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Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips are Back in the Saddle this September with That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch

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Bestselling neo-noir Western That Texas Blood by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips will ride again in the upcoming That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch. This all-new, six-issue chapter in the beloved ongoing series will kick off in September from Image Comics.

This highly anticipated story arc will also feature exciting variant covers by Martin Simmonds, Luana Vecchio, Mark Chiarello, and more.

In That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch, Sheriff Joe Bob Coates and Deputy Wilson Hart are called to the Allison Ranch—the largest and richest ranch in the United States—where family grievances are blooming into full-blown war. This first issue will be loaded with bonus materials including behind the scenes peeks, newly conducted interviews, essays, and cartoons.

In celebration of this highly anticipated return to shelves, Image Comics will present a special Facsimile edition of the series’ debut issue printed on deluxe newsprint paper for the ultimate reading experience. Longtime fans and new readers alike can revisit the premiere that started it all and remains the perfect read for fans of Yellowstone.

Like Paris, Texas gut-punched by No Country for Old Men, That Texas Blood is a crime series that kicked off with the search for a casserole dish and led readers to a dark and tense confrontation on Sheriff Joe Bob Coates’ 70th birthday. The series is currently being developed by FX for a drama series from Jim Mickle (director, showrunner, and writer of Netflix’s Sweet Tooth) and E.L. Katz (co-executive producer and producing director on Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor).

The Enfield Gang Massacre, a sister series to That Texas Blood, is set 150 years in the past and features even more gunslinging action and dark frontier drama.

That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 23.

That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1
  • That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 Cover A by Jacob Phillips – UPC: 70985304862600111
  • That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 Cover B by Martin Simmonds – UPC: 70985304862600121
  • That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 Cover C by Luana Vecchio – UPC: 70985304862600131
  • That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 Cover D 1:25 copy incentive by Mark Chiarello – UPC: 70985304862600141
  • That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 Cover E Blank Sketch – UPC: 70985304862600151
  • That Texas Blood #1 Facsimile Edition – UPC: 70985304752000111

Get a First Look at Crowbound from Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen

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The bestselling, award winning creative team behind such sales chart toppers as Descender, Ascender, and Little Monsters—Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen—will re-team with an all-new ongoing series in the upcoming Crowbound. This dark fantasy epic was first teased at NYCC last year, is set to launch this September from Image Comics.

Rose isn’t special. She works in the Factory just like everyone else—a dark, sprawling monolithic structure that runs along the coast and cuts the world in two. All that’s left now are desolate settlements that exist in its shadow, made up of submerged villages, derelict woods, and deadly swamps. No one knows what’s left of the world on the other side…

But when Rose’s young daughter Ava is violently taken from their shanty town home a year before she is meant to join the work force, Rose will come face-to-face with the surreal, harrowing forces outside the Factory’s walls.

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road with echoes of Kill Bill and Pan’s Labyrinth when a noncompliant mother makes a dark pact with an ancient, violent Scarecrow Queen to stop a totalitarian government from taking her daughter.

Crowbound #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 2.

Crowbound #1
  • Cover A by Nguyen – UPC: 70985304586100111
  • Cover B by Jeffrey Alan Love – UPC: 70985304586100121
  • Cover C by Nguyen wraparound variant – UPC: 70985304586100131
  • Cover D Blank Sketch variant – UPC: 70985304586100141
  • Cover E virgin 1:25 copy incentive by Martin Simmonds – UPC: 70985304586100151
  • Cover F virgin 1:50 copy incentive by Peach Momoko – UPC: 70985304586100161
  • Cover G 1:100 copy incentive by Nguyen Signed CGC variant – UPC: 70985304586100171
  • Cover H 1:1000 copy incentive by Nguyen Original Sketch variant – UPC: 70985304586100181

Kristin Kreuk’s Black Star from Titan Comics gets a trailer!

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Titan Comics has revealed a brand new trailer for Black Star #1, Kristin Kreuk’s spellbinding debut comic – which is due in-stores on July 29th 2026!

Black Star is the debut comic from acclaimed actress Kristin Kreuk, co-written with Peter Mooney and screenwriter Eric Putzer, and illustrated by artist Joe Bocardo. Issue #1 also features a fantastic cover by the Eisner award nominated Martin Simmonds!

Amidst skirmishes between two warring factions in the early nineteenth-century fur trade, Dashiell Carlyle discovers he has magical abilities… and that he’s not alone.

Thrust into a secret order with designs to use their magic to build a new and better world, Dashiell discovers that their utopia may come at a horrific cost.

It’s a violent world: gritty, bloody, and dark. But that’s balanced with a sense of discovery and awe. The storytelling’s propulsive, and the morality grey.

A Northern Gothic Noir twinged with horror and dark humour, It’s a love letter to a frozen corner of the world that few know. It’s weird. And wonderful. And something wholly its own.

Get a look at Kristin Kreuk’s Black Star

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Amidst skirmishes between two warring factions in the early nineteenth-century fur trade, Dashiell Carlyle discovers he has magical abilities… and that he’s not alone.

Thrust into a secret order with designs to use their magic to build a new and better world, Dashiell discovers that their utopia may come at a horrific cost.

Black Star is written by Kristin Kreuk, Peter Mooney, and Eric Putzer with art by Joe Bocardo. The first issue features covers by Martin Simmonds, Joe Bocardo, Robert Hack, and Alison Sampson. The first issue arrives in shops July 29, 2026 from Titan Comics.

Black Star #1

Odin invites readers into a Dark World by James Tynion IV, Marguerite Bennett, and Letizia Cadonici. Get an early look!

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An advance preview of Odin invites readers to step into the dark world of the original limited series co-created by five-time Eisner Award-winning writer James Tynion IV, bestselling writer Marguerite Bennett, and fan-favorite artist Letizia Cadonici. The nine-issue series, produced by Tynion’s production house Tiny Onion and published by Image Comics, follows an undercover journalist reporting on a group of deluded Neo-Nazis foolishly seeking glory and instead facing the wrath of Norse gods. Green Room meets Midsommar with a touch of The Ritual in this relentless, no-holds-barred horror story.

The new preview, sharing the beginning of Odin #1, starts with a visual punch: Odin disemboweled and disfigured, hangs from a tree, being pecked by a group of crows. The next pages offer a glimpse into the journey of journalist Adela, showing her infiltration of a Neo-Nazi punk band who are following a skin map to what they believe to be their promised land where they can rise to full white supremacist power. The series will follow in the frozen footsteps of thrill-seeking Adela as she ventures into the Norwegian forest with the Neo Nazi punks. But what awaits them in the woods is far older and stranger than any of them can comprehend, and no gods are coming to answer their prayers. 

Debuting this May, Odin features hallucinogenic colors by Eisner Award winner Jordie Bellaire and sharp letters by the acclaimed Tom Napolitano. The series is cleverly designed by Dylan Todd and edited by horror pros Steve Foxe and Eric Harburn.

Odin will have gorgeous main covers by celebrated comic and album artist Alex Eckman-Lawn, who is illustrating Cover A for the full series. The series will also spotlight variants by series artist Cadonici and all-star artists like Christian Ward, Martin Simmonds, Jae Lee, Annie Wu, Tula Lotay, Sam Wolfe Connelly, Wes Craig, and more. 

Odin #1 will be available at comic book stores on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026. 

Odin #1
  • Cover A by Alex Eckman-Lawn – Lunar Product Code 0326IM0243
  • Cover B (1:10 copy incentive) by Letizia Cadonici – Lunar Product Code 0326IM0244
  • Cover C (1:25 copy incentive)  by Christian Ward – Lunar Product Code 0326IM0245
  • Cover D (1:50 copy incentive) by Martin Simmonds – Lunar Product Code 0326IM0246
  • Cover E (1:100 copy incentive) by Jae Lee – Lunar Product Code 0326IM0247

Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 continues with the amazing art. Hauntingly beautiful.

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Christine’s world has never been brighter…but when The Phantom of The Opera strikes again, nothing will ever be the same.

Story: Tyler Boss
Art: Martin Simmonds
Letterer: Becca Carey

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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That Texas Blood ridges again in June with a New Story Arc and Facsimile Edition of the Debut Issue

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Bestselling Neo-noir Western That Texas Blood by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips will ride again. That Texas Blood #21 will kick off an all-new story arc from Image Comics this June. This new story arc will also feature exciting variant covers by Martin Simmonds, Luana Vecchio, and more. 

In That Texas Blood #21, Sheriff Joe Bob Coates and Deputy Wilson Hart are called to the Allison Ranch—the largest and richest ranch in the United States—where family grievances are blooming into full-blown war.

In celebration of this highly anticipated return to shelves, Image Comics will present a special Facsimile edition of the series’ debut issue printed on deluxe newsprint paper for the ultimate reading experience. Longtime fans and new readers alike can revisit the premiere that started it all and remains the perfect read for fans of Yellowstone.

Like Paris, Texas gut-punched by No Country for Old Men, That Texas Blood is a crime series that kicked off with the search for a casserole dish and led readers to a dark and tense confrontation on Sheriff Joe Bob Coates’ 70th birthday. 

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, June 3.

That Texas Blood #21
  • That Texas Blood #21 Cover A by Jacob Phillips
  • That Texas Blood #21 Cover B by Martin Simmonds
  • That Texas Blood #21 Cover C by Luana Vecchio
  • That Texas Blood #21 Cover D Blank Sketch cover
  • That Texas Blood #1 Facsimile Edition

Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #1 features some beautiful and haunting art

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After a series of violent crimes wracks the Paris Opera House, Christine Daaè’s career is in chaos. But the show must go on, and Christine will discover that no one – especially the mysterious voice whispering from the eaves – are what they seem.

As an old friend return to investigate these surprising attacks, Christine will discover her connection to the truth and the man known as…THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

Story: Tyler Boss
Art: Martin Simmonds
Letterer: Becca Carey

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.

Zeus Comics
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The Phantom Strikes Again in Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2

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Skybound Entertainment, Image Comics, and Universal Products & Experiences have revealed the cover lineup and preview pages for Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2, from the creative duo of Tyler Boss and Martin Simmonds. The second installment of this shocking new reimagining of Phantom of the Opera arrives in comic book shops on March 25, 2026.

The must-read horror series of the year continues! A young soprano, Christine, finds her career in chaos after a series of violent crimes plagues the Paris Opera House. Christine’s world has never been brighter…but when the Phantom of The Opera strikes again, nothing will ever be the same. 

Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 features a main cover by Martin Simmonds, an open to order B cover by Lee Weeks, incentive variants including a connecting 1:10 incentive cover by Anwita Citriya, a 1:25 incentive variant of Lee Weeks’ B cover in black & white, a 1:50 incentive variant by Abigail Larson, and a 1:75 incentive variant by Michael Walsh.

Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2

 A full list of covers is below:  

  • Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 Cover A by Martin Simmonds (Lunar Code: 0126IM0431)  
  • Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 Cover B by Lee Weeks (Lunar Code 0126IM0432)  
  • Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 Cover C (1:10 Incentive) (Connecting) by Anwita Citriya (Lunar Code: 0126IM0433) 
  • Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 Cover D (1:25 Incentive) (B&W) by Lee Weeks (Lunar Code: 0126IM0434) 
  • Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 Cover E (1:50 Incentive) by Abigail Larson (Lunar Code: 0126IM0435) 
  • Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 Cover F (1:75 incentive) by Michael Walsh (Lunar Code: 0126IM0436) 

Preview: Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera #1

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Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera #1

writer: Tyler Boss
art: Martin Simmonds

Deep beneath the grand chandelier, the music stirs once more. Boss and Simmonds bring you a horrifying new vision of the story you only think you know! 

A young soprano, Christine, finds her career in chaos after a series of violent crimes plagues the Paris Opera House.  

But the show must go on, and Christine will discover that no one – especially the mysterious voice whispering from the eaves – is what they seem.  

As an old friend returns to investigate these surprising attacks, Christine will discover her connection to the truth and the man known as…THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. 

The Phantom of the Opera will thrill fans new and old with a twist no one sees coming! 

Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera #1
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