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Ice Cream Man gets a Chocolate/Vanilla Twist Edition

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W. Maxwell Prince and Martín Morazzo will get fans screaming again this Halloween season with a very special, Ice Cream Man #1: Chocolate/Vanilla Twist. This hair-raising thriller will bring the bestselling series’ debut issue back to print in stark black and white and will feature a highly collectible, interactive cover treatment. It will hit shelves in October from Image Comics.

As a cherry on top, Ice Cream Man #1: Chocolate/Vanilla Twist edition will also boast remastered lettering by Good Old Neon and a BRAND NEW Ice Cream Man short story brought to life by the entire creative team.

More bone-chilling than any horror movie in theaters, Ice Cream Man #1: Chocolate/Vanilla Twist will provide fans with a truly toothache-inducing terror-ride of entertainment. The pages of this inaugural comic book confection will be tucked behind something special: a “hidden” treatment of the original cover art…which will have focal decoder technology to make the Ice Cream Man disappear! But don’t worry, sweeties. To bring him back, simply grab your included ‘Lookety Split’ Decoder Lens and unlock the original cover art…now with an added sprinkling of secret messages and pictures! It’s comix-cover-acrobatics as you’ve never quite seen before!

It’s a celebration of Ice Cream Man befitting its legacy: weird, inexplicable…and cool as all-get-out. Fans should grab their copy (before they, too, disappear), and get ready for the heady, steady march to the milestone Ice Cream Man #50 issue arriving in 2027.

Ice Cream Man #1: Chocolate/Vanilla Twist will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 14.

  • Cover of the comic book 'Ice Cream Man' featuring a minimalist design with the title in stylized text and a tagline 'Chocolate Vanilla Twist'. The background is textured and gray, with additional text indicating the issue number, price, and creator credits.
  • A black and white striped graphic with the text 'Lookety Split Ice Cream Decoder' at the bottom.
  • Black and white comic book cover featuring multiple smiling children, an ice cream man holding an ice cream cone, and various illustrations of eerie faces and text elements including 'Don't read this comic!' and 'Ice Cream Man.'
  • A promotional cover for "Ice Cream Man #1" featuring a cartoon ice cream vendor, highlighting secret decoder features and a special lens called Lookety Split. The design includes vibrant colors and playful fonts with text about the comic series and upcoming issues.

Ice Cream Man: Mortal Coil Shuffle Deals a New Edition this October

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Ice Cream Man: The Mortal Coil Shuffle, New Edition

The sold out sequential sensation is back—with a new, silver age design! W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran’s Ice Cream Man is proud to present the second printing of its most formally innovative issue ever—a haunting story told across a deck of cards—will hit stores this October from Image Comics.

The first printing (with its fantasy-forward design) vanished faster than cash at a casino. But now, due to popular demand, there’s another chance to experience this stacked comic book EVENT…delivered via a beautiful, custom-designed deck of cards (featuring custom backs and a custom box, too!).

All art is by Ice Cream Man stalwarts Morazzo and O’Halloran with Good Old Neon. Some cards tell part of the story; other cards cast inscrutable spells on its unwitting characters; some cards “play” and push the narrative in unexpected directions. Tarot cards, credit cards, flash cards…all 55 come together to tell a story about cards, through cards. It’s a kind of close-up magic trick…that might leave fans a little flush of heart.

So fans get ready (once again) to: Go Fish, Draw Four, Declare War, and (probably) Fold in this exciting new comics format—told, as ever, in the creepy, strange voice readers have come to expect from all things Ice Cream Man.

Ice Cream Man: The Mortal Coil Shuffle, New Edition (UPC: 70985304938800111) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 25.

Preview: The Deadman #4

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The Deadman #4

(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A) Martín Morazzo

After last issue’s truth-telling trek through the tortuous, torturous terrain of Torment Town, Boston Brand must balance the scales and make his way to that … other place. But this ain’t the Heaven you know, man. Prepare yourself for an Elysium like you’ve never seen’em , as the Deadman continues to unravel the mystery of the Soul-Eaters … while the Realm of the Living bears the cost! Plus: a brief history of Mr. M!

The Deadman #4

The Deadman expands to Twelve Haunting Issues

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As The Deadman #3 arrives in comic shops this week, DC has announced that The Deadman, originally solicited as a six-issue limited DC Next Level series, will now continue through issue #12.

THE DEADMAN IN HELL! OR…

The third edition of this morbid disquisition concerning the attrition/detrition of the human condition, which, in the weekly tradition, boasts a four-color exhibition on some printer’s emission. Here, by order of an anonymous optician, watch closely this vision of our titular apparition (armed, you’ll remember, with fresh erudition) try and survive—by another’s volition—a dire and dangerous mission through the hissin’, Stygian conditions of putrid and pockmarked Perdition—a kind of new rendition (depicted as a living, breathing, country-sized conniption), which is rich in its list of sick compositions: e.g., reason’s egregious abolition; a pyrotechnic passel of pernicious seditions; hideous, bulging buck-toothed dentition; admittedly ambitious demonic deglutition…of gargoyles and ghouls in decomposition…not to mention an array of impossible physical positions that a physician might consider the work of magicians. So please accept our contrition for this rude imposition, our addled transmission this ungodly, offset-press parturition—one that we wish some brave obstetrician would bring to fruition its quick decommission.

With six additional issues from W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran, and Good Ol’ Neon, Boston Brand’s journey through life, death, and the strange spaces in between is only beginning.

The Deadman #3

Preview: The Deadman #3

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The Deadman #3

(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A) Martín Morazzo

THE DEADMAN IN HELL! OR… The third edition of this morbid disquisition concerning the attrition/detrition of the human condition, which, in the weekly tradition, boasts a four-color exhibition on some printer’s emission. Here, by order of an anonymous optician, watch closely this vision of our titular apparition (armed, you’ll remember, with fresh erudition) try and survive — by another’s volition — a dire and dangerous mission through the hissin’, Stygian conditions of putrid and pockmarked Perdition–a kind of new rendition (depicted as a living, breathing country-sized conniption), which is rich in its list of sick compositions: e.g., reason’s egregious abolition; a pyrotechnic passel of pernicious seditions; hideous, bulging buck-toothed dentition; admittedly ambitious demonic deglutition… of gargoyles and ghouls in decomposition… not to mention an array of impossible physical positions that a physician might consider the work of magicians. So please accept our contrition for this rude imposition, our addled transmission this ungodly, offset-press parturition–one that we wish some brave obstetrician would bring to fruition its quick decommission.

The Deadman #3

Preview: The Deadman #2

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The Deadman #2

(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A) Martín Morazzo

THE DEADMAN COMES TO GOTHAM! Our eschatological escapades continue in this definitive depiction of DC’s Deadest Do-Gooder! An unknown species of demon has eaten the heaven-bound soul of a highway cyclist… compromising the sanctity of Earth’s Spiritual Math… and threatening the fragile glue that holds everything together! At the behest of goddess Rama Kushna, Boston Brand — a.k.a. the Deadman — has finally donned his brand-new super-suit… which is perfect, it turns out, for his latest spectral assignment: a sleuthy sojourn to the city where sin never sleeps: Gotham!

The Deadman #2

The Deadman #1 stands out as unique among DC’s current releases

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The Deadman enters the Next Level! In the millisecond following his murder, the soul of shifty circus aerialist Boston Brand was commandeered by the goddess Rama Kushna, who deputized the erstwhile performer’s ghost with a sacred spectral assignment: the Custodian of All Souls! Now Brand floats—begrudgingly—through this bluegreen purgatory we call Earth, upholding the Laws of Spiritual Math and protecting humanity from evil—even if they can’t see or hear him. Open up to this new era of DC’s most lively deceased superhero—the Deadman—in a story about life, death, and everything in between…replete with paranormal activity, possessions, and a profusion of other poignant peculiarities.

Story: W. Maxwell Prince
Art: Martin Morazzo
Color: Chris O’Halloran
Letterer: Good Old Neon

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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Preview: The Deadman #1

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The Deadman #1

(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A) Martín Morazzo (C) Chris O’Halloran

THE ALL-STAR CREATORS OF 2025’S HIT MINISERIES SUPERMAN: THE KRYPTONITE SPECTRUM (AND THE ONGOING HORROR ANTHOLOGY ICE CREAM MAN) ARE BACK AT DC COMICS TO LIFT YOUR SPIRITS!

The Deadman enters the Next Level! In the millisecond following his murder, the soul of shifty circus aerialist Boston Brand was commandeered by the goddess Rama Kushna, who deputized the erstwhile performer’s ghost with a sacred spectral assignment: the Custodian of All Souls! Now Brand floats — begrudgingly — through this bluegreen purgatory we call Earth, upholding the Laws of Spiritual Math and protecting humanity from evil — even if they can’t see or hear him. Open up to this new era of DC’s most lively deceased superhero — the Deadman — in a story about life, death, and everything in between… replete with paranormal activity, possessions, and a profusion of other poignant peculiarities.

The Deadman #1

ComicsPro 2026: DC Next Level Reveals Teen Titans and More for Summer 2026

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ComicsPro 2026 is going on and DC is rolling out what we can expect in the year to come. During the conference, retailers were shown a new trailer for DC Next Level, highlighting the initiative’s rollout through the first half of the year. Lobo #1, Batwoman #1, and Deathstroke: The Terminator #1 will all launch on March 18, followed by The Fury of Firestorm #1 on April 8 and Zatanna #1 on April 29.

DC then spotlighted two newly announced Next Level titles arriving this summer: Barbara Gordon: Breakout by Mariko Tamaki and Amancay Nahuelpan in May, and The Deadman by W. Maxwell Prince and Martín Morazzo in June.

Barbara Gordon: Breakout

The Deadman

Retailers were also provided a look at DC’s upcoming slate of Next Level titles ahead of solicitation, including Legion of Super-Heroes, Doom Patrol, Jonah Hex, The Demon, and Batman: Shadow of the Bat. Creative teams and launch dates will be announced soon.

DC’s ComicsPro presentation further revealed the next major Next Level series: Teen Titans, launching this summer from Kyle Higgins and Daniele Di Nicuolo, the acclaimed team behind Power Rangers: Shattered Grid. In Teen Titans, Red Hood uncovers a network of missing powered teens and reluctantly joins forces with a new generation of plugged-in, hyper-capable young heroes to find them and expose the lie dividing their world.

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