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 Hello Darkness #1, TMNT #1, Flash Gordon #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 July 24, 2024.
Hello Darkness #1
Writer: Garth Ennis, James Tynion Iv, Brian Azzarello, Various
Artist: Becky Cloonan, Werther Dell’Edera, Vanesa R. Del Rey, Paolo Rivera, Various
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Horror fans rejoice in cadaverous delight, because Hello Darkness is a brand new monthly anthology series featuring what BOOM! Studios is known for – the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery, not to mention the darkest stories yet from an all-star cast of creators!
With a spine-tingling lineup of industry legends including Garth Ennis, Becky Cloonan, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, Brian Azzarello, Vanesa R. Del Rey, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, and more, everything from primal fears to modern political horrors will be awakened, in the classic style of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror.
Fans can also expect stunning main covers by Paolo Rivera, variant covers by Jenny Frison on every issue, and a guest artist variant on every issue!
In addition, a deadly new Something is Killing the Children story unfolds in the first 6 issues, along with a bone-rattling new serialized tale by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan for the first 7!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Joelle Jones
Publisher: IDW Publishing
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have all left New York to pursue their own interests, but there are forces gathering that will pull them back together-whether the bad guys like it or not. First up: Raphael! But why is everyone’s favorite brawler in prison?! When a surprise attack behind bars puts Raph’s position in jeopardy, he needs to figure out how to get out of jail and warn his brothers that trouble is coming.
Flash Gordon #1
Writer: Jeremy Adams
Artist: Will Conrad
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Flash awakes on a secret prison planet somewhere in the galaxy. Upon learning that Dale Arden is the subject of an assassination plot, he’s forced to break out and make his way across the galaxy to save her. Along the way, he encounters old friends, new threats, and a greater mystery surrounding WHO is pulling the strings of this universe. The first exciting issue in an all-new ongoing series!
BRZRKR: A Faceful of Bullets #1
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Salvador Larroca
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
When B. finds himself in the middle of a greedy land baron and a runaway daughter, will he play the role of guardian angel, or angel of death? And when she prays for the vengeance she so obsessively clings to, the bloodbath may be more than she bargained for…
The Big Burn #1
Writer: Joe Henderson
Artist: Lee Garbett
Publisher: DSTLRY
Owen and Carlie are the Bonnie and Clyde of the 21st century – a smooth, slick duo who pull off impossible heists, and have the time of their lives doing it. But when justice finally catches up to them, they think it’s all over. Until the Devil himself offers them a deal – their freedom for their very SOULS. But they soon find that without their souls, their love is missing too. So they set out to recruit a crew of the damned for the ultimate heist: break into Hell and steal their souls back.
Spawn Kills Every Spawn #1
Writer: John Layman
Artist: Rob Duenas
Publisher: Image Comics
What happens when you find out you’re not the only Hellspawn? What if you also find out you’re not the coolest Hellspawn? Easy-you kill them all!
NYX #1
Writer: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
Artist: Francesco Mortarino
Publisher: Marvel Comics
This isn’t a book about X-Men. This is a book about mutants living past the end of their world and into a new beginning. This is Ms. Marvel embracing her mutant life in the neon streets of the Lower East Side. This is Anole trying to keep his head above water. This is Wolverine in the shadows of Bushwick, protecting her own. This is Prodigy writing history as it happens – and Sophie Cuckoo finding her own way. The news reports are bleak. The streets feel dangerous. There’s something lurking underground. Evil coming from every direction. But they’re determined to make it. This is mutant community. This is mutant pride. This is NYX.
EC Epitaphs From The Abyss #1
Writer: Brian Azzarello, Chris Condon, J Holtham, Stephanie Phillips
Artist: Jorge Fornes, Phil Hester, Peter Krause, Lee Bermejo
Publisher: Oni Press
In our first extra-sized, 40-page dose of fear, witness shocking tales of torment and tension in the undying EC tradition-as wrenched from the grave by the vile intentions of acclaimed writers Brian Azzarello (Batman: Damned, 100 Bullets), Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, Night People), J. Holtham (FX’s The Handmaid’s Tale), and Stephanie Phillips (Harley Quinn, Grim) and realized into bloody reality by “all-slaughter” artists Jorge Fornes (Rorschach, Danger Street), Phil Hester (Family Tree), Peter Krause (Irredeemable), and more!
Beyond Mortal OGN
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Danny Luckert
Publisher: Dark Horse
Comic book readers are familiar with the world of Bronze and Modern Era comics… stories of gleaming steel metropolises populated by daring superheroes battling for truth and justice… facing down power-mad masterminds and would-be world conquerors. But unknown to the league of heroes who protect the innocent, this world has a cancer growing at its heart. A pantheon of elder gods is starting to awaken. These timeless forces of super-nature once claimed dominion over a primordial Earth… and they have returned to reclaim what is theirs. The unstoppable force of the Leviathan will collide with the immovable object of the world’s most powerful superheroes in an unflinching tale of ultimate horror and ultimate sacrifice.
The Blizzard: Tales of the Unnamed TP
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artist: Andrea Mutti
Publisher: Image Comics
Set in same world as Geiger and Junkyard Joe, this tale of the Unnamed stars Michael Verardi, who was convicted for shooting and killing the man who murdered his son. While being transferred to a high-security prison, a violent blizzard leaves Michael stranded on a Colorado mountain with other convicted felons and transport guards. After witnessing unexplainable visions of their sins, a ferocious monster threatens to tear them all apart in retribution… Collects the entire story of The Blizzard, as originally published in Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology #1-12.
