The holiday season is upon us, and if you’re looking for a great gift for those comic book readers on your list, graphic novels are easy to wrap. Wether you’re shopping for those die hard fans or someone who just wants a great story to read, this year’s pre-Christmas releases are amazing. To make it simpler, we have gathered 14 trades dropping just in time to slide under the tree (in order of release).
TMNT: The Last Ronin – HC Box Set
Writer: Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz
Artist: Kevin Eastman, Isaac Escorza, Esau Escorza, Ben Bishop
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Release: November 25 (bookstores), November 26 (comic shops)
Collect the first three series in one convenient box set! A New York Times Bestseller, The Last Ronin has exploded on the scene, becoming a must read for any comic book and graphic novel fan!
The Last Ronin was the second most sold adult graphic novel in 2024 and this box set is the perfect way to catch up on the TMNT story that everyone is talking about! It contains the original series The Last Ronin, the prequel series Lost Years, and the follow up series Last Ronin II: Re-Evolution.
From the notes of legendary TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, get ready for the final story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles three decades in the making! In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks on a seemingly hopeless mission seeking justice for the family he lost. What terrible events destroyed his family and left New York a crumbling, post-apocalyptic nightmare?
In Lost Years, secrets about the Last Ronin’s final battle come to light — while a new generation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comes to life!
Then in Re-Evolution, return to the gritty future of The Last Ronin 10 years later to see what new heroes will grow from the ashes of the TMNT legacy.
The Great British Bump-off: Kill or Be Quilt
Writer: John Allison
Artist: Max Sarin
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Release: November 25 (bookstores), November 26 (comic shops)
A new cozy mystery graphic novel from Giant Days’ John Allison and Max Sarin, following up to their hit baking murder mystery The Great British Bump-Off.
When wildcat arson hits her new employer right where she lives, Shauna Wickle is drawn into the brutal and vindictive world of quilting, as sisterhood and community needlecraft deteriorate into internecine strife. With the promise of an end to all her financial worries, Shauna must cross enemy lines and infiltrate a cadre of “monsters in human skin”. But they seem… so nice?
Collects The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt #1–#4.
Buried Long, Long Ago
Writer: Anthony Cleveland
Artist: Alex Cormack
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Release: November 25 (bookstores), November 26 (comic shops)
For fans of historical fiction focusing on a woman, Belle Gunness, with a murderous vendetta…a nice amount of mayhem and the supernatural thrown in for good measure. For fans of the film The Witch and the comic adaptation of The Dunwich Horror.
Based on true events, from 1901-1908 Belle Gunness lured dozens of lonely men to her Indiana farm and savagely murdered them for their money. Because Belle managed to avoid capture and face trial, much of this story remains untold. Until now. This is a fairy-tale retelling of her brutal crimes from the perspective of her three young children…who soon discover there is something far worse, and far more evil, than their mother on the farm. Something Buried Long, Long Ago.
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe One Last Time
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Dalibor Talajić
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Releases: December 2
Cullen Bunn and Dalibor Talajić reunite to complete their chart-topping Deadpool Kills Trilogy! The Marvel multiverse is in Deadpool’s sights!
You loved it when Deadpool killed the Marvel Universe. You couldn’t believe your luck when Deadpool killed the Marvel Universe again! Now, brace yourselves — because Deadpool is about to kill the Marvel Universe… one… last… time!
But we meet the murderous Merc with a Mouth at a low ebb — alone, broken, bereft of purpose. Far from the sassin’ assassin we know and love — until a multiversal explorer arrives with a mission across realities that only Deadpool can complete.
He has a kill list filled with familiar and surprising versions of your favorite heroes, and teleporting tech that can take him from universe to universe — so it’s time to get bodyslidin’ and body-pilin’! Wade is back on the hunt — and it’s Marvels season!
Collecting Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe One Last Time #1-5.
I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer
Writer: Doug Wagner
Artist: Daniel Hillyard
Publisher: Image Comics
Release: December 2 (comic shops), December 16 (bookstores)
Sewing together serial killer horror and college drama feels so right — like slipping into a warm blood bath.
Rennie Bethary has just been accepted into New York City’s most prestigious fashion school. Her designs are daring, edgy, and singular… and made of human flesh. Did we forget to mention Rennie is a serial killer who simply wants to be a fashion designer instead? Stupid, pesky, murderous urges!
Collects I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer #1–#5.
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra – Friends And Enemies Omnibus
Writer: Alyssa Wong, Minkyu Jung, Justina Ireland
Artist: Pere Pérez, Jethro Morales
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Sana Starros and her allies have cornered the Spark Eternal, determined to bring back Doctor Aphra no matter the cost! But can Sana triumph — or will the Spark destroy her, Aphra, and everyone they love? Aphra strikes a bargain for power, but it may come at a terrible cost — unless the crafty doctor has one last trick up her sleeve! Meanwhile, Ronen and Domina clash over the Tagge Corporation’s future, and Sana is caught in the middle! But if there’s one thing Sana’s learned from Aphra, it’s how to use every situation to her advantage!
Plus: is Luke Skywalker friend or foe? The one enemy Aphra never expected to see again! And mysteries from Sana’s past come back to haunt her when she returns to her family’s ancestral home for some downtime. The Starros clan is on the collision course of a lifetime — and Sana must take on her brother, Phel, or all is lost!
Collects Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #26-40, Star Wars: Sana Starros #1-5, and material from Star Wars: Revelations (2023) #1.
The Private Eye
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Marcos Martins
Publisher: Image Comics
From the creator of the New York Times bestselling series Saga, comes the three-time, Eisner nominated, PanelSyndicate.com’s digital comics sensation The Private Eye, finally available in a paperback edition.
Set in an inevitable future of where everyone has a secret identity, The Private Eye is an eerily prescient sci-fi mystery about an unlicensed private investigator who stumbles onto the most important case of his life.
The series is set in 2076, a time after “the cloud has burst”, revealing everyone’s secrets. As a result, there is no more Internet, and people are excessively guarded about their identity, to the point of appearing only masked in public.
You’ll Do Bad Things
Writer: Tyler Boss
Artist: Adriano Turtuluci
Publisher: Image Comics
Release: December 10 (comic shops), December 23 (bookstores)
It’s been ten years since the release of He Came in With a Smile, the true crime smash hit that chronicled the brutal murders committed by the Nursery Rhyme Killer. But in the decade since its release, its author, Seth Holms, hasn’t produced another title.
Seth wants to write a story with a happy ending, but every time his fingers clack across the keyboard, it always ends in his characters’ deaths. Worse yet? These tales of blood and barbarity that flow so freely from Seth’s imagination are starting to happen in real life…
Turn the page on this mind-bending, giallo-inspired thriller from multi-hyphenate Tyler Boss (What’s the Furthest Place From Here?) and breakout talent Adriano Turtuluci!
Collects You’ll Do Bad Things #1–#6.
The Future is ****** Vol. 1
Writer: Fred Van Lente
Artist: Ennio Bufi
Publisher: Rekcah Comics
The greatest hacker comic book of all time is collected in its first trade paperback! the hacker wars are over. The Black Hats won. Who will save us from the world that’s coming?
Black Mountain – a rogue band of digital ronin, freebooters, and hackers – fight against a world ruled by data barons, artificial overlords, and technological terrorists. Their mission is beyond impossible, but the future is worth dying for.
Welcome to The Future is ******, a 60-issue cyber-sci-fi epic fusing the shadow warfare of Mr. Robot, the kinetic action of The Matrix, and the thrilling espionage of Ghost in the Shell. All this in a mega-sized 288-page first volume for only $9.99?! Who is the generous soul behind this gift to the comics reading public? Santa Claus???
Mine is a Long, Lonesome Grave
Writer: Justin Jordan
Artist: Chris Shehan
Publisher: Oni Press
Release: December 16
From the writer of The Strange Talent of Luther Strode and the artist of House of Slaughter—folk magic and cold-blooded revenge collide in rural Appalachia!
Eisner and Harvey Award–nominated writer Justin Jordan, #1 bestselling artist Chris Shehan, and Ringo Award–nominated artist Maan House throw a brass-knuckled gut punch of revenge-horror torn from the forgotten corners of West Virginia, where magic and murder go hand in hand . . .
Harley Creed is a bad man. He used to be worse.
A violent ex-con with a string of brutal crimes in his past, he only wanted one thing when he finally walked free from prison: to leave Briar Falls, WV, behind and disappear forever. But Harley’s hometown has a strange way of swallowing people whole—call it a consequence of the low-level folk magic that has permeated its darker corners for generations. And now that Harley has returned, pent-up vengeance for his past crimes is about to come roaring back. Somebody has put a hex on him—and Harley has seven days before he dies in twisted, screaming agony.
To reverse it, Harley must find and kill his unseen enemy before their curse can reap its terrible end. But in Briar Falls, there’s no shortage of suspects—and Harley is coming for them all. If can’t have peace, at least he can have revenge.
Red Before Black
Writer: Stephanie Phillips
Artist: Goran Sudžuka
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Release: December 16
From the tough streets of Miami to the eerie Florida backwoods comes an instantly iconic criminal duo from superstar writer Stephanie Phillips (Grim) and acclaimed artist Goran Sudžuka (Y The Last Man).
Disgraced army veteran Val is sent to Florida to hunt down an infamous drug runner named Leo. But she soon finds that they have an unexpected enemy in common, turning the game of cat and mouse into something else entirely!
With no one else to turn to but each other, can this lethal partnership survive what’s coming… or each other?
Collects Red Before Black #1-#6.
They Choose Violence
Writer: Sheldon Allen
Artist: Mauricio Campatella
Publisher: AWA Studios
Laneka, Deidre and Karen, three HBCU besties turned professional career women, enraged by the systemic injustice plaguing their community, band together to form a vigilante squad that targets White Supremacists deemed to have circumvented the justice system and gotten away with protected murder. Serving up grisly justice in increasingly creative ways, the vigilante posse becomes front-page news while always staying one step ahead of the law. It’s liberating, it’s addictive and it’s kinda fun – until a copycat killer emerges.
They Choose Violence asks what happens when you go down the dark, unforgiving road of revenge? What happens when the only path forward is escalation? There’s no turning back now – for anyone.
We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us
Writer: Matthew Rosenberg
Artist: Stefano Landini
Publisher: Image Comics
Release: December 24 (comic shops), January 20 (bookstores)
James Bond meets The Island of Doctor Moreau in this graphic novel about a young girl who discovers her father isn’t the hero she believed, but one of the most dangerous super-spy villains on the planet.
After her mad-scientist father is killed by the world’s greatest spy, 13-year-old Annalise is left all alone in the world. Sort of. Her dead dad’s robot bodyguard won’t stop following her around for some reason. Now Annalise has a choice: try to lead a normal life for the first time ever…or seek revenge and maybe overthrow the world order in the process.
Embark on a journey of regret and retribution, super spies and pseudoscience, growing up and global domination from brilliant artist Stefano Landini and okay writer Matthew Rosenberg.
Far Down Below
Writer: Chris Condon
Artist: Gegê Schall
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Journey to the center…of Eastern Pennsylvania.
In the muggy Pennsylvania summer of 1983, teen friends Jeff and Brian seek escape from rainy day boredom by exploring Brian’s abandoned — and apparently haunted — family home on the other side of town. What they find instead is a secret that will unlock the doors to adventure and danger as they descend beneath the surface, encounter terrifyingly strange creatures, and journey far, far down below to discover a strange new world… and themselves.
