November 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 The Ones #1, I Hate Fairyland #1, and more!
Of course, there are many on-going books that have release dates in November, 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.
SECRET INVASION #1
Release Date: November 2, 2022
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Writer: Ryan North
Artist: Francesco Mobili
The Skrulls Are Back…in a giant-sized issue kicking off an all-new five-part miniseries! When Maria Hill detects the merest hint of Skrulls, she acts quickly to put her defensive plans into action. And when Nick Fury is sent to investigate a Skrull sighting in Iowa, he finds the last thing he was expecting! Our pale blue dot is in their sights, and this time, Earth’s old defenses won’t work… Find out who you really trust: The invasion begins now!
NATURE’S LABYRINTH #1
Release Date: November 2, 2022
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Writer: Zac Thompson
Artist: Bayleigh Underwood
In the middle of the ocean lies a remote island complex lined with traps and an ever-changing landscape. Created by a mysterious man known only as “Ahab,” the island was designed to test the wills of the world’s most notorious criminals. In a battle royale style game, eight violent felons will fight for survival and to the death over the course of three days of relentless action. The winner receives a wealth or riches and complete anonymity, but at the cost of keeping their silence about the island’s existence. What Ahab doesn’t know is that someone is on to him. Someone has infiltrated his island with the intention of revealing the truth about this twisted game.
KROMA #1
Release Date: November 16, 2022
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Lorenzo De Felici
Artist: Lorenzo De Felici
Imprisoned in a tower within the walls of the Pale City, Kroma is believed to be the most evil creature alive. But a chance meeting with the mysterious orphan Zet creates an opportunity for Kroma to escape her cruel… that is, if they can survive the strange dangers within the city walls and the monstrous threats that lie beyond!
Writer/artist Lorenzo De Felici (Oblivion Song) creates a breathtaking adventure like none other, filled with strange creatures and unparalleled beauty in a colorful world unlike anything ever seen in comics.
THE ONES #1
Release Date: November 2, 2022
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Jacob Edgar
From Award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis (House of M, Powers), comes the next, best awesome super team to end all super teams…The Ones!
Every single person in every mythology that was told they were the one are brought together for the first time to defeat…the one. The actual one. The real actual one. This amazing new vision is brought to life by wunderkind artist and co-creator Jacob Edgar (Batman, Army of Darkness). Watch as he brings explosive comics splendor to this big new world! Think Good Omens meets Ghostbusters meets The Adam Project meets The Goonies meets Everything Everywhere All at Once meets, um, anything else you’ve ever liked!
QUICK STOPS #1
Release Date: November 2, 2022
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Writer: Kevin Smith
Artist: Jeremy Simse
Enter the Askewniverse when pop culture nuisance Kevin Smith‘s brand-new anthology series opens for business, telling tall tales from the Jersey world of his classic comedies!
In this premiere issue, Chronic-Con guest of honor Holden McNeil tells Alyssa Jones and a packed podcast audience his story of going green with legendary loiterers Jay and Silent Bob in the Quick Stop cooler, and how it directly led to the birth of his Bluntman and Chronic comic books!
ATONEMENT BELL #1
Release Date: November 9, 2022
Publisher: Red 5 Comics
Writer: Jim Ousley
Artist: Tyler B. Ruff
Months after a brutal tragedy, young Jake and his mother travel to St. Louis to visit their estranged family during the holidays. Soon, Jake, his cousin Baby Al, and their Bosnian friend Sara must fight for their very lives when they discover the truth about the city’s devastating secret past.
Written by Jim Ousley (Good Kings Bing & Bowie Swing) with art from Tyler B. Ruff (The Unforgiven).
TRAVELING TO MARS #1
Release Date: November 9, 2022
Publisher: Ablaze Publishing
Writers: Mark Russell
Artist: Roberto Meli
From two-time Eisner and Harvey Award nominee Mark Russell and hot new talent Roberto Meli comes a compelling new sci-fi series…
Traveling to Mars tells the story of former pet store manager Roy Livingston, the first human to ever set foot on Mars. Roy was chosen for this unlikely mission for one simple reason: he is terminally ill and therefore has no expectation of returning. Roy is joined on his mission to Mars by Leopold and Albert, two Mars rovers equipped with artificial intelligence, who look upon the dying pet store manager as a sort of god. Against the backdrop of not only his waning days but those of human civilization as well, Roy has ample time to think about where things went wrong for both of them and what it means to be a dying god.
A riveting story of planetary exploration and of finding meaning in your final days.
SPECS #1
Release Date: November 9, 2022
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Writer: David M. Booher
Artist: Chris Shehan
In this mysterious new series from writer David M. Booher (Canto, All-New Firefly) and artist Chris Shehan (House of Slaughter), what happens when a couple of misfit teens mail-order a pair of X-ray glasses, and realize they’ve received much more than they bargained for?
But all Kenny and Ted want is to not feel like outcasts in their small Ohio town. Their world is turned upside down when the Magic Specs they receive unlock a world of possibilities.
Their wishes start out innocent enough, but when they wish that their bully would disappear… things take a cursed turn, with far darker consequences than they thought possible…
DARKLAND #1
Release Date: November 16, 2022
Publisher: Scout Comics
Writer: Nicholas Black
Artist: Serg Acuna
In the 24th-century, a young girl named Rose finds haven in an abandoned mall. When she is inadvertently thrust into the deadly remnants of America, Rose must learn to adapt if she wants to survive. Following closely in her wake is Zed, a notorious bounty hunter. With the odds stacked against her, will Rose make it?
Written by Nicholas Black (Aether) with art from Serg Acuna (Batman: Urban Legends).
DOOR TO DOOR / NIGHT BY NIGHT #1
Release Date: November 16, 2022
Publisher: Vault Comics
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Sally Cantirino
From all-star creators Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Last Book You’ll Ever Read) and Sally Cantirino (I Walk With Monsters, Human Remains) comes the story of a motley crew going to battle against supernatural evil throughout the American South. Perfect for fans of “The Boys,” “B.P.R.D.” and “Proctor Valley Road.”
The Heritage Mills sales team travels from town to town, knocking on doors. They’re the best at what they do… which also means they’re the worst. They’re broken, each and every one of them, haunted by closets so full of skeletons, they’re bursting. When they discover a terrible secret behind one fateful door, it opens their eyes to a world full of real monsters hidden in every small town.
I HATE FAIRYLAND #1
Release Date: November 16, 2022
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Skottie Young
Artist: Brett Bean
Eisner Award-winning writer Skottie Young (Middlewest, Twig, The Me You Love In The Dark) and artist Brett Bean (Marvel’s Rocket & Groot) bring back the hit comic I Hate Fairyland for an all-new ongoing series!
Everyone’s favorite green-haired, axecrazed maniac returns in this Deadpool meets Alice In Wonderlandadventure! Gert is all grown up and living in the real world. Times are tough, and the only job she’s qualified for has her trying to find her way back to the place she hates the most…Fairyland.
ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD #1
Release Date: November 23, 2022
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Alexandre Tefenkgi, Mike Del Mundo
In this epic post-apocalyptic tale, Maceo and Mezzy have never met anyone like each other, and they’ll need all the help they can get to survive a planet ravaged by environmental catastrophe.
This epic trilogy-each issue overflowing with 30 story pages-spans a lifetime as philosophical differences tear at the threads holding Maceo and Mezzy together.
Will they, and the earth beneath their feet, ultimately be torn apart? New York Times bestselling, Eisner and Harvey Award-winning, and Marvel flagship writer Jason Aaron (Thor, The Avengers) launches his most ambitious creator-owned series to date with the first of three unique artistic partners – Eisner-winning artist Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian) – to take on a vision of the end of the world that’s brutal and nostalgic, whimsical and grounded… and ultimately, timeless.
STAR WARS: YODA #1
Release Date: November 23, 2022
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Writer: Cavan Scott
Artist: Nico Leon
All-new adventures for the greatest Jedi of all-time!
To some, he was a legend. To others, he was a teacher. Now Yoda is all but forgotten, living in exile and haunted by the past. As a strangely familiar voice echoes through the swamps of Dagobah, Yoda must revisit the many lessons he has given over the years, from the days of the High Republic to the chaos of the Clone Wars.
In the first of three story arcs, a desperate cry for help reaches the Jedi Council on Coruscant and only Yoda can respond.
But how far will he go to protect a community from attack?
VANITY: ACT 2 #1
Release Date: November 30, 2022
Publisher: Black Caravan
Writer: Jurii Kirnev
Artist: Natalia Tsarevnikova
The fourth chapter of the notorious Elizabeth Bathory’s biopic graphic novel depicts the horrors of the century in which she lived. It was an age of endless religious wars and xenophobia. Men were consumed with fighting for their lands, faith, and ideologies, while the role of women was to give birth and raise more soldiers to perpetuate the wars over abstract ideas. No wonder there was a woman who decided to stop this cycle-and no wonder she was considered mad.
Cover art done by our friend Joseph Schmalke (Seven Years In Darkness).
RED WINTER: FALLOUT #1
Release Date: November 30, 2022
Publisher: Scout Comics
Writer: Michael Gordon
Artist: Alberto Massaggia
The last time we saw Joseph Winter, he was fleeing the scene of a massacre at the Moscow Oil Refinery which decimated the ranks of Kapotnya’s rival gangs and left his father Eli dead. Now Joseph is on his own, desperate to find a way out of a city that seems hellbent on killing him. Vasily Andropov is out for blood, and the Moscow police force is closing in too – but then help comes from a very unlikely source. At the same time, local detective Max Voronin is assigned the Refinery case, all while an American agent is tasked with doing whatever it takes to keep a lid on what really happened.
DREAM MASTER #1
Release Date: November 30, 2022
Publisher: Blackbox Comics
Writer: Jonathan Hedrick
Artist: Luigi Barricelli
There is a forgotten paladin who protects us from our nightmares while we sleep. Without him, we may never wake up again. He is the Dream Master. His curse is to guard our unconscious bodies from an evil entity who wishes to enter our reality, collapsing it for all eternity.
Dream Master is from writer and friend of Capes and Tights Jonathan Hedrick (The Recount) along with artist Luigi Baricelli.
