Catwoman #86
(w) Torunn Grønbekk (a) Davide Gianfelice
He’s big! He’s bad! And he’s madder than ever before! With Selina back in Gotham, Black Mask sets his sights on Catwoman, and he’s playing for keeps. But he’s not alone! Who is his mysterious benefactor, and how could they possibly hate Catwoman even more than her self-proclaimed archnemesis?
Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town #4
Writer: Torunn Grønbekk
Artist: Edu Menna
Cover: Jae Lee (A), Soo Lee (B), Alan Quah (C), Disney Library (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | Teen
SHIVER IS ON THE LOOSE! While still recovering from the tricks perpetrated by the rascally trio of Lock, Stock, and Barrel, the residents of Christmas Town now face a far greater threat to their civic harmony. With an unleashed Shiver finally showing his scary side, and Oogie Boogie’s ghouls running rampant in pursuit, the cozy little holiday town’s first-ever Halloween celebration looks as though it’s going to be permanently derailed. But with luck — and a bit of teamwork — Sally, Mrs. Claus, and their group of unlikely heroes might yet save the day! Grab a cup of cocoa and settle in by the fire for the chilling conclusion to TORUNN GRØNBEKK and EDU MENNA’s multi-holiday madness in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town #4 — featuring colorfully frosted covers lovingly baked by JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG, SOO LEE, and ALAN QUAH, as well as a special selection from the Disney Library!
The Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on September 25-27, 2026. Baltimore Comic-Con welcomes Garth Ennis, Torunn Grønbekk, Tony Harris, Jae Lee, Mark Schultz (courtesy of Flesk Publishing), and Gus Vazquez as guests of the 2026 event! Purchase your tickets today!
Garth Ennis broke into the American comic scene in 1991, taking over the writing reins on Hellblazer. After a successful four-year run, Ennis moved on to create Preacher, a 66-issue epic that ran from 1995 -2000. In addition to these two ground-breaking series, he also had lengthy runs on DC’s The Demon and Hitman. Most recently, Ennis wrapped up The Boys, a 72-issue story which began at DC’s Wildstorm imprint before moving to Dynamite Entertainment with issue #7, and is now a hit series on Amazon Prime.
Torunn Grønbekk is a Norwegian comic book writer and portrait painter. She is best known for her work for Dynamite and Marvel, like Red Sonja, Thor, Punisher: War Journal, Valkyrie, and Venom. She lives and works in Norway (and sometimes in her cabin in the Swedish woods).
She has recently worked on Realm of X, Venom, Red Sonja, and Carnage.
Tony Harris is a comic book artist. He is also a commercial illustrator, painter, sculptor, designer, and prop builder. Tony has worked for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Disney, Lucasfilm, Universal Studios, Chevy, 20th Century Fox, New Line Cinema, Aftershock, Hasbro, Cartoon Network, Heavy Metal, Malibu Comics, Verotik Comics, Caliber Comics, First Comics, and many, many others. Tony has worked on properties such as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash, Justice League, JSA, Starman, Ex Machina, The Whistling Skull, Lazarus 5, Obergeist, Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Wolverine, X-Men, Avengers, Deadpool, Captain America, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Maleficent, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Mummy, Aliens, Predator, Classics Illustrated’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Invisible Man, The Master of Ballantrae, and many, many more. Tony has won the highest award given in the comic book industry, the Eisner for Starman and Ex-Machina and has been nominated 19 times. Tony is currently compiling material for The Marvel Comics Art of Tony Harris from Clover Press/Marvel.
Jae Lee is a Korean-American comic book artist, known for his dark style. In 1990, he became one of the youngest artists ever to work for a major publisher. He is an Eisner Award-winner for his work on Marvel’s The Inhumans. His art can also be seen in Stephen King’s Dark Tower and Batman/Superman. Jae is also the co-creator of The Sentry for Marvel Comics.
Official Website: jaeleeart.com
Instagram: @jaeleeart
Pre-show commission orders may be placed through: JAELEE@aol.com
Since entering the world of cartooning in the mid-1980s with the science-fiction adventure series Xenozoic Tales, Mark Schultz has slowly but consistently produced a very diversified body of work. He has created illustrations for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories, scripted four years of Superman, composed a science guide to genetics and DNA, created the Stormforce 10 adventure SubHuman with paleontologist Michael J. Ryan, and written the novella Storms at Sea, which he also illustrated. Currently, he scripts the comic strip Prince Valiant and, in his free moments, continues to work on a new Xenozoic graphic novel as well as a sequel to Storms at Sea. Flesk, who are presenting Mark’s appearance at this year’s Baltimore Comic-Con, has been his proud publisher since 2005 and continues to regularly release collections of his sketches, commissions, and personal works.
Gus Vazquez is an illustrator who has worked in nearly every field, including comic books, trading cards, storyboarding for music videos, commercials, animation and film, logo design, character and toy design, and more. He started his career in comic books working as an assistant to comic book artists Adam Pollina on X-Force, and Kevin McGuire on Trinity Angels. He got his first solo gig at Marvel Comics drawing the covers and interiors for Sunfire and Big Hero 6, the series that introduced the characters featured in Disney’s Oscar winning Big Hero 6. He has worked on such Marvel titles as Deadpool, X-Force, Spider-Man, What If? Civil War, What If? Back in Black, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and more. For DC, he has worked on such titles as Green Lantern, JLA, Blue Beetle, and most recently on Flash, Suicide Squad, and Green Arrow. Gus was the artist on several issues of Claudio Sanchez’s (of rock music group Coheed and Cambria) The Amory Wars, and was instrumental in helping bring together the creative team of his friends, David Atchison (writer) and Tony Shasteen (illustrator), and his niece, film and TV actress Rosario Dawson on 12 Gauge’s The O.C.T. More recently, Gus has been working for DC Comics on The Sasquatch Detective, a backup story which can be found in the pages of Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, as well as DMC (Daryl Makes Comics) and on La Borinquena. He is also working on his creator-owned book, Fang.
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Jason Aaron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Jeffrey Brown (Hulk Teach, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jo Chen (Runaways), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn), Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (The College Try), Paris Cullins (Blue Devil), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Colleen Doran (The Sandman), Garth Ennis (The Boys), Trish Forstner (Feral), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Chris Giarrusso (Mini Marvels), Torunn Grønbekk (Catwoman), Gene Ha (Mae), Larry Hama (GI Joe: A Real American Hero), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Jamal Igle (Superman), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Infernal Hulk), Dan Jurgens (Action Comics), Peter Krause (The Power of Shazam, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid), Jae Lee (Inhumans), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Jose Marzen Jr. (Y: The Last Man), Mike McKone (Teen Titans), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Fantastic Four), Pop Mhan (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Mark Morales (Thor), Bill Morrison (The Simpsons), Sarah Myer (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Phil Noto (Fantastic Four: First Foes), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Jimmy Palmiotti (The Punisher), Margeaux Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Tom Raney (Incredible Hulk), Afua Richardson (Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds), Tone Rodriguez (Feral, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales, courtesy of Flesk Publishing), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Matthew Dow Smith (DC’s Misfits of Magic), Scott Snyder (DC K.O.), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and the Big Hero Six), Mark Waid (Action Comics), Bob Wiacek (All-New Wolverine, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Chuck Wojtkiewicz (Justice League, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Rich Woodall (Sgt. Werewolf), and Thom Zahler (Long Distance).
Catwoman #85
(W) Torunn Grønbekk (A) Davide Gianfelice
SHE’S BACK! Selina Kyle’s blood-soaked international tour has come to an end! Finally home in Gotham City, she discovers things have changed in her absence, and she’ll have to learn how to survive the new status quo. Amid these changes, one constant remains — a very powerful enemy has been awaiting her return… and he won’t remain masked any longer.
For 50 years, Marvel Comics has dared to ask What If?, putting bold twists on major Marvel moments and opening the floodgates to the multiverse! To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original What If? series, Marvel will publish eight all-new What If…? one-shots this summer. Crafted by some of today’s biggest talents, the new one-shots shake the foundations of every corner of the Marvel mythos beginning with startling stories starring the X-Men and Thor and continuing with epic reimaginings of pivotal storylines like Secret Wars and Kraven’s Last Hunt!
The new one-shots kick off in June with What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1, where Gerry Duggan and Jan Bazaldua put a spin on one of comics’ most tragic love stories, and What If…? Thor #1,which sees Torunn Grønbekk and Sergio Dávila shift symbiote history towards a mighty new destiny!
Check out the full lineup along with Lucas Werneck’s first two covers and stay tuned for more details in the months ahead.
WHAT IF…? UNCANNY X-MEN #1
Written by GERRY DUGGAN
Art by JAN BAZALDUA
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
Promo Variant Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
On Sale 6/3
WHAT IF…CYCLOPS HAD STAYED WITH MADELYNE PRYOR?
Imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno. What would have happened if Cyclops had saved her soul. What would have happened if he and Maddie had raised their son, Nathan Summers? What would that world look like? And why would that be the most terrible thing to happen to mutantdom and Earth itself?
WHAT IF…? THOR #1
Written by TORUNN GRØNBEKK
Art by SERGIO DÁVILA
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 6/17
WHAT IF…THOR GOT SPIDER-MAN’S SYMBIOTE SUIT?
Amid the chaos, there comes a costume – but not to the hero you know! Legend has it that bonding with the symbiote suit made Thor mightier still. But what shadows lurking in the Ten Realms would take interest in such a powerful pairing?
WHAT IF…? SECRET WARS #1
Written by ALEX PAKNADEL
Art by CAFU
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 7/1
WHAT IF…? JESSICA JONES #1
Written by JUSTINA IRELAND
Art by DAVID MESSINA
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 7/15
WHAT IF…? SPIDER-MAN #1
Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS
Art by YILDIRAY CINAR
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 7/29
WHAT IF…? CAPTAIN AMERICA #1
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Art by RON LIM
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 8/5
WHAT IF…? RUNAWAYS #1
Written by RAINBOW ROWELL
Art by ZULEMA LAVINA
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 8/19
WHAT IF…? X-MEN #1
Written by ASHLEY ALLEN
Art by SUMIT KUMAR
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 8/26
Catwoman #84
(W) Torunn Grønbekk (A) Patricio Delpeche
OUT OF THE PAST! With Venice behind her and Gotham City in her sights, Selina has to make one quick and very important stop along the way — it’s time for her to bring her oldest friend Holly Robinson back home. Unfortunately, nothing goes as planned, and nothing will ever be the same.
Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows take their sword-and-sorcery heroine even further down the Black Road in Babs: The Black Road South #5! What if the Triple Orb of Mordynn—a token of unimaginable evil, of inconceivable power—were in Babs’ hands? What if she wanted to sell it? And what if the buyer were dangerous? What then, hmm?
We have an exclusive first look at the covers by Jacen Burrows and Torunn Grønbekk.
From Ahoy Comics, Babs: The Black Road South #5 is on shelves May 20, 2026.
Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town #2
Writer: Torunn Grønbekk
Artist: Edu Menna
Covers: Jae Lee & June Chung (A), Soo Lee (B), Alan Quah (C), Disney library (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | All Ages
LIFE’S MORE FUN WITH SOME GOOD SCARES! Dynamite’s first-ever ongoing comic book series set in the world of the beloved film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas continues with its second seasonal issue this February! Dr. Finkelstein’s newest creation, the deceptively adorable Shiver, has been spirited away by Lock, Shock, and Barrel, much to Sally’s consternation. But things are about to go from bad to worse for this newest resident of Halloween Town when Shiver stumbles into Oogie Boogie’s lair — and unknowingly consumes a breakfast belonging to three of his hungry ghouls! Luckily for Shiver, Lock, Shock, and Barrel aren’t about to lose their new friend over such a trivial misunderstanding — not when they’re due at Christmas Town for the snowy realm’s first-ever Halloween. And it’s a good thing, too, because when the famed trio of tricksters confront the horrifying adorableness of Christmas Town’s take on their signature celebration, they’ll need all the help that they can get to set things right! Jolly old elves TORUNN GRØNBEKK and EDU MENNA summon the holiday spirits in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town #2 — accompanied by costumed covers from JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG, SOO LEE, and ALAN QUAH, as well as a special selection from the Disney Library!
Catwoman #83
(W) Torunn Grønbekk (A) Danilo Beyruth
HOO LET THE OWLS OUT?! Surprise! The Falcone family isn’t the only Gotham City contingent Catwoman is up against — the Court of Owls have revealed themselves and they’re out for blood! Will Selina Kyle emerge victorious, or will she make her return to Gotham with her tail between her legs?
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town returns to the enchanted lands of Halloween Town and Christmas Town for an all-new tale of adventure that will have readers in stitches!It all begins with the unveiling of Dr. Finkelstein’s newest creation, specially designed to be the scariest creature ever to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve. But something has gone awry in the process, and the final result is more cute and cuddly than fearsome and menacing. The disappointed scientist hands the newcomer over to Sally for safekeeping, who dubs it Shiver for its freezing breath. Meanwhile, the Mayor has tasked Lock, Shock, and Barrel with teaching the residents of Christmas Town how to trick-or-treat, as the two realms have embarked on a new campaign to share their holiday traditions. With Christmas Town celebrating Halloween for the first time ever, the trio are taking their assignment seriously — perhaps a bit too seriously! In an effort to make their pranks extra lifelike and terrifying, they decide to “borrow” some ingredients from Dr. Finkelstein’s lab — and end up with much more than they bargained for in the form of the deceptively adorable Shiver!
Written by Torunn Gornbekk, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town #1 is cute and fun return to the world of The Nightmare Before Christmas but lacks the magic that was the stop motion animated musical movie. While not bad, the comic feels a little disjointed at times with its storytelling, attempting to recreate the flow of the dialogue and the music which is difficult to capture on the comic page.
The story is cute enough with a new creature created by Dr. Finklestein and Lock, Shock, and Barrel tasked to teach everyone about trick-or-treating. While Shiver, the new creature is clear as far as story and what the debut adds, the trio trouble maker’s task is a bit more muddied as to the why of their actions or why they’re event asked with what they’re to do… Instead it feels more like a drive to get them involved in some mischievous behavior and re-introduce Oogie Boogie who has mysteriously returned.
And that return is an example of the issue with Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town #1. While it’s set in the world of the animated film, it feels like it relies on far more than the movie to really enjoy. Beyond Shiver, more individuals are introduced with little explanation as to who they are and why we should care. It feels like there’s been previous series that should have been read, so it’s not quite clear if that’s true or not.
The art by Edu Menna is nice with lettering by Jeff Eckleberry. The characters look great and in some ways the visuals capture the stop motion nature of the film. The world has its creepy but also cute and inviting aspect. The comic looks good capturing the film and world well though the art doesn’t quite excite. It’s a solid adaptation of what has already come.
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Shiver of Christmas Town isn’t bad at all and there’s potential in the fun but it feels like it attempts to capture the flow of the dialogue from the film which was driven by the musical nature of the movie and that doesn’t quite translate to the comic page. It comes off a little stilted in some ways. The lack of some details too hurts the comic making readers wonder about them and distracting in some ways. But, overall, there’s some potential here to bring back the film as a series of monthly comics much like other Disney launches at Dynamite. As a fan of the film, I’ve got my hopes, but this might be one to wait until it’s collected.
Story: Torunn Gronbekk Art: Edu Menna Letterer: Jeff Eckleberry
Story: 7.0 Art: 7.25 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read
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