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 Space Ghost #1, The Whisper Queen #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 May 1, 2024. It’s another big week!
Space Ghost #1
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!
Award-winning writer David Pepose (Punisher, The Devil That Wears My Face) and superstar artist Jonathan Lau (Vampirella Strikes) kick off this action-packed series with a surprise attack on Space Colony Omicron – home of the brilliant scientist Dr. Jerrod Keplar and his young children, Jan and Jace, as well as their pet monkey, Blip. With the colony’s defenses overwhelmed, all seems lost – but these ruthless pirates didn’t count on the wild card that is Space Ghost!
This debut issue also includes covers from some of the finest artists in the known universe – including Francesco Mattina, Jae Lee & June Chung, Bjorn Barends, and Michael Cho!
The Whisper Queen #1
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Kris Anka
Publisher: Image Comics
Chip Zdarsky (Newburn, Sex Criminals) and Kris Anka (Across the Spider-Verse), the all-star team behind The White Trees, return to the fantastical land of Blacksand! The royal guard has sent their most capable bounty hunters after the accomplices in the king’s murder! Javro, once the king’s most skilled assassin, must find the killers before they and the bounty hunters-including her son-are wiped out by the kingdom’s most feared specter: The Dark Whisper!
Lester of the Lesser Gods #1
Writer: Eric Powell, Lucky Yates
Artist: Gideon Kendall
Publisher: Dark Horse
Eric Powell (The Goon) and comedian and voice actor Lucky Yates (Archer) combine twisted comedic talents to bring you Lester of the Lesser Gods. Originally created as an unproduced animated short by Powell a decade ago, the concept was revived when the two writers were looking for a comic project to work on. Lester, the larping bastard son of the Odin, wanders the post-apocalyptic wasteland after thwarting Satan’s attempt to bring about the end of days. But can this hero of the downtrodden survive the battle arena of Will Frye the Technomancer Guy. With an alternate special edition cover by Eric Powell!
Toxic Summer #1
Writer: Derek Charm
Artist: Derek Charm
Publisher: Oni Press
Best friends Ben and Leo had the perfect summer planned after high school graduation. As lifeguards in the idyllic beach town of Port Dorian, they were planning for three months of hot guys, late-night bonfires, and no regrets . . . until a toxic spill of unknown properties on the beach transformed their dream summer into a waking nightmare. Now Port Dorian is flooded with panicked tourists, a local researcher is paralyzed while investigating the spill, and a horrifying pack of subhuman monstrosities is snatching beachgoers in the night.
Mix one part Riverdale with one part The Creature from the Black Lagoon and drink it down fast because this bi-monthly horror shocker comes packed with enough acidic sludge, perverted beach maniacs, and ill will to ruin anyone’s first summer away from home!
The Blood Brothers Mother #1
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Artist: Eduardo Risso
Publisher: DSTLRY
New series debut by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso-the legendary creative team behind the seminal crime series 100 Bullets!
In the old American West, three children set off across the wild Texas frontier to rescue their mother-kidnapped by ruthless outlaws who gunned down their preacher father. Throughout their journey, they’ll face the harsh elements of an unforgiving landscape, deadly animals hungry for blood, merciless bounty hunters and so much more…all in a relentless quest to rescue their family.
Along the way, they’ll learn the terrible cost of revenge-not just in lives, but in how it stains a soul. While revenge may be satisfying in the moment, it leaves a yearning behind that lasts a lifetime. And once you taste it, nothing else is ever so sweet.
In the tradition of The Searchers, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Blood Meridian comes a brutal new western series from writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso-the Eisner award-winning team behind the Vertigo crime classic 100 Bullets and Image Comics Moonshine!
Alice Never After TP
Writer: Dan Panosian
Artist: Giorgio Spalletta
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Wonderland is Alice’s new home, but the mad residents are turning against her. As Alice’s sister Edith and her childhood friend Earl fight for a way to bring her back, Alice has to contend with whether or not her torment is due to her father, herself, or a curious combination of both.
Though all of Wonderland’s citizens profess to love their new queen, Alice is beginning to wonder if she needs more than friends. Perhaps she needs a family. But even if she escapes Wonderland, will home be what she remembers?
Superstar writer/artist Dan Panosian (Unkindness of Ravens, Black Tape) and artist Giorgio Spalletta (007: For King & Country) explore the morbid side of escapism in this twisted tale that blurs the line between fantasy and reality.
Skeeters TP
Writer: Kevin Cuffe, Bob Frantz
Artist: Kelly Williams
Publisher: Mad Cave
Small town hijinks ensue as extraterrestrial mosquitos descend on a sleepy beach town.
When giant mosquito-like alien creatures invade a rural seaside community, a frustrated sheriff and two oddball exterminators end up being the town’s only hope for survival. A comedic and gruesome story for fans of Slither, Arachnophobia, and other classic creature-features!
Scoop: Breaking News Vol. 1
Writer: Richard Ashley Hamilton
Artist: Joseph Cooper
Publisher: Maverick/Mad Cave
When the news breaks, she fixes it! Sophie Cooper was just an average, Cuban-American high school freshman, until her dad got accused of a crime he didn’t commit. To prove his innocence, Sophie now interns at Miami’s worst TV news station, where she studies investigative journalism – and accidentally uncovers a vast supernatural conspiracy connected to her dad’s case. UFOs, Miccosukee ghost tribes, Chupacabras, alligator men, and time travel are real and can clear the Cooper name…if Sophie lives long enough to report about it!
