09/14/2026
FINAL ORDER CUTOFF - 09/14
VENOM #1 — Marvel — Charles Soule & Tommaso Bianchi. Eddie Brock and Venom are finally back together, kicking off a new era for the character. Easy pick for me, new #1, great creative team, and classic Eddie/Venom.
POP KILL: BIG CANDY #1 — Mad Cave — Jimmy Palmiotti & Dave Johnson, with art by Juan Santacruz. Corporate warfare, assassins and… candy companies. Weird premise, great creators, and exactly the kind of indie book I like taking a chance on.
LUTHER STRODE #1 ANNIVERSARY EDITION — Image — Justin Jordan, Tradd Moore & Felipe Sobreiro. One of those cult books people keep discovering years later. This edition celebrates 15 years and includes the original first issue plus extra artwork.
JONAH HEX AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH #1 — DC — Michael Walsh. Jonah Hex mixed with supernatural horror. Walsh is writing and drawing it, and that alone made this one worth putting on the radar.
G.I. JOE / TOMB RAIDER #1 — Skybound / Image — Kyle Higgins & Elena Casagrande. Lara Croft, G.I. Joe, Cobra Island and a missing artifact. Sometimes the concept sells itself.
THE DEMON #1 — DC — James Harren. A new Etrigan series completely written and drawn by Harren. Dark, strange, violent-looking DC books are usually the ones I’m most curious to try.
AVENGELYNE #1 — Image — Rob Liefeld & Daniel Mainé. Liefeld brings his ’90s character back with an all-new start, just as a movie adaptation is being developed. Good jumping-on point for old fans and anyone who missed the character the first time around.
CIRCUITS: SEDUCTION REVENGE #1 — Devil’s Due — Josh Blaylock, Mark Powers & Jethro Morales. Cyberpunk, rogue AI and a pleasure android going after the ultra-rich. Definitely one of the stranger books on the list, which is exactly why I included it.
BATMAN #14 — DC — Matt Fraction & Matteo Scalera. The Bad Seeds story keeps going, with Batman dealing with Ivy’s spreading threat. Fraction writing Batman with Scalera on art is more than enough reason for me to keep this one on the list.