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Preview: Altered States: Warlords #3

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Altered States: Warlords #3

Welcome to Altered States… Dynamite Entertainment’s parallel reality in the vein of DC’s Elseworlds and Marvel’s What If! Me Tarzan, you… Dejah Thoris? The Lord of the Jungle is transported to the Red Planet, just in time to join forces with Red Sonja and John Carter in their fight against the Thern death cult and their Goddess Issus. What are they planning to do with the awesome power of all that hijacked Eighth Ray? How will Helium get its navy back in the air? Can the evil Therns be stopped before they conquer all Barsoom? Find out, in this tale of swashbuckling planetary romance! Writer David Avallone (Elvira, Savage Tales) is joined by rising star Mariano Benitez-Chapo (Vampirella, Elvira, Savage Tales) and cover artist Joseph Michael Linsner, Mike Rooth, Chapo and a stunning cosplay image by Jackie Goehner!

Preview: Giant-Size Wacky Races #1

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Giant-Size Wacky Races #1

Strap on your goggles and start your engines, because the most eccentric auto enthusiasts to ever speed past the checkered flag are back for an all-new 21st century adventure!

Starring the tough and beautiful Penelope Pitstop, the handsome and mysterious Peter Perfect, and of course the moustache-twirling villainy of Dick Dastardly and Muttley, this oversized one-shot encompasses all of the elements that made the original Wacky Races animated shorts so compelling — including the iconic cast of characters and their endlessly inventive conveyances!

Leadfooted author IVAN COHEN and redlining artist MARIANO BENITEZ CHAPO shift the action into high gear with Giant-Size Wacky Races #1 — featuring super-streamlined covers from high-octane artists JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, EDWIN GALMON and ROBERT HACK!

Preview: Savage Tales Winter Special 2025 #1

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Savage Tales Winter Special 2025 #1

The Savage Tales return with an all-new winter special to warm the cockles of readers’ wild and untamed hearts!

Savage Tales Winter 2025 Special features three hard-boiled stories packed with two-fisted action and barbaric brutality, written by Dynamite’s acclaimed master of pulp DAVID AVALLONE and illustrated by a murderer’s row of killer artists:

EMAN CASALLOS takes on “Mutiny on Mars” starring JOHN CARTER and DEJAH THORIS
MARIANO BENITEZ-CHAPO finds “The Real Thing” with VAMPIRELLA
and HAMISH MUNRO-COOK closes the book on CAPTAIN GULLIVAR JONES with “His War Chapter III”!

As a special bonus, this 40-page one-shot also includes a reprint of KURT BUSIEK and BENJAMIN DEWEY’s “Seeing Red” from the pages of Red Sonja: Black, White, Red, which finds the She-Devil with a Sword seeking a precious, priceless item in the foreboding Mountains of Night!

Add in a quartet of take-no-prisoners covers by ARTHUR SUYDAM, BJORN BARENDS, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, and RACHEL HOLLON cosplay, and you’ve got the perfect package to stave off cabin fever until spring

Preview: Savage Tales Winter Special 2025 #1

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Savage Tales Winter Special 2025 #1

The Savage Tales return with an all-new winter special to warm the cockles of readers’ wild and untamed hearts!

EMAN CASALLOS takes on “Mutiny on Mars” starring JOHN CARTER and DEJAH THORIS
MARIANO BENITEZ-CHAPO finds “The Real Thing” with VAMPIRELLA
and HAMISH MUNRO-COOK closes the book on CAPTAIN GULLIVAR JONES with “His War Chapter III”!

The Wacky Races Hit the Tracks This April!

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

This April Dynamite and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products invite fans to rev their engines and join in the Wacky Races, in an extra-sized, fun-filled comics celebration of the classic Hanna-Barbera franchise.

Strap on your goggles and hit those gas pedals, as Giant-Size Wacky Races is geared up at the starting line with three thrilling chapters of high-octane adventure from the creative team of writer Ivan Cohen, superstar artist in the making Mariano Benitez Chapo, and colorist Nick Caponi.

The most eccentric auto enthusiasts to ever speed past the checkered flag are back in their drivers’ seats. The tough and beautiful Penelope Pitstop, the mysterious racing legend Peter Perfect, and last but certainly not least the moustache-twirling villainy of Dick Dastardly (plus Muttley!) are back in action. This oversized one-shot and its high-powered creative team are firing on all cylinders to bring fans all of the elements that made the original Wacky Races animated series so exciting, from the iconic cast to their inventive conveyances.

This special release features 40 pages of story and artwork, with cardstock covers, at Dynamite’s standard price! It features a trio of super-streamlined variant covers from top in class artists Joseph Michael Linsner, Edwin Galmon, and Robert Hack. Mr. Hack’s cover is extra fun, with a throwback style reminiscent of classic Silver Age comics, yet also perfect for the autosports nature of Wacky Races!

Preview: Vampirella Helliday 2024 Special #1

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

Vampirella Helliday 2024 Special #1

Vampirella has faced it all over the years, including demons, vampires, her deranged sister, and her monstrous mother. But before now, she’s never gone up against… the Naughty List!

Legendary writer FRANK TIERI spins a decidedly dark winter’s tale as Vampirella takes on the scourge of the North Pole in Vampirella Helliday 2024 Special #1!

Illustrated by MARIANO BENITEZ CHAPO, this festively fractured fable is decorated with seasonally seductive covers from JAE LEE, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, DAN PANOSIAN, and cosplay by DIZZYMSLIZZYY!

Savage Tales Returns With More Brutal Adventures!

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

An exciting recurring tradition for fans of action-packed genre tales in comics and the pulp traditions, Dynamite has announced another Savage Tales release this February.

Fan-favorite scribe and pulp fiction mastermind David Avallone is back for the latest winter time gift for readers, contributing all three new original stories within this special oversized issue featuring cardstock covers. He’s joined by a trio of rising star artists, two of which are recent graduates from the prestigious Kubert School for comics illustration.

One of the biggest power couples of pulp have an untold tale revealed, as Avallone pens “Mutiny on Mars” starring John Carter and Dejah Thoris. To draw the Barsoom-trekking adventure, Eman Casallos comes in with his honed skills.

An underrated and favorite pulp figure, Captain Gullivar Jones’ next hotly anticipated tale is shown in “His War” drawn by Kubert graduate Hamish Munro-Cook.

Last but certainly not least, one of Dynamite’s biggest heroines gets the spotlight, as Vampirella’s “The Real Thing” is chronicled by Avallone and Mariano Benitez-Chapo, also a Kubie rising through the ranks.

It doesn’t end there though, as those three are topped off with a special bonus reprinting the “Seeing Red” story starring Red Sonja by Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey, originally seen in the pages of fellow anthology Red Sonja: Black, White, Red.

With the pages full of action, romance, and fearsome foes, such a book packed with classic reading mandates a crop of jaw-dropping covers in the pulp painting and illustration tradition. The quartet of take-no-prisoners covers are contributed by Arthur Suydam, Bjorn Barends, Joseph Michael Linsner, and cosplayer Rachel Hollon. It’s all the perfect package to stave off cabin fever as fans enter the throes of winter.

Savage Tales: Winter 2025 Special is out February 2025.

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It’s Vampirella vs. The Naughty List This Holiday Season!

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

Dynamite has announced a fiendish and fabulous holiday special like no other, as Vampirella stars in her new “Helliday” special releasing on Christmas Day.

The Daughter of Drakulon knows when her fans have been naughty or nice, and this year she’s taking on that infamous list of ne’er-do-wells. She’s faced it all over the years, from demons, fellow vampires, and her own monstrous family members like sister Draculina and mother Lilith. But this might be her most frightening and unexpected foe yet!

Writer Frank Tieri is joined by artist Mariano Benitez Chapo to spin a decidedly dark winter’s tale. Vampirella treks her way to the North Pole, and finds herself facing the frigid conditions and spine-tingling terrors.

The festive fable is decorated with seasonally seductive covers from the likes of Jae Lee, Joseph Michael Linsner, Dan Panosian, and cosplayer Dizzy Ms. Lizzy. They’re the perfect bow for this special package featuring 24 story pages, cardstock covers, and all for the standard Dynamite price.

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Savage Tales Are Back To Keep Fans Warm This Winter!

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

Dynamite has announced Savage Tales: Winter Special featuring more thrilling tales of Dynamite’s biggest stars as well as legends of the pulps.

This December’s special will feature two up-and-coming artists and graduates of the prestigious Kubert School, Mariano Benitez Chapo and Hamish Munro-Cook. They’ll be teaming up with fan-favorite writers Scott Bryan Wilson and David Avallone for two of the four tales in this action packed new one-shot that will be debuting with covers by Arthur Suydam, Liam Sharp, and Rafael Kayanan.

Savage Tales is back with four tales of brutality, thrills and spills. The party starts with “Devil Juice” by Wilson and artist Max Fuchs as Vampirella’s sister Draculina wants revenge on an enemy demon but has to go through a wall of body builders first. Wilson then teams with Benitez Chapo for “Crypt Junkies” as Vampirella accompanies a TV crew when they open a 1,000-year-old sarcophagus… with bloody results. Avallone and Munro-Cook bring us a new story of Captain Gulliver Jones and the savage world of Mars in “His War Chapter II.” Then Avallone and artist Eman Casallos take us to the dying world of Barsoom for more adventures with John Carter, Warlord of Mars and his mate Dejah Thoris.

Savage Tales: Winter Special warms up shelves this December 2022.

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