New comic day is only a few days away and with a number of titles releasing it can be difficult to decide which comics you should pickup. So we are here to help. This week we preview Arcbound #1, G.I. Joe #1, and more.
While we are not the official voice of your decision, we want to help guide you in the right direction for comics releasing November 13, 2024.
Arcbound #1
Writer: Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri, Tom Hardy
Artist: Ryan Smallman
Publisher: Dark Horse
New York Times bestselling-author Scott Snyder, comics titan Frank Tieri and acclaimed artist Ryan Smallman with contributions by Oscar-nominated actor Tom Hardy to bring you a bold new sci-fi saga!
In a future where Earth has become a barren wasteland, Zynitec harnesses the unmatched energy of Kronium to assert its dominion across the stars. When Kai, a rising star Mediator in Zynitec’s army, gets an unexplained message from a mysterious entity, everything he thinks he believes is thrown into question-and leaves him to explore what it truly means to be human in a world where the boundaries of technology and identity blur.
G.I. Joe #1
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Tom Reilly
Publisher: Image Comics / Skybound
The biggest comic book launch of the decade! Conrad Hauser, Codename DUKE, has assembled a special force known as G.I. Joe to battle the rising power of the mysterious COBRA in the aftermath of the Autobots and Decepticons’ arrival on Earth. But the enigmatic Cobra Commander has unleashed the power of Energon like never before!
Featuring many familiar faces and the first appearance of an all new character, this is the comic that will change everything you think you know about G.I. Joe… and that’s only half the surprises in store from the chart-topping Energon Universe dream team of Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly!
Power Rangers Prime #1
Writer: Melissa Flores
Artist: Michael Yg
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Power Rangers IS BACK and better than ever!
Prepare yourself for PRIME: a bold new era featuring a brand-new cast of characters, excitement, and attitude!
In the vein of Marvel’s The Ultimates, get ready to experience a new team, a new mentor, and a threat to Earth unlike anything you’ve seen before.
Angel Grove University students face a difficult choice after crossing paths with a fugitive straight out of legend. The consequences for hiding her are dire… but her existence may not stay a secret for long.
Groundbreaking Power Rangers writer Melissa Flores ushers the iconic Rangers Mythos into the next era of adventure, joined by acclaimed artist Michael Yg (Iron Fist) to craft an unmissable experience perfect for new readers and longtime fans alike!
Star Trek: Lower Decks #1
Writer: Ryan North
Artist: Derek Charm
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Hot off their Eisner nomination for Lower Decks tie-in Shax’s Best Day, stellar duo Ryan North and Derek Charm are kicking off a brand-new ongoing series that’s a big fun adventure on a big fun ship… wherein Dr. T’Ana saves the crew from a virulent, purple-boiled disease that is sure to- Wait, no, everyone’s cured pretty quickly, actually. Okay… wherein Deep Space 2’s distress call is mysteriously cut off and the crew has to- Wait, nope, they just needed some help resetting their comms systems.
All right, wherein Mariner gets so totally frustrated with the lack of thrills aboard the Cerritos that she drags her friends into a holodeck adventure that would definitely kill them in reality! Should totally provide them all with a sense of purpose and well-being, right? Right. Or at least it would have. If the U.S.S. Bonaventure hadn’t shown back up from the Delta Triangle to provide them with a real challenge. It’s time to explore a ghost ship, baby!
String #1
Writer: Paul Tobin
Artist: Carlos Javier Olivares
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Yoon-Sook Namgung is a 25-year-old Korean-American woman with the remarkable ability to see two types of “strings” connecting various people. The first is blue and stretches between sexual partners. The second-dark black-connects murderers and their victims. If you have a murder that needs solving, Yoon can help. Worried your partner is cheating on you? Yoon can literally SEE the connections. Yoon’s life-for all the drama and constant TMI-is good, at least until the day she notices a string, a BLACK string, connected to… herself! This means she’ll either soon murder someone, or be murdered herself! So…dang. Which one?
Wynd: The Power of the Blood #1
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Michael Dialynas
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
As the final thrilling chapter of Wynd takes flight, The King’s reign is coming to a close, with Pipetown unaware of what awaits them, while Faeriekind mobilizes for war, while Zedra keeps two fateful prisoners.
Meanwhile, Zedra concocts a hair-raising plan concerning her deceased brother, the Bandaged Man…
Eisner and GLAAD-winning Something is Killing the Children and The Woods scribe James Tynion IV once again joins artist Michael Dialynas to conclude the CAP-Stone Award-winning fantasy series!
Space Ghost Vol. 1 HC
Writer: David Pepose
Artist: Jonathan Lau
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Greed and corruption flourish in the darkness between stars. With the territories of the Galactic Federation spread far and wide across the vastness of space, pirates and hijackers ransack the distant colonies with cruel disregard for the innocent scientists living within them.
Yet there is a cosmic vigilante who metes out justice throughout the galaxy, bringing vengeance to those prey upon the defenseless.
Some say he is a policeman who has abandoned the strictures of the law. Others say he is a phantom, the sole survivor of a war-torn planet. And those who have survived his wrath claim he is more a force of nature, able to bend the very elements of Creation to decimate his enemies.
They call him the Space Ghost – and his adventures begin here!
Monsters are my Business TP
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Patrick Piazzalunga
Publisher: Dark Horse
Meet Tanner “Griz” Grisholm. Along with a shrewd necromancer who wants him dead and a chainsaw-wielding koala bear named Cuddles, as he wages a bloody war against nightmares from beyond time and space. It’s thankless work, but someone has to do it. And when a group of government contractors go missing in the nightmare landscape of the Flooded Zone, Griz stumbles into a mystery he may not be able to carve his way out of. His old biker pals, the Howling Gargoyles, are up to no good, and the memories might be too much for Griz to handle.
Death Comes for the Toymaker TP
Writer: Dakota Brown
Artist: Ryan Cody
Publisher: Magma Comix
Death comes for us all. But for Gil the Toymaker, the visit is an eternal tragedy!
Every year the holiday gift giver visits children all over the world on a special night, but Gil’s immortality comes at a cost. Forced to do the work of Death, carrying a list of ready-to-harvest souls alongside his naughty and nice lists, Gil gives toys AND takes souls all in one night! But as the Toymaker reflects on the relationship he’s had with Death for several millennia, an associate reveals a scheme that may just put an end to Death’s contract (and, perhaps, Death himself!)
An epic twist on the legend of Santa Claus from writer Dakota Brown (Grandma Tilly’s Hell-Tech Mech) and artist Ryan Cody (Family Tree)!
The Legendary Lynx GN
Writer: Alex Segura
Artist: Sandy Jarrell
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
The lost story of Carmen Valdez has been found! In the meta-fictional world of novelist Alex Segura‘s LA Times Book Prize-winning novel, Secret Identity, readers were introduced to the Legendary Lynx–a hero lost to time and seemingly forgotten. Now, for the first time ever, readers will share a knowing wink and travel back in time to experience one of the seminal “lost” comic book stories! Lynx, the classic superhero, must choose between her heroic responsibilities and an overdue debt to a dear friend. Experience all four issues of this fictional forgotten gem in a delightfully retro comic book adventure!
Local Man Vol. 3 TP
Writer: Tony Fleecs, Tim Seeley
Artist: Tim Seeley, Tony Fleecs
Publisher: Image Comics
Things were bad enough for the hero formerly known as Crossjsack when it was only his tiny hometown that hated him. Now the whole world wants him dead! Stuck in hiding with a tenuous ally, Jack discovers there are some things in his superhero past he just can’t hide from. Meanwhile, something’s not right in Farmington, and Jack must stop a dark force torn from the very earliest Image Comics if he wants to finally become a hometown hero.
Teleportation and Other Luxuries GN
Writer: Archie Bongiovanni
Artist: Mary Verhoeven
Publisher: Maverick / Mad Cave Studios
In a bustling futurist metropolis, the Blamazon Teen Scientist Competition promises not just scientific glory, but fame and substantial financial rewards as well. Among the contestants, four teenagers from different backgrounds form an unlikely team: Tyler Risley, a teen heartthrob known for his genius-level intellect, Gabby, a grumpy nonbinary anarchist with a knack and distrust for science, Allegra, a shy and brilliant loner hiding her vast intelligence, and L.J., a small town jack-of-all-trades with an unparalleled knack for engineering.
Amidst their bickering and missteps, they uncover the secret of teleportation. Despite this invention being a clear albeit dangerous way to win, it becomes apparent that perhaps victory isn’t their only collective goal.
