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 Grommets #1, Death Ratio’d 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 May 29, 2024.
Grommets #1
Writer: Rick Remender, Brian Posehn
Artist: Moreno Dinisio
Publisher: Image Comics
Two best-friend outcasts navigate the Sacramento suburbs of 1984, where they find a home in skateboard culture and punk rock. On one side of the coin, Grommets is an authentic look at 80s skate culture, a snapshot of the generation that turned skating into a worldwide phenomenon. On the other, it’s a heartfelt coming-of-age story that follows two friends from troubled homes as they navigate their damage in an era when no one cared.
Death Ratio’d (One-Shot)
Writer: Mark Russell
Artist: Laci
Publisher: AWA Studios
When Arnold awakes from a coma twenty years into the future, he discovers that society is now ruled by social media. Enough “likes” and “upvotes” can unlock fame and fortune but – watch your step! – enough “thumbs down” clicks and the collar around your neck explodes. And you’re done. Now, confused and running on his last Like, Arnold must navigate a world in which the slightest online misstep can have fatal consequences.
Hellverine #1
Writer: Ben Percy
Artist: Julius Ohta
Publisher: Marvel
Because you demanded it – the return of the Hellverine! When a demonic force known as Bagra-Ghul first came to earth, it brought Logan and Ghost Rider together to hunt it before it possessed Wolverine. But now, in the present day, what event will put the Hellverine back on the streets…and is he slashing his hellfire claws for good or evil? And, introducing the all-new Hellfire Warriors!
Don’t miss the launch of the all-new series, brought to you by Hellverine co-creator Benjamin Percy (Wolverine, Ghost Rider) and blazing hot talent Julius Ohta!
The Nasty TP
Writer: John Lees
Artist: Adam Cahoon
Publisher: Marvel
Scotland, 1994. Eighteen-year-old Thumper Connell still has an imaginary friend: the masked killer from his favourite slasher film. Thumper is obsessed with horror and always has been. He fills his time with scary VHS rentals and hanging out with his fellow fans, The Murder Club. But everything changes when his local video shop acquires one of the notorious films known as “video nasties” – films so scary, they’re banned and burned. It’s only a movie, though, right? It’s all just imaginary, isn’t it?
The Man from Maybe TP
Writer: John Lees
Artist: Adam Cahoon
Publisher: Marvel
In the dry and dead future that’s coming soon, all life belongs to Oppenheimer-obsessed billionaire Harvard Denny and his corporate scavengers from Smile, Inc., who pillage the wastelands in search of atomic contraband.
But when a hyper-advanced vessel of possibly alien origin crash lands on the outer edge of Denny’s empire of neon-lit ruins, will it bring promise or poison to a distorted world?
As the race to acquire the ship’s cargo begins, our fate will be decided by a masked bandit and the cold iron of his laser rifle. He knows no name, no home, no surrender-only the whispered hush of those in need who dare call him…The Man from Maybe!
