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 Dawnrunner #1, Man’s Best #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 March 20, 2024.
Dawnrunner #1
Writer: Ram V
Artist: Evan Cagle
Publisher: Dark Horse
A century ago a portal opened over Central America and the Tetza that came through changed our world. Now the world bends all its effort to making the Iron Kings-great mechs that must battle the Tetza for humanity’s continued survival in gladiatorial combat. Anita Marr is the greatest of the pilots and is chosen to pilot a new prototype that could change the tide in humanity’s favor. An all-ages sci-fi epic from rising stars Ram V and Evan Cagle.
Read our review of Dawnrunner #1. Listen to our discussion with Dawnrunner co-creator Ram V on the Capes and Tights Podcast episode 154.
Man’s Best #1
Writer: Pornsak Pichetshote
Artist: Jesse Lonergan
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Homeward Bound on an alien planet, Man’s Best follows three emotional support pets living on the Starship Horizon – a spacecraft searching for a new planet to house a humanity compromised by bad decisions and corporate corruption.
But after the ship crashes and their crew is captured, these loyal pets are their owners’ only hope. Outfitted in outrageous mech suits, these three best friends must traverse a hostile world to rescue their owners – leaving them the only hope for a humanity that might not be worth saving, in an adventure threatening to tear their friendship apart.
Pornsak Pichetshote, writer of the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning The Good Asian, soon to be adapted by director James Wan, in his first collaboration with Eisner Award-nominated rising star artist Jesse Lonergan (Hedra, Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea) provide an action-packed sci-fi romp with something to say in a tale that spans the furthest reaches of space to tug at readers’ hearts.
Nacelleverse #0
Writer: Melissa Flores
Artist: Diogenes Neves, Francis Portela
Publisher: Oni Press
ROBOFORCE! BIKER FROM MICE FROM MARS! SECTAURS! POWER LORDS! AND MANY MORE! THE NACELLEVERSE STARTS NOW-IN A DOUBLE-SIZED, 48-PAGE ZERO ISSUE SPECTACULAR!
When his planet is annihilated by a cosmic disaster, the alien Great Garloo must begin a galaxy-spanning search for a new home . . . only to discover a bold new universe of champions waiting amongst the stars! From the genetically modified Sectaur warriors of the planet Symbion to the rabble-rousing Biker Mice from Mars, Garloo’s quest for safe haven will hurdle him on a one-way collision course toward 22nd Century Earth . . . where the obsolete robotic work crew called RoboForce is about to forge a new destiny . . .
In partnership with the Nacelle Company, Oni Press is proud to present a comics milestone three decades in the making as a new universe of toy and animation icons rockets into action from blockbuster writer Melissa Flores (Power Rangers, The Dead Lucky) and artistic powerhouses Diogenes Neves (Realm of X, Suicide Squad), Francis Portela (Green Lantern, Faith), and more!
The road to this summer’s RoboForce #1 and Biker Mice From Mars #1 starts here with a momentous new jumping-on point that no fan can afford to miss!
TMNT: The Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan #1
Writer: Erik Burnham
Artist: Mateus Santolouco
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Oroku Karai has spent her life in the shadow of lesser men: first her father, then her grandfather, Oruku Saki, the so-called “Shredder.” But no more. Now the Foot Clan is hers to command, and she has grand designs on seeing her clan reach its full potential. Karai has learned that Saki shared mystical secrets with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-secrets meant only for those loyal to The Foot. As she and those loyal to her set out to master the ancient way of the ninja, she’ll discover that she’s not the only one who lays claim to the Foot Clan’s destiny…
Project Riese TP
Writer: Zac Thompson
Artist: Jeff McComsey
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Sam Safdie and his intrepid group of treasure hunters set out to uncover the secrets that lie within the massive Nazi complex built underneath the Owl Mountains… Project Riese. Though they’re hoping to find a fortune in missing gold, but the truth of the complex is much more complex. At their backs is an awful German Archeologist known only as The Baron who will stop at nothing to steal the secrets of Project Riese for himself. But little do either of them know – the complex houses strange secrets that skirt the edges of known science. Secrets that are dying to escape the abandoned facility….