As new comic day quickly approaches it can be sometimes difficult to decide which of the new comics hitting the shelves at your local comic shop to grab. Do not worry, we are here to help. This week we preview four titles that standout from the crowd including The Last Driver #1, The Thing on the Doorstep TP, 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 August 19, 2026.
The Last Driver #1
Writer: Sean Gordon Murphy
Artist: Sean Gordon Murphy
Publisher: Image Comics
AMERICA, THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE — NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE…EXCEPT FOR HIM!
As technology in America advanced, cities began creating the GRID — a robotic transportation system that not only made cars obsolete, it made them illegal. But an outlaw named “Clutch” has no choice but to get behind the wheel one more time. What starts out as a race to save his granddaughter’s life quickly turns into a rebellion against technology, fascism, and the future of a divided America.
Superstar artist and longtime gearhead Sean Gordon Murphy (Batman: White Knight, Tokyo Ghost, Punk Rock Jesus, The Wake) writes and draws this highly anticipated ongoing series.
Spider-Man / Hulk: Fire and Brimstone #1
Writer: Kevin Smith, Andy McElfresh
Artist: R.B. Silva
Publisher: Marvel Comics
THWIP-SMASH! Legendary writers Kevin Smith and Andy McElfresh team up with superstar artist R.B. Silva for the newest high-octane adventure for Spider-Man and Hulk! It’s nonstop action! Side-splitting quips! And… the exorcism of Bruce Banner?!
Disney’s TaleSpin #1
Writer: Amanda Deibert
Artist: Carlo Lauro
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
An all-new series based on the hit animated classic, TaleSpin! In this thrilling debut issue… “THE WING WALKER”! Higher For Hire is…well, hired…to bring in Cape Suzette’s newest resident: Skye Ryder. But the job’s interrupted by air pirates led by the dastardly DON KARNAGE! Can BALOO and KIT shake the pirates and get their mysterious passenger to safety, or is it curtains for the pilots of the Sea Duck?!
Don’t miss the start of this high-flyin’ adventure series by writer Amanda Deibert and artist Carlo Lauro, the team behind Darkwing Duck!
The Thing on the Doorstep TP
Writer: Simon Birks
Artist: Willi Roberts
Publisher: Image Comics
“It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.”
The year is 1933, and Edward Derby’s best friend, Daniel Upton, visits him in Arkham Sanitorium and shoots him dead to the horror of the guards. It’s an open and shut case – or is it? What happened to this lifelong friendship for it to end this way? Who exactly was Edward Derby at the end of his life? And, most importantly, will his murder be enough to stop him?
From award-winning writer Simon Birks (Antarctica, Sinners, Gone, The Shadow Over Innsmouth) with artist Willi Roberts (Antarctica, The Dark, Clodagh, The Blood Below, Remothered) featuring letters by Rob Jones comes a startling tale based on H.P. Lovecraft‘s terrifying story.
The Thing on the Doorstep is a haunting story made for those longtime Lovecraft fans as well as new to Lovecraftian horror. I am excited to see where Simon Birks and Willi Roberts take it and why it ends up where it does. – CLICK HERE to read the entire review of the first issue
