October 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 The Approach #1, Dark Ride #1, and more!
Of course, there are many on-going books that have release dates in October, 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.
KILLCHELLA #1
Release Date: October 5, 2022
Publisher: Scout Comics
Writer: Mario Candelaria
Artists: Serg Acuna
A group of friends drive up from Los Angeles to attend an ultra-trendy music festival in the Coachella Valley desert. They soon face a bloody night of terror when a reclusive pop star making her big return after five years recruits her most fanatical devotees to assist in a massive human sacrifice ritual.
Written by Mario Candelaria (Grimm Tales from the Cave) and illustrated by Sergeant Acuna.
A LEGACY OF VIOLENCE #1
Release Date: October 5, 2022
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Andrea Mutti
A Legacy of Violence, by masters of horror Cullen Bunn (Grimm Tales from the Cave) and Andrea Mutti (One Eye Open) with letters by Rus Wooton, follows Dr. Nick Shaw; an honest doctor just trying to help people. But one day, when a patient gets out of control, Nick suddenly begins recalling past memories he had kept hidden away. That’s when he decides to join Doctors Without Borders and heads straight for Central America. But his past still comes calling. With a serial killer on the loose in the small town of Disante, Honduras, Nick’s flashbacks begin to intensify-and become clearer. Was Nick meant to go to Honduras? Is this all part of the killer’s plan? Find out what Nick has been repressing all these years and why.
JUNKYARD JOE #1
Release Date: October 5, 2022
Publisher: AfterShock Comics
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artist: Gary Frank
By the critically acclaimed team of Geoff Johns, Gary Frank and Brad Anderson! Throughout history, unlikely and strange heroes have risen and fallen, their identities and lives a secret. But for a Great Evil to be stopped, their stories must be told. They are The Unnamed fighting The Unknown War.
From the explosive pages of Geiger comes Junkyard Joe! The world knows him as the comic strip by cartoonist Muddy Davis, but the truth stretches back to the Vietnam War. This is their story of sacrifice and brotherhood.
DARK RIDE #1
Release Date: October 5, 2022
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Andrei Bressan
Welcome to the scariest place on earth!?
Devil Land has been the world’s premiere horror-themed amusement park for over 50 years, home to the scariest ride ever created – The Devil’s Due?
But when lifelong fan Owen Seasons begins his first day on the job, he will discover the true horrors happening behind the scenes, the truth about the park’s reclusive creator Arthur Dante, and that the job of his dreams might just be a living nightmare.
Joshua Williamson (Batman, Nailbiter) and Andrei Bressan (Birthright) reunite for a thrilling plunge into murder, mayhem, and sinister family secrets in this all-new Skybound original series, Dark Ride.
EARTHDIVERS #1
Release Date: October 5, 2022
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Stephen Graham Jones
Artist: Davide Gianfelice
Stephen Graham Jones makes his ongoing comics debut with Earthdivers! The year is 2112, and it’s the apocalypse exactly as expected: rivers receding, oceans rising, civilization crumbling. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of outcast Indigenous survivors who have discovered a time travel portal in a cave in the middle of the desert and figured out where the world took a sharp turn for the worst: America. Convinced that the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own on a bloody, one-way mission back to 1492 to kill Christopher Columbus before he reaches the so-called New World. But taking down an icon is no easy task, and his actions could prove devastating for his friends in the future.
THE APPROACH #1
Release Date: October 12, 2022
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Writers: Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley
Artist: Jesus Hervas
The Approach comes from writers Jeremy Haun (The Red Mother) and Jason A. Hurley (The Beauty) and artist Jesus Hervás (The Empty Man), a storm is coming that’s bringing more than bad weather. When airport employees Mac and Abigail find themselves snowed in after a blizzard, they witness a terrible plane crash.
After pulling a survivor from the wreckage, they realize a terrifying truth: this plane has been missing for 27 years!
The nightmare has only just begun though, as the people trapped in the airport soon find themselves confronted by what this plane actually brought back…. For those with a fear of flying… it’s not the sky that deserves dread, but what lies beyond it…
STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC #1
Release Date: October 12, 2022
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Writers: Cavan Scott
Artist: Ario Anindito
A new chapter begins for Star Wars: The High Republic! One hundred and fifty years before the fall of Starlight, another beacon burns bright in the galaxy, a beacon of faith and spirituality. Jedha. The Pilgrim Moon. The Kyber Heart. But tensions are rising in the holy city and dark days are to come. Jedi Vildar Mac, a Jedi safe and secure in who he is and what he could be, arrives as Jedha’s fragile peace begins to crumble.. But a nightmare awaits…a nameless terror that will become the stuff of legend…
POSTMASTERS #1
Release Date: October 19, 2022
Publisher: Source Point Press
Writers: Garrett Gunn, Christina Blanch
Artist: Ruben Mocho
In a Post-Pandemic America, one of the only things still remotely functioning is the mail. But with mass casualties to their ranks, the postal service has been forced to adapt to a consistently more aggressive set of routes with less and less carriers to service them. One of the last remaining Postmasters, 32, sets out to deliver a one-of-a-kind letter that’s mysteriously appeared at the Western States Distribution Center. Rugged terrain, highway robbers, and The Wicked all stand between 32 and his destination. But he knows the motto.Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night will stay the swift and timely completion of his assigned route.
EVE: CHILDREN OF THE MOON #1
Release Date: October 19, 2022
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Writer: Victor LaValle
Artist: Jo Mi-Gyeong
The long-awaited return of the best-selling sci-fi adventure is finally here!
Eve seemingly saved the world once already, embarking on a perilous quest to protect what remained of humanity after a deadly virus outbreak… but the story doesn’t end there!
Eve, Eve’s sister, and Wexler face new challenges, and a darkness from the past, in this exciting sequel series from award-winning author and lauded professor Victor LaValle (Sabretooth, Destroyer) and returning Eve artist Jo Mi-Gyeong (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance).
Perfect for fans of Little Monsters and What’s The Furthest Place From Here, Eve: Children of the Moon continues to ask-what kind of world are we leaving for our children?
