New comic book day is quickly approaching and with a number of titles being released it can be hard to pick out which comics you should grab. This week in our featured comic book releases we include Ain’t No Grave #1, Crocodile Black #1 and more.
While we are not the official voice of this decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing May 8, 2024. It’s another big week!
Crocodile Black #1
Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Artist: Somnath Pal
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
What makes someone turn to crime-especially in a modern, pandemic-riddled dystopia?
Danny, a seemingly mundane young man lost in escapism, with a spiraling lack of control over his life, witnesses something during a delivery job that will change him forever, turning things as dark as the black, crocodile skin boots that he can’t take his eyes off of…
In this criminal thriller from Eisner-nominated writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Action Comics) and rising star artist Somnath Pal (Brigands), the morally gray turns to cold-blooded murder.
Ain’t No Grave #1
Writer: Skottie Young
Artist: Jorge Corona
Publisher: Image Comics
Eisner Award-winning writer Skottie Young and Eisner Award-nominated artist Jorge Corona, the team behind the hit series Middlewest and The Me You Love in the Dark, are back together with an all-new miniseries, Ain’t No Grave!
This Unforgiven-style journey is an original macabre Western/fantasy tale for mature readers, told through a Guillermo Del Toro-esque lens.
Ryder put her violent past behind her when she fell in love and became a mother. But that was before she learned it was all going to be taken away. Now she’ll have to pick up her guns once again and ride to kill the one who’s behind the threat. Which just happens to be Death.
The genre-bending adventure begins in this DOUBLE-SIZED FIRST ISSUE, with forty pages of story and no ads!
Mugshots #1
Writer: Jordan Thomas
Artist: Chris Matthews
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Brighton, UK. 2008. The kidnapping of a young woman sets in motion a chain of events that will set con artists, gangsters, killers and corrupt police on a collision course in this tale of family trauma, betrayal, murder and revenge that threatens to bring the city’s whole underworld down.
TMNT: Black, White and Green #1
Writer: Various
Artist: Various
Publisher: IDW Publishing
It’s the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles like you’ve never seen them before! This special series gathers up some of comics’ most eclectic and exciting talent to bring their takes on TMNT to the page, taking the characters back to their origins in black-and-white independent comics…but with a touch of green!
Thrill to all-new adventures by the likes of Paulina Ganucheau (Wonder Woman: The Adventures of Young Diana), Declan Shalvey (Time Before Time, Moon Knight), Gigi Dutreix (Sonic the Hedgehog), Lorenzo Hall, Dave Baker (Mary Tyler Moorhawk), Jesse Lonergen (Man’s Best), and more. With covers by Shalvey, Ganucheau, and superstar James Stokoe (Orc Stain; Godzilla: The Half-Century War)!
Energon Universe 2024 Special #1
Writer: Various
Artist: Various
Publisher: Skybound / Image Comics
A special new printing of Energon Universe FCBD 2024 Special featuring three all new stories from the Energon Universe, with stunning revelations for the worlds of Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Void Rivals from the biggest names in comics.
A perfect jumping-on point for new readers and a can’t-miss for long-term fans.
Dracula: Blood Hunt #1
Writer: Danny Lore
Artist: Vincenzo Carratu
Publisher: Marvel
All will bow to the Lord of Vampires! Blade is Dracula’s ultimate nemesis: the most formidable vampire hunter in the world. Blade is Brielle Brooks’ father: the man who’s training her to follow in his footsteps. But during the Blood Hunt, when day is night and all is not as it appears, these enemies may find their interests – however briefly – aligned…for the fate of humanity?!
Transformers Vol. 1 TP
Writer: Daniel Warren Johnson
Artist: Mike Spicer
Publisher: Skybound / Image Comics
The Transformers Join The Energon Universe!?
Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots to victory. Instead, the fate of Cybertron is unknown, and his allies have crash-landed far from home, alongside their enemies-the Decepticons. As these titanic forces renew their war on Earth, one thing is immediately clear: the planet will never be the same. New alliances are struck. Battle lines are redrawn. And humanity’s only hope of survival is Optimus Prime. Superstar creator Daniel Warren Johnson, alongside showrunner Robert Kirkman, reimagines Hasbro’s robots in disguise for a brand-new generation.
Featuring a Direct Market Exclusive cover by Jonboy Meyers that will only be printed once.
Deer Editor TP
Writer: Ryan Lindsay
Artist: Sami Kivela
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at “The Truth,” it’s all in a day’s work… but he also happens to be a deer.
Will he chase down his last story in this antler noir series? Deer Editor is perfect for fans of Blacksad and Chinatown.
Sirens of the City TP
Writer: Joanne Starer
Artist: Khary Randolph
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Runaway teen Layla struggles to survive on the mean streets of 1980s New York City, far from home. But now every supernatural creature from the darkest corners of the urban grime is after Layla… and the fetus with great power she never wanted growing inside her. Being a Siren also comes with its share of power, and Layla wouldn’t dare let that go to waste.
A mysterious villain known as the Rat King will use any means necessary to find out more about the boundless power Layla carries against her will, but will her power be enough to escape from his clutches, and save her friends, the city, and… even herself?
Writer Joanne Starer (Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville, The Gimmick) and artist Khary Randolph (Excellence) shine a light on bodily autonomy in a patriarchal world in this gritty urban fantasy.
Tear Us Apart TP
Writer: Van Jensen, Jay Baruchel
Artist: Alessandro Micelli
Publisher: Dark Horse
In a world of blood and cruelty, two teenagers find humanity in each other. Deep in the Canadian wilderness, a vicious cult, dedicated to an ideology of pain, trains children to become deadly assassins. In the midst of this world of cruelty, two teenagers break the cardinal rule-by falling in love. The only thing standing between them and happily ever after is an army of murderers with a taste for blood.
Written by Jay Baruchel and Van Jensen, with art by Alessandro Micelli, Tear Us Apart shows just what lengths the human spirit will go to endure.
Scoop: Breaking News OGN
Writer: Richard Ashley Hamilton
Artist: Joseph Cooper
Publisher: Maverick / Mad Cave Studios
When the news breaks, she fixes it! Sophie Cooper was just an average, Cuban-American high school freshman, until her dad got accused of a crime he didn’t commit. To prove his innocence, Sophie now interns at Miami’s worst TV news station, where she studies investigative journalism – and accidentally uncovers a vast supernatural conspiracy connected to her dad’s case. UFOs, Miccosukee ghost tribes, Chupacabras, alligator men, and time travel are real and can clear the Cooper name…if Sophie lives long enough to report about it!
