August is quickly approaching and with five new comic book days it can be daunting to pick which books to buy. We breakdown a list of a few new comic series we are excited to read including Eternus, Old Dog, Wynd, and more.
Of course, there are many on-going books that have release dates in August, but we are focusing on new series releases. Most of our selections come from independent publishers, but you may also see books from Marvel and DC Comics as well. This list is also subjective to what we are interested in reading.
Lastly, release dates are always subject to change due many different reasons. We will do our best to update this list as we are made aware of these changes.
ETERNUS #1
Release Date: August 17, 2022
Publisher: Scout Comics
Writers: Don Handfield, Anastazja Davis
Artists: Karl Moline, Andy Owens, Rob Prior
From creators Andy Serkis and Andrew Levitas! 360 CE. The great god Zeus is long dead, brutally murdered in his own temple some thirty years prior. Heracles, Zeus’s son and champion, spends his days drunk and depressed as the old gods struggle to stay alive after decades of Christian disruption. When Athena’s Temple is sacked by a mysterious Centurion looking for a powerful relic that once belonged to Zeus, the old gods are convinced they have found Zeus’s killer.
Now the mighty Heracles must sober up long enough to keep the lone witness, a 9-year-old blind priestess, alive long enough to identify the killer and finally find justice for his dead father. The main cover features beautiful Rob Prior wraparound artwork!
GOLDEN RAGE #1
Release Date: August 3, 2022
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Chrissy Williams
Artist: Lauren Knight
In a world where older women who’ve been deemed useless to society are abandoned on an island, Golden Rage documents their golden years of making friends, baking dessert, and fighting to the death.
Created by writer Chrissy Williams (editor of Die, The Wicked + The Divine), artist Lauren Knight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and colorist Sofie Dodgson (Bitter Root, Tank Girl), this is the first issue of a brand-new five-issue miniseries where Battle Royale meets The Golden Girls.
DEAD LUCKY #1
Release Date: August 3, 2022
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Melissa Flores
Artist: French Carlomagno
San Francisco is changing. Tech consortium Morrow is building the city of the future with “peacekeeper” robots looming on every corner-and wherever Morrow isn’t, the Salvation gang is.
Bibiana Lopez-Yang is changing too. She came back from Afghanistan with PTSD and the ability to control electrical currents. If she can hold it together, she might be the hero San Francisco needs. But against an enemy this big, it isn’t enough to be good. She’ll have to be lucky.
From debut writer Melissa Flores and superstar art team French Carlomagno and Mattia Iacono (Radiant Black) comes the newest book in the Massive-Verse!
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #1
Release Date: August 3, 2022
Publisher: Marvel
Writers: Dan Slott, Various
Artists: Mark Bagley, Josemaria Casanovas, Various
THE END OF THE SPIDER-VERSE IS COMING!
edge (‘ej) noun – 1. outermost limit of an object – 2. the sharp side of a blade
The leading edge of the Spider-Verse brought you Spider-Gwen and Peni Parker. This final edge will introduce you to some of the most important characters in the future of the Spider-Verse…but it will also slice the final strand of the web.
20TH CENTURY MEN #1
Release Date: August 17, 2022
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Deniz Camp
Artist: S. Morian
At the end of the 20th century, superheroes, geniuses, madmen, and activists rush towards WWIII! A Soviet “iron” hero, a superpowered American president, an insane cyborg soldier, an Afghan woman hellbent on building a better life for her people-these strange yet familiar beings collide in a story that mixes history, politics, and comic book mythology into something totally new. Welcome to 20th Century Men, where the edges of our reality and fiction touch, overlap…and then explode.
TRVE KVLT #1
Release Date: August 17, 2022
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Scott Bryan Wilson
Artist: Liana Kangas
Marty Tarantella has been flipping burgers for 15 years. He has no kids, no hobbies, no love interests, and, essentially, no life. But what he does have is a plan to change everything. Years of watching the daily rhythms of the neighboring stores has given Marty the idea for a perfect heist, but when he accidentally steals a supernatural weapon from a cult full of violent lunatics, the resulting Satanic panic will be way above his minimum-wage pay grade. Nothing can prepare you for the coming of Trve Kvlt, a deliciously horrifying and hilarious new series!
ACTION JOURNALISM #1
Release Date: August 17, 2022
Publisher: Oni Press
Writer: Eric Skillman
Artist: Miklos Felvideki
As a sinister alien armada looms over the earth, New Arcadia’s favorite intrepid reporter, Kate Kelly, has just two hours to infiltrate the fleet, uncover their most scandalous secrets, land the interview of the century, and avert interstellar war-and not necessarily in that order. The fast-paced, genre-hopping adventures of the Action Journalism team start here!
WYND: THE THRONE IN THE SKY #1
Release Date: August 24, 2022
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Michael Dialynas
The Wynd saga continues in this epic new volume from Eisner Award winner James Tynion IV (Batman, Something is Killing the Children) and artist Michael Dialynas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the GLAAD Award-winning creative team behind The Woods.
The land of Esseriel has grown darker and more dangerous, as tensions between the human and faerie realms threaten to erupt into all-out war.
Could Wynd be the only hope for peace? And what will his destiny be if he truly is one of the legendary winged ones.
Prepare to embark on an extraordinary fantasy adventure, and discover a world of mysterious legends, ancient prophecies, and the brave heroes at the center of it all!
OLD DOG #1
Release Date: August 31, 2022
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Declan Shalvey
Artist: Declan Shalvey
Jack Lynch was a once-promising CIA operative. On the eve of retirement, looking back at a failed career, he is tasked with one final mission…that goes horribly wrong. He wakes years later to a changed world and deeper changes within him. When a shadow group offers Lynch a second chance at a life of adventure, he’s paired with the last person he could ever imagine. In order to adjust, this old dog will have to learn some new tricks…
Old Dog is a striking new spy-fi series by Declan Shalvey, the accomplished and innovative creator behind books such as Moon Knight, X-Men Unlimited, Injection, and Time Before Time. The Winter Soldier meets Mission Impossible in this Bourne-esque action/espionage blowout.
