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 I Heart Skull-Crushers #1, Little Black Book #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 March 13, 2024.
I Heart Skull-Crushers #1
Writer: Josie Campbell
Artist: Alessio Zonno
Publisher: BOOM! Box / BOOM! Studios
18-year-old Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, alongside her longtime hero Skull-Crusher! But she can’t do it alone, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American wastes and battle in Queen Mob’s deadly tournament.
With Trini’s dreams of being just like Skull-Crusher on the line, do she and her friends have what it takes to win a coveted spot on their team?
Breakout writer of DC’s Amazons Attack event and screenwriter Josie Campbell (Wonder Woman, She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power, My Adventures With Superman) along with rising star artist Alessio Zonno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) bring sports action to post-apocalyptic America with comic relief and brevity at its brutal heart, perfect for fans of Do A Powerbomb and Fence!
Little Black Book #1
Writer: Jeff McComsey
Artist: Chris Ferguson
Publisher: AWA Studios
In this explosive new thriller by writer Jeff McComsey (Grendel, Kentucky) and artist Felipe Cunha (Gatsby), Cole, a straight-arrow handyman, finds himself in the crosshairs of a ruthless crime syndicate-along with his pregnant wife. But what is the meaning of the “little black book” of underworld contacts Cole’s deceased father had hidden in his home? Cole’s deceased father believed the best thing he could do for his son was to stay out of his life, but does the apple fall far from the tree…?
Napalm Lullaby #1
Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Bengal
Publisher: Image Comics
The bestselling creative duo of Rick Remender & Bengal reteam for Napalm Lullaby, an all-new, ongoing dystopian epic with a special double-length first issue! A child with unimaginable power is raised to believe he is God by a cult of zealots utterly confident in the moral authority of their religion. The Magnificent Leader has imposed his will on humanity and created the ultimate theocracy. Join them, or be cast out to suffer with the masses.
Silver Vessels OGN
Writer: Steve Orlando
Artist: Katia Vecchio
Publisher: Maverick / Mad Cave Studios
After obsessing over a history lesson at school, Joshua enlists his two best friends to travel to the Florida Keys for the summer to hunt for the treasure of Our Lady of Atocha, a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. Staying up, sneaking out, and searching for a legendary buried treasure is just the beginning of the summer of their lives!
Cat Fight TP
Writer: Andrew Wheeler
Artist: Ilias Kyriazis
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Felix lives a life of high fashion and indulgence. Sure, he steals to get it, but he gets it on his own, nonetheless. When a mysterious character by the name of Schrodinger threatens Felix’s only surviving family member in an attempt to recruit him into a crime syndicate, Felix is sent on a globetrotting game of cat and mouse in a heightened world of colorful criminal masterminds. Tune into IDW’s glamorous neo-noir action series from the pen of Andrew Wheeler with art by Ilias Kyriazis and finishes by Auguste & Dennis Yatras!
