman) pens her first Marvel Comics story alongside artist Roberta Ingranata! Wiccan and Hulkling are on a much-needed getaway when the beloved couple finds themselves stranded. Luckily, they befriend an all-new super hero who lends a helping hand! Meet Lacie Lorraine and learn about her fascinating origins in a riveting journey across space and time.
  • The Spider-Verse’s most fabulous super hero is back to slay another day in an all-new Web-Weaver adventure by writer Katherine Locke and artist Joanna Estepand.
  • Author H.E. Edgmon (THE WITCH KING) and artist Lorenzo Susi introduces a wild new symbiote character: MUZZLE! See Spidey learn the hard way that this is one symbiote baddie you don’t want to mess with when he has a run-in with Muzzle and his crew of vigilantes!
  • Jumbo Carnation shows off his latest fashions in a story written and drawn by Stephen Byrne!
  • Writer Marieke Nijkamp and artist Pablo Collar smash the fourth wall with a romance story starring Gwenpool!
  • Plus, an introduction by Star Trek: Discovery actress Mary Chieffo, interviews, and more! 

Check out all the covers now as well as a sneak peek at interior artwork. Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 hits stands on June 14.

Review: The Worst Dudes #1

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The Worst Dudes #1

There seems to be an increase in gonzo comics lately. These comics take situations and put them far over the top with characters fueled by drugs and alcohol and featuring an ever-increasing body count. The Worst Dudes #1 is an example of the trend with a detective story at its core.

The comic revolves around a dirty cop, a drugged-up back-up dancer, and an angsty adolescent god. All of them are tied together by a missing heiress. The result is a first issue that’s vulgar, rude, and really weird. It’s a bit like 90s Lobo but rated-R.

Written by Aubrey Sitterson the comic continues his gonzo over the top storytelling. Sitterson is settling into a style that takes a story we’ve seen before but ramps it up to 11. Nothing is normal here. Every character is a caricature in some way taking a personality aspect and dialing it up to obnoxious levels. The results are an over-the-top delivery where the insanity is part of the fun. There’s a lot one can be offended by but that’s also part of the charm of the comic in that it goes for the raunchy aspects. It mines so many 80s films in that way with making sure each situation is never normal.

Tony Gergori has the impressive task of delivering all of the detail and raunchy visuals. Joined by Lovern Kindzierski on color and Taylor Esposito on lettering, the comic’s visuals are over the top. Sitterson sets up the joke but it’s the art that often delivers the punchline. There’s so much in the small details, it’s crazy what’s packed in. The color pops from the page emphasizing the depravity and forcing you to look and soak in the adult nature of it all. And it delivers laughs. There’s such exaggeration at times it’s hard not to.

The Worst Dudes #1 is a throwback comic in some ways. It celebrates the crazy, over-the-top comics of the past. There’s an almost underground quality about it in the writing and art. There’s also sure to be something to offend a lot of people. It’s a sex, alcohol, and drug-fueled start and I’m sure there’s only worse to come.

Story: Aubrey Sitterson Art: Tony Gregori
Color: Lovern Kindzierski Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Story: 7.85 Art: 7.85 Overall: 7.85 Recommendation: Read

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: comiXology – Kindle – Zeus Comics – TFAW

Aubrey Sitterson and Jed Dougherty Bring Romance Back to Comics

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The next project from the wild and untamed mind of Aubrey Sitterson arrives at Dark Horse Comics! Co-created by Sitterson and Jed Dougherty, with colors by Lovern Kindzierski and letters by Taylor Esposito, Savage Hearts is equal parts steamy romance, gut-busting comedy, and heart-pounding action. 

In the tradition of your favorite will-they-won’t-they romances, Savage Hearts introduces readers to a brawny barbarian bruiser with a broken heart and a lonely beastman who talks to dinosaurs. What happens when they team up against an evil sorcerer? Sides and skulls alike get split and romance blossoms in this all-new jungle fantasy mini-series!

Exclusive to the print editions is the back-up comic No Kings, No Masters, Aubrey Sitterson and Goran Gligović‘s reimagining of Robin Hood! So be sure to preorder your physical copy at your local comic shop!

Savage Hearts #1 (of five) will be in comic shops on July 14, 2021.

Savage Hearts #1

Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology Continues at Dark Horse Comics

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Bestselling and award-winning author Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology adaptation continues at Dark Horse Comics from Eisner-winning comics legend P. Craig Russell, along with artists Matt Horak, Mark Buckingham, Gabriel Walta, Sandy Jarrell, and colorist Lovern Kindzierski in Norse Mythology II. Be sure to check out the variant covers for each issue by David Mack.  

Explore the origins of poetry—good and bad—in this tale of malicious dwarfs, suspicious giants, and the wise god Kvasir, whose eventual fate leads to the creation of a powerful mead that many will fight and die for.

Norse Mythology II #1 (of six) will be in comic shops on June 16, 2021.

Aubrey Sitterson, Tony Gregori, Lovern Kindzierski, and Taylor Esposito Introduce Us to The Worst Dudes

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Noted reprobates Aubrey Sitterson and Tony Gregori along with colorist Lovern Kindzierski and letterer extraordinaire Taylor Esposito bring this hilarious, aggressively weird, and willfully vulgar detective story to life in The Worst Dudes!    

In a new series that can be loosely described as Lobo meets The Big Lebowski, a dirty cop, a drugged-up back-up dancer, and an angsty adolescent god—the absolute worst dudes in the galaxy—are on a raunch-filled hunt for a missing pop star. And from there it gets very strange. Maybe inadvisably so.

The Worst Dudes #1 (of five) will hit comic shops on June 2, 2021.

The Worst Dudes #1
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