Comic creators Jacob Phillips and Tate Brombal join the Capes and Tights Podcast for Episode 276 on April 8, 2026. To prepare for the conversation, we have compiled 13 comics by Phillips and Brombal you should read.
Brombal is a comic book writer based in Toronto, Canada. His comic series House of Slaughter at BOOM! Studios with artist Chris Shehan spun out of James Tynion IV & Werther Dell’Edera’s hit Something is Killing the Children and debuted in 2021. His Eisner-nominated mini-series Barbalien: Red Planet (Dark Horse) alongside Eisner-winning artist Gabriel Hernández Walta also released in 2021 as a part of Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s Black Hammer universe.
Tate’s also is the writer behind Behold, Behemoth (BOOM! Studios), and The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos (Dark Horse). Brombal also has written comics for DC such as New Titans, Batman, The Question, Batgirl, Green Lantern: Dark, and more!
Phillips is a comic artist and colorist residing in Manchester, UK. He has been drawing his whole life, self publishing first comic ‘Roboy’ at the age of 11 and selling it at Brighton Comic Con. Skip forward 16 years and today he is the artist on That Texas Blood and The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery with writer Chris Condon and as well as Newburn with Chip Zdarsky as well as coloring projects such as Reckless, Criminal, and Madi.
Together, Brombal and Phillips released a five-issue miniseries Everything Dead & Dying at Image Comics. The collected edition hit shelves at local comic shops on April 8, 2026 and at bookstores everywhere on May 5.
That Texas Blood (Image) // Jacob Phillips
Sheriff Joe Bob Coates questions his effectiveness as the aging lawman of Ambrose County, Texas as chaos descends following an explosive highway confrontation and the mysterious death of local rogue Travis Terrill.
Batgirl (DC) // Tate Brombal
Hold on to your seats, clutch your pearls, and rejoice in celebration because Cassandra Cain is taking center stage in her first solo Batgirl series in nearly two decades—as part of DC’s bestselling All In new-reader-friendly story initiative!
When a deadly group of assassins shows up to kill Cassandra, her mother Lady Shiva—the deadliest assassin in the DC Universe—comes to the rescue, and they must put their complicated past aside and work together as mother and daughter to ensure they make it out alive. Unfortunately, things are never as easy as they seem, and Cass must embark on a jaw-dropping, martial-arts-filled adventure in her quest for truth and justice…and revenge?!
It’s a Batgirl story like never before, as writer Tate Brombal (House of Slaughter) and artist Takeshi Miyazawa (Mech Cadet Yu) dive into the psyche of one of Gotham’s deadliest fighters while exploring her deep and complex relationship with her mother.
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos (Dark Horse) // Tate Brombal
Meet teenage mad scientist Christopher Chaos. For all his life he knew he was different. His brilliant mind works in ways that defy logic and enable him to do things that push him beyond his peers. Unfortunately, these abilities have also caused great pain in his personal life — leading others to fear him and leaving Christopher with profound loneliness and guilt. Then one day something cracked. When the cute boy at high school turns out to be a deadly creature, Christopher finds himself in a world of monsters, heroes, and a cult of hunters out to kill them all.
As Christopher discovers the history of Monsterkind, he learns isn’t so alone in the world after all. As he makes friends and enemies, he uncovers secrets that lead him deeper into his own unknown past… secrets that keep the mad scientist inside of him questioning everything around him!
Newburn (Image) // Jacob Phillips
Easton Newburn is a private detective without loyalties, investigating conflicts between rival crime factions. With his assistant Emily, Newburn follows murderers, arsonists, and corrupt officials–while trying to stay out of their crosshairs.
This new series from Eisner winner Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil, Sex Criminals) and rising star Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood) follows Newburn as he does jobs for every criminal organization in New York City, collecting enemies along the way.
House of Slaughter (BOOM!) // Tate Brombal
Jace, one of the last surviving legacy hunters of House Boucher, is sent to train at the House of Slaughter alongside a young Aaron Slaughter. As Jace plots revenge against the House that took his family from him, he must reconcile new loyalties with old grudges, setting him on a path that will change the Order of St. George forever…
Behold, Behemoth (BOOM!) // Tate Brombal
Greyson’s world crumbles following his brother’s mysterious death, with sleepless nights haunted by vivid nightmares of a terrifying monster, pushing him to the brink of losing not just his job as a social worker, but his mind.
Soon his newest case–an orphaned girl named Wren–is found at the scene of a murder, and her connection to his dreams will send them both on a journey that Greyson could have never imagined, especially not their role in the end of the world and the world to come–a world of monsters.
Harley Quinn: Black + White + Redder #3 (DC) // Jacob Phillips
Three all-new short tales of Gotham’s most unpredictable antihero in only black, white, and red ink! In this issue: Superstar writer Gail Simone returns to DC with a hilarious story sending Harley Quinn to Rann, with Domino artist David Baldeón riding along on the zeta-beam! Monkey Meat and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles breakout Juni Ba teams up with writer Aditya Bidikar to give Harley the perfect cure for the breakup blues: a kitten. Plus, That Texas Blood hitmakers Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips tell a tale of twisted fate where Harleen Quinzel never fell for The Joker!
New Titans (DC) // Tate Brombal
After helping save the world from the universe-shaking events of DC K.O., the Titans have earned some much-deserved rest. Back in Titans Tower, they’re glad to be reunited again… But it almost feels too good to be true. Are these Titans who they claim to be? And if they can’t trust each other… can they even trust themselves? And what’s behind all this pandemonium?
DC’s best-selling All In era continues, as writer Tate Brombal (Batgirl, House of Slaughter) and artist Sami Basri (Harley Quinn, Supergirl) gather a new team of Titans — starring Jonathan Kent, Stephanie Brown, Yara Flor, and Terra!
Barbalien: Red Planet (Dark Horse) // Tate Brombal
Mark Markz has found his place on Earth as both a decorated police officer and as the beloved superhero, Barbalien. But in the midst of the AIDS crisis, hatred from all sides makes balancing these identities seem impossible–especially when a Martian enemy from the past hunts him down to take him back, dead or alive.
The Peril of the Brutal Dark (Vertigo) // Jacob Phillips
New York City, 1941. Ezra Cain is a private investigator with a reputation for taking it on the chin if it means solving a case. He’s certainly tough enough–he served as a WWI flying ace, and as a member of the NYPD. But it’s his former life as an archeology student that makes him the only man to track down an artifact that’s gone missing from the Museum of Natural History… an ancient anvil said to hold the power of the Greek god Hephaestus. If someone could harness that power, they could bend nations to their will.
Cain’s not one for magic or myth, but science fiction quickly becomes his reality when a shadowy sect calling themselves The Brutal Dark appear in the city wielding resources that defy human logic. Now Ezra is the only thing that stands between them and their plot to overthrow America!
Green Lantern Dark (DC) // Tate Brombal
A haunted flame. A decaying world. A last hope.
The Earth is dying, devoured by monsters and darkness. The last embers of hope lie with a lone girl who holds the green flame once carried by heroes long forgotten. Her name is Rina Mori — and she might be the only thing standing between the world and oblivion.
From the cursed town of Lantern’s Light to the haunted ruins of Castle Bat, Rina’s reluctant quest to stop the witch Demona’s undead horde becomes a tale of found family, buried trauma, and unexpected bravery. In the ashes of the old DCU, a new Green Lantern rises.
The Enfield Gang Massacre (Image) // Jacob Phillips
A Western that is as haunting as it is thrilling, The Enfield Gang Massacre tells the dark origin of That Texas Blood’s Ambrose County as only Jacob Phillips and Chris Condon can!
Montgomery Enfield and his gang of outlaws find themselves in the crosshairs of an aging Texas Ranger and a newborn county that’s hungry for law – by any means necessary.
Everything Dead & Dying (Image)
The Walking Dead meets Essex County in this haunting, rural character piece set during a zombie outbreak.
Jack Chandler is the sole survivor of the zombie apocalypse in his rural farming community, but rather than eliminate them, he has chosen to continue living alongside the undead — including the husband and adopted daughter he fought so hard to have. But when his town is discovered by outsiders, Jack suddenly becomes the one thing standing in the way of his family and those who hope to kill them for good.
Eisner Award-nominated creators Tate Brombal (Barbalien, Batgirl) and Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood, Newburn) team up for this original story.
