As new comic day quickly approaches it can be sometimes difficult to decide which of the new comics hitting the shelves at your local comic shop to grab. Do not worry, we are here to help. This week we preview four titles that standout from the crowd including Dread the Hall H #1, Star Trek: Red Shirts #1, and more!
While we are not the official voice of your decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing July 16, 2025.
Dread the Hall H #1
Writer: Chris Ryall, Jordan Hart
Artist: Nelson Daniel, Piotr Kowalski, Jimmy Kucaj, Chris Anderson
Publisher: Image Comics / Syzygy
It’s comic convention season! And what better way to celebrate comic cons than this extra-length anthology filled with con-related horror stories! Last year, they skewered all things Christmas on the pages of Dread the Halls, and now writers Chris Ryall and Jordan Hart, alongside artists Nelson Daniel, Piotr Kowalski, Jimmy Kucaj, and Chris Anderson, bring terrifying convention tales to life! Covers by Maria Wolf, a convention-line wraparound by Nelson Daniel, and a “con-badge” incentive cover by Jordan Hart! The perfect and perfectly terrifying comic to read while waiting to get into that massive convention hall!
Star Trek: Red Shirts #1
Writer: Christopher Cantwell
Artist: Megan Levens
Publisher: IDW Publishing
The start of an all-new heartrending Star Trek five-issue miniseries by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek), featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crewmembers: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.
Led by an experienced officer embedded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their nefarious hands.
They face threats not only from their faceless enemies but from the brutalizing elements and wildlife of a planet far from home. The red shirts’ lives and Starfleet’s sanctity are on the line… and no one is safe.
Star Trek: Red Shirts #1 is a great addition to the Star Trek line of comics. Christopher Cantwell proves that even the non-essential characters can take the spotlight here and there with the reader caring about their stories. The artwork from Megan Levens and Charlie Kirchoff works well with the Star Trek universe and pulls you deeper into the story. Star Trek: Red Shirts is for those fans of Star Trek that want a bit more and for those who want to jump into the universe without much knowledge of the lore.
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Post Malone’s Big Rig #1
Writer: Post Malone, Adrian Wassel
Artist: Nathan Gooden
Publisher: Vault Comics
They prayed for a miracle. They got 25 tons and 18 wheels of holy weapon.
The Dark Ages…Demon hordes plague Europe as Hell invades Earth. The Six Petals, a secret sect of The Knights Templar, are in desperate need of a means to drive back the scourge and turn the tide of the onslaught. What crashes to earth is The Rig, a fully loaded tractor trailer. In the aftermath of its arrival, the only man left standing is an enigmatic former priest excommunicated from The Six Petals. He will become Trucker and lead the fight against Hell behind the wheel of a demon-slaying machine.
Created by Post Malone. Written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel. Drawn by Barbaric co-creator and Dark Knights of Steel artist Nathan Gooden.
Letter 44 Compendium TP
Writer: Charles Soule
Artist: Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque
Publisher: Image Comics
The cult-favorite, political sci-fi series is collected, for the first time, in one complete volume.
When newly-elected president Stephen Blades is sworn into office, the last thing he expected to find on his desk was a letter written by the outgoing president, alerting him to a harrowing secret kept hidden from the world: seven years ago, NASA discovered alien presence in the asteroid belt and sent a stealth mission crewed by nine astronauts to make contact.
President Blades has just become the most powerful man on the planet. But only this planet.
Mixing provocative political intrigue with high-stakes sci-fi action, Letter 44 is a gripping and complex look at leadership in the face of uncertainty.
