December is quickly approaching and with four new comic book days it can be daunting to pick which books to buy. We breakdown a list of a few new comic series we are excited to read including Know Your Station #1, Gargoyles #1, Dead Seas #1, and more!
Of course, there are many on-going books that have release dates in November, but we are focusing on new series releases. Most of our selections come from independent publishers, but you may also see books from Marvel and DC Comics as well. This list is also subjective to what we are interested in reading.
Lastly, release dates are always subject to change due many different reasons. We will do our best to update this list as we are made aware of these changes.
Dahlia In The Dark #1
Release Date: December 7
Publisher: Mad Cave
Writer: Joe Corallo
Artist: Andrea Milana
A washed up hitman, Donny Dahlia, takes one last job transporting a package cross country in the hopes of seeing his estranged daughter again. Little does he know this job is going to get him caught in the middle of a war between the fairy realms that could determine the fate of humankind. Dahlia in the Dark is a fast-paced, action, fantasy thriller about family and hidden truths.
Gargoyles #1
Release Date: December 7
Publisher: Dynamite
Writer: Greg Weisman
Artist: George Kambadais
All-new ongoing series, in continuity with the epic Gargoyles television classic!
One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Gargoyles. Stone by day, Warriors by night, they were betrayed by the humans they had sworn to protect…frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years. Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken, and they live again! They are Defenders of the Night! They are Gargoyles!
Series creator Greg Weisman and illustrator George Kambadais reintroduce the Manhattan Clan, a family of Gargoyles at full strength, though modern New York City is full of attractions and distractions, and each member of the clan has begun to go their own way. But their bonds will be tested, when nefarious factions from all across the world attempt to steal that rarest, most precious of possessions…an unhatched Gargoyle egg!
Know Your Station #1
Release Date: December 7
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Writer: Sarah Gailey
Artist: Liana Kangas
The wealthiest people in the solar system abandoned the Earth for a private sanctuary in space, leaving the rest of us to die amidst cataclysmic climate change.
But the 1% won’t be safe for long…A murderer is on the loose, specifically targeting the super-rich.
Soon Elise, an employee of the billionaire’s space station, is wrapped up in a deadly investigation, with each issue featuring a new, diabolically different kill!
2021’s breakout writer Sarah Gailey (Eat the Rich) and rising star Liana Kangas (Trve Kvlt) take a stab at the ultra-wealthy, their dreams of escaping the very planet they’ve put in peril, and the consequences of a future that might not be so far away…
It’s Only Teenage Wasteland #1
Release Date: December 14
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Writer: Curt Pires
Artist: Jacoby Salcedo
When his parents go out of town for the weekend, Mexican-American high schooler Javi decides to throw a party-one that’ll launch him and his buds into popularity! Or at least get them noticed by some girls. But when things take a turn for the worse, Javi and his friends are thrust into a situation and future they could have never possibly prepared for. For fans of The Nice House on the Lake and What’s the Furthest Place From Here? or other comics with really long titles and cool high concepts.
All Against All #1
Release Date: December 14
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Alex Paknadel
Artist: Casper Wijngaard
Writer Alex Paknadel (DC vs. Vampires: All Out War, Giga), artist Caspar Wijngaard (Home Sick Pilots), and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou present a primal vision of humanity gone terribly wrong.
In All Against All, it is the distant future. Earth is long gone, but a race of alien conquerors knows as “the Operators” have preserved its most savage animals in an artificial jungle environment they barely understand.
With no bodies of their own, the Operators move from world to world, harvesting bodies for the organic exosuits they use to wage their endless wars. Ignored and underestimated by his captors is the habitat’s sole human specimen, Helpless.
However, when their efforts to find and harvest an apex predator intensify, he gives them far more than they bargained for.
Hexware #1
Release Date: December 14
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Tim Seeley
Artist: Zulema Scotto Lavina
Why sell your soul…when you can buy a new one? In a corporate-ruled world where class inequality is greater than ever, a desperate, lonely populace is drawn to neo-spiritualism and hedge magic.
When their teenage daughter is murdered, the Marks family is left asking the gods what they did to deserve this. But their android maid, Which-Where, has a different approach. Perhaps if she asked the devil…
A new futuristic miniseries by acclaimed creator Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Revival) and rising star Zulema Scotto Lavina!
The Magic Order meets Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in this dark mashup of witchcraft and sci-fi.
Vanity: Act 2 #1
Release Date: December 14
Publisher: Black Caravan
Writer: Jurii Kirnev
Artist: Natalia Tsarevnikova, (CA) Joseph Schmalke
The fourth chapter of the notorious Elizabeth Bathory’s biopic graphic novel depicts the horrors of the century in which she lived. It was an age of endless religious wars and xenophobia. Men were consumed with fighting for their lands, faith, and ideologies, while the role of women was to give birth and raise more soldiers to perpetuate the wars over abstract ideas. No wonder there was a woman who decided to stop this cycle-and no wonder she was considered mad.
Friend of Capes and Tights, Joseph Schmalke is the cover artist on Vanity.
Vicious Circle #1
Release Date: December 21
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Writer: Lee Bermejo
Artist: Mattson Tomlin
Iconic artist Lee Bermejo (Batman: Damned) partners with director and screenwriter Mattson Tomlin (Batman: The Imposter)!
Shawn Thacker is a trained assassin from the future who seeks revenge on the only other man with his affliction-each life they take forces them both to travel between vastly different past and future eras.
Spanning from 22nd century Tokyo to 1950s New Orleans to the Cretaceous Era and beyond, the two mortal rivals are locked in a battle of wills that spans millions of years, all to alter the course of history.
With each time period, Lee Bermejo adjusts his artistic style to pay homage to luminary comics artists and historical master painters, all presented in a prestige, oversized format!
All Night & Every Day #1 (One-Shot)
Release Date: December 21
Publisher: Aftershock
Writer: Ray Fawkes
Artist: Andrea Frittella
It’s time to party! While celebrating is the last thing grief-stricken introvert Michaela wants to do, her friends drag her out for the night and end up trapping her in a hellish curse: a party that never ends, with no way to escape…not even by dying!
Now she must navigate the labyrinth of the legendary Banquet Hideous all on her own and learn its terrible secrets before she is consumed forever!
Shock by acclaimed writer Ray Fawkes (Constantine) and sensational artist Andrea Frittella (Borgata Gordiani) will rock you to your core…eternally!
Night Club #1
Release Date: December 21
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Juanan Ramirez
This series will be $1.99. Take that, Marvel and DC!
You’re 17 years old and you’ve been bitten by a vampire. Do you live in the shadows and drink human blood, or do you use your newfound gifts for the dream costumed superhero life you’ve always wanted?
You’re bulletproof, you can crawl up walls, and you can turn to mist, bats, or even a wolf. Why not have a little fun?
Batman / Spawn #1 (One-Shot)
Release Date: December 21
Publisher: DC Comics
Writer: Todd McFarlane
Artist: Greg Capullo, (CA) Todd McFarlane
Two dark heroes, cursed by tragedy, find their paths again crossing…but not by choice! What sinister foe is at work, pitting the Dark Knight against the Hellspawn? From the shadows of Gotham City to New York City, this epic event is the blockbuster you’ve been waiting almost two decades for!
The Nice House on the Lake #12
Release Date: December 21
Publisher: DC Black Label
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Alvaro Martinez Bueno
The cataclysmic conclusion of the Eisner Award-winning horror hit is here at last…and to say anything more would ruin the only finale more shocking than the end of the world itself! No one is safe and everything can change in an instant!
Dead Seas #1
Release Date: December 28
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Cavan Scott
Artist: Nick Brokenshire
Ghosts are real and dangerous. But they’re also valuable, their ectoplasm capable of curing countless diseases. There’s only one problem: harvesting the wonder drug can be just as deadly. Prisoner Gus Ortiz is willing to take the risk in return for a reduced sentence-anything to see his daughter again. All it will take is a few months at sea scraping ectoplasm off the walls of the Perdition, a floating prison containing the most vicious ghosts on Earth. Surrounded by dark waters, Gus soon realizes that angry spirits are the least of his worries. The Poseidon Adventure meets The Haunting of Hill House in this supernatural thriller.
Cavan Scott and Nick Brokenshire will be on the Capes and Tights Podcast in early 2023 to discuss Dead Seas.
Silent Night Deadly Night #1
Release Date: December 28
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Writer: S.A. Check, James Kuhoric
Artist: Puis Calzada
Ho Ho Horror! The slasher film that turned Christmas into a killer holiday is back! Billy saw his parents viciously murdered at the hands of a madman in a Santa suit. Orphaned and alone, Billy suffered even more at the hands of an overly strict nun, turning him into a killing machine hell-bent on punishing the naughty. Now…40 years later, a new nightmare begins.
A holiday killer is on the loose, but there’s more here than just a psycho in a red suit. Sinister forces have awakened to raise an unstoppable evil once more, doling out punishment with the edge of his axe. Don’t get caught on this naughty list. This is a brand new officially licensed story taking place after the events of the 1984 movie and delivering a brand-new horrifying holiday classic!
Book Of Slaughter #1 (One-Shot)
Release Date: December 28
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Werther Dell’Edera
The future of the Slaughterverse is laid bare by Something is Killing the Children and House of Slaughter creators James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera in the very first SIKTC one-shot special!
From the sidelines to the spotlight, Book of Slaughter follows the white mask Maxine Slaughter… but will her loyalties remain where they are, or will she show her true colors?
In addition to being a precursor to the upcoming chapters of both series, this special issue features a sizable guidebook that delves into the deep lore of the Order of St. George!
