While we are not the official voice of your decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing July 1, 2026.

Killer Influences #1

Writer: Joey Esposito
Artist: Valeria Burzo
Publisher: IDW Publishing

Killer Influences follows Melvin, a serial killer who is aspiring to be one of the most infamous to ever do it, a true American nightmare. His problem? He’s so efficient and methodical that he doesn’t have a brand. No one has connected his crimes—except for Kylie, an aspiring true crime influencer who is flailing at a small-town newspaper. When she comes across Melvin’s crimes and reaches out to him… she figures out how she’s going to become a star. She will give Melvin the identity he needs to be the iconic serial killer he wants to be, while she follows his exploits on her channel and becomes famous. Kylie and Melvin make a pact that will make their dreams come true and destroy their lives in the process.

Eisner Award nominee Joey Esposito (The Pedestrian, Batman: Urban Legends) and rising-star artist Valeria Burzo (Castle Full of Blackbirds, EC Comics) deliver a scathing and thrilling true crime serial killer saga with Killer Influences!

Killer Influences stands out by blending society’s true crime obsession with influencer culture in a way that feels both unsettling and original. Joey Esposito crafts a chilling tale, while Valeria Burzo and Iñaki Azpiazu really bring the story together with excellent illustrations and color. Killer Influences is a gripping true crime story turning fame and fear into a dangerously addictive pact. – CLICK HERE to read our review

Power Rangers Unlimited #1

Writer: Joey Esposito, Kenny Porter
Artist: Alessio Zonno
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Get ready for a groundbreaking new series featuring all your favorite Rangers across time and space!

This is it, Power Rangers fans! All of your favorite Rangers from every season and every series of the long-running television and comic series will finally be united in ways you’ve never even dreamed!

At a mysterious base on the planet Aquitar, a morphinomenal program is taking shape… Under the guidance of the eccentric Operator, the Striking Tiger Unlimited Ranger calls upon Power Rangers from across time and space to form elite teams and battle a rising evil!

In the first issue of this all-new ongoing series, get ready as Power Rangers superfans Joey Esposito (The Pedestrian) and Kenny Porter (Superman: Father of Tomorrow, Operation: Iron Coffin) alongside superstar artist Alessio Zonno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III) draw from across thirty years of canon to bring together unlimited dream teams of your favorite Rangers.

The Beast of Borikén #1

Writer: Julio Anta
Artist: Daniel Irizarri
Publisher: Dark Horse

A thrilling new True Weird series from Tiny Onion by co-creators Julio Anta (Frontera; Sí, Se Puede) and Daniel Irizarri (Xino, Cementary Kids Don’t Die) bringing el Chupacabra to life!

In contemporary Puerto Rico, Loli Flores is a fierce activist fighting the overdevelopment of the island by outside investors. When a ground-breaking ceremony is violently interrupted by a supernatural force, Loli discovers that the stories of el Chupacabra are not just echoes from the past, but a brutal protector of generations extending back to the indigenous people of the island. As Loli uncovers the horrors firstand, el Chupacabra is on a parallel path with elemental destruction left in his wake.

This issue includes a haunting True Weird short story by Justin Jordan, Tony Akins and Aditya Bidikar!

Beast of Borikén is the kind of story that delivers on multiple levels, a frightening monster tale while also offering much more beneath the surface. Julio Anta and Daniel Irizarri craft a coin that blends folklore and horror with community and identity into something truly compelling. Beast of Boriken is a haunting and heartfelt reimagining of the Chupacabra that proves some of the most powerful monsters are often in real-world struggles. – CLICK HERE to read our review

Red Book Vol. 1 TP

Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Michael Avon Oeming
Publisher: Dark Horse

From the New York Times bestseller and multi-Eisner award-winner James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children, The Department of Truth) and Eisner award-winning Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, B.P.R.D., Judge Dredd) comes this ambitious, non-fiction comic book experience depicting true stories of UFO abductions, but this time in the communist countries of the Soviet Union and China.

Nine students die tragically under mysterious circumstances known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident in Russia. Meng Zhaoguo, a logger with the Red Flag Logging Commune, witnesses a glowing white object crash into the Phoenix Mountain near the Russian border. Four children in the Russian city of Voronezh witness a red egg-shaped UFO descend and a group of seemingly extraterrestrial beings disembark. Flights are immediately diverted into and out of Xiaoshan Airport in China as passengers and crew aboard multiple planes report flashes of otherworldly light from four unidentified objects.

How are all the cover-ups by the Chinese and Russian governments over UFO sightings related? James Tynion IV and Michael Avon Oeming follow up their acclaimed work on Blue Book with an all-new volume of “true” tales capturing the strange world of alien encounters — this time focusing on the uncanny extraterrestrial stories of Russia and China.

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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic writer Griffin Sheridan to the podcast to discuss Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone, The Horror of Godzilla, Supergirl: Survive, and more!

Griffin is half of the Eisner-nominated comic writing duo along with Ethan S. Parker. The two of them are known for their Image Comics horror / fantasy series Kill Your Darlings. Since then they have gone on to work on Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone, Marvel Zombies: Red Band, Blink and You’ll Miss It, and more! Additionally, the upcoming The Horror of Godzilla and Supergirl: Survive.

Grab the trade paperback collected edition of Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone on June 23, 2026 from IDW Publishing.

#287: Griffin Sheridan – Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone

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Griffin along with his writing partner Ethan S. Parker are comic book writers who made their industry debut with the Image Comics horror / fantasy series Kill Your Darlings. Since then they have gone on to work on Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone, Marvel Zombies: Red Band, Blink and You’ll Miss It, and more! Additionally, the upcoming The Horror of Godzilla and Supergirl: Survive.

Kill Your Darlings

Narnia meets Hereditary in this compelling and emotional dark fantasy adventure.

Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own—from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth.

Debut writers Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan and master artists Bob Quinn (Knights of X, Black Cat Social Club) and John J. Hill (Vanish, Crossover) are proud to present a fantastic nightmare years in the making.

Marvel Zombies: Red Band

The dead rise again – for the first time!

It was the most important space flight in the history of the Marvel Universe. Four intrepid adventurers took off into the unknown and returned changed, gifted with great abilities — and hungering for human flesh! Travel back to the birth of a Marvel Universe parallel to our own but chock-full of horror — and then follow it on its dreadfully divergent path through events you know… with a zombified twist!

The surviving heroes are whisked away to Battleworld to face the Secret Wars with their shambling super-foes! Can even Thanos with his Infinity Gauntlet wipe out half of all life in a universe where the dead don’t die? Zombie Iron Man and Zombie Captain America fight an even more bloody Civil War! Who will rise to become the champions we know and love? Who will be torn limb from limb? And who will devour the scraps? Find out in this blood-soaked series that introduces a new era of Marvel Zombies!

Blink and You’ll Miss It

In the strange town of Perennial Harbor, time doesn’t just heal wounds—it reopens them.

Decades after their love faded, Melody and Jesse find themselves caught in a spiraling mystery where the past is more alive than the present. As Melody slips further back in time, she finds herself reliving memories and rewriting fate for a time and place she thought she’d left behind. Can she discover the unsettling truth causing reality to unravel around her? Or will it ultimately destroy her and the only person she’s ever truly cared for?

From the breakout writing team of Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan and featuring stunning debut art by Keith Browning, this genre-blurring emotional thriller blends sci-fi, romance, and psychological horror into one unforgettable story.

Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone

What’s going on inside the Deadzone?! Find out in this comic series set in the world of the all-new Godzilla Kai-Sei Era.

Inside the new IDW Godzilla universe, there exists a mystery larger than any other…what is the Deadzone? Inhabitants of this new world know the Deadzone to be a walled-off portion of the Pacific Northwest, cordoned off after the most disastrous Godzilla attack the country has ever faced. The government would have its citizens believe that nothing is still alive inside the Deadzone…but do you believe that?

There are stories of a man…or rather, a half kaiju, half man…who travels freely throughout the Deadzone. Some say he can even kill a kaiju. Some say…this “wanderer” is not the only of his kind. Follow the Wanderer as he encounters the strangest characters to hit comics in a decade: Glasseater and Runt! Two kaiju-controlling kids who are being hunted for their strange abilities. Together, these three will run afoul of Godzilla-worshipping churches, the world’s biggest Godzilla fan (literally!), and an underground kaiju fight ring.

Journey into this mysterious new world with writers Griffin Sheridan and Ethan S. Parker and artist Pablo Tunica (Godzilla/Ghostbusters 2, Sea Serpent’s Heir). Part of the new Godzilla connected comic book universe with Godzilla [Kai-Sei Era] and Starship: Godzilla!

Supergirl: Survive

Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and Rod Reis take Supergirl on a new Elseworlds journey!

Kara Zor-El lives a life of small problems. How are you supposed to hold a floppy little baby like her new cousin Kal? Who should she ask to the spring formal? And when will her father and her uncle Jor-El stop squabbling? But the planet Krypton has big problems… like the militaristic dictator Zod ruthlessly crushing dissent and threatening to unleash the planet’s most dangerous weapons on the opposition. And when things boil over and Krypton begins to burn, Kara and her infant cousin will find themselves trapped together in a prototype rocket, struggling to survive in a hostile universe that doesn’t care if they live or die… and which might prefer the latter!

Breakout writers Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan join visionary artist Rod Reis (New Mutants) to tell the story of teenage Kara and infant Kal, sent on their journey through the stars together, not apart… that is, as long as Kara can keep him alive!

The first issue dropped June 3, 2026 with issue two coming July 1 from DC Comics!

The Horror of Godzilla

A terrifying look at Godzilla’s first attack!

Tokyo, 1954. As the country begins to look toward its postwar future, two scientists start an experiment in the Pacific Ocean. It is meant to change everything…and it will. Come now, reader, and bear witness to the incredible horror of the King of the Monsters. There are no heroes. There are no survivors. There is only the wrath of Godzilla.

This standalone four-issue miniseries serves as a prequel to the Kai-Sei Era while also being perfect for fans of Godzilla: Minus One, Shin Godzilla, and Godzilla (1954). Written by rising star authors Griffin Sheridan and Ethan S. Parker and illustrated by one of the best horror artists of all time, Tristan Jones (Event Horizon, Aliens), this comic experience puts you on the ground during the kaiju’s first attack. And as readers will soon discover, they’ve never seen a Godzilla attack quite like this one before…

The premiere issue hits your local comic shop on July 29, 2026 from IDW Publishing.

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While we are not the official voice of your decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing June 17, 2026.

Land of Never #1

Writer: Steve Orlando
Artist: Miguel Mora
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios

Six months ago, Jim Hoke’s daughter Wendy disappeared from her room. All Jim caught was a glimpse of a hulking figure at the window—the kind of late night vision that’s easily written off as a hallucination. No one believes Jim’s story—and six months later, the retired pathologist is just looking for anyone who’ll still listen. And even if he finds someone, should they believe him? Jim already retired early for planting evidence against an alleged killer. His word doesn’t mean much—and it means even less with him as a suspect in Wendy’s disappearance. He can’t leave town, he can’t forget what he saw, and he get any sleep thanks to the nightmares.

With Wendy’s disappearance declared the coldest of cases, Jim believes he’s the only one who cares about finding his daughter. And he’s got a withered Father’s Day card in his pocket to remind him—all he can do is his best. So he better step it up. Jim goes into business for himself, tracking leads and harassing anyone who’s polite enough to listen to his story. He dives into rabbit hole after rabbit hole, until he meets someone else like him. Then another, then another, a whole community of people who’ve lost someone to a cryptid they call the Floating Man—just like the huge creature Jim saw take Wendy. Suddenly, Wendy’s abductor has a name—the Floating Man. And Jim’s obsession has direction—he’s got to track down the Floating Man, uncover his crimes and free not just his daughter Wendy, but everyone who’s been lost.

Land of Never takes a familiar tale and twists it into something truly unsettling. Steve Orlando delivers a gripping mystery fueled by a desperate father, all while Miguel Mora illustrates atmospheric tension that jumps from the page. Land of Never is the version of an age-old classic that you never knew you needed, a blend of heart and horror. Cannot wait for what is coming next. – CLICK HERE to read the entire review

The Guy in the Chair TP

Writer: Hannah Rose May, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Artist: Guillermo Sanna
Publisher: Dark Horse

In the blood-soaked world of assassins and spies, love has no place. Unfortunately for Abhi, a tactical analyst at a private military company, love is all he can think about. Against his employer’s strict policy, he’s fallen head over heels for Merlin, the field operative whose missions he supports as her “Guy in the Chair.”

When Merlin shows up at his apartment bloody, beaten, and pleading for help, Abhi is yanked from behind the safety of his computer screens, and now the two must prevent their former employer and a cabal of corporate overlords from a hostile global takeover that threatens all of humanity.

The Guy in the Chair is a unique new comic written by two passionate storytellers, Hannah Rose May and Utkarsh Ambudkar. With its fresh premise, seamless blend of spy-thriller and romantic comedy, and outstanding artwork by Guillermo Sanna and Dearbhla Kelly, this premiere issue sets the foundation for what is likely to be one of my favorite comics of the year. – CLICK HERE to read the entire review of the first issue

Blink and You’ll Miss It TP

Writer: Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan
Artist: Keith Browning
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Decades after their love faded, Melody and Jesse find themselves caught in a spiraling mystery where the past is more alive than the present. As Melody slips further back in time, she finds herself reliving memories and rewriting fate for a time and place she thought she’d left behind. Can she discover the unsettling truth causing reality to unravel around her? Or will it ultimately destroy her and the only person she’s ever truly cared for?

From the breakout writing team of Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan (Kill Your Darlings) and featuring stunning debut art by Keith Browning, this genre-blurring emotional thriller blends sci-fi, romance, and psychological horror into one unforgettable story.

Blink and You’ll Miss It is a profound, emotional, and utterly unique time travel story. Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan craft a love story with unsettling moments that make you feel for our core characters. It’s a deeply meaningful comic that had me gripped from the first page. – CLICK HERE to read the entire review

The New Space Age TP

Writer: Kenny Porter
Artist: Mike Becker
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios

Disgraced astronaut Mark Mitchell has only ever had one true mission—to find his little brother Joey, who was abducted by aliens from a crop circle when they were little. But when Mark’s hotshot piloting gets him grounded and the last of the public space program defunded, Mark loses his only means of finding Joey out in space. Until Mark’s homemade scanning rig discovers the shocking truth about the crop circles—they’re instructions for space travel. Mark will need to uncover the hidden messages that have been left on Earth for years, and reverse engineer the magic that can finally help him find Joey.

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While we are not the official voice of your decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing June 3, 2026.

Only the Savage are Left #1

Writer: Zack Kaplan
Artist: Stefano Raffaele
Publisher: Dark Horse

A strange virus has spread across the world, transforming its victims into monsters. The only cure is to kill another infected soul. When a nonviolent young man sets out from the safety of his settlement to find his missing true love, he must face the corrupted world of monsters and monster-killers. A dramatic survival adventure that dares to ask what we should stand for in the monster apocalypse.

Only the Savage are Left delivered everything I wanted from this post-apocalyptic horror story with terrifying monsters and emotional states, all while giving us a fresh perspective on survival in a broken world. Zack Kaplan and Stefano Raffaele assemble a story that is brutal, deeply human and balances shocking horror with heartfelt emotion that never lets up. Only the Savage are Left is a bold and terrifying reinvention of the zombie apocalypse story. – CLICK HERE to read the entire review

The Deadman #1

Writer: W. Maxwell Prince
Artist: Martín Morazzo
Publisher: DC Comics

The Deadman enters the Next Level!

In the millisecond following his murder, the soul of shifty circus aerialist Boston Brand was commandeered by the goddess Rama Kushna, who deputized the erstwhile performer’s ghost with a sacred spectral assignment: the Custodian of All Souls! Now Brand floats — begrudgingly — through this bluegreen purgatory we call Earth, upholding the Laws of Spiritual Math and protecting humanity from evil — even if they can’t see or hear him.

Open up to this new era of DC’s most lively deceased superhero — the Deadman — in a story about life, death, and everything in between… replete with paranormal activity, possessions, and a profusion of other poignant peculiarities.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1

Writer: Marguerite Bennett
Artist: Andrew Griffith
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

A new uniform for a new era! The future is now with this visionary relaunch of the globally acclaimed Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series.

It’s been ten years since the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers turned in their morphers and went their separate ways. But now they’ve been called back to the legendary Command Center to face a new, terrifying form of a familiar foe: Rita Rabiosa.

They may not be teenagers with attitudes anymore, but are they still the same heroes they once were?

DC vs. Vampires: World War Z TP

Writer: Matthew Rosenberg
Artist: Otto Schmidt
Publisher: DC Comics

DC vs. Vampires was just the beginning! The sequel has arrived, and the team of writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Otto Schmidt return as a new Ice Age dawns.

It’s the dead of winter, and any hope for a fragile truce between the Green Arrow-led human heroes and vampire queen Barbara Gordon’s army has been dashed by Damian Wayne and his guerrilla fighters. He’s the only one fighting back against the bloodthirsty hordes, leaving Green Arrow with a choice: Does he stand and fight, or sacrifice the boy in the name of peace?

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While we are not the official voice of your decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing May 27, 2026.

Superman: Father of Tomorrow #1

Writer: Kenny Porter
Artist: Danny Earls
Publisher: DC Comics

In a corner of far-flung space, a world explodes. A lone rocket escapes the destruction and races through space, ultimately landing on a small farm in small-town Kansas. A kindly couple steps with trepidation toward the alien craft as the door opens. Out steps a man named Jor-El, the sole survivor of the planet Krypton! As Jor-El fits in to his new home, he realizes that he can help the world, not just with his newfound powers but with his intellect as well. Witness how a Man of Steel and Science saves the world!

Doomquest #1

Writer: Ryan North
Artist: Francesco Mobili
Publisher: Marvel Comics

Doctor Victor Von Doom is a great scientist, an unparalleled sorcerer, and the ruler of his own nation. He is, by any measure, a great man. And yet Doom wants more. And when Reed Richards — Mister Fantastic, his greatest enemy and eternal rival — is showcased at a prestigious international event to which Doom wasn’t even invited, Doom is outraged.

Reed shares his plan for his eventual retirement project: the total optimization of history. He intends to go back in time, to all the eras humanity wasted on war and conflict, and fix them, saving trillions of lives and ensuring humanity can achieve its greatest and final glory. The idea of Reed rewriting history in his own image is, of course, antithetical to Doom, and so he decides to do it before Reed does. But when the Fantastic Four intervene, Doom finds himself in a battle he never intended — across all of time and space!

The Life and Death of Lucas Dreamwalker #1

Writer: R.L. Stine
Artist: Francesco Francavilla
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Journey with the Dreamwalker through new realms of terror!

How many times can you be killed in a dream before you die?

Legendary horror author R.L. Stine and award-winning artist Francesco Francavilla explore that very question as the mystery of Lucas’s third death is foretold in this pulpy, noir, somnambulist adventure!

Originally published in the hit horror anthology series Hello Darkness, this dreamy oversized issue collects Parts 1–3 of the nightmarish saga into one thrilling read!

Escape Vol. 1 TP

Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Daniel Acuña
Publisher: Image Comics

SHOT DOWN. HUNTED. OUT OF TIME.

Set in a brutal, fully painted world of anthropomorphic animals — equal parts Inglourious Basterds and Watership Down — ESCAPE is a gritty, bullet-riddled journey through war’s scorched aftermath. It’s about the violence we inflict, the souls we try to save, and the courage it takes to crawl out of fire.

From the creative team of New York Times bestselling author Rick Remender (Deadly Class, Uncanny X-Force) and powerhouse Daniel Acuña (Captain America, Black Panther) — the duo behind Marvel’s Uncanny Avengers — comes a savage, full-throttle wartime thriller where survival isn’t given… it’s taken.

Milton Shaw is a battle-hardened bomber pilot, flying missions over a war-torn world ruled by a ruthless empire. But when his plane is shot out of the sky, Milton wakes up behind enemy lines — in the smoldering ruins of a city he helped burn. And in less than 24 hours, his own side is dropping the big one to finish the job.

Now, injured, unarmed, and being hunted through enemy streets, Milton’s only shot at escape comes from the unlikeliest place: a grieving father and his son — civilians shattered by the same fascist regime that rules this land with an iron claw. Enemies by blood. Allies by circumstance. Together, they’ll have to fight their way out before the bomb drops and erases everything… and everyone.

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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic writer Joey Esposito to the program to discuss his latest comics Killer Influences, Power Rangers Unlimited, and more!

Joey Esposito grew up in New England reading comic books, playing video games, renting movies, and writing stories. After high school, Joey attended film school in New York. In college, Joey honed his writing skills, which he soon applied to his love of prose and comics. He released his first creator-owned comic Footprints, which was featured in USA Today’s Best of 2011 roundup and inspired a sequel, Footprints: Bad Luck Charm, in 2014.

More recently Esposito has written comics such as DC’s Batman: Urban Legends, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Pedestrian, Power Rangers: Zord Quest, Shitkickers, and more.

In 2026, Joey is setup for a fun year with the release of Killer Influences and Power Rangers Unlimited on July 1 (FOC: May 25).

#281: Joey Esposito – Writer of Killer Influences

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Joey Esposito grew up in New England reading comic books, playing video games, renting movies, and writing stories. After high school, Joey attended film school in New York. In college, Joey honed his writing skills, which he soon applied to his love of prose and comics. He released his first creator-owned comic Footprints, which was featured in USA Today’s Best of 2011 roundup and inspired a sequel, Footprints: Bad Luck Charm, in 2014.

More recently Esposito has written comics such as DC’s Batman: Urban Legends, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Pedestrian, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Zord Quest, Shitkickers, and more.

In 2026, Joey is setup for a fun year with the release of Killer Influences on July 1 (FOC: May 25), and Power Rangers Unlimited.

The Pedestrian

Behold, The Pedestrian! A strange visitor speedwalks into Summer City and silently changes the lives of its residents. But not all is quiet in this sleepy, small town—an ancient conflict linked to the secret history of street signs is brewing! DON’T WALK… RUN! In The Pedestrian, justice always has the right of way!

Writer Joey Esposito reunites with Pawn Shop collaborator, artist Sean Von Gorman (Ghost Planet), for an offbeat tale that will stick with you!

Grimm Fairy Tales: Bad Girls

What’s worse than battling the Mistress of Limbo? Battling Baba Yaga, Venus, the Goblin Queen and the Queen of Spades along with her! Sela’s nightmare has come true as the evil forces of the Grimm Universe join together through a very powerful artifact. The only way Sela can defeat them and protect the Earth is by joining forces with two badass falsebloods she found years ago – Red Riding Hood and Samantha.

Don’t miss this action-packed Grimm Fairy Tales spinoff mini-series by Zenescope Entertainment! It never felt so good to be so bad!

Batman: Urban Legends

Four epic Gotham sagas rage on! The Signal, a.k.a. Duke Thomas, assembles Batman and the Outsiders to find his missing mother. Years before his passing, we follow Alfred Pennyworth on the mystery of a lifetime.

In another story from Gotham’s recent past, Thomas and Martha Wayne have arrived at Wayne Manor, and Batman goes on a hunt to find out who is responsible and if he’s being lied to. And a bold new piece of the Gotham City universe gets introduced from the wreckage of Arkham Asylum…the children and protégés of some of Gotham’s most wicked villains are assembled in the inaugural class of Arkham Academy!

Don’t miss this incredible volume of Batman: Urban Legends!

Shitkickers

When the cocky Dylan Jax of the Cosmic Protection Bureau is assigned to do bullshit busywork with a grumpy vet named Skizz, he’s forced to confront the reality that his great destiny was just a lie his mommy fed him, and the organization he’s committed his life to isn’t as benevolent as it claims to be. Bored out of his gourd and trigger happy, Dylan kidnaps Skizz to go on a mission to crack open one of his new partner’s cold cases that sends them both spiraling down a wormhole of intergalactic conspiracies, dirty cops, and big-time daddy issues.

Sesame Street

Stroll along Sesame Street and join Grover, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and more of your favorite furry friends in adventures for readers of all ages with this hardcover edition of Sesame Street: Grover Lends a Hand!

Grover wakes up to another beautiful day on Sesame Street! But he soon discovers that his friends each have a problem to solve before they can enjoy it. Read along as Grover does what he does best: lends a helping hand. After all, the most fun on Sesame Street comes from working together!

Footprints

Bigfoot and his gang of cryptozoological deviants enter a crime noir world full of mystery, horror, monsters and conspiracy. When Foot’s estranged brother Yeti is murdered in the Arctic, Foot reunites his old team of Jersey Devil, Nessy, and Megaldon for one last case that spans back to their very long history together.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Zord Quest

What defines a hero? The Power Rangers discover that for themselves in this special one-shot!

After a devastating encounter with the villainous Madame Axe-A-Lot, the Mighty Morphin team is left questioning whether they truly have what it takes.

To regain their confidence, they’ll each have to go on a spiritual quest of discovery to the breathtaking landmarks that their Zords call home!

Will they be able to see for themselves the qualities that make them heroes at heart?

DC vs. Vampires: World War V

The smash-hit Elseworlds series returns, as the fight between heroes-turned-vampires and what’s left of humanity goes global!

DC vs. Vampires was just the beginning!

It’s the dead of winter, and any hope for a fragile truce between the Green Arrow-led human heroes and vampire queen Barbara Gordon’s army has been dashed by Damian Wayne and his guerrilla fighters. He’s the only one fighting back against the bloodthirsty hordes, leaving Green Arrow with a choice: Does he stand and fight, or sacrifice the boy in the name of peace?

Pawn Shop

The intertwining lives of four strangers in the ecosystem of New York City, connected by the streets they walk on and the people they touch. Following a lonely widower, a struggling Long Island Railroad employee, a timid hospice nurse, and a drug-addled punk, Pawn Shop explores the big things that separate us and the little moments that inexplicably unite us.

The writer of Footprints and the artist for Toe Tag Riot present a slice-of-life tale that weaves together separate lives to celebrate the ever-changing nature of New York City and the people that make it the greatest city in the world.

Killer Influences

Killer Influences follows Melvin, a serial killer who is aspiring to be one of the most infamous to ever do it, a true American nightmare. His problem? He’s so efficient and methodical that he doesn’t have a brand. No one has connected his crimes except for Kylie, an aspiring true crime influencer who is flailing at a small-town newspaper.

When she comes across Melvin’s crimes and reaches out to him… she figures out how she’s going to become a star. She will give Melvin the identity he needs to be the iconic serial killer he wants to be, while she follows his exploits on her channel and becomes famous. Kylie and Melvin make a pact that will make their dreams come true and destroy their lives in the process.

Eisner Award nominee Joey Esposito and rising-star artist Valeria Burzo (Castle Full of Blackbirds, EC Comics) deliver a scathing and thrilling true crime serial killer saga with Killer Influences!

Hitting shelves at your LCS on July 1, 2026 from IDW Publishing!

Power Rangers Unlimited

Get ready for a groundbreaking new series featuring all your favorite Rangers across time and space!

This is it, Power Rangers fans! All of your favorite Rangers from every season and every series of the long-running television and comic series will finally be united in ways you’ve never even dreamed!

At a mysterious base on the planet Aquitar, a morphinomenal program is taking shape… Under the guidance of the eccentric Operator, the Striking Tiger Unlimited Ranger calls upon Power Rangers from across time and space to form elite teams and battle a rising evil!

In the first issue of this all-new ongoing series, get ready as Power Rangers superfans Joey Esposito and Kenny Porter (The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, Fearless) alongside superstar artist Alessio Zonno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III) draw from across thirty years of canon to bring together unlimited dream teams of your favorite Rangers.

Hitting shelves at your LCS on July 1, 2026 from BOOM! Studios.

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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic creators Zack Kaplan and John Pearson to the podcast to discuss The Smart Division, Mindset, and more!

Kaplan is a break out science fiction comic writer and creator of such comics and graphic novels as Eclipse, Port of Earth, The Lost City Explorers, Join the Future, Break Out, Metal Society, Mindset, and more recently, Forever Forward, Beyond Real. The Midnight: Shadows, Masterminds, and Kill All Immortals. He has worked with publishers such as Image Comics/Top Cow, Dark Horse, Aftershock Comics, Vault Comics, Humanoids, Scout Comics and DC Comics. He has a new series coming to Dark Horse on June 3, Only the Savage are Left.

Pearson is the Eisner Award-winning artist and illustrator of such comics as The Infernals, In Bloom, and with Kaplan, Mindset. He has built a reputation as an inimitable talent through his varied portfolio producing work for clients as diverse as DC Comics, Image Comics, Vault Comics, Z2 Comics, Heavy Metal Magazine, Netflix, WWE, Rue Morgue Magazine, The Ray Harryhausen Foundation, Burning Witches Records and Arrow Video amongst many others. His latest comic, The Patron, drops July 29 from Ignition Press.

Together the two are set to release a new series at Dark Horse in fall 2026 entitled The Smart Division.

#280: Zack Kaplan and John Pearson

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Kaplan is a break out science fiction comic writer and creator of such comics and graphic novels as Eclipse, Port of Earth, The Lost City Explorers, Join the Future, Break Out, Metal Society, Mindset, and more recently, Forever Forward, Beyond Real. The Midnight: Shadows, Masterminds, and Kill All Immortals. He has worked with publishers such as Image Comics/Top Cow, Dark Horse, Aftershock Comics, Vault Comics, Humanoids, Scout Comics and DC Comics. He has a new series coming to Dark Horse on June 3, Only the Savage are Left.

Pearson is the Eisner Award-winning artist and illustrator of such comics as The Infernals, In Bloom, and with Kaplan, Mindset. He has built a reputation as an inimitable talent through his varied portfolio producing work for clients as diverse as DC Comics, Image Comics, Vault Comics, Z2 Comics, Heavy Metal Magazine, Netflix, WWE, Rue Morgue Magazine, The Ray Harryhausen Foundation, Burning Witches Records and Arrow Video amongst many others.

Together the two are set to release a new series at Dark Horse in fall 2026 entitled The Smart Division.

Mindset

When an introverted tech geek accidentally discovers mind control, he and his friends do something unexpected – they put the science into a meditation app to help users break their technology addiction. But as their Mindset app achieves a dangerous cult following, lies, conspiracies, and murder come to light. Are they helping people or controlling them?

Free your mind. Who’s in control?

Kill All Immortals

A thousand years ago, Viking explorer Erik the Red and his four adult children discovered a mysterious source of immortality. Now, in our modern world, they are an enigmatic billionaire family with a powerful banking empire.

But when Erik’s only daughter, Frey Asvald, seeks to finally be free from her family’s influence, she must be prepared to reveal their supernatural secrets and confront her well-trained siblings in a deadly and epic struggle for power.

Get ready for a bloodthirsty immortal fight like no other, with comic creator Zack Kaplan (Mindset, Break Out, Port of Earth), artist Fico Ossio (Action Comics, Star Wars, No One Left To Fight), multi-Eisner Award-Winning colorist Jordie Bellaire and Eisner-nominated letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

Masterminds

When an ambitious and troubled video game programmer dares to audition for a secret society in the gaming/tech industry, composed of cutthroat, genius masterminds that promise to help their members achieve their wildest dreams, he and his rebellious co-worker find themselves in a gauntlet of real-life puzzles that quickly turn deadly. But in order to win, they must solve the dangerous challenges, unlock the group’s true motives and unveil the real architect of this ordeal. Are they truly smart enough to survive the mysterious game of the Masterminds?

Author Zack Kaplan (Kill All Immortals, Port of Earth) and illustrator Stephen Thomson (Aliens: Definace, Black Panther and the Crew), the creative team behind The Midnight: Shadows, join forces with colorist Thiago Rocha and Eisner award-winning letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou to bring you an enigmatic thriller for the age of tech industry omniscience.

Port of Earth

An alien arrival saga like you’ve never seen. What if aliens came to Earth, not in war or peace, but with a business deal: open a spaceport here on Earth in exchange for advanced technology. But when rogue alien visitors wreak havoc in our cities and strange alien threats emerge, the newly formed Earth Security Agency must answer the call to keep Earth and the Port safe.

Now, facing a deadly alien outbreak, a growing human resistance to the Port, and a delicate relationship with our alien Port partners, the ESA’s leaders and agents must balance between protecting humans and alien visitors alike, or risk planetary occupation.

An exciting, gritty and politically charged action thriller from Zack Kaplan (Mindset, Metal Society, Break Out, and Eclipse) and Andrea Mutti (Maniac of New York, Bunny Mask, Star Wars, Batman Eternal).

In Bloom

43% of the cells within a healthy human body belong to something other than the human host. Microbiomes, invasive bacteria, fungal and viral agents, and something else, something… more.

When the BLOOM happened, humanity was changed forever, transformed by symbiotic fungal megasystems that infected their bodies.

Some affected people grew new body parts, some found their personalities changed in radical new ways, while others reported contact with some… other intelligence not their own.

In this revolutionary new world, Agent Spears finds himself investigating a series of mysterious murders, a chain of violence that leads him to a terrifying question on which the fate of every living being rests.

Visionary writer Michael W. Conrad (Wonder Woman, Bizarre Adventures) and Eisner Award-winning illustrator John J. Pearson (The Infernals) present a boundary-pushing science fiction saga that will change the way you see the human body.

Eclipse

Imagine if sunlight burned you alive. In the near future, a mysterious solar event has transformed the sun’s light into deadly immolating rays. The world’s few survivors now live in nocturnal cities. But a killer emerges who uses sunlight to burn his victims, and when he targets the daughter of a solar power mogul, it falls to a disillusioned solar engineer to protect her.

Beyond Real

Question reality. When struggling artist June is injured in a severe car accident that leaves her boyfriend in a coma, she begins to experience strange visual phenomena. Soon, she’s able to see that we are all actually living in a computer simulation. June must set out on a journey of possibility and peril into the metaphysical layers of the simulation to reach the world’s creator and save her true love from death.

Zack Kaplan (Mindset) is joined by a slate of spectacular artists including Fabiana Mascolo, Toni Fejzula, Jordie Bellaire, Vincenzo Riccardi, Dennis Menheere, Jorge Corona, Luana Vecchio and Liana Kangas.

The Midnight Shadows

Join THE MIDNIGHT, one of the world’s top synthwave bands, comprised of Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan, on an electrifying and original sci-fi graphic novel adventure inspired by the poetic storytelling and the neon-soaked aesthetics of their music.

Jason has spent his life running from his problems, but now he and his childhood sweetheart are on the precipice of parenthood, and he’s struggling with the loss of his adolescence. Then he re-discovers his favorite old video game, THE MIDNIGHT, a nostalgic 1980s fantasy adventure about a helmeted hero who travels to a cyberpunk world to save the people from eternal darkness. Seeking to repair his broken game, Jason ends up at a mysterious arcade in an abandoned 1980s mall, where he plays the old arcade game of The Midnight and suddenly he’s transported to…

…a post-apocalyptic Neverland in the year 2085. A world of perpetual night where time stands still. A final bastion of humanity in a glistening futuristic city. And a shocking reveal – they know him as the hero who once vanquished the shadow monsters, and they believe he’s returned to his true reality to do it again. More surprising, his wife is here, but only with a memory of Jason as this world’s hero. As this lost boy tries to embrace his new hero powers, with the help of his true love and her cyberpunk warriors, he must face the responsibility of protecting an entire world from danger and discover which world he truly belongs to.

For The Midnight fans and newcomers, created by rising comics writer, Zack Kaplan (Break Out, Mindset), artist Stephen Thompson (Star Trek, Batman Beyond), artist Jahnoy Lindsay (Superboy) and The Midnight, follow your dreams to a visually stunning cyberpunk metropolis, find love in the darkness, defeat shadow monsters and explore what happens when we hide in our fantasies. Are we escaping life’s monsters or simply escaping ourselves? The answers lie in The Midnight Graphic Novel.

The Infernals

Abe Morgenstern, the son of Satan, has one month to live. Before he dies, he must decide which of his three wayward children — volatile narcissist Nero, conflicted field operative Jackal, or troubled schoolgirl Bee — will inherit his shadowy empire. But with the forces of Heaven, Hell, and everywhere in between bearing down on them, will they survive long enough to take control of the Apocalypse? And is Abe ready to give up being the Antichrist — or does he have something else up his sleeve?

Dark Empty Void

Scientists have created a stable, microscopic black hole in a secret underground compound, but when they lose control, the black hole spews out a cosmic maelstrom, strange dangerous creatures, and most surprisingly…a mysterious human teenage girl. Now, a depressed but brilliant psychologist must help her estranged husband and the other scientists solve the mystery and close the black hole before it consumes all of Earth.

Dare to witness a cosmic horror series that will amaze and terrify you, with hit comic creator Zack Kaplan (Kill All Immortals, Beyond Real, Mindset), fan-favorite artist Chris Shehan (The Autumnal, House of Slaughter), rising star colorist Francesco Segala (Nights, House of Slaughter) and Ringo-nominated letterer Justin Birch (Road of Bones, House of Slaughter).

Break Out

Mysterious and massive Cube spaceships from another dimension materialize over our cities around the globe. They routinely abduct teenagers to be held inside their floating prison ships. And the world accepts it as inevitable. But not Liam Watts. His younger brother has been taken. And Liam is tired of “thoughts and prayers.”

Now, in a “take back our future” anthem, Liam must assemble a skilled team of ordinary high school students and in just a few weeks, they must plan a heist to infiltrate the high-tech spaceship a mile in the sky. But what they’ll find there will throw their plans into turmoil and challenge their resolve. How do you break out of a prison that’s not even from this world?

Only the Savage Left

A strange virus has spread across the world, transforming its victims into monsters. The only cure is to kill another infected soul. When a nonviolent young man sets out from the safety of his settlement to find his missing true love, he must face the corrupted world of monsters and monster-killers. A dramatic survival adventure that dares to ask what we should stand for in the monster apocalypse.

Coming June 3, 2026 from Dark Horse.

Beast Wagon

In the middle of a summer heatwave, the new arrival at Whipsnarl Zoo heralds a primal disturbance amongst its animal population. Some believe it the harbinger of a vast cosmic event. For others, it is simply another prisoner. For some, it is a reason to revolt. Over the course of the day, the human and animal interactions grow stranger, and the boundary between the two begins to blur…

The Smart Division

A dark and modern sci-fi detective series about the first AI app that helps us commit the perfect crimes, and the two disparate FBI agents who must hunt it down and stop it.

Coming this fall from Dark Horse.

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