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 Sanction #1, Heartpiercer #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 15, 2024.
Sanction #1
Writer: Ray Fawkes
Artist: Antonio Fuso
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Leningrad, 1987. When a woman’s corpse is discovered on New Year’s Day, a hungover Detective Pavel Smirnoff hands off the case to his partner, Detective Boris Dimitrovich, hoping he’ll close it without fuss. Instead, Dimitrovich uncovers a connection to an old, unsolved crime, dragging them both into an investigation that puts their careers – and possibly their lives – at risk.
Heartpiercer #1
Writer: Rich Douek
Artist: Gavin Smith
Publisher: Dark Horse
Atala thought she was saving the world-but hunting the great beasts wound up dooming it. Betrayed by her lord, and left for dead, she awakes in a dark world overrun by nightmares, with a single mission on her mind: revenge. A thrilling new dark fantasy tale from the minds of Rich Douek and Gavin Smith!
Monolith #1
Writer: Sean Lewis
Artist: Valerio Giangiordano
Publisher: Image Comics
The origin of the hulking Hellspawn is finally revealed. What connection does he have to one of the most savage of his kind, Omega Spawn? Follow his journey from the cosmic depths of deep-spawn to his first encounter with Al Simmons in this three-part miniseries!
Doom #1
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Sanford Greene
Publisher: Marvel
In the near future …Doom alone must save the Marvel Universe! Legendary creators Jonathan Hickman (Ultimate Spider-Man, G.O.D.S.) and Sanford Greene (Bitter Root) send Doctor Doom on a journey unlike any he has undertaken before! With Valeria Richards at his side, Doom goes on a quest to harness more power than any human has ever wielded before in order to try to stop Galactus from bringing about the death of the universe!
Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #1
Writer: Justina Ireland
Artist: Marcelo Ferreira
Publisher: Marvel
Spinning directly out of Amazing Spider-Man #49, Spidey’s role in Blood Hunt becomes clear and it involves, of course, Morbius! That’s right, the Web-Slinger’s main vampiric villain Michael Morbius is involved in the big vampire play and Peter has to figure out if he needs to take out his fanged foe or save him?!
Universal Monsters: Dracula HC
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Martin Simmonds
Publisher: Skybound / Image
The Department of Truth creators James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds reteam to tell a new tale of the monster who started it all!? When Dr. John Seward admits a strange new patient named Renfield into his asylum, the madman tells stories of a demon who has taken residence next door. But as Dr. Seward attempts to apply logic to the impossible…his daughter falls under the spell of the twisted Count Dracula!
Featuring a Direct Market Exclusive cover by Stephanie Pepper that will only be printed once.
