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 Look Out, Vanishing Point #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 May 7, 2025.
Look Out One-Shot
Writer: Dan Baillie
Artist: Tim Bradstreet
Publisher: AWA Studios
When Oscar, recuperating from a divorce, takes a job as a fire lookout in a remote forest outpost, he unearths a mangled sheet of paper inscribed with a strange set of rules that promise to keep him safe during his watch. Oscar laughs it off as a prank— a bit of light hazing from the other fire lookouts in the area — but when night falls, he discovers that the rules, and the threat they protect against, are all too real.
Vanishing Point #1
Writer: Mark Russell
Artist: Juan Doe
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
In “Screams”, the captain of a mining ship goes on a ten year solo mission to the Jupiter Asteroid Belt where he makes a horrifying discovery!
The brainchild of Mark Russell, Vanishing Point is an anthology series of short stories that are part science fiction and part existential horror, with an exceptional roster of artists tackling each tale. These are stories with a twist in which the twist is not the point of the story, but a beginning point from which to ask what it means to be alive.
Captain Planet #1
Writer: David Pepose
Artist: Eman Cassallos
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Earth. Fire. Wind. Water. Heart. With their powers combined, they summon Earth’s greatest champion: Captain Planet. But they need to learn to trust each other first.
Gaia, the latest High Priestess of the Earth has been kidnapped! Our Planeteers are forced to come together against the newly formed might of Lucian Plunder! Even with Captain Planet on their side, will it be enough to save the very Earth itself?!?
Find out in Captain Planet #1 by writer David Pepose (Space Ghost) along with artist Eman Cassallos and cover artists: Mark Spears, Jae Lee (providing a connecting series of covers across the 1st 6 issues), Ben Oliver and Christian Ward!
Captain Planet and the Planeteers, commonly referred to as simply Captain Planet, is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series produced by Turner Program Services and DIC Enterprises and broadcast on TBS and in syndication from September 15, 1990, to December 5, 1992.
Space Ghost / Jonny Quest: Space Quest #1
Writer: Joe Casey
Artist: Sebastián Piriz
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
At last, the meeting the cosmos demanded! The Quest Family is legendary for how far they’ll go in the spirit of exploration and discovery, but now they’re headed for outer space! Jonny and the gang are brought in to investigate a mysterious potentially alien spacecraft being held at Area 51. And where there’s a spaceship there’s bound to be aliens, right? What happens when Space Ghost and Jonny Quest cross paths? The greatest entertainment event of the twenty-first century, that’s what! Brought to you by the acclaimed creative team of Jonny Quest!
Star Wars #1
Writer: Alex Segura
Artist: Phil Noto
Publisher: Marvel
An epic new adventure begins for Luke, Leia and Han in the wake of Return of the Jedi!
New York Times best-selling author Alex Segura launches the bold next era of Star Wars. Luke Skywalker must defend the New Republic from a bloodthirsty gang of mercenaries! Han Solo investigates a deadly underworld mystery — and saves a surprising ally! Leia Organa must grapple with a new alliance opposed to the goals of the New Republic!
Free Planet #1
Writer: Aubrey Sitterson
Artist: Jed Dougherty
Publisher: Image Comics
The first completely free planet in human history has won its independence. Now, a group of revolutionary heroes must defend the planet’s unique energy source from a pair of hostile intergalactic powers while determining what complete freedom actually entails. Aubrey Sitterson (No One Left to Fight, The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling) and Jed Dougherty (Savage Hearts, Worlds’ Finest) blend the intricate future history of EAST OF WEST with the emotional space opera stylings of SAGA in a story about freedom and the sacrifices it demands.
Heavy Metal #1
Writer: Various
Artist: Various
Publisher: Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal magazine is back! Heavier than ever! This relaunch brings the world’s greatest illustrated magazine back to the forefront of comics.
One of the magazine’s original line-up of legends, Enki Bilal – returns with the English language adaptation of his acclaimed Bug series. Michael Conrad (Hello Darkness, In Bloom) will be teaming up with Greek comics legend, Ilias Kyriazis (Collapser, What We Wished For), for an all-new series entitled Millstone. The outrageous Burton & Cyb returns with “Poor Monsters” by Antonio Segura and Jose Ortiz, as well as Vicente Segrelles‘ classic, The Mercenary.
The English language debut of Janevsky‘s cult sci-fi heroine, Sixella. Guido Crepax‘ classic character Valentina returns by the hands of writer/artist Sergio Gerasi. Heavy Metal will harness the power of its own rich stable of characters, starting with the ultimate Taarakian warrior, Taarna! Writing duo Leah Moore and John Reppion will pen Taarna’s ongoing adventures, accompanied by art from Anna Morozova.
Also featuring one-shots of: Cold Dead War (B-17) by Craig Wilson, Grimaldi by Keron Grant, and Legends of Taarna by Joseph Michael Linsner. Fernando Dagnino brings a new cyberpunk short: Lester, That Old Feeling. The return of classic strips The Bus by Paul Kirchner and June 2050 by John Workman. Visionary creators David Quinn and Tim Vigil deliver Transcendestiny. Writer/artist Dwayne Harris gives us the fantasy tale They Dug Too Deep. Jim Rugg exposes Kecksburg UFO and Jon Wayshak writes and draws a horror short entitled Cobot.
Plus Interviews, The Dossier, prose fiction and more!
Nemesis: Rogues’ Gallery TP
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Valerio Giangiordano
Publisher: Dark Horse
The sequel to the smash hit Big Game crossover event, Nemesis: Rogues’ Gallery features the return of Millarworld’s most popular character as he takes on a sidekick to fight his war against decency and trains his young rookie to be just as demented as he is.
Immediately following the brutal events of Millar’s smash hit Big Game, Nemesis is all but dead; broken and destroyed. All that remains is the consuming focus, hell-bent on vengeance against every single person who wronged him. The bloody retribution begins here as he marshals together a plan for the ages.
EC Epitaphs from the Abyss Vol. 1 TP
Writer: Various
Artist: Various
Publisher: Oni Press
In our seminal first collection of Epitaphs From the Abyss, witness shocking tales of torment and tension in the immortal EC tradition—as wrenched from the grave by the vile intentions of acclaimed writers Brian Azzarello (Batman: Damned, 100 Bullets), Jason Aaron (Scalped, Thor: God of Thunder, TMNT), Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, Night People), J. Holtham (Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale), and Stephanie Phillips (Harley Quinn, Grim), and realized into bloody reality by “all-slaughter” artists Jorge Fornes (Rorschach, Danger Street), Phil Hester (Family Tree), Peter Krause (Irredeemable), Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Klaus Janson (The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil) and many more!
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands TP
Writer: Kate Beaton
Artist: Kate Beaton
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush—part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can’t find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed.
Beaton’s natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, northern lights, and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people.
Seven Years in Darkness: Year One TP
Writer: Joseph Schmalke
Artist: Joseph Schmalke
Publisher: Midnight Factory
A group of children whose families are part of a cult are conscripted to the Academy of Black Magic for seven years where they study the dark arts in a setting devoid of the sun.
72 children enroll, but only SEVEN will graduate alive…
The Body Trade TP
Writer: Zac Thompson
Artist: Jok
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
The Body Trade is an unrelenting revenge story set against the backdrop of America’s aftermarket for dead bodies. Critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Blow Away, Into The Unbeing) and star artist Jok (In Hell We Fight) team up for this neo-noir crime thriller rife with bloodshed and brutality, in the tradition of Blue Ruin and Hell or High Water!
Kim Krilic is a divorced ex-con who’s trying to atone. However, his short temper tends to get the best of him. When he returns to Florida to bury his estranged son. He’s sickened to find an empty grave. His son’s remains were sold into “The Body Trade”. Armed with righteous fury, Kim sets out to reclaim his child’s corpse. But one act of vengeance causes everything to spiral out of control.
