Sophie Campbell + Matt Frank will resurrect Mothra at IDW

The ‘Queen of the Monsters’ will star in a five-issue miniseries next year.

At the New York Comic Con this weekend, IDW announced a Godzilla-adjacent miniseries featuring Mothra, the giant moth-like kaiju who protects the Earth from other kaiju. Former Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles writer Sophie Campbell is writing the series and providing variant covers, while Godzilla: Rulers of Earth artist Matt Frank will draw it.

“I have been a fan of Sophie and her work for years, and when the opportunity came up to finally collaborate with her on this new mini-series, I could barely contain my excitement!” Frank told Godzilla.com. “And what a perfect project! Sophie’s initial pitch drew me in to the massive potential of Mothra’s own dedicated comic, and it’s metamorphosed into a true collaboration. We’ve been coming up with so many cool ideas that our comic can barely contain them all.”

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Jim Lee + Jeph Loeb will return to ‘Batman’ for ‘Hush 2’

Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez will wrap up their run on ‘Batman’ in February.

A classic Batman tale will get a sequel next year as Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee reunite for Hush 2, a sequel to their 2002-2203 story arc that introduced us to the villain Hush.

They’ll be joined on the six-issue storyline by their collaborators Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair and Richard Starkings, who return as inker, colorist and letterer, respectively.

Hush 2 will run in the regular Batman title beginning in March, and will last for six issues, Lee revealed during his Jim Lee & Friends panel at the New York Comic Con. A prelude to the story will appear in Justice League Unlimited #1, which comes out Nov. 27. Lee shared some preliminary artwork on his Instagram.

This also means that Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez’s run on the title will end in February, which Zdarsky said was his choice in his latest newsletter.

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Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘Absolute Wonder Woman’ takes flight

Check out new comics and graphic novels by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Spencer Ackerman, Julius Ohta, Tim Seeley, Stefano Caselli, Tom Scioli, Tate Brombal, Tony Parker, Carol Lay, Sarah Winifred Searle and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.

I’ve pulled out some of the other highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.

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The Strange Academy students get a new headmaster in ‘Doom Academy’

The ‘One World Under Doom’ tie-in miniseries will begin in February.

Doctor Doom’s tenure as sorcerer supreme comes with some additional responsibilities — namely serving as headmaster of the former Strange Academy. The students of that institution — who helped Doom save the world from the vampire invasion in Blood Hunt — will find out what it’s like to have One World Under Doom as they relocate from New Orleans to Latveria to study at the Doom Academy.

Announced during this weekend’s New York Comic Con, the five-issue miniseries is by MacKenzie Cadenhead, Pasqual Ferry and João Lemos. It’s part of the larger One World Under Doom event that’ll run through Marvel’s titles next year.

In addition to featuring characters like Zoe, Doyle and Toth, Cadenhead said it will also feature some new faces.

“It was really fun to go through old Doom stories and pick out some random characters that exist in that world and find someone or someone’s kid who might be attending Doom Academy,” Cadenhead said. “And because the school doesn’t exist, we got to really play with stuff. Pasqual is having a great time coming up with beautiful locales.”

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Vertigo will return as DC’s creator-owned imprint

Jim Lee announced the return of the iconic brand this weekend during the New York Comic Con.

At his Jim Lee & Friends Panel during this weekend’s New York Comic Con, DC Publisher Jim Lee announced plans to revive Vertigo, the long-running imprint that was home to Preacher, Fables, Y the Last Man and more over its more than 25-year history.

The imprint will under Chris Conroy and will feature creator-owned titles.

“This is my editorial dream come true,” Conroy said on social media. He currently oversees DC’s Black Label imprint as well, and confirmed Vertigo isn’t replacing it.

“DC Black Label continues, with some red-hot stories for DC’s superhero characters still on the way for years to come,” Conroy said. “Vertigo puts us back into the creator-owned business in a very big way. Yes, I’m running both; no, I haven’t lost my mind yet.”

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The Carnage symbiote gets an unexpected host in ‘Eddie Brock: Carnage’

Coming out of ‘Venom War,’ the former King in Black will be wearing red.

Coming out of Marvel’s Venom War event, Charles Soule and Jesus Saiz will put an unexpected symbiote on Eddie Brock in the new ongoing series Eddie Brock: Carnage.

Coming out of this weekend’s New York Comic Con, Marvel shared more details on the aftermath of Venom War, which we already know connects a mysterious new host to the Venom symbiote. But somehow Eddie Brock will end up wearing the murderous Carnage symbiote.

“Carnage is someone that has to kill, so Eddie has to feed him deaths. In order for Eddie to be okay with that, the people he feeds Carnage are serial killers,” Soule said. “But Carnage is also an addict, and addicts need bigger and bigger highs…”

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Your 2024 Harvey Awards winners

The annual awards were presented last night in conjunction with the New York Comic Con.

Tonight the 36th annual Harvey Awards were given out across seven categories at an event held in conjunction with the New York Comic Con.

In addition to the awards, the Harvey committee also inducted five creators into their Hall of Fame: Dragon Ball Z creator Akira Toriyama, Uncanny X-Men artist Arthur Adams, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero writer Larry Hama, Groo the Wanderer co-creator Sergio Aragonés and longtime Marvel artist John Buscema.

Check out the full list of winners below.

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NYCC | DC All In panel reveals new series featuring Aquaman, Atom + more

Creators were on hand to talk about Absolute versions of Martian Manhunter, Flash and Green Lantern, who will all debut next March.

During their All In panel at the New York Comic Con today, DC revealed several new series for both the regular universe and the newly minted Absolute Universe, as well as creative teams and artwork from each.

Coming in January are two new series featuring Aquaman and the Atoms, as well as another Green Lantern one-shot. On the Absolute side, they revealed Absolute Martian Manhunter, which will debut in March, as well artwork from Absolute Green Lantern and Absolute Flash.

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NYCC | ‘The Comixology Originals program is here to stay,’ declares the head of Comixology

The digital comics platform held an event during New York Comic Con to announce new Originals titles and talk about the future of the platform.

During an event at Amazon’s New York office this week, Comixology’s Jeff DiBartolomeo announced the next wave of Comixology Originals titles as well as teased 17 newly acquired projects.

More than that, though, he showed that the original digital comics program — and Comixology itself — is still alive and moving forward inside Amazon.

“The Comixology Originals exclusive digital content line plays a key part in our business,” said DiBartolomeo. “The Comixology Originals program is here to stay. We’ve been busy signing deals for 17 new creator-owned projects with new teams joining the family and some fan favorite creators returning to work with us again. We’re thrilled to help both new faces and industry veterans bring their stories to the public through Comixology Originals. To say we are excited about the future is an understatement.”

It’s been almost two years now since Amazon laid off a large portion of the staff working on Comixology and a year since Comixology announced plans to retire the stand-alone Comxiology app. Since then, we haven’t heard much from Comixology about its future, although they have continued to announce and release new additions to the Originals program.

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NYCC | Second Stranger Things + Dungeons & Dragons miniseries will debut next year

‘The Rise of Hellfire’ reveals the secret origin of Eddie Munson and his D&D group.

Dark Horse Comics has announced a second Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons miniseries, set to arrive in stores next year. Subtitled The Rise of Hellfire, the series will explore the D&D origins of popular season 4 character Eddie Munson, including how he first met Lucas, Dustin and Mike.

The four-issue miniseries will be co-written by Jody Houser, who co-wrote the previous Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons miniseries, and Eric Campbell, writer of Dungeons & Dragons Worlds & Realms. Diego Galindo also returns to illustrate it, joined by colorist Diana Sousa and letterer Nate Piekos. While the previous series was co-published by IDW, the Dungeons & Dragons license is now with Dark Horse Comics, which makes this their first official D&D comic.

“As soon as I saw Stranger Things season 4, I knew the story of Eddie Munson and the Hellfire Club would be a perfect sequel to our Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons miniseries,” Houser said. “Both Eric and I are very familiar with how D&D forges friendships and storytellers, and it’s been wonderful exploring Hawkins through that lens.”

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Daisy Thunder returns to Riverdale in this preview of ‘World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest’ #36

Check out an exclusive preview of a new story coming in next week’s digest from Archie Comics.

Courtesy of Archie Comics, we’re delighted to present a preview of a new story from World of Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #36, which arrives in stores Oct. 23. It features the entire Archie gang as they head to the racetrack to see former Riverdale resident and current racing superstar Daisy Thunder.

Daisy Thunder made her debut earlier this year in the pages of Archie & Friends: Hot Rod Racing. She’s a Southside Serpent who knew Archie and the gang back when they were kids. Even though she’s gone on to become a famous race car driver, she still remembers all her friends — well, almost all her friends.

The new story is written by Craig Boldman, with artwork by Bill Galvan, colors by Glenn Whitmore and letters by Jack Morelli. Check out the preview below, along with a classic Archie story from the digest by Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo.

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NYCC | Doctor Doom takes over the world in ‘The Rise of Emperor Doom’ by Ryan North and R.B. Silva

It’s Doom’s world now; we’re all just living in it.

Marvel’s big summer event series Blood Hunt ended with Doctor Doom convincing Doctor Strange to pass on the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme to him in order to save the world from eternal darkness and the vampire threat — which Strange did reluctantly and Doom, in turn, fulfilled his part with relative ease.

But Doom elected to turn his temporary assignment into a full-time job before heading back to Latveria to … well, do whatever Doom does. Until next February, when Doom will star in The Rise of Emperor Doom, an “anchor series” for a bigger event Marvel is calling One World Under Doom. The five-issue miniseries is by Ryan North, current writer of the Fantastic Four, and artist R.B. Silva.

“One World Under Doom sees Doctor Doom coming out of [Latveria], and overnight, taking over the world,” North said. “Every country is a province of a united Latveria, and everyone answers to Doom, and he is going to make some changes… He gets to show the world that he’s the greatest at what he does, and that might not be great for people not named Victor Von Doom.”

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