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 Paranoid Gardens #1, Witchblade #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 17, 2024.
Paranoid Gardens #1
Writer: Gerard Way, Shaun Simon
Artist: Chris Weston
Publisher: Dark Horse
Writers Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy) and Shaun Simon (The Fabulous Killjoys), join forces with Illustrator Chris Weston (The Filth), colorist Dave Stewart (Hellboy), and letterer Nate Piekos (Black Hammer) to present an all-new surreal comic book experience that’s ER meets Doctor Who on acid.
Loo is a nurse at the most bizarre care-center in the universe. The staff are not entirely human, and the cases downright unearthly. Aliens, ghosts, superheroes, and more creatures plague its hallways as both doctors and patients and the hospital itself seems to be somewhat self-aware. Loo believes that despite a recent failure at her job she’s been given some sort of higher calling in this mysterious place, and decides to rise to the challenge.
Along the way she must fight her way through corrupt staff members, powerful theme park cults, and her own personal demons and trauma to meet this challenge and discover what secrets the gardens hold.
Witchblade #1
Writer: Marguerite Bennett
Artist: Giuseppe Cafaro
Publisher: Image Comics
Sara Pezzini is back in an all-new origin story! A reimagining of the classic storyline, this high-octane supernatural thriller starts at the beginning with familiar characters and new story arcs. New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings.
Biker Mice from Mars #1
Writer: Melissa Flores
Artist: Francis Portela
Publisher: Oni Press
The ’90s cartoon sensation is back in a brand-new comic book series from red-hot writer Melissa Flores (Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Spider-Gwen: Smash) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Francis Portela (Green Lantern)! Best friends Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie were just three anthropomorphic, motorcycle-riding mice who called Mars home . . . and were always bad to the bone. But when the ruthless Plutarkians stage a mass invasion to strip their planet of its precious resources, their antiauthoritarian streak is going to turn into a full-blown insurgency. Only the Biker Mice from Mars can prevent the mass destruction of Earth’s neighbor . . . and the freedom of our entire solar system may just hang in the balance.
The Last Wardens #1
Writer: Elliot Sperl, Amit Tishler
Artist: Rui Silveira
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
With an alcoholic father and a hole in her wallet, Danielle Pryer’s life in the rustic town of Bleakwood goes from bad to worse when her long-lost brother, Bruce, returns from the Vietnam War. While Bruce is being plagued by a mysterious and monstrous mutation, he is also being hunted by an incompetent team of paranormal misfits, which leads to Bleakwood quickly becoming ground zero of a supernatural battle that forces Danielle to choose between everything she holds dear and the fate of the world as a whole.
Namor #1
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Paul Davidson
Publisher: Marvel
“Last King of Atlantis” War rages beneath the waves, from the lost cities of the Secret Seas to the fathomless depths where the Elder Whales reign. Seven kings, old and new, fight to rule the watery realm. But where is Namor, the once mighty Sub-Mariner? He’s sitting behind bars on the surface, with no intention of ever setting foot in the seas again. So begins an oversized Atlantean event that will forever reshape the landscape of the undersea world while at last laying bare the dark history of Atlantis and its fiercest, most infamous defender.
The Powerpuff Girls #1
Writer: Kelly Thompson
Artist: Paulina Ganucheau
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Superstar creators Kelly Thompson (Birds Of Prey, Scarlett, Black Widow) and Paulina Ganucheau (Wonder Woman, She-Ra) join forces for a bold, adorable (boldorable?) new take on everyone’s favorite super-trio! sugar! spice! and everything nice! These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girl! But Professor Utonium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction… Chemical X! Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were born! And ever since, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil using their ultra-super powers!
Undiscovered Country #30
Writer: Scott Snyder, Charles Soule
Artist: Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Matt Wilson
Publisher: Image Comics
End of Story Arc. “Bounty,” Part 6. A lost member of the original expedition has unexpectedly returned, with a tale of an unbelievable journey across the Undiscovered Country and a path to the group’ ultimate objective: the great mystery that is Aurora.
Census TP
Writer: Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman
Artist: Sebastian Piriz
Publisher: Dark Horse
Liam Malone is an aimless college slacker living in New York City who answers a job posting ad for the Census Bureau that seems to require little of him. Knock on doors, ask a few questions, move on. But what he discovers is that the doors of New York City are hiding lots of things. Dangerous things. Supernatural things. Liam’s new gig requires him to register all of the demons, djinn, and other bizarre creatures living in New York. How will Liam both keep his life and a stellar performance review?
Port of Earth Deluxe HC
Writer: Zack Kaplan
Artist: Andrea Mutti
Publisher: Image Comics
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 and Andrea Mutti.
Somna HC
Writer: Becky Cloonan, Tula Lotay
Artist: Tula Lotay, Becky Cloonan
Publisher: DSTLRY
Set amidst the terrifying backdrop of the witch hunts in a quiet 1600s English village, Somna follows one woman’s descent into an erotic escape from the confines of her puritanical world. From the masterful minds of Becky Cloonan (By Chance Or Providence, Wonder Woman) and Tula Lotay (Barnstormers) comes an intoxicating blend of history, eroticism, and the supernatural in Somna-an evocative masterpiece that draws inspiration from cinematic folk-horror gems like Midsommar and The Witch-and will transport readers to a world where passion and spirits intertwine, enrapturing your senses and leave you craving more.
