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 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:
- Penguin Random House (Marvel + IDW + Dark Horse + more)
- Lunar Distribution (DC + Image + more)
- Diamond’s PreviewsWorld (Dynamite + more)
- ComicList (Pretty much all of the above)
- Amazon/Kindle new releases (digital comics)
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. With Diamond going through bankruptcy proceedings, distribution has become even more tumultuous, with deliveries and arrival dates changing. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop.
Red Hulk #1 (Marvel, $4.99): The Sabretooth War team of Benjamin Percy and Geoff Shaw move to a new front, as they put the Red Hulk under the thumb of the new sorcerer supreme Doctor Doom … and as you can imagine, that doesn’t really work for Thunderbolt Ross.
Godzilla vs. Chicago #1 (IDW, $7.99): IDW’s latest Godzilla series is an anthology that features stories about the mighty kaiju attacking American cities in stores by creators from those cities. This one includes comics by Tim Seeley, Mike Costa and Ryan Browne, Caroline Cash, and Ezra Clayton Daniels — a great line-up to represent the Windy City.
Pop Kill #1 (Mad Cave Studios, $6.99): Jimmy Palmiotti, Dave Johnson and Juan Santacruz originally crowdfunded this series several years ago, and now it finds its way to comic shops courtesy of Mad Cave. It’s about former Siamese twins who run competing cola companies and engage in all sorts of illicit activities against each other.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker #1 (Marvel, $4.99): Marvel’s long-delayed adaptation of the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker finally sees print almost five years after the film originally debuted. The miniseries by Jody Houser and Will Sliney was originally intended for release in June of 2020, a year marked by the COVID pandemic and related shutdowns, but you can’t keep a good Jedi down, can you?
The Nine Lives of Salem #1 (Archie Comics, $4.99): Salem, Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s familiar, advisor and feline friend, gets a second shot at a solo story in this Archie Horror one-shot. It reunites Cullen Bunn and Dan Schoening, who worked on 2022’s Chilling Adventures of Salem, and adds artist Ben Galvan into the mix.
Women of Marvel: She-Devils (Marvel, $4.99): Marvel’s annual Women of Marvel special arrives just in time for International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month in March. This one finds Shanna the She-Devil recruiting a team of badass women to stop an international conspiracy, including Elektra, Echo, Wolverine and more, in stories by Stephanie Phillips, Alison Sampson and more.
Jumpscare #1 (Dark Horse Comics, $3.99): Cullen Bunn and Danny Luckert’s Beyond Mortal graphic novel gets a sequel of sorts in this new miniseries. It takes place after the events of the graphic novel and introduces a new horror superhero called Jumpscare (hence the title!)
Fantastic Four #29 (Marvel, $3.99): One World Under Doom continues in this issue by Ryan North and Cory Smith, as Mister Fantastic tries to solve the “Doom Problem” and the Thing and Invisible Woman team up with She-Hulk to face vampires left over from Blood Hunt.
Captain America & Volstagg (Marvel, $4.99): Former Captain America writer J. Michael Straczynski returns to the character in this “unlikely team-up” one-shot that sees Steve Rogers team up with one of the Warriors Three, Volstagg. It features artwork by Bernard Chang.
Soma (Oni Press, $19.99): Fernando Llor and Carles Dalmau tell the story of Maya, a comic book artist dealing with the stresses of life, and Soma, an alien who shows up at her home to ask for help in stopping an alien invasion.
World Within the World (Fantagraphics, $39.99): This collection of Julia Gfrörer’s stories spans more than a decade’s worth of material, collecting 30 comics and minicomix about “desire, despair and the universal need for connection.”